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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. ]
heeroics: (ᴛʀɪᴘᴘɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ)

[personal profile] heeroics 2023-07-15 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he is genuinely surprised to be approached, but it shows on his face for only an instant.

of course he remembers McGillis - the way that cutting gaze had lingered on him with a little too much intensity for a stranger. to speak to him now only confirms Heero's previous suspicion - so this man is interested in him for some reason.

given his current circumstance as a confused captive of a seemingly omnipotent entity, with no idea where he should lash out, Heero doesn't like it. ]


Yes.

[ he answers without any show of objection to McGillis's presence. even flexes his fingers. weakened as he is, he still heals more quickly than someone not altered... it's middling relief.

but that is what the man wanted to know, is it not. ]
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[personal profile] wresting 2023-07-26 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
( Heero might not be a particularly winning conversationalist, but McGillis hardly needs him to be to sate his curiosity. he watches Heero's fingers. )

You left a remarkable dent in the metal. ( although the city has surely repaired itself by now. McGillis lifts his gaze, searching Heero's. ) I wonder where your strength came from.
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[personal profile] heeroics 2023-07-26 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[ Heero's silence is as heavy as silence can possibly be, holding the man's gaze with eyes that are impassive despite the visible squaring of his shoulders.

that is an extremely direct question. phrased in way that is very telling of suspicions already held, Heero thinks.

he sees a choice: can resent McGillis's boldness for asking, or he can respect it with an equally direct answer. ]


Genetic manipulation.

[ he isn't a great conversationalist, but he is an extremely pragmatic one: he'll have to engage with McGillis's curiosity if he wants to understand what he's after. that much he knows. ]
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[personal profile] wresting 2023-07-27 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
( McGillis had imagined a few explanations, fishing for one or two in particular, but he hadn't anticipated genetic manipulation, so readily admitted. the shock is plain, only for McGillis to almost immediately contextualize the answer. he smiles, pleased and knowing. )

You're a soldier, after all. ( it's a small leap in logic. what other reason is a scrawny teenager chosen for in the case of genetic modification? )
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[personal profile] heeroics 2023-07-27 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ as tends to happen in places where starving children with cold, haunted eyes can be collected off the streets for free. McGillis has seen for himself. with measured caution, Heero watches the surprise visit and then leave the man's face in quick succession - and he guesses that might be the case.

only another soldier would guess that Heero Yuy is a soldier - and not only that, but look so satisfied with himself for having done it. it's the smile on McGillis's face that makes Heero huff a quiet laugh under his breath.

is that all? he's interested because they come from similar worlds? ]


Not like you.

[ judging by the prim formality and militaristic bearing baked into his every movement? Heero assumes this man is not only enlisted, but he must be highly ranked. if he's really a soldier, then he'll be interested to know that Heero is neither. ]