@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.

Comments

[saviorexe]

I don't like the idea because it's kitschy. It draws the wrong kind of attention.

[cyberlife]

... What kind of attention?

(say old ladies and middle-aged dads who think puns are peak comedy. i dare you.)

[saviorexe]

The kitschy kind.

[You know, that eye-searing visual style that only works if it’s done ironically. And Markus doesn’t think Connor would wear anything ironically.

How to…explain…,,]

No one will be looking at you because they think you’re fashionable, or that you look good in what you’re wearing. You’d just be a novelty.

[cyberlife]

(ah. so he'd be seen as a joke and not as an individual.)

I don't want to be a novelty.

[saviorexe]

Then trust me for now. Avoid the holiday ties.

[cyberlife]

Got it.

(ALWAYS TRUSTS MARKUS FIRST)

[saviorexe]

[CRISIS AVERTED.]