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Esteed
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 		I'm speaking with Cillian now, and he keeps pressing the Addison issue. In his most recent reply (I'm collecting all of these so that I can make one big post, instead of constantly editing a smaller post) he asked who told me her name. I told him I heard it in passing, and asked because I was worried she was connected to Maria, and told him that now that I know she's not, I have no other questions about her.

I'm really hoping he doesn't push the issue any further.

EDIT: Also, something I forgot to mention. Dreix mentioned that Addison hasn't been around recently, and when he asked Miles about it, he said she was on extended absence from work and wouldn't talk about it beyond that. This struck Dreix as odd. I asked him to let me know if he hears from or about her, and he agreed and then went to bed.

Son of EDIT: Well, seems like now would be a good time to post the emails I've been trading with Jacob, and then Cillian.

Jacob wrote:
Maria Lipton is a highly dangerous criminal. She does not, in any way, shape, or form, work with the Department of Paranormal Research. She hunts down, and usually kills, inhumans and those that know inhumans.
Addison Harkness is currently an employee of the DPR, and is on Miles Linus's squad.

Sincerely,
Jacob Alpert, President
Department of Paranormal Research


Esteed wrote:
Ah, I understand. I apologize for thinking she worked with you. This does actually ratchet my concern up a few notches, however. I do have reason to believe she is in the area of these parties I represent. One of these parties has recently complained to me about very suspicious memory problems, and I've heard that chemical altering of memories is something of her modus operandi. Are you currently tracking her?


Cillian wrote:
We are. What did Parker tell you about her? He was there the day she escaped (along with four other highly dangerous inmates), when we had just gotten the power back on, and there is no doubt in my mind that she was the cause of his memory problems. He may have said I threatened to do a memory wipe on him, but I do that to everyone we convince to help us. It's a ritual, like hazing the trainees. And what was that about Addison? I apologize, but Jacob just realized that Internal Affairs was better suited for this issue and turned things over to me.
Sincerely,
Cillian Hume, Head of Internal Affairs
Department of Paranormal Research


Esteed wrote:
He told me she has a habit of cutting out eyes. That's about it. I believe she is in Parker's area, or was until very recently. His memory became blurry during a recent visit to a local Starbucks.

My question about Addison was just idle curiosity.


Cillian wrote:
That she does. I believe she's quite mad at us for taking her collection though. Maria is nowhere near Parker's apartment complex right now, as far as we know, because if she was, everyone in 4A and 4D knows her, and knows our emergency hotline number. I don't doubt that she drugged Parker, because he was there the day she escaped.
Who told you the name Addison?
Sincerely,
Cillian Hume, Head of Internal Affairs
Department of Paranormal Research


Esteed wrote:
I imagine someone like her would be. It's good that she's not near Parker's complex, that eases my worries a bit.

I heard the name in passing. I thought to ask in case she was connected to Maria, but Jacob told me she wasn't, so I've no real other questions about her.


Cillian wrote:
If you must know, Addy was on the squad that arrested Maria. However, she wasn't here when the escape happened. Miles tells me she's sick or something, not that I care, of course. Just as long as he turns in the paperwork.
Sincerely,
Cillian Hume, Head of Internal Affairs
Department of Paranormal Research


Esteed wrote:
Ah, I see. Well, I can't think of any other questions at the moment. You've been very helpful, thank you! I'll let you know if I hear anything more about Maria.


That's all I've gotten so far. I think it goes without saying that I don't think Addison is really sick. However, what is going on with her, I'm not sure. Perhaps Miles was worried that Maria would go after her, and sent her away to avoid that? Or maybe she's gone off on her own to try and track Maria down? Those are the two theories I've got so far, anyway.

Grandson of EDIT: I just got this from Jacob.

