[pre-jailbreak open log]

[rebells]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Various locations around Shehui
When: Days 215-218, roughly
Open/Closed: ota! closed/semi-closed toplevels in comments.

[It's been a quiet few days in Shehui. Life is going on, despite the detention of the Chosen 12--Yeunai is approaching, and there's something about an app called Bondr. Are you being tempted by the Antima trials? Shopping for Yeunai cards to give to your friends? Or is the toll of not knowing where some of your friends and fellow coven members are getting to you?

As for that, the plan to rescue the Chosen 12 from the building where they're being held is ticking along too. There are hushed meetings and telepathic conversations taking place in the apartment building daily--hopefully no one is bugging them, or maybe the planning squad has found a way to deal with that? Members of the coven as a whole have been informed that a rescue operation is ongoing (and ones who were paying careful attention early on will have more details), and to stay close to the outskirts of the city on Day 218. They've also been given the location of a temporary safe area on the edge of the city. The upshot is: prepare to be wanted, and to escape, when all this goes down in a few days.

If you're actually a part of the rescue plan, there are briefings on your role and duties going on the lower floors of the apartment, in the space Geir once inhabited. Even if you're not, there are still things that need to be done: supplies that need to be bought and discreetly moved to the temporary safe location, for one. Everyone has been asked to help with this.

And then, of course, there are the prisoners and the planning squad. How is everyone holding up? Are the interrogations getting worse? Are plans taking shape? How will you spend these last few days in the calm before the storm?]


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Comments

[lohengrins]

We need a means of housing the coven after we've liberated the hostages.

[ he sets down a map, alongside a series of papers — they appear to be in regards to the housing market. ]

They'll want everyone's head on a pike, at any rate. I intended on investing in a residency once I had the means. Alternatively, three small caches.

Well, I do — I have for some time.

It's an idea. One that requires the detachment of my name, that is.

[rebells]

[He bites his lip. It's a good idea, a better one than just relying on the open, wooded area 9S and the other androids found. But--]

We'd either need to bring someone from outside the coven into this plan--or find a way to disguise who bought the properties. Is that possible?

[That's directed towards the whole group--Dirk and the androids in particular.]

[apatheia]

[She folds her arms as she thinks over it. Given the size of the coven, she'd much prefer to have a more permanent hideout than simply moving from one densely packed spot in the woods to another, but—]

Given how closely monitored the entire city is, I doubt it. Even if there was a way to disguise who, that might be a problem in itself. No one seems to enter or leave the city without the government knowing, so a name they don't recognize could raise a red flag for them. Especially in regards to everyone who hasn't been captured, I'm sure their keeping a very close eye on our movements and how we're spending our credits.

[lohengrins]

More bluntly speaking, I intended on committing identity theft; borrowing the name of a high ranking government official who would already be in possssion of multiple properties as it is

The issue is that it may pose more problems in the longterm, should they trace it back to us...given that it would be a cybercrime: one that would require hacking.

mobile tagging rn, sorry for any errors!

[precedents]

Hacking shouldn't really be a problem. [ they've got dirk and 9S, the latter whom she knows would be able to accomplish that at the very least. ] We could always split the coven up... a smaller group can be housed in the property once we're able to secure it and the rest can stay in the forest area.

[splinten]

The recon on the outskirts is promising. We can set up food caches and tents or whatever, and even make a cavern to hide Geir in.

[lohengrins]

Due to how open the area is, locating one of us will inevitably lead to the discovery of the rest. Above all..

[ he cards his fingers through his hair. ]

We need to speak to Qri. Leaving this land in one piece is our priority.

[rebells]

At this point, I think it's safe to say she's either in Shehui's custody, or so far outside the city she can't talk to us. Personally, I'm leaning towards the former.

[lohengrins]

Elaborate, if you will. If she truly is in Shehui's custody...tch, then this rabbit hole is bottomless.

[rebells]

We haven't seen her in the city--and this city's large, but I think we would have noticed a mysterious caravan containing a woman in a coma eventually--and she hasn't spoken to us or Genette, not even to give instruction, in months. The most likely explanation for that is that she can't contact us. And we know that Shehui can interfere with our telepathy, at least to an extent.

[He sighs, spreading his hands.]

