@leo.fitz

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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.

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.

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.

Further investigation shows that all of the nurse's data has been wiped, as if he never existed in the first place.

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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[fessus]

Sounds like I should be talking to her then. I didn't really wanna commit to anything when I'd just arrived and was figuring stuff out but things have settled a little.

The NAFD?

[retravel]

I took my time as well.

[ which wins noctis points. knowing your limits and feeling things out -- that's clever. ]

NAFD = New Amsterdam Fire Department. It would seem they've taken in-house control of the 41st Street apartment fire investigation and the suspicious death of our nurse inside it.

[fessus]

[ Noctis being clever: miracles do happen. ]

Oh. Yeah makes sense to have eyes inside, but don't you need some major qualifications to get a job like that? Or no? Something tells me it's more than just showing up with a stolen uniform.

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[ BLESS ]

Reckon there's a course to be done, like anything else, but it shouldn't be too tough to get your foot in the door. They put out a message asking for civilians who helped on the day to sign up already.
Would've volunteered myself if I weren't pulling triple duty. Not exactly my specialty, either.

[ being the science guy. ]

[fessus]

Seriously?

[ Meet one of the most easily influenced do-gooders ever, a man who happily stopped in the middle of a war to search for frogs because someone asked not even very nicely. ]

Guess I can look into it, especially if it's gonna help out. Is there a contact at the department who put out the request or should I just head over?

[retravel]

[ how was that... so easy... ]

New Amsterdam's Fire Chief was the one who welcomed civilians to train and join up.
Has El already established your cover in the city?

[ what's your story, kid. ]

[fessus]

Sounds like that's where I need to start then, after I talk to Morningstar. And I'm working as a waiter if that counts but I haven't talked much to El otherwise.

Oh, right, you should join my guild. Should help us all bond more and keep in contact. El's into it.

[ What. ]

[retravel]

[ hmmm suddenly concerned this person is a Youth™ ]

I'll take a look. Not a lot of free time on my hands these days.

[ HE JUST SAID HE HAS THREE JOBS BUDDY ]

You free for lunch tomorrow? Could talk about your guild and go over some notes.

[ mainly the latter... so he doesn't do anything stupid. ]

[fessus]

[ This sounds like a You problem though? ]

I thought you didn't have free time.

[retravel]

[ SIGHS DEEPLY ]

I'm making time for you. On my lunch break.

[fessus]

[ Well... That's sweet. However. ]

How long does it take you to eat lunch normally? Your whole break?

[retravel]

[ this feels like entrapment.

after a pause. ]

I see where this is going.
We can budget 10 minutes for your elevator pitch.

[ and guild sign ups... ]

[fessus]

[ ......... is that weakness I'm detecting. ]

Nah that's cool I think I only need twenty seconds or so. I'll show you how to set up your account later.

Are you buying the food?

[retravel]

[ yes, yes it is. ]

Can do.
There's a few markets by the business district around midday. Busy enough that no one'll overhear.

[fessus]

Sounds good, pretty sure we're on the same page. I know a good place around there to get dessert after too.

I'll try to get things set up with Morningstar in the meantime. You want character class descriptions to think over or are you good? I can just get you the link.

[retravel]

[ in noctis' private inbox, he sends a gps of the market nearest to his workplace. ]

Good shout re: Morningstar.
If you have any suggestions to narrow my selection down beforehand, I'd appreciate them.

[ he genuinely has an hour of time for this js. ]

[fessus]

Good shout? I like that, I might steal that one.

Oh well I was only gonna link you healers, we need a healer or Markus is gonna lose it.

[ This is your life now. ]

[retravel]

That one's free.

[ !!! ]

Markus is participating?
Don't know if I'm much of a healer, but if he needs the help, I could manage.

[ you should have led with the Markus stuff, buddy. ]

[fessus]

Thanks Leo

Yeah he's another healer but it's a big party to support rn so he's got his work cut out for him lmao. I made him guild treasurer so he'd have something else to fuss over that would calm him down. Seems to be working but he'll be excited about this.

[retravel]

[ confused but on board now anyway, rip ]

Yeah, of course, happy to help.

[ as of five fucking seconds ago, sure. ]

See you tomorrow, yeah? We might have a clearer idea of how to proceed then.

[ with BUSINESS not with guilds... ]

[fessus]

[ We're both doomed. ]

I mean you don't get to say ofc when you were fighting it a little but cool, glad to have you.

Yeah, I'll keep my schedule open around lunch.

[retravel]

[ this is micro-bullying ]

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