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[longlegs]

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@andor

[aldhani]

When you said that something bigger is happening here, I think you were right. I found something.

[or, rather, he was given something by his boss, but semantics. and regardless, cassian thinks it's something his new friend would want to know.]

Do you want to meet?

@chum

[macrosmatic]

You found something?

[ she's... surprised. not that he's been looking, but that he's been successful. that anyone could be. ]

Where do you want to meet?

( christmas gift )

[deadnerve]

[In a little silver box there's a set of bracelets with a variety of charms of different shapes, along with a handful of links and a tool to alternate in alternatives as she sees fit. Accompanying this giftbox is a selection of pastries that may have been whales just as likely as they were sharks. But sharks was what he was going for, not that he'd say.]

Thresh,

Happy holidays,

Dev

text @SPIKE

[chipped]

Thanks for the snacks, mate.

You got any more of those spicy mango gummies?

[macrosmatic]

Sure. Glad you liked them

I think they were a Christmas market special, but I hear the Library gives shit away if you ask nicely

@masticated

[masticated]

[threesome confirmed.]

gracie's in

[macrosmatic]

[ hah! ]

How did you manage that?

[masticated]

i asked and she said yes
that so hard to believe?

[macrosmatic]

Not at all, if that's all you did

[masticated]

yeah she wanted some protection after big bad vampire got all over the net

[macrosmatic]

Is she worth protecting?

[masticated]

i dunno i wanted to get laid

[macrosmatic]

[ there it is ]

At least you're honest

[masticated]

c'mon when am i not honest?

[literally all of the time but, details.]

[macrosmatic]

[ yeah she's not answering that ]

So when is this happening?

[masticated]

tomorrow?

wow let's pretend i'm not a total flop

[macrosmatic]

Works for me. I'm penciling it in

[ literally, she's writing it down in her calendar ]

i cant tell time. 🎀?

[masticated]

see ya then thresh

🎀

[macrosmatic]

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✉️ text — un: silco.

[powerhungry]

There's a customer keen on securing entry to the Pink Slip without paying for it. The bouncers ought to be able to handle it, but be aware.

[macrosmatic]

Typical

Do I get a name, or should I let it be a surprise?

[powerhungry]

He's new. Young, dark brown hair. If it's a face you can't put a name to, that'll be him.

[macrosmatic]

Thank you for the heads up

[ she almost leaves it there. then: ]

People seem to be on edge lately

[powerhungry]

Violence, even if it doesn't touch any of our own, sends ripples through the whole pond.

What caught your attention?

time isn't real because i say so

[macrosmatic]

The kidnappings, mostly
And then the fight in the work groupchat
Not directly related, but maybe on a subconscious level?

[powerhungry]

Perhaps.
I wonder if it isn't a product of the month, too — there's been no huge crisis, nothing to divert people's attention away from each other.
With nothing to band us together, we tear each other apart.

1/2

[macrosmatic]

Very possible
I haven't been here long, but it seems very much like home

[macrosmatic]

[ and then, later: ]

Can I ask you for an unbiased rundown of what's going on with Saber? Or less biased than I'd be getting from anyone else, at least?

[powerhungry]

With regard to his firing from the Pink Slip? Or something else?

[macrosmatic]

Yes, that, mostly
I know some about what happened during the game, but since I wasn't there, it's hard to get the whole picture

[powerhungry]

[ It's delicate territory when most still smart over what happened (and when their crew have made their allegiance very evident), and so, before launching into anything else: ]

May I ask what you've already heard?

[macrosmatic]

I know he killed as part of the game, and I know he killed someone outside of the game as well

[powerhungry]

He killed two people outside of the game, i.e. without being compelled to. Adrian, and Sarah, the latter of whom has since disappeared.

He didn't manage to kill anyone in the game, but he made an attempt on Jake's life. Unlike the other kills, which were determined to be quick, his suggested intentionally drawing it out. Enjoying it.

After he was caught, he was beheaded. His head was delivered to Ani.

Those are the broad strokes.

[macrosmatic]

[ dammit, saber ]

Ah. So it was even worse than I thought

I wish I could say any of it's a surprise

[powerhungry]

Yet you all left the Slip along with him.

[ Unspoken: why? ]

[macrosmatic]

I felt like people would probably group us together whether we did it ourselves or not, so I might as well make it a deliberate choice
I can't speak for the others, though

[powerhungry]

Frankly, I don't think they would have if you hadn't all followed him out.

[ But it's too late to do anything about that, now. ]

If you'll forgive the unsolicited opinion.

@qimir

[snaggleteeth]

Do you have a favorite number?

[macrosmatic]

24. Why?

[snaggleteeth]

Getting tired of waiting. Feels right to pick a day to stop.

There a reason for 24?

[he did take a moment to guess, inside his head. she was twenty seven when she stopped ageing. close. not the same.]

[macrosmatic]

Waiting for?

It's the number of hours in a day. It's even. It's divisible by a lot of other numbers. It just feels complete to me.

[snaggleteeth]

For this place to let us go.

[it's unthinking, actually. 'we,' instead of 'me.' she did say she resented it, the time added to her sentence, the separation between herself and her rightful rewards.]

Somebody should get to feel complete. Might as well be the number 24.

Would you be different, if you weren't waiting?

[macrosmatic]

I figured

Might as well, right? I think so too

I used to go on missions for Raíz. There was an expectation to show up when she needed us, or even when she just wanted us around her. I was busier, I guess. Just waiting in a different way, though

[snaggleteeth]

But if you weren't waiting.

If you could decide this was it. Here. Whatever the fuck you have and don't have, without Raiz, but everything she left you.

Would you do anything different?

[he would not be surprised if she said no. the wisdom of the elders, and that.]