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un: micro

[gaits]

There's a few things I need to tell you
I'm pretty sure Frank's been compromised by Kilgrave
I don't know what you guys have been planning but I know he met with you the other night before his signal disappeared.
Whatever you're going to do I want in.

[underachievement]

Does he know? [ that he knows. he could very well have a knife to Micro's throat to dictate the message (that ol' paranoid chestnut) but she'll play along to find out. ]

[gaits]

No
But he may be able to find out that I know he died
And Kara too.

[underachievement]

As long as he thinks he's pulling off the surveillance.
The best thing you can do for him right now is play dumb, trust me.

[gaits]

He's just going to get himself killed again
Or worst case scenario one of the kids, he's taken half of them in already.

[underachievement]

Only if he feels threatened. If you're a crap liar then get out of there now.

[gaits]

Listen I'm not above knocking him out and confining him somewhere else
I just don't want anyone else involved
Kilgrave doesn't know I exist and I plan to keep it that way
But I know Frank and he has the tendency to care too much even when he shouldn't

[ pot calling the kettle black here, but whatever. ]

[underachievement]

[ Yeah, she can see why they get along so well. They both like rushing into shit they know they shouldn't. ]

Meet me. [ Jess sends him the address of a corner that she plucked randomly from the map, in an area of Reims she knows receives little foot traffic. The longer he freaks out about this on his own, the more likely he is to try knocking Frank out, screw up, and get himself Kilgraved along with his buddy. Jess is much closer to the destination than communal housing, allowing her to intercept his route and ensure he isn't followed. ]

[gaits]

[ they both like rushing into shit they know they shouldn't, and as much as david says that about frank, the truth is that he'd always drop everything for frank if he needed help. even if it's something too dangerous, something that would require more than a few lines of code to save them both.

so he meets her, without even questioning that this could be a trap. there's no alternative and he figures they both can't exactly accomplish this alone and jessica needs the help. he has his laptop tucked under his arm when he gets there, glancing at his device to make sure he's in the right place. ]

[underachievement]

[ Jess is inarguably certain this is a trap, the only cause for doubt in her mind being the fact that she has nothing left to lose. Then again, she's consistently wrong about that, so there is no choice but to follow through on her appearance. If this guy's being controlled too, at least he's another full grown adult. God damn it, Frank, she told you to stay away from the kids. She couldn't have told you harder!

Despite having to watch her steps, she can still get to him by the time he's made it halfway to his destination. She tails from as far back as her 20/20 street-level super-vision will allow, and when he arrives, waits another five minutes. There's no reason to leave him out in the open, except to postpone the surrender he came to negotiate. Jess approaches from the same direction whence he came, taking to her device. She's already worked out that he doesn't have superpowers, or else Frank would have invited him up to guard Kevin's even stringbeanier body. ]

What's that for? [ She indicates to his laptop with the hand holding her device. ]

[gaits]

[ he doesn't have superpowers, just another normal squishy human who fucks around with computers on the side -- pretty unremarkable as far as most people are concerned. he's nervous when he gets there first, glancing around warily until he spots jessica's approach. he follows her hand and looks down at his laptop, makes a jerky shrug. ]

Tracking.

[ he can still monitor frank's movements with it if he has to, and he's never been more thankful for the fact that frank had given it to him the first day he got here. it makes him feel less like he's totally useless, even though he's certain majority of the people here could break him in half. ]