who: Alex Reagan and Open what: May normal stuff, plus mingle stuff and possibly sickness plotting stuff. when: Month of May! where: All over Riverview. warnings: Possible illness stuff, shippy stuff.
[Richard understood Peter's logic all too well, in fact, it had crossed his mind as well. Still, this whole thing reminded him a bit too much of the festival of the upside down face. Not the 'supernatural' aspects of it that they'd been asked to investigate, but the festival itself. Perhaps this one wasn't created as a way to drum up money for a failing hotel, but it was still a societal thing. Something to bring together survivors of a significant loss. He could understand where Elizabeth had been coming from now in regards to her words.
Remembering how the 'natives' had tried to push their festival on him, to force him to participate in something (if it were real) that would have been a time for them alone, he could see how someone would try to force them to participate by bringing it on them. The fact that no one had died yet was also very telling. If someone were expecting their ability or power, at least one person would have died. Probably someone very powerful. It was possible, but with the evidence provided, unlikely, for the moment. Still, any of the three theories would take them to the same conclusion.]
They'd need to have access to the materials. Is there a department that works with this sort of thing?
[Peter gave them both slightly considering looks.]
There's Gramarye that does magic and a few different places that work with tech, but I don't know how much overlap there is between all of them. You'd need a lab or something to develop nanotech, I'd think?
[Frankly that's just pure sci fi to Peter, but then again he is a wizard. Some things you just have to accept and move on.
Though that does make him wonder what would happen if he did magic around an infected person, if the nanites have microprocessors. Maybe best not to find out, if he can help it.]
So check in with people who have access to tech labs?
[Alex was typing on her phone again, but this time it wasn't messages; it was notes on what they were talking about. Because everything that they were saying was true. However, she does have a question:]
Isn't Gramarye mostly visitors rather than locals, though? I'd always thought that when I'd gone in there to pick up books.
[Books that would be helpful in dealing with the demon problem back in her world, and anything that she could find on Tiamat, even if she knew that it might be as applicable at home as it was here, or where ever the book had it's origins from.]
The younger Tony Stark was working on a tracker, and he knows about them but he's infected and worried. I expect older Tony Stark is working on something similar. I think maybe if we talk to these people first, [Alex gestures to the list they've got.] It might give us a description to talk to other places about who works for them. But we'll definitely check in with those places.
[Richard actually glances at Peter this time. It's a sound thought, but then again, Peter also works with a department. Peter's used to having people to work with in an investigation. If this supposed person were working alone, it was probable that, if not within easy reach of their occupation, they would just build it in a private space - or their basement. When motivated, people could be highly resourceful.
He filed the information about the two Tonys (related?) activities away for later. While he knew very little regarding nanotechnology, it was a prominent piece of this puzzle. He was sure they'd stumble into it sooner or later. And if Alex had anything to do with it, it would most certainly be sooner.
Checking in with the witnesses was the best beginning course of action. Getting a detailed description would be paramount in any investigation, and Richard was particularly proud of Alex for doing that rather than jumping to conclusions like she often did in the real world. Even so, it was best to let them talk amongst themselves in this matter. Helpless as he was, Richard knew that here, he was just a tag along.]
[Peter nodded, eying the list over Alex's shoulder. Actual witnesses, or at least potential witnesses were always a priority, and that sounded like as close as they were going to get.]
Alright then. Who do you want to start with?
[Officer or not, Peter was under no illusions as to who's investigation this was. Part of him sort of wanted to call her governor, but he was relatively sure no one but him would get the joke. Which hadn't really ever stopped him before, to be honest, but maybe now wasn't the time for jokes anyway.]
I'll call the officer and see if I can get him to meet with me when he's off shift.
Let's start with Ellen. [Alex says quickly, and she points to the first name on the list with a firm nod, because it makes the most sense to her to start with someone who she knows as a warm up. And she also knows that if people see someone they trust talking to her, then they're more likely to talk to her themselves. Interviewing 101 when it comes down to it.]
I know her, see her all the time and I'm a good tipper, so I think she likes me. If nothing else, she does know who I am and that I'm pretty trust worthy. We'll work out from there, see if people will talk to us after they see us talking to her. Given how the virus works, I expect that other people will want to have a hand in trying to stop it if they can.
[Unlike the two men who were with her, Alex still happened to believe that most people were good. If they weren't, then the terrible people she was forced to interact with, like Thomas Warren, were the norm, Alex would probably lose her mind.]
Okay cool. Do you think he'd prefer to talk to you alone?
[Richard continued to stay quiet and watch. Of course, if they were to split up he would be going with Alex, but that was as far as any preference that he might have in this whole thing went. They would figure things out and decide the course of action, he had absolutely no input on the subject.]
[If he was anything like the sort of copper Peter knew, he'd certainly react better to another officer than a reporter, at least. And no matter how Alex approached, she was definitely a reporter.]
