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[sleepdarts]

( The device is carefully placed before the video starts, letting it show only the piece of paper in question. It's not quite the wanted signs of the past but it'll do the job.

ستة وسبعون

76. She's calling him out.

The video only stays on for five seconds before it switches off. It's done its job )

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[sleepdarts]

Good. If you have it figured out you have no need of questions.

[sleepdarts]

That it good. It would not do to be alone here.

[sleepdarts]

Time can change many things.

[mylawn]

Knew about him before they knew about me.

[So that's a thing. Has been a thing. Jack shrugs, indicating that there really isn't much he can do int his department--not for lack of trying, of course.]

Not sure where he is now.

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[redshitlord]

nothin dude im just playing

:D

[saveyourserpent]

Why?

Only joking. Carry on.

[soldiergenes]

Fair enough.

Got a name?

[sleepdarts]

He will appear when it is time.

( They can keep listening but Ana has already gathered that this place is fairly large, not only with the complex but the planets. Locating Gabriel would not be simple, and then what would they do? )

That silence should be good for now, even if it may not end that way.

[sleepdarts]

I would think that we all have one.

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[desynched]

I think you might be a bit off then, Cap.

I'd say there are about that many of us here, though. The people the Ingress grabbed, I mean.

[mylawn]

Usually does.

[Jack thinks he'd know if Reyes was gone, after all. By now, they're on the grounds of the farm, and he's bracing himself for what she might say about it. Certainly more quaint than might be expected of him, and he knows how close this edges towards 'retirement'. He expects her to say as much, so when he gestures, it's a little sheepishly.]

This is it.

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[sleepdarts]

You can't help but wonder why it only took some of us.

[sleepdarts]

( She doesn't actually go there, or at least not quite in such an obvious (negative) reaction. It's close to retirement, and it's cosy. Part of that is nice -- with missions, and then what came after Overwatch, it's been a while since either of them have known such a comfort. They might have both said that they didn't need it, but there's still something nice about it )

I'm surprised you didn't recognise it as a farm.

( Given his earlier slight rejection that it was completely a farm. She knows what it is, and knows he also does, but she's a big girl. She can handle a little comfort, because she doesn't have to stay retired the rest of the time. Ana doubts that Jack's gone back to just farming )

How did you get it?

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[desynched]

I don't think anyone knows. There isn't a pattern that I've seen. They say it's a malfunction, so it'd make sense that we're pulled in all willy-nilly.

[mylawn]

[He offers her little more than a sigh in return, relenting. It's a farm. He knows it's a farm. He's a genuine American farmboy, and this is his farm.]

They offer you housing when you get here.

[And there's a fairly surprising selection, too. Jack's choice is perhaps a little obvious. ]

Don't have to pay rent if you donate half of whatever you produce.

[cadeuces]

[ The lacquer's certainly flaking; she's getting a peek beneath the glaze and thinks she can see enough of the clay beneath to know for sure, so finally: ]

You don't recall this place, do you?

[ Less question and more observation, because, yes, she knows. ]

[sleepdarts]

( She would have admitted it eventually. Well done, Angela )

I do not. I regret that being the case.

[sleepdarts]

( There's a noise that Ana makes, and she's smiling now )

Well I am glad that I have returned to see this.

( Let her get a chair to sit and watch you farm, it'll be a wonderful sight. Maybe she'll offer some commentary on it )

And what are we selling?

( She's definitely taking your proceeds and not farming. That's how it works, right? )

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[sleepdarts]

Some of us more than once.

( text ) ; private

[sleepdarts]

( Wait. Abort. ABORT )

It is an odd malfunction.

( Lena will definitely ignore the first text right???)

[mylawn]

[That's definitely how it works. Jack won't object.]

We've got bees.

[Meaning that they're selling-slash-donating the honey, not the bees. This particular farm is outfit for beekeeping of all things, which Jack considers advantageous in that it's more a part-time gig than anything. Of course, that might change.]

But we can grow whatever you want.

[There's room for it. He has enough money from security contracts to buy the necessary supplies.]

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[desynched]

[ NICE TRY. That plus her saying that she's getting a gauge of the nature of the people here clicks. ]

You don't remember being here, do you?

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[sleepdarts]

( القرف )

No, I do not. Perhaps that is part of tge malfunction.

[sleepdarts]

( Tea plants. There's a business there )

I will think on it. It seems like a sensible idea.

( A good, quick solution for living, especially when he'd been wanting to hide his identity )

And something to keep you busy. I know that stopping is not easy.

( Stop her if you've heard this before. She's not trying to switch the topic just saying she gets it. At least he's keeping busier than she did )

[flashbanging]

[ SO HE FIGURES ... ]

Hah. Even if you were serious, that ain't gonna be possible. Don't go no fixed address as yet.

[ He doesn't sound too worried about it, though. ]