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synopsychic2019-10-01 10:17 am
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[Late Week 2]
... Right, so I have some news. Sara - the Admiral - let me in on some information and I spilled a bit of what we know already in the interest of getting her to trust me.
She doesn't know much, but apparently the disappearance and not death of Consort Faline ahn-Alfor was a casus belli for the war. She suspects Dara might be hiding the consort.
... And the Phileon has a biological core, so she may be either dead or exposed to X. Pression.
The EDSF doesn't think that Aurigans can develop X. Pression, or at least they definitely didn't at the time of the meeting that kicked off this war. She suspects AEGIS of wrongdoing if it wasn't an accident. I told her I have some contacts that might be able to do some digging. She asked to meet them if I think it's worth the risk - which obviously I don't, clearly none of you are fighters and all of you are just hackers, right?
[The sarcasm is real.]
But the order to get digging comes from the Admiral herself, so I think we should do just that.
Now if you'll excuse me I have a bunch of injuries to sleep off. If I find one of you was the one who double-missiled my Tengu I'm gonna kick your ass.
She doesn't know much, but apparently the disappearance and not death of Consort Faline ahn-Alfor was a casus belli for the war. She suspects Dara might be hiding the consort.
... And the Phileon has a biological core, so she may be either dead or exposed to X. Pression.
The EDSF doesn't think that Aurigans can develop X. Pression, or at least they definitely didn't at the time of the meeting that kicked off this war. She suspects AEGIS of wrongdoing if it wasn't an accident. I told her I have some contacts that might be able to do some digging. She asked to meet them if I think it's worth the risk - which obviously I don't, clearly none of you are fighters and all of you are just hackers, right?
[The sarcasm is real.]
But the order to get digging comes from the Admiral herself, so I think we should do just that.
Now if you'll excuse me I have a bunch of injuries to sleep off. If I find one of you was the one who double-missiled my Tengu I'm gonna kick your ass.
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I couldn't really do a deeper perspective read on her because the nature of the restraints being used on her make it hard for her to think - and she is being restrained; that much is clear - but I will note that she's dreaming of flowers, fire, and "a girl she loved a lifetime ago."
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The - these people just - shit! Best way to get a machine to feel, put a person in it and make it hurt...
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I can do this the safe way or the stupid way.
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Corentin - the guy in charge of AEGISCorp - is very interested in finding Dara. He wants me to hire anyone who might be able to find her, so we can swing official permission that way if you’re not with the EDSF. And you’ll get good pay and benefits as long as we’re here, because Corentin’s an ass and I have control of the paperwork.
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Has he said anything about what he'll do if she turns up again?
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... I’m not saying we have to turn her over at all but it gets us access to dig from that angle, plus benefits. I’ve looked at some things but this is kind of beyond my skill level.
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[No reason. Just an innocent question. Definitely no reason.]
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[Ryo pipes up before Hajime can say anything else.]
Sorry! Got carried away! So many explosions! So many buttons to hit to make the explosions!
cw: description of burns
[Private]
[And then a livestream of a bathroom mirror and a man - a boy, really, barely an adult - with red hair that's burnt at the ends and a cast-off white shirt visible in the corner.]
[His neck and arm are covered in bandages, as well as some of his torso under his arm. He reaches over with his good hand and tugs on the bandages around his shoulder slightly, revealing ugly charred skin, with blisters and scarring. He shifts it back into place, but keeps the livestream up while he speaks on the network.]
The only reason I wasn't impaled from the bending metal of the explosion is because I had a shield spell up. Do you understand that, Ryo? You nearly killed me.
If you're grown up enough to fight in a battle like this, you have to be grown up enough to understand what you can and will do to someone on the other side.
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I'm really sorry! Didn't want to hurt anyone real bad!
[Hajime cuts in, sounding tired.]
His overlay's from a culture where this sort of thing is expected and encouraged. And he's been hanging around me for too long when it comes to fighting. I...don't usually use guns. Or explosives. Or let him know the details when my overlays got set on fire.
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[He shuts off the livestream.]
... You're too much of a... [nice] innocent child, Ryo. Don't get involved in this.
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[He still sounds quite upset.]
We're working on it.
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