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Notes: Posted to the Fantastic Sucks sub-board following the attack on Alliance HQ and Fantastic's announcement.

You may have seen Fantastic's announcement regarding the individual known as "The Fixer." I now believe it necessary to share some clarifications.

Parts of his statement are true. The Fixer has employed brainwashing which leaves his victims with gaps in their memories. They experience missing time during which they cannot account for their actions or location, and may have unexplained injuries.

Based on my experiences, the mental programming was put in place in October, but not activated until late April. I believe he may have taken advantage of the similar symptoms of the parasitic infections to disguise the effects. While he has been active in Central City and Sunset Falls, he appears to have been operating out of Excelsior.

Other affected individuals may be able to provide more information. Personally-identifying information is best shared in person.

It is possible to remove the Fixer's brainwashing. However, I don't believe my method would work for others.

Fantastic's claims that he is either investigating or seeking to apprehend the Fixer are... suspect. The Fixer is not working alone. He employed others in his initial assault, and he has something capable of temporarily nullifying powers, which seems rather significant for a lone individual with "no known powers."

Naturally I have no interest in bringing anything to the Alliance leadership.

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[Sephiroth also glances at Loki.]

You don't believe we could have been given advance command, or activated remotely?

I suppose it is worth looking into the footage regardless. Even if no accomplices were caught on camera, there may be some pattern to the targets. After all, no one but Fantastic was meant to arrive on scene. That requires some understanding of where other "heroes" are likely to be.

You could have. But it is not an easy thing to accomplish. And it would require further commands and inputs. Meaning either the Fixer met with you regularly or was close enough to broadcast them.

At any rate, the footage is a good place to start. If we compile all the new villain aliases together, a pattern is bound to emerge.

I've been trying to line up my blackouts with Flashstep stuff, and there's still some missing time. Probably for prepping.

[She sucks in a breath.]

I've been- trying to give the impression that I left in a confluence, and that I didn't discover anything before disappearing. I- would be willing to be bait, though, if you have a foolproof plan to catch the Fixer in the act. And make sure I don't actually hurt anyone.

[Sephiroth hesitates. Her proposal could be strategically useful. However...

She's too young.]

...I don't think that will be necessary.

[ flatly. ]

We're not doing that.

[Her face shows a mix of disappointment and relief.]

Probably for the best. I've never really been intentional bait for a supervillain.

[She fiddles with her phone, then shows it to them. It's showing a particular address.]

We found the stash in the building across the street. Trying to avoid directly googling it in case someone's watching for searched of that building.

[Sephiroth looks at the phone, making note of the address.]

We'll see what connections we can make.

You've been looking into this with someone else. I assume you feel safe with them?

[ loki merely eyes the address over sephiroth's shoulder but doesn't say anything at the moment. ]

Yes. I'm working with heroes from my home city. Hard to find someone I'd feel safer with here.

[His brow furrows briefly. Her home city? She doesn't live in Central?]

...you mean from your world.

Are they aware of what's going on, then?

Not exactly from my world, but a different version of it. Like- like Loki and the other Lokis. My city, Gotham, has a particular family of superheroes.

And yeah, they know everything I do, I bet. Probably more, since they'd want to keep the civilian out of trouble as much as possible. [And they're secretive and controlling...]

[A faint frown at "Loki and the other Lokis." His Loki is different and clearly much better than the other Lokis.]

Civilian... Then you're not among those who feel obligated to use their powers in service to others?

[ hmm. ]

So they're spying on you?

I didn't have powers before I came here, I wasn't involved in superheroics at all. I'm still getting the hang of using my powers in non-risky settings, I don't really have any crisis training. So, I'm still a civilian, basically.

[She shoots Loki a Look.]

I asked them to watch me, in case the brainwashing takes over again.

And you can choose to remain as such.

[Loki has a valid point, though!]

But you still ought to be informed of things that directly concern you.

[ also weird that they haven't done more, but that's to be expected. ]

Do they know you're here?

I'm trying to get more prepared, without jumping right in and biting off more than I can chew.

They are keeping me informed of things that involve me. But the rest, I'm on a need to know basis.

[She smiles]

Of course they know. How do you think I picked out this place? Someone's listening in right now, probably watching too.

Listening...

[Sephiroth folds his arms.]

Of course I expected you to tell someone your location. But I don't much care for eavesdroppers.

[ loki waves a flippant hand, smirking. ]

I took care of it when we arrived.

[She rolls her eyes]

It's easier than them relying on my memory of what you guys said.

[He blinks at Loki. Oh. Thanks, buddy.]

You could ask them to join.

[ a low drawl. ]

Since your memory is not to be relied on. And they seem to be unable to break your mind control.

Civilian, remember? I'm not trained to remember everything exactly, including the seemingly unimportant details.

Plus they're not just keeping an eye on you. They're watching me, too, and for any Alliance intruders.

A thorough network, it seems.

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