He's actually on stage!

[itbelongsinamuseum]

[Like many others Alex had come to the Batavia Fleet to take part in chaperoning Grace and trying to actually find the correct antique dealer among the crowds drawn there by the conference. This afternoon, however, she's away from official duties at the place to instead have a seat at a café on one of the ritzier ships, sharing the table with a wealthy-looking middle ages man bearing a distinct family similarity with her. There aren't any cups in front of them yet.]


I was pretty surprised when you called. I hadn't expected to see you here of all places. Some kind of military duty?


[She tenses for a second at some of his words.]

Yeah, we're here to look after a con artist whose trying to learn about the power of some ancient artifact she got stuck with. Pretty similar to what happened to me. Seems common around Unity Group.

[Interrupt the chance reunion between father and daughter?]

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[itbelongsinamuseum]

Right. And I have to do my part too. No matter how you look at it, I'm a superhero now. With great power comes great responsibility and all that.

Having people around to help me when Sumerian monsters or obsessed terrorists attack helps too.



...There are terrorists too? I really can't make you just leave, can I?

[star_of_sad]

Compared to gods and monsters, terrorists aren't that unusual... or dangerous, though of course we can't ignore them or take them lightly either.

[itbelongsinamuseum]

They seem better at sneaking than something like Asag or Humbaba, though. Which makes them dangerous if I'm alone. And all of those are more dangerous to bystanders if I spend more time among civilians.


And these terrorists are polite enough to not target loved ones? [He's clearly getting nervous as he's talking.]

[star_of_sad]

... Ah.

Mr de Witt, it might be a good idea to lay low for a while.

[itbelongsinamuseum]

...Fuck. I hadn't even thought that. And nobody else had either. I'll get the officers to send somebody to protect you.


Thank you for being so reassuring. I feel much safer now.

[star_of_sad]

There is no need to panic. These people operate off Europe, don't they? We are too far away for them to reach us easily.

[Setsuko raises her hands reassuringly. She tries to contain the situation somehow.]

If we get someone like Major Kagura to keep an eye out, they would really need heavy ordinance to threaten anyone. And they can't send something like that in without us noticing.

[itbelongsinamuseum]

Flanders is pretty far away and they're not going to find any sympathizers to help them hide anywhere else. Still, I'll try to get them to send some low key personnel to guard you...Not sure the major counts, despite her size. She stands out quite a bit.



I'll be careful. And at least you're here, so I'll have somebody for now while you talk to your superiors about witness protection.

[star_of_sad]

That's true, and we have friends who aren't too far away either. Everything should be alright.

[Setsuko tries to sound reassuring.]

[itbelongsinamuseum]

And they haven't gone for people I care about yet, so maybe they aren't going to at all. They might even have given up on it.



Hopefully that's it.