Nick "Nicodemus" Dalton (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
nick_garou) wrote2014-03-03 01:34 pm
nick_garou) wrote2014-03-03 01:34 pm
Delete and purge after reading
The following is an e-mail that shows up in Salem's email account. It was seamlessly inserted into his hard drive, has no record of an arriving IP address or sender, and appears to have simply appeared on the hard drive without ever having gone through the local WalkerNet server. There was either magic involved; someone just hacked the shit out of the local WalkerNet; or someone walked into the Safehouse, entered Salem's apartment, bypassed his personal computer's security, and manually planted the document on his hard drive.
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S--,
Delete and purge this e-mail after reading.
Apologies for delivering this e-mail the way I did, but I hope this underscores the severity of the situation to you.
We may have a substantial problem, and the city garou should probably take immediate action. This information cannot come from me, though. And with M-- gone, I think you're the city-boss.
The short version?
The city glade and the Walker safehouse may be in danger from the FBI, hunters within the FBI, or supernatural elements working within or through the FBI. Everyone needs to purge their phone data and switch to disposable burner phones. Memorize important numbers, don't save any. All digital communication, including those on the local WalkerNet, might be susceptible to hacking. (Be prepared to torch everything lest we endanger other Walker LANs on that worldwide network.) Everyone needs to stay clear of Harbor Park--it might be under surveillance now as there were Suits down there taking pictures and acting excited. Everyone needs to limit their comings and goings from the Safehouse, taking EXTREME measures to ensure they are not being followed before coming to the building--or all residents will likely be photographed and cataloged by the FBI (or worse).
The longer version?
Three Spirals came to town a few weeks ago and made a mess in a warehouse in a botched attempt at abducting V--, hauling her back to Seattle, and torturing her for information. The police found the scene, gathered evidence up, and then there was a pissing match between different departments. (V-- claims her sources say that the evidence in question included bear prints, unidentifiable horn sample (via DNA testing), semen, Satanic/occult paraphernalia, and toxic sludge.
The FBI stepped in and took over (possibly because one of the victims on the scene, Spiral kinfolk, was ex-military--spec ops). They picked N-- (who we patched up a month or so ago out in that field at night) up earlier for a Q&A because she'd known the spec ops guy from her past--she hated him. (You saw my earlier e-mail about that.)
V-- reports that the FBI agents are from a special division AND they're calling in people from a lot of weird agencies (some of which I doubt exist, but I recommend NOT looking these up from a computer you plan to keep or an internet connection that's anything other than wide open to the public and in a heavily populated area):
* Department of Homeland Security: Secret Service
* US Department of Agriculture: Forecasting and Chemical Weapons Division (the hell?)
* Institute of Weights and Measures: Cyberwarfare and Military Crimes Enforcement (the fuh?)
Something isn't sitting right here. I have a few working theories, listed below in "best case scenario" on down to "we're fucked."
Theory 1: Real and mundane agents, accidental misinformation spread through the grapevine
These could be legitimate federal agents doing legitimate federal agent work, but words have gotten twisted--resulting in the Institute of Weights and Measures somehow being involved in Cyberwarfare and Military Crimes Enforcement.
Theory 2: Real and mundane agents, grapevine miscommunications, but the agents are actually hunters.
I'm sure the FBI has hunters in their ranks. This might be a special branch.
Theory 3: Hunters posing as having FBI credentials.
This is certainly a possibility, though it looks a little brazen. Still, if you're a cop, it's not a good career move to piss off an FBI agent because they bring in contractors from peculiar-sounding federal agencies.
Theory 4: Mundanes operating on behalf of one or more Weaver-mages from afar.
Could be a fishing expedition and the bait doesn't realize it's bait. Biting the bait would be very bad.
Theory 5: Non-mundanes operating on behalf of one or more Weaver-mages from afar.
The agents could be a mix-and-match of cyborgs, robots, and clones (possibly with humans intermingled) reporting to a Weaver-mage from afar.
Theory 6: Non-mundanes and/or Weaver-mages posing as FBI agents.
MASSIVE DANGER. If they find the safehouse, city glade, or caern and call it in? Kiss it goodbye and walk away.
I suspect there is no Weaver-mage among them right now (but cannot be certain). When they took N-- in, if there was a competent Weaver-mage among them, N--would likely be dead or captured for experimentation/dissection. Additionally, they were in Harbor Park on Saturday and taking pictures of the fountain. The glade is easily visible to most mildly-competent mages, and the sigil I placed on that node (marking it as claimed and that tampering with the glade is an act of war) is invisible to all but other mages. I'm not sure what to make of this conflicting information.
Let me know if you want me to go sniff about to see what I can turn up. If there's a Weaver-mage in the group, I'll let you know ASAP. The problem here is that if there is one and I go sniffing, they're almost guaranteed to notice me. (I can do this from some distance to--hopefully--give me a chance at running away.) I could probably dream-walk one of their members to get an idea as to what the hell is going on, though if there is a Weaver-mage present, they might realize someone is poking around. There's risks with either idea, and there's risks with simply waiting to see what happens, too.
One other suggestion that won't involve me sticking my neck out? A group of no-moons who go to Seattle and cause a planned commotion that looks tied in with what happened here in Saint Claire might draw the agents off and give the Spirals who caused this mess to begin with something to worry about. Fire. Occult stuff planted to be found. Faked Bigfoot prints. A stash of guns with no registration marks on them (which I imagine there's PLENTY of).... This might be the smart way of getting rid of this problem--temporarily or permanently--by redirecting them and making them waste their time, money, and resources on red herrings of our choosing.
