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[deicider]

WHO: Sniper
WHERE: various locations
WHEN: through mid-late September
WHAT: a dinner date, driving lessons, some shop talk
NOTES OR WARNINGS: you can hit me up via PM or at praecipitanter if you'd like a top level!

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[deicider]

That weapons cache is at least half ours, too.

[Favors were never free, not even the fun ones. Sniper idly swipes at the condensation on their glass, and presses a cold hand to the back of their neck.]

It's only a matter of time before the UNA realizes that blue glowing people are only in New Amsterdam—if that's the case. If we're vulnerable disorganized when they decide to crack down, so is Morningstar. And I know Gaby doesn't want to cut and run.

[retravel]

Or perhaps we're finally even, [ paying for their initial rescue and safeguarding. ] but Morningstar doesn't traffic in debts.

[ they asked for volunteers, not recruits. he won't treat gaby like she owes them anything. if he asks, it's an open question. ]

No, Gaby wouldn't. [ but she's cut off, so they have to rebuild. he doesn't mention he and carter's plan to sniper, as it's still in its infancy, when they speak. ] But the UNA passed us over during the attacks this time. I've been turning that over every night.

[ They're not ready to crack down on them, not yet. Why? ]

[deicider]

We didn't go through all that trouble for Gaby to sit on it.

[Morningstar was a credit to itself, if Gaby was anything to go by, but having to work around their scrupulous precautions was frustrating. Sniper had their own timetable.]

I don't think they knew about us. If they did, they would have had orders to secure us.

[retravel]

We didn't go through that trouble with a deal for goods on the table, [ a sharp look — this conversation tells him Sniper intends to put the displaced above the locals, including Morningstar. That information won't prevent a working partnership, but it does mean Fitz will keep a close eye on them, when he can. ] but I'm still keen to explore our options there.

[ one step at a time. first the masks, then the rest. Fitz shakes his head. ]

Or they were ordered not to secure us, or their source was a third party, [ the third party. ] who intended for us to go unharmed, as valuable assets.

[ Gaby seems to think they were passed over intentionally, not due to an oversight, and Fitz agrees. ]

[deicider]

No, but they're not in a position to take advantage of it, and we are. Advantages are slim on the ground for both of us. Whatever we learn will be good for them, too.

[The displaced and Morningstar weren't separable issues, not when it came to surviving in New Amsterdam.

Sniper shrugs.]

"Asset for what" is the big question. If they want to use us, letting us hang out with a rebel organization is a pretty bad idea. They had us for months; they could have scrambled our brains or put us on whatever those soldiers are on if they wanted us compliant.

I don't see the advantage for the UN. They already control this world; super powered glowing soldiers are overkill.