[06.09.2021 18:31:22] Ridge: I am unsure on that.
[06.09.2021 18:31:31] Ridge: I doubt I will, though.
[06.09.2021 18:31:39] A/)-Revenant: Well... Why? Are you really doubting your work?
[06.09.2021 18:32:12] Ridge: ...no. Well, yes. But -uh...urgh, I don't know.
[06.09.2021 18:32:48] A/)-Revenant: I'm all for supporting you and your decisions but ...
[06.09.2021 18:33:12] A/)-Revenant: If you're going down that path. I don't want to be around. I don't want to see it happen again. It isn't something I can deal
[06.09.2021 18:33:14] A/)-Revenant: with at the moment.
[06.09.2021 18:33:48] A/)-Revenant: I support whatever you feel is right, but understand that I would rather urge you to press on.
[06.09.2021 18:34:42] Ridge: And I'm most likely going to until I expire like a tomato left out in the sun.
[06.09.2021 18:35:01] A/)-Revenant: Wh ... Wha... Hahaha, you're peculiar.
[06.09.2021 18:35:25] A/)-Revenant: But really, do try to live longer, hm? It's a little depressing to see talent fade away like that.
[06.09.2021 18:36:17] Ridge: Emphasis on try.
[06.09.2021 18:36:21] A/)-Revenant: Fine.
[06.09.2021 18:36:23] A/)-Revenant: Don't try.
[06.09.2021 18:36:23] A/)-Revenant: Do.
[06.09.2021 18:36:52] Ridge: ...there's a cloak signature.
[06.09.2021 18:36:59] A/)-Revenant: I have a magic trick.
[06.09.2021 18:37:01] Ridge: Have the Sentinels arrived?
[06.09.2021 18:37:03] A/)-Revenant: No.
[06.09.2021 18:37:24] Ridge: Hey-y-y...Order.
[06.09.2021 18:37:29] Vigil-3|S8: I thought it'd be impolite to spy outside of cloak detection range.
[06.09.2021 18:37:40] Vigil-3|S8: Hey there, Vincent.
[06.09.2021 18:37:43] A/)-Revenant: It is impolite regardless. Why shouldn't I just smash your face in?
[06.09.2021 18:37:46] Ridge: Been a while.
[06.09.2021 18:37:50] Vigil-3|S8: Sure has.
[06.09.2021 18:37:58] Vigil-3|S8: Oh, relax, Auxesian.
[06.09.2021 18:38:28] Ridge: I have hopes you haven't overheard someone's lies.
[06.09.2021 18:38:39] Ridge: They seem to have spread quite well throughout Liberty.
[06.09.2021 18:38:42] A/)-Revenant: [Her mood immediately turned sour, as if they whiffed a nasty smell, frowning intensively. ]
[06.09.2021 18:38:43] Vigil-3|S8: Not like I heard anything interesting. Just some yammering about Vincent here giving up, or something.
[06.09.2021 18:39:16] Vigil-3|S8: Looks like your little home here's coming along nicely since the last time we scanned it. Mind if I take a closer look?
[06.09.2021 18:39:26] Ridge: ...well, sure.
[06.09.2021 18:39:38] Ridge: Docking isn't exactly possible, however.
[06.09.2021 18:39:55] Vigil-3|S8: Looking pretty.
[06.09.2021 18:40:36] Vigil-3|S8: I can't help but feel like I killed the mood.
[06.09.2021 18:40:45] Vigil-3|S8: Not like there seemed to be much of a mood to begin with...
[06.09.2021 18:40:47] Ridge: Well, the mood got killed by someone else.
[06.09.2021 18:40:55] Ridge: So you're not at fault. I think.
[06.09.2021 18:40:56] Vigil-3|S8: And who might that've been?
[06.09.2021 18:40:58] A/)-Revenant: [let loose a grunted sigh] Fine. You trust him. I'll hold back. For now.
[06.09.2021 18:41:12] Vigil-3|S8: Oh, I -really- appreciate that show of confidence.
[06.09.2021 18:41:22] A/)-Revenant: Quiet.
[06.09.2021 18:41:25] Ridge: Ever met a John Silverstone?
[06.09.2021 18:41:36] Vigil-3|S8: That depends. Got a callsign for me?
[06.09.2021 18:41:44] Ridge: I would say you should shoot him on sight if you do. Namely a "Rusty Old Screw".
[06.09.2021 18:42:07] A/)-Revenant: Ex-Order Overwatch member. Infested by autonomous AI implant. Goes around with various clones. Likes to do "recon" work.
[06.09.2021 18:42:25] Vigil-3|S8: Woah, woah, woah.
