[ Theorizing is one of the things Saga does best. But there's just so much to theorize about, so many questions that lead down roads with no answers at the end. Nothing is rarely concrete, but so much about all of this is so nebulous and undefined that even Saga is having trouble teasing out conclusions and deductions from what she knows. That's a pretty short list. The list of what I don't know is a lot longer. What is it with this case and being so complicated?
She snaps back to attention when she sees Jesse moving... doing something. It's faint, but she feels something, a pulsing sensation. ]
What is this? What are y- [ She stops mid sentence when the folder appears and Jesse opens it. I guess anything's possible in a mind projection, right? The rules of normal engagement don't apply somehow.
When Jesse hands over the folder, she takes it without too much hesitation. If we're cooperating, I need to extend some kind of olive branch in return. But what? I don't expect the FBC to just share everything they have and get nothing in return. But somehow, it seems that they have all the cards and bargaining chips. What do I have? I'll have to think about that.
She peruses the information given, taking it all in, trying to digest it. ]
So Wake caused this event in 2010, shifting reality and making it change around him as he wrote about it. But then at the end of it all, he disappeared into the lake- the Dark Place. Right? [ At least, that's the general idea of things that she's gotten from talking with Wake, either in person or when she sees him in the overlaps. ]
Tor and Odin, the old rocker guys? Yeah, I've met them; I didn't realize the connection at first, not until we met, but... [ That was unexpected, finding out my grandfather and great-uncle were here. But I guess family can show up in all kinds of places. ] I can't believe they were swept up in all of this. Well, I can, because that seems like the kind of crazy excitement they thrive on.
This is all really crazy. These Altered World Events keep happening; Wake's been at the center of two of them now. He can tap into weird otherworldly connections with- with what, his writing? [ And people once thought psychics didn't exist.
She almost bristles at the wording Jesse uses. Who is she to tell me what I have or haven't wanted to see? I- No, I can't get angry, because there's no TIME for that. I don't have to like it, but I guess I have to just accept that maybe she knows what she's talking about. Looping? Going in circles? Is that really what's going on? ]
You know I can't just believe something like that without proof, right? Accepting things on blind faith only goes so far with me. [ It doesn't actually go that far at all. It's just how I am.
But her gaze shifts to the case board and she steps in a little closer to look over it. ]
I know this is my writing and my case board; I recognize some of what's on here. But this- [ She points to a post-it that she doesn't remember seeing before. Did that just materialize there? Was it just like how she made the folder with information about the AWE appear? ]
Say that I believe you for a second, that I believe this note. How many times have we looped around? [ And how many more times will we loop? I don't want to know the answer to that. Not that I think anyone could know that, not even Wake. ]
For whatever it's worth, I see now that it's better for us to work together than to butt heads. So if I get anything of use to this case, I'll pass it along as well. Maybe between both of us and whatever the hell Wake's doing, we can put an end to this whole mess.
[ She opens her mouth to say something else, to maybe comment more on the Clicker, but the words die before she can form them. What the hell?
Jesse's appearance changes before her eyes, and the sudden unexpected sight of blood and wounds and skull fragments all but causes Saga's heart to stop. She might be an experienced FBI agent, but there are some things that still shock her. And whatever Jesse just did has shocked her. ]
What in the- What the hell? [ She stares at the other agent, obviously shocked, but her mind is still at work cataloguing all the gory evidence in front of her. That cut on her chest draws her attention the most. The cult? The sacrifices? What does this mean? ]
no subject
She snaps back to attention when she sees Jesse moving... doing something. It's faint, but she feels something, a pulsing sensation. ]
What is this? What are y- [ She stops mid sentence when the folder appears and Jesse opens it. I guess anything's possible in a mind projection, right? The rules of normal engagement don't apply somehow.
When Jesse hands over the folder, she takes it without too much hesitation. If we're cooperating, I need to extend some kind of olive branch in return. But what? I don't expect the FBC to just share everything they have and get nothing in return. But somehow, it seems that they have all the cards and bargaining chips. What do I have? I'll have to think about that.
She peruses the information given, taking it all in, trying to digest it. ]
So Wake caused this event in 2010, shifting reality and making it change around him as he wrote about it. But then at the end of it all, he disappeared into the lake- the Dark Place. Right? [ At least, that's the general idea of things that she's gotten from talking with Wake, either in person or when she sees him in the overlaps. ]
Tor and Odin, the old rocker guys? Yeah, I've met them; I didn't realize the connection at first, not until we met, but... [ That was unexpected, finding out my grandfather and great-uncle were here. But I guess family can show up in all kinds of places. ] I can't believe they were swept up in all of this. Well, I can, because that seems like the kind of crazy excitement they thrive on.
This is all really crazy. These Altered World Events keep happening; Wake's been at the center of two of them now. He can tap into weird otherworldly connections with- with what, his writing? [ And people once thought psychics didn't exist.
She almost bristles at the wording Jesse uses. Who is she to tell me what I have or haven't wanted to see? I- No, I can't get angry, because there's no TIME for that. I don't have to like it, but I guess I have to just accept that maybe she knows what she's talking about. Looping? Going in circles? Is that really what's going on? ]
You know I can't just believe something like that without proof, right? Accepting things on blind faith only goes so far with me. [ It doesn't actually go that far at all. It's just how I am.
But her gaze shifts to the case board and she steps in a little closer to look over it. ]
I know this is my writing and my case board; I recognize some of what's on here. But this- [ She points to a post-it that she doesn't remember seeing before. Did that just materialize there? Was it just like how she made the folder with information about the AWE appear? ]
Say that I believe you for a second, that I believe this note. How many times have we looped around? [ And how many more times will we loop? I don't want to know the answer to that. Not that I think anyone could know that, not even Wake. ]
For whatever it's worth, I see now that it's better for us to work together than to butt heads. So if I get anything of use to this case, I'll pass it along as well. Maybe between both of us and whatever the hell Wake's doing, we can put an end to this whole mess.
[ She opens her mouth to say something else, to maybe comment more on the Clicker, but the words die before she can form them. What the hell?
Jesse's appearance changes before her eyes, and the sudden unexpected sight of blood and wounds and skull fragments all but causes Saga's heart to stop. She might be an experienced FBI agent, but there are some things that still shock her. And whatever Jesse just did has shocked her. ]
What in the- What the hell? [ She stares at the other agent, obviously shocked, but her mind is still at work cataloguing all the gory evidence in front of her. That cut on her chest draws her attention the most. The cult? The sacrifices? What does this mean? ]
... You're telling me that he did this?