[ His handle from mildly easier times stays now only because it's programmed to. It's too soon for this, but it'll always be too soon, and for all he doesn't know if they'll have it in them to collaborate for another round, if they do, they can't afford to wait. So - ]
In Koby's absence, it'd be useful to have another representative from the diamonds.
[ He's already being fed some of Caroline's insights via others - it'd be helpful for her to be able to offer them up direct, and the proactivity bodes well. ]
Then I shall speak with her. I do believe there is another Koby trusted above all, though it tilts our number in favour of the Hearts: Tim Laughlin, also present in the last games.
[ Alarm bells going off because sooner or later they ARE going to need to discuss the Yellowjackets again and Tim WILL inevitably feel compelled to suspiciously obfuscate for reasons Stephen already knows and they barely survived their first trip to those particular trenches. ]
He'd be a worthy addition, but Ani and I conceived this as a small group, and I think it's best we hold to eight to keep our discussions here safe and easier to manage. So long as we have pipelines between us to the people whose insights we'll benefit from and who will benefit from ours, better to stay balanced in number [ if little else ] for now.
doubt tim's my biggest fan after that little scene with hawk was doing the most but i vouch for caroline she's a smart cookie. got more lists than our big guy, santa and if you don't get me outta this sausage party i'm going to scream
If he kicks up any fuss, we move house and leave him behind
[ He's truly too tired for this shit - but yes, he'll babysit if a babysitter's needed. Though on that note, and with the benefit of hindsight and enough room to breathe that he thinks he'll like be able to say what he means: ]
I'm sorry
[ For last week - trying to take some kind of lead rather than letting her feel as betrayed as she had been, being a baby that needed sitting, fucking up when it was important that none of them did. He can't even in all honesty promise to do any better, under the circumstances. But. ]
This isn't my usual forte But I am glad we're trying.
JSTOR? She’s incredibly well connected across circles we’re unlikely to be involved in, altruistically motivated, excluded from the pool of Diamonds suspects, and quite possibly one of our cleverest.
To speak nothing of how her notes are colour coded, as Koby so prefers.
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@arthur
[ His handle from mildly easier times stays now only because it's programmed to. It's too soon for this, but it'll always be too soon, and for all he doesn't know if they'll have it in them to collaborate for another round, if they do, they can't afford to wait. So - ]
In Koby's absence, it'd be useful to have another representative from the diamonds.
We should invite Giles.
@morgain
I agree. Maybe he can manage to get us working together more smoothly.
@gawain
I would nominate Caroline Forbes, who would be the only of our number who was present for last year’s games, as Koby was.
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I'm in support.
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Then I shall speak with her.
I do believe there is another Koby trusted above all, though it tilts our number in favour of the Hearts: Tim Laughlin, also present in the last games.
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He'd be a worthy addition, but Ani and I conceived this as a small group, and I think it's best we hold to eight to keep our discussions here safe and easier to manage. So long as we have pipelines between us to the people whose insights we'll benefit from and who will benefit from ours, better to stay balanced in number [ if little else ] for now.
I can be our contact with Tim.
@guinevere
but i vouch for caroline
she's a smart cookie. got more lists than our big guy, santa
and if you don't get me outta this sausage party i'm going to scream
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[ this comment thread ended up being more illuminating than he anticipated, in any case. ]
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Would you be opposed to Tim joining us?
He has Koby's notes, and connections in circles not yet represented here.
perma → 🔒
you're killing me, arty
( but cynical commentary aside: )
i don't have any personal beef with velma dinkley
if koby trusted him, sure. he can pledge. but if he kicks up any fuss, he's yours to babysit
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[ He's truly too tired for this shit - but yes, he'll babysit if a babysitter's needed. Though on that note, and with the benefit of hindsight and enough room to breathe that he thinks he'll like be able to say what he means: ]
I'm sorry
[ For last week - trying to take some kind of lead rather than letting her feel as betrayed as she had been, being a baby that needed sitting, fucking up when it was important that none of them did. He can't even in all honesty promise to do any better, under the circumstances. But. ]
This isn't my usual forte
But I am glad we're trying.
@galahad
Physical description, history
General set of offputting skills
[ Which basically seems like the prerequisite to joining this group of chucklefucks. ]
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She’s incredibly well connected across circles we’re unlikely to be involved in, altruistically motivated, excluded from the pool of Diamonds suspects, and quite possibly one of our cleverest.
To speak nothing of how her notes are colour coded, as Koby so prefers.
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[ Extremely long pause. ]
Library
[ The extreme fucking sore spot of seeing Koby's name written anywhere aside: ]
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