[06.09.2021 18:42:31] Vigil-3|S8: One insane revelation at a time please.
[06.09.2021 18:42:40] Vigil-3|S8: Ex-Overwatch?
[06.09.2021 18:42:54] A/)-Revenant: Years-years-years ago. Before Admiral D'Souza.
[06.09.2021 18:43:24] Vigil-3|S8: A'ight, and the AI implant thing?
[06.09.2021 18:43:46] A/)-Revenant: I don't know her too much, she didn't like revealing herself. But she holds control over him. A symbiotic relationship.
[06.09.2021 18:44:03] A/)-Revenant: It was his implant from the Overwatch days, to combat psychic attacks.
[06.09.2021 18:44:03] Vigil-3|S8: 'Her,' huh? Isn't he lucky.
[06.09.2021 18:44:24] Vigil-3|S8: Noted, noted, noted. Alright, and something about clones, too?
[06.09.2021 18:44:26] A/)-Revenant: Imposes a motherly figure upon him, of sort.
[06.09.2021 18:44:38] A/)-Revenant: The original John has been dead for years. They're clones.
[06.09.2021 18:44:46] Vigil-3|S8: Of course.
[06.09.2021 18:44:57] A/)-Revenant: Be warned that the implant is a nanite based infestation. I wouldn't touch him if I were you.
[06.09.2021 18:45:10] Vigil-3|S8: 'No touching,' gotcha.
[06.09.2021 18:45:19] Vigil-3|S8: Any idea how the original passed?
[06.09.2021 18:45:31] A/)-Revenant: No. Not that it was particularly relevant.
[06.09.2021 18:45:43] Vigil-3|S8: Mhm, mhm, mhm.
[06.09.2021 18:45:48] A/)-Revenant: You'll find him brown nosing to the Liberty officials in New York.
[06.09.2021 18:46:12] Vigil-3|S8: Hm... Not sure I really still wanna find him.
[06.09.2021 18:46:16] Ridge: I wouldn't listen to the bag of bullshit he took out of context as of late.
[06.09.2021 18:46:24] A/)-Revenant: Before you ponder why I forewarn you of this; He and her are not a creation or child of Gammu. I have no reaosn
[06.09.2021 18:46:26] A/)-Revenant: reason, to care.
[06.09.2021 18:46:47] Vigil-3|S8: Right, totally.
[06.09.2021 18:47:01] Vigil-3|S8: Okay, and why should we consider shooting this individual?
[06.09.2021 18:47:16] A/)-Revenant: A part of their agenda is to assimilate every living life form.
[06.09.2021 18:47:36] Vigil-3|S8: Oh. Well, that makes for a pretty compelling reason.
[06.09.2021 18:47:42] A/)-Revenant: I wouldn't waste your resources on them. They're not exactly a great threat as is.
[06.09.2021 18:47:45] Ridge: ...so that's why he said he wanted to come with me in Alberta and eat whatever was on the other side?
[06.09.2021 18:47:48] A/)-Revenant: They have attempted various times on Cobra's life.
[06.09.2021 18:47:53] A/)-Revenant: Yes.
[06.09.2021 18:48:19] A/)-Revenant: Did I not tell you? He wanted to "eat" everything to utilize to his own power.
[06.09.2021 18:48:32] A/)-Revenant: Even if it means somehow trying to consume a Dreamer.
[06.09.2021 18:48:34] Ridge: I found other reasons to dislike him.
[06.09.2021 18:48:52] Vigil-3|S8: Alright, so. One moment you tell me we should shoot him. Then you tell me why he's of interest. -Then- you tell me he isn't-
[06.09.2021 18:48:53] Vigil-3|S8: dangerous.
[06.09.2021 18:49:13] Vigil-3|S8: I'm getting some mixed signals.
[06.09.2021 18:49:14] A/)-Revenant: His combat skills are terrible. But it is a potential threat regardless.
[06.09.2021 18:49:34] Vigil-3|S8: Because of the nanite infestation trying to devour everything?
[06.09.2021 18:49:39] A/)-Revenant: Mhm.
[06.09.2021 18:49:47] Vigil-3|S8: Gotcha. Duely noted.
[06.09.2021 18:50:24] Vigil-3|S8: See, that's why I always tell my CO that we shouldn't sneak around so much.
[06.09.2021 18:50:32] Vigil-3|S8: People talk more when they have someone to talk to, you know?
[06.09.2021 18:51:48] Vigil-3|S8: Well, now that I said that, you two're of course gonna go all quiet.
[06.09.2021 18:51:58] A/)-Revenant: The irony.
