Delta Green - Iconoclasts 28

[00:00:00] Warning, this game's setting revolves around an active Middle East combat zone and contains

[00:00:05] references to extreme violence, graphic content and other mature themes.

[00:00:10] Listener discretion is advised.

[00:00:30] Iconoclast, a campaign of whores, modern and ancient.

[00:01:00] I'm not going to win or let me catch my prey.

[00:01:07] Anything else anyone wants to do or should we move to the next day?

[00:01:15] Next day, next day, next day!

[00:01:17] How are we doing any of the signal stuff today?

[00:01:19] No, but I have not forgotten.

[00:01:20] I've got to know.

[00:01:21] The big thing, unless you want to narrate anything else, I'm going to take you to London.

[00:01:26] Oh, let's go!

[00:01:27] I'm going to take you to London.

[00:01:29] You get a phone call shortly after arriving in Heathrow.

[00:01:34] That's what I'm dubbing that for her.

[00:01:36] On a cell?

[00:01:37] Nice.

[00:01:38] Who's cell?

[00:01:39] Probably Hasten.

[00:01:40] That couldn't be better by the way.

[00:01:41] Yeah, it makes sense.

[00:01:42] Should I answer?

[00:01:43] Actually Spencer has got to play.

[00:01:44] Hey, could you see me?

[00:01:45] Yeah, it looks like your flight is landed.

[00:01:48] Are you through customs yet?

[00:01:49] It's a win.

[00:01:50] Not quite.

[00:01:51] I'm going to text you a number.

[00:01:52] Now, I need you to make this clear.

[00:01:54] Also to Hastings, especially to Hastings.

[00:01:56] Can't be that.

[00:01:58] An approved researcher, a consultant, shall we say, has been identified.

[00:02:02] A professor hail.

[00:02:04] Okay, got it.

[00:02:05] You are not to tell Professor Hail why you're looking for tablets?

[00:02:09] You may show photos or small translations of what you have to Professor Hail.

[00:02:15] At no time, you may have to tell Professor Hail.

[00:02:18] What are the translations of what you have to Professor Hail?

[00:02:21] At no time, should Professor Hail, should she be shown any of the work in a complete or organized fashion based on your research?

[00:02:30] Okay.

[00:02:31] And if that accidentally happens, can we need it?

[00:02:33] It better not.

[00:02:34] Would we deal with it if it accidentally happens?

[00:02:37] I'm leaving space in here for the editor because the term pregnant pause isn't quite appropriate.

[00:02:42] I believe the term pinter pause is most accurate.

[00:02:46] What you've suggested or making that mistake of what I have directed, the phrase international incident doesn't cover it.

[00:02:54] Roger that.

[00:02:55] Any hangs up?

[00:02:56] What do you want?

[00:02:57] Oh, nothing.

[00:02:58] We're good.

[00:02:59] Just we got to keep Professor Hail in the dark as all you need is...

[00:03:02] Who's Hail?

[00:03:03] Hail, Hail.

[00:03:04] I can't remote handwriting.

[00:03:05] Wow, we're all right.

[00:03:07] Buzz, buzz.

[00:03:08] You have a text message with a phone number.

[00:03:11] Okay.

[00:03:12] Got it.

[00:03:14] You should share your motivation with the class.

[00:03:17] Huh?

[00:03:18] You wrote it down under motivations.

[00:03:19] Oh, uh, in mental disorders?

[00:03:21] Elder God complex.

[00:03:22] That is another rank course, bro.

[00:03:26] A little t-shirt.

[00:03:27] I have what's known as an in parentheses elder God complex.

[00:03:33] Okay.

[00:03:34] What do you want to do?

[00:03:35] You're through customs.

[00:03:36] You're at Heathrow.

[00:03:37] You mainly maybe been given information through Kizim.

[00:03:40] Were we given instructions on where to go, where to stay, who to talk to, where...

[00:03:45] All you know is about your approved researcher.

[00:03:47] You can do whatever you want.

[00:03:48] You do know obviously that the British Museum has direct...

[00:03:52] Um, pop down to the Winchester, have a pint.

[00:03:54] I thought it was a little bit...

[00:03:56] Absolutely.

[00:03:57] You do know that, um, Gwynn got you this access at some cost.

[00:04:01] You know, he was very adamant and pushy about this.

[00:04:05] But you could also obviously go and look at the files at the British Museum if you so choose.

[00:04:09] Um, so we'll text our contact.

[00:04:12] Set up a meeting time.

[00:04:13] Probably stay somewhere within a half mile of where we're researching.

[00:04:17] Not like a hostel but not like a three-star hotel, something smaller.

[00:04:21] And yeah, I'd like to go to the museum.

[00:04:24] So what do you text?

[00:04:25] Um, sup bro.

[00:04:26] You up?

[00:04:27] Um...

[00:04:29] When he mentions hail, Professor Hale do...

[00:04:32] Does Hastings know anything about a professor Hale?

[00:04:35] Who would be of use going through stuff like this?

[00:04:38] So I would allow...

[00:04:40] That'd be.

[00:04:41] I would allow either of you what I guess a bureaucracy role might be good, if either of you have bureaucracy.

[00:04:46] Oh yeah bro, I got a thirty-five.

[00:04:49] Under forty-four.

[00:04:50] No.

[00:04:51] Um, you wouldn't be positive but I mean, because Seam does have a PhD in history in Middle Eastern studies at Harvard.

[00:04:58] So I mean it's not like your...

[00:05:00] It's not like Seam is an educated man.

[00:05:01] Yeah, no we can navigate the bureaucracy of this.

[00:05:04] No, right.

[00:05:05] So the thing is that you would know other educators even if it's not necessarily 100% in your wheelhouse.

[00:05:11] You do know that there is a former professor Hale, um, who taught at...

[00:05:16] Who was an archeology professor at the University of Cambridge.

[00:05:19] Professor...

[00:05:20] Uh, I believe you would pronounce it M-line.

[00:05:22] Professor M-line, Hare Hale.

[00:05:24] Recently retired.

[00:05:25] Um, professor of Mesopotamian archeology.

[00:05:28] The University of Cambridge.

[00:05:29] That sounds right up our alley.

[00:05:30] Let's head there.

[00:05:31] Um, uh, what...

[00:05:33] Sorry, what day of the week is it?

[00:05:34] I don't know.

[00:05:35] Okay.

[00:05:36] It's May 9th.

[00:05:37] May 9th.

[00:05:38] It's gonna say, uh...

[00:05:39] Whatever May 9th 2016 is.

[00:05:40] Let's look at it.

[00:05:41] Look at it.

[00:05:42] May 9th.

[00:05:43] Monday.

[00:05:44] It's a Monday.

[00:05:45] It's being in the week.

