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Perhaps that's why the Phoenicians were so quick to find him. Not the Illuminati and certainly not The Dragon. The Brotherhood of Phoenician Sailors were expecting off-the-rails contraband they could reclaim, not a person. But they took that person in anyway. Hell, by all accounts they could have left him malleable, commoditized him and his ability. Instead, they reprogrammed as much of him to make him ... well, him, again. | Perhaps that's why the Phoenicians were so quick to find him. Not the Illuminati and certainly not The Dragon. The Brotherhood of Phoenician Sailors were expecting off-the-rails contraband they could reclaim, not a person. But they took that person in anyway. Hell, by all accounts they could have left him malleable, commoditized him and his ability. Instead, they reprogrammed as much of him to make him ... well, him, again. | ||
− | According to the personal notes from Agent Verascu, Don made sure he never forgot the mercy shown to him. Even when he got stuck crewing up on what would become a suicide mission. However, there is an elephant in the room when it comes to Don's movements post-reconditioning. | + | According to the personal notes from Agent Verascu, Don made sure he never forgot the mercy shown to him. Even when he got stuck crewing up on what would become a suicide mission. However, there is an elephant in the room when it comes to Don's movements post-reconditioning. |
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= Conflicting Accounts = | = Conflicting Accounts = | ||
== Background (Cont.) == | == Background (Cont.) == | ||
− | As some of you 'Rhodites' in the organization know, things get a little wacky from this point. Document-wise and explanation-wise. Bear with us, there are new insights, but we also have new faces that we feel the need to keep informed. | + | As some of you 'Rhodites' in the organization know, things get a little wacky from this point. Document-wise and explanation-wise. Bear with us, there are new insights, but we also have new faces that we feel the need to keep informed. |
− | To do that, there are (unfortunately) ''two'' elephants in the room that we need to clear up | + | ''To do that, there are (unfortunately) ''two'' elephants in the room that we also need to clear up:'' |
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'''Elephant the Second: Don Rhodes - ''Not'' Reality Ripples but just as weird''' | '''Elephant the Second: Don Rhodes - ''Not'' Reality Ripples but just as weird''' | ||
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Except two of those factions came to <u>us</u> to investigate why their resources on this guy were all 'wrong'. Wrong in a sense of anomalous, not factually deficient. Though, the Illuminati being factually deficient is itself an anomaly, the observations they had were all incorrectly dated and entirely mismatched against their newer information on Don Rhodes. Ditto with the Templars. | Except two of those factions came to <u>us</u> to investigate why their resources on this guy were all 'wrong'. Wrong in a sense of anomalous, not factually deficient. Though, the Illuminati being factually deficient is itself an anomaly, the observations they had were all incorrectly dated and entirely mismatched against their newer information on Don Rhodes. Ditto with the Templars. | ||
− | <br>That's the rub, though. <u>'''The "reality | + | <br>That's the rub, though. <u>'''The "reality ripples" do not account for any of it, this was - or is - an isolated issue.'''</u> |
At first we thought maybe there had been mass-tampering, top-office redaction, a security leak. Maybe it wasn't the same guy? None of those checked out within the parameters we were working with, so we tapped the United States government and that's when the rabbit hole deepened. | At first we thought maybe there had been mass-tampering, top-office redaction, a security leak. Maybe it wasn't the same guy? None of those checked out within the parameters we were working with, so we tapped the United States government and that's when the rabbit hole deepened. | ||
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<br>The weirdest thing about all of the above is that we had never seen such a clean and organic body of paperwork, free of interference. It feels like someone incredibly talented, world-class even, had been paid to doctor all of it and got lazy half-way through. | <br>The weirdest thing about all of the above is that we had never seen such a clean and organic body of paperwork, free of interference. It feels like someone incredibly talented, world-class even, had been paid to doctor all of it and got lazy half-way through. | ||
− | But there was absolutely no evidence of tampering or even ''scrutiny'' over the most obvious of discrepancies until we came along. Everything we do as people has a trace, a link, a suspicion behind it - this is what our ''jobs are predicated on'' here at the Black Watchmen, but not only did we find nothing, nobody in the relevant channels seemed to question obvious and crucial mistakes - that worries us. '''A lot.''' | + | But there was absolutely no evidence of tampering or even ''scrutiny'' over the most obvious of discrepancies until we came along. Everything we do as people has a trace, a link, a suspicion behind it - this is what our ''jobs are predicated on'' here at the Black Watchmen, but not only did we find nothing, nobody in the relevant channels seemed to question obvious and crucial mistakes - that worries us. '''A lot.''' |
− | What may be more concerning are the insinuations that Don Rhodes - a non-bee, a more or less average mortal man like the rest of us - was apparently dead as a doornail as of 2014. Hence the Big Three's former timeline. Couple this with the mess above and you have a big, volatile "He Said, She Said" situation. The only reason we've poured so much effort into him in the first place are those aforementioned appearances during unrelated investigations. | + | What may be more concerning are the insinuations that Don Rhodes - a non-bee, a more or less average mortal man like the rest of us - was apparently dead as a doornail as of 2014. Hence the Big Three's former timeline. Couple this with the mess above and you have a big, volatile "He Said, She Said" situation. The only reason we've poured so much effort into him in the first place are those aforementioned appearances during unrelated investigations.</font> |
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− | '''Overall: I wish I could say that we've gained a view of the bigger picture from the documents released by Viktor Verascu. That is not remotely the case.''' | + | <br>'''Overall: I wish I could say that we've gained a view of the bigger picture from the documents released by Viktor Verascu. That is not remotely the case.''' |
Officially, we are at our limit and will be ending our investigation here. Everything related to this body of information will be decided on a case-by-case basis until further notice. This is not up for discussion. | Officially, we are at our limit and will be ending our investigation here. Everything related to this body of information will be decided on a case-by-case basis until further notice. This is not up for discussion. | ||
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=== The Yellow Anchor Incident === | === The Yellow Anchor Incident === | ||
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= Field Profile = | = Field Profile = | ||
{{WIP}} | {{WIP}} | ||
Are they demon-possessed? A skilled Elementalist? Want to describe their awesome powers or trademark equipment they always carry? This is the place to do it. | Are they demon-possessed? A skilled Elementalist? Want to describe their awesome powers or trademark equipment they always carry? This is the place to do it. | ||
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= Affiliations & Commentary = | = Affiliations & Commentary = |