[06.09.2021 18:52:06] A/)-Revenant: I was hoping he would continue talking.
[06.09.2021 18:52:08] Ridge: I was about to say something specific, but then you cut me off with that.
[06.09.2021 18:52:16] Vigil-3|S8: Well, please. Do go on.
[06.09.2021 18:52:18] A/)-Revenant: Vincent, did you render yourself deceas-- Oh, he is still there.
[06.09.2021 18:52:26] Ridge: I'm not dead. Yet.
[06.09.2021 18:53:03] Ridge: Either way.
[06.09.2021 18:53:22] Ridge: Can I ask of you a favor?
[06.09.2021 18:53:29] Vigil-3|S8: Of whom?
[06.09.2021 18:53:32] Ridge: You.
[06.09.2021 18:53:37] Vigil-3|S8: No guarantees.
[06.09.2021 18:53:55] Ridge: Do you have any friends within the Navy, or any lawful entity?
[06.09.2021 18:54:16] Vigil-3|S8: I mean, come on, Vincent. Really think I'm just gonna answer that sorta question?
[06.09.2021 18:54:36] Ridge: ...answer it in private, then.
[06.09.2021 18:54:40] Ridge: Please.
[06.09.2021 18:55:01] Vigil-3|S8: How about you just go ahead and tell me why you needa know?
[06.09.2021 18:55:29] Ridge: Because I'd like to at least set things straight with Liberty.
[06.09.2021 18:55:37] Ridge: They won't listen to me in the open, though.
[06.09.2021 18:55:41] Vigil-3|S8: In trouble with 'em, huh?
[06.09.2021 18:55:55] Ridge: Thanks to a certain clone in a Camara.
[06.09.2021 18:56:20] Vigil-3|S8: Well. I suppose Section 8 might be able to drop a note off somewhere.
[06.09.2021 18:56:27] Vigil-3|S8: But we'd need something in return.
[06.09.2021 18:56:31] Ridge: Like?
[06.09.2021 18:56:38] Vigil-3|S8: What can you offer?
[06.09.2021 18:57:36] Ridge: ...I don't have a whole lot to run on right now. Not since I've had my access to Liberty revoked.
[06.09.2021 18:57:51] Vigil-3|S8: Hm. Well, that puts you in a tough spot, alright.
[06.09.2021 18:57:52] Ridge: I can try to pass along a few credits.
[06.09.2021 18:58:03] Vigil-3|S8: No, credits aren't of any real value to us.
[06.09.2021 18:58:12] Vigil-3|S8: How about some information about your research?
[06.09.2021 18:58:20] Ridge: ...what?
[06.09.2021 18:58:44] Ridge: Like what, exactly?
[06.09.2021 18:58:55] Vigil-3|S8: Details.
[06.09.2021 18:58:58] A/)-Revenant: Going somewhere?
[06.09.2021 18:59:08] Vigil-3|S8: Just drifting, why?
[06.09.2021 18:59:31] A/)-Revenant: Then perhaps it is prudent to keep your shield up ... wouldn't want any accidents out here.
[06.09.2021 18:59:51] Vigil-3|S8: Well, maybe you should stop lobbing disruptors at me.
[06.09.2021 18:59:51] Ridge: All I've got are blank theories.
[06.09.2021 19:00:29] Ridge: There are things going in the dark that I can't just spill out. Otherwise I wouldn't be any better than a poorly taught child.
[06.09.2021 19:00:50] Vigil-3|S8: Well, Vincent. I'm no longer feeling all too welcome around here.
[06.09.2021 19:00:53] Vigil-3|S8: So, tell you what.
[06.09.2021 19:01:13] Ridge: ...fucking hell...
[06.09.2021 19:01:17] Vigil-3|S8: You come up with something to share with Section 8 and Section 8 will consider lending you a hand with your problem.
[06.09.2021 19:01:23] Vigil-3|S8: How does that sound?
[06.09.2021 19:01:33] Ridge: The one thing I can tell you.
[06.09.2021 19:01:54] Vigil-3|S8: No, no. We'll need whatever you've got on a secure channel directed at Section 8 proper.
[06.09.2021 19:01:56] Ridge: If I can't continue my work, Liberty will be fucked.
[06.09.2021 19:02:00] Ridge: No doubt in that.
[06.09.2021 19:02:11] Vigil-3|S8: Well, you'd better share more than that, Vincent.
[06.09.2021 19:02:13] Ridge: Do as you will. But you'll have to trust me, as I trusted you.
[06.09.2021 19:02:45] Vigil-3|S8: We'll be in touch, Vincent.
[06.09.2021 19:03:11] Ridge: Sure...

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