@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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[memoriams]

I'm not replying [SO SLOWLY] with the intent of making it worse. I'm providing you with my perspective. That could have been me being questioned, just as easily. Wrong place, wrong time. It's not a very comforting thought.

Murder aside, the issue of having no identification truly causes this much trouble here?

[vns]

No one is truly anonymous.

[memoriams]

Why? Are you telling me that we are tracked wherever we go?

[He is literally more than a thousand years behind the times.]

[vns]

It's more complicated than that. No one has real ways to conceal their identity. Your implant, that thing you have in your head now? It's the key to living. Having nothing on that is a near impossibility.

And the cops can see who you are no matter what.

[memoriams]

That sounds, frankly, terrible.

[And it makes him want to tear his implant out.]

And so there are no instances of anyone ever having a “blank” implant with no identification connected to it? Never any extenuating circumstances?

[vns]

Not unless it got scrubbed, and your implants are all shiny and new.