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FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Ah? Would it have offended his sensibilities?
[What could possibly offend Anders and not Simon, is what he's wondering.]
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Ah? Would it have offended his sensibilities?
[What could possibly offend Anders and not Simon, is what he's wondering.]
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
I didn't want him to worry.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
I can't find Babydoll. She's not answering messages. That's rather unprecedented. I thought she might be doing something official, which obviously I wouldn't want to know about, but...
[She might also not be, is the thing.]
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
I didn't want him to worry.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
I can't find Babydoll. She's not answering messages. That's rather unprecedented. I thought she might be doing something official, which obviously I wouldn't want to know about, but...
[She might also not be, is the thing.]
Edited (grr) 2014-06-27 08:49 (UTC)
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
He's probably worrying even though he can't see this.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
I'm sure she'll check in eventually. She might be on a mission with a gag order in place.
[He's not worried. Can you tell?]
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
He's probably worrying even though he can't see this.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
I'm sure she'll check in eventually. She might be on a mission with a gag order in place.
[He's not worried. Can you tell?]
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
Yes, she _might_ be. She _could_ be. I'm sure she is, in fact.
She might also be dead. I don't know if you've noticed that we're not exactly on a beach in the Canary Islands. I am concerned.
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
Yes, she _might_ be. She _could_ be. I'm sure she is, in fact.
She might also be dead. I don't know if you've noticed that we're not exactly on a beach in the Canary Islands. I am concerned.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
I'm sure she's glad for your concern, wherever she is. Your concern, however, is rather pointless, unless you plan on doing something with it.
More to the point: have you forgotten where we are and who we work for, currently?
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
I'm sure she's glad for your concern, wherever she is. Your concern, however, is rather pointless, unless you plan on doing something with it.
More to the point: have you forgotten where we are and who we work for, currently?
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
I know exactly where we are. And I am doing something with it. You're in Red Team and people listen to you. I'm telling you.
[Read: he'd as soon chop off his hands as contact Dagger himself.]
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Jack, she could be anywhere. She could be injured, or more likely trapped. She's not on my tracking. _I_ don't need to know where she is, but I want to be sure the people who should know, do.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Do you follow me?
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
I know exactly where we are. And I am doing something with it. You're in Red Team and people listen to you. I'm telling you.
[Read: he'd as soon chop off his hands as contact Dagger himself.]
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Jack, she could be anywhere. She could be injured, or more likely trapped. She's not on my tracking. _I_ don't need to know where she is, but I want to be sure the people who should know, do.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Do you follow me?
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Ah ha, I see. I'm Red Team, Mr Wilson– I know better than to nose into things I don't need to.
[People listen to him? Since when? November was a team lead on MI6, but the idea of having other people looking up to him...well, he's not enthused.]
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
What makes you think I should know this? We shared a team, that's all.
[He's conveniently leaving out the fact that he almost froze her to death.]
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Ah ha, I see. I'm Red Team, Mr Wilson– I know better than to nose into things I don't need to.
[People listen to him? Since when? November was a team lead on MI6, but the idea of having other people looking up to him...well, he's not enthused.]
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
What makes you think I should know this? We shared a team, that's all.
[He's conveniently leaving out the fact that he almost froze her to death.]
[It's the Level 1 thing. It might not come with much authority, and it might have been revoked, but it means November's listened to where Simon certainly won't be.]
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
Things you don't need to. I see. Well, it's your team and your business, not mine.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
I want it on record, though, that I came to you about a missing crew member, one I can't contact or locate, one in which the CDC has an investment. _You_ wrote her off.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Take it from me, they much prefer us alive than dead. But it's your call. If you say there's no problem, who am I to argue?
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
Things you don't need to. I see. Well, it's your team and your business, not mine.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
I want it on record, though, that I came to you about a missing crew member, one I can't contact or locate, one in which the CDC has an investment. _You_ wrote her off.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Take it from me, they much prefer us alive than dead. But it's your call. If you say there's no problem, who am I to argue?
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Correction: not my team. I'm on it, but Dagger just so happens to be the instructor.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Do you feel better now that you've gotten that off your chest? There's no proof she's missing or otherwise.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
For the record, I don't appreciate this being somehow my fault. I'm not the one overreacting, nor am I the one reporting it to a fellow recruit, rather than an instructor.
