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Year 361, Month Three, Day Sixteen (Sunday), evening
Station Moongray

Mikodez, on Moongray Station, pondering an egg

[Follow-up to this thread.]

It's easy enough for Mikodez to switch the motion detector off; it's not really designed for security use, so the researchers in the lab have it set up so it's easy to take offline for maintenance, etc. (It's highly doubtful they figured the egg would know how to hit the off switch.)

There is no one snoring under the desk, but there is a small file box containing a few paper notebooks, the old-fashioned kind. The game's soothing purring continues.

If Mikodez wants to set up the matter printer for a fake egg and one or two guns, that's easy enough. It might take some extra time to make sure the egg doesn't come out attractively plaid, though.




Year 361, Month Three, Day Sixteen (Sunday), overnight

on the Bumblebee/Wasp/Mothra

After Sasha and Ashari's fight/cultural misunderstanding, and Ashari and Sulen clean up afterward, Gerae's distress becomes increasingly evident. He's pounding on the door of the room that Sulen deposited him in, crying in an increasingly hoarse voice that he refuses to leave without Fluffy.

[[personal profile] lleullawgyffes, it's up to you whether Virmad pays any attention to Sasha's presumed discreet lokwor message and returns in time to help talk to Gerae, or whether Virmad decides to ignore it in favor of continued shenanigans with Teo.]

Sasha appears to be in good health; Iawa might or might not want to write this up formally for Ashari or Ashari's superiors, depending on their assessment of Ashari's mood. [Iawa is the de facto medic as far as I can tell!]

Remi is asking Alaric if it would be difficult to set up a radio to soothe the mothlings into docility, which is less invasive than sedating them.

Meanwhile, Mothra is making rumbly noises again. It sends another Space ASCII diagram, this time of mothlings playing hide and seek.




Active in Move 12: Sasha, Ashari, Sulen, Mikodez, Iawa, Alaric, Virmad

Continuing inactive: Yehan, Kaliyan, Ankat

Sulen almost forgot they stole a magistrate

Date: 2017-11-15 11:19 pm (UTC)
venndaai: (windbreaker)
From: [personal profile] venndaai
Ashari and Sulen are on their way from the medbay to check on progress at the range when they hear Gerae’s yelling.

“Oh dear,” Sulen says. “Er, this is the magistrate I recruited... or kidnapped, depending on how you look at it. I didn’t think he was capable of that much shouting.”

Raising their voice to be heard, “I told you we’re not leaving until the morning.”

Re: Sulen almost forgot they stole a magistrate

Date: 2017-11-15 11:39 pm (UTC)
lleullawgyffes: a wolf looking at the camera (Default)
From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes
Virmad chooses this inopportune time to turn the corner and almost collide with Ashari and Sulen.

“Hello,” he says, once he’s collected himself as best he can considering that his shirt isn’t fully tucked in (he doesn’t seem to have realized this), his hair is sticking up a bit (as noticeably as it can considering how short it is) on one side, and he still looks half-asleep. “Sasha called. What’s going on? Is that Gerae?” He manages to avoid, just, doing a double-take when he notices Ashari’s...slightly battered face. “I hope he didn’t give you any trouble...?” He sounds very confused.

Re: Sulen almost forgot they stole a magistrate

Date: 2017-11-16 12:27 am (UTC)
venndaai: (windbreaker)
From: [personal profile] venndaai
Sulen is giving him a very judgemental stare for someone who was recently drinking away their feelings.

"He's been no trouble," they say, "except for being easily upset. Perhaps you can calm him down? I think I may have taken the wrong initial approach with him."
Edited Date: 2017-11-16 12:27 am (UTC)

Re: Sulen almost forgot they stole a magistrate

Date: 2017-11-16 12:44 am (UTC)
lleullawgyffes: a wolf looking at the camera (Default)
From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes
“Well,” Virmad says, ignoring Sulen’s judgment, “it sounds like he’s not going to calm down until he’s sure Fluffy is taken care of. Is Fluffy being taken care of? By which I mean: have we made arrangements to liberate Fluffy?”
Edited Date: 2017-11-16 12:44 am (UTC)

Re: Sulen almost forgot they stole a magistrate

Date: 2017-11-16 01:45 pm (UTC)
venndaai: (windbreaker)
From: [personal profile] venndaai
Sulen blinks. "No. I thought it was too risky. But perhaps it's necessary."

who is stealing Fluffy?

