[Voice]

[gaveherwings]

Hello. Fellow newcomers? I'm in need of some practical advice-

[A breath. This is less the tone of a confident doctor, and more like a young man teetering on the brink of anxiety, but holding his voice together at a steady calm.]

What are the appropriate channels, besides calling it in to law enforcement, to best go about securing yourself from identity theft? I've...never had to recover from losing anything like this before, and I'm uncertain what steps I should take from here-

I seem to have somehow misplaced something very important: Photo IDs, keys, my debit, a portable storage drive, and a panicalarm device which- its GPS is apparently disabled. (So much for that being anything of use)

I've been retracing my steps for almost two hours now, and I just can't figure out quite how, or when- [Uncertainty clouds his tone for a moment, as he mutters mostly to himself](It's odd I could even get so far without realizing it was missing- my lanyard is something I feel rather... naked without.)

So If anyone's had any experience dealing with this before, in the contemporary system- I'm at an honest loss here, asking the network. Normally it's something entourage simply wouldn't allow to happen, but.... What would you do?

And how would you go about even beginning to locate something potentially stolen, in a city this large and under poor surveillance, which can't easily be replaced?

Comments

[voice]

[madvaporskillz]

Have you tried simply looking for it?

[voice]

[gaveherwings]

Yes, of course I've been looking!

[voice]

[madvaporskillz]

Then perhaps new eyes are required.

Voice

[magnetic_magpie]

Monitor your bank accounts and credit ratings. Track your junk mail - more or less than normal could signal a problem.

Also, consider having someone with locating abilities or magic seek the items for you?

Voice

[gaveherwings]

Should I inform financial and cancel now, or ...wait a little longer, to see if something turns up?

Ah- yes, I'd..ideally like to find someone like that? Do you know who could?

Re: Voice

[magnetic_magpie]

Place an alert on your accounts. I, personally, would wait but I can afford to do so - if you cannot, then you cannot.

A few, actually. Let me send a couple text messages.

[Texting Raven and Loki.]

voice;

[awakenings]

And your Citizen ID...? That's gone too?

voice;

[gaveherwings]

Yes, that's right.

voice;

[awakenings]

[She sighs once, and it's some time before she responds.]

I'm sorry. I'll help in the search for it.

[Voice]

[beenwaitinglong]

Call your bank and ask them to cancel your card, first off. Then let the police know about the rest of it, with as detailed a description as you can give them.

Re: [Voice]

[gaveherwings]

Alright. Yes, that was what I was about to do, but I wasn't sure if it would be calling something in as lost too early? I really couldn't have left it anywhere but the clinic, though, and I've already checked there.

voice;

[soldierfirst]

I am afraid I can offer little advice for this world. [Or in general -- who would have tried to steal the ID of General Sephiroth, back in Midgar?] But I can offer another set of eyes in helping you retrace yourself, if you desire.

voice;

[gaveherwings]

If it fell off somehow in a subway car, or in the station, do you think the department of transport would really look for it in earnest?

...I've lost it somewhere between the clinic and... here, a cafe in sector 6.

[allucinator]

Sirius might be able to track it-- I'd have to ask. Lucky your NV weren't in there, eh?

[gaveherwings]

Yes, that's fortunate. It couldn't fit.

Could you, please?

permavideo

[doeswhathewants]

Michael said you might need assistance in locating something?

permavideo

[gaveherwings]

Yes. I've lost a lanyard with a keychain and my ID sleeve.

[voice]

[rapturescreed]

...Everything is gone?

[voice]

[gaveherwings]

Everything on my lanyard, yes-

You'd think that would be easier to keep tabs on than the contents of coat pockets

text; private

[azarathmetrionzinthos]

Michael Xavier tells me you might need a magical hand.

If you haven't found it already, could you tell me if there's anything distinctively magical that's happened to those items in their history? That would probably be the easiest way to track them down, if they have a trail.

Re: text; private

[gaveherwings]

Distinctively magical? Not that I'm aware of. They're the same ones I've always had.

[voice]

[sequincy]

Can you think of anyone at work who would gain from stealing it? [he can't help but think that's the most likely place for it to go missing, given how much time Daedalus spends there]

Re: [voice]

[gaveherwings]

A look at my files, maybe, but they'd need to know the passwords.

video;

[athermercy]

Wow, I hope you can find it.

Re: video;

[gaveherwings]

I have....someone working on it.

It's just the last thing I'd- you'd never realize, how much of your life is carried on a string.

I don't usually misplace things.