And then there shall be bestowed upon the elect wisdom

[warriorscribe]

Characters: Enoch, Zelda, Tohko, and the people they invited, also something for Naoya before the meeting. (Invitees, please add your tags as you come in!)
Setting: Sauna floor(F77), 3pm, March 27th (2:30pm for Naoya's pre-meeting thread)
Format: Whatever works!
Summary: Finally, all three people who were contacted after Dax's death will meet. Plotting ensues.
Warnings: None thus far.

The letters had been sent. Now, all there was, was to wait. Enoch, and possibly one or two others, was there already, sitting at the far end of the room so they couldn't be heard through the door, sitting up straight and a hand resting on his knee as he waited for the others. His leadership potential often went unused, Enoch being the submissive type, content with the role of the follower. But he would have been next in line for his father's priesthood, a leader role of sorts - he could and would take the lead if he had to.

((Links:

Naoya's pre-meeting thread Mingle Meeting

Nothing has to be a single continuous thread, but please name new conversation topics in the subject line for the meeting itself for the sake of ease of browsing.))

Comments

[tohko_amano]

At that suggestion, Tohko actually smiled and nodded. This was an idea she had thought of too, so it was good that she wasn't the only one who had thought of it.

"That does seem like a good idea! After all, most of the residents keep to the dorm rooms to avoid the monsters at night. There's not much to learn from us then, so he might be tending to other places in the basement. Going at night could give up a slight advantage."

[warriorscribe]

Enoch nodded, as well. That sounded like a good plan. Especially because if they were indeed as human as they said and needed to sleep, too, it might spare the distraction team.

"The team meant as a distraction might return with information of their own, then, if everyone else would be asleep. ...But we must be wary of Ruana. Do we know when she is awake?"

[crouching_sin]

"No, we don't. However, I may be able to keep her... amused, should things end up turning sour."

While he hasn't really spoken with her directly... if his inklings about her personality are correct, he might be able to do it.

"Though if we attack at night while others are asleep, it may be more likely that he will spot us quickly. During the day there are others to keep watch over - we don't have much indication of what he does at night."

[sageprincess]

"She should be asleep by now, I believe. In the past, she has said she requires a great deal of sleep after being active for a month, so, theoretically, she should not be active while Jason is in charge."

Perhaps it's a bit presumptuous to think as much on so little evidence, but it fits with the pattern she's noticed thus far.

"Either strategy carries its risks - he will see us enter the elevator if we go during the day, he may notice something is wrong quickly if we go during the night. I believe we will have a better chance at retrieving the information if we go at night, but perhaps the distraction team should remain quiet until they have evidence the administrators are active."

[warriorscribe]

"We know they tire, we saw it when the visitors came. Surely they must sleep, too."

The only other option was to go in the daytime but ensure Jason had a distraction - it meant either gambling on his experiment or sacrificing someone...

"I agree with the idea of going at night, if we can be sure Ruana is asleep as well."

[sageprincess]

"There is evidence that she has been awake just before and just after her time in control of the Tower - before the wedding, and when those strange audio recordings appeared on the network. But I cannot recall a time when she has shown herself to be active two months after her own. Another reason why I believe striking during a month when Jason is in control is the best course of action.

However, even if we manage to plan for avoiding the administrators, there is still the matter of the 'security' Dax himself placed on his research to prevent others from finding it. That conflict is guaranteed, so we need to prepare for whatever 'security' might mean."

Her first thought is modified retrieval units, ones that had been altered to follow his orders and not the others, but she's aware enough of the technology the Tower runs on to know that is not the only possibility.

[crouching_sin]

"If it's a matter of breaking through digital security, I can take care of that - or I likely have the best chance of those assembled to do so. I have hacked the elevator before, and I was one of those who worked out how to summon the drones to get the appropriate chemicals when we had that... body swap situation."

He's not totally confident that he can break through everything, but he's probably got the best shot.

[warriorscribe]

Enoch smiled at that. "I was hoping you would do so. Force alone is unreliable for getting inside, and we need reliability. But for Dax's research...we can only try to prepare as well as we can in general. I believe we have some flexible skills among us as it is."

[repeatingsun]

Solas nods. "I can heal, create barriers, makeshift air, food, and water supplies...and if worse comes to worst I can probably give the administrators nightmares. The rest of you will have to look away if I try that though."