If she is in their custody . . . she's likely in the same location we're trying to break into. That's the only good part of this.

[insubordination]

[ roy, up until this point, has been relatively silent. simply absorbing what's being said and figuring out what needs to be done. distracted by riza's voice occasionally popping up in his head, to let him know she's still making it through. tuning out every once in awhile to respond to her, telepathically, to keep her grounded.

finally, he speaks: ]

I don't trust Qri. [ it's said a bit shrewdly, and he unfolds his arms over his chest to slide into the pockets of his long, black coat. ] . But she is our only option at getting out of this city, and without her, we're going to be trapped here. Our first priority, however, needs to be getting the twelve people incarcerated out and into a safe location, and prepare for the certainty that we are all going to be wanted criminals by the end of this. None of us are going to be able to adequately search for Qri once we strike.

[ he pauses. ]

The infiltration team is large enough to split. Half of us should be on recon to locate Qri. The other half should be focused on getting the prisoners out and to the rendezvous point.

[ there's another pause. ]

I am not leaving that building until Colonel Hawkeye is out of it, so I'm not going to be the one to lead any sort of recon mission to locate Qri. Besides that, there are children who are being tortured. Getting them out, immediately, is top priority. Qri is urgent for the eventual escape, but there's little to be done in this immediate moment with no information.

[spaceforged]

Splitting up the infiltration team would be a good idea. Two smaller groups can hit targets with less chance of being noticed. [Shiro has been silently listening to the conversation from his post. Part of him is listening for Riza in case she needs another talk. He leans back to stare down at the map again lost in thought for a moment.]

If anyone on recon can find out where the Qri is we can regroup after everyone is safe and plan from there. ...and if she is in their custody be very careful. If her trying to contact us directly caused problems at first. I can't imagine what physically being in contact with her would cause. [He rubs his temples at the remembered ache.]

I don't think we should rule out she might be outside...but the fact they can interfere with our telepathy might be evidence enough to prove she's around.

[He pauses.]

Either way, keep in mind this all has a time limit. Pending surprises the decoy team can only keep them busy for so long. If we do run into something new and dangerous, we'll warn you.

[rebells]

I can lead the mission, if someone on the other half of the team will personally guarantee the safety of Shirley Fennes.

[He looks grim and doesn't elaborate on that.]

We'll try to move as quickly as possible. If Qri is outside the city, I don't know how we're going to get there, short of blowing a hole in the barrier. [A pause.] Can we do that? I assume Geir could dent it, at least.

[splinten]

If we're splitting the infiltration teams, we need to split up skills. Both teams would need a hacker, for one. We also need to decide which team needs magic that can open any lock and which one needs magic that can twist possibility in our favour. That kind of shit.

[insubordination]

I'm going to the prisoners.

[ whether roy is leading said party or not, he won't say. but he won't put the safety of riza in the hands of anyone else, as helpful as everyone else has been here. but he pauses before glancing at the rest of the room, with a slight frown. ]

Qri will likely be behind lock and key, if she is in the complex. My ability isn't strong enough to convince anyone to allow us passage into wherever Qri is being hidden. I would be more effective with the prisoners regardless. [ he pauses. ] I can guarantee the safety of Shirley Fennes.

[ just add her to the list, he supposes. ]

[rebells]

. . . thank you.

[Well, that's that. He drums his fingers on the table, thinking about what Dirk said.]

Put Jake on the team of people going for the prisoners. Give me the individual who can unlock any lock. Qri is most likely to be under heightened security. [A pause.] Anyone who can heal should stay with the prisoners, too.

[lohengrins]

My healing capabilities are limited, but they're intact nonetheless. I can handle the prisoners' team.

[ a pause. ]

I had originally assumed that Qri would be impervious...but the possibility that they've detained a comatose woman in an attempt to understand our signet is far from unlikely. Stealth will be of utmost importance...I know well that you, of all people, understand this.

[ his features soften ever so slightly. ]

But I ask that you exercise caution. We need you out of there.

[rebells]

[He rolls his shoulders back.]

I don't do dangerous things for the sake of it. I'm not one of those idiots with no sense of self-preservation.

[He will be careful, he means, though he's got a roundabout way of saying it.]