012 // Voice; backdated to 8 AM Friday

[incywincyhero]

[ ENCRYPTED to MAY PARKER. ]

May, Electro's kid from your universe -- Allison, right? How's she holding up?

[ ENCRYPTED to POLICE INFORMANT FILTER. ]Officers, I'm doing some looking into the recent deaths we've had. I'll pass on anything I can dig up, but in the meantime is there anything the department's at liberty to share with its, ahem,

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[technophantom]

You will find no helpful information from examination of the bodies for fibers / hair / DNA / bodily fluids / etc.

I have performed exhaustive tests. There is nothing.

I need your help.

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[incywincyhero]

The situation must be desperate if you're willing to trust an alien of unknown motivations.

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[technophantom]

Even if you are an alien, your interest appears currently aligned with humans, and I am not xenophobic.

These spree killings in such a short interim with virtually no evidence, against trained fighting individuals, suggest a highly dangerous and very dedicated imPort with a grudge.

Based on the victims, is there a common thread, socially? Someone they all speak with, an enemy they share?

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[incywincyhero]

Well, that's a good question. You obviously had no trouble breaking my encryptions, and don't think I won't ask you to show me how as a gesture of good faith -- does your skillset stretch as far as data-crunching the Network? 'Cause if all these folks knew each other socially, or all associated with the same people if not with each other, the Network will be the best place to figure that out.

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[technophantom]

You appear mostly unswayed by prior gestures of good faith, Spider-Man. I did not report your involvement with Vulcanus to the proper authorities - or to Vulcanus themselves. I consider you a valuable resource.

If they did, they did so under heavier encryptions, which will take time and effort to crack, while the killer runs free.

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[incywincyhero]

Oh, goody, I love being a valuable resource.

This isn't my only avenue of investigation, Ghost. But if you don't want to help, all you had to do was say so.

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[technophantom]

I do wish to help.

But time is of the essence. Electro was the only victim you knew personally?

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[incywincyhero]

Yeah, though I knew of a few others by rep. None of it good.

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[technophantom]

Someone like the Punisher? But with the ability to destroy evidence, or to leave none behind in the first place?

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[incywincyhero]

The comparison makes itself, doesn't it? As for the second issue, the nature of the beast suggests we don't know either way.

[Some minutes later.]

A source of a source has mentioned time travel. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

[technophantom]

[a long ic pause with no typing, as he contemplates multiple angles to this] Fugue.

Eloquent solution. It fits. Will you go to the authorities with that?

[incywincyhero]

Worth checking out, wouldn't you say?

[technophantom]

Heh.

You're quick.

[incywincyhero]

As a fiddle, it's true.