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[Dryunya]

Ok, that was pretty intense. Obviously, we'll have to question her further, but there's no way she'll talk now. Not sure how we'll know when she's ready, but we'll have to wait.

What we do know is that Brent seemed to know her father, directly or not - or that he found her nickname some other way.

I told you her father was going to come up again...

UPD: Ok, this has to come up sooner or later. The thing is, we know our villain, and we know the New Light is likely responsible. And Becky seems to be in the middle of this. We have to fill her in, but at the same time, we can't, because we have no conclusive proof that we're not messing around.
We need to decide on how to deal with it. How much can we tell her? Does she have to know that we all know each other? Should she know about the forum? About TWWF events? About Matrx?

[Scarab]

There's also the fact that she could be in direct danger we tell her too much... or don't tell her enough...

[Blurred_9L]

Posting this here because I think we might have found something. The purple sky photo might have a person (it looks like a ninja) in it:

Image here

Or here .-.

[eli_gone_crazy]

She messaged me back.

Go away.
Rebecca F.
1h
Who are you?
eli
1h
Eli {REDACTED]
Rebecca F.
1h
[REDACTED]. Like the book?
eli
1h
Uh, i haven't heard of a book.
Rebecca F.
1h
When I was little, my dad would call me bumblebee. But he hasn't been around for a long time. I'm sorry, I don't like talking about it.,
Rebecca F.
1h
and I don't see what the hell it even has to do with Brent or what he was trying to tell me.
eli
1h
Neither do I, honestly.
Rebecca F.
1h
You didn't know them. But then again maybe I didn't either.
Rebecca F.
1h
That sounds cliche, huh?
Rebecca F.
1h
my dad went missing or left a long time ago. He just walked out the door and never came back and a few years ago mom said he was dead.
Rebecca F.
1h
you said not to use work computers for this stuff. What do you think New Light has to do with all this? They're GOOD people...
eli
53m
I don't like that Brent's death seems so... Out of place. I think he might have figured something out
Rebecca F.
43m
Figured something out? Like what? I mean I can't deny he always seemed a little... unhinged is too strong a word, but eccentric is too mild.
eli
39m
Think about the weird aura around the building. Brent started acting strange around then. I think NewLight is shady
Rebecca F.
8m
...You think Brent found out they were doing something they shouldn't.
Rebecca F.
8m
But... I don't udnerstand. New Light is harmless. They're all good people, Bethany is a good boss.
Rebecca F.
8m
I mean we LITERALLY make DIRT for a living. What could we POSSIBLY be doing that brent found out about?
Rebecca F.
7m
sorry htis is jsut... a lot to think about. I don't know what to believe.
eli
7m
I showed the pics from your twitter to a friend, he found something on the purple aura photo
eli
4m
That's okay. =) I'm just telling you what I know and speculate. Up to you what you do
Rebecca F.
2m
...Okay. I'll have a look at it but you might have to point it out if I didn't see it in my own photo >.<
Rebecca F.
2m
I'm sorry I told you to go away. You seem nice. I'm just really scared
eli
now
No worries.

So I suppose all is forgiven.
Yay.

[Scarab]

So I suppose all is forgiven.
Yay.

I am strongly considering the possibility that this woman has psychiatric issues

Still, YAY we learned... something?

[Dryunya]

That's the problem, actually. Referring to some guy (HS/HE) and hinting that I knew her father isn't what I'd do if I discovered some horrifying truth about the corporation I worked at. Maybe he didn't expect to be shuffled off (because "message me back"), but even then it's an odd thing to start a cryptic conversation with.

The real achievement is getting Becky on our side. Or, well, making her question things with ninjas. That works, too.

[Blurred_9L]

Well... if there's a ninja nearby, I'm pretty sure she'll get in trouble soon if she or we are not careful.

[JRPictures]

Damn did things heat up fast while I was sleeping.

And Christ, how the hell did we miss that ninja thing in the picture until now?

Poor Rebecca though, honestly I'm inclined with Dryu here.

UPD: Ok, this has to come up sooner or later. The thing is, we know our villain, and we know the New Light is likely responsible. And Becky seems to be in the middle of this. We have to fill her in, but at the same time, we can't, because we have no conclusive proof that we're not messing around.
We need to decide on how to deal with it. How much can we tell her? Does she have to know that we all know each other? Should she know about the forum? About TWWF events? About Matrx?

We need to tell her something about what's really going on behind the scenes, but we can't screw it up or else we'll be in huge trouble. Perhaps we could ask Matrx for some kind of help in convincing Rebecca.

[eli_gone_crazy]

Asking an unknown factor such as Matrx would only complicate matters, and make it more likely that Becky ends up in trouble.

[JRPictures]

Asking an unknown factor such as Matrx would only complicate matters, and make it more likely that Becky ends up in trouble.

That is true.

Honestly I'm not entirely sure what to do now. There's still gonna be a point where Becky might be in big trouble and we'd have to figure out how to save her.

I guess I'm just throwing around options now.

[narrativedilettante]

I'd rather be wholly honest, show her the forum and everything.

