Issue: [b]White's dragon horn headband[/b] White: Okay I can explain. Red: Please do! White: I simply thought that our social position as members of the second most persecuted minority on Aevum Station was insufficiently precarious, so I decided to have us join the most persecuted minority. White: I will not be taking questions. Brown: Please tell me we can keep it at the headband level, like... as long as possible. Brown: We cannot afford this. We cannot afford anything like this. Brown: Wait. Shit. Brown: Who else is contemplating body modification? Brown: Furry, dragon or otherwise. Green: Physical form is tiresome at best. Blue: Hmm. I might be into the dragon thing. Black: Undecided. Interested. Orange: I need time to think! Red: I'm fine as is... [i]probably[/i]. Yellow: I'll see what the rest of you decide. Pink: I like being a girl... but... Pink: Is it possible to become, like... a [i]double [/i]girl? Brown: *long suffering sigh* Brown: Okay [i]cool [/i]I'll start looking at custom android artisans. Brown: Because it's not like this shit will be on the shelf. Brown: Also I do not want to hear another fucking [i]word [/i]about vacations so long as you bitches have shit like this on your wishlists. Issue: [b]The Most Victimless Crime[/b] Brown: I have found a cryptocracking rig, comprised of expensive, high powered computer hardware Brown: And because the user is determined to keep things anonymous there is absolutely no way to trace things back to them. Brown: Which means I have found many thousand dollars worth of high end computing equipment, currently configured in such a way as to produce passive income. Brown: If I could have located the source I would have, but because of the way this is done, it means the source can't burn us either. This is all as anonymized as it gets. Brown: Now my perspective is that maybe we could use this sudden cash infusion as a fucking break on this stupid goddamn dragongirl project that you bitches are all hyperfocusing on right now, but maybe you've got better ideas. Green: I could get a lot of use out of this setup as is. Red: We can't leave it here. This could be moved at any time, or discovered by anyone at any time, and more than that it's morally wrong to leave it robbing people. Blue: Someone is paying enough attention to ensure there are no errors. We might be able to set up a snare by creating a precise enough hack to get someone to check in. Black: They'll use another contractor. Like they tried to use us. Black: Steal their shit. Orange: Steal their shit. And leave a card. Orange: A contact in organized crime could be useful! Orange: We are trying to destroy the police after all. White: we are what Issue: [b]Destroying the cops[/b] White: was someone going to White: tell me White: about this fucking insanity Brown: I think it's a great idea. White: ... what? Brown: Think about it. White: Think about what?! Yellow: You don't think this is in our best interests, White? White: [i]In our best[/i] - Who else didn't know, or was it just me? Red: I didn't! White: Okay, so the rest of you are able to determine what our best interest is without going through [i]self control[/i] or [i]crisis management[/i] White: And - honestly, I'm shocked you got Brown onside. What, are we using this for financial blackmail too? Brown: Hey! >:( Blue: I knew, but I'm kind of wishing I didn't, because this does not seem like a well run operation so far. White: I can imagine!! Yellow: Look, the wheels are already in motion. The decisions have been made and they're irrevocable. White: You're right! We gave the files to the press! We are, by any reasonable metric, done! What is our business when it comes to intimidating state prosecutors in their homes!? Orange: Great question! White: ... I'm assuming you've got a good answer for that. Yellow: Because it's the right thing to do, White. And while you were off having your journey of self discovery we were working Yellow: These are real, systemic crimes. Regular channels will not function. The operation is already in motion and without our management it will be botched. Yellow: The morality of the situation was so clear that you were not consulted because it should not be considered a choice at all. White: I am not arguing the morality of the matter, I am arguing our decision to crown ourselves the grand strategist of this leak rather than finding a more suitable person or institution. Pink: Yeah, I agree - there are people out there better at this than us. Like the Anthropozine. Who I, uh, kind of told. Brown: Tell me they at least paid for the story Black: The Anthro was unviable; Junta is in prison/hospital [i]already [/i]and he doesn't even have the good stuff. White: As in, just now. Black: Yes. White: You're justifying days of deliberate concealment and refusal to think things through collectively based on an event that we literally just got @'d about. Yellow: Consider, White, that maybe you were kind of having a psychic break at the time? Yellow: You woke up yesterday having learned you were a furry OwO Yellow: You will wake up tomorrow having learned that you are an anti-state furry anarchist UwU Poll: [b]Are we the kind of furry that uses OwO/UwU/etc[/b] Yes: +6 No: +3 Issue: [b]Fuck you[/b] Blue: Fuck you Yellow: owo Red: QwQ Black: >:3c White: (◕ᴥ◕ʋ) Pink: (*・‿・)ノ⌒*:･ﾟ✧ Blue: You are all going to robot hell. Poll: [b]Steal the crypto hardware[/b] Yes: +7 No: +2 Issue: [b]Crypto Operation[/b] Brown: We will rent a vehicle, park it outside, disable any cameras, and then begin moving hardware into it. As a collective operation we will minimize the number of trips. The liberated hardware will be kept in a storage shed and used depending on situational need. Green: Depending on the order we remove components we should be able to keep the rig apparently functional until quite late in the process, minimizing response time. Poll: [b]Leave a calling card[/b] Yes: +5 No: +4 Issue: [b]Contact Protocol[/b] Orange: Physical meet only, this person is an IT professional. Orange: "If something here belonged to you, please await at #location/time# to discuss its return." Orange: They will likely send a contractor. We will not meet with the contractor. We will skim the contractor's phone from a distance to gain direct contact information for the man behind the curtain. Blue: Contact could be made directly through the Headpattr contact point but we do not want to implicate Headpattr as the source for the stolen hardware Red: Why not complete the job? Red: Complete the job, get paid, but now the data's going back to hardware that's in storage so it can't hurt anyone. Black: Too much risk, not enough reward. Yellow: The operation is, and remains, identify this person and stop them doing crime shit. Yellow: Everything else is incidental. Issue: [b]Offer Junta cohabitation[/b] Red: The guy clearly needs some luck right now. Black: This ties us directly into the heart of things. Black: This gets our apartment raided and surveilled by the cops. Black: We may or may not have an unlicensed firearm in the apartment. In addition to, potentially, several thousand dollars worth of crypto hardware, our regular non-crypto hacking rig, etc. Black: We can't do it. Hard veto. Pink: Aw... Green: 3V's the best situated to do this, she's a credible colleague who isn't directly involved in the spicy side. Issue: [b]Fix Persephone's Phone[/b] Brown: This at least is a simple operation. I'll get right on it Issue: [b]What the fuck is wrong with us[/b] Pink: Hey, we just made a bunch of really cool high functioning decisions in a row, that's super great and everything Pink: But, um, did anyone other than me notice that none of our discussions really went anywhere Pink: Or solved anything Pink: or gestured towards the idea that those problems might not immediately reoccur Pink: or get worse White: ... Black: ... Yellow: ... Pink: I'm just, you know... worried about us. Pink: Everything here feels intensely stressful Pink: Honestly the dragon thing was really nice because it just seemed like the closest we've come to actually doing something fun in a while Pink: Could we maybe, like... try scheduling some more stuff around that? Pink: Like, I don't know. Try out some of those scale swatches with Fiona, or try roleplaying with Crystal, or spend some more time bullying 3V Pink: I'm not saying it's going to fix... any of this Pink: But it's kind of the only thing that's taking the edge off. Poll: [b]Should We Bully 3V More (and related activities)[/b] Yes: +9 No +0 Action Items: > Acquire Crypto Rig > Complete operation on Singh's house > Fix Persephone's phone > Furry Agenda > Anarchist Agenda > Bully 3V