[008]

[coolbowtie]

[Filtered from the drones, Grady, Mayor, and the Smiths]Okay, listen up everyone. Last night I had a nice little talk with our friend, Sergei. Nice, but clearly not all right in the head. Anyway, he gave me some clues as to what exactly is going on in this place. First of all, some kind of war and a project that was made presumably during that

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[not_oflegend]

They've tried to turn us against each other before.

It did...and didn't work.

[coolbowtie]

Let's not let them do it at all this time. Aim to be better.

[not_oflegend]

I tried to do something last time. People just...panicked.

[coolbowtie]

Well, panicking isn't going to do us any good. So I'm trying to stop it before it starts.

[kindlichekaiser]

[And of course Empress is the first to arrive.

Of course. She doesn't look afraid; her back is straight, face set in a look for too serious and and grim for her nature]

Doctor?

[coolbowtie]

Empress?

[He stands up and heads towards her]

You shouldn't have come here on your own.

[kindlichekaiser]

I'm small, Doctor. It's a lot faster and easier for me to move around by myself than it would be if I was with someone else.

[She meets him halfway, hesitates for a second, before throwing her arms around him. Even though she's at least 24 times older than he is, her world never had things like this; these wars and mass killings. Things like that required imagination; and no one, with the exception of the Empress, had such a thing.

And quite frankly even if war did exist, this was terrifying.]

[coolbowtie]

[The Doctor hugs her back and holds her tightly. He hates to see her involved in this more than anyone.]

Well you're with me now and I'm not letting you off alone, alright?

[weaponsparked]

I want to know.

[coolbowtie]

Come to Makeout Point and I can show you documents. Though they're not as illuminating as I'd like.

[weaponsparked]

If I didn't know better I'd say you were propositioning me.

[It's a weak attempt at humor, at best - Sideswipe's brand, anyway. He's on his way, though.]

[coolbowtie]

Maybe next time.

[The Doctor is waiting for him as promised]

[kleinefurstin]

[Liechtenstein is coming, though she's not entirely certain why]

[coolbowtie]

[The Doctor is waiting for her, true to his word]

[kleinefurstin]

You said you had something?

[coolbowtie]

[The Doctor nods and looks around behind her]

Did you check to make sure you weren't followed?

[buildstherobots]

[Dist doesn't know this person, but he can't resist the draw of information. He dresses down for the trip, foregoing the bright colors he usually wears, and approaches the Doctor cautiously.]

You mentioned information over the phones?

[coolbowtie]

[The Doctor stands and moves towards Dist, gesturing to the documents lying on the hood of the car.]

Here.

[buildstherobots]

Good.

[Dist moves over to the car, pulling out a notebook he'd thought to bring with him and begins dutifully copying the documents down. It's always better to have a record of such things.]

Sergei gave them to you?

[coolbowtie]

He paid me a visit last night and we talked a bit. He seemed unwilling to be anymore clear than this.

[He gestures at the paper]