[00:05:46] Perfect.

[00:05:47] Um, let's, uh, email our, uh, contact professor Hale.

[00:05:51] Um, I'll do, uh, a generic greeting and talk about some of my credentials and, um...

[00:05:58] Your emailing?

[00:05:59] Wait, no texting.

[00:06:00] Yeah, uh, because we have the number right now.

[00:06:02] Yeah.

[00:06:03] Yeah, yeah.

[00:06:04] You were just sent a phone number.

[00:06:05] Um, and ask if, uh, she's in office and let her know are my credentials and ask if, uh,

[00:06:11] she's available today, even the phone rings.

[00:06:13] The someone answered?

[00:06:14] No, no, no.

[00:06:15] Your phone rings.

[00:06:16] Oh, my, for...

[00:06:17] Yeah.

[00:06:18] Hello.

[00:06:19] Uh, yes.

[00:06:20] Uh, good morning.

[00:06:21] Uh, professor Almala.

[00:06:22] Uh, correct?

[00:06:23] Harvard?

[00:06:24] Oh, yes.

[00:06:25] Yes.

[00:06:26] Um, and I presume it is, uh, um, uh, Professor Hastings is with you as well, Dr. Hastings,

[00:06:29] yes.

[00:06:30] So, as formally I should both call you doctors, of course, my, my apologies.

[00:06:33] Um, yes, yes, yes, um, they said you'd be calling.

[00:06:36] Um, pleasure to meet you.

[00:06:37] Uh, as you as well, appreciate your time.

[00:06:39] Yes, uh, I'm sorry, I don't, um...

[00:06:41] I don't get out all that much, um, lady of my years, of course.

[00:06:45] Um, but, um, I'd be happy to speak with you, um, if you don't mind coming out to the house.

[00:06:49] Um, again, uh, it's all been arranged.

[00:06:51] Happy to assist.

[00:06:52] Uh, if you'd like to bring whatever you've got, um, I'll see what I can do to help.

[00:06:57] Of course.

[00:06:58] Uh, while we're out, uh, my colleague and I are, uh, more, we're picking up some food.

[00:07:04] Can we get you something?

[00:07:05] Oh no, don't worry about that.

[00:07:06] I'm a, uh, little ladies, uh, little bit of tea and biscuits.

[00:07:09] Nothing you need more about.

[00:07:10] All right, as long as you save some tea and biscuits for us.

[00:07:12] Of course, of course.

[00:07:13] It is the, it is the polite thing to do.

[00:07:15] Um, inviting, uh, folks into the country.

[00:07:17] Uh, all right, we'll be there.

[00:07:19] Of course.

[00:07:20] She gives you...

[00:07:21] I guess the first part of this does this feel like a set-up of any kind or is this legit?

[00:07:25] I have no idea.

[00:07:26] We might die.

[00:07:27] Okay.

[00:07:28] So, no, I'm at 90%, uh, 95%.

[00:07:31] She's just, uh, an older professor that we're getting in for info from, but...

[00:07:36] Right, but I want to know who called her, uh, and told her we were coming.

[00:07:40] Uh, the, uh, British program, right?

[00:07:42] I'm assuming.

[00:07:43] Yeah, that's my thought.

[00:07:44] She tells you to meet her about, uh, she knows, uh, um,

[00:07:48] I guess I could do a little bit more here and make it a little bit more narrative.

[00:07:51] Um, no, no, don't, uh, uh, she gives you an address.

[00:07:54] She says, I'm about, uh, 55 kilometers, um, outside of London.

[00:07:57] Uh, take a little bit to get here.

[00:07:59] Um, no rush.

[00:08:00] Um, if you'd like to show up at T-Time, that's fine.

[00:08:02] Uh, if not, uh, I could definitely meet you, uh, later on in the afternoon or evening if you prefer.

[00:08:07] Oh, we just got in country and we're getting settled.

[00:08:10] Well, uh, late afternoon would be perfect.

[00:08:12] Of course, of course.

[00:08:13] Um, again, uh, there's anything, uh, you need.

[00:08:16] Uh, don't hesitate to give me a ring.

[00:08:18] Uh, but, uh, I feel like it told me where her house was.

[00:08:21] And then it just says on this page, uh, 55 kilometers from the British Museum.

[00:08:25] If you look it up, if you look at the address, it is sort of a country.

[00:08:28] I wouldn't say necessarily say, say a state, um, but it is, it is definitely incredibly rural.

[00:08:33] Okay.

[00:08:34] Got a picture here I can share with you.

[00:08:36] I suppose it's quite nice.

[00:08:37] Nice looking home.

[00:08:38] You're pastoral.

[00:08:39] It is, it is incredibly British pastoral.

[00:08:42] Rolling hills, sheep and the like.

[00:08:45] Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't.

[00:08:48] Yeah, 100%.

[00:08:49] You don't know for saying next on the stars of the bridge and probably.

[00:08:53] Crawley Sussex.

[00:08:55] So she lives in Sussex.

[00:08:56] I'm a tick piss.

[00:08:58] Would you like to take over the narration, Jeff, while your professor Almalla, um, takes piss?

[00:09:02] Yeah, sure.

[00:09:03] He said have a pint at the Winchester.

[00:09:05] Now I want to chase another Guinness.

[00:09:06] It's not quite foamy enough to play rings.

[00:09:08] So it also has a metallic taste when it comes out of a can.

[00:09:11] Much preferred off draft.

[00:09:13] I'm long overdue for a good beer.

[00:09:15] Guinness on draft is like, I enjoy, I mean obviously blisters as podcast.

[00:09:19] Thank probably too much, but I enjoy consuming alcohol of an occasion.

[00:09:23] But it's always affected me.

[00:09:25] But like the only thing that I think I've never felt affected by is pints of Guinness.

[00:09:30] I've been to like Irish pubs where I've down like a six, you know,

[00:09:33] six pints and not just because I don't know if you ever talked about they talk about how many rings you have

[00:09:38] because the foam of the head is it slides down.

[00:09:40] We'll leave rings on the opposite side that you drink.

[00:09:42] I'm typically a two-ringer.

[00:09:44] So I look up and I go, oh shit, another pint.

[00:09:47] Nice.

[00:09:48] To be fair though Guinness is like 4% alcohol.

[00:09:51] So it's barely alcohol.

[00:09:52] Yes, Sussex is gorgeous.

[00:09:54] I wasn't there while I was in England, but it's very pretty quite pastoral.

[00:09:58] It's one of the things that I wish I had done more while I was there.

[00:10:01] They tried to get you to go on some trips.

[00:10:02] I went on one or two of them, but I really wish I had gone on all of them.

[00:10:05] Although, now I'm curious.

[00:10:06] Where's Stratford?

