CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Evening, morning. However you feel to call it.
(Cade Hamilton) ** If he did- he can't tell. His eyes are focused onto the table. Eyes widened. He seems a little bit out of it. No response to the greeting. **
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Let's get through our prerequisites first, then.
(CCA.C17-EXOF.67899) ** A PDA is placed onto the table, and 678 begans to tap on it lightly with his index. He's operating it to seemingly get to a certain feature of such. He hums a gentle tune, but coming out of the vo-coder as rather unsettling instead of how he planned. **
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: So. I'm 67899.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Not from these parts.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: It's a pleasure to meet you-...
(CCA.C17-EXOF.67899) ** 678 finished tapping, and looking upwards. His portholes matched Cades eyes as he reached a right hand over for a shake. **
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Oh-, hah.
(CCA.C17-EXOF.67899) ** He's tied up. 678 retracts his hand with a light chuckle. **
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.AdJ.72383: 72383, 10-7.
(Cade Hamilton) ** Not much of a laughing matter to the other guy. Attitude's a bit beaten for that. "Cade. M-.. My name." **
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Cade. You gotta last name?
Cade Hamilton: Ha-.. Hamilton.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Cade Hamilton. You remember your CID?
Cade Hamilton: 957-20.. Those were my, um.. My digits.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: 95720. Your squad?
Cade Hamilton: Mace.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: So. I've already overheard that you're willing to speak out about everything, I suppose.
Cade Hamilton: ..Everything- everything.. I know.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Good. Makes everything a lot easier for everyone.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Let's talk about today, then.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: What exactly... happened, leading up to all of this?
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Propaganda?
** Cade Hamilton's face scrunches. That sends it's own shock of pain. "Th-.. Over comms'. They asked for volunteers on a mission. They weren't spilling the details unless met in person."
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Who asked?
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Actually, to clarify.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: I don't want to come off as harsh, but pronouns are a big no-no.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Give me exact names, details, locations.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You get me?
** Cade Hamilton frowns. "Uh.. Uh-.."
Cade Hamilton: A three-story building. In our main camp. Too many people- I didn't know a lot of names in the room.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You don't remember who called on the radio, then?
Cade Hamilton: No names. Barely. No names on the radio.
Cade Hamilton: They have a board- or.. There were 'leaders'. Of the camp.
Cade Hamilton: Hothead.. U-.. Some o-.. I don't really remember.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.03.89972: 899; Requesting additionals outside B block; Forming PT to search and clear the perimeter from parasites.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Of course. We know.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Anyone else you remember?
Cade Hamilton: R-.. Right. Course you do.
Cade Hamilton: No. No- I didn't.. I kept to myself.
Cade Hamilton: The two talking through the operation. It was some Asian guy. Other was masked.
Cade Hamilton: Th-.. They called it the 'White Rose'.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Asian Guy.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Was he missing limbs?
Cade Hamilton: ..Yeah? I-.. I think so.
Cade Hamilton: Maybe.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.27757: 277; responding to your call, 899.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: He have a pretty scarred up face, yea?
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Acid burns?
Cade Hamilton: I was torward the back of the room. It was dark. I can-.. I can't tell you. Sorry. I'm sorry.
Cade Hamilton: Too dark.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: It's alright.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Anyone else you recognized?
** Cade Hamilton frowns. He takes a moment to consider, then shakes his head.
Cade Hamilton: A man named Ollie. But I only met him that day- and.. I spoke to him only once.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Black guy, correct?
Cade Hamilton: Yeah- yeah. Black.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Plate carrier and a shotgun?
Cade Hamilton: Gasmask, too.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Hmph.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Alright, move it along.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: How did you get into the City?
Cade Hamilton: There's some.. Tunnels. Running through the sewers. Pipes we went through.
Cade Hamilton: Me.. And uh, the lady I was with. We were Team C. She.. We came out through the subway.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.03.89972: 899; PT-899 forming with 899 and 277. Searching B block perimeter for parasitic activity.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Hm. You remember the ladies name?
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Features, guns, armor?
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SECT.00215: 002; what is the current status of Marco Serna - to whoever is keeping him occupied.
Cade Hamilton: She, um.. Ally. She called herself Ally.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.03.43230: 432; He's still there, vitals are green. I'm departing the medbay for now, though.
Cade Hamilton: She wasn't.. I didn't recognize her. She tried to distract the, um.. Units. When I was grabbed.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SECT.00215: 002; 10-4.
Cade Hamilton: They didn't think she was involved.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Right. Off of her.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: What was the purpose of the... mission you partook in?
Cade Hamilton: We were supposed to spread.. Information to citizens across the district. The ration distribution. That wasn't-.. We weren't planning to drop them at the time, but they seized the opportunity.
Cade Hamilton: It was supposed to be some sort of.. Sign. Signal for the next coming days.
