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[warandpeace]

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For those that were in Avelle for the past week, has anyone here noticed the crash?

Or the significant lack of coverage or aftermath?

I have concerns. Perhaps it's a lack of acquaintance with the local culture, but it seems unusual to remain silent when something wrecks into one of the city's main resources. That we are also strangers here reminds me that makes us very prone. We may be in their records now, but it is as simple biological resources.

We're going to have an important figure on board. It might be sufficient to secure our safety. But I am curious about that crash.

[He clears his throat. Moving on.]

Do you have the equivalent of an R&D team? A group that I can propose a project to if I give them the specifics? It would take a bit of work but in the long run I think it would be beneficial.


OOC: Linking to the crash info for reference.

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[whynotgoonmyown]

I did. I actually thought it was an earthquake at first, until I saw some smoke.

[warandpeace]

I couldn't make out much.

But if ships are going down, I would think it would be a little important.

[Surely so many people can't be caught up in blissful relationships that one or two wouldn't look up and question it. Sometimes willful ignorance is bliss.]

[whynotgoonmyown]

You would. Of course, that might be exactly why they're keeping it all hush hush, although that's really just speculation, and doesn't explain the locals.

[warandpeace]

I didn't even hear outrage. Usually there's some sort of outrage.

[But mostly he hasn't caught wind of anything.]

[whynotgoonmyown]

True... Could just be that there's no public outrage, and it's all somewhere we can't see as offworlders, but still...

[warandpeace]

Yeah. Not supporting it is one thing. Being quiet altogether is another. [He's glad he's not the only one.]

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[rraidergirl]

[ Hey she recognizes this voice. ]

I've tried talking to some of the locals after the fact, but no one's saying anything. Or... No one knows anything. You suggested it might be something that happens often here, but... this doesn't feel like it.

[warandpeace]

No. It doesn't. And I don't much like the idea of being in permanent dock. Contrary to what they might be pushing, I'm still not much of the settling kind.

If you're going out, would you mind some company?

[He actually wishes Ocelot was here. He despises him, likes nothing about him. But he's useful.]

[rraidergirl]

[ She hesitates, considering both messages, but makes up her mind all at once. ]

As it happens, I was planning on taking a walk along the river, if you'd care to join me.

[warandpeace]

Never said no to the company of a smart woman. I'll meet you there.

[And keep track of this gridded mess of a map he's keeping.]

Action!

[rraidergirl]

[ Lara is doing her best to look like a perfectly normal young woman, going for a casual stroll by the river. It works rather well, except for the part where the careful observe would notice the red handle of a climbing axe hooked to her belt and mostly obscured by her coat.

She picks her way carefully towards Miller, nodding a greeting. ]

Hello again.

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[warandpeace]

I have an idea.

If you have any information, let me know. Suspicious vehicles. Any evidence. Conspicuous words or symbols. Anything. I'll collect it and pass it around privately to people searching different areas.

I'll make a gridded map and keep track.

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[rraidergirl]

[File Attachment: Avelle.15.1]

[ Enjoy your quality photos of a withered body in what looks like a burned out room. Age, gender, race impossible to distinguish at a glance, but a tattoo is visible and carefully documented.]

[warandpeace]

I have the means to extract that without the authorities seeing you.

I can bring it to you when we meet.

[rraidergirl]

I hope you don't mean the entire body.

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[syntheticated]

I was there. [ But that doesn't seem to be enough, so he decides to send a second message a minute or two later. ] Do you think it's safe to ask others to risk themselves when these people seem to care little for us in the first place?

[warandpeace]

No, I don't. But I also don't think it's safe here at all.

So I'm going out on a limb.

[And hell, he's fully aware he's wearing a tracking system of some sort.]

[syntheticated]

[ That goes without saying, but he is curious... ]

What would you need them to do?

[warandpeace]

First off, whatever information we can find. Then lining up that R&D team would be a big help.

[For more than the pet project he has in mind.]

[syntheticated]

[ Sorry, he's a little slow on all this lingo. ]

What's R&D? How will it help?

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[abide]

The lack of coverage might mean they're hiding something. [ He crosses his arms, considering. ] What did you have in mind?

[warandpeace]

Just being curious.

I thought maybe we could pool our resources. [Says the guy who uses said resources to direct tactical espionage missions.]

[abide]

And then what? [ Really, he's just talking out loud. ] If we do it right, the intel could be useful in another way.

[ Oh yes. He is very familiar with tactical espionage missions. Not that they're his particular field of expertise, but he's done enough to know where he'd be needed. ]

[warandpeace]

It could be useful in a lot of ways.

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What's your skill set, might I ask?

[He hates being low on his information resources. Goddammit. He hates Ocelot, but his intel skills are so useful.]

[abide]

Yeah.

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[ That is a pretty complicated question to be asking him without the proper documents to just hand over. Not that he'd ever really needed that considering how well-known his face was, but in a time like this, it'd certainly be handy. ]

Captain Steve Rogers. [ Introductions first though. ] That list is probably a lot longer than we have time for, but if you say it, I've probably done it. I lead a team of people back home, the Avengers. We do what we can to keep the world safe. [ He pauses, unsure about the word but eventually saying it anyway. ] You know, superheroes?

[ That's what they've been titled anyway. ]