Date: 2017-11-18 12:06 am (UTC)
zuhrovet: A green frog (Default)
From: [personal profile] zuhrovet
[Well, Sasha made it all of two hours before inappropriately taking initiative. But it's not too late to warn Mishka off again.]

Re: who is stealing Fluffy?

Date: 2017-11-18 04:06 pm (UTC)
lleullawgyffes: a wolf looking at the camera (Default)
From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes
[if anything I'd think we need to tell him to hurry it up, rather than to warn him off.]

Re: who is stealing Fluffy?

Date: 2017-11-18 04:58 pm (UTC)
zuhrovet: Close-up photo of a black-and-white moth in the grass (moth)
From: [personal profile] zuhrovet
[Depends on how much time [personal profile] pengwern wants to spend sneaking around: we could send Istradez instead.]

Re: Sulen almost forgot they stole a magistrate

Date: 2017-11-18 04:06 pm (UTC)
lleullawgyffes: a wolf looking at the camera (Default)
From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes
Virmad poises, pointedly, to foreground Gerae shouting and pounding on the door. “I would say so.”

Re: Sulen almost forgot they stole a magistrate

Date: 2017-11-18 07:47 pm (UTC)
smokedetective: (Default)
From: [personal profile] smokedetective
"We could always just drug him," Ashari says, almost hopefully. "By the time he'd wake up, we'd be far gone."

Within seconds, they discard the idea.

"Or, I suppose, we could figure out a way to either steal this... Fluffy... or repossess it, if you're posing as Rahal. Or buy it."
zuhrovet: Sasha with a brimmed hat (hat)
From: [personal profile] zuhrovet
At this point, Sasha arrives, looking for Sulen and Virmad. Ashari's here too. Eight hells. Her scratches sting as blood rushes to her cheeks.

"I just asked Avrayen to bring Fluffy," she says, watching Ashari. "I didn't know anyone else cared. I was joking about Vraselian pseudo-dragons with Alaric and Pavn, so I think the station knows I want one. Look. I found something in the magistrate's files I think you all need to know about. Can we talk someplace quieter?"
venndaai: (windbreaker)
From: [personal profile] venndaai
Sulen does a Spockian frown-and-eyebrow-raise, and gestures for Sasha to lead on.
zuhrovet: Sasha with a brimmed hat (hat)
From: [personal profile] zuhrovet
"Grid, please tell the prisoner that the pseudo-dragon will be retrieved prior to departure-- He really ought to have two of them. Vraselian pseudo-dragons are sociable, and it's his own fault if his pet is bored."

Ashari hasn't contradicted Sulen's directive yet, so Sasha asks them, "Is it all right if we use your office?" and starts walking. Once the group gets out of range of Gerae's shouting, she adds, "Sulen, I saw in your notes that the magistrate had embezzled money to give to a mysterious person for rescuing his niece? I think I know who that person is. At least, approximately."
zuhrovet: Sasha with a brimmed hat (hat)
From: [personal profile] zuhrovet
Sasha lets Ashari open the door to their office, follows them and the Rahal inside, and shuts the door again.

She stands very straight, and reports. "When I first contacted Remi, he was outside the station, using some instrumentation to measure output from our moth. He said he had many questions about moths, and seemed angry. I thought he might insist on freeing all the moths, not just ours. Honestly, from a strategic standpoint, I think that's a good idea. Our moth is demanding enough; just think what a blow it would be to the hexarchate if they all started expressing opinions!"

Sasha's been watching Ashari, but Ashari's not giving much away.
She goes on, "When Remi asked to meet an hour later, I messaged everyone [except Virmad and Mikodez] to return. But nobody answered right away, and only Ashari answered at all. So I tried to figure out whom we report to, in the rebellion. Because if Remi asked what we would do to free the moths, and I couldn't tell him even whom to talk to, that would look bad."

