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[likeaspy]

[Eggsy’s arrival is pretty much the same as everyone else’s, except for one minor difference. He’s lost his fucking welcome pamphlet. Yeah, he should have been more careful, tucked it away for safe keeping after flipping through it, but, he hadn't, and now he needed it.

He’s not sure if he misplaced it somewhere between the building and the car or sometime after, but, either way, he wants it back. Sooner rather than later. Or at least a copy of it so he can try to figure out what the hell is going on. Eggsy doesn’t know if this is some kind of test, waking up in a new place with a tattoo and no memory of how he’d gotten here; sounded like the night before must have been pretty rough or amazing, whatever, he just wants to know what the fuck is going on.

The pamphlet, he thinks, is a good way to get things going. An opener. So he can see what kind of people he's living around now, figure things out for himself based on more than what's on a piece of paper.

And even though he's not one hundred percent that this isn't some fucked up test, he does know how to use the phone he’s been given, and he doesn’t waste any time pushing through and just asking for what he needs.]

Yeah, Eggsy here. [He shifts the device, angling it so they can only see his face and not where he is. Not that he even knows where he is.] I lost my fuckin' welcome guide. I need another. Anyone got one to spare? Great, thanks. [A quick grin, and the feed ends.]

Text; open to anyone: Jg zpv voefstuboe uijt, nfttbhf nf cbdl xjui b mpdbujpo boe nffu vq ujnf. J offe up lopx xibu't hpjoh po.

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video;

[cleptes]

What kind of name is 'Eggsy'?

[Bela just asks the important questions. Yep]

text 1/2;

[likeaspy]

The memorable kind.

text 2/2;

[likeaspy]

What's yours and do you got a pamphlet I can borrow?

[text/encrypted/unhackable/all that jazz]

[makethman]

[He should have had some sort of contingency plan for this, Harry thinks as soon as he sees Eggsy's face. Well, no, not really-- his first discernible thoughts are eloquent: Fuck. Fucking hell. But still, he should have prepared; since Gazelle's arrival he's feared that the Porter gained a taste of his world somehow, and wanted more.

The theory that this was all some sort of Jacob's Ladder fever dream continues to collapse day to day, but if this manifests Harry tormenting himself with unfinished business, he might start believing it again.

Conflicting feelings of relief come over him as well-- Eggsy's using his training. An unaffected facade, a cipher for the right kind of people, or the right kind of wrong people, to interpret. Good signs. Unharmed, the best of all, though he downplays that to himself as much as possible.

It's not hard for him to crack the code, but it's more difficult than he thought to type out a response. Harry chastises himself for such trepidation. This conversation is long overdue. He doesn't bother with cipher. Eggsy will know who and what the text means.]

Oxfords, not brogues

text 1/2; unencrypted

[likeaspy]

what

text 2/2; encrypted

[likeaspy]

no, seriously, bruv. what?

[There's no way. That's not fair.

Only one person would say that to him, so this has to be some kind of sick joke. Maybe Merlin knew and this was a test and he was trying not to freak out and he was already well on his way to fucking it all up.

Just breathe, Eggsy, you've got this. It's all a test and he could handle it, he had to.

This can't be the real Harry, it can't be. He saw the whole thing and there's no way anyone could survive a gun shot at point blank range, not even Harry Fucking Hart. So, whoever this was, Eggsy had to be careful.]

[munies]

[WOO CODE fuuuun ]

Xbt uijt nfbou gps tpnfpof jo qbsujdvmbs?

text 1/1; encrypted

[likeaspy]

obi. kvtu bozpof uibu njhiu lopx xibu't hpjoh po. Tpnfpof uibu njhiu lopx tuvgg uibu puifs qfpqmf xpvmeo'u. bsf zpv uibu ljoe pg qfstpo?

video.

[nitidus]

You could try the porter; that seems like a logical place to find another.

[her cats ate her welcome guide. ]

video;

[likeaspy]

The porter? What's that?

[He hasn't heard anything like that yet, so he's interested.]

I ain't familiar with all these terms and names of things, but I'd like to be.

text, private just in case;

[mcgill]

[Jimmy figures this kid put that request of his in code for a reason (like not wanting to show how freaked out he is, which Jimmy totally gets), so he sends his response privately.]

Whatever they told you when you showed up (I assume everyone gets the same speech) covers the basics of what's going on, but there's a lot they also haven't told you. I've only been here a month, and no one said jack about mind control. You missed all the fun.

