@clarke.griffin

[strove]

Thank you to Yalena for getting us sorted. [Sort of sorted. Sort of.] Now that we've arrived in New Tokyo and we're stuck inside for a little while, I think we should talk about some new changes that we're facing. I can't be the only one.

But first: a good number of us are here unwillingly, but we have to wait until we're fully prepped before we can go anywhere. Heading outside in these temperatures while unprepared could cost you your life. We all hate being trapped somewhere. I think that's pretty well-established. We also hate having to do anything or be anywhere when we didn't ask for that to happen. At least it doesn't seem like we were drugged, though it wouldn't hurt for Katelin and I to take some blood samples to confirm that. We'll have to store them until we get back.

As for the changes in your lives: have you noticed any? For instance, apparently I'm a lab tech at Giles Bell. I tried to set myself up for a new internship there that I could get easily, but I got ... elevated. Or hired beyond that? I'm not sure what the right terminology is here. Has anyone else noticed this? Or had it happen to them? I got permissions to take leaves from both of my jobs. And no, I'm really not prepared to work as a lab tech. I don't even know the first thing about setting up gels.

As a bit of a personal request ... does anyone think we can make pancakes in the small kitchen here? I have a craving for them. I've not really had cakes of the "pancake" variety before, but I want them now. And if you think we can, can you make them?

[This last bit is Loki's fault.]

Comments

[covertness]

looks like you'll have to

[retravel]

[ qualifications notwithstanding, he says, christ. ]

In what way were you bold?

[revlon]

[ There are only 104 megacities. Peggy doesn't know how far Morningstar's reach extends, not when she's only been here a few short months, but if it's as far out as the colonies then it's safe to assume it has a finger in each pie down here, too. ]

The lack of concern could be the numbers, it could be the fact they've survived for decades. But we've got fresh eyes on the situation so I'm less inclined to let my guard down just yet. Particularly since the UN hasn't seen fit to disclose what they'll do with the names submitted. Unsurprising, of course.

And yes, it is possible our agents are still in their custody.

[ They could be dead. But they can't know for certain. Peggy has been keen to mount a rescue since the arrests but there hasn't been a clear path yet. This new development with the government may clear one with time and creativity. They might not even see it coming. Has Morningstar ever been so bold? She's not sure there, either. ]

[retravel]

The steps you take don't have to be big, they just have to take you in the right direction.
We keep pursuing the people who dropped us off, keep noting the weather and electrical anomalies, and keep working to help Morningstar.

[ their lot has many investigations underway already, including rey's into the leak and missing agents. the dreams haven't changed the need for that, though they've complicated everything all the same. ]

[retravel]

[ fitz makes note of sniper as a contact, then. not bad at all. ]

Like the earthly 21st century civilizations were dumped in the sand, half-rotted and half-preserved by the heat. Homes, monuments, office buildings. It was an expansive mausoleum above and below ground.

private to @leo.fitz, @keith.kogane

[revlon]

Appreciated and noted, Mr Kogane. Before I (or we, now) left for New Tokyo, we submitted a proposal to Gaby and El regarding our intentions with Morningstar and its structure moving forward. Once we're back in New Amsterdam, we'll work together to better devise a strategy for how to take on this new development within the government and proceed from there.

[ They do have Keith marked down as a willing field operative so his response here is encouraging. Peggy herself intends to make inquiries at work once she returns; she can't now, even remotely. It will look suspicious to the office since she's meant to be on a relief trip. But soon they'll all pool their strengths together, hear what Gaby and El have to say, and do what they can as a team. ]

[retravel]

I think you’re right that they realised public opinion had shifted too late (or, perhaps, the change itself isn’t as organic and integrated across the reality as it seems on first glance, like how Gaby and El’s memories shifted overnight).

And they’re adjusting their strategy, reacting to us as we have to them. It could even be a preemptive measure for future arrests.

[revlon]

Yes, and I sympathise.

[ She's not all rules and regulations, no matter the uniform people saw her wear in the dreamscape. And she's just as likely to rush headlong into trouble to get the job done. But there's a time and place, too. ]

But one's actions affect us all. You recall what happened when those two gentlemen were arrested for murder.

[revlon]

Yes. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse that we aren't in New Amsterdam to see what else has shifted during our collective nap.

[revlon]

[ It's a good thing this is text because even as a highly trained agent, her poker face cannot contain her eyebrows. Good Lord. Another man leaping the queue to get ahead and then having the gall to ask for her help in staying there. Over 500 years gone and some things never change. ]

How flattering. What leads you to believe I'm any more qualified in Finances and Economics?

[ Or that she'd be so willing to help at the drop of a hat? ]

[deicider]

Sounds really creepy, to be honest.
Maybe it was too far back, or the change needs to be bigger. What was the most significant thing that you did there?

[forcevisions]

It doesn't feel like enough.

[mercurio]

yeah! it'll be quick! and painful

[mercurio]

uh yeah he is? he wants to see what commoners do during relief efforts
he's really harmless

[mercurio]

that's where the other person's deduction skills come into play

[mercurio]

how many fingers do you have right now

[mercurio]

fine, just let me know when you're back

[mercurio]

this place is full of that: lack of logic
so i think we're good

[mercurio]

we're gonna have a really hard time recognizing any of the songs
but i'm down

[mercurio]

we can totally look forward to getting back
at least we know some of the changes from the internet
hopefully not much has changed outside of those things

[kleptocratic]

Does a thumb count?

[gasping]

wow, you're so popular. clarke the pancake princess.

[ half sarcastic... half weirdly jealous? not that caroline particularly wants people to fall over themselves to make her pancakes (she'd be okay with people volunteering to be her pancake substitute, though, and that's happened enough times) but more just... friendship. being popular. she misses her friends. ]

[mercurio]

nope

[kleptocratic]

Four, then.

[mercurio]

TOTAL? out of ten???