day 45....... ish??

[unsea]

( Goram Saffit has granted us an audience. )

[ SOMEONE HAS BEEN A stressed maniac BUSY BEE BEHIND SCENES, WOW!! ]

( Three of us have been permitted to meet Saffit in person - myself, Carata and Aoba. We will be utilizing this time to investigate him as a potential source of this turmoil, and searching for further information.

We will be meeting at one of his fundraising benefits in two days. Those who wish to attend may wish to make use of the Station's credit line for something nice to wear, as well as find themselves a plus one. If you are in attendance, feel free to investigate other attendees for anything you find suspect or informative. And note that most of the people in attendance are against the synthetic personhood movement. )

[ try not to harm them...... keyword: ""TRY"" he knows y'all well enough....







also, eppy wanted sparkle text so: . ]

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[deployed]

( How did you swing that? )

[ This is a mostly rhetorical question; he isn't expecting a direct answer just yet. ]

( Are you sure it's smart to invite this many people? )

[ aka...everyone.... ]

[unsea]

( I used what social pull I had gained from the tournament. And waited. Quite a long while. )

[ that's part of it...... listen bellamy ]

( I've only invited Aoba and Carata. The fundraiser itself is a public event, to my knowledge. )

[deployed]

( Do we all need to bring someone? )

[ because bruh. ]

[exhuxperation]

[ Well now, someone has been a busy bee. Hux appreciates this immensely, especially in light of certain things. ]

( Intriguing. I can only imagine how many strings needed to be pulled for this particular meeting.

Also, not to shine a negative light on things, but perhaps we should collectively have an exit strategy just in case things go south. With such a prestigious event, there is potential for another attack like the one at the arena. )

[decommission]

( Public Security's probably gonna be on this, but we could have people outside too. )

[ There's a flatness to his mental voice, and an indication that he's speaking to everyone and not Hux specifically. ]

[exhuxperation]

[ So he's being ignored but also not being ignored. Okay. ]

( Public Security will likely be more prepared, considering. Saffit should also have private security, though doubtless they'll prioritize the distinguished guests and Saffit himself. Having outside force would triplicate the security. Avoiding another arena issue should allow us to keep our leads in commission.

Any suggestions to that end? )

[adamance]

( Would it be possible to obtain a guest list of some kind? They may have honored and esteemed individuals who would be more than public arrivals. )

[This is not her moving from her previous stance on her list, but despite how damn stubborn she is, she isn't so stubborn that she'd screw up an opportunity for all of them to get intel here.]

[unsea]

( It is a possibility. I will put in a request for a copy, and see what turns up.

Our efforts would definitely be better directed if we knew who to focus on, in advance. )

[adamance]

[Rather abruptly, she shifts this conversation into a private one: if nothing else, being blunt serves her, and it will serve her here. They can sat that it's a poor strategy, but there is always a lesson to be learned in agitating and instigating another. That cannot be done without words or action.

Not that that had been her goal the other day, but it taught her a great deal about those in the Nest.]

( I intend to compare their list and ours, but I'm reluctant to share its contents with you because of how you acted toward Kylo Ren after his grandfather died.

You have proved to be less than trustworthy. ) [And potentially just as volatile.]

[snaphiss]

( Good work. )

( What have you observed of their customs? Their interests? Events like these can be dangerous to just waltz into. )

( But then, maybe you're a natural. )

[unsea]

( Similarities to the street festivities, with a higher emphasis on propriety and dress. I believe it to be a more 'professional' affair, but I doubt they'll resent liveliness. )

[ He very nearly laughs aloud!! ]

( Jade, I might suspect you for a flatterer if I didn't fear your tongue's barb. )

[snaphiss]

( It's good to know that the maxim of 'dress revealingly and no one will care how to act' exists on every planet. )

( Have you considered that you're just insecure? )

[shiro2hero]

(Wait, so. All of us are going to this thing?)

[unsea]

( Of course. I have the power to mandate that we all attend, after all. )

[ CAN YOU HEAR THE AMUSEMENT, spacedad you're precious. ]

[greentech]

( Parties aren't really my thing. )

[tropism]

( Do you need a date? Because I happen to be an excellent candidate. )

[ he's absolutely srs. ]

[headinjuries]

( If it's all anti-synthers, I think I'd better pass. It'd look weird since I was getting ins with the other side instead. )

[ Also fundraisers sound boring as hell anyway, please nobody make him go. ]

[decommission]

( With this sorta crowd you'd be puking one way or another. )

[ ha ha ]

[circumspector]

[ Oh, oh this'll be like Jack's parties for the shareholders, won't it? She suspects so, or at least it's her closest reference. A flurry in her mind of women in elegant dresses and men in suits, and all of them showing off their best technology and who can be the cruellest in sneer, back-handed words.

( There's that man again, Jack, Handsome Jack, in his suit, and a sharpness to his mouth when he smiles, a coldness to his eyes as he laughs. His, now, all his, they worship him. A mask over his face that doesn't move quite right. All grit and lacking humanity.

She's looking in, because she's always looking in, because that's what she does for this man. What makes him so powerful - )

Informs her when she speaks, of what how she might be useful to him. ]

( If I come as a performer, with my lion? It can be my eyes and ears outside of myself, and no one will be wiser to it. It means I can help as a look-out. Doubly so, if they treat me like I'm second class, the rich and powerful often are... idiots when it comes to being mindful to their staff. )

[ It'll mean being treated terribly the whole night, like an ornamentation and respected just as much. Means keeping her mouth shut and letting them talk at her however they want and being thankful for it but - at least she's got the practise. ]

[sensitively]

[ Rey has other things on her mind at this particular moment — namely, the impending break-in to the Public Security building she's to be a part of, this evening — but, being of his brood, the Darkling's message is one she cannot put to the back of her mind, as little as she thinks it might pertain to her, and the responses she hears throughout the Nest pique her interest as well. ]

( Is a 'plus one' someone who would accompany each of us to this...fundraising benefit? )

[ tell her, Darkling, what is a party even, she's never been to a large gathering other than the queue in line for Plutt's window on Niima Outpost :/ ]

[whowhatnow]

(Important question here. Is this a dancing "actually-having fun" party or a "we're all rich and snooty and we talk about stocks while sipping on bad-tasting wine" party? Because there's totally a difference. Please tell me it's the former.)

[This next message is TOTALLY directed to everyone in this whole hivemind.]

(Also, if anyone needs a plus-one, I'm totally your guy. First come, first serve. I'm not picky. I can be the man or woman or thing of your dreams!)

[spideys]

( So what's the dress code for this thing?

Fancy?

Casual?

Fancy-casual? )

[100mitsubishis]

[This is promising. Kavinsky's all heated interested, white hot from the very beginning like he's never left the hottest part of the flame. He never does. There's only fire where he lives; he built a life for himself in the furious, the carnivorous, the immediate.]

( I'll plan the pre-gaming. )

[vocalis]

Why do I have to be your date for this again?

[ He knows why. It's just... there's a number of people he would much rather go with than The Darkling. A big number. Some of them even guys! Imagine. ]

I get that we have a private audience with Saffit, but why can't I go with someone else and then meet up with you there?

[ He already knows the answer to that, too. Because of his cover. Escort. Of course the new up and coming Bout it Out star could afford to hire such a person. Why did he have to have that as a cover! It's like their false information was made up from some shitty random generator. It's not fair, and Aoba is whining about it. Better to get it out of his system now, at the very least. ]

[inflori]

[ The greatest mental snort that ever was. ]

( You're going as a date? Wait, are you gonna wear a dress or something? )

[ Petre is the smartest. ]