[00:10:07] Because Spencer and I took a romantic trip to Stratford together, which was very interesting.

[00:10:11] I'm curious where I know you I'm pretty sure it's south, but I don't know how far south it is in England.

[00:10:15] I have no clue.

[00:10:16] We stayed at a bed and breakfast with a nice elderly couple in Stratford upon Avon

[00:10:21] where Spencer and I went to the Rochexpier company to see Romeo and Juliet.

[00:10:25] We specifically asked for bed and breakfast for room with two beds

[00:10:29] during which no one in that house believed Spencer and I were not sleeping in the same bed.

[00:10:33] It's because you didn't.

[00:10:37] It actually was not two beds.

[00:10:39] It was a bed and a day bed, which does not count as a bed.

[00:10:43] So I got a horrible night's sleep.

[00:10:44] Spencer and I were also, I remember, I see if he remembers it.

[00:10:47] We were so fucking hungry because Stratford is so small.

[00:10:50] It's basically like Shakespeare's home.

[00:10:52] The museum attached to it.

[00:10:53] The theater and fuck all else.

[00:10:56] So we didn't eat because we had been used to living in York

[00:11:00] and the pubs were open.

[00:11:01] So we went in and we saw Romeo and Juliet.

[00:11:03] We came out and we were going to fucking dinner.

[00:11:05] The train stations were shut down.

[00:11:07] There were no cars.

[00:11:08] There was nothing.

[00:11:09] It was like being in fucking red key.

[00:11:10] It was like there was nothing.

[00:11:12] And I remember going back and watching TV in the hotel room

[00:11:16] and there was like a complimentary like, like tin of biscuits or crackers or something.

[00:11:20] That's what Spencer and I ate for the whole fucking evening.

[00:11:23] You had crepets.

[00:11:24] You remember that?

[00:11:25] Is that bed and breakfast?

[00:11:26] Oh, I don't remember shit, bro.

[00:11:28] However.

[00:11:29] I was talking about a romantic trip to Stratford upon.

[00:11:32] All that was beautiful.

[00:11:34] It was.

[00:11:35] It was fun.

[00:11:36] But I remember when we went to the show and we didn't pay to eat or drink at the show

[00:11:39] because it was fucking expensive.

[00:11:40] Thinking we could go to a pub afterwards and then everything in Stratford was closed.

[00:11:44] And there was like some little complimentary tin of like crackers or something

[00:11:47] that that was all that we ate that evening.

[00:11:49] I just remember eating just very mediocre bangers and mash.

[00:11:54] They did fried tomatoes that morning though.

[00:11:56] That was really good.

[00:11:57] We had to take like six trains to get there.

[00:11:59] And they got progressively shittier as the party went.

[00:12:03] They totally thought we were sleeping together though.

[00:12:05] 100%.

[00:12:06] Hey, hey, I don't mind being mistaken for being gay with you Cody.

[00:12:09] That's true.

[00:12:10] What does this thing about the only about the only person I've ever gone anywhere to a club with

[00:12:14] or done been around EDM with has basically been you.

[00:12:17] So that's England for you, bro.

[00:12:22] So Sussex.

[00:12:23] Sussex.

[00:12:24] Sussex.

[00:12:25] There's a hail.

[00:12:26] Anything you gentlemen would like to do now that you're in London.

[00:12:29] I mean get settled somewhere.

[00:12:31] Get a hotel near the museum if you like.

[00:12:33] Yeah.

[00:12:34] I can't one with a window that overlooks the entrance to the thought.

[00:12:39] Yeah, that's what I thought.

[00:12:40] What's that?

[00:12:43] Oh, nothing.

[00:12:44] Doing that.

[00:12:46] What is it?

[00:12:47] How fuck was it from doctor now where you see Sean Connery do the pulls out the piece of hair.

[00:12:52] It's not all the doors.

[00:12:53] See if someone's come in the doors.

[00:12:55] Hey, that's fucking genius.

[00:12:56] That is.

[00:12:57] Scotch tape works too.

[00:12:58] I always wanted to be a spy.

[00:13:00] Yeah, get settled.

[00:13:01] Get ready to head to Sussex I guess.

[00:13:03] Sure.

[00:13:04] Go right ahead.

[00:13:05] You travel to Sussex?

[00:13:06] Yes we do.

[00:13:07] Again, very pastoral.

[00:13:08] You see a midsize house.

[00:13:11] You hear loud barking inside when you knock upon the door.

[00:13:15] Like a deeper bark or like a fucking ankle-biter bark.

[00:13:20] Oh, no, no, no.

[00:13:21] Like, like, dee bark.

[00:13:22] Yeah.

[00:13:23] Of.

[00:13:24] Of.

[00:13:25] Newfoundland.

[00:13:26] Irish wolf.

[00:13:27] Oh, even better.

[00:13:29] You see the door creak open.

[00:13:31] You see an elderly Caucasian woman.

[00:13:34] Silvery white hair done up in a bob of a style, you know, that's at least 40 or 50 years out of date.

[00:13:40] Beside her stands, a nearly six foot tall Irish wolf hound.

[00:13:45] Ding ding ding.

[00:13:47] Ah, doctor.

[00:13:49] Doctor Almala, doctor Hastings.

[00:13:51] I know my gritty dog barks.

[00:13:54] Welcome, welcome to my home.

[00:13:56] I'm very excited.

[00:13:57] I'm very excited.

[00:13:58] I'm very excited.

[00:13:59] I'm very excited.

[00:14:00] I'm very excited.

[00:14:01] I'm very excited.

[00:14:02] Uh, Peno attention to oak.

[00:14:04] Please come in.

[00:14:05] I'll put the kettle on.

[00:14:06] She shows you in.

[00:14:07] I pull up a hand of the dog.

[00:14:08] You know, in that way that you're not the yeah, to sniff.

[00:14:09] Oh yeah.

[00:14:10] Now that the door is open, she's invited you in.

[00:14:11] The wolf hound.

[00:14:12] Like a vampire.

[00:14:13] Pays no mind.

[00:14:14] When she invites you in, both of you probably are actually very interested.

[00:14:17] It's a midsize house.

[00:14:18] We would consider it probably relatively small in the United States, but for England,

[00:14:24] these at size she has land. She's in farmland so she's not actually near anyone, she doesn't really

[00:14:29] have neighbors. You're kind of out like I said very pastoral area. You see that her house is overtaken

[00:14:37] by books and bookshelves. At a quick glance you can see dozens of titles on history, the occult,

[00:14:44] espionage, mythology, archaeology, religion. Both of you see both of you know multiple languages.

[00:14:50] You probably see books in every language that you know and maybe a few that you only recognize.

