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[hacker]

relax
i know how to keep a secret.

[ sitcom audience laughter .mp3 ]

just be careful. if something happened right now i don't know if i could do anything to help

[pajarita]

i figured that

i'll be careful, careful's my second middle name
the first one's reckless

jokes aside, skye
tell me what i can do for you, okay?

[hacker]

don't die

[ it sounds like a basic expectation but

trip is here now

to remind her that it's not something to take for granted. ]

steer clear of the third floor as much as you can, and let me know if you find a way to get your hands on a spare tablet. i have a really bad idea

[pajarita]

there goes THAT saturday night plan

how bad of an idea?
share

[hacker]

our own surveillance

[pajarita]

ha
so

i might've
thought about that one before

[hacker]

how'd you do it without dismantling a tablet for the mic & camera?
wait
what went wrong?

[pajarita]

nah, that's about the sum of it
dismantle tablets and set them up

nothing went wrong, i just haven't done it

[hacker]

people have been disappearing; their tablets have to be going somewhere.
removing the mic/camera and wiring it to feed a/v to one of our screens would be cake.
maybe it could even get us a glimpse of the staff

[pajarita]

who'd be checking the feed?
where would we rewire the feed to?
idk how much storage space is on one tablet, and what happens if the owner of said tablet disappears and so does our way of keeping an eye on the watchers?

[hacker]

i'd check it. idk about storage but i could program it to dump footage after a few days. cycle it out.

[pajarita]

a while ago there was a guy who asked about surveillance
i didn't share my ideas then

[hacker]

got a name? why was he asking?

[pajarita]

cage
he wanted a way to keep tabs on everyone, suggested he'd keep a look on the footage

the point being, i don't trust him
and you, i like you skye, i do?
but i know close to nothing about you
and you know close to nothing about me

i'd find it easier to rig up surveillance in the common areas, where our mystery staff might appear
but not hallways

[hacker]

Harsh but fair.

[ It won't stop her. Not when she's not only trying to get a glimpse at the staff, but also keep tabs on Ward. :'| ]

I haven't heard from him lately. Think he's ok?

[pajarita]

it'd be ironic, wouldn't it?
the guy who asks for surveillance to keep tabs on who leaves ends up being the one leaving with nobody realizing it

[hacker]

Look I get you didn't trust him but I did
he was my friend ok? so if you could tone down whatever weird joy you're getting out of this

[pajarita]

weird joy?
what the hell?

[hacker]

you're sitting here laughing about irony when we don't even know what happens to the people who vanish
he could be dead

[pajarita]

i'm not laughing about irony and i get that he was your friend, but don't assume i'm some monster
i'll look for him if you want
just

it could be that he's just back to wherever he was from
i have a friend who came here twice and he'd just gotten out of this place

[hacker]

for cage, that wouldn't be much better.
he was stuck in some nuclear winter bunker reagan set up called mt weather

[pajarita]

[fuck.

fuck.

you know that feeling, when the ground disappears from under your feet? yes. that feeling.

that's the feeling of dread and rage the boils up inside raven right now. she talked to the guy. she could've shared her ideas with that guy. and he would've been quiet, so quiet and sly, pretending to be nice? pretending like he wasn't murdering her people, keeping them prisoners, killing off grounders.]

i was wrong
i do hope he is dead somewhere

[hacker]

raven what the HELL

[pajarita]

THAT FRIEND OF YOURS?
is MURDERING
mine

[hacker]

[ the icy wave of realization is too familiar. once again, fooled by someone who's not what they seemed. it takes her a minute to rally a response, fighting through her dread. ]

ok
ok CALM DOWN
WHAT are you talking about?