Buuuut don't worry, because I wouldn't be surprised if something like that happens again. Or something unlike it.

Sorry this was such a downer of a welcome message.

video, private

[likeaspy]

Mind control? Yeah, alright. Are you pullin' my leg, bruv, because that sounds fuckin' nuts.

[Eggsy was trying really hard to be careful. He didn't want to reveal too much, or not enough, because he knew people didn't respond well to secretive types.

He also wasn't going to bring up Valentine who had almost thrown the world into an early apocalypse via mind altering sim cards. They'd stopped it before too much damage was done, but it'd been bad enough and Eggsy didn't like the idea that someone here was controlling people. Nobody should be forced to do something they didn't want to do.]

Is it like that super power shit that they was talkin' about when we first got here? Someone choosin' to do it to people?

text;

[cupio]

... are you okay?
like do you know how to type? because i can help if you don't!

video;

[likeaspy]

[All this told him was that she wasn't a trained agent, or a really good one cause he can't be sure yet. Maybe she's just nice.]

I'm alright, yeah? Phone must've glitched.

[onthegroundsofbrooklyn]

Sweetheart, it's code.

[He doesn't know it, but he knows what it is.]

text | private

[steeletto]

Careful with open offers.

text | private

[likeaspy]

You lookin' to take advantage?

[airshow]

Eje zpvs gpmlt tfsjpvtmz obnf zpv Fhhtz?

[likeaspy]

Obi, ju't b ojdlobnf. Hbsz, bduvbmmz.

video; private

[blondtactician]

[This one is a young man dressed rather professionally in a collared shirt and vest, hair tied back. He seems to be in the sorting area in the back room of a library - all white walls and plastic-covered books. The only titles immediately visible are a textbook Algorithmic Cryptanalysis, a worn copy of How To Win Friends And Influence People and a handsome hardback of The Art of War.

He speaks calmly and politely, though not without warmth.]

Hi Eggsy. My name is Armin, I'm an assistant at the Heropa Library. I'm pretty sure I can dig you up a copy of the pamphlet. Or if you have a few questions, I'd be happy to answer them. Are you in the neighborhood?

video; private

[likeaspy]

I have no idea if I'm in your neighborhood. I've heard of Heropa so far, but I'm over in Maurtia Falls. Wait, nice to meet you, Armin.

[Eggsy flashes a quick grin, then turns the camera to show the other guy his surroundings. He's in a park, well, just leaving one, but that wasn't important.]

I'm on main street, and I don't know my way around. But, I can figure it out, yeah?

[The feed jostles, then he stops, sitting on a bench at the edge of the park.]

You read that book just for me? The cryptanalysis.

[onthegroundsofbrooklyn]

Just go back to where you came in from and get another. It ain't so hard.

voice;

[likeaspy]

I don't feel like walkin'. Besides, I've learned quite a bit just by askin'.

text | id is tipsyGnostalgic

[wonk]

vs obnf jt fhht

text; private

[likeaspy]

fhh-a. mjlf uibu. xibu't zpvst?

permatext; comm tag is "Tadashi"

[tadeadshi]

If you figure out a way to get one, mind sharing?

[His brother threw his out the day he arrived and he's still a little annoyed by that fact. Everyone else covered the basics already at least.]

text;

[likeaspy]

Yeah, bruv. If someone lends me one, you're next in line for it.

[Some kid just offered him one, but he didn't have it yet.]

text

[liverletdie]

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text;

[likeaspy]

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text;

[grouchinleather]

Dv L'p vxuh brx nqrz eb qrz, wklv lvq'w qhduob dv vhfxuh dv brx vhhp wr wklqn lw lv, nlg.

Zs kdzrs sqx z cheedqdms rghes.

text; encrypted | 7:15

[likeaspy]

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Per bjz zq yje smr dmpoorcfr? Nr'oo lrr.

[Eggsy's amused with all these people cracking his code, he's feeling mighty fine about the responses to his cipher.]

[text]

[tucky]

?

r u drunk

[text] surprise 2/2

[tucky]

[After she notices other people replying in the same fashion, she assumes it's some sort of keysmashing nonsense game.

She can get in on keysmashing nonsense games.]

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[pobrecisco]

dude i think your keyboard might be broken

[likeaspy]

i ain't computer savvy so i can't fix it.

well. phone, not computer.