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Dr. Lance Sweets ([personal profile] lifetothefullest) wrote in [community profile] meadowlark2020-11-02 11:43 am

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For recent arrivals and anyone who missed it before, a few weeks ago I compiled what information I could find about our experienced here into a document. It needs to be updated with recent events, such as the offer from Riverstone, but should otherwise be mostly complete up to a short time ago. Like last time I posted this, if anyone has corrections or additional information, please let me know.

On a related note, I was wondering if anyone who's still here has met Johann Grey in person or otherwise seen him, and would be willing to share that memory with me. I just want to know what he looks like, not whatever experience you had with him (unless you want to go into that), so it could be as short of a memory as you'd like for it to be.

Similarly, I wanted to know if anyone met or saw images of the James Henries in Zerzura. I don't have any real reason to believe he isn't actually the same person, or at least versions of the same person, as the James Henries here, but it's still worth verifying.

For everyone who isn't particularly interested in or otherwise doesn't have input on the other things I mentioned, I have a different question. What's something that you wished that you knew when you first arrived here?
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-03 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ This document that Lance has put together continues to be impressive, and it does make Jack wonder at what his profession was before the two interdimensional kidnappings. A quick glance through the network offers up the answer: FBI profiler. Well, that makes a whole lot of sense.

Someone like that is worth knowing given their situation, and while Jack can't say he's willing to offer Lance his trust just because of some of their shared experiences, a working relationship isn't a bad idea.

So, he'll bite. ]


Seems like you've got some intel on Johann Grey already. What else did you want to know, exactly?
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-08 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
It might seem "general" because he doesn't have much in the way of distinguishing traits. He'd come across as unassuming until you started talking to him, I'd think.

[ Or until you were on an exam table and at his mercy. ]
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-08 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm not much of an artist. I don't think I'm the only person who's seen him in the flesh here, though.
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-09 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, right. I heard that's something we can do, but haven't tried it myself.

At this point, it might just be us. I think everyone else who signed up for that meeting may be gone now.
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-09 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Seems like there's a lot of ways it could go wrong.

This was back in February.
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-09 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
There was the one person who met him in person to hand over Judas, but you already know about that. Other than that, just us few who decided that getting our heads opened up was a good idea. Or if there is anyone else, I don't know about it.

So, like Reyes, I'm not sure how clear my memory would be. Especially since he blinded me partway through the operation.
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-10 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
One of us. You have her account linked in your document. This one. I didn't know her, though, so I can't tell you much more than that.

[ If anything, Lance's considerate response is all the more reason for Jack to feel like he should share what he can. He doesn't like to be coddled or treated like he's fragile, for one thing. For another... ]

The point of the surgery turned out to be a bust, so if something else can come out of that experience, may as well share what I can.
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-10 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know if this will make it any easier to track him down, but after you see the memory for yourself, we can discuss some of the things he said to me. I have my theories, but I think you'll probably be able to add some additional insight.

You'll just have to talk me through how the memory sharing works.
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-10 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have work tomorrow, so any time works for me. Where did you want to do this?

[ It should be somewhere private, and he hopes that goes without saying. ]
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-10 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I can come to your place. Just send the address over.
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-11 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's not as if Jack is eager to go sharing his memories with someone who's still more stranger than acquaintance, and it's for that reason that he doesn't make his way over to the address Lance provided until partway into the afternoon. He does send a quick message when he heads out, and it's about a fifteen minute train ride to get from his place to Lance's.

He probably should have asked about potential roommates, but then again, he figures Lance would have warned him if anyone else might be around while they do this. There's little point in stalling any longer, and so once Jack reaches the right door, he raps on it and then settles back on his heels to wait. ]
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-11 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Hey.

[ Jack nods to Lance as he steps inside, but almost immediately goes about mapping out the immediate area, taking in any details the room has to offer. He would guess that based on a place of this size (which isn't that big, but so it goes when you live in a megacity), Lance must have a roommate, but he doesn't sense that anyone else is here. Good.

There's a reason that Jack insisted on coming here rather than having Lance over, and it's because he's just as wary about letting someone into his living space. Seeing how he's the one doing the favor here, it's for the best that Lance didn't take issue with offering up his place for their meeting.

So, here they are. There's no way this isn't going to be a little awkward. ]


Where do you wanna do this? And... like I said, you might need to walk me through the how of it.

[ While Jack might be anxious about this, about possibly revealing too much, he's become pretty practiced at sectioning himself off. It should be fine, and he doesn't have many tells when it comes to his nerves. ]
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[personal profile] personalwar 2020-11-11 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sitting down makes sense, and so after a moment of pause, Jack moves to join Lance on the couch. It does feel odd to be making himself comfortable in someone else's living space when he doesn't know them that well, but it's not like he's really comfortable anyway. This isn't a social call, and they both know that.

He considers Lance's instructions, glancing down to his lap. It would be a lie if he claimed he hadn't thought back on this particular memory, unpleasant as it might have been to be so thoroughly at someone else's mercy.

Really, Lance is making all sorts of concessions, trying to be as careful as possible. He seems to understand how much of an ask this is, and in truth, Jack would like to know what the process is like before doing it himself. ]


Yeah, why don't you share one first? I assume we have to touch.

[ The empathy bond must be a prerequisite for something like this, right? It usually is. He yanks his glove off of his left hand, then holds it out for Lance to take. ]

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