endgames | 027 -- [Voice || Written || Action] Backdated to the 6th

[It's been two days now, since the mission at that hospital. It feels awkward coming to the journal like this... he didn't even know Precis all that well, outside of two missions. But reviewing journal conversations, it didn't seem as if she knew anyone well on the last one either. A village-wide announcement seems callous.

In the end, he winds up crafting a wide filter, based off of her journal responses and the two mission experiences he's aware of. Tl;dr: if you've ever had a public thread with Precis, or went on a mission with her, you're good to be included in the filter.]

[Filtered to Associates of Precis F. Neumann || Unhackable]

On the fourth of September, Precis Neumann died participating in a mission outside the enclosure. No doubt she saved countless lives, but...

[...]

If you knew her, I offer my condolences for your loss.

[/end filter]

[For the rest of the day, Shikamaru will be in the forest surrounding CH1. Looking back over the journals revealed something else too. You'd think with the way he memorizes things it'd have hit him sooner, but he was never so good with dates.]

Two years... Tch. How troublesome.

[He'll be out here, training primarily with his shadow, but watching clouds too. Not for too long. Within the hour, he's cracking out another filter on the journal.]

[Filtered to Uzumaki Naruto || Unhackable]

Let's take care of that thing we discussed.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Yea. Seemed like a good soldier. I...feel bad I couldn't do more. The bomb wasn't that big, but...how it worked? I'd have only made it worse.

Everything's troublesome with Shifting. [And he can guess what Sue is getting at; what her idea might have been.] I don't know what she was planning on doing, but she was right to take it where she did.

I know. Just...yea. I've contained blasts large enough to crack open planets, Shikamaru.

[So she'd have tried despite knowing.]

I...don't know how all this horse!@#% works. Just...its good the Specialist told me before I tried. Or it could've been a lot worse.

[She's not good about feeling helpless, not after everything she's fought against.]

No one knows. Any attempts to learn about it always ends in shutdown. The best thing to do is to act with caution, and pick up on things as you go...

[...actually, what was that-]

But wait. So Davis told you something about it?

[It hadn't seemed terribly important at the time, but maybe this was new information]

He told me that my powers wouldn't be able to block it. The bomb was a computer program designed to destroy any matter in its way. He mentioned that they'd even be able to destroy the enclosure barrier, and that the Malnosso themselves don't even use them against the Third Party. They're too dangerous.

[That's multiple somethings. That they've used such a weapon before. That it would effect the barrier. But the biggest one...]

...a computer program. [He mutters this, contemplating it to himself. He doesn't seem to be doubting it, just turning it over in his head.] Those were his exact words?

[Sue takes a moment, closes her eyes and tries to recall what was said]
It was something like this... "Think of it like a computer program. The blast yield is programmed into it, and the Shift tech uses that to decide how much to destroy"

I don't remember exactly what was said, but...that was the gist of it. Sorry...

No, it's fine.

[So not a program, per se, but like it. He mutters to himself again.] It would explain the math references...

Something new?

New for me.

Ah, well, suppose thats one good thing out of all this.

I'd say there was more than that.

Oh?

That there were no other deaths is an obvious one. But... [Hm.] Did you see the tone change?

Tone change? How do you mean?

With Davis' men. Maybe the man himself.

[The last one was more difficult. Dude's a soldier through and through.]

They started as most soldiers we work with do - tolerating us. There was a change after.

Oh yea? Didn't notice, what changed? I was a bit busy.

They were surprised. They paid attention.

[They were grateful, and impressed.]

Thats good. It means they take us seriously, I guess.

It's something.

I guess, yea.

[Sue shrugs and stands up]

Guess I'll let you be. You need something, let me know, ok?

Sure. [A thoughtful glance.] You too.

Oh course, keep your nose clean and I'll see you around.

[She wanders off with a wave]

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