New Rio. [ "I don't think I'll make it in tonight." Hilarious. ] I hope you found cover.
[ He's joking while he tries to reconcile this with the steadily mounting evidence that people are, in fact, being kidnapped. Finally, a serious response: ] What happened?
Thousands of miles away from any of them, facing down the possibility of a busy weekend at Red Wings, Stephen takes a second to stare into the chilly void of the ice cooler and try to keep collected.
Not offhand, but the expedition to Everest is still underway. Someone that ended up in New Cairo was supposed to be heading there. It means they're being followed.
They're bringing us closer to an answer faster than we could get there ourselves. We don't know why that is, but the strategy of the hour seems to be to make the most of it when our hand is forced.
[ It didn't do them altogether that much good the last time, but the Displaced are nothing if not trying. ]
We're outside the city. Someone said something about how it's illegal. There's a possibility that we're expendable even if this is the result we wanted.
[ he doesn't like when his autonomy is taken from him. ]
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I've been kidnapped.
Sorry for the short notice.
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Everybody's a comedian.
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I'm pretty sure I'm close to New Rio de Janeiro.
At this rate, I'm not sure when I'll be back.
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[ He's joking while he tries to reconcile this with the steadily mounting evidence that people are, in fact, being kidnapped. Finally, a serious response: ] What happened?
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Well, there's plenty of jungle.
[ see, funny. ]
We were sedated and taken to New Rio. I don't remember much.
There are guards here---mercenaries, probably.
Some of us are in New Cairo. You'll probably have a slim staff.
[ at least he's to the point. ]
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Thousands of miles away from any of them, facing down the possibility of a busy weekend at Red Wings, Stephen takes a second to stare into the chilly void of the ice cooler and try to keep collected.
Let's deal with the biggest problems first. ]
You were taken from the city?
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That's the last thing I remember.
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Wonderful.
"We". Do you recognise any of the people with you as being from either of the expeditions that set out to Everest or New Oslo?
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It means they're being followed.
[ no one said he wasn't a sharp teenager. ]
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They're taking you to the gates.
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We need to turn this.
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[ It didn't do them altogether that much good the last time, but the Displaced are nothing if not trying. ]
Are you still in transit?
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[ and the first person he contacted was Akechi. ]
We're outside the city. Someone said something about how it's illegal.
There's a possibility that we're expendable even if this is the result we wanted.
[ he doesn't like when his autonomy is taken from him. ]
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If it comes to it, you use your advantages.