Cade Hamilton: Something big. I don't know.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: The next coming days, Cade?
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: What does that mean?
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.03.43230: 43230; ten-seven.
Cade Hamilton: Only a number of people knew. I-.. I wasn't involved enough to hear the details.
Cade Hamilton: Two string of operations. White Rose. What we did today, that was.. A 'White Rose' operation.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.50601: 506 is ten-eight.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.50601: //but my ping is a bad
Cade Hamilton: And then-.. Something el-.. 'Red' Rose.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: So, Red Rose is coming next?
Cade Hamilton: ..Yeah. Yeah- I think so.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-DeL.76861: 768; Field command, report your status.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Hmph.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: What information were you spreading?
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.SqL.41014: Green, 10-20 is infront of the nexus.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.SqL.37831: Available.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.AdJ.60811: 60811; green in the SHIELD office.
Cade Hamilton: Beats.. Beats me. I wasn't carrying the suitcase. I was ju-.. Just tagging along. Make sure it makes it to the drop-off.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.50601: //brb
Cade Hamilton: Pictures. Notes. I never got a good look of any of it.
** Cade Hamilton lets off a fake, pained smile. "Kinda'.. Got grabbed before I could learn more."
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: How did you get grabbed?
Cade Hamilton: That st-.. Ally. She went out the front.. The front fuckin' door.
Cade Hamilton: We could've gone through storage. Split around to the subway. She ignored that route.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-DeL.76861: Requesting all field command report to the conference room. Up the stairs in the command offices.
Cade Hamilton: Went straight back into the main street. That's where we were seen.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.AdJ.60811: 608; inbound.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.SqL.37831: Copy that, enroute.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Hm. Wonder why she did that.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Anyone else get caught on the operation?
Cade Hamilton: Not that I-.. Not that I know of.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.SqL.41014: Enroute.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You said you were contacted by radio, correct?
Cade Hamilton: We were called over to be informed about the details over.. Over the radio. Yeah.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Which frequency was used?
** Cade Hamilton frowns. Another wince rises to his eye. "Ollie. He, uh.. He changed my radio's frequency. I never checked to see what it was tuned to. Happened five minutes before we were called over."
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Really now?
Cade Hamilton: I'm not.. Lying. I swear to fuckin' god. We were inside because of the rain. I asked him about the frequency. He asked for my radio.
Cade Hamilton: I never-.. I never checked.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Got'cha.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: We can move off of White Rose now.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Why did you go rogue?
Cade Hamilton: Threat of 312. He said he'd.. 'Fix' me. I assumed that was the same as.. Whatever he turned into.
Cade Hamilton: Have you-.. Have you seen his fucking statues? Did they trash those, too?
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Who is 312?
Cade Hamilton: You-.. You don't know him?
Cade Hamilton: Or.. Or /it/.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: I've been in the precient for about a month now. Couple days ago was my first time stepping out of the Nexus.
Cade Hamilton: 312 called.. Called /itself/ the Conduit. He went to new recruits. Young minds. Convinced them to take the idea of Conduism to heart.
Cade Hamilton: It was like.. Fucking brainwash. Like fucking.. A disease.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Ah, well.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Conduism has been phased out entirely. Let's not dwell on that subject.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Anything else you'd like to add, Cade?
Cade Hamilton: ..Yeah- yeah, right.
** Cade Hamilton squeezes his eyes. His words stumbling over eachother. "Red Rose- wh-.. Whatever it is. It's big. They plan for big operations, yeah. But-.. Nobody ever keeps their fuckin' mouth shut out there. Not as much as this."
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: So, you're telling me that this...
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Large scale operation.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Whats it threaten?
Cade Hamilton: I-.. Have no clue.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: That ain't much.
(Inspector Meredith Emerson) ** The door slides open behind 678. The IRB director steps in with a manila folder tucked under her arm. She studies Cade's features. **
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Why target citizens? What do they have to offer?
(Cade Hamilton) ** He looks beat the fuck up. **
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.50601: 506 is ten-seven.
(Cade Hamilton) ** "I-.. I told you! Please- please.. I don't know. They wanted to send some sort of message. They never told me what." Hamilton huffs. His head shakes. "They were quiet about it all." **
(CCA.C17-EXOF.67899) ** 678 looks backwards. **
** Inspector Meredith Emerson approaches the desk and drops the folder on it.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You riled him up, ma'am.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You're fine, Cade.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: Apologies. 768's idea.
** Cade Hamilton winces, staring at the Inspector. "It's all I know. All I know."
** Inspector Meredith Emerson adjusts the cuffs of her gloves and thumbs the folder open. On the surface of the paper-stack is several examples of the polaroid distributed earlier today, along with a few more of the flyers themselves.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: This, uh...
