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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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[pale_blue_arrow]

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.

[codeoracle]

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.

[pale_blue_arrow]

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.

[codeoracle]

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.]

[pale_blue_arrow]

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.

[codeoracle]

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.

[pale_blue_arrow]

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?

[codeoracle]

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.

[pale_blue_arrow]

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.

[codeoracle]

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.

[pale_blue_arrow]

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.

[codeoracle]

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.

[pale_blue_arrow]

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.]

[codeoracle]

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.]

[pale_blue_arrow]

if i don't get an explanation i reserve the right to nickname you in spanish slang. i called yusuke 'little merman' for a solid month and he never thought to google it, it was great.

i always feel like emoticons are staring into my soul. which is fitting since i think humanity struck a faustian deal in order to obtain them. that and the world's most perfect drink, cream soda. (●♡∀♡)

[codeoracle]

...that sounds amazing. He really didn't know?

Emoticons are soulless beings, but they express things so eloquently.Pretty sure the right combination of them would summon Cthulu or something.

[pale_blue_arrow]

i kept waiting for him to google it but he never did so. no, he STILL doesn't know.

the good news is, if they did summon cthulu, he'd be considered an imPort, registered and shoved somewhere we wouldn't have to deal with him. #somebodyelsesproblem

[codeoracle]

...We should give him even mroe out there name.

He'd be my problem considering I have Necronomicon here. So...Yeah.
I'd have to deal.

[pale_blue_arrow]

we should. i just don't know how to top that. what's even weirder than little merman?

plant the necrinomicon on someone you don't like. let it be their problem.

[codeoracle]

I don't know. But we could totally think of something. I called someone a small goat for a straight month online once. They were rude.

Uh. No can do. Necronomicon is my persona. Yusuke explained that right? I can't dump my spirit on someone.

[pale_blue_arrow]

goats are cute, though. wait i've got this, we nickname yusuke the way pretentious indie filmmakers name their films: adjective + noun. the more disconnected, the better.

his clone said a persona was a manifestation of his spirit. he didn't mention other people having one. he was a bit busy both putting the moves on me and then trying to murder me.

also watching the disney version of the little mermaid after reading the original book will leave your spirit embedded in the couch for at least a week. the wasted potential there is that bad.

[codeoracle]

Oh. /Yes/. That's perfect...Lobsters are his "aesthetic"
by the way.

Okay...not the best explanation. I mean...other people can have them. It's a manifestation of a rebellious spirit--the cognitive versions we have of ourselves. And wait...the clone was putting moves on you?

...I uh--Never saw it?

[pale_blue_arrow]

sparkling lobster? artistic lobster? lamentation of the last lobster? this is a goldmine and you are a gift to mankind.

one: that's not a great explanation either, tbh. two: don't tell yusuke about the clone getting flirty with me. he'll convince himself it's HIS fault somehow and he already does that about every other fucking thing that comes up. and i subscribe to the theory it doesn't count if it's a clone.

we need to do a bad movie night sometime.

[codeoracle]

so much potential. fabulously frustrating lobster? Because that works on so many levels where he's concerned.

I can give you a better run down some other time. For the record...my persona is support only.
As for Yusuke...he does have a pretty bad habit of taking on all the blame. Even when things aren't really his fault or...are things he can't control.

...Yes. Pls. I love bad movies. Though B sci-fis are my favorite.

[pale_blue_arrow]

if only i knew french, artsy types love french, it'd be perfect.

support as in...?

yeah, he's got some issues, there. which is hilarious because he also kept accusing me of having those same issues. i take it he's not familiar with the concept of 'projecting'?

my knowledge of bad sci-fi is limited to sharknado, which, if you haven't seen, you should. first truly awful movie i saw here and it was magnificent.