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[tally]

We seem to have lost focus...can we, perhaps, save the gender discussion for elsewhere/another time?

If Anna's problem is security based, how does that enable her to then follow up with questions about missing hardware etc, which is her "mission"? Surely she doesn't need a premise to talk to him, since he has already agreed so to do?

Can she not, instead, mention that in her capacity as leader of CRT, she is following up on certain evidence from the original crime and linked crimes, and maybe even mention the Holyoake thing and the Ionisers and stuff, and then ask if anything else has gone missing?

OR are we concerned that he may be 3P and this is why the suggestions so far have been circumspect?

Just wonderin, like.

[European Chris]

I don't think there's any reason to assume he's 3P. I think mad specs saying people are 3P for no reason are a bit meh. Miranda/Jason was fine because they 'just happened' to turn up and the right time around the right people but there's no reason to assume he's 3P....yet.



(sex not gender btw everyone)

[tally]

I agree, so no harm in Anna pretty much being truthful. She's done the hard work for us, in setting up the meeting, it shouldn't be too hard for her to ask what she needs to know.

[European Chris]

I also don't think she'd be very good at lying-it's not really in her nature. She should be as truthful as possible without incriminating anyone...in a low cut top.

[European Chris]

'While wearing a low cut top' as opposed to 'incriminating people who wear low cut tops' I should claify.

[UKver2.0]

[Scott]

European Chris is my fFavorite person in all of unfiction (except fFor all the other cool kids, too). And if you want to sort of attach a voice to people as you read what they say, listen to the debate thing in his sig, and then attach Christopher Hitchens' voice to Chris.


Coincidentally, I don't believe there is a whole great lot we can suggest to Anna to talk about. Now that she has Henrik's attention, she probably will hedge the exact issue, and manage to ask fFor pertinent information regarding the issue at hand.

[European Chris]

[GuyIncognito]

Hmm...

Following up on a few of the things mentioned above (and not following up on a few others), I'd like to dedicate my first post to
suggesting some extreme measures:

How about going for *teh truth* and confiding in Henrik, at least to some extent?
I mean, she doesn't have to tell him everything...hell, it took me the better part of the last few weeks to catch up on most of the story!

But Anna is on the CRT, right? And this has something to do with the theft of the cube, does it not? So why not just ask Henrik?
If we're randomly suspecting everybody to be 3P, why trust Anna (or anybody) in the first place? She should best be able to tell
if Henrik is trustworthy.

And seeing as they really liked each other at some point, and apparently still do, their might not be any need for manipulation
(i.e. specific items of clothing or elaborate lies) at all.
Maybe this could really be a chance to get valuable information and a new "inside-man"...as well as for Anna to make up for
something she "always felt terrible about"...

Might be more fruitful than somehow getting random information under a false pretense...

[batgirl]

[eeeqz]

Going back to what someone else said (sorry, it's too late for me to search back and quote, I'll do it in the morning...), perhaps the 'sorting out past wrongs' angle would work here?

I know it's probably a bit tasteless, but how about "Isaac's passing away has forced me to reevaluate my life and my past decisions..." etc. etc. as a reason for her asking to meet him? It may well have it's foundations in truth, and something like that would surely show Henrik that she's sincere, and then she would have a valid reason for meeting up with him. Then she could start enquiring about his work and things and lead on to the information that she needs to glean.


Glean... what a great word...

[masterflea]

Hola folks,
I don't often weigh in here, since I tend to follow the game more than get involved, but this one piqued my interest enough to motivate my typically lazy brain.

On Anna's behaviour:
She herself has said that the past relationship is her "foot in the door", so to speak, to renew acquaintances. She DOES NOT want to seduce him. I've done a few of these myself when I've found myself working with an old flame, or when I've just decided to put water under the bridge. More than once I've found myself dusting off an old piece of jewellery or sentimental piece of clothing from the relationship for it.
Men and women both do it, folks, so I don't see the perfume thing as an issue.

On how to proceed:
She wants to keep it a security problem. I agree with all those who've supported this idea, although I disagree with the stalker suggestion. His immediate reaction would likely be to suggest involving the police.
That said, it has to be severe enough to want to discuss it elsewhere, but not severe enough to merit more than his cursory involvement.

All of that aside, though, I think it would be nice if she did decide at some point during this to apologise to him, as it's pretty clear that she wants to.

[Rand0m]

I've believed all along that Anna's part of the plot - the key mover, in fact.

If I'm wrong, and she really is one of the good guys, then I think right now she has a big "mind the Balrog" sign on her back. She's off prodding a raw nerve in a person we don't know much about... I think we'll be waiting for an update from her on how the meeting went and what we'll get instead is a Sentinal report of her being found floating face-down in the River Mazy.

You know - heighten the tension, create drama by expending a core character, tug heart-strings with the bereaved kids, raise the stakes, etc.

Which of course will be the breakthrough we need to set kurtnviolet on the trail of the villains for the big climax to the story.

Tough luck, Fleming.

[duckiemonster]

Wow.

Well, I shan't be posting anything when I'm a bottle of wine to the good again...

[European Chris]