bishop 002.

[dislinked]

Updates:

1. Mission Kamchatka has deployed. St James remains on board to coordinate.

2. We have brought aboard four volunteer for the Neuroclast project: two grounded Dislinked agents and two civilians. They are being given partial access to the Mnemosyne: mess hall and public areas only. If you see someone in an area they should not be, please alert your chain of command immediately.

3. Medani and Aldana will deploy to Sighişoara on Sunday and will be there throughout the planned SP. Our goal, as a reminder, is to reVeil as many civilians as possible. Ground forces will deploy two days before in order to begin quiet evacuation of those who cannot be reVeiled.

4. For those who weren't able to be present at the meeting held by McLeod on Monday, the key takeaways are:

• The current flight of planes can be modified. Keane and Hyun have already begun compiling the necessary parts from Jacobs, Koskinen, Maverick, and Wijk. The liklihood of sourcing in time is low, but I will defer to Keane as that is her area of expertise.

• de Vries, McLeod, and Thomas will begin searching the ground for any additional planes. I'll provide them with intel I have accrued on active and inactive bases.

• According to Hwang's calculations, the Architects' envoy should hit Earth airspace in the early morning of March 13th.

5. [...] We will be bringing additional agents aboard in the next week. As with any former undercover agent, their previous mission is classified until we can be sure all loose ends are tied up.

If you have questions, put them here.

ALDANAS.

I am informing you that Agent Alba Gutiérrez Vega has been compromised. I will be deploying an agent to escort her to a stronghold and then she will be brought onboard.

ST JAMES, BONE, SINCLAIR, DAWSON, NOVAK - SEPARATELY.

I am informing you that [Reid, Flores Romero, Lynfield, Aldana Gutiérrez, Aldana] has a family member that is an Undercover agent whose identity has been compromised. The agent will be escorted to a stronghold before coming aboard. I will inform [Reid, Flores Romero, Lynfield, Aldana Gutiérrez, Aldana] upon return, but it might be shock, so I'm asking you to ensure they remain centered.

OOC: Jax gets Jamie's name, Maryle gets Dom's name, Nishad gets Sloane's name, Cal gets Eva's name, and Niko gets Adri's name

LIM, MCLEOD, BATTEAUX, SINCLAIR.

I'll deploying you to retrieve compromised Undercover agents. Lim, you'll be retrieving Agent Lynfield; McLeod, Agent Gutiérrez Vega; Batteaux, Agent Reid; Sinclair, Agent Flores Romero. Details will be provided when you are formally deployed. This is a stealth mission and considered classified. They will all pretend to be under the Veil until you provide their specific code word, which is in the documents you will receive.

Questions?

Comments

Adrip.

[adrii]

Yes. I have no idea as to who the others are, but that there are multiple is a concern.

Eva is upset, which is understandable.

Adrip.

[philiip]

Understandable because she is her mother.

And what about you?

Adrip.

[adrii]

I'm livid. I don't care that I wasn't informed until now. It is none of my business.

But wearing her damn ring was certainly an intentional jab, and that pisses me off.

Adrip.

[philiip]

I guess bringing one of your current partners to your ex's house wasn't exactly a neutral move, but in my defence, I was there for security, not romance. I thought my Veiled face was better than that, because clearly someone saw through that.

Adrip.

[adrii]

I'd like to point out that I did bring up that concern. But it wasn't you who gave it away. Apparently, my face changes when I look at you.

Adrip.

[philiip]

I worked very hard not to look at you.

Adrip.

[adrii]

What did you look at?

Adrip.

[philiip]

The wall. The flowers on the table.

So: extracted on Friday. Here next week?

Is there anything I can do to help you with your [...] anger?

Adrip.

[adrii]

Possibly. He didn't give us much aside from she's been an agent for 7 years, and that she'll be extracted Friday.

I don't know. Distraction would be nice. [...] How do you like your ring?

Adrip.

[philiip]

And then on Sund Trying to figure out which hand and which finger it feels best on, but I love it.

Adrip.

[adrii]

Good. I wasn't sure if you would.

Adrip.

[philiip]

You thought I might not like a meaningful gift from you?

Adrip.

[adrii]

Not that, but the ring specifically. It could be seen as a statement.

Adrip.

[philiip]

It is a statement.

Adrip.

[adrii]

It is, but what statement is it making to you?

Adrip.

[philiip]

That choices are being made (by you) in the gifting of it, and (by me) in the wearing of it.

Our arrangement hasn't been an "arrangement" for several years now, but this is a very visible step towards [...] something else.

Adrip.

[adrii]

And, I'm assuming by your wearing it, you want this something else with me?

Adrip.

[philiip]

Good assumption.

Adrip.

[adrii]

Don't be a smartass, de Vries. I'm trying to focus on too many things at once and you're a distraction.

What does this something else look like to you?

Adrip.

[philiip]

I just enjoy seeing your genius science brain at work.

And I don't know, Aldana. Different, but same? I do know I don't want to take anyonthing from you, and that this is a conversation we need to have, though maybe not on the brink of unpleasant revelations and alien invasion.

Adrip.

[adrii]

Normally, I'd suggest you come see it up close, but I don't want to disrupt you.

Different, but same. [...] If you want to wait to have this conversation, we can. You're probably right: we've had several revelations over the past few weeks, I have to get the volunteers situated, and I'm deploying in a few days. There are bigger things to worry about.

Adrip.

[philiip]

You should always disrupt me.

There are always bigger things to worry about, and there's never a perfect time. Maybe now is [...] right.

What do you want?

Adrip.

[adrii]

Always? Dangerous offer, de Vries.

You. Aside from one other unfortunate person because I have some masochistic tendencies, I don't really want anyone else. I don't want to take anything from you that you don't want to give, so I'm content with things as they are with the knowledge that, despite other dalliances, you're still mine.

Adrip.

[philiip]

Other unfortunate person?

Firstly, I am not unfortunate.

Secondly, the giant Croatian has a name.

Adrip.

[adrii]

I meant that I am the unfortunate one.

And I'm aware he does.