log no. 5 - video

[inamartiniglass]

[A very angry Vesper can be seen over the video feed, the last of the officers finally leaving the community center]

A mockery, that's what it is. They literally made a mockery of this place and went through everything. That little girl is not here.

I'm sure the normal citizens of this place are perfectly capable of being monsters just as some Newcomers.

[Overall, she's offended to have a place she's been put in charge of for the day trashed like this.]

Comments

[video]

[12second_orz]

[all business-like sincerity] I'm sorry you had to have your day ruined so carelessly. People are always looking for convenient scapegoats, it seems.

[video]

[inamartiniglass]

It's ultimately ruined my day, I won't deny it. I'm about to apologize in advanced to anyone who comes into the center and finds a scowl on my face.

[video]

[12second_orz]

I'm sure most of the people who frequent the place will understand a little break from serenity, considering the news lately- I imagine most of them will be in just as foul a mood as you.

anonymous text;

[playthings]

Our monsters are scarier.

-Anonymous

text

[inamartiniglass]

[She furrows her brow at the message.]

Who is this? Are you trying to frighten me?

perma anonymous text;

[playthings]

That depends.
Are you frightened?

-Anonymous

permatext

[inamartiniglass]

Anonymous messages don't make me shake in my heels.

[playthings]

Oh I'm sure we can find out what does.

-Anonymous

reaction

[inamartiniglass]

[She purses her lips at the message, but she doesn't respond, admittedly a little shaken.]

[playthings]

Good day, Miss Vesper Lynd.

-Anonymous

[ It wasn't too difficult to find out. ]

[inamartiniglass]

[oh hell she's not sleeping tonight]

voice.

[directorestheim]

They are. Perhaps more so than us.

And it'll take many more years before an agreement can be reached peacefully.

[It's something he's been far too used to all his life, and it rankles that he has to go through it again here.]

voice.

[inamartiniglass]

It's barbaric. I feel like I've been transported into Nazi Germany than an island in Canada.

[directorestheim]

For all intents and purposes, perhaps this place does have a higher similarity to that historical reference than one might think.

But that, that is the model of society: to reject what they find foreign and dangerous.

It takes time for people to change, and they're still prone to revert to previous feelings easily.

video

[gaveherwings]

I assume you cooperated as best you could with the investigation.

Are you all right? They didn't turn the clinic inside out, did they?

video

[inamartiniglass]

Considering my involvement with the NPP, I cooperated as best as I could without getting in trouble.

And unfortunately they did. Most of my morning will be spent cleaning up their mess.

Re: video

[gaveherwings]

Good. Raul will be furious, undoubtedly.

Check on the fishtank in the waiting area for me too, if you don't mind?

video

[inamartiniglass]

I'll be sure to do so.

Video

[calm_tempest]

[Yeah, she's not happy. They happened to come through while she was on shift at the clinic. And if it hadn't been for the warrant, she'd have terrified the lot of them out of there herself.

[But despite her unhappiness, she keeps her expression carefully neutral.]

They surely can. Unfortunately, biases only become more pronounced in these situations.

Video

[inamartiniglass]

This all sounds suspicious to me, but I'm no investigator so I wouldn't even know where to start.

Video

[calm_tempest]

And convenient, in that the girl disappeared from a Newcomer event, and is the daughter of a vocal member of M.A.N. I grant there is cause for investigation, but not like this.

Video

[inamartiniglass]

I hope some kind of third party gets involved to solve this because the police sure aren't going to look at another suspect.

[voice]

[rapturescreed]

Make sure to take pictures before you clean anything up. I realize this is not something to be calm about, but we are working on this.

[voice]

[inamartiniglass]

I will.

[video]

[surgicalshot]

[It's another thing that makes him so... sad. Much too sad.]

I feel so bad for this little girl, with everyone looking in the wrong places. If we start fighting, how will she ever be found?

[video]

[inamartiniglass]

[oh. he's sad.]

It seems like the mother is putting too much focus on us horrible people to even creatively think of ways her daughter might have wandered out of her father's sight.

[maybe she can cheer him up.]

Anyway, I can make our first meal together tonight, if you'd like? Is there anything you and Czeslaw are allergic to?

[video]

[surgicalshot]

Doesn't... I mean, I hate to bring it up, but... [He can't. He just can't.] Never mind

[He pushes the thought out of his mind, blinking and then giving a genuine smile.]

Oh! I'm not allergic to anything, and I don't think he is allergic to anything, either!

[video]

[inamartiniglass]

[A smile at his response about dinner.]

Wonderful. I can make some braised lamb shanks in red wine with homemade mashed potatoes.

Does that sound alright with you?

[video]

[surgicalshot]

[There is no way he can hide that look of "oh my god that sounds delicious" on his face.]

That. That uh. That sounds great!