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i lied about ryuji pretend i didnt include him

[mylawn]

There's likely a few more. Haven't touched base with the team out on infiltration detail, but I haven't been in charge of the comms. Wouldn't surprise me if they got hit.

ryuji who??? np np

[pointedlook]

Smaller numbers, easier to ambush. I'll see if there's a way I can contact someone from infiltration. Hate to do anything risky that might blow cover, but with people missing...

[ It's easier to stem the flow once they know how bad it is. ]

i read his kidnapping results wrong...rip...

[mylawn]

Just be careful. It was only a matter of time before the Regency made a move, and something tells me they're not done yet.

[pointedlook]

No doubt they've got something up their sleeve. I'll be careful; same to you though.

[ after a brief pause ]

Starting to think we're on the right side. Tentatively.

[mylawn]

I can't be sure. Just thankful I haven't been asked to do anything that crosses a line.

[Yet.]

[pointedlook]

Of course. It's more of a gut feeling than anything substantial.

Though, I'm admittedly in the same boat. Glad they haven't asked anything egregious.

[mylawn]

I expect it to happen eventually. I can only hope I'm not in too deep by then.

[pointedlook]

Make that two of us. On both counts.

[mylawn]

Indoctrination's a helluva drug.

[pointedlook]

As long as we continue to question, feels like there's a chance not to fall prey to it.

[mylawn]

Unless they screw with our brains.

[pointedlook]

Well, if they try it with weird dreams like those little aliens did, there's ways to protect yourself.

As for anything else, I'd rather not think about it, thanks.

[mylawn]

What ways? Don't fall asleep?

[Impractical.]

[pointedlook]

That's one way, if you really want to give it a go.

[ A JOKE......

Also he realizes he's toeing the line of completely outing himself as Not A Suit, but he suspects 76 knows that already. ]

There's technology where I'm from. People can use it to get inside your head through dreams– high end corporations found ways to protect against such an event and spent a good amount of money training whomever they thought would need it.

[mylawn]

[It's true. He already knows. He was not, however, expecting something like what Arthur is describing.]

Where are you going with this?

[pointedlook]

Thought I'd mention it since I have the technology available back on base. And I know how to use it. Someone had to teach pampered CEOs how not to have their shit stolen.

[mylawn]

Right.

[This is. Kind of horrifying?]

How does it work?

[pointedlook]

[ It's horrifying.

And fun. It also pays well. But mostly he's there for the fun. ]

Long winded explanation short: lucid dreaming, make the target comfortable, whisk their secrets away by getting them to give it to you. They won't remember the interaction when they wake up, if it's done right.

[mylawn]

That's

insidious.

[pointedlook]

It was originally developed by the military.

So yeah.

[ oops ]

Small test runs are being done for medical purposes—assisting with PTSD, therapy, even waking patients from comas. These are more new developments though, since it's gotten more stable over time.

[mylawn]

But that's not what you do with it.

[pointedlook]

No.

I was trained for the more "insidious" things. Not too interested in a career change.

[mylawn]

How do you train someone to resist that kind of thing?

[pointedlook]

There's defense mechanisms you can set up. Creating a mental guard– something like security personnel for your head. Teaching someone to know what to look for.

Once they identify it as a lucid dream, they gain more power over the situation and can collapse the dream.

[ Like Saito had. Though the appearance of Mal's shade had helped with the destruction of that particular dream more than Saito. ]

[mylawn]

This is a lot to absorb.