[b]Orange![/b]

Of course there'd be a narrative. Orange is deeply curious about what it would be.

The conspiracy will have to move to fill this void. If they don't, questions will be asked. What did they target? What was their motivation? Why are all these soldiers on site? If their social media response wasn't on point they'd risk getting Shinzo Abe'd. They'd need to point a finger even if they didn't have anyone to blame. They'd need to [i]lie[/i].

A nice, pure, baldfaced lie. What a dangerous thing. They couldn't bullshit, couldn't obfuscate their way out of this. There wasn't going to be a demand video or a manifesto from her to go with it. They wanted to control everything, well now they'd have to control this mess of a narrative. They'd have to improvise on the fly. It was a hugely powerful opportunity for them, the opportunity to take a crisis and pin all the blame on someone they didn't like, but that was also incredibly dangerous. Because if they got it [i]wrong [/i]and the truth came out then jobs would be had. Their choice of targets would also be telling. Who did [i]they [/i]think did this? 

She was not ready to launch her own narrative yet. Goat would be in no psychological state to give an interview and the public in no mood to hear it. There was not yet a void for her to fill.

She was interested, but her attention remained with Fiona and Crystal. They were her backup plan, yes. But they were also her judges. She might well be way down Werewolf way and these were the people she trusted to figure out if she was.

[b]Strawberry![/b]

Some ID; that was just fine. 

You see, Aevum Station issued plastic ID cards. Even in the future phones run out of batteries, biopurists won't take implants and people who work with cleaning chemicals melt off their fingerprints. Even retinal scans aren't practical with a thriving trade in cybernetic replacements and cosmetics. A universal ID needs to be carried by everyone, even the weird exceptions, and ultimately nothing has surpassed the hard plastic card with an embedded microchip. 

November's got several. Everest got her registered as individual entities for practical reasons and then tossed in a couple spare for cloak work, and Green has worked on these extensively so that they transmit more info than they are supposed to. They won't stand up to sustained scrutiny but they will make a satisfying ding and beep and display a convincing false name and details if she gets carded like this. 

[Forgery 0/1 Digital Intrusion 5/8, 4+4 [b]8[/b]]

Meanwhile, Pink gets back to work. It's all by the book now. There's too much heat on this location to take on more risk, and the job is important for its own sake. But the real objective now is exfiltration; to take advantage of the next big shift change or crisis escalation to hand over control entirely and get out.

[b]Flood![/b]

Loud, then soft.

As Blue packs up again Brown leads them into cover. This just got real for them. This turned into a peer engagement with an opponent they've visually lost track of. Every step is a risk, every bush is a threat. Some will get hosed to be safe; select cover outside of those targets. 

Observation is critical. If she can see them then she can prepare the subsequent displacement into an area they have already searched. There is new burning wreckage now so emergency vehicles will be heading here too and that'll be another thing to jam this operation up.

[Notice 0/1, Surveillance: 3/8: 1+5 [b]6[/b]]