The sand in the hourglass eventually meets its end

[voidseeing]

Who: Gai, Law, Shikamaru, Sheena, Itachi, and anyone else who ends up being called into this.
What: An important discussion about keys, Davis, the tunnels, and other such matters.
When: Around noon on the 24th
Where: House 22
Summary: When Gai discovers that Specialist Davis himself is paying a visit to the village, he decides it's time to discuss a few things with several people.
Rating: Shouldn't be more than PG-13 at most.

[It didn't take long for word of Specialist Davis and Carol being in Luceti to reach Gai, given how nosy he is about the goings-on in the village. He's not entirely surprised; Davis does seem to have almost a personal stake in this enclosure given some of the things he's said and done before, but at the same time the fact that he's here (and injured, to boot) sets off a few alarm bells in Gai's mind given what he's learned about the man from Law.

He isn't going to approach them, not yet. Instead, he just tails them quietly for a while, observing what they're up to, noting the distance that they keep between them. They seem calm rather than in a hurry, almost as if they're just killing time. Perhaps they are. When a half-hour or so of following them around doesn't net any results, Gai decides that it's time to go drop in on someone who might have more of an idea as to what is currently going on.

It's only a matter of fifteen minutes or so after that before he's knocking on the door to House 22, hoping that Law isn't off on a shift at the clinic right now.]

Comments

[chikaidestroyer]

[While Law attempts to not go the way of a puffer fish keeping in his amusement, Albert will do as he suggested and help himself to the tea.]

Thank you for clearing that up, Gai.

[wise_maiden]

[And that's when Raine's knock at the door can be heard. What, she's a busy woman.]

[corrinesbell]

[Far be it for Sheena to answer someone else's door. She's giving Albert and Itachi some looks. This is what we're talking about, people? Really?]

[deathsdoctor]

[No, no, Law will get it. He needs the rescue after all.]

Hello, Miss Raine. Come in, come in.

[voidseeing]

[Hey, someone had to make the joke, man, and he is not the sort of person to let an opportunity go to waste.]

[wise_maiden]

Afternoon. [She smiles, allowing Law to lead her to where the others were assembled.

How interesting.]

... Goodness, what a gathering. Am I the last one?

[yourhatred]

Possibly.

[Itachi can't really say, though all the mentioned people seem to be here.

He offers her a tray with tea.]

[deathsdoctor]

Yes. That's it, unless we get someone busting in mid meeting for some unexplained reason.

[No dynamic entries, Gai.

No... not you, Gai.

The OTHER Gai.]

[wise_maiden]

[She nods a hello to everyone present, taking a seat with the cup of tea.]

Then by all means, let's begin.

[endgames]

[Yes. Let's.]

We've gathered most everyone here's seen the guys in town, if not heard they're here. How many of us have talked to them already?

[deathsdoctor]

I have. They walked straight into the clinic early this morning when I was on duty.

[chikaidestroyer]

[He answers with a nod before clarifying.]

They were looking around the plaza when I spoke to them.

[voidseeing]

I didn't speak to them, but I trailed them for about half an hour while they walked around the plaza and the stores.

[corrinesbell]

I talked to them both.

[wise_maiden]

[Oh. Were they waiting on her?]

... We had lunch.

[yourhatred]

...I had considered approaching them, but did not.

My knowledge on them was rather limited.

[endgames]

[Mostly he was hoping people would take the chance to volunteer anything they learned, but sigh. Fine, fair enough. He asked; he might as well go first.]

I wouldn't expect you to. Specialist Davis, so far as I know, has only lead select missions. Carol I had only heard of in Vaskoth, until recently.

She's here as a liaison, too. Given her involvement in Vaskoth, there's a chance she can bring about changes for this village similar to what they have. [AND BEFORE HE GETS CALLED ON IT] Draft immunities, for example.

[deathsdoctor]

And the ability to vote on what experiments they would receive. [He put the draft to good use talking to some of Vaskoth's soldiers, yes.]

They're here on official business to evaluate the enclosure and for Miss Carol to act as a long term liaison between us and the Organization. However, Mister Bil told me she wasn't due for some years, even though he was going to hurry the process along.

