004 ⌥ AUDIO & TEXT

[femshep]

...If that fog ever comes back, just do me a favor and shoot me first.

[And that's all she has to say there.

But a few people will be receiving text portions locked individually to them, most of them reading the exact same:]


BCC: Telford, Kirk, Thrace, Hunt, Vegeta, Hart, Rhade
MESSAGE: If you've got time, I'd like to have a word with you in person.

TO: Claire
MESSAGE: Training sometime in the next 48 hours. When's good for you?

TO: Fox
MESSAGES: Still alive over there?

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[femshep]

[Ohhhh yes, there will definitely be skating going on. She has plenty of stuff she's not proud of, either, so if he doesn't bring it up, she most definitely won't.

She listens to his opinions, taking them in, thinking already on how to integrate them with her own. Which isn't so hard--she was having a lot of the same thoughts, herself.

But first:]

I've got some pretty solid reasons to believe that at least one person at the meeting is reporting in some way back to the Authorities. I don't know who, or necessarily even any kind of motive. I know a few people it's not--you're one of them. That's why I got in touch.

[A pause, and she shakes her head.]

Before we can solidify any sort of plans, I need to figure out who that is. Otherwise, every move we make will go right back to the enemy, and then nobody's safe.

[She has an idea on how to handle this, but she's not going to say it. Not yet, anyway. She wants to hear what he thinks, first.]

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[original_fine]

[Jim nods. It's not an unlikely scenario. But he doesn't have any actual evidence, and he's curious about what she knows.]

In that case, I have a question for you. How do you know it's not me? How have you narrowed it down? It's possible someone got to one of us after we woke up, played on some motive, offered something. But it's hard to believe anyone brought here against their will would turn without reason. [He rubs his chin.] Not to immediately doubt anyone who was here before, but I suppose knowing for certain whose names are on those pods in the ship might be a start.

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[femshep]

Call it intuition. Or call it 'too many years in command'--I may not know for sure who we can't trust, but I've got a pretty keen eye for some of the people we can.

[As for the second part, she shakes her head a little.]

That's sound in theory, but impractical. There are too many pods to march in and take names.

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[original_fine]

[Jim nods. He knows the feeling well--it's not something you can easily describe, and while he's not perfect, he has a pretty good track record. And she's right. It will take too long to narrow things down that way.]

We won't get anywhere if we just keep meeting individually, however. At some point, we'll need a way to root whoever it is out.

action; oh god sorry for the delay

[femshep]

I've got a plan. It won't root them out entirely, but it'll sure as hell narrow down the potentials.

I'll lay it out for you once I've firmed up some of the details.