[57] in retrospect i'll say we've done no wrong

[buildstherobots]

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It's absolutely imperative that those if you with notes or information come forward with them, to me, in person. I have many of the clues, including some shared over the phones most recently, and I have been putting them together, but even a brilliant mind cannot complete a puzzle without all the pieces. I will... compensate you if I must, but it is for the greater good of everyone, including yourself, that everything be consolidated in one place.

I will be updating the primer with the latest events once I'm sure that whatever is going on has come to an end.

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Miss Skye, is it? Is your data safe?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

You're part of the Legion, right?

I'll give you the original copy of what I found under the condition that you bring what you have to the next meeting so I can make a copy of it for myself.

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[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

I am indeed. I wrote down what you read over the phones, but the original would be even better.

I will bring what I know to our next gathering provided it's a small one. I don't know how many people from the last meeting I trust. If I have to, I'll see you in person.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I'm fine with doing it either eay, so long as it gets done. Having only one copy of that information is a liability.

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[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Believe me, when everything is completed, I intend to distribute my theories as widely as the primer if necessary.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

Will you be sharing alike with everything you receive? I'd like a copy, I'm happy to apply my mind to the greater good.

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Once I've put everything together I intend to write a second letter with my theories, which I welcome contribution to if you can come up with anything.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

I'd be more than happy to contribute to your efforts. You write letters of information for everyone...you must be Dist?

[[Of course, Theta has been reset and lost her memories of her attempts at a rivalry with Dist, unfortunately.]]

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

I... yes. Yes, I am Dist.

[He sounds a little confused, but he dismisses it; Mayfield is weird, and Jade lost his memories when he was droned, so it's not strange that she might not remember him.]

Incredibly generous, I know.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

Mm, well...at any rate you seem to be a capable mind, perhaps even on par with my own~. It would be interesting to talk with you in greater depth at some point. Perhaps a more intimate meeting when you're finished with your work?

[[That's said innuendo-free, simply that she really does want to talk to him one-on-one.]]

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Well, if you'd like me to indulge you, I don't suppose I can turn you down, can I? There are so few of my caliber here; we'll see if you fit the bill.

[He sounds more amused than anything else; this should be interesting.]

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

We'll both inspect each other, perhaps, and we'll see whose standards are lower, then~.

[[As rude as it might be, her tone of voice is just mirthful, she's meaning it as a joke and a bit of a challenge.]]

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[noneed-2worry.livejournal.com]

I have one of the notes. I want to hang on to it, but I don't mind letting people copy it.

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[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

That would be wonderful, yes. If you could bring it by 1767 Beaver Street, I can copy it down. We're still in one piece, and there's a charred mech out in front.

Your name?

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[noneed-2worry.livejournal.com]

My name's Dawn. I'll come over right now, if that's okay.

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[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. I'm not going anywhere for now.

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[noneed-2worry.livejournal.com]

Okay! Be right there, then!

[Dawn shows up about 20 minutes later with her note and a small blue penguin in tow, knocking on Dist's door.]

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[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[Dist opens the door and steps aside to let her in, hardly batting an eye at the little penguin.]

That's... a Pokémon, right?

[That's what Bianca and Ema said, isn't it?]

[noneed-2worry.livejournal.com]

Yeah! You've heard of them before? This is Piplup!

[Piplup looks up, waves, and cheerfully chirps its name at Dist~]

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have a-- ... I know someone named Bianca who has some of them. She showed me.

[Dist returns the wave absently, but there's a curious mieu? and a peeking Cheagle approaching from the living room.]

[noneed-2worry.livejournal.com]

Oh! I've talked to her. She's nice.

[Piplup, meanwhile, is toddling around the other side of their feet to investigate the Cheagle.]

[madeofstoic.livejournal.com]

[ Primer? Heeey. ] ...You the one who wrote 'bout all the stuff that's happened 'ere?

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

That would be me, yes. I am Dist. And you are?

[madeofstoic.livejournal.com]

Axel Higgs. [ He'd tip his hat if he wasn't, you know, on the phone. ]

You heard about the town that opened up a couple days ago 'r no?

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Charmed.

The Gulch? Yes, I went there myself; died there, in fact, apparently from that horrid singing. When I tried to return, it was inaccessible.

[madeofstoic.livejournal.com]

...That what the song did to people eventually? [ He got out of there as soon as his ears started bleeding. Runs fast, you know. ] Hmm. Anybody know the guy singin' it?

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

The man who ran the gas station. I don't... know why. Yet.

[madeofstoic.livejournal.com]

Hmph. Never met 'im. He wasn't a drone?

[bedroombattling.livejournal.com]

Did you find anything out yet?

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

A few things. When I have a more complete theory, I can call you and show you what I've put together.

[glowing-science.livejournal.com]

The data's safe. A... [Hell, what can she call Edward now?] Someone got me out of harm's way.

How many people are trying to consolidate all the information we have, anyway?

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Good. ...Not that I was concerned or anything.

I don't know how many people are working on it, but I'm the most efficient, for obvious reasons.

[glowing-science.livejournal.com]

Those obvious reasons being?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Rose. If you have a device that's capable of printing out holographic data, I have compiled the bits of the map I've done by hand. I also have some snippets of code from the milkman's robot."