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[rootbound]

Who: Geir, Vern & you!
Where: Shehui (various)
When: Day 196 (backdated to just before the telepathic fail hijinks)
Open/Closed: Mostly open!

i. setting it up (closed to geir)

[this is it. they've spent days discreetly smuggling a small heap of Palai bones one by one to a public park in a less-busy area of the city. with traffic drawn away from it by the festival, and minimal risk of anyone actually getting hurt, it's time to finish up their plan and place the final bones. one to be the trigger, one as bait for the monitors...

they peer down the street.]

...I think we can go.

ii. kaboom (open)

[and if you're in that sector of the city today, you're likely to hear a thunderclap of noise and see a brilliant flash of light coming from said park. Shehui citizens and visitors around you exclaim and turn to look, and you may see monitors making their way through the streets to the source...

Vern speaks telepathically through the entire coven's signets before the dust of the explosion's even settled, voice clipped and abrupt]

Vern and Geir here. If you're walking the city today, don't go near-- [he names the neighbourhood of the park.] If you're already near it, don't actually go to the park; make sure there are eyewitnesses that you weren't there at this time. You don't know anything about this, you weren't involved. All right?

iii. in the aftermath (open)

[Geir and Vern don't actually get themselves arrested; they're on the ground floor of the coven house as usual that evening, if you want to ask them questions face to face in a reasonably private space. they look kind of pleased with themselves...? mission success?]

Comments

[bulletbiter]

I have no evidence to prove this, but the possibility of that happening exists.

[ Since she also runs on magical energy, it's not too far of a stretch. ]

[rootbound]

Well, that's a depressing image. I'd love to know how they got her out of the cart without getting stuck to it if that's the case, though.

[bulletbiter]

I don't know. And the lack of information is frustrating, so I'd thank you for finally making a move.

[ Whether it'll pay off, though... ]

[rootbound]

Thanking us...? That's a nice change. You're welcome. I just hope it pays off; it's not like this is a good thing to pull more than once.

[bulletbiter]

It takes a certain type of personality to push for great change. I had a friend like that, back home. His ideas did turn out for the better, I hope the same for this one.

[rootbound]

We'll see.

We should be home in a couple of hours, if all goes right. See you then?

[bulletbiter]

Alright. Good luck.

[rootbound]

[they ARE back after a couple of hours...somehow no arrest??? they look thoughtful.]

[bulletbiter]

[ Good, no arrest!

Julius is holding a book but that might have just been for show while he waited for them. ]

Everything's fine? [ Just the slightest bit paranoid... ]

[rootbound]

For now, I guess. We were able to follow them successfully.

[bulletbiter]

What did they do with the bones?

[rootbound]

They were pretty confused. I don't think they really know much about this themselves -- the street-level monitors, I mean. They were wondering if it would be added to a 'stash,' though, which points us at a pretty decent magic source.

[bulletbiter]

[ Julius frowns. ]

So, a government-sanctioned magic source?

[rootbound]

Or just a bunch of confiscated items they don't know what to do with.

[bulletbiter]

[ Okay, that's... a lot less complicated than he expected it to be. ]

Like a safe, or something?

[rootbound]

Sure. I think the street-level monitors legitimately don't know what to do with the magic either; that's what all of their conversation sounded like...but the government definitely takes some sort of interest, so I suppose we'll see if it's purely suppressive or if they actually use it for something.

[sighs]

I really hope it's not another horror case like the last world, is all.

[bulletbiter]

[ thinking... ]

If we were able to build a probe or something... but we don't have the time of course. [ he could try using his powers, but that might pose more danger than good. ]

Could you possibly take any back, in theory?

[rootbound]

9S might. I don't know how fast his turnaround time is for something like that, but it seems he's always tinkering.

Take any what back?

[bulletbiter]

[ He makes a mental note to ask. ]

Any of the confiscated items.

[rootbound]

I mean, if I had access to them I would in fact try putting some in my pockets, yes.

[what's a little petty thievery]

[bulletbiter]

[ So, no. ]

Well, we can keep the location in mind, at least. Perhaps with a greater force, we could.