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station722017-11-09 09:32 pm
sizeofyourbaggage) wrote in station722017-11-09 09:32 pm
mental link, day 22
( Got some information for you guys - Annie was good enough to get some of her makeshift spycams going, and we set ‘em up with the leaders of the envoys. Activated them last night. )
[ There’s a curl of gratitude for those who went along with his plan, for those who spun stories or distractions or contributed to convincing the leaders of the envoys that the trinkets of Annie goo were part of a mourning ritual. Is he gonna talk about the fact that he basically disappeared after that until they boarded the airship? Nah. Instead, he jumps right into it. ]
( Didn’t get a lot from the Carpathans or the Meradans, unless you wanna know what the inside of Saridian Black’s room looks like or what other gifts people’ve been giving him, or see more of the Meradans trash talking each other while playing games.
Got the same Second that Annie saw last time, who’s friends with the Seconds I know, and this time he was with Ysiddia Cabrielle. He’s her son, and they were talking with a Second from one of the other Houses about the murders and the Circle having its work cut out for it when we get to the Red Coast.
And the Descendents - pretty sure we got a couple of them talking about the murders. They were wondering if “they” were discovered, who discovered them and what their intentions were - might have something to do with the last time we spied on people through Annie, and she saw the Carpathans that got killed talking about new friends. That, and blood debts and someone named Casiria, and that no one in Black’s retinue could know about it. Didn’t know this until a little bit ago, but guess what information got passed onto Black’s retinue? )
[ His mental “tone” is deliberately neutral there, but the difference from the usual warmth to his mental link is probably pretty telling. ]
( One other thing, about the circle that was found burned in the ground a while back when we were still running around on the ground and the tracks next to it - Rhan said the circle doesn’t look local, but the tracks appear Rabadocean. Hard to pin down more than that so far, except they don’t really match the Hypyrians. )
[ Is he fixating on that a little too much, to be thinking about it still? Maybe, but he's not gonna let it go. ]
[ There’s a curl of gratitude for those who went along with his plan, for those who spun stories or distractions or contributed to convincing the leaders of the envoys that the trinkets of Annie goo were part of a mourning ritual. Is he gonna talk about the fact that he basically disappeared after that until they boarded the airship? Nah. Instead, he jumps right into it. ]
( Didn’t get a lot from the Carpathans or the Meradans, unless you wanna know what the inside of Saridian Black’s room looks like or what other gifts people’ve been giving him, or see more of the Meradans trash talking each other while playing games.
Got the same Second that Annie saw last time, who’s friends with the Seconds I know, and this time he was with Ysiddia Cabrielle. He’s her son, and they were talking with a Second from one of the other Houses about the murders and the Circle having its work cut out for it when we get to the Red Coast.
And the Descendents - pretty sure we got a couple of them talking about the murders. They were wondering if “they” were discovered, who discovered them and what their intentions were - might have something to do with the last time we spied on people through Annie, and she saw the Carpathans that got killed talking about new friends. That, and blood debts and someone named Casiria, and that no one in Black’s retinue could know about it. Didn’t know this until a little bit ago, but guess what information got passed onto Black’s retinue? )
[ His mental “tone” is deliberately neutral there, but the difference from the usual warmth to his mental link is probably pretty telling. ]
( One other thing, about the circle that was found burned in the ground a while back when we were still running around on the ground and the tracks next to it - Rhan said the circle doesn’t look local, but the tracks appear Rabadocean. Hard to pin down more than that so far, except they don’t really match the Hypyrians. )
[ Is he fixating on that a little too much, to be thinking about it still? Maybe, but he's not gonna let it go. ]
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[ Because logic overtakes anything else. Maybe it should be more unnerving, but he likes how easy it is to share information, to keep up to date. No more trawling through tedious databases on satellite connections or dealing with encrypted bullshit.
Well ok, not a total lack of those, but at least on the nest end, it's going to make his life easier. ]
( Right, we'll have to look into those. If you can share the gambling information, I'll look for anything we can use. )
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He almost prefers to do it with people he's close to, if he's being honest, but he's not being that honest with himself.
But he likes November, and it's easy to open his mind up enough to pull up what they'd learned from spying, as well as easy access to the knowledge he's gained from everything he's read. For good measure, he also hovers over the memories of an overnight surveillance.
He keeps his mind open in general, focusing on anything he knows about this shitshow of a mission so far - November is welcome to all of it, as far as he's concerned. ]
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The game talk seems to be just that, but he tucks it away, something for use later.
There's also some of the other bits of earlier surveillance that he turns over in his head. If the Seconds are prone to answering questions and gossip, it's an avenue he's willing to explore. Ysiddia also mentioned her son, something that lines up with an earlier visit. Hm. He's a Second, so this could provide them with some insight if they haven't already gone that route. ]
( This is. I apologize, this is a lot. But thank you. )
[ He's silent for a bit, still sorting the information. ]
( Has anyone spoken to Ysiddia's son? )
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( Nothing to apologize for, man, I get it. ) [ A lot is probably understating it, really. Sam’s… more used to this mental link thing than he ever thought he’d be, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how much it is to take in.
Especially when it’s a whole lot of information dumping. ]
( Not yet, far as I know. But he’s friends with some of the Seconds I know, we could probably get a conversation. )
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[ And with or without Sam (ideally with, considering), he intends to talk to these Seconds. Or rather, a specific one. ]
( I don't know how anxious he is, though. Do you think it would set off any klaxons if we got him by himself? )
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[ Or, you know, get people pissy at him for who the hell knows what, but it's not like that's gonna stop him. ]
( Not if we phrased it right. Maybe invite his friends and him for something, and I can get them distracted while you strike up a conversation with him? )
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[ They've already chatted about this some, but just because no one is stepping into leadership doesn't mean there's some kind of quiet ranking system. Cathaway had been rather nice. He doesn't want to upset her even if she's not here. ]
( Regardless, it may be something to loop others in on. At least one more, to keep the conversation lively. It's better to keep them talking as much as possible. )