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[immuno]

Freddie Lounds isn't the only one with a source.

Did anyone else receive someone's file last night?

[ private to skye ]
If I give you my phone, do you think you could trace where this came from?

[ private to karkat ]
I sincerely hope you've been quarantined because I may not know precisely what troll body entails but it sounds disgusting.

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perma-private.

[crab]

FUCKING EXCUSE ME?
NO, WAIT, WHY AM I EXCUSED? I'M NOT THE ONE DIRECTING A VIOLENT STREAM OF OFF COLOR DIARRHEA AT SOCIAL DECENCY'S FACE. EXCUSE ***YOU***
EXCUSE YOU, FOR TAKING MY LAST NERVE AND GRATING IT OVER THE STEAMING PLATE OF WHAT WAS ONCE MY PATIENCE WITH YOUR SPECIES.
IT WAS THE ONLY NERVE I HAD! AND NOW IT'S GONE. THANKS TO YOU. REST IN PEACE, NERVE. OR PIECES, I SHOULD SAY, SINCE YOU FUCKING SHREDDED IT.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, HUMAN BODIES ARE FUCKING GROSS AS WELL, BUT DO YOU SEE ME GOING AROUND TELLING PEOPLE THEY SHOULD BE QUARANTINED FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THE INNOCENT ALIENS IN THEIR VICINITY? I REALLY DON'T THINK THOSE ALIENS ENJOY HAVING TO SUPPRESS THE URGE TO PROJECTILE VOMIT EVERY TIME THEY GO OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW. WHY DOESN'T ANYONE THINK OF THEM?
I DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE I, UNLIKE ALMOST EVERYONE ON THIS HORRIBLE PLANET, ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DAMN MANNERS. I AM BASICALLY A SAINT, GIVEN ALL THE SHIT I PUT UP WITH FROM YOU PEOPLE. AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET, FOR MY ENDLESS TOLERANCE OF AGGRAVATING HORSE CRAP.
WHAT THE BULGE BLASTING FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM?

[immuno]

Well, I was more talking about the whole carcinogenic, mutative properties, but I'm glad you got that off your chest.

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[alofts]

From an anonymous, untraceable source? Yeah.

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[immuno]

Untraceable is relative. Who did you have try to trace it?

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[hackitude]

Seriously?? Now we're in business. Give me ten minutes, I'll be right over.

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[immuno]

Of course seriously. Who else would I ask?

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[selfequipped]

How do you know that this isn't Lounds?

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[immuno]

She'd never deny herself the scoop. Not modest or subtle enough.

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[infomodder]

Freddie's source was proven to be wrong about multiple things. Whatever other files are being passed around now could be just as wrong.

[He should probably call her Lounds, put that extra distance between them, but Lecter's gone. The worry isn't the same. Whatever, none of them have been all that quiet about being from the same world. No point in it.]

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[immuno]

Already proven true.

Funny how that only makes me more interested in knowing who they came from.

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[redhairring]

[ and here's the woman of the hour herself and she's kinda miffed at her source. What gives, buddy. ]

Whose file did you receive?

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[immuno]

[ She weighs her options. Never does telling her about Karkat even cross Lydia's mind, despite her earlier snappy threats to the troll himself.

Standard deflecting and saying it's none of her business will aggravate her, sure. Freddie likes to know things and she's probably already annoyed that it didn't get sent her way.

On the other hand, Lydia has to wonder what she could get away with, and how much more teeth-grinding the gossip journalist will do if ... she lies. ]

Yours. :) There's poetry in that, I think.

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[anthropophagite]

I did, though the sender was anonymous.

[ text; private ]

[immuno]

Same.

I'm trying to compile a spreadsheet to check for patterns. Would you mind giving me your name & the name on the file you got? I don't need any more info; that should be sufficient.

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[motherboxes]

There were more of them? Not just the ones we saw publicly?

[Well. Shit. If this means someone knows about Jaime.....]

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[immuno]

So it would seem. Presumably we're all contacting those whose files we received. I know I did.

[shuckit]

How'd you get it? Physical copy?

[immuno]

File transfer. Haven't successfully traced the source, but I'm getting the best hacker in town on it.

[selfimage]

Mystery informant bypassed the middleman. Oh, Freddie Lounds, it seems you're not needed anymore.

[ this is actually ... pretty terrifying for him. go on Loki, write it off. ]

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[immuno]

Not that I'm the biggest fan of Freddie Lounds all things considered, but it's not promising that they're rendering her obsolete. Or that we have no real way to track just how many files they spread.

[sleuthtastic]

You're kidding me.

[immuno]

Why would I joke about this?

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[earnedmystripes]

[Shit.]

man this is getting outta hand

i didnt but for what its worth i called ananke after the post went up and she seemed pretty genuinely shocked when i asked if she knew this had gone down

so its not her, at the least
and theyre looking into it now too

[He doesn't really know what's going to happen with that, since they've covered things up before, but it's hopefully useful information to get out there.]

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[immuno]

That's not reassuring; it just puts more pieces on the board.

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[altercate]

This is getting out of hand.

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[immuno]

You're telling me.

Are you ok?

VOICE.

[mantlepieces]

I didn't get anything -- what a rip-off. Whoever's behind this's got terrible taste in informants.

VOICE.

[immuno]

Well now I know who not to tell secrets to.

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[scission]

And now I suppose we must assume everyone's are at risk.

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[immuno]

That seems to be the dominant paranoia right now.