[00:14:57] But she takes you through a narrow hallway and she indicates a small like sort of couple of very

[00:15:03] stiff couches with a little coffee table in between them. Please do have a seat. I'll pop the

[00:15:09] kettle on and be right back to chat. Thank you. So she leaves you for a few minutes alone as you can

[00:15:14] hear her just another door down sort of banging and banging away.

[00:15:18] Hey, George, I think I'm asking what we brought the wing winds of a dog?

[00:15:23] Uh yes, we're gonna find out what exactly she is going to be a help on. Is there anything on

[00:15:30] the walls pictures? Just a reminder you're not allowed to show it to her in a logical or

[00:15:37] in full. You're not seeing a lot of personalization really. You're seeing a lot of, like nothing

[00:15:43] there are no pictures of children, of relatives, anything like that. You see a lot of you see

[00:15:49] degrees, you see awards, maybe some group shots of academia, but nothing personal. It looks like

[00:15:57] a college professor's office that exploded into an entire house. Anything of herself like

[00:16:03] on location places? Um, like this is a historical dig and she was on it. No, it's definitely very much,

[00:16:13] it's definitely very much academic based. So outside of Cambridge, you know, maybe a couple of

[00:16:19] other locations, but you can tell she's very academic. She's not, she's definitely not Indiana Jones

[00:16:24] right there is no Laura Croft the professor Hale. Okay, she's she's read all she knows not gone and found it.

[00:16:31] Yes. I think then for us, Jeff, the goal here is to have her fill in the holes in our knowledge that

[00:16:39] we have, but to do so in a way that is purposefully out of order and would provide her no context as

[00:16:46] the big picture of what we're doing, right? I think you're both smart enough to know that she's smart

[00:16:51] enough to know that she's going to know that you're trying to mislead her. Yeah. I was not even

[00:16:57] that we're so much trying to mislead her. It's like not to make her a vector. It's okay, how much of

[00:17:05] this stuff that we know we don't have do we know you're not 100% sure you definitely have identified

[00:17:11] some gaps. Some gaps. Okay, if you want to talk, talk, turkey, you know some gaps. You don't know

[00:17:16] all your gaps. Okay, but I can show her the gaps. I can show her the the the the book ends.

[00:17:23] Correct. You could say I need I need what's in the middle. Sure. I figured that depending on

[00:17:28] the way that circumstance is set up, I wasn't sure which way you guys are going to play it. So yes,

[00:17:31] you could most definitely mechanically ask for that and see what happens. Okay, but I also figured

[00:17:36] that you guys would fumble fuck your way around and test some other interesting avenues as well.

[00:17:40] Right. Yeah. Also something to keep in mind. Gwen said this was an approved researcher.

[00:17:45] I'm going to get to that. Okay. Yeah. Which means that it wasn't approved by Gwen. He was approved

[00:17:51] by who let us come. Is it is it approved by ours or yours? As you thought swirling your head,

[00:17:58] small talk, you sort of look around there be some knick knacks on the wall, maybe some some

[00:18:03] some pottery, some awards, whatever so you could sort of poke around politely. I imagine again kind

[00:18:08] of a couple of couches maybe a fireplace, you know, a nice little sort of conversation table.

[00:18:15] I presumably you two have sat beside each other on one of the set teas, you know, and she comes

[00:18:19] trundling in sets down a very old sort of traditional pewter tea set up actual China sugar lumps

[00:18:28] the whole nine yards. And you see the the will found kind of curls up next to the chair and she says,

[00:18:34] yes, she begins doing sort of a traditional teasers sugar sugar, you know, she pours it up just

[00:18:40] place drops some lumps of sugar in if you request it passes them along saucers the whole nine yard

[00:18:45] she's got some cloth napkins there, maybe a little little tin of biscuits. That's probably the

[00:18:50] only thing that is out of place. It's probably just a store bought sort of tin of digestives or

[00:18:55] something it's nothing homemade. Digestifs. Welcome to England. She sort of you know lifts up her

[00:19:01] cup and sort of sits back in her chair and just sort of drinks very in a very relaxed town. Cheers.

[00:19:06] What can I do for you? Fellow academics. Well, we are we're here to go through some tablets at the

[00:19:15] British Museum. Yes, do you go on familiar with a Canadian? Yes, yes, I am sorry. I don't know your

[00:19:22] your your specialties. She goes through she'll give you kind of a basic resume.

[00:19:32] I had a couple of interviews this week for a couple of jobs at work and it has become a tick of

[00:19:38] mine to write down on on their on their resume every time they confidently use a word that

[00:19:45] they're mispronouncing because it bothers fuck out. And then I immediately bring it up with the

[00:19:51] person I interview with as like did you realize they mispronounced or miss? It's more when you

[00:19:55] confidently use a word like are you sure that they're mispronouncing it because I've heard you

[00:20:00] use a lot of words. Jeff? Rolls-Anne!

[00:20:07] Half-Anne? Rolls-Anne. Most of those are fantasy bullshit words, Jeff so

[00:20:14] go fuck yourself. Um, like minza barons and

[00:20:19] bayonet. Yeah. It's fine, Jeff. Fine, right.

[00:20:24] Oh my god. It's the more traditional way as opposed to the hosier translation that you've got.

[00:20:31] Anyway, so she is a retired professor of Mesopotamian archaeology. She was at the University of

[00:20:39] Cambridge from 1999 to recently retired in the last couple of years. She obviously is an expert

[00:20:47] in archaeology. Um, her, she very much, um, uh, she uh, what I want to say, she is a foremost

[00:20:56] expert in a cadian. Um, she would talk shop, what's your score in a cadian? 40. No, 65. Wow.

[00:21:02] You get the sense that she probably like in the shop talk mechanically speaking, you probably know

[00:21:09] a cadian better than she does but she is no slouch. Right. Um, the big thing is that

[00:21:16] that makes a lot of sense to you is that she's talking about it because you guys did bring up wins

[00:21:20] on note to a dot already, right? Uh, we said tablets. We hadn't gone too much. Not to her. They had

[00:21:25] the side conversation. Oh yeah. I'm just trying to make sure that I know. Um, uh,

[00:21:32] so yeah, she kind of goes through, goes through the steps. Uh, I'm just kind of giving a basic

[00:21:37] history of herself for the last 15 years or so in terms of academia. Yes, I do take side

[00:21:43] research projects from time to time. Obviously, I'm an old woman that enjoys my, my house and my

[00:21:48] dog in my books but um, yes, um, my understanding is that you needed some translation of the cadian

[00:21:54] tablets and it sounds like it's something that would be of interest to me. Uh, obviously,

[00:21:58] I'm the house is not cheap, um, but I would definitely be willing to be a research partner for

[00:22:04] an appropriate fee. Okay. Uh, I'm assuming that Hastings would know about what an appropriate

[00:22:08] fee for oh, she'll quote you. Okay. But you get the sense that it is not a small fee and that

[00:22:15] it comes with strings but she's too polite to say and is waiting to see what you say next. She's

[00:22:19] waiting for the next interjection of the exchange. Uh, please do tell me more exactly what are you

[00:22:24] doing? And um, what is it that you're looking for help with more precisely? Well, actually, I was,

[00:22:29] I was curious. Uh, our point of context said that you were an approved researcher research

[00:22:36] sure. Um, sounds appropriate. You approved by ours or theirs or ours or yours.

