redjacketthief | 6th Turn [Voice/Action]

[It's mid-afternoon when the journal post is made by a familiar voice in an unfamiliar mood. A quick look at the image reveals a face that is both familiar and unfamiliar--but that smile, with it's odd curl and suppressed mirth, can mean it is only one person.]

[Failed Filter to Mine Fujiko: Completely Readable]

Hey...Fujiko? Remember that game you gave me at the end of the last month before you went on your mission? It was very clever, and the prize has been a joy. How did you know I liked history books? I'm wondering, though...why are you having me read about your ex-boyfriend's grandfather, after you made it clear that you don't want to think about it?

[There's a pause as the man notices the feed.] Oh... blast it! I messed, Fujiko. Want to meet in my place?

...Everyone, disregard that.

[Later that day the man wanders the town, his hair in a mussed disarray and red jacket noticeably missing. Instead he wears dark colors, fitted but more casual clothes, and his wings are for once in the open. He's headed to the library to return some books, gather others and other supplies. Early that evening, another journal post is made. This time, it's intended for anyone.]

Evening, Luceti, this is Red. I was just wondering...is anyone else around here missing about twenty-one hours of their weekend? Does anybody who isn't know what happened? It's just a question for inquiring minds.

Also--has anybody actually given the Battle Dome a good once over after last week?

[He's serious in his words, even if the smile is light. Ladies and Gentleman, meet the man who's going to be adamant about calling himself Red...someone you're more likely to know as Arsene Lupin III. He's not going to stand down from that either.]

[OOC: Details about how Lupin has been shifted, for the curious, are here. He has a number of physical details in terms of style that are changing beyond what's available to me in normal fanart and screencaps, so I've had to choose a PB, ~~Emiya Kiritsugu~~ a man from another anime that I've yet to actually see. Replies will have appropriate icons, thanks.]

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[It was the Malnosso to blame for the filter failure, and Red is fairly certain that he's not up to anything.]

Half of the town, Gambit? Really? Did they program their droids to be hyper efficient or something?

[There's a bit of a pause before he answers. Something isn't adding up. While he's sure the Malnosso have something to do with it, he isn't sure what yet.]

Might'a had somethin' to do wit' the vacations back home.

That was supposed to happen, wasn't it? You'd think we'd remember it, though.

You'd t'ink.

[Something. Is very wrong here. Malnosso, what did you do this time?]

What's the last t'ing you remember, mon ami?

[There it was, that strange turn of phrase again that he can only assume was affection on some level. He hadn't gotten a proper translation when he asked for one either, and just wrote it off as errors enforced by the Malnosso.]

It was 1am, and I had been up for maybe 20 hours and decided to take a little break from copying my notes over to my datapad. Luke asked me to transcribe a few things, and I wanted to have a copy that was easier to sift through than a bunch of papers in a plastic binder.

So, I think I took a cat nap and ended up sleeping for twenty-one hours. It's wierd, though. I normally get maybe 7 hours of sleep on any day.

[...Yeah, this isn't the same Lupin he remembers. He's still not sure exactly what happened, but there's been some kind of Shift again.

But rather than call attention to it and confuse the hell out of him, Gambit just goes back to joking around.]

Hibernatin' in spring. Ain't that a bit of a waste?

Maybe. Maybe I was tired? I do keep a strange sleep schedule when I'm away from HQ, so maybe everything caught up to me?

[He was rationalizing and he knew it. Something was heavily off and he couldn't figure out what exactly it was.]

[HQ? Since when was there an HQ?]

Well, rise an' shine, mornin' glory. We got somethin' weird goin' on today. Plenty to keep you busy.

[Since Yavin IV became the base of operations for the Rebel Alliance, of course!]

What do you mean by that, Gambit? Everything besides the missing day seems pretty normal to me.

Y'know that half the town I said disappeared? They're all back an' actin' weird. T'ink we got us more Malnosso shenanigans goin' on, homme.

[And since Lupin seems convinced he slept that time away, no harm done, right?]

[Except that he's not convinced. He sighs, suddenly irritable at how right he was.]

This has to do with that empty promise Bil gave us doesn't it? I knew we couldn't trust a word that man said!

Ain't got any specifics. Tryin' to figure this out myself.

[Although it's something to think about.]

...That's entirly not helpful then.

I was actually planning an exploration of the wreck in the Battle Dome if no one else has, sometime this week. Maybe we'll dig something up that will shed some light on this.

[It was something he was thinking about, seriously enough to tell a few trusted people about it.]

T'ink a few people've checked it out, but another sweep through won't do any harm. If you're needin' volunteers, count me in.

Any set of hands is welcome for this--the more the merrier, as they say!

[It was also for the sake of getting people with a variety of knowledges between them in there. If one person couldn't figure something out, perhaps someone else on the team could.]

Merry ol' party, then, is it?

[Picking on you, Lupin.]

Why not? We could go to the bar and have a real party afterward too!

Now you're talkin' my language.

Don't I always? Just because I lost a day doesn't mean I forgot about how much you like making things explode. Maybe we'll find something down there you can play with!

Prob'ly best I leave everythin' alone unless we know it's somethin' we can blow right up.

[If there's anything that could even vaguely help in an escape attempt, even if it's already mostly ruined, he's going to try to salvage it. There's bound to be someone in the village who can reverse-engineer.]

Of course--I'd do the same.

[odds were that Red probably could reverse engineer what they found. Tech was his specialty, and Malnosso tech would be a delightful challenge. His failure to break through the AI during the attack was intolerable, but this would give him a better chance the next time it happened.]

Good to know we're on the same page, then, homme.

Why wouldn't we be? We're of a similar breed, and we probably want similar things...

I'll contact you when I get everything assembled

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