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Satsuki Kiryuin | Saretha Kaiser [StE AU] ([personal profile] purestambition) wrote in [community profile] raisetheearth2015-10-02 01:12 am

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[Saretha sits, calmly, observing the camera as she has many times before.]

Network. It's been awhile.

[Saretha may have never lost her Numbers, but she's not exactly been talkative on the Network of the last many months. She's kept up with Raye and certain others, but... most of her attention has been on business matters. On reconstruction and charity and public talks. Even if you haven't met her before, at this point in time, you have likely seen Saretha Kaiser at some point.

She's made damned sure of it.]


I will cut straight to the point - last week, a select amount of Numbered were contacted by an individual claiming to be from Thunder Corporation.

[No, she. Really didn't tell anyone she was doing this, besides alluding to her intention there to Lazarus.]

This person, a scientist evidently, does not appear to be Numbered. In fact, the claim in the private message is that he had created a means of contacting the Network one-way.

Much like they were able to harness the energies of the earth for Project Jump, he further claimed that they are developing a means of tracking us. Anywhere. He indicated that he used this same method to find people to leak information to, and that Thunder Corporation's means of tracking us was about to "run out", but I don't know how reliable that is.

[She leans into the camera.] I am aware some of you have been contacted by them in the last week, as well. It is a strange coincidence, is it not? If you are new or naive enough to not know better, did you question how it was they found you?

Thunder Corporation has always been our enemy. They plagued Locke City. They helped unearth the snake that nearly destroyed that city, setting off a chain of events wherein we nearly helped seal our own fates by killing the Guardian Animals that litter this planet. They allied themselves and ushered in the off worlders who nearly slaughtered us all. The Vermini, and their larger iterations, were known to migrate around their hidden activity...

For us, as Numbered, they have never done anything but seek to undermine us, work against us. They cannot kill us in the streets, but they can do the next best thing. Their wealth, their influence, their alliances, those are what keeps them afloat.

The scientist in this message continued to warn us, saying that they are responsible for what has occurred lately - the green slime, the dinosaurs, something in New Zealand... that slime evidently is the snakes, somehow - before he was promptly taken. Seemingly murdered.

Before then, he said something else was coming. That they have... "broken" something.

Now... it is quite possible this is all a ruse. Something, combined with the approaches, to try and set us against one another. The timing is damning, but it could also all be true. To be honest, I cannot say which is which - only that I have little doubt they are up to something which cannot possibly end well for us.

We cannot attack them outright. That will only hurt us more. We must investigate, look into just what they are doing. That way we can reveal the truth, and perhaps drag them into the daylight.

As a private Network message, of course... I have no means of actually showing it to you. But there are those who can corroborate my words, should they wish to speak out, should my own words not be enough.

[She leans back, tilting her head up.]

Tread carefully. We are stepping back into very dangerous territory, all of us.
princesscut: (Isn't it beautiful?)

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[personal profile] princesscut 2015-10-02 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[With her best shit-eating grin:]

I told you so.
princesscut: (I'm actually okay with that.)

[personal profile] princesscut 2015-10-02 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I call myself. You'd know, I was talking to you when I took it.

I re-submit my original proposal to put the entire building in cryostasis.
princesscut: (Let me make this clear.)

[personal profile] princesscut 2015-10-02 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Good, I was worried you'd forgotten me between the Invasion and now. That would be... regrettable.

[She scowls, snapping her fingers.] Damn. Well, I had to try. So, if I can't be violent, what do you propose? We can't diplomacy them to death... ah. I did find mail from Thunder in my mirror's inbox.

She tried. That's why I mention it doesn't work.
alilyinthemoonslight: (Yuri - fierce)

[personal profile] alilyinthemoonslight 2015-10-02 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[SUDDENLY--]

Can you please stop going through Winter's email?!
princesscut: (And YOU'RE going to make it happen.)

[personal profile] princesscut 2015-10-02 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
Lily, darling: no. Legally speaking, that's my account, too. Besides, it makes planning easier. I can better accost you if I know what you're doing.
alilyinthemoonslight: (Yuri - don't mind me)

[personal profile] alilyinthemoonslight 2015-10-02 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lily practically reels back as if she's been bitten. "Darling?" Really? She swallows before continuing.] I'm not sure the legal system takes into consideration clones born from a giant swan, but then I'm not sure you care.

[She frowns. Is that last part a threat or a promise?] I said please, at least.
speedpariah: (012)

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[personal profile] speedpariah 2015-10-02 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[On Weller's end, the scientist is furious. Is he angry at the company he essentially allied himself to having a duplicitous nature? Or is he furious at this woman's exposure of them making him feel foolish, and seem objectively foolish?

