@katelin.philips

[covertness]

after the fire, i talked to one of the firefighters on site. he said the fire started at the nurse's apartment and that the nurse was found dead inside. no cause of death known at the time, but they were already considering the fire suspicious. he said there'd be a full investigation soon.

i went to have another talk with him, together with marcos diaz. [ between her powers of emotional manipulation and marcos' truth inducement, they make a good team. ]

he's not involved in the investigation, but he's heard a thing or two. apparently someone was stockpiling carcasses of the smaller creatures that attacked in one of the other apartments. apparently people have been doing that, looking to resale the bodies.

not sure how useful that is, but i figure we're better off sharing whatever information we get, no matter how random. maybe we'll spot a connection or a pattern at some point.

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[covertness]

[ if markus is oblivious, bobbi is doing things right as far as she's concerned. it isn't about deceiving markus or any of the other abducted individuals, that's only a side effect. it's about deceiving, if possible, whoever brought them here.

if there's an element of randomness to it at all, she wants to have an ace up her sleeve. ]

discussing it
i'm not sure it's a good idea
and that's assuming we get our hands on them

[saviorexe]

Right. Following up on what we discussed earlier might make the latter part easier.

But you're trying to recreate what made us all lose control? Your power might have to be relied on, in tandem with physical touch, if someone starts flying into a rage.

[Basically be careful.]

[covertness]

i've used it for that before
to keep the affected calm long enough to touch them

[ so she'll be fine. probably. most likely. (katelin has her doubts. bobbi not so much.) ]

it would be good to know, wouldn't it? what made people so angry
but also what it is inside us that works as a cure

[saviorexe]

I don’t think you need me to tell you to be careful, anyway.

A biochemical reaction of some kind? Do you have any working theories?

[She’s the biologist, after all.]

[covertness]

honestly? all of this scares me
but i don't want to be too careful, either

[ that's - almost the truth. bobbi's very good about not being scared, or about doing things regardless, katelin... is getting there. ]

i don't really have enough information for anything specific
but i've gotten some blood samples by people affected
if i can get those tested properly, they might tell us more

[saviorexe]

Do you need another sample for the collection?

[covertness]

are you offering?

[saviorexe]

I am, if you need it.

[covertness]

need is a strong word
but in the world of sample sizes, bigger is usually better

[saviorexe]

Then I should do my part to add to the overall state of "better" is what I'm thinking.

[covertness]

thank you