(CCA.C17-EXOF.67899) ** 678 simply takes note, allowing Emerson the floor and spotlight. **
** Inspector Meredith Emerson spins the photograph around. It shows a row of stalkers on a train. She starts to speak, then looks to 678. "I'm sorry- you don't mind, do you? I should have asked."
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: I don't, ma'am. I'm assuming you know something I don't at this point and would want to bring it up.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson looks back to Cade. "This operation White Rose. You were distributing these, right?"
** Inspector Meredith Emerson's finger stops on a red speck in the white field under the photograph. She knits her brows together and peers at it. When she takes her finger away, the spot's grown. She peers at the end of her own fingers.
** Cade Hamilton scans his eyes over. "Y-.. Yeah. Yeah. Papers. Pictures. I only saw th-.. The one picture that they put on the board. Of-.. Of the Servitors." He mumbles. Bobbing his head over.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: ... huh.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson wipes her hand on her coat and continues speaking. "Distributing these, right. The stalkers. Who was with you, again?"
Cade Hamilton: We had.. Multiple teams. All named differently based on the-.. The drop-off location.
Cade Hamilton: I was with a woman named Ally. We were Team C.. For, uh.. CCH-C.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson nods. "Do you know any of the other teams?"
Inspector Meredith Emerson: I'm sure 678 has already been over this with you, but I arrived late.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: We have.
** Cade Hamilton shakes his head. "It-.. I don't remember. Hell, we could've been Team C. Not Team 3."
Cade Hamilton: Or.. Did I say th-.. Mmph..
Inspector Meredith Emerson: Team C. That's what you said.
(CCA.C17-EXOF.67899) ** The recording device, 678's PDA, buzzes a couple of times. **
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Shoot. I'll be gone for just a moment.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You mind?
** Inspector Meredith Emerson nods. "Go ahead."
(Cade Hamilton) ** Cade looks a bit out of it. He trips over his sentence a few times. "They were numbered.. Called differently. There was Bridge-.. Bridge something. Team 2. I d-.. Different. All different." **
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.27757: 277; with 899, requesting additionals to secure three at central alley courtyard. Shots fired, one wounded.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.02.20002: 200 respondin' t' 277; on m' way.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-DeL.76861: Ground protection teams, report status.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.03.11047: 11047; 10-8.
(CCA.C17-DeL.76861) [RADIO-DISPATCH] Local civil protection teams, report status.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.03.11047: 110; Underpass on main street. Green.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.27757: 277; Still with 899 and now 200, situation at central alley courtyard is contained, but requesting additionals to facilitate safe transport of suspects.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.03.11047: Inbound.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-DeL.76861: 768; Update command on the situation at hand, radio operator.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.SqL.41014: Enroute to your 10-20.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.27757: 277; 110 has arrived, one in custody, two to be secured. Injured citizen is being secured now.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-DeL.76861: What are their charges?
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.27757: 277; One for possession of a firearm and active radio; the wounded citizen attempted to assault 899.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-DeL.76861: 10-4. Transport them to detainment immediately, might have involvement in situation earlier today.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.04.27757: 10-4.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: You sure fucked it up, didn't you?
(CCA.C17-EXOF.67899) ** 678 walked back in! **
** Cade Hamilton grows silent.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson shakes her head. At the moment, there's a series of photographs from an earlier riot on the table. Her right glove is missing; her hand is bleeding from the knuckles.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: I can't get anything out of him. You take the reins for now; I need to wrap my hand.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: I, ahh...
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You want me to call for someone?
** Cade Hamilton blurts. "I-.. I told you everthing I knew! I wasn't there yesterday!"
Inspector Meredith Emerson: It's all right--
Inspector Meredith Emerson: --who was? You heard of it, right? Then who told you?
Cade Hamilton: Ollie! The f-.. The black guy!
Inspector Meredith Emerson: That's. Not. Enough!
** Cade Hamilton glances away, shaking his head. Speaking under his breath. Ever since the mention of 313, he's been fucked.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: I could run a query - there's three hundred men in this city that match that criteria! You gotta do better than that, 957.
Cade Hamilton: I-.. I didn't have friends out there! I didn't hang out with a crew, or anything!
Cade Hamilton: Please! Please- please.. I'm trying!
** Inspector Meredith Emerson looks to 678, contradicting her earlier statement that she couldn't get anything out of him. "Hachirou Hanako - dead now - was at least an organizer, at most the sole planner of this White Rose."
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Hach died?
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.AdJ.60811: 608 to 277; report your location.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: Some sociostability units arrested him. 378 overruled me when I said to leave him, and he popped a cyanide capsule in detention.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Fuck.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.AdJ.72383: 72383, 10-8.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: That's really great. Awesome.
