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[pale_blue_arrow]

This is Brendan Frye. If it's urgent, you might have a better chance o' tracking me down on foot. If I'm not answering, chances are I've gotten in over my head with something, not that I'm refusin' to give you the time of day. So leave me some words and I'll get back to you as soon as I don't have a fire to put out.

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7/10; voicemail

[siriusly]

-ey, hi, Brendan! Ah...sorry I missed you, I was checking in, and uh. I wanted to let you know to...uh, if. If anyone approaches you about blood tests or research? Or asks you to participate in something like that...please don't! There's--well, some suspicious things happening related to that, and I wouldn't want you to get mixed up.

So...So, just keep your ears peeled for that kind of thing. Especially if you wind up at one of those big ImPort gatherings, like the swear-ins. I have kind of a bad feeling about the next one...

[beat.

hastily:] But, but it should be alright! Anyway. I'll talk to you later. 'Bye!

[pale_blue_arrow]

can't talk right now but wtf, sunset? i've been keeping my ear to the ground for gossip and haven't heard a word about this.

what's going on? what's happening? are you safe?

failure to answer within thirty minutes will make me storm your house like a castle, for the record.

[siriusly]

[10-12 minutes after:]

It's OK!! I'm fine. Nobody's hurt.
I'm sorry...I didn't mean to worry you. But someone I trust tossed me that information...said to keep an eye on friends and people I know who could be targeted. And that's pretty much everyone I know!
So I wanted to make sure you knew...
Just avoid fishy science guys asking for blood...

[pale_blue_arrow]

firstly, do i seem like the kind of guy who'd give that over to anyone? ever? sunset, in case you haven't noticed i have trust issues. my trust issues have trust issues.

secondly, while i did bleed for somebody, that was a date thing, not a scientific thing.

thirdly, define 'fishy scientist guys' so i can start tracking down some leads on this asap

[siriusly]

It's less about trusting your...trust issues I guess...and more the peace of mind of at least forewarning you. If that makes sense...
OTO: Otherworld Technologies Organization. There might be ties to other research people...but I don't know for sure.
But please be extra careful if you notice them around.

[pale_blue_arrow]

sunset, i love you, but you know me, i wouldn't give over my blood for research. science is not my bag.

got it. gonna see what i can dig up on them. their low profile is already suspicious, with that and the weird imposters of at least one person i know going around lately, something is well and truly fucked around here.

keep me updated on whatever you find and i'll do the same.

[siriusly]

If you're really serious about learning about it, you may want to reach out to RISE. That's where I heard about this in the first place.
Either way, take care...I kind of have a bad feeling about things right now.

[pale_blue_arrow]

got it. i already poked at RISE but they're in the dark on a good chunk of this, too. keep an eye out, sunset. stay safe. you're a cop-to-be, that paints a target on your back. if i gotta play it safe, so do you.

[siriusly]

I told you I'm not going out of my way to get killed...I can't promise to stay out of trouble, but I can promise I don't have a death wish haha.
I don't know how encouraging that is...
But you said you can't talk right now...is something going on?

[pale_blue_arrow]

something sort of is, yeah. looking into one of the imposters going around. can't say more in case anybody ever steals my phone but i'll ring you if i need you, i promise.

[siriusly]

Whereabouts are you right now? In case you get in a pinch...you can just text SOS and I can find you from there.

[pale_blue_arrow]

i can't tell you. not yet. you remember what happened to heropa on the news + the majority report?

this imposter thing did that. it's not something i'm going to directly engage. even i have limits.

[siriusly]

Be careful Brendan.
Otherwise I won't get to see the last bit of that movie we were watching... [it is 100% not his fault he fell asleep after they exiled Romeo ok, he was just really goddang tired.]

[pale_blue_arrow]

i'm not gonna let you off the hook that easily, sunset. you're gonna watch all the best shakespeare adaptations.

i'll be careful. i promise.