Jacob wrote:
No problem. By the way, Miles would be the best person to ask about Addison, unless you can get a hold of Todd when he's on this email address, usually on Saturdays. Cillian tends to overreact when he talks about her, if you hadn't noticed. We're all kind of protective of her, seeing as she's the youngest, and she grew up here.
And now, I'm going to sleep on this lovely pile of paperwork.
Sincerely,
Jacob Alpert, President
Department of Paranormal Research


So either I've successfully diverted any suspicion about my asking about Addison, or they're playing it close to their chests. Hopefully the former, rather than the latter.

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Cowbane
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I believe she's quite mad at us for taking her collection though

Um someone remind me, What collection?

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Esteed
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 		I believe he's referring to what I said about Maria cutting out eyes. She's a trophy killer, it seems, taking eyes (or possibly only one) from her victims.

Also, in case anyone doesn't see it, I edited my post at the top of the page with a new reply from Jacob about Addison.
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Cowbane
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Esteed wrote:
I believe he's referring to what I said about Maria cutting out eyes. She's a trophy killer, it seems, taking eyes (or possibly only one) from her victims.

Also, in case anyone doesn't see it, I edited my post at the top of the page with a new reply from Jacob about Addison.

Oh, ok thank you for clarifying

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stratagos
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 		Question (or at least the relevant part of it): What "strange
goings-on" required investigation?


Answer:
Quote:
Goings on such as people escaping our custody, and employees disappearing.

Sincerely,

Jacob Alpert, President
Department of Paranormal Research


Meta moment, or perhaps not: the email address from 'Jacob' shows as this:

M L <departmentofparanormalresearch>

PM mixed up things when setting up accounts perhaps?

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Cowbane
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stratagos wrote:
Question (or at least the relevant part of it): What "strange
goings-on" required investigation?


Answer:
Quote:
Goings on such as people escaping our custody, and employees disappearing.

Sincerely,

Jacob Alpert, President
Department of Paranormal Research


Meta moment, or perhaps not: the email address from 'Jacob' shows as this:

M L <departmentofparanormalresearch>

PM mixed up things when setting up accounts perhaps?

Maybe, it could really be anything

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EMTFIRE
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 		I'm in
Hello all. I have read what little has been posted, as well as the blogs. In the Blogs, Palmer mentioned "Artscape". This puts him in Baltimore. Or at least near Baltimore. I offered "Live" help due to my location.

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lordofthevortexSPLATaim.com to me
show details 1:44 PM (1 hour ago) Reply


Thank you for the offer, but I think that at the time it is far too dangerous to get help other than over the internet.

- Parker



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Esteed
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 		New blog from Parker.

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Growing Wise

Everyone who's been helping thus far, let me give you a HUGE thanks. Today's been normal so far, as I mentioned to someone last night, I believe I'll stay in this week. I've been doing some hacking and research on the other escapees aside from Maria, and I'll let you know if I find anything. In the meantime, here's a list of Miles's full squad:
Miles Linus - squad leader
Addison Harkness - grew up at the DPR
Todd ??? - ex-bounty hunter
Evana Lawrence - inhuman


Maybe I'm just too used to looking for hidden patterns, but I notice the little list, if you take the first letters, spells out MATE. Probably means nothing, but I'm pointing it out just in case.
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Esteed
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 		I thought about that too. It's a possibility, but I think it's too early to speculate on whether this is actually a Dark Angel ARG.
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leftinthedark
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 		email from Miles
This is big, just so you know.

Look, I'm on my lunch break, so I don't have much time to answer, but I'll try.
Maria was contained, but she somehow escaped and cut the power. We got it back about an hour later, which was half an hour after Evana and Todd, the rest of my four-man squad, brought Parker in. I suspect that Parker saw something during his arrival , and Maria aw him.
The four other escapees we're not supposed to talk about, in case of general panic, but I can tell you their names and such as long as I'm on my non-work-related email.
Perseus - Mind controlling demon
The Anarchist - Half-demon (we call him a leviathan)
Heather Rose - Desert elemental (kind of like Sandman from Spiderman, to put it simply)
Marcial Herrerra - Leader of our town's resident underground gang. Of werewolves.
Hope this helps. I gotta get back to work.
- M.L.


watch out for these four.

