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[epitaffio]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, PURPLEPIPER. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 541.26.365.77 *** PURPLEPIPER has joined 541.26.365.77 <PURPLEPIPER> Am I doing this right? <PURPLEPIPER> Pretty weird to just leave a message like this is an answering machine or something <PURPLEPIPER> ME leaving a message I mean! <PURPLEPIPER> You can leave one if you want and I'll just get back to you whenever I can.

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<purplepiper> let's say he replies like. a day or two later

[epitaffio]

Getting my antler back

[... So, if the fact that it took him a while to reply wasn't enough of an indicator, the answer is "no".]

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

[.... right. Javert is sighing heavily over here.]

You may take the rest of the week to yourself. You must recover. Send me anything you have to report by next Monday.

[epitaffio]

[Meanwhile he's TOTALLY not giving his laptop a dead-eyed glare. What a privilege, the cop is letting him rest.

... Still, he has other people to be angry about.]

I didn't learn anything.



Sorry.

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

[Neither did Javert, Doppio.]

Your efforts are valuable and appreciated nonetheless. We put in a showing, and they know we will come back, and all the more enraged for it.










I am sorry you were taken. It was a disastrous operation.

[epitaffio]

[... Funny. The reassurance actually DOES make him feel better.]

I don't think it's your fault
We just weren't ready to take on them yet

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

[Not ready? How much more ready could they have been? If they hadn't the technology to dull their movements and abilities...

The place was every bit the trap Javert supposed it would be, and the lot of them walked willingly right into it.]

We learn more about their methods with each attempt. They cannot outrun us forever, but we must be patient and cautious.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

[If they failed so thoroughly, then they weren't ready - it's as simple as that. Of course, Doppio's perspective is that of someone high in the chain of command of Italy's greatest criminal organization; the poachers have resources, and they don't. That's what it is: a matter of resources, power and connections.]

I don't know
Unless we catch them off-guard they're just going to stay one step ahead of us forever.
I think.

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

Then we must catch them off-guard. I can be a patient creature.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

But how are you planning on doing that?
The way they operate they HAVE to have eyes in places we can't even imagine

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

We shall need more intelligence and an abundance of discretion to proceed, something well within our power to do. Surely you do not suggest we give the matter up.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

Hell no
What I'm saying is that structurally they have a big advantage over us.
We don't stand a chance unless we all act as a unit and even then we need to shape up

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

I am inclined to agree. The more trustworthy monsters on board for a common goal, the better.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

[Okay, well. Sounds like they're mostly on the same page.

...]

Anyway that's just what I think...
So...
What are we going to do next?

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

Juno Steel unearthed some names. We start with them, see if they lead us to their associates and connections. I want their properties searched with fine-tooth combs, several times over.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

Are we going to interrogate them?