Mercyfuls - Blog Posts

          they  tap  incessently  at  the  screen,  lips  pursed  in  thought  as  they  scan  through  contradicting  and  redacted  confidential  information.     "     do  cyber  research,  they say...  but  don't  look  at  information  that  will  help  because  we  don't  want  you  to  have  it.  stupid.     "     frustrated,  yejide  powers  off  their  tablet,  though  they  continue  tapping  the  screen  awake  every  couple  seconds  just  in  case  they  somehow  missed  a  notification     (     spoiler  :  they  haven't     ).     "     can  i  confess  something     ?     "     they  don't  wait  for  an  an  affirmative  answer.     "     i  wasn't  scared  of  clowns  before  the  incident  but  i  think  i  might  be  now.  they  were  kinda  creepy.     "

" it's not just you, " jia says. his own device sits untouched in their lap as he watches yejide work. " which is good, means we get fewer security breaches, but sucks when the directors decide they know best. " not that julia particularly cares about the details, beyond that they think it would make for an interesting read. he's always been more interested in entertainment than anything else, boredom being the only real fate worse than death in their eyes. " quite honestly, it's amazing we get told as much as we do, " they say. " if they could get away with telling us no more than the civilians, they probably would — but then we wouldn't be able to get anything done effectively. "

➥     STATUS  :  CLOSED  @mercyfuls ➥     FEATURING  :  AGENTMERLIN  +  AGENTVITALIS

          "     it  is  all  a  little  bit  fucked,  no     ?     "     somewhere,  somehow,  he  manages  to  find  a  spark  of  humor  in  this.  forearms  bear  his  weight  as  he  leans  against  the  railing  on  the  roof  and  stubs  out  a  cigarette.     "     i  do  not  often  turn  to  cynicism,  but  what else is there ?     "     he  doesn't  believe  in  manifestation  —  he  can  say  anything  and  nothing  will  change  because  of  it.

➥     STATUS  :  CLOSED  @mercyfuls ➥     FEATURING  :  AGENTARACHNE  +  AGENTBYTE

          "     is  it  just  me  or  was  mercy  a  lot  easier  to  hack  into  five  years  ago  ?     "     tablet  is  propped  up  against  her  rolled  up  sweatshirt  on  the  table  as  she  swipes  through  screens,  getting  steadily  more  frustrated.     "     you'd  think  having  agent  status  would  get  you  more  access.     "     yejide  huffs  and  sinks  into  her  seat.  while  she  was  stellar  at  cyber  research,  anything  on  these  clowns  was  turning  up  articles  and  posts  timestamped  just  after  the  governor's  ball.

          "     i  have  spent  the  entire  night  telling  myself  it  could  be  worse.     "     this  is  the  most  honest  he's  been  to  himself  or  another  in  the  past  twenty-four  hours.  far  be  it  for  maxime  to  enjoy  anyone  else's  company  these  days,  but  domnhall  is  always  a  welcome  presence,  grounding  and  prudent  when  everything  seems  to  be  one  step  from  chaos.  corner  of  his  mouth  quirks  into  a  half  smile,  like  he's  sharing  an  inside  joke  with  an  old  friend.     "     i  don't  know  how  many  times  i  can  pull  off  pretending  to  take  a  phone  call  to  exit  mid-conversation  without  raising  suspicion.  tell  me  yours  has  been  better.  let  there  be  some  hope.     "

starter : dom ft. open @ sentinel electric governor's ball

agent merlin leans nonchalantly against a column, sipping at a glass of some wine most likely worth more than his weekly paycheck. he's just escaped a dull conversation with a few guests affiliated with assorted private companies — pawning them off on another agent with more knowledge of the field and technological aspects of the organisation. " how has your evening been thus far ? " he asks to the person approaching — initially preparing for the mental toll of conversation like four-dimensional chess, but relaxing a little as he sees they are another agent of mercy. not that his coworkers are that much easier to make conversation with, but the stakes are at least a little lower.

          "     your  confidence  is     ...     "     he  fights  for  a  way  to  phrase  this  into  a  compliment  —  or  at  least  something  that  isn't  outright  discouraging.  by  no  means  does  he  believe  any  division  is  better  or  worse  than  another     (     it's  biomedical  at  the  lead  without  question,  but  who's  keeping  count  ?     )     so  he  settles  on,     "     ...     admirable.  it  is  important  to  remember  that  the  organization  would  be  defunct  without  the  continued  collaboration  of  all  departments  and  agents  from  all  avenues  of  life.  that  includes those  field  agents  you  are  putting  down.     "

starter : julia ft. open @ unspecified location w/in mercy hq

" i'm just saying, " julia says, with all the confidence of someone who is about to expose everyone in the vicinity to the worst take of all time, " there's nothing a field agent can do that an intel agent can't do better. " says the intel agent with absolutely no in-person subterfuge skills — they can only lie when there's a computer screen between them and whoever they're talking to.