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Esteed
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 		I just got a message from Todd, or possibly Evana. The email address listed is toddandevanaSPLATyahoo.com so it could be either of them. Or both of them.

Todd/Evana wrote:
I understand you've been asking about Addison.


Esteed wrote:
I was asking purely on behalf of Parker. I only knew her first name, and at the time, I was worried she was somehow connected with Maria. Connected in the partner sense, or something, you know? Once I found out that she worked with you guys, I wasn't so worried.

I heard she was sick. Is it serious?


Apparently my inquiries didn't go as unnoticed as I thought they did.

EDIT: Moar!

Todd/Evana wrote:
Parker doesn't know what he's taking about. That's Miles's job.
Addison and Maria? Never. Our Addy would kill that monster on sight.
Only Miles knows where she is right now. We've been sending her email, but getting nothing in return. Hopefully it's not serious.


Esteed wrote:
Not getting any back? Maybe this is just because I'm a layman, but that...sounds pretty serious, to me. Serious like somebody a little less pleasant found out where she was.


Ruh-roh gang...

Son of EDIT: Belay that ruh-roh.

Todd wrote:
You'd be surprised, actually. It's pretty normal (if you could call anything around here normal) for Addison to go missing for days on end. We're pretty sure she'll turn up in another week or so. Jacob and Cillian says they've heard from her, so we'll take their word for it.
By the way, Evana might answer the next email, and I'm truly sorry about that. You'll see what I mean soon enough. I pity the girl, I rtally do.


Esteed wrote:
Really? Well, that's good to know. I guess there's not too much to be worried about, right? At least not on her end. Still kind of worried about Parker, but c'est la vie, right? Boy's still got both his eyes, so I suppose he's luckier than most that run into that particular person.


I'm not sure what I should be expecting in Evana's response. The way Todd words it, I get River Tam vibes, but who knows?

Grandson of EDIT: I don't know why I didn't expect this. Laughing

Evana wrote:
Hiiiiii!
Addison has the flu. D: Miles says she's okay though.
I like Parker. Parker is a cute name. Parker is cute. He has pretty eyes, but he wears sunglasses a lot.
I don't think Cillian likes me very much.
What was I talking about?
C'est la vie? Are you French? I like french fries, do you?
Do you know where Todd went?
<3<3<3 Evana


Esteed wrote:
The flu sucks. I remember when I had it. Out of school for a week, and watching the Sinbad Variety Show didn't help.
As long as he doesn't wear his Sunglasses At Night... XD
Cillian strikes me as being difficult to get along with, sometimes.
I think we were talking about Parker.
Not French, nope. I do like french fries, though.
Nope. He told me you would likely be answering the email, though.


Great grandson-you get the picture: I'm running out of funny commentary here!

Todd wrote:
I'm SO sorry. Evana usually takes over for me while I'm working on things over here. Cillian actually is very hard to get along with, not surprisingly.


Clearly this guy doesn't know I've been friends with an extremely energetic vampire before. Laughing

Esteed wrote:
Don't worry about it. I've had several interesting friends that are as energetic as she is. It's refreshing, in a way.
And I hope you know I now have this image of Cillian as Jonathon Crane from Batman Begins. I think that one is going to stick with me. XD

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 		New post up on the blog!

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Esteed
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 		I've been getting emails off-and-on, but I didn't want to go through the massive editing spree so I figured I'd just trade until something important came up. With a new blog entry, I figure I might as well go ahead and post what I've got so far.

Todd wrote:
Cillian's just like that. That's how all the trainees picture him too, and he doesn't really know yet, because no one really wants to tell him. He's more of the tall, red-headed type, though.


