un: gorgug, text ( a day into the mission )

[tinflower]

Hey. What's everyone found out about the mission?

Do we want to share what jobs we have and if we need anything? I'm working engineering in Sprawl. How are people in Dreg? I heard it's bad?

[ ooc: An info-sharing post, if people would like that! It can be used throughout different points of the mission, and maybe if people have made network posts on their toplevel posts, they can link them in here, w/e w/e! Please feel free to tag inside freely. ]

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text | un: mothman

[dustyroad]

[The reply came a little late-- Shelley needed to readjust the text sizing on his device and had been using the built in camera to enlarge the view of various documents, et cetera that needed filed without delay.]

I'm some sort of admin in Neon. Things aren't bad but there's not much wiggle room in the schedule for...

Well. Anything.

[tinflower]

have you ever done admin work before?

[dustyroad]

Please.

When you work alone, everything is admin work.

[tinflower]

then you probably wouldn't know how to track who is making the big decisions on the train?

it's apparently a big mystery

[dustyroad]

I'm a private investigator back home.

It's not glamorous, but I can field and share the info I find so the people with better access can put the pieces together.

[tinflower]

if you can find anything out it might help. i wouldn't know how to investigate a paper trail without any names attached

but the locomotive is locked and people are interested in getting in there. i know that

[dustyroad]

It sounds like that we're looking for on that front is passwords, PIN numbers, and card keys.

If it's a digital scan, that'll be more tricky. We'll probably need fingerprints or something harder to get a hold of.

[tinflower]

the locomotive needs a passcode to get in. so we need to find someone or something that would have it

[dustyroad]

I'll keep a look out, then, and let you know if I find something that seems to fit.

[tinflower]

okay. thanks. if you need help to sneak around i can make something

[dustyroad]

Make something?

... How good are you at glasses or firearms?

[tinflower]

i can't make a gun on the train if that's what you're asking?

i was thinking i could make you invisible for about an hour if you need to go somewhere without being seen

but i can try and make some glasses. i can give it a go

[dustyroad]

There's no rush on any of this. I just left my gun with my niece back home, because my glasses are the wrong script. My phone is rigged to assist with reading tasks and the speech to text feature is helpful.

In other words: I'm getting used to a different status effect than I'm used to. It's annoying but I can deal for now.

Invisibility, though?

That's a neat trick.

[tinflower]

...the train might have an optician. i don't know how to make reading glasses but i can help change the lens if that's a problem. but you probably want a professional

i like making tricks

[dustyroad]

I'm not sure I trust any of the people running this show enough to ask them for help.

Like I said, I can deal.

What other tricks can you do?

[tinflower]

okay. but i don't know what they could do to you if you did ask? i don't know if something happened

my main trick is that i like making automatons and building things in general. anything the situation calls for if i can

[dustyroad]

I'm just not happy trusting the people who picked a guy with too much stress and nothing to show for it to play in this lottery.

My niece would have been a better pick.

But enough Paranoid Old Guy Talk.

Automatons sound really handy. Have you thought about building a small one to sneak into places that are harder to get to?

[tinflower]

i've been making one but i guess i didn't make it small. i could make it small

but having a small one could be fun. with a camera?

[dustyroad]

Exactly.

People make mobile cameras that they can control with a remote where I'm from. A tool like that could be really helpful in uncovering a few secrets, especially if it doesn't look too obvious.

[tinflower]

i'll make it a smaller cousin

i've been learning how to make things blend into their surroundings

what are other cool detective gadgets where you're from?

[dustyroad]

Cameras are the most high tech that I go, but if you make yourself look like you belong wherever you're at then no one questions it.

Carrying a clipboard and jotting down notes while frowning can go a long way to getting you access, especially if you're good at acting.

[tinflower]

i find the talking part of acting hard

[dustyroad]

And that's why drones-- the remote control cameras, are handy.

You don't need to sneak your way in, and people don't usually look up.

[tinflower]

[ gasp! ...even if this is text. ]

i can make it a spider

[ ...

He then edits his reply to put a line through that and adds: ] not a spider. i'll think of something else

thank you for the ideas

[dustyroad]

[Oh... Shelley grinned as he read this.]

Spider is good. People don't like spiders.

I'm not the Mothman, I'm just a fan. My name's Shelley.

I'll reach out when I find something. Or, you could reach out if you want to talk more.