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[She debates doing this for hours. Honestly, she should leave well enough alone and not do anything, but she needs more people in her corner and with how their last talk went--with the way Brendan talked--she's at least convinced he might be willing to lend some kind of help.]

Clones are a thing and Yusuke's sucked and...

I really shouldn't be bothering you with this but I'm pretty sure we're all in over our heads anyway and it's not good so...Reaching out I guess. You wanted to get Yusuke help once...would you still be wanting to lend a hand if it meant getting him out of a shit situation?

[She's been hanging around and talking to Yuri too much, given her adoption of some of his vernacular, but that's literally the only way to describe this mess--a shit situation.]

the shit situation involving configurations of stars in the sky, moll? or is he in another one i should know about?

That's definitely the one I'm talking about. Saves time if he already told you.

I'm trying to figure a way out. More complicated than you'd think...but the groups practically a mob with how they operate.

he told me. only yusuke could take a conversation from 'how are you' to 'i'm in a threesome' to 'i'm in a gang'. if tortured souls produce good art he's gonna be legendary someday.

it's complicated, yeah. i can't jump in to get him out for a number of reasons, the group's ideology is toxic and breeds mob mentality which could lead to flashes of violence if not out and out murder, and dollface already told me about the mess with the guy who recruited him in/being found out.

i know i'm usually a smart alek but i've got nothing. whatever ideas you wanna throw at me, i'm all ears.

That sounds like a typical conversation, honestly. Though bravo on getting the 'I'm in a threesome' thing out of him that quick.

...I know. Honestly, I didn't know enough about the group when I got here or I would have told him to ditch before it got to this point. Before he ended up on my doorstep covered in blood, but you know...

I'm drawing up blank because every possible plan could end in disaster. Discrediting him could end up with him maimed or worse...and he can't out and out leave. Putting more of us in to gather enough intel to get out only puts more of us in danger and risks exposing him in the process. And it doesn't help that he and Akira aren't talking to each other...makes it worse, actually.

It's not like we can dismantle the group overnight either. Hard to run on the info we have, but I'm considering trying to get into their systems...

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i was happy for him about the threesome thing. then the rest of the conversation happened and now i just wince knowing there's two hearts that'll break extra hard if he gets hurt in all this.

what about disrupting oh-starry-night from within? leak a little intel and frame it on someone, go the extra mile to make it plausible? i can break in and plant evidence, i'm good at that. erode confidence in the ranks about people higher up. longgame, make the higher ups side-eye each other enough this implodes in backstabbing. power hungry people don't play nice together.

if not that then i'm going to volunteer myself for any suicide missions you make come up with preemptively.

More than just two but...Yeah, I'm making sure Yuri at least knows what I'm working with--I'm not sure how much Otabek's been told so...

Honestly...that might be the best plan we've got. I might be able to manage something as far as gathering other intel goes...and some of my team might know something anyway. It's a start of a plan.

But uh...suicidal missions are kind of our specialty so...don't rule that end game out eiher I guess.

you handle that, i made a promise to my therapist to stay the fuck outta yusuke's love life and i intend to keep it.

it worked for me back home dismantling a drug ring. tactics to modify from that: nobody gets brought in who isn't 150% vouched for. if you have the tiniest doubt about someone on any level or even one thing doesn't check out, they need to be left out of this op. other tactic to modify: i can't go on the inside this time around, but dollface is already in. we might be able to use that. but we sure as hell can't abuse it. put too much of it where it can be connected to him and it will, and that'll end in a bloodbath.

i already died once back home. plus i have a history of mental illness. i could do whatever stupid, reckless, suicidal thing you come up with and pass it off not as part of some op against the star-spangled-psychos, but as crazy brendan just being crazy. no connection to any of you ever needed. you need a disposable imPort, i'm right here.

Honestly. That's probably a good idea. Nice call from the therapist.

All the people I have involved right now outside of us? I'd trust with my life. So we're good on the first modification. Second modifcation is...necessary. No abuse of that--anything we can't get without it connecting him too much I'll try and hack our way to. Or maybe Adachi will slip enough again...

Okay. One. No one on this is disposable, got it? If you're on this, you're part of the team--outlier or not. Second I said they were suicidal in theory, but I try to have contingencies so death does not actually become part of the equation. Not always possible...but I do try.

i kind of think yusuke'll need therapy when the dust from this settles. but that's way too far ahead to plan out right now.

the best bet is to connect whatever he gives us to someone else. make it seem like there IS a leak, it's just not him. people who are just a touch too loyal or not loyal enough work equally well for that. i know how to break into places and make it look like a robbery if you need that for info that's not online. might also make some waves if someone leaks and then someone else gets their place broken into and a threat spraypainted on the wall. make it seem like there's two opposing forces within, on top of whatever internal chaos there already is going on there. what're your thoughts on gaslighting someone in the org?

if it's not always possible then you want someone who has a healing factor and has already died and isn't afraid of it in that slot. that's me. especially since i've got no traceable connection to any of you other than having made out with yusuke at a party once a while back. never take death off the table as an option here given the Porter pieces people back together.

you're...probably not wrong about that.

I have no ties with these people outside of Adachi and Yusuke. We find a scapegoat that works? Gaslight the hell out of them. Yusuke got involved to take the whole group out...working to get him out might just do that for us.