But then, I'm mostly staying out of this, so you folks do what you like.

[The Wild West Pyro]

Show her the forum, or at least the trope page.

Also, I'll be posting in Wiki Talk.

[JackAlsworth]

Don't do that. That's for TV Tropes Wiki-related concerns only.

I'm fairly certain a thread on TV Tropes isn't necessary. This game was made for the community here. Bringing new people in is fine, but exporting it to a different forum is probably a bad idea.

[The Wild West Pyro]

Don't do that. That's for TV Tropes Wiki-related concerns only.

I'm fairly certain a thread on TV Tropes isn't necessary. This game was made for the community here. Bringing new people in is fine, but exporting it to a different forum is probably a bad idea.

In which case, let's only make a trope page AFTER all this is done. That's the debate settled then.

[Dryunya]

We need to tell her something about what's really going on behind the scenes, but we can't screw it up or else we'll be in huge trouble. Perhaps we could ask Matrx for some kind of help in convincing Rebecca.

I'd rather be wholly honest, show her the forum and everything.

But then, I'm mostly staying out of this, so you folks do what you like.

My opinion is that we should tell her what we know about the New Light, but withhold the source, at least until Matrx restores some verifiable information for himself. Because "we know they're evil, don't ask how, see for yourself" gives her a heads-up while making us look like a shady lot, while from "we know they're evil and they warp reality because an AI came from a bad future to warn us, he's on our forum, ask him" she'll probably see a bunch of overly ARG-immersed nerds milking a terrible coincidence for drama. I find the first option preferable.

[The Wild West Pyro]

We need to tell her something about what's really going on behind the scenes, but we can't screw it up or else we'll be in huge trouble. Perhaps we could ask Matrx for some kind of help in convincing Rebecca.

I'd rather be wholly honest, show her the forum and everything.

But then, I'm mostly staying out of this, so you folks do what you like.

My opinion is that we should tell her what we know about the New Light, but withhold the source, at least until Matrx restores some verifiable information for himself. Because "we know they're evil, don't ask how, see for yourself" gives her a heads-up while making us look like a shady lot, while from "we know they're evil and they warp reality because an AI came from a bad future to warn us, he's on our forum, ask him" she'll probably see a bunch of overly ARG-immersed nerds milking a terrible coincidence for drama. I find the first option preferable.

I like this idea. +1

[Anura]

Maybe we could have a new subforum for this? Like, "Official Business" or something, for this and any other ARGs that catch our fancy?

[narrativedilettante]

Maybe we could have a new subforum for this? Like, "Official Business" or something, for this and any other ARGs that catch our fancy?

Even just an "ARGs" subforum, maybe.

[Dryunya]

I second this idea again, but, apparently, only admins can do that.

[eli_gone_crazy]

I think that disclosing any information is a bad idea, mainly for two reasons.

One, we have no solid proof. We have cryptic videos from an AI that claims to be both from the future and damaged to the point of giving us nearly useless information. That would do nothing to help her or us track down what has happened or prevent what will happen (again, according to a self-admitted damaged AI from the future).

Two, the more information that we give her, on the off chance that it's solid information, makes her a more valuable target. The more valuable she is, the more likely someone will try to kill her.

From my analysis, we are waiting on Matrx and Becky to do something, and no further action is required until more information presents itself.

[Sophira]

I second this idea again, but, apparently, only admins can do that.

I didn't see it the first time, sorry.

I'll bring it up, but I'm fairly sure it'll be okay.

(Is there an issue with Eli posing to the forums? Is it something I need to fix?)

[Sophira]

Also, from a non-admin standpoint here: I'd suggest not showing Becky this forum. We're discussing things like her Dad (who Becky says died years ago), and I think that if Becky were to see this forum, I probably wouldn't feel comfortable with giving some theories I have, because they'd probably be a bit upsetting for Becky.

Again, though: just my opinion.

[Dryunya]

I've brought up the disclosure discussion because we are sort of responsible for Becky now, especially after shit's got real. We know she works for the bad guys, and she has been hanging around a possible assassination target, and generally talking too much. Its likely that she might end up becoming a target herself, so we must warn her and say that it's not just a hunch.

Of course, if we had never shown her Brent's message, she wouldn't have started digging and doubting things, so we could say she's relatively safe. Well, derp. We had to advance the plot somehow.

Showing the forum is a terrible idea, though. Nothing good can come of it.

I second this idea again, but, apparently, only admins can do that.

I didn't see it the first time, sorry.

It's ok, I proposed it in the chat, you couldn't have seen it.

(Is there an issue with Eli posing to the forums? Is it something I need to fix?)

Everything's fine, she just wasn't at her desktop (I think).

[Scarab]

You know, it's actually worrying how much of our general strategies for ANYTHING boil down to "let's not tell them the whole story or they'll probably think we're completely cuckoo." Is that just a Metaguard thing, or what?

[JackAlsworth]

Do you think we should tell her, Scarab?

(You're probably not going to see this for a week so it might not matter, but I'm curious.)