@peter.benjamin

[thwipandrelease]

So I know I can't be the only one who's had the unexpected pleasure of coming into possession of messages that aren't intended for my consumption. I'm not talking about you getting someone's private love letters or metaphorical cat video links, which I've gotten and deleted.

If I were back home, I'd be sliding this info to my nearest and dearest investigative journalist type. Since I'm not, well, I guess I've got to take matters in my own hands.

It's an interesting read, so, I'm just going to include the unedited details for all.

[what follows is a copy of the message that peter had received earlier, sent from lydia gill-jade, which seems the sort of thing that would come up in a current headlines search if it weren't presumably a secret. well, so much for that, huh?]

Maybe it's just me, but do people usually name successors for campaign donations?

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@hope.mikaelson

[tribridfreakshow]

i got something similar. both of our messages involve the same person. i'll attach a copy of mine too.

[Attached is the message that she randomly received, a conversation between Katelin Jovavich and someone called JPG discussing terraforming Juptier's moons.]

anyone referred to only by their initials immediately screams shady to me, but i don't have any context for any of this. maybe someone else does.

@goro.akechi

[impede]

Definitely shady, given the communication in this world. Knowing someone's identity is unavoidable once you've begun to speak to them online. Handles are meaningless dressing.

That means the initials are meant to conceal something. From us in particular.

As for the contents otherwise: what could she be looking for? Success? Approval for her efforts? Or is there something in particular that she's seeking at this time?

[tribridfreakshow]

it's not very clear if it's something physical or not.

is there a way to do a search for those initials? we might be able to narrow down who it's referring to.

@ren.amamiya

[variate]

Is there an R?
It could be JRPG.

[impede]

He's joking. Even I doubt that it's it.

[variate]

That was a good one, too.

[impede]

I'm always happy to compliment you when you deserve it, but I'm afraid this isn't one of those times.

[variate]

Ouch.

[ well, at least his deadpan comes across in text. ]

[tribridfreakshow]

i'm not sure i even know what that is so i'm just gonna let it go.

[impede]

It's a type of video game. RPG, with the J tacked on—referring specifically to Japan, our home country.

I take it that you're not much of a gamer.

[tribridfreakshow]

ah not really. nothing against it, it's just not something i've done much.

[impede]

It'll be slow work, but we could scour lists of politicians. Once the networks are proving to be hardy again.

[tribridfreakshow]

if it were a politician we could find with a long search, they wouldn't need to hide behind initials though, right? maybe it's someone seedier, like a futuristic mafia. or it stands for an alias.

[impede]

Then we need to determine if he refers to himself that way or if the contents of it were altered for our consumption.

[tribridfreakshow]

it'd be easier if we can find any other messages that use the same 'name.' the other person showed up elsewhere, so maybe this person will too.

[thwipandrelease]

Something smells mighty fishy here and no, it's not my sushi lunch.

My knowledge of the local political climate is sadly pretty lacking, but I definitely want to keep piecing together all this information. Even if it's all innocuous — unlikely but possible — I think it deserves to be looked into further.

What could possibly be so important on Jupiter's moons and what if any interest might it hold for those companies?

[tribridfreakshow]

maybe there's something physical there that they need? resources? or it could just be something more metaphorical.

i don't know. i barely know how the government even works here yet, but finding corruption isn't going to surprise me at all. the fact that the same woman shows up in both of these definitely raises red flags imo

[thwipandrelease]

Yeah. Uninhabitable doesn't mean that the place can't have something useful. Symbolic gesture. Or maybe it's all just a front for something else.

I suppose we've got two options: wait and see or blow this thing wide open and watch the mess that comes out of it. I work best in the chaos, but I don't want to put all of NA in the crossfire.

[tribridfreakshow]

well someone definitely wanted it for something.

you won't see me trying to prevent chaos if it gets us answers.

[thwipandrelease]

But what'll you do if everything goes to shit?
I'm okay with sticking my neck out there for the greater good, but not so much if I knows those around me are just going to take advantage, you know?

[tribridfreakshow]

if you ask me, everything's already gone to shit. if this is the normal around here than we have some serious problems.

@ren.amamiya

[variate]

[ man, corrupted politicians bring him back. ]

Someone wants Jovavich to win, but we don't know who yet, even if we can make a good guess.
I wonder if they have stake in these terraforming projects.

[tribridfreakshow]

it doesn't sound like this kind of stuff is new around here.

[variate]

It wasn't new where I came from, either.

[tribridfreakshow]

some people doing anything they need to do to get what they want is kind of the norm everywhere, huh