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meadowlark2018-11-25 03:34 pm
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@leo.fitz
Hi everyone,
It's time again for the irregularly scheduled update on the shadowy conspiracies surrounding our spacetime displacement.
If you don't already know me, I'm Leo Fitz, one of the arrivals from the first transport. Prior to being here, I was an engineering and technology operative at SHIELD, an American extra-governmental military counter-terrorism and intelligence agency. Myself and several others have been investigating the circumstances of the fire and the nurse's death, with the generous aid of Gaby, El, and Morningstar's contacts.
Maybe this only confirms our suspicions of foul play and establishes a concrete link between the fire and the creatures. To me, it guarantees that we are dealing with an organization capable of using, coercing, and erasing individuals, even those who have proven useful to them in the past. Everything we do in pursuit of answers is a risk, so please be careful as we work together to solve this.
— Fitz
It's time again for the irregularly scheduled update on the shadowy conspiracies surrounding our spacetime displacement.
If you don't already know me, I'm Leo Fitz, one of the arrivals from the first transport. Prior to being here, I was an engineering and technology operative at SHIELD, an American extra-governmental military counter-terrorism and intelligence agency. Myself and several others have been investigating the circumstances of the fire and the nurse's death, with the generous aid of Gaby, El, and Morningstar's contacts.
Debris samples from the apartment site collected by Kylo (@kylo.ren) and I contained the expected signs of fire damage as well as a significant oddity: Residue left by an organic material. While the residue was too insubstantial and damaged for a full chemical analysis, it showed matching markers to the samples of the smaller creatures of unknown origin (designated 084s), previously tested by Kylo through Morningstar.At great personal risk, Katelin (@katelin.philips) and Marcos (@marcos.diaz) also questioned the morgue attendants. In doing so, we learned the following information:
1. Our nurse suffered blunt force head trauma, noted as his cause of death prior to the fire reaching his body. Such an injury occurs most often by accident, as in the case of a car crash, or when an object is used to bludgeon the skull, as in the event of a homicide.Further investigation shows that all of the nurse's data has been wiped, as if he never existed in the first place.
2. I'm inclined to classify this cause of death as suspicious, and it seems the local authorities agree, with a group of individuals in possession of NAFD Forensics identification having carted off the corpse before we arrived. Additionally, records of the nurse's collection and autopsy have been scrubbed, much to our morgue attendants' surprise and alarm.
Maybe this only confirms our suspicions of foul play and establishes a concrete link between the fire and the creatures. To me, it guarantees that we are dealing with an organization capable of using, coercing, and erasing individuals, even those who have proven useful to them in the past. Everything we do in pursuit of answers is a risk, so please be careful as we work together to solve this.
— Fitz
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[ subsidiaries, sleeper agents, etc. it's possible they have another HYDRA on their hands, certainly, but they don't have enough evidence yet. well, they never have enough bloody evidence. ]
Hard to trace patterns in breadcrumbs already lost to the wind.
But I'd imagine this isn't a first-timer's clean-up job.
[ dry. ]
So, I suppose it might.
[ a mild challenge. if all is accessible and mutable, is that of any use? a singular piece of untouched data would mean more to him, as desperate as he is to grasp something, anything concrete before it slips away. ]
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[ people, specifically. and he's more inclined to find people who are responsible rather than just companies. ]
We do know a few things: That these wipes happen regardless of the footage's source, that someone either has far reach or plenty of skill to altering this kind of data on the fly, and that they've evaded El's capabilities. This goes beyond simple resources, this is masterful.
It narrows the pool in a different direction, but does so, nonetheless.
[ there are some ideas that draw from other places, too far reaching to mention, but settle in a sort of disturbing fashion. ]
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[ which bodes well for their pursuit of this thread. ]
Perhaps it narrows the pool of individuals able to accomplish the job, even if their affiliations remain varied.
Could be someone with access (the government and associated organisations), carefully honed skills (a hobby hacker with a cause), or the private income to afford those skills (wealthy individuals or elements of a private corporation).
[ He thinks of Daisy, whose devotion to Rising Tide led her to hack into SHIELD's systems. Masterful comes in all forms. ]
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it's also possible that the larger companies involved are just being played as resources, and that there's something else far more insidious that's going on here. ]
There must be a crack somewhere. It's far too clean.