[00:22:41] Oh, see, I, I'm not sure how things are done on this on this side of the pond but for the most part

[00:22:49] were treated like mushrooms and I'm not sure exactly what the situation is here. Um, understood.

[00:22:56] She says and sort of knowingly and thoughtfully takes a sip of tea. Let's just say your situation

[00:23:03] was brought up to the appropriate people and that I have been approved to assist. Um, again,

[00:23:08] as I said, I come with my own special needs and fee but um, otherwise we can work amicably.

[00:23:15] Um, there's no need to bring any of that into the situation as far as I am concerned.

[00:23:20] Well, no, prefer not to speak about it honestly. Not knowing the full depth of the situation

[00:23:26] that we're walking into. I'd like to not step on anybody's toes if I can avoid it. Of course.

[00:23:31] Is there some toe stepping you feel that you might be doing? Not intentionally. No, of course.

[00:23:36] Nothing that we're conversing about has any potential of um, trotting on your partner's toes

[00:23:42] in the dances of work. Okay. If we, if we start coming anywhere near any toes

[00:23:47] that you are aware of, please. Of course. Yes. Yes. Um, see like green gamma symbols because it came

[00:23:55] before Delta. Um, heading into London. How what kind of, um, what kind of situation do you need?

[00:24:06] lodging? I am, I'm assuming you don't want to travel back and forth. Yes. No. Um, uh, I,

[00:24:11] I, I prefer the Cheshire hotel if it all possible. My going rate is 300 pounds a day.

[00:24:19] arranging the transport and lodging, uh, I would appreciate just because it is a bit difficult

[00:24:24] for me to get around. Absolutely. I usually call a car. I'm not, uh, don't drive myself anymore.

[00:24:29] It's quite dangerous out there. Modern times and all she says, taking a knowing sip of tea

[00:24:33] and staring at you over the saucer. Of course. We'll arrange it all. This is just the kind of character

[00:24:37] and ready wants to play a subtly pompous old bet. Um, gentlemen, you've tried this too. What it is

[00:24:45] that I will be researching. Well, uh, we're trying to figure out what we're missing. Okay. Uh,

[00:24:52] we will give you kind of the, the book ends of what we have and I need to find what goes in the

[00:24:58] middle. Understood. Okay. Um, okay. Uh, please continue. Uh, how familiar are you with the

[00:25:05] Wenzong Nandor dad? Ah, the Ashurbanapal. Ashurbanapal? Ashurbanapal. The Ashurbanapal

[00:25:11] collection. You need someone to go through that. Yes, it's been a few years, but I'm quite

[00:25:16] familiar with it at the British Museum. Fascinating. What did you find? Um, what do, what does Hastings

[00:25:22] know about the Ashurbanapal collection? The Ashurbanapal collection is the British Museum's version

[00:25:28] of the Wenzong Nandor to a dog. Oh, okay. The Ashurbanapal collection. I told you guys about this

[00:25:33] at work. I'm sure you did. The British Museum holds thousands of clay tablets excavated from the

[00:25:38] library of Ashurbanapal in Nineveh during two digs in the mid 19th century. Okay. This is the

[00:25:44] shit that Britain walked off with. Correct. Okay. So they are the, the library of Ashurbanapal in Nineveh.

[00:25:53] They ended up with 30,943 tablets collected in 1849 and 1852. All of them have been digitally

[00:26:02] photographed and stored in searchable databases but are only local, not online. Gotcha. So there

[00:26:07] are 30,000 whatever I said tablets that are sort of indexed but not really. Right. Whatever

[00:26:15] resumbed it in the end of that was there. Yeah. So we are working with the Baghdad Museum to

[00:26:22] resort and catalog their collection because yeah a lot of a lot of a lot of things have been misplaced

[00:26:29] and and basically trashed due to everything that's going on in the area. Of course, of course,

[00:26:36] makes sense, I suppose. Okay. Do you want more? I don't think you want more.

[00:26:44] Well I'll tell you this gentleman. I don't think you're telling me the full truth which is to be

[00:26:48] expected. I do think that the legitimate source of your information would be useful if you cannot

[00:26:57] give it or if it is in fact that the Baghdad Museum I'll work with that. She might know.

[00:27:01] We're helping fill in gaps at the Baghdad Museum from a third collection. It's sort of what I

[00:27:09] expected. Again, not to what was the what was the parlance you use? Step on any toes. It may be

[00:27:15] useful to know more about the third collection but if you cannot explain, I understand. He doesn't

[00:27:20] have any more toes. Did you know resum or no other resum? I can't remember his first name.

[00:27:28] But I think resum is his first name. No, resum was last name.

[00:27:33] Spencer, make a D100. You got a boss 41 to re-create Muhammad resum.

[00:27:39] I can't say that I'm familiar. Please again without stepping on anyone's toes. Do go on.

[00:27:47] Kazim knows she's lying. We're helping integrate his collection into the Baghdad Museum.

[00:27:52] I think I appreciate your honesty. I know that obviously you are probably under certain

[00:27:56] restrictions and I completely understand and can work under those conditions. But being at least

[00:28:00] semi-familiar with the Baghdad Museum and knowing that you're bringing in a third collection arises

[00:28:05] the opportunity that there is some mixture of bookends which may in fact be helpful. So I appreciate

[00:28:10] I appreciate you letting me know that. Thank you. I imagine it will take several weeks of work

[00:28:14] depending on how many gaps we're talking about looking into and what all we can do but I would be

[00:28:19] happy if you're willing to pay my fee and then I know that it's a little bit difficult but I am very

[00:28:23] familiar with the collection and the staff there. And I think I could be of use to you if you'd

[00:28:29] like to hire me. Yes, we'll work out your fee. That's fine. We'll put you up at the

[00:28:36] the Cheshire? Yes, it's not too much of an organization. No hastings would know. She spent plenty of

[00:28:43] time in London. Whether the Cheshire is way out of line or not. I don't know but I imagine it is.

[00:28:49] Yeah, you're being taken a little bit. Yeah, I'm curious now.

