Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-13488655-20161111105839/@comment-26104528-20170113074019

"I'd bet tomorrow. Oh, that reminds me..." Fritz crossed the hallway to make a call.

On the other end of the phone, Ingraham and Holly were having quite the discussion about which one of them could do more to protect Zephrion's office in the event of an intruder.

"Now, I don't mean to offend you, but I all I need to do to ruin anyone's day is tap my toes. Moment I do that, these two paintings here blow up; lefty shoots acid, righty shoots magma. Blocks this whole area off" the paintings in question, two large panoramas adorning the walls of the waiting area past the tech gallery.

"Not bad, but I've seen what Master's Brats can do. Your little switch'll make you a child killer for sure, but the big dogs, that's just gonna slow 'em down at most. You need a more, personal touch for these things. That, and in my experience, the more anti-climactic it is, the less likely it is to work. It's wierd."

As the two talked and debated, Ingraham's phone went off with a ringtone he hadn't heard in ages.

"FRITZ!! I see you haven't 'died in an accident'..."

"I thought you knew me better than that; butter fingers I am not. But yeah, glad to hear you're not extra crispy, southern fried either."

"Hah. So, what's the occasion?"

"Remember the time we beat up a bunch of Destral with that blonde kid and brunette?"

"Oh yeah! You ever get her name?"

"She calls herself Gretel and well, I got blondie with the kibbies-"

"Just say what you need."

"You still got that safehouse in Eagalis?"

"It's all yours. Might be a little dusty, but I think the codes the same. Eh, you can probably hack it if I changed it; just let me know if you do."

"Got it. So, same place, apartment number 3939 scratched a Baker's Dozen?"

"Same place, apartment number 3939 scratched a Baker's Dozen."

"Thanks man, hey I'll try to get down to Main sometime this we-"

"No, you have work to do. I'll head up to eagletown instead."

"If you say so. See ya then." with that, Fritz hung up and went back towards Gretel.

"Ok, my friend Ingraham, maybe you've met him, maybe not, has a safehouse you can use in town. It's just a bus ride from here. I'll see if Osiris is ready and if you want, we'll go check it out."

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"Excellent. Sahali Doublespeak, and its southern rival Ibaalin Rogue's Cant are two very popular 'spy ciphers' in this corner of the world." Li started explaining. "Most Corporate mercs down here are versed in a few variations at least. "

"Now, Sahali Doublespeak is the easier of the two; again, it's not so much a language as it is a system. It works by switching out 'suspicious' words or phrases with 'innocuous' words or phrases. Let's walkthough a conversation."

"So Agent Panzier says: a friend of ours wants to get dinner and he's very hungry. Know a good place to eat wild fowl? 'Friend' simply refers to an important person or subject of the operation. 'dinner' or anything relating to dinner means that our High-Value-Individual (HVI) is going to have thier identity changed. 'hungry' naturally, means it's urgent. 'wild fowl' refers to aircraft, or in this case the fact that you were coming in by airship. See how he made a sentence that on its own, sounds just like three friends discussing thier after-work plans?"

"Now,  'Meet me on the tenth floor' or other phrases like it are used as one, security padding and two, a sign that you are ending your transmission on this device. Some phrases mean 'This is a burner scroll; don't call me on this again', others mean 'Going to switch freqs before they trace this one'. I believe that was what gave you away at the door since no one ever meets where they said they'd meet. "