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[Somebody's had a rough day after being blasted awake early in the morning. Almost literally. Vanessa's apartment was close enough to the Dead District that she had felt the floors shake during the blasts and the windows rattling.

Now she's sitting a good distance away from her apartment with her emergency bug-out backpack on and finally getting around to taking a look at the network.]

Okay does anybody know what the fuck that was all about? I tried to get a closer look but there's cops all over the place. Probably going to have to stay out of the area until this cools down.

I swear none of you better be behind this one.

[Private to Banagher Links]

I'm not dead. Stop sending me text messages.

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Probably. I live nearby and I didn't see anything.

Don't these things take tons of preparation?

I'm not exactly familiar with bombing techniques, but I'd imagine so.
I've not been to see myself, but it sounds like the size of the affected area alone would make it a massive job.

Maybe that's what the people skulking around were doing. Scoping targets.

I can't get a good look at it but it was definitely a big thing.

It looks like it was the emptiest part though. If they were picking targets they could have hit better ones.

So it's done for show.
If it was one of us, I'd like to think anyone capable of going to the trouble of doing such a thing would also think through where best to hit Thunder Corp so they could do the most damage.

[ And after only a slight hesitation, because EEK SENSITIVE INFORMATION OVERHEARD AT WORK: ]

Like under Tuning Towers.
I hear Thunder Corp were hired to make repairs down there. Thus the vehicles around the site.
Which I'm sure isn't a cover up for that Target One business at all.

It might have been. I think that's the best case scenario though.

[And who the fuck is going to operate under best case scenario thinking anyway? Not her, that's for sure.]

That buzzing sound coming from the towers is the same noise from the mines. It's all too much to not be connected.

[And then a pause because wait.]

Where did you hear that?

[ WELL SHE CERTAINLY DIDN'T HEAR IT AT WORK

THAT WOULD BE SILLY

AND INCRIMINATING ]

Guy on his phone was talking about it.
That was all I heard, though. About the repair contract.
He certainly didn't mention any plans to bomb anything, or I might have thought to mention this to someone sooner. :ヘp

[WHAT A PERFECTLY REASONABLE EXPLANATION.]

I guess they wouldn't talk about that where people can hear them.

[Wait... not another one of those stupid face things?]

What the hell is that?

Unfortunately not. Not without the threat of torture, anyway.

[ Wait does that sound creepy ]

Lol.

[ WHEW, BETTER. ]

And do you mean my smiley?
That's my face. With a nose like mine, and a tongue poking out.
A lot of people use them these days. Google says so.

[The "lol" just makes it creepier.]

Let's try to avoid that even if it does sound practical.

How is that a tongue sticking out? Or a nose?

[She missed the whole internet thing.]

Let me get a pen. I didn't understand it at first either.

[ Five minutes later, she's back with a pencil! JOY. ]

Oh.

[Okay now she sees it. Still stupid.]

You made a smiley face with your nose on it?

Yes.
Apparently it is the nose of someone who can get things done. :ヘ)

Right.

I'm glad to have you and your nose on our side then.

[YOU ARE ON THEIR SIDE AREN'T YOU, ELLIE?!]

Shh. We might be on the same side, but I can't speak for my nose.
It might just be here to sniff out all our sensitive information.

[ ELLIE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo ]

[What the fuck, Ellie.]

Have you been waiting long to use that one?

Who nose...

[ Someone stop her for the love of god ]

[Ellie. STAHP.]

Do these just get worse from here?

Yes.
I think I'd better quit while I still have some dignity.

Yeah.

You should probably stop before you blow it.

Did you just.

Just what?

Nose pun.

It must be your imagination. This conversation is already running with them.

At least now I'm not the only one whose dignity has curled up and died.

I'm not the one whose dignity is based on bad nose jokes.

~~[Boom!]~~

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