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Guys, I got a serious question. Well, actually just sort of an info request or something. I know that whole 'Newcomer Hunting' thing is kinda big and the whole idea of it just kinda freaks me out so I've been dodging most cuz it's like something out of some book or a movie but.

Well, uh.

I wanna know more about it.

Especially with the deaths of the guys with AGI, it kinda makes a dude like me scared considering I'm with 'em. I don't usually walk around outside after sirens or anything like that since I've got the whole, um. Corridor of darkness thing, but... Y'know. Danger lurks 'round every corner here so you can't be too sure.

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[Axel reads the text from his room and then ambles out to the living room, taking the long way around to the kitchen to get a soda so he can cuff Demyx upside the head where he's seated on the couch.]

Oi, you big baby, if you're really that worried about it we can carpool to work. [Or whatever you'd call taking a corridor at the same time...]

Edited 2012-08-22 09:05 (UTC)

_{[Ow! Okay, maybe he deserved that after last week, but it's not going to stop him from whining about it!.]}

Ow--Can you blame me for being scared? I know I'm in on this of my own violation but that doesn't mean I wanna end up dead in the gutters from SERO or whoever it is goin' around killing guys who're with AGI!

[He grabs a soda from the fridge and pops it.]

The word is 'volition', Demyx--sheesh, don't tell me I need to give you a language refresher course. [And then he'll flop down on the other end of the couch, putting his feet up on the table.] But no, I guess I can't blame you, really. It's... kind of a scary situation. [He blows out a sigh and then gives him a sidelong look.] Did you know the guy? The one who got killed? I'd heard his name once or twice but I don't think I ever actually saw him.

Potato potato, man. _{[He pauses to check his NV and shakes his head.]} Only in passing, really. I heard about him from some of the girls around Sector 1 and even down at Purg when I'd go down there just to hang out but nothing that really stood out to me.

Who the heck actually calls 'em po-tah-toes anyway?

[A swig of his soda and Axel shifts a bit where he's sitting.]

I find myself wondering what he did, you know? If he wasn't a particularly remarkable guy, why'd they target him? [He makes an unsettled sort of noise and taps his fingers against the soda can.] All this not knowing what the bad guys are really after or what sorts of credentials they look for in a victim... You're right: it is a little scary.

Edited 2012-08-22 09:53 (UTC)

Who knows? It just makes the language even more confusing.

Well, I think the news said he was some sort of bodyguard. Maybe they're after whoever he's guarding or they figured he'd be a problem so they just... _{[He drags a finger across his throat, makes a strangled sound and sticks his tongue out.]} Offed him. The bit with the girl he was with kinda makes me worried too, I mean... What if that chick really did blow him up? People here have a ton of weird powers.

Languages are insane--have you heard some of the weird stuff people say around here? Like people from other worlds I mean. There's a whole flock of 'em who have these suffixes they'll attach to the end of your name to indicate like how much they like or respect you, or something like that. [He blows a raspberry and waves a hand.] I sure can't keep track of it all, but it's kind of endearing, in a way.

[He puts that hand on his chin then.]

Wonder if I can find out who he was guarding; might be worth a look.

Really? Do I get one of those suffixes?

_{[He shrugs a shoulder and stretches out on the couch, head rolling back to stare at the ceiling. AGI was big on the entertainment side, so there was bound to be a lot of names. The two who were killed obviously had ties to it, but to what extent? How many pies did they have their fingers in?]}

What about Delacroix's neighbour? Maybe she'd know something. That hooker he had is probably gonna have her hands full with the cops so it might be better to leave her be for a little bit.

If you want a suffix I'm sure I can come up with something, but I make no promises it'll be accurate to any particular language or mean anything.

[He eyes Demyx as the younger man sprawls out over most of the remaining space on the sofa, but seems unperturbed. Drumming his fingers against the soda can, Axel mulls over Demyx's words.]

The neighbor might not be a bad idea, but I don't think I want it to get out that I'm poking around. This is police business, right? I'm not looking to get labeled a meddler (any more than I already am), and I sure don't want people to think I'm shooting for vigilante.

[Frankly Axel couldn't really care less about the guys who died, other than the fact that they're affiliated with the same company both he and Demyx are. If someone's gunning for AGI--which he honestly wouldn't really blame anyone--he wants to make sure both he and Demyx are well out of the line of fire.]

You know I do, man.

_{[He snorts at the meddler comment and gives Axel That Look. The one that means 'Nothing Good Is Happening In My Head And They Are Terrible Ideas.']}

Axel Axel Axel... We're part of the Organization! _{Or former, I dunno what it is anymore.} Meddling is what we were best at.

