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[jilt]

[ irene's not sitting in her room, she's sitting in someone else's. namely, the room that once belonged to her version of sherlock holmes. on her index finger are three gold rings that she fidgets idly with while she speaks. ]

I see our very own cautionary tale has graced us with an echo. For those newly arrived, I'd say pay attention to that, and note what happens if you don't get yourself into a pod before the jump time. It leaves in quite a mess, or so I'm told.

[ there's a clink of rings as she shakes them off, letting them fall onto the side table, edging them lightly into place with her fingertips. ]

Now, having that settled, I suppose I'd ask an introduction on the part of those newly arrived. All those newly arrived. In all the chaos of your arrival, it's only polite that we all introduce ourselves. We are to be living in rather close quarters for the foreseeable future, are we not?

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[withlace]

In all honesty, I don't think it's a terrible idea.

[ old fashioned, yes, but it's not as if the men she works for hold their ideals tightly around a man who lived centuries ago. she can stand old fashioned. and pff, duh the counterpart is involved. lauren would expect nothing less ]

People here are so dedicated to looking for anything that's passed around by way of technology, they wouldn't waste time looking anywhere else. For something physical. It'd simply be looking for the right locations that would be the largest challenge.

[jilt]

The ship is simply massive. We'd have to take care not to pick something too far up.

[ there's a right way to do these things, but the ship isn't the easiest of places to set it up. there's a lack of common area, though-- ]

Perhaps the gardens. That's discreet enough.

[withlace]

[ and considering that foraying into the depths of the ship to find something is hardly an option either.. ]

That could certainly work well enough. As long as we all know without a doubt where it is and keep it off the obvious beaten path, then I don't see how someone else could easily stumble over it. The place is far too large to search through on a whim.

[jilt]

There are some who'd have a whim, to be sure.

[ irene doesn't trust half the passengers aboard farther than she could throw them. and yet. ]

I'm sure between us we can find something well concealed. It would be a good fail safe to have, for the time being.

[withlace]

I agree entirely. [ on all counts. ] And if we find ourselves worried that we're coming close to being discovered, it's not as if we wouldn't be able to move it.

[ lauren doesn't even trust sark, so there's that. ] Now we'll simply have to establish a place for it.

[jilt]

Mm. I'll ask my counterpart. Perhaps she can think of some place offhand.

[ no one should trust sark, true story. ]

Are your rooms secure?

[withlace]

[ p much. not ever. that's one thing lauren doesn't need to waste time exposing, at least. ]

My rooms are, yes. And I have a tap into communications, if need be. [ and by tap she means mr senator petrelli. ]

[jilt]

A secure tap?

[ irene gives a thougtful little hum, adjusting the cuff of her sleeve. ]

That could be useful indeed. At the least we should collect together what we know. There may soon be a moment when it benefits us.

[withlace]

Secure as it can possibly be for the time being. Some information i've garnered is more opinion than outright fact, though discerning between the two is rather difficult here on occasion. [ and by sometimes, it's more like all the time. she can only shrug about that one, a tad dismissively because what can you do. ]

But it's far easier to piece together certain facts when you have access to messages that were broadcasted months ago.

[jilt]

I've missed very little, you know. I've been here longer than most.

[ which irene still isn't particularly happy about, but it beats being dead. ]

And my dear Holmes kept a fanatical record of such things.

[withlace]

Implying that we've our own suitable font of information. Not that there couldn't be more.

[ but beggars can't be choo-- yes, actually, they can. it simply takes work. because beggars can steal certain tools of the trade and after that, coercing choices out of others is really all that's required. ]

But we've made do until now.