Rescuer Network: Truth will out

[sponsorigami]

Um... hello? Is this working? I-I'm Ivan Karelin... from, from Flowers Over Bones, one of the kidnapped, brainwashed musicians.

I... I'm not chipped anymore, but I still don't have all my memories back... I also know about Arpegius and the other ghosts, and I helped to rescue Stella from Virgo's basement... and another one possessed me to break a speaker and yell at Juno... Virgo's basement is probably where they brainwashed us. I don't know about Pride's set up, but... I'll try to answer what I can about both...

[ He takes a breath, trying to get to his main point beyond offering to share what he knows. ]

I-I can shapeshift into people and things I've touched before, including people from both Virgo and Pride, and... I can use a katana and shuriken to defend myself. There must be something that I can do... maybe something only I can do...

[ ie: Use him. He wants to help rescue people. ]

Comments

[lightthedarkness]

It's working just fine, Ivan.

Oh ah... we're working on getting blueprints.

[sponsorigami]

Blueprints? Of the basement?

[lightthedarkness]

Of the building, it has to be in public records, right? I don't know if it will include the basement but we should at least know what we're dealing with.

I'm Serena Lapin, though my real name is Usagi Tsukino.

[sponsorigami]

I wouldn't be surprised if those got mysteriously "lost," but it's possible.

[ He's not too optimistic that such plans can be found. ]

Um, anyways... you sound familiar. Have... have we met before?

[lightthedarkness]

You have to stay positive! If you let yourself give up before you even try, you won't get anything done! You have to have hope.

And ah, yeah! We met at the aquarium.

[sponsorigami]

[ But he is trying to get things done by letting people know his powers and that he's willing to do his part. He's just not sure that blueprints will be something they can depend on. ]

The aquarium... Ah! At the ray petting tank, right?

[lightthedarkness]

Yep! That's right, and while we didn't talk, I was at Luce-san's birthday party, too.

[sponsorigami]

So, you've been watching us for a while...

[ Maybe he's not so wrong about the weird feeling that he was seeing strangers with greater frequency than what should happen in a big city like Vista. ]

[lightthedarkness]

Not you, specifically, but don't say it like I'm a stalker. Rei is one of my absolute best friends from home. Minako's too, and we're trying to get you all home safe and sound... well as sound as we can. [Why is it this guy can't help but insult her in some fashion.]

[sponsorigami]

[ That wasn't an insult, just an observation by someone who has to be in the spotlight. ]

Ah, so I was overlooked again.

[lightthedarkness]

Ah hey now, that isn't what I said. We're here to rescue everyone, and you're part of that everyone. You're special too and you didn't deserve to be kidnapped either.

[sponsorigami]

[ Wh-what? He was only commenting on how he usually gets overlooked. Even by his own band. ]

Um... sure...

[lightthedarkness]

I'm not going to overlook you. I promise.

[sponsorigami]

It's all right though. Even my band has done that.

[lightthedarkness]

Not on purpose, I'm sure, and not where it matters. Rei wouldn't leave without all of you, you mean a lot to her.

[sponsorigami]

No, no. I know. That's why I'm out here instead of back at Virgo.

[ If he didn't go, the rest of the band might not have been freed. He couldn't get them to leave him behind. ]

It's just... um, when it happens so much, you kinda get used to it...

[lightthedarkness]

.... Did you want to stay, then?

[sponsorigami]

I felt like I'd be more useful to everyone behind enemy lines, so I could gather info and pass it on, but... I can't do that anymore...

[lightthedarkness]

More useful when your entire band is gone and you'd have been left to suffer the consequences? You had a tracking chip in you, Ivan, they would have known one way or another.

[sponsorigami]

I would risk that for gathering info. There are things that could be going on in the label that we don't know because we don't have an insider.

[lightthedarkness]

But Ivan-san, you aren't the only person on the inside that we have. [She sighs. She knows he probably doesn't like her, whether he knows she is Sailor Moon or not. They aren't friends and he has no reason to trust her outside of just being on the same "team."]

If that's what you really want... [Her protests weren't likely to change his mind, he seems dead set on this.]

[sponsorigami]

... Please don't say that you're talking about Sans.

[lightthedarkness]

Er... I don't know who that is, but no not him. [She knew OF Sans, of course, since he was the whole reason they got the band OUT, but no, she had never met Sans.]

[sponsorigami]

Then who are you talking about?

[ Does Ivan know them? Maybe they can work together.... ]

[lightthedarkness]

Well, the contacts Gold and Silver have for one, but Roy Mustang as well, Lapis has the ability to get information too.