The weird shit we get in over the wires
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xp_artie had a report. followed it up because my job is nothing if not glamorous. I'm sharing it because why the hell not? It's not linked to any of our ops, to the Brotherhood's current mercenary actions or, whatever.
Relevant facts are that a masked man shouting Shakespeare and Led Zepplin managed to break into the command compound of one of the various anti government militia there and murdered everyone in some horrifying ways involving what my guy tells me are actual, antique medieval war axes.. As an aside - some (most) of the various mercenary types out there are really just psychotic thugs who enjoy the way we've made the mass murdering serial killer life semi legitimate. All the people he murdered were also terrible but that's not the point.
My guy tells me he walked off into the distance singing "You are my sunshine" and like I said, there's a lot of weapon for hire types leaning into the psychotic lunatic life as hard as they can.
The local authorities, such as they are, are moving into the power vacuum.
Relevant facts are that a masked man shouting Shakespeare and Led Zepplin managed to break into the command compound of one of the various anti government militia there and murdered everyone in some horrifying ways involving what my guy tells me are actual, antique medieval war axes.. As an aside - some (most) of the various mercenary types out there are really just psychotic thugs who enjoy the way we've made the mass murdering serial killer life semi legitimate. All the people he murdered were also terrible but that's not the point.
My guy tells me he walked off into the distance singing "You are my sunshine" and like I said, there's a lot of weapon for hire types leaning into the psychotic lunatic life as hard as they can.
The local authorities, such as they are, are moving into the power vacuum.
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Date: 2022-09-07 01:35 am (UTC)motherFUCK
Where was this, Artie?
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Date: 2022-09-07 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-07 01:46 am (UTC)Yeah. It's on all the wire services now - always takes a while for stories from the more unstable parts of North and Central Africa to hit the Western News and twitter feeds. I heard it from our guys in Uganda and Ethiopia first, because our networks are a bit patchy in parts of africa.
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Date: 2022-09-07 02:06 am (UTC)Seems this isn't the first time he's dropped in on something like this? But the last time was Mexico and there was a Cartel involved? Just... wrecking havok on the cartel people? I'm having trouble getting more information, as that's not where my network tends to be strongest.
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Date: 2022-09-07 02:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-07 02:11 am (UTC)Already on it.
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Date: 2022-09-07 02:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-07 02:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-07 01:42 am (UTC)Middle of freaking nowhere in South Sudan.
by your response, this is significant, not just a random crazy dude?
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Date: 2022-09-07 01:54 am (UTC)Okay, Doug. Deep breaths. We don't know for sure.
Artie, who do we know with bespoke waraxes, a tendency toward tactical karaoke, and an absolute loathing of militias who do messed up things to kids?
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Date: 2022-09-07 02:00 am (UTC)Call myself a pro and here I am, unable to link A to B on the basic shit.
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Date: 2022-09-07 02:15 am (UTC)Could be as simple as a piece of fabric over his damn head.
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Date: 2022-09-07 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-07 05:18 pm (UTC)Possibly Wade. Don't worry - he's clearly operating in north Africa but do keep your guard up as he's dangerous and unpredictable
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Date: 2022-09-09 07:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-09 08:17 am (UTC)You and a lot of other people.
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Date: 2022-09-07 10:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-07 01:58 am (UTC)i'll be upstairs in five.
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Date: 2022-09-07 02:16 am (UTC)