[00:28:55] um C-E-S-H-I-R-S-I know how to spell Cheshire. Well you told me I miss pronounced words all the time

[00:29:01] so I figured I'd better spell it. As you pull up the pages as Cheshire Beauty Supply or Beauty Solon and

[00:29:09] was like it in impossible landscapes there's a fictitious hotel called the Hotel Brottlebin and so

[00:29:15] we were playing and I kept saying Hotel Brottlebin and they're like it's here it's real because

[00:29:19] someone opened a hotel Brottlebin in like 2021 or something. That is f***. 1.335 uh two is the

[00:29:26] exchange rate was the average exchange rate so $1.33 per pound to the pound. 400 bucks a day you

[00:29:34] would take that's nice money. So you're looking at 492 feet from the British Museum. She's not

[00:29:43] a lady it takes a little while to double. It's actually not too expensive. For that close

[00:29:48] to the museum. I mean you are right and kind of in the thick of things. You also have to remember

[00:29:53] that your pain both her feet and the cost per day. So probably about $1.00 a day yeah no it's

[00:29:59] not that bad like for 10,000 we can do this for 10,000. Okay that's the fifth of the funds we have left.

[00:30:05] Oh shoot who spent all the money on it. And how are we going to do this for 10,000 or less if it's

[00:30:11] roughly how much is it a day? 700 pounds. It depends I mean it depends on me. What's the

[00:30:16] what what did you say the exchange rate is? 1.34 dollars or pounds. 1.34 dollars per pound. Okay so

[00:30:25] how expensive is the hotel you said? Like 100 bucks okay I'm being in like 130 bucks.

[00:30:31] That's the English motel six. So you're looking at it. It's a Cheshire hotel London central London

[00:30:41] from $90 on kayak but while it's more like yeah it's more like 140. Kayak starts at 99. Yeah right

[00:30:50] exactly. I'm easily going to think it's it's 500 to 700 a day I would imagine. Yeah total cost

[00:30:57] including her fee plus hotel you're probably looking. I don't know it's the Casimals sleep in the

[00:31:04] alley there we go. No we won't. Oh we were trying to hawk some stuff with the mercenaries so

[00:31:12] we were some pretty valuable things there Cody. Yeah you could definitely attempt to do that. We

[00:31:18] got to start that ball rolling already didn't we? I believe they were checking on some buyers

[00:31:22] just another. I don't have that in my notes that doesn't mean it didn't happen Jeff's editing it

[00:31:26] so he can let me know eventually if I'm wrong. You guys have talked about it a lot but I don't

[00:31:30] know that you've ever done it because originally you were going to fence the items for them.

[00:31:35] Mm-hmm. Take a correct. Yeah. Because you gave them the items in order to get where you're at now.

[00:31:40] Yeah um can we can we actually officially put that on your list of we want to start doing that?

[00:31:46] Yeah you just need to give me somebody who it is and actually have the entire thing. Oh that's

[00:31:49] right you guys made fun of me because 100 bucks a day 110 to 120. Okay so yeah we'll say it's

[00:31:55] roughly 500 bucks a day. Just don't spend the whole month there with the Acadian Martha Stewart

[00:32:00] well you can because we don't have that kind of money. I'm gonna call Gwen yeah uh right there in

[00:32:05] the sitting room no okay let's just know but once we get did you pick out the most expensive

[00:32:12] bitch on the list? Yeah once we get her situated we head back I'll call Gwen on the way back while

[00:32:20] he's driving back. Any any any other interaction you want to have with her?

[00:32:25] No the more talking we do the more we get ourselves in trouble yeah I know so um but I'm not the one who

[00:32:32] realized she was lying. You want to call her on anything? No I think wait who would realize

[00:32:37] you you made the role. Yes when he talked about when he talked about Tariq Rassam she said no

[00:32:44] I didn't realize that was based on my role. Yep no because he knows she is lying she you don't know

[00:32:50] how or what but she does recognize Rassam's name. No I want to I want to hold that as an ace up my sleeve.

[00:32:58] Um anything else I can assist you gentlemen with? No we will we'll set up a room for you

[00:33:06] we'll call you with the details um when can you start? I don't know if you can get everything

[00:33:11] arranged but I'd be happy to make the the trek tomorrow okay you could get a car out here that early

[00:33:16] um I'll pack this evening. Okay um can we share a hotel room romantic I'm cheating on Cody with you

[00:33:25] Jeff's gonna be a lot warmer nice um I you'll never go back

[00:33:33] so I want to as Kassim communicate with Susan that writing I don't want to say it out loud because

[00:33:41] we are constantly being washed and we are constantly being bugged. I want to write out that what I

[00:33:47] learned or what I intuited that she's lying about Rassam. Well let's let's let's just follow it in

[00:33:52] order so we don't get anything so you are now on the car ride back you suggested that you want to call

[00:33:58] Gwen is that something you do? No right it is okay um yeah let's do Gwen first okay okay so you call

[00:34:04] um yeah no I it would take priority even though he is not super happy with your task force he would

[00:34:12] yeah uh yeah go it's Gwen go met with Hale uh we're going to need to requisition more funds

[00:34:21] I can't just pull this shit out of nowhere. I already gave you what what happened to the money

[00:34:25] I already gave you that should be plenty was not that much money um it's not all gone

[00:34:31] but a fair chunk of it went to digging 30 ISIL members out of Rassam's compound compound yeah

[00:34:39] let's see I blew it up. Fuck sake okay um god I'll see what I can do but I don't think it's not going

[00:34:47] to be easy and it's not going to be fast. Okay give us the money and he help us appreciate

[00:34:51] okay this is fancy we don't need this motherfucker so let's just fence this shit let's do it

[00:34:55] so some I had to spend a few weeks as adjunct faculty boys that's why we were looking at trash on

[00:35:05] Irene we were gonna try and extort her I remember that now. So I want to communicate as

[00:35:11] seen two Susan that our new friend is lying you guys know all those languages you know

[00:35:17] ASL just write down ASL but I I just want to do it in a very secretive way as we are in our own

[00:35:24] community whatever you want. I have a deal. Write it down in our own personal hotel room

[00:35:28] and I also want to and then I just want to I just want to Cody I want to make very clear that

[00:35:34] I'm being super super sneaky. Sure. But I want to communicate Susan that I am my

[00:35:41] interested in going back and searching this chick's house to be honest. Um who was driving?

[00:35:47] I was. Do you 100 girls please? Uh 57. Okay uh over 20. You didn't pass your alertness role

[00:35:54] to see if someone was quality. Yeah. Yeah we can go with that take your alertness. No ticket.

[00:35:59] You've failed it. So you're back and you're you communicate in a Katie and who knows what the

[00:36:06] fuck you write it down yeah you you have shared that information you now can converse back and forth

[00:36:11] but I understand that you are doing it in the most secretive way possible. How is your both in

[00:36:15] the bathroom with the fan on um you've checked for bugs you stripped down naked the shower is on

[00:36:22] and you wrote it in the steen in the mirror in a different way. I don't even put your watch in

[00:36:27] the chip bag. I don't know how your alertness isn't perfect at this point because you failed

[00:36:31] every single one you've ever. Yeah that's fair. I feel like somebody's not upping their tics.