In any case, he doesn't trust himself to be able to control his words.]


Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Miss Kaiser. My name is Dr. Edwin Weller, and I do appreciate the attempt to help us Numbered who have not been active gain a perspective on things.

Needless to say, I agree with how you have advised caution.
Edited 2015-10-02 13:38 (UTC)
dictator_ko: (I'm peeved!)

[personal profile] dictator_ko 2015-10-02 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I knew it! Those guys just had to be no good! I mean, they just rubbed me the wrong way!

[Actually, Mina was told by others that Thundercorp was no good. But she found it rather too easy to believe what with being pissed off by their public statement.]
Edited 2015-10-02 22:51 (UTC)
oncedevil: (Didn't say a thing)

[Voice]

[personal profile] oncedevil 2015-10-03 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Hey, Tony remembers her. Still it's been a while. And boy that sure is an info dump. He never got the leak information, only the shady guy who approached him in the street.

Still, she's right that it's weird how they found him.]


The slimes are the snakes? How does that work? And these guys, do you think they can see what we say here on the network?
princesscut: (Idiot. Listen close.)

[personal profile] princesscut 2015-10-03 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[She probably would, if only because it's bad for her reputation.]

Bah... that means I have to sneak around and hunt for clues. I'm not the best at subtle, but I can give it a shot. Tactical espionage action, except it actually matters.
princesscut: (Amateur...)

[personal profile] princesscut 2015-10-03 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Got it in one. Lily, I don't think you understand this concept of I do what I want.

[A pause, and a small sigh.] But yes, you did ask nicely. I'll restrict my snooping to need-to-know things. Like, yes, Winter talking to the corporate manifestation of 4chan. Just be aware... if you keep calling in favors, eventually I might do the same.
alilyinthemoonslight: (Yuri - huh?)

[personal profile] alilyinthemoonslight 2015-10-03 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[That first bit makes her shudder, and she can't keep it from being visible. She curses herself a little bit, and frowns.]

That would be at least... appreciated, Summer. [That last part, though... There's that shudder again.]

Look. Either way, there's a certain degree we need to be on the same page here, right?
princesscut: (Let me make this clear.)

[personal profile] princesscut 2015-10-03 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
I completely agree. There are things I need to do, and things you need to do. Occasionally those coincide. Sometimes that means us working together - the incident on the ocean, a couple months ago, say.

Sometimes that means we're working at cross odds, or I'm doing something you don't approve of. That's probably never going to change. But where I can, I don't mind us being on the same page.
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[personal profile] twinkletwinklesuperstar 2015-10-03 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Ooooooh, so that explains it.

[Skipping right past introductions. Saretha's an easily recognizable face for anybody who keeps up with current events.]

One of those guys showed up at my hotel room of all places and tried to get me to sign on with them. I tried to do some research on him but I didn't really come up with anything except for the usual boring stuff.

[She tips her head to the side, thoughtful.]

Guy really likes cats though.
alilyinthemoonslight: (Yuri - listening)

[personal profile] alilyinthemoonslight 2015-10-03 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Lily's eyes widen a little bit. No real snarky response, no messing with her on a psychological level. It's not often she gets a response like that out of Summer.]

...I imagine there's going to be a lot of times when that happens, but... I'd rather us be able to see eye to eye sometimes, at least, yes. Things really would be a lot easier that way, when it's possible.

[Not to mention, it'd make her a lot less uncomfortable.]
oncedevil: (Unsure face)

[Voice]

[personal profile] oncedevil 2015-10-03 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
It was linked to us somehow, definitely. But I just chalked it up to more bullshit like what we dealt with a year ago.

Now we've got someone actively stirring the pot again? Shit.

[A sigh. Well, this is what he gets for saying things have been boring.]

Right, and we don't know for sure if any of that was true or not. Or just a way to keep us distracted and on edge.
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[personal profile] speedpariah 2015-10-03 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, of course. I'm glad we have people such as yourself coming forth to take leadership positions like this.

But what I'm most curious about is what someone as relatively inexperienced as myself can do to help matters. I don't have the benefit of powers, or great wealth... merely a minor bit of clout in the academic community.
dictator_ko: (Moge-ko stepped on a snail)

[personal profile] dictator_ko 2015-10-03 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
If I didn't have those ears and teeth, I could probably be a spy. [She kinda likes the thought. It sounds exciting. She isn't really thinking about the dangers.]

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