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bishop 002.

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?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Old habits die hard.

May I suggest having someone fuck the guilt of you? That's an emotion I haven't dealt with since 1997.

That's a very limited prospect, and 2/3 of them are too busy to help. I guess I'll just hang onto it.

I'm sure Philip would relish the opportunity.

He probably would.

I spoke with him, by the way.

And?

And he's trying to figure out which hand and finger it feels best on.

He should give his left ring finger a try.

That one might be too much of a statement.

There's no such thing.

I told him I'm not taking anymore lovers. That once you le and Jax move on, I'll be only his.

Edited 2026-02-20 04:02 (UTC)

I see. [...] ~~That's~~ ~~A discussion would've~~ How are you feeling about that?

About what, specifically?

Monogamy! Being tied down. Off the market, so to speak. Locked in for the long haul. The one port harbor life. Sworn to one dance partner. Flying a single flag. Spoken for! Domesticated. Under exclusive contract. A closed shop romance. The solo subscription plan. So on and so forth! That's so wonderful for you, Adrían, truly.

Edited (so chill) 2026-02-20 04:20 (UTC)

Nikola.

Don't you Nikola me.

I will Nikola you. Especially since you're seeing Domingo.

Adrían, can I recap the past month for you?

If you must.

Let's start with January. I have just learned that a former lover has, first, been lying to me for years about his chip, and second, will now be permanently stationed aboard the Mnemo. This is, as you might imagine, fucking complicated! Dormant feelings rise uninvited to the surface, and I can only assume they spent their hibernation doing a line of the purest cocaine, because they have returned with alarming vigor! I make a pass at him. He rejects me — repeatedly, might I add! Not great for the old ego! Meanwhile, you suffer a jealous crisis over my involvement with Philip — despite the minor detail that we are both involved with Philip, and that Philip is, by all stated definitions, a friend with benefits, whereas you and he are apparently soul bonded in some profound and cosmic sense. You proceed to agonize over what this means, though it means, quite plainly, that you are in love, which has been evident to anyone with functioning eyesight for some time now!

And then there is Domingo, who alternates between rebuffing me and flirting with me until I am so thoroughly sad that he takes pity and grants me one (1) fuck. Naturally, I respond by becoming absurdly enamored of him despite his very clear reservations, and proceed to engage in some hands off sexual correspondence with him via written messages. It's great! Confusing, but great. You and Philip, meanwhile, grow closer still. You inform me you intend to go alone on a suicide mission to the surface, which nearly drives me to tear out my own (very perfect) hair. Then you take Philip with you and the two of you bond heroically, which I support, because I want nothing but the best for you. At some point during all this, I discover that my 2005 chip has put me in danger, but it's all resolved before I can even process it. Great! You tell me you bought Philip a ring. Splendid! Except you then casually inform me that you almost bought one for me — that you would commit to me, if only you could — despite the fact that I had never seriously entertained such notions before. And yet now the thought has been planted, and I find myself cast unwittingly into second place.

Still, no matter. My situation with Domingo continues to hurtle toward something, although he has somehow convinced himself he is functioning as a proxy for you. And scarcely a day later, you mention — in passing! practically as an aside! — that you have decided to close your relationship. So please, Adrían, do not Nikola me for seeming a touch emotionally disordered at present. I have had a very trying month.

Edited (i am so sorry) 2026-02-20 04:55 (UTC)

Firstly, you have not told me most of this about Domingo and now I'm considering retracting my support for him.

Secondly, I'm aware you've had a very eventful few weeks, cari. And I am sorry for the parts that I've played in it. Unlike your very sarcastic sentiments prior, I do want you to be happy.

Now, I'm going to address some of these specific points:

1. The jealousy went both ways. I was jealous that you were with him and he was with you.

2. We are not soul bonded. Santa María.

3. That Domingo has been stringing you along — and no, I do not care about his reasons, Nikola — is upsetting and I would love to throw him from an airlock post-haste.

4. It was not a suicide mission. It was perfectly safe.

5. I was never going to let your chip be an issue, cari.

6. [...] I'm surprised you hadn't thought about it prior. I honestly thought you had when you got odd about my getting him one.

6a. If you hadn't seriously considered it, then it was never important ~~to you~~.

7. I beg your pardon? I hope you informed him that you never seriously considered me as anything other than what I am and to take a long walk out the nearest airlock.

8. I said when. [...] I haven't taken any new lovers since Jax, Nikola. I haven't had any desire to. I have the three of you, and when Jax ultimately decides to commit to Jamie, I know I'll be content with you and Philip. And when you decide that we are done, that is when I will close my side of it. I have not, nor am I, asking him to close anything.

No one is being thrown from an airlock.

Re: 6 & 6a. Of course I've thought about it. But it never felt like an option, so why set myself up for hurt and disappointment? I've always entertained it as [...] an appealing hypothetical. In another life, &c. Don't you think that's for the best?

Re: 7. You misunderstand me. He's worried I'm interested in him because I can't have you. He's allowed his own doubts.

Re: 8. All right. I accept those terms.

[...] I apologize for letting my emotions get the better of me.

Edited 2026-02-20 05:27 (UTC)

I disagree: someone could be thrown from an airlock.

Re: Re: 6 & 6a. Maybe it was for the best.

Re: Re: 7. He's allowed his doubts, of course. But this is ridiculous. Why would that even cross his mind?

Re: Re: 8. Did you really think I would unilaterally decide we were over, Nikola? Mere days after I confessed how terrified I am of losing you?

As you said, you've had a trying time.

~~But you~~

[...]

You've had a trying time of it, too. In truth, rather more so than I. How can I make it up to you?

You didn't answer my question.

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