[h2][color=00746b]Puppet master[/color][/h2]
Thomas recorded the entire thing, quietly deciding never to use it. The Eclipse Princess's speech had the air that it was revealed to the people she wanted to say it to - Thomas knew that it shouldn't go any farther. It was like she was declaring the 2 she addressed as her enemies, perhaps 3 including the arms slave, though he also knew it wasn't as simple as that. The fact of matter was that, while the speech revealed quite a lot, he didn't have enough to form his own conclusions. He was missing something important to the Eclipse Princess, something that happened perhaps a long time ago.

Regardless of what the princess's speech could've meant, Thomas had a few options.

What he did understand from the princess's one-man raid against the sweepers was that the sweepers were somewhat affiliated with the black guild, though he couldn't guess to what extent that was true. The Eclipse princess had also more or less confirmed the activities of the sweepers, though he could've guessed that much. So, Thomas could do 1 of 2 things. He could stick around and watch what the sweepers do, or he could go for the morally dubious route, spy in on the eclipse princess.

Not only was the last option morally dubious, it was also fairly difficult. He had no idea what the Eclipse Princess or the blond haired avatar looked like in real life. However, he was aware of that he [i]could[/i] know what the other avatar looked like, since he had fan club and he was sure that he'd revealed himself to them or something. He was sure there was a forum post floating around somewhere there. 

At any rate, that wasn't the problem. The problem was that it was likely a [i]personal[/i] vendetta. Did Thomas have any business showing up to a party he wasn't invited for? Most importantly, if he did show up, wouldn't that make him kind of a dick? He certainly couldn't do both at the same time either, not by himself.

Thomas's mind churned for a little while, but he made his decision. Thomas logged out of deep ground.

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[color=brown][h2]Thomas Green[/h2][/color]
Thomas opened his eyes to meet his empty ceiling. Groaning as he got up he cupped his hand over his face to stifle the oncoming yawn.
[color=brown]"New message."[/color] He muttered tiredly.
The blue mail interface appeared next to him and he began typing with his free hand as he wiped the tiredness out of his eyes.

[quote]
[b][color=brown]To:[/color][/b] Alicia Lyra
[b][color=brown]From:[/color][/b] Thomas Green
[b][color=brown]Subject:[/color][/b] Espionage
Found a possible lead in DGO. Need you to track sweeper activity in the black city, I'm chasing the lead in real life. You're the only one that can do this. Be careful.
[/quote]
That was all he needed to say. He knew that his cousin would understand.

Sending the message, Thomas slid off of his bed and to his meager wardrobe. The advantage of a forgettable face was that he could wear almost anything and not stand out. He picked clothes that fit and a plain hoodie that made them not matter before putting on nondescript sneakers and picking out a book and a notepad. A normal student reading a book for a book report seemed like a good enough cover. But before he left, he had one more thing to do.

[color=brown]"Open forums."[/color] Thomas said.
He found the identity of the masked avatar: Aaron Fletcher. He stared at his quarry for a moment before downloading the student's picture to his phone, he was ready to head out. Exiting his apartment with a light jog, he headed in the direction of Purple Ground's mall. He needed to get there quickly, before his quarries, if he wanted any chance of getting decent closure. He might have had time. The exchange had been fairly emotional and he was fairly close to the mall. They would perhaps need time to prepare, Thomas had taken a few minutes at most. And even if he was coming uninvited, he was sure that there were others who would also gate crash. If that was so, he would need to get there before they did, and before the anti-interference measures were put into place.

@Whoever this affects, I guess, so...
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