[Action] Arrival post

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[could_be_dangerous]

Faceless government string-pullers?

[Sherlock pulls a long-sleeved blouse from the hamper and looks it over.]

My darling brother is one of the best. Rather lose their impact when you're related to one. Mostly they're just annoying.

[He moves to the window, one knee on the bed, to examine the cuff of one of the shirt's sleeves in better light before giving it a thoughtful sniff.]

Food service. Barmaid. Waitress. Something like that.

[greenisnteasy]

[He frowns. It's good that she's not a scientist, probably, but maybe this was just an outlying town, near a plant. If they were all nuclear physicists, they'd have a better idea of what they were dealing with. If they're all civilians...]

I wouldn't put this past the government. What's weird though is... Your brother's in it. A couple people I know out there are in it. Makes you wonder which government, and what kind of technology they're working with...

[He examines his watch more closely, slipping it off his wrist to inspect the back.]

They don't want us to have anything remotely electronic. Think that's a weak spot?

[could_be_dangerous]

Oh, it wouldn't be the first time our governments have cooperated to deceive the general populace, if that is indeed what's going on here. The technology is easily enough explained; any idiot with a working knowledge of simple circuits and the supplies can build a radio. They don't want us to have any access to the outside world at all.

[He shrugs.]

Of course it's a weak spot. Information always is. It's not just the technology.

An equally good question is: why us? If my brother had found out I'm alive the first thing he'd do wouldn't be to whisk me away to North America and secret me away, it'd be to take me home so Mummy could shout at me. So it's not likely to be my government. Yours I can't say, but it seems unlikely on the whole. The girl before is Canadian -- her government, perhaps? One might wonder, but then, what would any government want with a hyperactive pickpocket, crossbow or no?

Or a physicist, for that matter; why you, why here?

One question leads back to the other, you see. Who would want to hide us, and why?

[greenisnteasy]

Did you just suggest Canada?

[Let him hold onto the ridiculous while he still can.]

I don't know. I'd say maybe we were pissing some people off, but I met a girl who's definitely a high schooler, and I can imagine easier ways for a government to dispatch of her than this elaborate setup. Random selection of the populace for experiments?

[And okay, Bruce wrinkles his nose.] You're good at this detective stuff. How'd you figure all that out?