@gaby

[vns]

[ this was supposed to be one of Gaby's days off. in fact, she's not in the safehouse when the message comes in. ]

Turns out that we're missing two new faces around the safehouse.

I'd play a guessing game as to why I wasn't told, but I don't care. These two faces apparently murdered two people that night.

I don't know who they are, but I do know that they're locked up. Any guesses as to what's going to happen to them?

Genuine question. Because I don't know.

Oh, and because some of you think you can do whatever the hell you want around here: don't think the way out for them is a jail break. Don't even fucking try it. And no, Morningstar isn't in the business of breaking people out of jail, because that would be stupid.

[ she's a little angry. no. a lot. but mostly she doesn't know how to handle this one. ]

Look. You know something? Tell me. You won't be "in trouble."

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[batricide]

[ he hates you gabby. so so much. ]

Look.
This is going to end up on the media. If they didn't get to the safe house then they won't have an identity. That will end up all over their news, probably with their faces and a call for people to identify them.
You may be able to spin it as something else. They're some escaped mental patients or someone ripped out their implants and caused brain damage in the process, that's why they killed.
This is again assuming they aren't going to slaughter everyone they're in close quarters with.
You may have to prepare for more than just some freaks with some glow in the dark paint to know we exist.

[vns]

I have one question.

Do you ever stop to consider that the person you're speaking to may actually know more than you do?

[batricide]

Considering you said you don't know? No.

[vns]

Try it on sometime. It might be a nice look for you.

[batricide]

Yeah? Connect me to your supervisor, I swear I'll give them my full attention.

[vns]

I said I didn't know what would happen to people without registered implants, not that I didn't know what happened.

So. That's a no.

Don't talk like you're above me. In terms of humanity. You're not.

[batricide]

[ This is a bad idea. This is a bad situation. There was a point to disengage but that was a long time ago. ]

You have no right to question my humanity.

[vns]

I wasn't. I was telling you to not look down your nose at other people.

[deicider]

Gaby doesn't have to prepare for anything. We're not Morningstar's problem, they're helping us for free. Whether killing them is the right thing to do is a moot point. We don't have the resources to pull off a double murder, not even a single.

@leo.fitz

[retravel]

Agreed on all counts.

[batricide]

I thought you were smarter than that.

[retravel]

I'm smart enough to know when a murder's likely to draw more attention, not less.
When the nurse was killed, we became more suspicious, didn't we?
The same would be true for your apparent targets.

[batricide]

They aren't my targets.
They're a liability as they currently stand.
Sometimes you have to cut your losses.

private.

[retravel]

You're right. They are liabilities. And you're right again, you cut your losses. You protect the many, not the few. That's only mathematics.
So if offing them would solve our problems, know that I would be with you, Hafid.
But right now, I think there are others who will reach them first, and that we should let them.

[ MS, to an extent, and the people who held them in the first place. why not let the murderers be bait, so they can see how far both organisations will go for them? ]

private.

[batricide]

She comes on here saying she doesn't know what to do, she shouldn't be surprised when someone gives a practical answer.
If it compromises the whole thing then it's on her. Her life's work up in smoke, not mine.
If they get reclaimed by the people who brought us here then they'll probably wish they were dead anyway.

private forever.

[retravel]

[ it's a touch more obvious then that he's upset — by gaby's actions or something bigger. hafid tends to be brusque and clear over text.

not like this. ]

All valid points. Our position is a vulnerable one, and it's only fair that we defend it.
Are you open to further discussion offline? I'm not confident that these private filters are doing what they say on the tin.

[ i.e. he wonders if el and gaby can see through them, anyway — but also this is a ploy to level with damian, one on one.

he thinks they understand each other, in some small way. ]

private forever.

[batricide]

[ He'll get a GPS pin in response after a lengthy pause. ]

flies into your inbox.

[retravel]

[ !!! ]

On my way.
Nearest subway stop on my line's the one by the river. I'll meet you there.

[ where there's room to breathe and walk. ]

[vns]

[ so that remark is not smart? noted, Hafid. ]

[batricide]

Free? Ha.
The way I see it, we're a valuable asset to them. How the hell else are they going to defeat monsters and deal with what the enemy throws at them?
Don't be naive.

[deicider]

I promise you, Morningstar didn't tell us to go fight the kaiju, that was all our idea. We're an asset but we're also a huge risk. There's a world outside of New Amsterdam, and bigger, more complicated problems for them to deal with than a giant monster.

[batricide]

We're a resource in their insurgency. Liability or not we offer something no one else can.
But whatever, fine.
Let them slaughter each other and expose the whole operation.
If it's not her problem, it's not my problem.
I've got better things to do than to keep criminals alive anyway.

[deicider]

Maybe if we ever get our crap together we can be a resource, but that's obviously a ways off.

[batricide]

Might be easier if we had actual leadership.