putting together puzzle pieces [late week 3]

[finalizes]

[Laughs speaks up on the network very abruptly and sharply.]

What does everyone here know about Yakumo's overlay Edward?

[After moment, he adds: I have nothing definite yet, but as I said earlier, Phillip saw someone who looked like me try to post a batch of letters that looked like the letters of complaint sent to newspapers from various different people.

Edward's merlin sometimes looks like a nightjar, and humans have no sense of scent to speak of.

A guy [and he's lifestreaming the scent that will be recognizable as that of Utsusemimaru to anyone who can scent people as he says that] told me that Edward can imitate other people's writing.

So. What do we know about him?

[He might be overly suspicious because Edward now didn't just insult his poor toad baby, his pet tried to eat Saffron. But that's besides the point clearly.]

Comments

[grimjeaper]

Heh. Invisible and intangible, too, so I can't leave any fingerprints. [He doesn't know if he'll leave a scent trail but he doesn't think so.]

A-and, uh. Just Barry's fine. But, um. How do I... livestream, was it?

Re: private, protection 1

[highsteaks]

... yeah. I mean, not everyone here is human but a lot of us are.

[highsteaks]

Barold is what your friend called you?

... oh crap. Please tell me you're not a ghost.

[grimjeaper]

That's just Taako's nickname for me. Which is fine, I mean-! It's just, kind of weird hearing other people say it.

I am not a ghost.





...technically speaking.

private, protection 1

[fruitknife]

And just 'cause people could be not human don't mean they want to right now, or that they'd smell anything different.

[highsteaks]

I thought it was your real name.

... technically speaking?

[grimjeaper]

[there is so much to unpack there quick let's not]

Nah.

Technically speaking, the main distinction that's relevant right now is that I have True Sight, which means I can see through illusions and stuff.

...which is actually also a spell I can cast, if anyone else was up to it. Since, uh. I don't exactly know what's going to be different if I go looking alone.

[whydoyoushine]

Mostly just starts wailing for a janitor and clutching his proverbial pearls.

[whydoyoushine]

I think there's real, genuine affection there. My infiltration thinks he's a, and I quote, "colossal dork."

[razorblade_empress]

Yeah, but that raises the question of why you over anyone else he's taken issue with - or whether you're the only one he might be imitating.

[highsteaks]

... like the kind of affection for someone you've met or just hero-worship?

[Inquiring Chies want to know.]

private no protection on her end

[highsteaks]

Not being human doesn't mean they have a super dog sniffer or whatever it's called.

[highsteaks]

The nurse says that even if I can walk again I still have to take it easy with my leg. Otherwise I'd go with you to fight people for you.

[You know, since you're a pudgy dork that obviously can't fight.]

Shinji's keeping his end locked down

[fruitknife]

Ain't like I can put Koro-chan on the network anyway.

chie just doesn't know psy protection at all

[highsteaks]

... I might be able to put Muku on. I saw in my future vision that I could.

[grimjeaper]

[oh sweet summer child]

Well, maybe next time. I seriously doubt this'll be the only chance we get to do something like this, right?

Incentive to pick it up?

[fruitknife]

Who or what's a Muku?

[highsteaks]

Yeah! We'll definitely do something like this in the future.

[This is going to be so weird when she finds out you're old, Barold.]

Re: Incentive to pick it up?

[highsteaks]

My dog. He's a Saint Bernard.

[fruitknife]

Oh. Cool. Didn't know you had a dog.

[More dogs are better, though, right?]

[finalizes]

There could well be more people he's imitating. I might just be the only one who noticed. If he's good enough at lying, he might be able to not let anyone notice with the others.

[finalizes]

He doesn't do anything?

[razorblade_empress]

To hear him tell it, it's because they get into trouble constantly, aren't particularly apologetic about it, and get away with everything.

[razorblade_empress]

And most people right now are focused on the competition - or on the saboteur, assuming he's not them.

[finalizes]

...Even if they discover someone else. If he can imitate people, anyone they find out to be the saboteur might not have been that person but him in disguise.