Very well, then I dub you Demyxtonshire the Ninth, Esquire. Now you're officially fancy. [And that, as they say, is that.

[Oh, he knows that look, and frankly Axel has never managed to determine whether he likes that look or if it just scares the crap out of him. For now he will settle for a definite U N S U R E and reaches out to poke Demyx (gently) between the eyes.]

Right, we're professional meddlers, but the trick is to be stealthy about it. That's all I meant. [He taps that spot between Demyxtonshire's eyes twice, then lifts his hand back to his own face to tug at his chin in thought.] It's really not a bad idea, talking to that neighbor lady... but we'd have to be discreet about it. [He grins fiendishly down at him.] Anything stupid but awesome coming to mind?

Steal... _{[He is trying so hard to keep himself from going cross-eyed. So hard.]} Y-Yeah, I know! I'm a pro at recon, remember? Lesson number one is to investigate any spot (or people) that seem suspicious! M'not saying the lady's suspicious or anything but it's the same concept.

_{[But stupidly-awesome ideas, HMM.]}

Maybe we could act as private investigators?

Right, right, I know, I know, I'm not saying you're bad at it. I'm just saying we need to be discreet or someone might catch on.

[And he doesn't want any catching on. So far he's been able to keep his investigations under the radar, but he hasn't found anything yet either. Maybe it's time to kick it up a notch ~~BAM~~.

[Quirking his mouth, he makes a 'hmm' sound.]

That's a good start, but I think we should probably keep things off any semblance of official record, you know? If she spills that a couple of PI's interviewed her, especially if she describes us? We'll be picked out of a lineup in no time--we're both pretty distinctive, after all. I'm not saying we should get haircuts and dye jobs or anything, but... if we're gonna start questioning folks we're gonna have to keep it on the down-low.

[They're both adept at remaining out of sight when they want to--yes, even Demyx--but tailing someone and finding a discreet way to interrogate someone... those are two completely different beasts.]

Right, right...

_{[Give him a minute to think up a better idea. Police-esque things were out and it'd probably seem suspicious if they just went up and asked without a backstory of some sort...

Wait!]}

Ah! I got it! Okay, you know how some people write tribute songs? We could ask her for more information to put into the song and stuff! That'd work, right?

[Axel snaps his fingers.]

Now there's a stupid-but-awesome idea if I ever heard one. That actually just might work! [He rubs his chin then.] Something tells me we're not gonna be able to get close to her or the wreckage anytime in the immediate future, but... it might be worth a go next week or so.

[He holds out one fist then.]

You in?

[Because she's busy working.]

did you have anything to do with turning people over to the hunters?

No way! Why would I be?

Then you don't have anything to worry about, do you?

I'd rather not take any chances on that. If the hunters are still out there, erg... I don't really wanna end up getting killed by them on their sicko games or whatever it is they do to the people they snatch.

They collar those they capture. Stick them in cages. Taunt them. Then, they fire a gun or something. You have to find your way out of the cages, and into the grounds. Then, you've got to survive. After that, if you manage to make it to the gates when they open right before sirens, you've got to live to make it home.

that answer your questions?

Sorta, I guess.

What makes 'em pick out the people they catch?

That, I don't know. Someone who annoyed the companies? Annoyed the natives? I'm not sure. That'd be a good thing to find out.

Or you could always quit Xino E. Mao, and be a solo gig.

Quit? But, uh...

_{[His jerb, Joe. His jerb.

And it's pretty hard to quit the Organization no matter where it is.]}

There's gotta be easier jobs somewhere, right?

Xino Mao isn't really that hard. _{I just don't wanna get hunted down or killed.}

For quitting?

I walked out on AGI last year, and nothing really happened to me, except they locked me out of the corporate DJ music library. Which was lousy.

What do you mean "I'm with them?" What do you do for them?

I work over at Xino Mao and that's really about it, but...

So you didn't have anything to do with the Hunts?

If I did, I wouldn't really be asking for information on 'em.

I just mean if you didn't have anything to do with them, then people shouldn't blame them for you.

Those hunters were criminals. Are you a criminal?

No way--! All I do is file papers 'n junk and then play music down at a few clubs 'n stuff!

Then you'll have nothing to worry about. Probably.

What kind of people do they snatch up?

The hunters? Don't you pay any attention to current events?!

I've been pretty out of it the past couple weeks, okay?

_{[Moreso than usual.]}

Edited 2012-08-26 13:14 (UTC)

Newcomers. They were hunting newcomers.

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