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[traitorously]

[Someone’s looking cheery (it’s Catty). She’s sitting in front of the screen next to a less-cheery Vanessa, absently doodling on a piece of paper] Okay, so one of the things that we found out during the whole ‘oh no the turtle is dying and turning helpless teenaged girls into shadow monsters’ thing is that, the general mood of the people on the turtle affects Asti, and vice versa.

This is important, obviously, because no one likes a sad turtle. Especially when we’re living on the back of it. And you know who some of the saddest people in the world are? Drug addicts.

[Catty, you were literally the only teenage girl stuck as a shadow. Vanessa makes a face, although it’s not really certain which part of Catty’s spiel is getting the face made at.] What Catty means is that, during our investigation, we learned about this drug called Dust. It’s getting kind of big. We also learned that it’s possible that the things we do here can affect Asti. So it stands to reason that people who are using drugs could make him sick again. [She flashes a small smile.]

We were kind of thinking of maybe starting an outreach program? To help with both teenagers and adults addicted to Dust. Or addicted to anything! [Stop putting poisons in your body, yo.]

Right, exactly. And there are only so many people we can do the goddess of hope thing at, you know? We can’t be everywhere. Plus, it turns out that not everyone is willing to listen to a pair of seventeen year old girls, so having some help would be great.

[Omg, no she didn’t. Did she really? Vanessa goes a little pale but tries to ignore the fact that Catty has totally just spilled the beans on that secret. Maybe nobody will notice. Yeah. No noticing.] You mean, not everyone is willing to listen to you. [Her lips purse.] So yeah. If you’d like to help us help not just the kedan but Foreigners too - because we need to look out for each other - let us know. [A beat.] If you don’t know who we are, I’m Vanessa and this is Catty. [Jerking her thumb at the brunette now.]

[The brunette gives a small wave and a thumbs up, and then switches off the feed]

[ooc; Catty is black and Vanessa is blue!]

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[demon_brat]

[... oh. Put like that, Damian's team's investigation makes a little more sense. He will. Need to discuss this with people. Thanks, ladies, except he's not polite enough to actually say it, sorry?]

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[urbanmagic]

Outreach is good. Anything I can do to help with that? [She knows of it, worked with them at least, so she's aware of the effects of the Dust.]

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[traitorously]

Hey Traci! And...I'm pretty sure there's a bunch you could do. Get the information out about what Dust does to people, that kind of thing. Maybe if we get enough people and support, we could set up some kind of headquarters where people could come for help.

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[urbanmagic]

I can do info, not much for the whole headquarter-sitting, unless you'd like to have a weekly meeting at my place or something. I've a lot on my plate, but I can squeeze in info-gathering in between.

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[fatedchaos]

Don't push yourself if you think you can't do it. I don't think we should have meetings at any of our places, though. [A beat.] For safety reasons.

[lostundercover]

Once you get some real help, maybe you can try again.

[traitorously]

[You get a bright smile from this one] Is that an offer?

[lostundercover]

No.

[fatedchaos]

How do you define 'real help'?

[lostundercover]

Over twenty-five, for a start.

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[bludhavenknight]

Dust? Any idea on how that works, or does the name give it away? [Ah, drug addicts. Dick knows them well. Or as well as you can get without being one and beating up dealers.]

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[traitorously]

You smear it on a patch on your arm. It makes people really like - I don't know, pliable? Followers of Mally were using it to make addicts do their bidding 'for the glory of our evil overlord', you know. Lure people off to drain them of their blood, that kind of thing.

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[bludhavenknight]

You know, from the name, I was hoping to hear they snorted it or something. [Because that would make the most sense. Unfortunately, he doesn't know the whole thing with Malicant.]

So it's like handing out the Kool-Aid to people, and then getting into a vampire sacrifice?

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[raptorcanaria]

[Well, if that isn't really close to home.]

That sounds like a great idea, girls. Is there anything specifically you need help with?

[Dinah's experience is limited to a couple of specific addicts and a whole lot of dealers, but she's sure she can help.]

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[traitorously]

Thanks! [There's a brief pause] Honestly, I think everything. I mean, we had the idea, but an idea can only take people so far, you know? What we really need is some kind of group who can set something up and work together. Like AA.

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[raptorcanaria]

Well, I have some experience, but it's limited. Maybe if you get enough people together, and find a meeting place we can brainstorm ideas?

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[una_persson]

I'm glad to see you're not leaving well enough alone. I'm glad to help in whatever way I can.

I followed up a loose lead from our investigation—the bit about that old junkie in the Water sector, Jing. Unfortunately he's a bit past talking right now— [She realises how that sounds as soon as it comes out and quickly adds:] Not my fault; I didn't expect him to nod off into unconsciousness whilst we were talking—but he did say something about the drug originating from experiments in the Metal sector.

I'm still working on that one. So far it's been all dead ends, but you never know.

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[traitorously]

Una! [yay frands!]

[Catty doesn't seem too fazed about the accidental implication, although Vanessa might. She opens her mouth to say something and then shuts it, like she's thinking it through]

He's still alive though, right? I might be able to get more out of him if he is.

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[una_persson]

He's alive, but not what you'd call responsive. He's under the care of a kedan doctor in the Water sector.

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[alpha_squad_leader]

Outreach sounds like a great idea but it's only half the problem. Do you know if anyone's trying to deal with the suppliers?

[He takes a breath before going on.]

If it's alright, could we meet up and talk about your investigation sometime? I'm trying to gather up information on the various investigations.

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[traitorously]

[She waves her hand a little] Yeah, us. But we ended up stumbling across a human - kedan? sacrifice ring instead, I guess that sort of distracted us from the whole who's supplying the drugs thing.

We'd be cool with that! [Just going to nudge Vanessa casually. Agree with her ok]

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[alpha_squad_leader]

You don't think...[He frowns at this.] that they were using anything from the people they sacrificed to make the stuff, do you? [He really hopes not because that would make it so much worse.]

Great. Some place private's probably best. When and were would be good?

[cons]

Dust?

[ okay what Wichita's never heard of turtle drugs and maybe she's not in the business of those kinds of drugs, but she's curious ]

Wouldn't people who are high as hell just make Asati feel pretty great too? Unless it's a heavy downer or something, but why the hell would anyone take that?

[ she's grinning though, in that "you don't have to answer that because I'm definitely just kidding but I feel like being an asshole" way ]

[traitorously]

[Catty just rolls her eyes good naturedly] It makes people susceptible to doing whatever they're told to do. I don't think anyone wants a giant turtle willing to do anything the nearest jerk asks him to. Especially when we're living on his back.

[cons]

Who the hell would-? Yikes.

[ she can't think of a kind of high in the world that would be worth giving up their, uh, free will. but at least now she's thinking about the party she's planning on throwing with Hayley, like knowing the turtle can catch their good vibes gives them an actual reason besides 'boredom' to go through with it ]

But I guess that's good for your shout-out here. If they are high, they'll want to go along with whatever you're saying, right?