Look, I don't want you dead even if the Porter fixes that. I know it's not avoidable in every case but I'll make it my priority to make that a last resort...and if you end up going in anywhere, healing factor or not, I'm giving you one hell of a buff cycle.

poor guy. when this shit's done we're getting him a therapy animal.

i can do gaslighting. an ex-girlfriend tried it on me and i catalogued her techniques, i'm disturbingly well versed in this. anybody you feel comfortable outing on an anonymous network post as a member of constellation with details if you could? someone unconnected to yusuke, but someone who's done some criminal shit. make the other imPorts go on alert. actually, we need to wake the rest of the population up to this to begin with. what about an anonymous post made pleading to be let out of constellation, made with an IP address that's not in yusuke's city and with a writing style that's not his? i took college level literature courses, i could put out something convincing but vague.

i'm never letting anyone die if i can go in their place. you matter. i don't. you're not gonna budge me on this, though you're an angel for trying.

Probably. [One of his boyfriends kind of is one, but you know. Details.]

I don't have a compiled list, but I'll get you one. We'll have to make sure we're thorough. I'm not sure if this will be a quick job or not...depends on their organization...how easy the doubt is to sow with their members...But having your skills will definitely make aspects of this easier.

I'm not expecting you to budge. You're probably at least half as stubborn as I am. I'm just saying I'm going to make sure it is the last possible scenario. And even then I can buff your defense--seriously, it's a power thing. So...last possible result is /anyone/ dying here.

we could steal a baby fox for him. or is that too on the nose?

this is not gonna be a quick job. not if we care about being caught, which, given yusuke's position, we sure as fuck do. i was able to speedrun shit back home because i had nobody else i needed to worry about getting found out. yusuke's position means this may take a couple of months. which i hate already, but so long as he gets out alive and we tear constellation down, set it ablaze and piss on the ashes, that's really all that matters. planning will have to wait until we have more details, though. plus i need to be brought up to speed on what you know, too, make sure we don't miss any details. that might have rough consequences here.

if anyone has to die, first possible result is /always/ me, angel. i appreciate the thought but this is gonna be a shitshow.

might be a bit much. He has access to a cat anyway.

At least we both know it's not going to be a quick thing. It'll be easier to bring you up to speed by sending you what I have. Or well...what Akechi has. Nothing more than names for now, but it will give us people to look into. Expect that list to show up in a secure message soon. It's that and whatever he's told you really--and whatever I get once I get into their systems.

Like I said, you're at least half as stubborn as I am. But...I know we're getting into something that'll get messy.

[The secure message that comes through is the notes, already translated. Enjoy that, Brendan.]

can we call him catsuke now?

interesting. well, i'll get to work sorting out who i can/can't reasonably stalk and who's the easiest mark as soon as i can. if any of these people have easily accessible housing i can go through their stuff, but it's constellation, i doubt that'd turn up any major smoking guns.

shitshow, angel. you can swear, i have never seen a situation that merited swearing quite like this. shitshow may actually be an understatement but clusterfuck usually implies something accidentally and this is all horrifically purposeful.

You can. I'm sticking with Inari.

It's a start at least. Better to get a lead and run with it than to have nothing at all right?
I have a feeling if we're going to get anywhere, it's going to be following anything that might lead somewhere.

Okay. Fine. It's going to be a shitshow. I'm used to those.

but catsuke is so cute!

this is going to be one of those 'review every lead thoroughly' ones, yeah. but i'm down for that. i've got time and it's better than doing nothing. although i need to go stock up on coffee preemptively.

then you understand the necessity of coffee to this operation?

Cute it may be, but I like my nickname for him too.

Trust me, I understand how much coffee we need. I could probably get you the good stuff. My dad ran a coffee shop--I know coffee, even if I mainline caffeine other ways.

there's no rule saying a person can only have one nickname. also, why do you have a nickname for him but he doesn't have one for you? that seems unfair.

when my parents forgot to leave me money for food when they were away coffee was breakfast to me. i don't need anything fancy and i will drink week old coffee if it's all that's on hand. the good stuff, to me, is when it's warm and isn't so old it's coagulating into solid form yet.

besides cream soda is my one true god anyway.

He was annoying and messed up my figures so it started a bit like an insult I guess?? It just kind of stuck.

Coffee is not a breakfast food Brendan. But I'll make sure you get something that isn't disgusting at least.

I like cocoa myself.

so if i annoy you enough, do i get a nickname, too?

coffee can be many things. sometimes it's a breakfast food. coffee is amorphous and multifaceted, like a diamond. a delicious diamond, but still.

peppermint hot cocoa is clearly superior.

probably. I'll have to think of something good though.

I...You know what that's the most amazing description of coffee I have ever heard...read. Whatever.

Peppermint cocoa is addictive and I will literally drink a liter of it.
My dad made iced cocoa for me...that's good too.

aw, thanks. i look forward to the day i am graced with the honor of a nickname. though if it's in japanese you're going to have to explain it to my ignorant ass, i only speak english and spanish.

it's just the truth. search your heart, you know it to be true.

futaba, you are a beautiful person inside and out. <3

[This is the start of a beautiful friendship.]

half the fun is leaving you confused. But I guess you might earn an explanation once I think of something good.

...Nice reference. Nerd.

(◕‿◕) I try. Oh my god do I try. [Speaking of references. This friendship is going to be a beautiful thing.]

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