If this were only the Rahal, she'd try to finesse the precise source of her information, here. Sulen, in particular, seems like someone who could be bored out of curiosity by sufficient provision of technical detail. But it's not the right time to lie to Ashari. "There's a person, a facilitator named Quill. They're part of 'timeline desensitization', that deals with new recruits. Their name shows up repeatedly in the records of Ashari's past missions, and documents they've written are all through the command files, including the planning for this mission."

Deep breath. "The person who corresponded with the magistrate, and took his money? I think that was Quill, too. The writing style's the same. The rebellion doesn't take money for recruitment, usually. I'm wondering if that was a private project, on Quill's part. And I'm scared our entire mission is, as well."
lleullawgyffes: a wolf looking at the camera (Default)
From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes
Virmad blinks rapidly multiple times in succession. “‘Free the moths?’ Remi’s on board? What have you all been doing while I was—” He stops, chooses his next word carefully. “—away?”
zuhrovet: Sasha with a brimmed hat (hat)
From: [personal profile] zuhrovet
"The moth is intelligent," Sasha says. "Alaric figured out how to contact it. We had a meeting with Remi, and he helped us figure out how to reconfigure the range for his baby moths, but I think he's gone home to sleep now. The plan was for you and Sulen to arrest him tomorrow morning, on suspicion of heresy. That's why I was going through his files, and Gerae's: to insert appropriate evidence."

free the moths! - still paging Ashari, Sulen, Virmad

From: [personal profile] zuhrovet - Date: 2017-11-23 07:45 pm (UTC) - Expand

Inquisitor transformation sequence, go!

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Re: Inquisitor transformation sequence, go!

From: [personal profile] zuhrovet - Date: 2017-11-23 08:25 pm (UTC) - Expand

Re: Inquisitor transformation sequence, go!

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Re: Inquisitor transformation sequence, go!

From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes - Date: 2017-11-23 08:55 pm (UTC) - Expand

Re: Inquisitor transformation sequence, go!

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Ashari is terrible as always

From: [personal profile] smokedetective - Date: 2017-11-23 09:29 pm (UTC) - Expand

Sasha did originally call this meeting for a reason

From: [personal profile] zuhrovet - Date: 2017-11-23 10:10 pm (UTC) - Expand

[moths - paging GM]

From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes - Date: 2017-11-23 08:15 pm (UTC) - Expand

Re: [moths - paging GM]

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PAGING GM - what would Ashari know about Quill?

Date: 2017-11-23 10:20 pm (UTC)
smokedetective: (Default)
From: [personal profile] smokedetective
[Can I ask what Ashari would know about this Quill fellow? Specifically in reference to Ashari’s past missions and involvement with the rebellion? Has Quill done any especially shady or lucrative shit Ashari would care about or compromised a mission before?]

Re: PAGING GM - what would Ashari know about Quill?

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definitely after midnight

Date: 2017-11-16 12:02 am (UTC)
zuhrovet: A green frog (Default)
From: [personal profile] zuhrovet
[My timeline arithmetic says it's probably about two in the morning in this thread. Virmad just missed meeting Remi in security. On the bright side, this pattern of Remi going through security right around the time as one Rahal or another makes it look exactly like we pulled him in for questioning.]

Re: definitely after midnight

Date: 2017-11-16 12:30 pm (UTC)
zuhrovet: Close-up photo of a black-and-white moth in the grass (moth)
From: [personal profile] zuhrovet
[I gained this skill through the fire of teaching multiple new preps multiple years in a row. I have since seen the error of my ways.]

Re: [OT: teaching]

Date: 2017-11-16 10:50 pm (UTC)
zuhrovet: Close-up photo of a black-and-white moth in the grass (moth)
From: [personal profile] zuhrovet
[Been there, done that, got the T-shirt!... Albeit without the sheer number of sections that high school teachers handle.

Now I am an editor and life is much calmer.]

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