Let me know if I may be of further assistance.
--N
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S--,
Delete and purge this e-mail after reading.
Apologies for delivering this e-mail the way I did, but I hope this underscores the severity of the situation to you.
We may have a substantial problem, and the city garou should probably take immediate action. This information cannot come from me, though. And with M-- gone, I think you're the city-boss.
The short version?
The city glade and the Walker safehouse may be in danger from the FBI, hunters within the FBI, or supernatural elements working within or through the FBI. Everyone needs to purge their phone data and switch to disposable burner phones. Memorize important numbers, don't save any. All digital communication, including those on the local WalkerNet, might be susceptible to hacking. (Be prepared to torch everything lest we endanger other Walker LANs on that worldwide network.) Everyone needs to stay clear of Harbor Park--it might be under surveillance now as there were Suits down there taking pictures and acting excited. Everyone needs to limit their comings and goings from the Safehouse, taking EXTREME measures to ensure they are not being followed before coming to the building--or all residents will likely be photographed and cataloged by the FBI (or worse).
The longer version?
Three Spirals came to town a few weeks ago and made a mess in a warehouse in a botched attempt at abducting V--, hauling her back to Seattle, and torturing her for information. The police found the scene, gathered evidence up, and then there was a pissing match between different departments. (V-- claims her sources say that the evidence in question included bear prints, unidentifiable horn sample (via DNA testing), semen, Satanic/occult paraphernalia, and toxic sludge.
The FBI stepped in and took over (possibly because one of the victims on the scene, Spiral kinfolk, was ex-military--spec ops). They picked N-- (who we patched up a month or so ago out in that field at night) up earlier for a Q&A because she'd known the spec ops guy from her past--she hated him. (You saw my earlier e-mail about that.)
V-- reports that the FBI agents are from a special division AND they're calling in people from a lot of weird agencies (some of which I doubt exist, but I recommend NOT looking these up from a computer you plan to keep or an internet connection that's anything other than wide open to the public and in a heavily populated area):
* Department of Homeland Security: Secret Service
* US Department of Agriculture: Forecasting and Chemical Weapons Division (the hell?)
* Institute of Weights and Measures: Cyberwarfare and Military Crimes Enforcement (the fuh?)
Something isn't sitting right here. I have a few working theories, listed below in "best case scenario" on down to "we're fucked."
Theory 1: Real and mundane agents, accidental misinformation spread through the grapevine
These could be legitimate federal agents doing legitimate federal agent work, but words have gotten twisted--resulting in the Institute of Weights and Measures somehow being involved in Cyberwarfare and Military Crimes Enforcement.
Theory 2: Real and mundane agents, grapevine miscommunications, but the agents are actually hunters.
I'm sure the FBI has hunters in their ranks. This might be a special branch.
Theory 3: Hunters posing as having FBI credentials.
This is certainly a possibility, though it looks a little brazen. Still, if you're a cop, it's not a good career move to piss off an FBI agent because they bring in contractors from peculiar-sounding federal agencies.
Theory 4: Mundanes operating on behalf of one or more Weaver-mages from afar.
Could be a fishing expedition and the bait doesn't realize it's bait. Biting the bait would be very bad.
Theory 5: Non-mundanes operating on behalf of one or more Weaver-mages from afar.
The agents could be a mix-and-match of cyborgs, robots, and clones (possibly with humans intermingled) reporting to a Weaver-mage from afar.
Theory 6: Non-mundanes and/or Weaver-mages posing as FBI agents.
MASSIVE DANGER. If they find the safehouse, city glade, or caern and call it in? Kiss it goodbye and walk away.
I suspect there is no Weaver-mage among them right now (but cannot be certain). When they took N-- in, if there was a competent Weaver-mage among them, N--would likely be dead or captured for experimentation/dissection. Additionally, they were in Harbor Park on Saturday and taking pictures of the fountain. The glade is easily visible to most mildly-competent mages, and the sigil I placed on that node (marking it as claimed and that tampering with the glade is an act of war) is invisible to all but other mages. I'm not sure what to make of this conflicting information.
Let me know if you want me to go sniff about to see what I can turn up. If there's a Weaver-mage in the group, I'll let you know ASAP. The problem here is that if there is one and I go sniffing, they're almost guaranteed to notice me. (I can do this from some distance to--hopefully--give me a chance at running away.) I could probably dream-walk one of their members to get an idea as to what the hell is going on, though if there is a Weaver-mage present, they might realize someone is poking around. There's risks with either idea, and there's risks with simply waiting to see what happens, too.
One other suggestion that won't involve me sticking my neck out? A group of no-moons who go to Seattle and cause a planned commotion that looks tied in with what happened here in Saint Claire might draw the agents off and give the Spirals who caused this mess to begin with something to worry about. Fire. Occult stuff planted to be found. Faked Bigfoot prints. A stash of guns with no registration marks on them (which I imagine there's PLENTY of).... This might be the smart way of getting rid of this problem--temporarily or permanently--by redirecting them and making them waste their time, money, and resources on red herrings of our choosing.
Let me know if I may be of further assistance.
--N