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[theoverview]

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@SkepticJaycee: Hey, guys.
Do you remember those conspiracy-theory fan forums I told you about?

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[cyan_maid]

Hi, it's Jane.
And yes, I do. What about them?

[theoverview]

Hello, Jane!
They're talking about something I think might be some kind of lead.
Apparently something leaked about InterGal moving some Airlocked assets.
The rest of the fans just aren't talking much about it because they know they won't be able to get photos of new sets or anything.

[cyan_maid]

[. . .

You know that could be monetary assets or office locations but Jane really doubts it's anything but a whole assload of comatose bodies.]

Assets.
Alright.
Do you have a link to the post? I think I ought to take a look.

[stitch_in_time]

Any chance the leak's genuine, you think?
-Dr.

[Almost no way this is anything but a trap, given Rox's comments about hunting down pirates, but might as well ask.]

[kingshaming]

[Xander is following the spits and the conversations near by, but hasn't added anything to it yet.

Though he is frowning heavily.]

[desperateprayer]

[ Clarith is going to hang out by him, running fingers through her ponytail nervously. She's pulled it over her shoulder. ]

...It's a trap, isn't it?

[kingshaming]

I suspect so.

[empathiser]

[ frown off, now he's done hovering over jane's shoulder like a profiling hawk. ]

[kingshaming]

[who can frown best? Will looks as pensive as he feels and he doesn't know him as well...

So he feels less issue saying this.]

I'm starting to wonder if our bait is closer then we think.

[he tilts his chin at the computer, and Jaycee's feed]

[cyan_maid]

[She sees you Xander hello]

...This is either a trap with pretend bait or a trap with real, actual bait. I think.

[kingshaming]

Hopefully with real bait so it's not a waste. I say we should treat this as an ambush from the start and plan accordingly.

[ratherdoweddings]

We can't run away, Xander-san. Even if it might be our only shot.

[kingshaming]

A finer ambush I've never seen. But I will do whatever we decide. This is what we've been preparing for, at least.

[everylittlesecret]

[Someone else isn't joining in on the convo either, preferring to hover nearby. This just all reeks "trap" to her.]

[cyan_maid]

[I mean same but if there's real risk for their friends involved can they afford to ignore it?]

[shikosuki]

[ Well while plans are being hashed out, Choromatsu's gonna slip off to find Kip. At the very least, it's worth bringing the whole thing up to him and see what input he has as a navigator and part of the team (and if everyone else decides they don't want to pursue this after all, he doesn't think it's a bad idea to talk to Kip in case he wants some help getting off of here himself to do something instead).

Where you at shitty gremlin. ]

[theoverseen]

[Where he usually is when he's not inside: he's in the dick limo.]

[theoverview]

Are you all still there?
You've been quiet for a while.

[cyan_maid]

[oh right, shit]

uh yeah just finding out more stuff
sorry dont have time to be proper in grammar it's kind of hectic

[everylittlesecret]

[Oh hey there]

We are, but everyone is a mess, and how do I get to this place?
Is there like a spaceUber or something?

-Nari

[tokencanadian]

So sorry!
We're sort of having a deep discussion right now. There's a lot we're just finding out.

-P

ALRIGHT KIDS LET'S CATHERD

[serrata]

Alright! Before-- before anyone goes running off by themselves [ SHE'S LOOKING AT YOU TEAM STABPALS ] we need to work out a plan. I don't want this turning out like the last time we went charging into one of their traps. Not again.

[ but we are all in clear agreement that this is definitely another trap we're charging into. ]

We know they've taken Cece-chan. And we know that they're passing some 'assests' through a port tomorrow. We don't know for sure if those things are connected but I'd be willing to bet on it. [ there's a pause and then a shaky laugh. ] But maybe not with our lives.

I know we don't have a lot of time, but we need a plan. I'm not letting this end with us breaking into another jail.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Last time, we made a plan, and half of us got arrested anyway. So I'm all for charging in guns-we-don't-have blazing to get Ceec and our dead buddies back.

Or like...sneaking? Quietly? To the ship they've got going through and stealing it. We got people who can jack ships. [lookin at you r3 pirates]

[misanthropicprinciple]

If the two aren't connected, it sounds like we don't even know where exactly Cece was taken. The spaceport at least is a known location with an available map.

[When Junpei Tenmyouji isn't on Team Reckless Hotheads, you know this situation is probably beyond befuckened.]

If spaceports work anything like airports back home, we're not going to be able to even get to the gates. We'd need tickets, IDs, maybe even passports... and I doubt they let you wear hardlight in through security. But we might be able to get in through baggage claim, sneak into loading and unloading. Is that a thing in a spaceport?

[theoverseen]

Guys. Guys guys guys guys guys guys guys...

[Your favorite little green man is here. With snacks! Where did you even get caramel corn, little green man?]

You're missing the obvious! We have a limo. We're famous. We can go wherever we want.

If we show up in a crowded spaceport - crowded with probably tens of thousands of screaming fans who already changed their plans to get a look at whatever the "network assets" are - and we pick some of the cuter ones to be our frontmen, like, uhhh... Arianna, Choromatsu, Clarith probably, mmmaybe Thomasin? [He looks at Season 4 and raises an eyebrow, then shakes his head.] None of you. And then, of course, me!

And then everyone else can use a hardlight to pose as "security," all the same size so that if it does come down to a fight they won't know which threat to expect from where. Airport security won't give us a hard time, because why wouldn't network actors go where the network's working? And then once we're past them, we switch our hardlights and split up!