(CCA.C17-EXOF.67899) ** Sarcasm reeks from the agent. **
Inspector Meredith Emerson: I already complained to high command. They're not thrilled. Red Rose is going to be an attack.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.03.11047: 110; 277 is in the central alley with both hands occupied, thus why I'm relaying.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-SHIELD.AdJ.60811: Copy.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: Do you hate your fellow units, 957? When you walked out on them, did you wish for their deaths?
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Ah, Inspector.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: He walked out due to Conduism.
(Inspector Meredith Emerson) ** She's been keeping Hamilton on his toes the entire time - back and forth between subjects, from one to another. "I know. Bear with me. Do you hate your fellow units?" **
Cade Hamilton: N-.. No. No. I don-..
Inspector Meredith Emerson: You don't. But you were aiding a group -- that planned to do them harm. Red Rose. An organized attack, yes? Possibly of unprecedented proportions.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: How many of your brothers are you willing to kill for that little piece of the puzzle that you refuse to give up?
Cade Hamilton: I only tagged along on this City Op' because we /weren't/ firing on units! I've never gone on a fuckin' mission th-..
** Inspector Meredith Emerson cut him off with that last bit.
** Cade Hamilton lets off a gasp of air, sluggishly falling back. He stares ahead with tired eyes.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-DeL.76861: 768; Cart those malignants off to detainment immediately, stop lollygagging.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson massages her knuckles. "Your service doesn't have to end. There are all kinds of doors open to you. But you need to come up with something to help us cut the head off this snake. Anything. Operation Red Rose cannot be allowed to unfold."
(Cade Hamilton) ** "Y-.." Hamilton pauses. His body is exhausted. Mind fried. "You need to be ready.. This- this sort of.. The jobs they've been doing. The rush around camps. This doesn't feel like just some normal.. Fucking shootout. They were way too secretive about it all. Way too.. I don't fucking know." **
Cade Hamilton: There's.. No way to cut the head off- if.. You barely know what it is.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: Then you need to figure it out for us.
Cade Hamilton: How? How would I-..
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: I feel as if we are...
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Too low on the chain of heads to get anything significant, you know?
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.AdJ.72383: // afk
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: We'd have to have had someone, like Hach, to give us what we want.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: And he took that option from us.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson clenches her bloody fist. It's clearly hurting her.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Not to knock on you, Cade, but.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You're just a pawn in the scheme, it seems.
(Cade Hamilton) ** The fucker's dead, too. Well- not actually, but he needs a fuckin' nap. He isn't bothered. **
** Inspector Meredith Emerson breathes a long sigh.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: We're barking up the wrong tree.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson keys her radio.
[RADIO] Inspector Meredith Emerson: Director Emerson to ground teams. Have the citizens from the alley incident been secured?
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.SqL.37831: // They've been stuck in timescale hell for a while now.
[RADIO] Inspector Meredith Emerson: // rip
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.03.89972: //im perpetually confused
[RADIO] Inspector Meredith Emerson: // we know hon
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.02.20002: // send a carepackage on my location; sandwiches and soda
[RADIO] CCA.C17-MACE.02.12159: 121; 10-8 //fuk it one last shift before i start college
Inspector Meredith Emerson: You think there's anything else to get out of him?
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: No, not at all. He's clearly been exhausted of what we can get from him.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: What's the next move with this one?
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: 768 wanted to deal with him.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: We'll let him, then.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson reaches for her radio's transmit key, but waits for 678 to indicate approval or disapproval.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You want t-.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Go for it, heh.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson depresses the key.
[RADIO] Inspector Meredith Emerson: Emerson to 768. We're finished with the rogue.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-HAMMER.AdJ.65232: 65232 is 10-8.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-DeL.76861: 10-4. Was he cooperative?
[RADIO] Inspector Meredith Emerson: Yes, but there wasn't much he could tell us. We're confident he's divulged everything he knows.
** Cade Hamilton winces. There's some scary ideas coming from that.
[RADIO] CCA.C17-DeL.76861: All right. Let him know I'll come handle him soon.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson drums her fingers on the table. The gloved ones, anyway.
[RADIO] Inspector Meredith Emerson: Affirmative.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: Deployment Leader 768 will be here soon.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You have a safe time, Cade. Thanks for your time.
(CCA.C17-EXOF.67899) ** 678 went over to the desk, grabbing up his PDA and turning it off. **
(Inspector Meredith Emerson) ** Likewise, Emerson collects her folder. **
(Cade Hamilton) ** Hamilton offers not much of a goodbye. His hand moves, getting caught by the cuff. Who knows what that was for- but his eyes are shut, now. **
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Thank you as well, Inspector.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: Mm. Sorry if it felt like I was upstaging you. The loss of Hanako is agitating.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: You weren't, ma'am. I need all the help I can get.
** Inspector Meredith Emerson heads for the door, breathing a long sigh.
CCA.C17-EXOF.67899: Have a good one.
Inspector Meredith Emerson: And yourself.