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Correction: not my team. I'm on it, but Dagger just so happens to be the instructor.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
Do you feel better now that you've gotten that off your chest? There's no proof she's missing or otherwise.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
For the record, I don't appreciate this being somehow my fault. I'm not the one overreacting, nor am I the one reporting it to a fellow recruit, rather than an instructor.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
Call it pragmatism. They listen to you. They don't listen to me. And yes, I know that's my fault.
But it isn't hers. Please.
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
Call it pragmatism. They listen to you. They don't listen to me. And yes, I know that's my fault.
But it isn't hers. Please.
FROM: anders@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
a doll
FROM: anders@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
we hav epeople like that where im from
FROM: anders@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
theyre tools. obedient because theyre stripped of the ability to be anything else
[a slight delay]
FROM: anders@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
is that what youre saying he is? you are?
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
a doll
FROM: anders@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
we hav epeople like that where im from
FROM: anders@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
theyre tools. obedient because theyre stripped of the ability to be anything else
[a slight delay]
FROM: anders@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
is that what youre saying he is? you are?
[This is delving into odd territory...]
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
A Doll, just as I'm labeled a Contractor. Dolls are observers, Contractors are weapons.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
We're obedient for different reasons, though they overlap in the aspect of self-preservation. Dolls less so, as they tend not to have much want. July's not completely empty, don't let that fool you.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
A Doll, just as I'm labeled a Contractor. Dolls are observers, Contractors are weapons.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
We're obedient for different reasons, though they overlap in the aspect of self-preservation. Dolls less so, as they tend not to have much want. July's not completely empty, don't let that fool you.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
It still seems like overreaction under the guise of pragmatism. Moreover, you should know by now that attempting to guilt me isn't going to work.
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
It still seems like overreaction under the guise of pragmatism. Moreover, you should know by now that attempting to guilt me isn't going to work.
[If only they still shared a rover. Simon would be more than prepared to yell at him by now.]
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
So you think there is no problem, and that I shouldn't report concerns I have?
I trust your judgement. It's possible I am overreacting. It's also possible her location should be confirmed, isn't it?
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
So you think there is no problem, and that I shouldn't report concerns I have?
I trust your judgement. It's possible I am overreacting. It's also possible her location should be confirmed, isn't it?
FROM: anders@cdc.org
is that supposed to be reassuring? hes not completely empty, only mostly
[Another delay. But, now that the connection's been made, he needs to know:]
FROM: anders@cdc.org
how long have you been like that?
is that supposed to be reassuring? hes not completely empty, only mostly
[Another delay. But, now that the connection's been made, he needs to know:]
FROM: anders@cdc.org
how long have you been like that?
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
No, I was merely being informative.
[The next question doesn't really take him by surprise, but there is a twinge of interest in where this conversation has gone. Is Anders sympathizing?]
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
About five or so years. I can't speak for July.
No, I was merely being informative.
[The next question doesn't really take him by surprise, but there is a twinge of interest in where this conversation has gone. Is Anders sympathizing?]
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
About five or so years. I can't speak for July.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
You trust my judgment and in the same sentence, you question it. How contradictory.
TO: wilson.simon@cdc.org
You trust my judgment and in the same sentence, you question it. How contradictory.
FROM: wilson.simon@cdc.org
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
Humans are. [Zing. Totally ineffective, but it felt good.]
I'm just trying to cover all possibilities. I'm leaving it with you now. Do as you see fit.
TO: 11.november@cdc.org
Humans are. [Zing. Totally ineffective, but it felt good.]
I'm just trying to cover all possibilities. I'm leaving it with you now. Do as you see fit.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
Your sufferance, I suppose.
[and he's not answering the latter half. As far as he's concerned (which isn't much at all), this conversation has run its course.]
Your sufferance, I suppose.
[and he's not answering the latter half. As far as he's concerned (which isn't much at all), this conversation has run its course.]
[The messages come still more slowly. It's difficult for him to process, all of that, but in light of everything else... it makes so much sense.]
FROM: anders@cdc.org
i see
FROM: anders@cdc.org
im sorry
FROM: anders@cdc.org
thats all i needed to know
FROM: anders@cdc.org
i see
FROM: anders@cdc.org
im sorry
FROM: anders@cdc.org
thats all i needed to know
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
Always.
What do you need?
Always.
What do you need?
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
For someone to die already.
For someone to die already.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
Aren't we all. Did something bring this on or are you just anxious?
Aren't we all. Did something bring this on or are you just anxious?
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
I'm angry. Did you see those results? Half the damn team.
I'm angry. Did you see those results? Half the damn team.
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