[Closed Network] A Series of Direct Messages to Characters

[butterfly_kiss]

[OOC: This is basically the equivalent of sending to character inboxes, including security level, and may move to in person conversations. The point is to unify it all so people can see what Tae is doing. If you want her to reach out lmk Here. Each character she's reaching out to has a thread below.]

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Personal text message to Keith

[butterfly_kiss]

I would very much appreciate meeting with you. For a check up. Related to how you were injured in that fire.

Would this be agreeable to you? At your soonest chance?

Personal text message to Leo

[butterfly_kiss]

I wanted to discuss a matter with you regarding your brother. Would you possibly be willing to meet with me to speak?

Personal text message to Sephiroth

[butterfly_kiss]

I have come up with a way you could repay me for the prescription I delivered to you on the Agrii ship. Would you be interested in helping me with a pressing matter?

[faceguy]

[Kind of a worrying text to receive!]

about his health? is he okay?

[butterfly_kiss]

Not regarding his health, though his lungs are clearing up if you are concerned.

[faceguy]

oh uh
that’s good I guess

yeah I can meet

Re: Personal text message to Sephiroth

[3wingedangel]

What do you have in mind?

[butterfly_kiss]

A personal favor a big strong man can do for a woman such as myself.

[3wingedangel]

I see. Do you want me to come now?

[butterfly_kiss]

If that would be something that would be agreeable to you.

[3wingedangel]

[Sephiroth still isn't sure what's going on, but he's gathered she doesn't want to say over the network.]

I believe so. Are you at the hospital?

[tempredmental]

[Keith pursed his lips in thought for a moment, curious as to why another follow up now. It had been a while. He was doing pretty okay, actually. Curious...]

Is something up

[butterfly_kiss]

Just some interesting results. Related to your burns.

[butterfly_kiss]

My life is this hospital, so yes, my dear, I'm here.

Text>Action

[3wingedangel]

Very well. I will be there shortly.

[And soon he arrives, coming through the hospital doors.]

[butterfly_kiss]

[And Tae stands there, hands in the pockets of her lab coat. Someone sharp enough might notice she's braced herself a little, that her hands may be wrapped around something in her pockets. Yet when she sees him she visibly relaxes and pulls her hands free.]

Would you perhaps join me in my office.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth definitely notices. "Of course," he says with a nod, and moves to accompany her there.

[butterfly_kiss]

Tae nods and heads away and when he enters the room with her, she closes the door. Then, after a moment of thought, locks it.

She still seems tense, but there's little more she can do. Or perhaps... She takes out her device and raises a finger to him to keep him silent. Then she moves around her office turning on every noisy thing she can think of. This gets recorded with an audio program on her communication device and she turns things off. Finally the device is put down near her locked door with the recording on a loop and the volume turned up.

Only then does she lead him as far from the noise as possible.

"Forgive me if this seems paranoid. I wished to speak with you regarding the attacks. Someone mentioned you might be willing to assist us."

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth watches her actions with interest, quickly deducing what she's doing even though he's not sure why until she speaks.

"After how long the madness has gone on, I doubt anything is paranoid," he remarks. "Yes, I am very interested in bringing this to a halt before there are any more victims. What do you have in mind?"

[butterfly_kiss]

I would prefer your comfort for this. Where would you like?

[butterfly_kiss]

"We need to catch those boys and force a confession. Beyond that I'm not certain. I only recently came about to believing their guilt recently myself."

She sighs and leans against the cabinets she's put them near. She's so tired but she's been working on this a lot.

"Back home others would handle this. I'm only a doctor, and not the right kind. But the evidence I have seen seems damning. One of them tried to get the Agrii to shoot Donnie."

[3wingedangel]

"I've believed it for a long time," Sephiroth says. "Donnie told me about the shooting incident. I've been trying to keep a closer eye on them since then, but they aren't always easy to track down. Now one of them has been missing."

And that worries him. Is it just one of the usual disappearances around here, or is it part of some new plot? There are others missing too. Will they find another victim lying in the woods or somewhere else isolated? That is his deepest concern.

[faceguy]

im still on the ship
but if you want to meet down on the planet I can come to the bar

[He trusts Cayde so he wouldn't mind meeting there.]

[butterfly_kiss]

I would appreciate that. I could use a drink if I'm honest.

[butterfly_kiss]

Tae sighs. Yes, that's worrying indeed. But for now she has to focus on what she can do in this very moment.

"I've gotten some more details from him. I think we can no longer hesitate to act. Especially with how separated people are."