It feels as if we're being planted. Used like tools toward some more nefarious purpose.
[ guess what he hates feeling like? how he makes everyone else feel all the time. ]
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It feels like that.
And like total shite.
[ he's js. commiserating without offering something #toosincere. this post is depressing enough as is, with its seeming dead ends. ]
Maybe we should review our other avenues of inquiry, in the meantime.
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[ stop and think about it too much, and it gets depressing. ]
There's always something to be done, I suppose.
I've got a few roads to follow.
And you, Mr Fitz? Where are you looking?
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If my partner were here, she'd say the steps you take don't need to be big, they just need to take you in the right direction.
So here's to hoping we're headed that way.
As for me, I've shared my leads with the class.
[ divulged in the body of this post, all over the comments. everything — barring a singular, ethically-questionable sample obtained from a civilian — is out there.
only then, he switches to PRIVATE. ]
Generally speaking, I'm looking into the history of the UNA and Morningstar, as well as the status of space, spacetime, and interuniversal travel at present. Vyonation's more oriented toward the practical, however, so they've yet to provide much intel of substance in that regard.
/private
Would you do one thing for me? Perhaps it's too much to ask for, but I'm sure that I can find a fair trade.
There has to be a head to Morningstar, but I've heard little about it. It certainly seems strange to me- while I don't doubt El or Gaby's loyalties, [ yet ] I'm not entirely sold.
If you find it in your research, please drop me a line, inquiring minds and all.
There are some extraterrestrial projects being dabbled in at Pulsar, my current dead-end occupation. I might be able to dig a little bit on behalf of your inquiries.
[ how do mortals do that all day? ]
/private forever
I’m happy to prioritise that bit of info, given what you’re already offering.
[ he already has a valuable inroad with pulsar, it seems. that threads neatly into the web of well-placed connections that fitz has begun to chart across this post. vyonation, pulsar, giles bell. the nafd, nacdc, napd, the press, the government. morningstar. the underground.
they need to think more like hydra than shield, if they want to get home. ]
If nothing else, knowing them all better can inform our experiences.
One more thing. The underground. Am I right to assume you’ve had a wander there?
[ fitz suspects the street gangs are dead ends — but they remain sources of information and tools, and they may lead up to the crime families and corrupt, private individuals at the top. ]
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Whatever would give you that idea?
Could it be because I'm a low-down good-for-nothing?
[ that means yes, but to an extent. it's an extent he won't give leeway too, though—his dabbles in the underground are his own.
well, and Thor's, occasionally.
while he feels a little like he's being managed, he's curious what Fitz will follow up with. ]
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You're a self-proclaimed bad boy.
[ not his exact words, naturally, but fitz keeps in mind their first conversation. ]
Unless you were just trying to impress me before.
[ teasing 'cause he won't push much. this really ought to be bobbi or daisy's job, but he's the one who outed himself — and to loki, at that — so he's the emcee now, however ill-advised that may be, given his leadership cv's precarious origins. ]
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[ like he hasn't decided. ]
Where exactly are you going with this? Inquiring minds and all.
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[ organised crime and the wealthy patrons invested in their activities. ]
We can't afford to ignore any avenue, not when we've already been too slow and uncoordinated on the uptake.
[ two months without solid leads, eight since he's seen jemma — it marks the longest he's ever been without her since they met. ]
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I'd say resources, because our displacers seem to have plenty of those.
[ that's what the underground is, it's a resource; just like Pulsar is a resource; just like the place they meet is a resource. there's something else here, and he can feel it, more than just a wild experiment. if he was just a little more than he was now, indulged in his heightened perceptions, he might be able to tell.
for now, he can't. it's just frustrating. ]
Less the answers, for now.
I doubt if we had them, we'd be able to do much with them.
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even if what they have at present just isn't enough. ]
I suppose we can cross the bridge when we come to it.
For now, it helps to know where others are looking.
[ and Loki's movements are always of interest. ]
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[ his voice almost carries with the text in with a whimsy, troublesome tone. ]
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[ he's Tired. ]