Esteed wrote:
Well, as long as he doesn't run around in a scarecrow mask, heh.

Any word on Maria?


Todd wrote:
I do believe he's actually done that before. We take trainee hazing to new levels here, if you couldn't tell. I think that Miles once pushed a newbie into our Loch Ness Monster tank after telling the new group it ate human flesh.
Well, not much on Maria. We're following a lead right now that she's at her house on the outskirts of town, so I guess I'll let you know how that goes.


Esteed wrote:
Eventually you're going to get that smartass rook that wears a Batman mask around. XD
Gotcha. I'll pass along word to Parker to stay away from that area.


Man, the idea of IA being The Scarecrow is hilarious and worrying all at once. Laughing
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 		Update on Maria!
We have an update on Maria from Todd, folks, and this ain't good news!

Todd wrote:
Well...we made it out to her house yesterday. And what we found was quite worrying. As in, the entire thing had been burnt down, no sign of Mara, and...
I don't think you should know this part, but you're so far into this it won't really make a difference.
We found one half of Addison's favorite pairs of combat boots just on the outskirts of the rubble. Which means either she went off after Maria alone, or someone's trying to make it look like she did to throw suspicion off themselves. Either way, Miles was lying to us and Cillian doesn't know yet. We're all sort of afraid to tell him, seeing as he probably cares the most about Addison.
More to come,
Todd


Esteed wrote:
...I hate to even ask this, but were there any bodies? I know it sounds callous and I'm sorry for that, but it might help to figure out what to do next.
I would advise not telling Cillian just yet. He's liable to overreact and do something he'll later regret, or that will get him hurt.
It's odd. Parker mentioned yesterday that, on Sunday, there was some commotion over in 4B. Do you think it could be related at all?


So yeah, shit is hitting the fan.

Son of EDIT: Moar.

Todd wrote:
Nope, bodies were the first thing we checked for. None to be found.
Cillian's bound to find out soon enough, word gets out fast around here. We're trying to see how long we can keep it from him at present.
4B? There's usually not much going on around there, so it's probably not worth us checking it out. I'd appreciate it if you could keep me posted on that, though.


Esteed wrote:
That's good, at least.
Sounds like the best idea.
From what I've been able to gather so far, the cousin of one of the people in 4B moved in, with a child. The guy that lives there, Paris, didn't recognize his cousin right away, so he was a little freaked when the guy got into his apartment.
I also found out something about Maria. Maybe you knew it already, maybe not, but she claimed when she was hanging out with Jnox that demons torched her house as a kid, and that she was the only survivor. And irony of ironies, witnesses to the most recent torching said they saw a bunch of weird teenagers hanging around before it happened, one of them wearing a scarf even though it's the middle of summer. Sounds like history may be repeating itself...


Todd wrote:
Paris? Nice guy, don't see him around much though. He works at the local library a few blocks away. I wouldn't consider it very weird that he freaked out, he's kind of a skittish person.
And that's interesting to know about Maria. Of course, we heard all of that babble when we captured her, but it still makes sense that her house was destroyed that way. Demons usually come back to finish the job at the most inopportune times and then disappear, so I wouldn't worry too much about her house if I were you. It's not like she'd live there much longer anyway...


Esteed wrote:
Yeah, I was told that they were distant cousins, which is why he didn't recognize the cousin in question. Something about it is still making my spider-sense tingle, in a manner of speaking, though. The creepy kid might be the reason, I hate creepy little kids.
I think I'm more interested in why demons would torch Maria's house. Maybe I just don't know too much about demons, but it's my understanding that they don't just do things for the Hell of it. (Pun intended.) If this attempt was meant to "finish the job" then that means that when she was a little girl, they wanted to kill her and failed. Why did they want to kill her as a little girl? That's the question that's really bugging me.


Why the hell (or Hell, if you'd prefer) would demons torch a house to kill a little girl in the first place? My spidey-sense is tingling!
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