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[lostundercover]

[Costigan sounds detached from the subject matter right now, but those attentive may notice a very slight slur on some words. He may or may not be intoxicated.]

Abigail Hobbs is gone, as are Walter Bishop and Rebecca Holiday.

That makes about a dozen in the last month. Anyone else worried about how many people are disappearing? No, why bother? It's not like we get along here and we're all just as fucked as they were anyway, right?

[There's a short silence before he cuts off.]

[100% encrypted to: Dick Grayson]
[He speaks noticeably clearer in his short message.]
Watch the Center. I'll be back in a week or two.

Comments

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[wrathfulkhan]

And you don't have faith in Evandau to keep whatever brought us here going. [Not a question. Not even close. But not judgmental, either.]

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[lostundercover]

He's not a fucking wizard.

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[wrathfulkhan]

Perhaps not.

So you think the Emperor's hold on us is degrading. [Like he gives a shit either way. He's got stuff going on at home.] Are you fatalistic by nature?

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[lostundercover]

I think the old Emperor's hold is degrading because she's fucking dead, yeah. I think the new Emperor has nothing to do with it.

You sound like you're the one who has a problem with the Emperor, asshole, not me.

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[wrathfulkhan]

You're the one calling our Fearless Leader's abilities into question. Not me.

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[lostundercover]

I'm calling the island into question. This whole place. The Emperor's included in that, sure, yeah.

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[wrathfulkhan]

I'm not denying that this whole operation's slipshod and incredibly poorly managed. [Shots fired.] If I could go home of my own accord, I would.

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[lostundercover]

[Noted.]

Too bad we can't.

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[wrathfulkhan]

Oh, we're a resourceful bunch.

If one of us could figure out how to kill the Emperor, which has happened, then reasonably it ought to be simple enough to figure out a way to harness a process that's already happening to our benefit.