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[this is the sound of someone fumbling with buttons and not realizing the recording's started]
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Uh, never mind.
[.......Vaguely conscious that Diego may or may not be trying to... seduce him? now, Beast Boy will just leave the beans on the table.]
Thanks. ...Anyway, so. Info.
[Door's closed, no one else is in the house.]
Basically, we were right to be suspicious. Jonas and Caroline were fakes; I found this out about ten minutes after we left you - Jason actually called me directly.
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He's the one who knew Caroline, right? [he instinctively takes a scoop of the beans] I'm guessing she messed up like "Jonas" did with you. Someone didn't do their research?
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Sounds like it. Jason and Caroline get along pretty great, apparently. I was ready to say Jonas was definitely just some dude playing pretend after that.
But the actual interesting stuff is what we heard later. I'm, uh... bound to not say how we heard this, but everyone we saw that week - the rebels and the Yao employees... they were just our employees in disguise. Yomiel, Sebastian, Kida, and one other person.
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[that was a surprise, mostly because it's such an elaborately unnecessary con that he can't help but laugh.]
They didn't even bother to put their own people in here? I guess they learned their lesson last time. Did they actually think it would work?
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[thank you diego]
Soooo dumb. 'Cause the first thing we're gonna do when the 'rebels' turn on us is run to Yao for help and be best friends with them or something. I don't even know. If this is some kinda like, two-layered scam, I don't see what the next part of it is.
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[he's almost gleeful about it-- if they're stooping to something this pathetic, they must be really desperate.]
No. They can't be that stupid. This has to be to make us underestimate them. We can't have been here for this long if they're really that stupid.
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...Actually, I'd probably watch that show, but that's 'cause it'd be funny, not 'cause it'd be a good idea.
We're not sure if we ought to make a public announcement yet just in case someone actually falls for it and turns to Our Savior Yao or something. ...We might wanna pump for more info first.
[but if Diego wants to mention it to his friends, he won't stop him.]
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[not that he has any friends to share it with, but he's got a few people to dangle the information at.]
What, did one of them tell you?
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[Darnit new people.]
Can't we just tell them to believe us 'cause we've been here for years and they're dumb?
[Beast Boy: PR Master.]
And, uh. We have a source that has an inside line to a person who knows someone who's in on something. ...You know how this kinda thing goes.
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[he's taking that as a yes.]
I'm going to assume it's the unnamed fourth employee.
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[Beast Boy tries to look suitably guilty at being discovered.]
The thing is... they've captured someone.
And I'm not just gonna let 'em cut open a little kid for kicks and giggles. [all personal attachment to Jessica aside.] There's gotta be some way to keep our source and still let everyone know.
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[meanwhile, Diego shifts into something closer to a normal seating position for a change, leaning forward in thought.]
So they've got a kid as leverage... as a backup for when we figure it out? Or for some other reason?
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[This is Beast Boy's go-to explanation for most things Yao does, and he hasn't exactly been proven wrong yet.]
I dunno. They just know we all love her and we'd probably do anything to get her back safe. Every time, it's like they just make a beeline to try and murder her or something.
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It sounds like that's the answer then, isn't it? They know what to do to make as many people hesitate as possible.
[but a little girl... his first thought is the little one that follows Dylas around, the one he calls "Cherry Yuki," but he's seen her running around too recently.]
Which one is it?
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[A slight sigh.]
The one who moved in a few months back because her brother was gone and she wanted to help us.
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And like him, she's a native of this world, isn't she.
...Maybe there's something more to it. Something more than just 'because we care about her.' If they're acting under orders, they might've been told to take her back out.
Or maybe it's random. Maybe trying to get more out of your inside man isn't a bad idea.
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Yeah.
She's the only one who really gives a crap about us. That's probably all it is. She can get in and out of the barrier and she's got actual ties to the rebels.
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So as long as they have her, you're keeping quiet about the little con they're pulling. Any idea if she's even still in Haven West?
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Nah... But I don't think she is. I smelled everywhere, but her trail just... vanished in the explosion.
[A slight pause.]
What do ya think, though? Is it a bad idea to hope people figure it out without spilling everything?
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[well that was blunt.]
I'm not saying none of them will. But you can't count on it. How many of them have ever seen the rebels before in the first place? How many of them knew they existed? Most of them aren't going to recognize the inconsistencies, and many of them won't have a reason to go looking.
At the same time, I doubt the Yao Corporation can really win over more than a few with this little stunt. Most people won't go either way.
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[Well, he did ask for an honest opinion, though he'd been hoping Diego would just say 'gosh Beast Boy I bet your idea would work out perfectly in every way!']
OK, well, I'm gonna try and figure out something else, then. If we're down to only four backstabbing pain-in-the-butts, let's keep them that way as much as possible.
I bet if I say 'butt' a lot, people will start associating Yao with it.
[or just beast boy]
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...Right. You should start working on that. [THIS SARCASM...]
...I wonder which of the four was ours. [aka who was the "Caroline" they fought; it doesn't really matter in the long run, but it's interesting. it's a blatant fishing attempt to see if Beast Boy knows that much.]
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Sebastian or Yomiel, I'm guessing. I dunno how far the illusion went - maybe it can trick our senses into thinking there's blood and that kinda thing - but neither of them are human, and it'd explain what I was saying earlier about how her behavior was kinda off.
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I'm sure whatever they did, they had a way of masking their 'scent'... appearance, voice, it seems like they had everything but their memories.
[too bad, because he'd like to nail down who was who, if only to laugh about it later; he'll try sniffing around later, but he's not expecting that to yield a solid answer.]
It's a shame Cecil's not still here. He would've been obvious.
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[Beast Boy shrugs a little.]
I dunno if they ever liked him very much 'cause of that. ...I kinda miss him, in a weird, bizarre way.
[At least they were up to date on what Yao was doing 'cause of his motormouth.]
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