[Jaunt, week 3]

[cloudpotter]

[good afternoon travelers, there is a disgruntled ninja with an absolute killer migraine on your network. if you didn't know it was possible for a psychic voice to grouse, you do now.]

I'm not up to speed on his relevance yet, [he's never said hello before, he's not going to start now] but I'd urge anyone on the tail of Kinji's infiltration to use caution. He's capable of a psychic blast strong enough to incapacitate multiple people. We would have more information, but Katsuragi drove him away.

Comments

[thornsofmalkav]

... since when have you been de-Infiltrated?

[ninjayeehaw]

Since about ten minutes after Yakki done made this little announcement.

[thornsofmalkav]

Oh my fucking god. You mean I snuck into your room to go looking for the book for your book cipher when if I'd waited half a day I could have asked you yourself?

[ninjayeehaw]

Y'know what, I figured there had t'be some ulterior motive fer y'all breakin' into my damn room lookin' like that.

[thornsofmalkav]

I wasn't mostly dressed like that for the vast majority of breaking into your room. It was a last second wardrobe manipulation for my spur of the moment cover

[ninjayeehaw]

I ain't about t'go passin' judgement on that, but I reckon y'all coulda handled that a right bit smoother than askin' the guy who y'all know full well don't never take those gloves off t'start gettin' naked.

[thornsofmalkav]

Look, I had literally five seconds to come up with a cover story. It was never going to be my best. It got me out, didn't it?

[ninjayeehaw]

Only 'cos Dusty don't want nothin' t'do with y'all after that. If him bein' just plain' ol' nice t'y'all gets that sorta reaction, he ain't riskin' breakin' into yer office again in case it goes an' gets worse.

[thornsofmalkav]

Well, good. He doesn't need to be breaking into my office all the time anyway!






... shit. Is he really never going to speak to Charlize again? Because she did like him. As a person. Not romantically. Just-- as a person she worked with.

[ninjayeehaw]

Doubt it's gonna be never, but Dusty don't trust easy at all, his job don't exactly allow fer it. I reckon it might take him a right long while while t'feel comfortable bein' alone in a room with her again.

public --> private x2 protected

[thornsofmalkav]

That's.



Well. I guess I deserve that.

[Gonna switch to private.]

Ugh. I feel like such shit. I didn't mean to fuck up Charlize's friendships for her. But now-- between fucking up with Dusty and how things are going with Paix II-- who's a perfectly lovely person, just not my Alcuin anymore--

Fuck.

public --> private x2 protected

[ninjayeehaw]

Ain't like it's just y'all, in all fairness. The Admiral too, soon as she called him out fer bein' an alien all telepathic-like he lost all faith in her. He's a real paranoid bastard, he wouldn't a' gotten this far in his job if he wasn't.

[Kinji has to rely on Thorne's psychic protection, seeing how he has exactly none.]

In all honesty, y'all didn't go screwin' nothin' up - y'just didn't know Dusty wasn't genuine. Y'gave him a right scare before there, but he was already half suspicious a' the Doc, else he wouldn't a' tried scopin' out her computer, or peekin' through her eyes t'check she wasn't doin' nothin' worth reportin'.

Re: public --> private x2 protected

[thornsofmalkav]

He. Did. What?

That fucker!

[Anything she was previously going to say about getting how that's just how spies roll, she knows and doesn't blame Dusty, is completely forgotten at this point.]

Re: public --> private x2 protected

[ninjayeehaw]

[The sudden ferocity catches Kinji noticeably off-guard, and the immediate defense he goes on is obviously born of mild panic.]

It's just a part 'f his job, Thorne - ain't nothin' personal on his readin' yer mind like that, he's just scopin' out info where he can get it. Frankly, y'all're the reason he started investigatin' Katsuragi in the first place, even 'fore he got y'all t'ask him to, he went through yer everythin' an' got a real solid lead on the Consort bein' alive.

Re: public --> private x2 protected

[thornsofmalkav]

... I guess. That with a psychic species. That would be a usual spy thing. That makes sense.

[But she sounds really tense about it. And there's a reason for that.]

I just. I'm sensitive about that shit. Armin did it to me and Naoto and Claudia once without asking us for permission. I'm still-- well. Pretty sore everything.