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This is Nick. I don't know how many of you are still on here that know me, but I'm going to cut right to the chase here: I've been working undercover with the mafia for months, trying to get their secrets for the network. And now I finally have something useful.

There's going to be a meeting soon. Albero will be there, along with a large number of high ranking mafia members. I know when, and where, and I know that if we hit it, we stand a good chance of taking them out and making a serious dent in their operation.

I know some of you are going to say that violence isn't the answer. For anyone who wants to try another road, I have a number of recordings of the mafia making plans to frame network members, and of some of the kidnappings that have happened, as well as the location of where the mafia members are getting their modifications. I'll pass them off to someone who wants them, but not until just before the meeting. It's obviously going to blow my cover pretty badly.

I'm going to that meeting. I don't want to do it alone, because I want to make this hurt, and I can't do that by myself. I know I'm not the only one who's been affected by what they've done, and if we want to stop them, to make it so they can't do it to anyone else - this is the best chance we've got.

We need to take it.

[OOC: A plotting post for this is up here!]

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No matter how many of them survive, it's going to be pretty obvious that this was a network strike against the mafia. Taking out everyone there is going to take numbers I'm not sure we'll get.

There is a difference between them knowing that numbered did it, and which of the numbered did it.

[And that is what worries him. He wants to help, but he also has a company and a family and cannot risk being known as a murderous maniac, or whatever the media will paint the attackers - not because he'd be troubled by it himself, but because of what might happen to his wife and employees, and, though far away now, children.

He will try to help in any way that he can, but maybe he'll just not be able to help personally.]

That's why I'll be disguising myself.

[It's worked well for him so far, all of the times he's participated in something very obviously numbered.

He hesitates for only a moment, before his next suggestion.]

You could always come with us, and make sure we get every last one of them.

There is only a limited number of people with my physical build, and both of them [not "all of them", not anymore, and that hurts] I wouldn't want to be blamed in my stead.

Dwarves look rather different from humans. [He's still pondering if he could disguise himself, though.]

Will your venture need additional weapons, or other things like that?

Fair enough. There's still some time, if you change your mind.

[He's not going to push, though.]

We can always use weapons. Or I can, anyway. I know other people have more flashy abilities, but mine is, well, using weapons.

My family's store sells them; I will tell my wife to let you and any who need it have a pick of our stock, there'll just have to be something that she can identify them by.

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Would a non-numbered be allowed in on your action? [Because he knows someone who could disguise himself and would come. Especially if Thorir should end up going.]

Thank you. If anyone's uncomfortable identifying themselves as network, would it be all right for them to say they were there to pick up something for Nick?"

Yeah, of course, if anyone wanted. I'm not planning on turning anyone away as long as they understand how dangerous it is.

That should be sufficient. My wife is not numbered, so she would be unable to check if someone is truly networked or not.

I will get back to you, then.

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