maskormenace | 001 // text // mirror network // posted under the name "Calyx"

[there's a few blurry images uploaded on the network of a young man in a club being dragged outside, followed by an equally blurry image of a black suv, a photo of a Pennsylvania state id, and number from a license plate scrawled on a piece of paper. The ID has the name "Miguel Lopez", the picture is of a smiling young man with olive skin and short black hair, and while the ID lists his age as 24, he doesn't look any older than his late teens]

this all went down at club metro in mf. i don't know who's been watching the news but a lot of shady stuff has been going on up there lately. young people disappearing without a trace, including this guy. his real name's eric abello and his parents reported him missing after he didn't come home this weekend. my partner and i ran the tags on the car he left in and did some digging - it's a rental from kayak budget rentals north of mf. but here's the weird part: the man who rented it, george thomas, died three years ago.

this isn't some weird coincidence. if we can find out what happened to him then we can find out what happened to everyone else.

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You and your partner. You mean Oracle? I'm guessing it's not a coincidence that you guys posted at around the same time.

that's them. i saw your comment by the way - are you working on this too?

[oh heyyyy it's. jaime. crap. okay, okay, just play it cool....]

Maybe. I don't really deal with missing persons cases over the network. Especially when there are minors involved.

then let's talk face to face. i'll send you a private message soon.

Sounds good.

If I can take you at face value, be careful about who you talk to. I'm not convinced it's not an imPort doing this. They can see this as much as I can.

[crap, he's right. Ok, she'll have to talk to Oracle about this. But for now...

Jaime will receive a text! This time from Utena's id]

hey!! you got a sec?

[ Look at that timing!

Which Jaime doesn't actually think anything of, the fool. ]

Always. What's up?

sooo i know it's last minute but do you think we can meet up somewhere?? there's something i need to talk to you about

Well it's not as if I'm short on transportation

Just tell me when and where

how about my place?? we can talk in the car. maybe grab some food?

[would... would a cheeseburger make talking about this easier? well, probably not, but it definitely can't make it worse]

Works for me. Be there soon

alright!! i'll be waiting outside

[Aaand outside of her house is Utena, tapping her foot, crossing and uncrossing her arms. She's just a bundle of nervous energy right now]

[ Jaime pulls up in the good ol' Bug, then honks twice, waving at her through the window. ]

Hey, Utena. Hop in.

[Beep beep, here comes the beetle mobile. Utena forces a smile and hops in, buckling her seatbelt.]

Hey, Jaime.

[Welp. Time to rip off the bandaid]

So, uh, do you remember what I said earlier?

[She clears her throat]

...about meeting face to face?

[ There is a pause.

Then, there is a groan. ]

I'm not even surprised. This must be what it's like for other people when I tell them - you know. [ He glances over at her, brows knit. It could be worse, he figures. She's working with others, at least, and he trusts the Phantom Thieves as much as he trusts anyone. ]

So? Calyx? Is that a thing now?

It's, uh, been a thing.

[Akwarrrd. Utena bites her lip and stares out the window. Okay. She needs to focus. Focus on the kids]

Sooo. You don't deal with missing persons' cases over the network. But this isn't the network, right?

Well, yeah, but I would've dealt with it over the network if I'd known it was you! I just wanted to make sure it wasn't some creep who just wanted to pose as a hero while trying to get intel so they could do something even worse.

[ If she'd just told him... but he can't exactly complain about that with his track record, can he? ]

Okay. Tell me what you've got, and I'll do the same.

Edited 2018-11-10 23:57 (UTC)

Well, there's that post. And...well, I'm not sure if this is connected, but we found this girl, see? Me and another hero. Some guy was-

[She shudders, and stops for a moment]

She owed him money, and she said he was going to turn her over to some mafia goons. She didn't know what they'd do with her if they got her, though - well, she could guess, but it's not really the kind of thing she wanted to think too hard about. And to be honest? I don't blame her.

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