mental link: day 34

[erbier]

[ It is actually quite late when Ilde's soft voice moves through the hosts, her scent of smoke and earth. She is at a club somewhere deep in the city, dazzled by noise and light, something you are free to establish if you look for it. ]

( It has been suggested to me by a hacker named Y that I throw a concert to lure our bombers out again. )

[ This part is forthright, a statement of fact with no value attachment to it. ]

( I believe she is questioning who I really am. If I refuse this idea, I may encourage that. )

[ This may not be strictly true, but it is how Ilde has perceived their conversation. ]

( She seems to know something, but is it worth losing my guise? If not, how am I to refuse this suggestion and maintain it. I do not know if she is a part of the group who contacted us before. She may already know I am false and this is all a game. )


OOC: link & all threadjacking here very much encouraged!

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sorry for delay haven't been feeling welll..........

[erbier]

( There are solutions to either, but not ones I could accomplish alone. That is why I reached out. )

no worries!

[greentech]

( Yeah, I get that. Do we have those kinds of resources while we're here? I don't know what we really have available, aside from ourselves. )

[erbier]

( I think they could be obtained, with some persuasion. I find the people of Concordia are not as suspicious as they should be. )

[ Easy to lie to, she means. She thinks it's because of their lazy society, looking for amusement more than concerned with the truth of anything. ]

[greentech]

( Just because someone is friendly doesn't mean they're not suspicious. )

[ But she'll take Ilde's word for it. She's been here longer than Pidge. ]

( If you need help with some of the technical stuff, I can do some of that. )

[erbier]

( I entrust much of the technology to others, it is not my skill. )

[greentech]

( Well, like I said, I can help out with that if you want! )

[erbier]

( Nirad suggested investigating her, online, but I do not know how efficient nor effective that would be. Perhaps you have an opinion? )

[ Earnest in her own ignorance, she is more than happy to relay ideas and put the right people with the right skills in touch. ]

[greentech]

( It might work. There's definitely some stuff out there that we could dig up. The problem is trying to find stuff that's not public. They take information security pretty seriously... )

[erbier]

( I am told he is very adept at this world's technology. I worry she may be more skilled than we, that we may alert her. )

[greentech]

( Yeah. Definitely a concern. You think they might catch on to your performance being a cover? How good are our identities here anyway? )

[erbier]

( There are some who know. They contacted us... I do not know if Y is among them. I feel she is suspicious, that is why she has put such a grand proposition before me. So see me stumble over it. )

[greentech]

( Prove her wrong then. )

[ Spite is a powerful motivator. ]

[erbier]

( Only if it is worth the effort to do so. Mara and I will attempt to meet her a few days from now, to ascertain that. )

[greentech]

( Uh, good luck, then. Don't get killed. )

[erbier]

[ She genuinely appreciates the simplicity of that response. ]

( Thank you, I will be careful. )