[00:36:37] I have it. I'm just messing with you. You never knew he was being followed in Greece.

[00:36:43] Now he doesn't know. He's the fucking uh Mr. McGoo.

[00:36:50] Look at this way when it happens you'll be fine. It'll be quick and easy.

[00:36:57] Not McGoo because McGoo was pompous like put in a in a in a come I don't know. You strike me more as

[00:37:03] Clueso. It's more Clueso. Mr. Bean. Yes. I fucking love pink paint movies.

[00:37:09] Now I get to see Spencer doing that. Can we get that on Amazon watch?

[00:37:13] I would love to do that. Have you ever seen any of the pink Panther movies?

[00:37:15] I have not. Oh my god. Can we stream that? I don't know what to look those are good.

[00:37:19] They're so good. I mean worst case scenario we can just watch or stream together through discord.

[00:37:24] Yeah. We'll not find a more confident man about his ignorance then.

[00:37:28] Clueso.

[00:37:30] Oh fucking that door swinging open. Fucking guy falling out the window.

[00:37:34] Keep going back. Broken arm broken leg.

[00:37:37] What the fuck did he? Kato. Yeah the fuck it got me. He had the Chinese servant who was always

[00:37:43] wearing all black and was trying to attack him in the middle.

[00:37:46] What's his name? Kato. Kato. Kato. Kato.

[00:37:49] You fool. Karate chop him in the throat.

[00:37:52] Which is so good. Look at Clueso.

[00:37:55] So you idiot. So good. I think I own them all on DVD. I remember at one point they were on sale

[00:38:01] at like Walmart and of course the Walmart in Portland didn't price them like their classic films but

[00:38:06] nobody gave a shit so I was buying all of them for like five bucks. Yeah.

[00:38:10] Shit it's available on HB.

[00:38:14] Which one though? The pink Panther. There's there's set. Is it the one that Steve Martin?

[00:38:18] No is the 1963 version. That's it. It's not the first one though. The first one's called a shot

[00:38:23] in the dark. Oh shot in the dark is a shot in the dark is not really a pink Panther movie but

[00:38:27] it later sort of became a pink Panther movie. It might be my favorite. Also available on Max.

[00:38:32] They're really good like what the fuck is his name? The French detective, Poirot. Oh yeah.

[00:38:38] If Poirot, if Mr. McGoo pretended to be Poirot that's who Inspector Clueso is. Yeah.

[00:38:44] Like just utterly common. The murderer is in this room while meanwhile his fucking jacket is

[00:38:50] on fire because he's leaned up against the fireplace. I know who the murderer is and then

[00:38:54] like everything falls over. But he just ends up always fucking stumbling into the right god damn

[00:38:59] answer. Like anyway, yes you are writing backwards in a Cadian on the steam in the mirror

[00:39:07] completely naked. Shower and fan on. Nice. Anything else you'd like to share with each other?

[00:39:13] So do you want to go? Do you want to go? No there if we went to check out this woman's house

[00:39:20] we'll get murdered so quickly. I remember he said international incident doesn't cover it. Yeah yeah

[00:39:28] they're like yeah no it's right there on the wall bud don't do it. Now if I thought I want to touch

[00:39:34] the big red button you saw pretty shiny I want that. Thank you all right yeah she knows I just

[00:39:42] want you know she knows. I mean she's still there tonight. Yeah you both you both sneak in

[00:39:50] with pantyhose over your head. Make sure you bring your rope. The fucking

[00:39:57] one. Kazim is literally humming dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. I was thinking what the

[00:40:03] fuck movie is that saving silverman where they go oh my god. Oh yeah they kidnap him he's like

[00:40:11] yeah and he's like what? He keeps doing hand signs. He's like he's like

[00:40:16] I'm doing the R-re-signals bro I don't know the R-re-signals only they're on the Navy signal.

[00:40:24] That is a classic film I love that film. What else? Yeah it's already uh yeah it's already 11 30

[00:40:30] and I live 40 minutes away in it snowing. It's snowing. It's a good stopping point.

[00:40:35] Boss before you two get eaten by her wolf home. Yeah. That's a big fucking dog.

[00:40:42] Do we get significant fruit from my stuff today or is that like a future thing?

[00:40:46] Oh yeah yeah. Well I was tempted to go one more day unless you don't want to go one more day.

[00:40:51] No I do want to do it. Rowley. Do it. I mean if you don't care if I make it home safely let's go.

[00:40:59] Stay here Jeff there's bed right there. It's not very comfortable but it's nice and cold down here.

[00:41:03] Um a couple of things just because I think it would be important for your notes. Okay.

[00:41:10] Our beanie gets phone call. Hello. Yes let's play this way. Our beanie gets a phone call.

[00:41:16] Our beanie gets the last thing. Okay it's uh Johnston. Hey Johnston how are you? Not bad not bad.

[00:41:23] You find me anything? Yeah you own me a favor. Okay um so you had me looking into

[00:41:29] he's flipping papers just as I'm trying to find my spot in the book because I don't remember where

[00:41:33] this animation is listed. It's actually Roy Hackman. I have the NSA contact name written

[00:41:38] on the back of my list. So no I so I thought it was Roy Hackman who then reached out to Johnston.

[00:41:43] There's a flow of information here and I'm not sure which way it it's either Johnston or Roy Hackman.

[00:41:48] I do like the name Roy Hackman a lot better. Yeah. So it may be Roy Hackman. Um I know there was a

[00:41:53] Roy in there. Well so he reached out to somebody and then it bounced around. So like it ended up

[00:41:58] he tried one thing and then he tried another thing with another angle. I have Johnston written down but

[00:42:03] Al Johnson that happened. Um he's right. I should down. Irene Hovanz Hovanz is sight. Um what do we

[00:42:11] got here? American located on the air bass and guitar you would know that she's third generation

[00:42:16] Armenian Armenian American. She is married but uses her family name for work especially overseas.

[00:42:26] I've got a couple of bright kids two of them. Alaina. Alaina is in Harvard and Mark attends MIT.

[00:42:32] I'm sure that's cheap. Um what was the second one? Mark obviously assistant deputy director

[00:42:40] of middle eastern operations. Um but that's not really what you're here for. Um obviously we've

[00:42:47] talked about the kids college bills. That's not cheap force. It apparently looks like her husband

[00:42:51] has made some really shitty real estate investments. Got a name on him. I do not not that I see anywhere

[00:43:02] written this. There goes your favor. This is joke. You can go on. Um just I would say that if I

[00:43:09] were looking into this personally this is she's probably in danger of losing her security clearance

[00:43:14] if certain people say the right things because obviously you know financial woes right yeah of course.