Leave that to me, then. I'll see if he'll be willing to speak with you after.
[It was at least the beginning of a plan. He glanced between Alex and Richard, something not quite measuring.]
I'll call you or do you want to come up with a place to meet?
[Alex knew that sometimes there were other people that were right for a job, so she just agreed with Peter. While Alex was actually a very good reporter, she knew that there were times where she could be... Well, she could be a bit much honestly. And a lot of cops didn't know how to handle tiny women who were a bit much. So, she just nodded quickly, and then lifted her arm to look at her watch.]
Wanna call meeting in four hours? It should give us enough time to at least get through the people I know on this list.
[Things seemed settled as he watched them converse and Alex looked at her watch. Then there was that look. Richard raised a brow, looking directly at Peter.]
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Remembering how the 'natives' had tried to push their festival on him, to force him to participate in something (if it were real) that would have been a time for them alone, he could see how someone would try to force them to participate by bringing it on them. The fact that no one had died yet was also very telling. If someone were expecting their ability or power, at least one person would have died. Probably someone very powerful. It was possible, but with the evidence provided, unlikely, for the moment. Still, any of the three theories would take them to the same conclusion.]
They'd need to have access to the materials. Is there a department that works with this sort of thing?
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[Peter gave them both slightly considering looks.]
There's Gramarye that does magic and a few different places that work with tech, but I don't know how much overlap there is between all of them. You'd need a lab or something to develop nanotech, I'd think?
[Frankly that's just pure sci fi to Peter, but then again he is a wizard. Some things you just have to accept and move on.
Though that does make him wonder what would happen if he did magic around an infected person, if the nanites have microprocessors. Maybe best not to find out, if he can help it.]
So check in with people who have access to tech labs?
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[Alex was typing on her phone again, but this time it wasn't messages; it was notes on what they were talking about. Because everything that they were saying was true. However, she does have a question:]
Isn't Gramarye mostly visitors rather than locals, though? I'd always thought that when I'd gone in there to pick up books.
[Books that would be helpful in dealing with the demon problem back in her world, and anything that she could find on Tiamat, even if she knew that it might be as applicable at home as it was here, or where ever the book had it's origins from.]
The younger Tony Stark was working on a tracker, and he knows about them but he's infected and worried. I expect older Tony Stark is working on something similar. I think maybe if we talk to these people first, [Alex gestures to the list they've got.] It might give us a description to talk to other places about who works for them. But we'll definitely check in with those places.
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He filed the information about the two Tonys (related?) activities away for later. While he knew very little regarding nanotechnology, it was a prominent piece of this puzzle. He was sure they'd stumble into it sooner or later. And if Alex had anything to do with it, it would most certainly be sooner.
Checking in with the witnesses was the best beginning course of action. Getting a detailed description would be paramount in any investigation, and Richard was particularly proud of Alex for doing that rather than jumping to conclusions like she often did in the real world. Even so, it was best to let them talk amongst themselves in this matter. Helpless as he was, Richard knew that here, he was just a tag along.]
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Alright then. Who do you want to start with?
[Officer or not, Peter was under no illusions as to who's investigation this was. Part of him sort of wanted to call her governor, but he was relatively sure no one but him would get the joke. Which hadn't really ever stopped him before, to be honest, but maybe now wasn't the time for jokes anyway.]
I'll call the officer and see if I can get him to meet with me when he's off shift.
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I know her, see her all the time and I'm a good tipper, so I think she likes me. If nothing else, she does know who I am and that I'm pretty trust worthy. We'll work out from there, see if people will talk to us after they see us talking to her. Given how the virus works, I expect that other people will want to have a hand in trying to stop it if they can.
[Unlike the two men who were with her, Alex still happened to believe that most people were good. If they weren't, then the terrible people she was forced to interact with, like Thomas Warren, were the norm, Alex would probably lose her mind.]
Okay cool. Do you think he'd prefer to talk to you alone?
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[If he was anything like the sort of copper Peter knew, he'd certainly react better to another officer than a reporter, at least. And no matter how Alex approached, she was definitely a reporter.]
Leave that to me, then. I'll see if he'll be willing to speak with you after.
[It was at least the beginning of a plan. He glanced between Alex and Richard, something not quite measuring.]
I'll call you or do you want to come up with a place to meet?
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[Alex knew that sometimes there were other people that were right for a job, so she just agreed with Peter. While Alex was actually a very good reporter, she knew that there were times where she could be... Well, she could be a bit much honestly. And a lot of cops didn't know how to handle tiny women who were a bit much. So, she just nodded quickly, and then lifted her arm to look at her watch.]
Wanna call meeting in four hours? It should give us enough time to at least get through the people I know on this list.
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Something wrong?
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You mean aside from a possibly manufactured outbreak putting people into comas? No, nothing.