When I asked her about it, she was surprised. According to her, she's right on time, even a bit late. Further questioning revealed that she wasn't even supposed to come here originally. Davis mentioned a Victor who was supposed to be assigned here instead; something she confirmed afterward. Something of a dick, they inferred, but I digress.

The point is, is that what I was told from Mister Bil and what I was told from them isn't quite matching up. Which brings the question of who to start raising eyebrows at, if not all of them.

[corrinesbell]

[They had draft immunity in Vaskoth? Sheena wasn't there to see any of it.]

She used to live here. Taught in the school. [So Raine probably knows her best overall.] She asked me if we had an inn because it leads to some kinda positive change.

[Who to raise eyebrows at, indeed.] Too bad we can't get them all together but still kinda apart and compare their stories.

[voidseeing]

[This is all fascinating, and starting to fit in with the things he's learned. Might as well share what he knows too.]

There's more than just that.

[He turns to Shikamaru.]

Shikamaru, you remember the mission to the hospital-- the one that I commanded.

[Then, by way of explanation for the rest of the group:]

We were called in to free a hospital from a group of rogue MSF forces that had seemingly gone mad and aligned themselves with the cultists after returning from a survey mission. Those MSF forces had taken the hospital hostage with the intent of sacrificing the patients in it. Davis was there working with us for that one. There was a woman in a cloak there speaking to him too... I realize now it was most likely Carol.

We were ordered not to kill them so that they could be subjected to rehabilitation. However, somehow the leader, a man named Specialist Kovan Foster, had managed to get his hands on a Shift explosive that was capable of destroying the entire hospital and everything within a considerable radius of it.

[He looks to Shikamaru again.] Precis died because she took that explosive to a Shift-canceling room to save everyone in the hospital.

But that isn't all. I spoke to Molly later-- it turns out that she had no idea the Shift explosive had been used, or even that Luceti was involved in that mission at all.

[Let that sink in for a moment.]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Albert is quiet through all of this, though he gives nods of confirmation along the way -- when Law talks about Carol as a liaison, when Sheena mentions Carol's early presence in the village, when Gai begins his story; these are all things he has heard before.

Gai's timing with the story, along with Law's comments, certainly lead to a few implications.]

Quite a convoluted network of information.

[wise_maiden]

[That's a lot to sink in. Raine shakes her head.]

Discrepancies everywhere. It's not exactly a surprise, with how quickly the Organization turns to stab it's own members in the back. We also need to keep in mind that Bil himself isn't exactly in a position of power. Whatever information he hears or gives out could very well be outdated. And Davis and Carol aren't high on the information network either.

... Is there any common link between them? CJ, perhaps?

[deathsdoctor]

It gets better.

Mister Bil said that Mister Davis had been relieved of active service when I suggested him to accompany Miss Carol. He didn't tell me why. He didn't seem to know much.

However his MSF guards did. They were mid-ranking soldiers, however they seemed to have a good idea what was going on by the looks on their faces. I never got the chance to ask the Commandant about it when I was briefly attached to her unit - not a good situation to ask - but it seems something happened and they're keeping it internal.

...

Mister CJ is. I have one more piece of news to impart.

[And it's unsettling.]

[endgames]

Don't read into it. It's most likely related to his injury. If it was a bigger deal than that, it wouldn't be information made aware to average soldiers.

[And even civilians who wouldn't know much are instructed not to share too much information with people from enclosures. Of course they're not going to talk about it.

As for what Gai's saying... Well he was quiet thinking on that until Law spoke up, but he still can't be moved to be shocked by this revelation.]

What you're saying about Davis, now, is interesting. Maybe even suspicious, I'll give you that. On the other hand, him covering it up would only work to the village's favor. [He tilts his head, fixing his sights on Gai.] You, more than anyone, should be grateful for it.

[voidseeing]

If his motive is to keep Luceti off the radar, yes. Revealing that information would likely elevate this enclosure in the eyes of the MSF, since we prevented the deaths of a number of their men.

It would make us more valuable to them.