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This is Hank Anderson, and I recently got my promotion so it's now Det. Hank Anderson. Which is why I wanted to make this announcement.

[Hank still wants to research into the missing people and initiate his vague plan to devalue the iterations. Right now the public see them as a protective force for good. Hank wants the people to see other fucking people as their reliable protective force. That in the many variations of temperaments and personalities and creative resolutions to conflict, they can find their safety.]

I have a case that could use some assistance from some specialized outsiders. If you could come to me and lay out your experience and training, I would like to offer you temporary deputy work in helping solve this case.

Necessary qualifications include:
-Combat against armed opponents
-Negotiation and Interrogation
-Ability to secure an area until CSI arrives (cursory crime scene analysis a bonus)

Due to Dualis's policy on providing payment through credit, if you would want rewards we would have to attach a name to your activities. However if you'd want to work off-record [which is as close to anonymously as he can get] we could come to some sort of arrangement such as donated payment.

I'll be at the cat cafe to conduct interviews 4:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon for the next week. You can show up when it's convenient to talk. Sounds like a fucking weird place for it, yes, it'll make more sense when you're there.

I've also arranged for donated goods to be offered when people come in and might find themselves in a state of disrepair or any nicer version of saying fucked the hell up. New clothes, medical things like crutches for people with chronic conditions, sanitary supplies like soap and toothbrushes, things of that nature. So if you want to donate something to the people coming in there's a donation box in the dormitory's lower entryway and they'll be taken to the temple.

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Like he promises, Hank's waiting around at the cat cafe whenever someone shows up. Usually reading a book, sometimes bored, sometimes deeply into it. Right by his side though? A mammoth green cat, purring and resting her head against his arm. She's twitching her tail to and fro.

Hank is pretty sure he'll be able to tell if someone is bullshitting their credentials and whether they'll do intentional harm with their new role. It's hard to do background checks when different universes are involved, but he thinks he's figured out a way to beat the system without having to use any of the department's lie detectors.

Note: Plotting post here.

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"Ah, clever." Loki's magic afforded him no need for such technology, but he could respect the need for one. He also couldn't ignore the intelligence of it, though it did give him pause. "And this chip, it is from this place?" It could, after a fashion, cause its own set of problems, and he considered Hank a friend. He'd rather the man avoid this if at all possible.

The only sign Loki was impressed by the technology that went into Connor's construction was a slight raise of his eyebrows. Not even asgard had automatons like it, but it could simply be a matter of differing technologies.

He allows a smile to spread across his face at the question though, and he inclines his head and shoulders in a slight bow. "I've grown a curiosity in regards to your profession. Police work sounds thrilling, especially in a...unique place such as this."

"It is. A technician here put it in," Connor says, frowning minutely. "There's no guarantee the chip isn't able to pick up what we transmit, or that the Head isn't monitoring it all somehow anyway. If that's true, though, I don't think there's anything we could do to hide anything from it."

At that point, there is no point. They're essentially dead men, only permitted to keep walking around until their replacements are complete.

"Really?" Connor grins a little himself, moving around the table to take a shot and pocketing the ball he was targeting neatly. "I'm only a traffic cop here - I'm still figuring out what I want to do in the department.

"You know it's not all chasing bad guys and…" He's not sure what seems thrilling about police work. Maybe the…"big shootouts? There's paperwork and reports. Tough cases. You see a lot of suffering.

"I'm not trying to put you off," he hurries on. "If you want to learn about the job, shadowing Hank sounds like a good idea."

"It makes me question everything I've ever said to the man, but I suppose there really is little to be done about it." He really would have liked to have known Hank had a chip in his head placed by someone here before he'd divulged certain bits about himself to the man, but as Connor said, there really was little to be done about it at this point. It was best to soldier on lest paranoia take hold.

"I'm well aware." He smiles in amusement at Connor's explanation. It made sense, of course, that a man with less experiences would assume it was all glitz and glory. Loki was no fool, though. "I was a prince and a king, rather illustrious positions when viewed from without," he begins, by way of explaining his understanding. "I've done my fair share of paperwork."

Edited 2019-12-25 22:27 (UTC)