[00:43:21] So yeah that'd be my uh that'd be my best tip she's underwater on all these properties. She's

[00:43:27] obviously got two kids attending two of the top schools in the nation. And while she makes good

[00:43:31] money she didn't make that much fucking money. So if you're looking for leverage that might be your

[00:43:36] angle. I said you owe me any flows on how she's actually keeping it afloat. Hope dreams and credit

[00:43:41] card debt right now. Gotcha. It's unsustainable six months maybe a year um but that uh that housing

[00:43:48] market really fuck that entire family. Anything else I can do for you? Trying to think like I said you

[00:43:56] owe me a favor. Sure he hangs up. So right now we're friendly with Irene but if she dries up

[00:44:02] we have something to use against her. The phone rings again. Shit Michael. Uh the the general sat

[00:44:08] phone in headquarters there which is our beanies one of the few manning it. Yeah uh I think I'm

[00:44:13] the only one on base. Correct. I believe so. Uh it's Irene. Hello. Uh yeah uh is uh he

[00:44:20] issues a toxic Jennifer right? Yeah is Jennifer around you can say no it's fine we'll keep going

[00:44:24] away. We are uh nope uh currently I've got some information for your team. Okay um uh four days ago

[00:44:31] something meeting your sort of bizarre statistics. I don't know what the fuck you folks are looking

[00:44:36] into. Uh 23 members of a Shia militia unit um and I can give it to you it's you know something

[00:44:42] you're gonna I'm gonna have to spell it out but for the narrative. Um 23 members of a Shia militian

[00:44:46] unit uh the unit is called Katta ii ba ma ma Ali which is the battalions of ii ma Ali uh we're found

[00:44:52] flat alive holding defensive positions around the village of mahana supposedly none were burned or

[00:44:58] suffered shrapnel or concussive damage. What was the location again? The village of mahana ma

[00:45:04] h a n a got it now is when that success comes into play okay so I like to imagine suddenly that

[00:45:12] alrabini is is is like as he's on the phone with her he's moving his monitor and like fuck no

[00:45:18] no no there was something here there was something here right he's he's got two keyboards that he's

[00:45:24] typing on at the same time right all the classic things I love when I love when two people type on

[00:45:30] one keyboard because that's definitely how that works um scooch you are able to find out some

[00:45:37] further information it was something that you had intended to look into but hadn't really like

[00:45:42] it didn't also letify until the flayed alive bit was what you know um because what your details

[00:45:48] say is that um the massacre of these 23 militia members uh was officially blamed on

[00:45:54] ISIL explosives right somebody blew up their position. However now that you're digging in further

[00:46:00] while you're on the phone with Irene and she's kind of going over the description right you begin

[00:46:04] to pull up some other information um one eyewitness report uh suggested that there was a cloud of insects

[00:46:11] prior to the attack um another said evil gin came from the sky and ground but what you're

[00:46:17] able to find are actually were redacted and said instead it was ISIL explosives.

[00:46:21] Got you. So if you have Irene on the oh go ahead whose reports say that it was ISIL explosives?

[00:46:26] The official the official um it would be the coalition so the Iraqi reports okay

[00:46:32] you're pulling it up and it didn't say anything because it just said explosives you thought

[00:46:35] nothing of it but when she gave you the description of flayed alive which didn't make it into the

[00:46:39] official report you dug deeper than the official report and can find like somehow finding previous

[00:46:44] versions that show in fact the flayed alive and that they said the buzzing of insects and two gin

[00:46:50] did it. It looks like later they were redacted oh they were hallucinating we're filing a new report

[00:46:55] kind of thing. The key being too right and from the air and ground so you unless you guys want to do

[00:47:03] anything else i was going to leave you on the phone with Irene having learned not only how you could

[00:47:07] potentially manipulate her but also this new bit of information that you were looking for in the

[00:47:12] first place because it lines up with your new move theory. Okay what are there? What are the

[00:47:16] significance of the people who were attacked and the location? She and military they weren't ISIL

[00:47:23] yeah so that these are coalition forces I assume yes they're definitely our coalition their

[00:47:28] coalition forces question is the coalition covering it up because they don't understand it or because

[00:47:35] they know something we don't. I didn't look at I didn't look up where or is that somehow

[00:47:40] or is that somehow being redacted on high? Oh like with our program maybe I don't know where

[00:47:44] Mahana is in relation to Mosul when I search it it's again one of those things where it's like clear

[00:47:49] on the other side of the fucking you know provincial that's what i was going to try and look at

[00:47:54] I'll look at my map again to see if it tells me but again the geography of this game continues to

[00:47:58] confuse me because I feel like at this point we're not ready to like play this burned Irene card

[00:48:03] no no no yeah and honestly the way we if we could know Mahana Mahana is actually pretty distant

[00:48:11] I do have a map in here Mahana is like Mahana where it's showing up on your map is probably

[00:48:15] the Mahana that you're thinking it's pretty far out I haven't looked at it so it's like south of

[00:48:20] Kira when Kira when it was unleashed at or sawoms was it new moon time at that time or was it full

[00:48:29] moon time was there light in the sky I think we were like new it was what March 23rd

[00:48:34] I believe so what couldn't have been that right well if it traveled to Mosul during that time and then

[00:48:39] it was isolated in Mosul until the next new moon and now it's making distance again it would have

[00:48:45] March 23rd 2016 was the full moon so we can conclude that its range expands than as the moon

[00:48:50] winds well i mean we haven't we haven't seen anything since when they haven't seen any kinds of

[00:48:57] attacks for how long there's been a tax they just all been isolated in Mosul no we've we've gone

[00:49:03] a significant amount of time not seen flayed bodies right uh so when you went in they originally

[00:49:10] said that you haven't seen anything the first report was that there had been no major activity since

[00:49:14] April one but you got there April when was the day crew killed because that's April 7th

[00:49:20] April 7th that's the last one I remember I mean it feels like we've been playing a long time

[00:49:25] but it's only been a few weeks right you got on the ground it's made it's like April 2nd it's now

[00:49:29] May it's been we've only been in country a month and a couple days May 10th oh it's May 10th yeah

[00:49:38] make sense yeah that's interesting so if you want to be on the phone with her you can in case

[00:49:45] there's something you want to do otherwise we'll start up on the 10th with whatever actions

[00:49:48] you want to take um we'll just say that she where we're we're we're gonna um April 7th was the new moon

[00:49:55] yeah we're gonna say for now we're gonna stay on the phone in case we have something think of

[00:50:01] something to ask her between now and the next session okay smart choice

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