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Setsuna F. Seiei ([personal profile] elswhisperer) wrote in [community profile] citylogs2023-07-12 07:48 am

(OPEN) probably the least secret secret meeting, all things considered

WHO: Setsuna F. Seiei ([personal profile] elswhisperer) & you!
WHAT: The code word log!
WHERE: City Hall Park
WHEN: July 12
WARNINGS: N/A


[ Over the course of the past few days, you may have noticed simple, nondescript flyers posted here and there across the city. All handwritten, they list a location (a particular statue in the City Park) along with a time and date (3:00 PM, July 12). Below that, an extremely brief message:

For establishing safe communications.

- moment.


On the day of, you'll find a young man in a red scarf waiting by the named statue. He has with him sheets of blank paper, pens, and pencils. ]


My name is Setsuna F. Seiei. 'Moment' from the network. The purpose of this meeting is creating a way to safely disseminate information to each other all at once. If one of us found an exit, or determined the identity of our captors, we'd be jeopardizing ourselves by revealing it openly over the network. At the same time, the network is our most efficient method of communication. We need to make the most of all the tools at our disposal.

We can accomplish that with the use of code language. One that's not complicated; that anyone could remember and pass along. What that code is and what we want to communicate with it is something one person can't determine for themselves. That's why I wanted us all to meet.

Without cooperation, we're not gonna get anywhere.

[ ooc: just a couple things! go ahead and mingle/threadhop as you like (especially bc i may not be the fastest tagger rn), and if setsuna has already mentioned to your character that he's been working on something, feel free to assume he left some kind of vague message about checking flyers over the inboxes or smth. ]
braidedwonder: (it's all the same)

[personal profile] braidedwonder 2023-07-15 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)

It's uh.. fairly instant. [ Says the guy that woke up in handcuffs after trying to light City Hall on fire without anyone other than he and the other guy in attendance that he could see. Supremely unsettling for someone who never really slept more than a cat nap every couple of hours, anyway, much less to not feel it until he had woken up. ]

Let's just say I know by experience, and they don't even bother with your rights and all that.

We could possibly code up something to encrypt instant messages, but either way there's no telling that whatever powers that are can't access that either, even to the best of my encryption ability. Or other's, too.

We could do carrier pigeon, but, none of those around either.
fourmeansdeath: (14)

[personal profile] fourmeansdeath 2023-07-16 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
... How instant?

[ ask a stupid question, ]

I admit, I assumed since the shops and all that restock after-hours, they'd only act overnight.

[ So how do you outmaneuver something omnipotent and omnipresent? Albert scrubs his face with his knuckles, muttering: ] Dunno if we'd be here if they cared a toss about our rights.

[ Right, okay. Back to the matter at hand. ] It's worth a shot. The encryption, that is. Even if someone could make birds out of thin air, they'd stick out like a sore thumb.
braidedwonder: (ready to take a life again)

[personal profile] braidedwonder 2023-07-16 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)

Happens the same night you fuck around. [ Instant enough. He supposes it isn't as instant as being cuffed as soon as you do something looked down upon, but it's fast enough. And without anything like being able to ghost away while investigations continue, or something to that effect. It's annoying and all, but it's given him a new way to sort of skip around.

Or at the very least something to be careful about. ]


I can start working on something. It isn't like there's a whole lot of patroling to do or anything like that, when you break it all down.

It's like a quiet, boring neighborhood around here.
fourmeansdeath: (Default)

[personal profile] fourmeansdeath 2023-07-19 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Did you manage to get a look at whoever arrested you? [ It's a thin hope, given how they all got spirited onto that godforsaken train, but he's gotta ask. ] I hope they didn't rough you up or anything.

[ The young man seems like he's in one piece from how he talks, but Albert's known a lot of "Don't worry about me I'm fine" stoics, himself included, so. ]

Yeah, don't count on peace and quiet. If our generous hosts don't make themselves seen, there's always someone determined to cause a ruckus, no matter what. [ Especially if the rumours about an... attempted? reversed? successful-but-not? murder are true. ] You in law enforcement, back where you come from?
braidedwonder: (it's all the same)

[personal profile] braidedwonder 2023-07-19 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)

I woke up perfectly fine but hand cuffed so… it was pretty unique. Considering I’m typically a very light sleeper too I’m still confused how they managed it.

[ so concerned, in fact, it made it very difficult to even do his usual and cat nap without asking someone to watch his back for a few days afterward. The cuffs disappearing as surreptitiously as they had appeared by morning had done nothing to assuage his issues either. ]

I’m not opposed to a ruckus myself.

[ of course the bomb builder out of the group of them would be the one to want to cause a bit of an explosive fuss. But that’s just him. Duo sighs as he’s asked if he’s law enforcement at home.

The truth is yes, in some format or another, but Duo hates to say as much. ]


I’m technically a member of a peace keeping force in my world, thanks to my old ally from the war. We’ll see how long I hang out.