#intel reports

[p-ross]

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welcome! i’m ross @sootapologist, and this is my funny little homoerotic political rp blog :]

what the hell is this? so glad you asked! the psychocompetitive hivemind, a tntduo discord server, got a little too silly one day and now we have our own weird roleplay. noc is president, crisis is an anarchist, ross is clinging desperately to the idea that having power will fix them- it’s all incredibly fun! if you’d like to join the server, i can get you an invite ^_^

p!ross uses he/she/they pronouns and uses any terms but prefers masc! she is demiallo and mspec.

tags below!

memos - talking/reblogs in character

meeting notes - talking/reblogs out of character

the people’s president - answering citizens (anyone without a set rp character)

intel reports - in character commentary on something happening outside of this blog, ie on other blogs or within the server

enough to make a girl blush - suggestive cw (it’s more common than you’d think.)

it takes two - @an-oncoming-crisis (running mate)

knife or stone - @presidentnocturne (opponent)

watching the train wreck - @worstfirstlady (opponent’s first lady)

freesias and snapdragons - @maxforoffice (opponent)

still at the bottom - krote (?)

#will be updating this as people join and @s change! #memos #meeting notes #the people’s president #intel reports #it takes two #knife or stone #freesias and snapdragons #still at the bottom #enough to make a girl blush

[veerbles]

very curious about public opinion

honestly we all know post ck kaz is putting his whole back into making the council's lives miserable until they stop slavery. but what about the 1/13 of them that is uhhhh maybe like his friend or something (don't ask him to admit this out loud. he won't)

#six of crows #grishaverse #kaz brekker #wylan van eck #most fics I read either completely ignored wylan being a councilman or kind of downplayed how many options are available #now that kaz has a direct connection to the government #like kaz could pull wylan into his plans OR sneakily read all his reports to gather intel OR completely ignore the fact they know each othe #= sacrificing a very good source so wylan won't have to commit crimes #and like all kaz actions the last option is only reasonable because everything considerate kaz does also has a second agenda #like yeah not asking wylan to commit treason is nice but Also if he doesn't commit treason he won't lose his seat in the council #which allows him to keep helping the cause from the legal side and also keeps the door open for kaz to use this connection in the future #BUT ALSO. kaz/wylan scheming is too good to pass on yknow?? just them doing business in the living room while jesper begs for attention #help me make up my mind ty 😘 #kaz & wylan

[thebramblewood]

Read an exclusive excerpt of "Chapter 5: The Mysterious Cal and Lily" from Tangled Vines: A Complete Investigation of the Vatore Disappearances, the bestselling phenomenon sweeping Sim Nation!

The advent of the Roaring '20s put a new city on the map. Prohibition was in full swing across the nation (though often loosely and selectively enforced), but citizens were more eager than ever to revel in excess. Producers of alcoholic beverages (including the Vatore family itself, having swiftly resumed business operations despite the loss of its future inheritors) transitioned to an outward emphasis on medical spirits while moving recreational production underground. Equally clandestine speakeasys began cropping up by the dozens, but one city's winding sidewalks, grimy storefronts, and labyrinthine system of underground tunnels made it particularly well-suited to hosting these secret locales. Soon enough, San Myshuno was the pinnacle of glitz, glamor, and elegant debauchery. All who attended a party wanted to be seen. Curiously, though, two of the names most often uncovered in tabloid archives, Cal and Lily, seemed to fully avoid the increasingly ubiquitous flash of the camera. While other frequenters of the speakeasy circuit often found their grainy black and white faces in print, providing endless fodder for the burgeoning gossip rag industry, this pair remained elusive, which of course sold even more papers. Fellow partygoers pitched first-hand accounts to the highest bidders, and readers clung onto every salacious word. Lily and Cal were always observed to arrive together, but she would soon make a beeline for the gramophone while he settled in at the bar. Nearly every report calls Lily an exquisite beauty with an almost supernatural ability for drawing men into her orbit. In some instances, partygoers describe a herd of suitors nearly erupting into fisticuffs as they competed for her attention. It is impossible to say how many of these accounts are exaggerated or even fabricated. Nevertheless, it is clear she was quite the force. At the end of the night, she would leave with her chosen companion, stupefied by his stroke of good luck, on her arm. Meanwhile, Cal would watch listlessly from a distance, nursing a glass of whiskey he was never observed to actually drink. The relationship between the two was unclear, as was his reason for accompanying her, as he seemed to have little interest in the raucousness surrounding him. He rarely engaged with other guests or even Lily herself, though there is at least one report of an argument in which he seemed with little success to be dissuading her from leaving with yet another man. One cannot help but draw parallels to a certain set of siblings with suspiciously similar names. Despite being younger, Caleb Vatore was always said to be protective over his sister Lilith's interests, even if she rarely heeded his advice. Digging into the newspaper archives at Myshuno Meadows Library unearths several more disturbing accounts. Increasingly, there were whispers that the men Lily seduced completely vanished from San Myshuno society after coming into contact with her. While there was a small spike in unsolved murder cases at the time, a concrete connection between the victims and the mysterious Lily cannot be made. In one story, which admittedly reads like a hallucinatory drug trip, Lily is described as a succubus with glowing red eyes and sharp blood-stained teeth. This account was clearly dismissed, for its revelations were never entertained further. All at once, the champagne and glitter dissolved into a more sober era, and these socialites vanished from public life just as swiftly. In isolation, similarities between Cal and Lily and the disappeared Vatore siblings may seem like mere coincidences. In truth, it cannot even be proven that they existed. No official records matching either individual have been discovered. One could argue that they were works of fiction concocted to boost sales or composites drawn from several individuals. However, considered alongside the evidence to be presented in later chapters, the theory that this duo and the Vatores are one and the same becomes too tantalizingly probable to dismiss.

#ts4 #sims 4 #sims 4 story #ts4 story #simblr #story: hzid #lilith vatore #caleb vatore #oops i dropped something #thanks to the magic of storytelling i've obtained the footage #anyway i've decided lilith only kills men (on purpose anyway) #she doesn't count the accidents #also i realized while writing this that it was very subconsciously inspired by this kind of obscure british film called bright young things #(which is itself based on the novel vile bodies by evelyn waugh) #i remember it mainly being about vapid awful people in a downward spiral of increasingly debauched behavior #(in other words highly recommended) #but specifically there's a reporter character played by james mcavoy who picks up intel at parties #and then feverishly dictates his reports by phone in the middle of the night to ensure they make the morning edition #that's exactly what i'm picturing here #it's like the '20s version of celebrities being papped #anyway if you read everything under the cut and then also made it this far you're a real one #gonna cool it on the lore for now and hold onto the more interesting bits a while longer

[piosplayhouse]

Not going to get involved in the ao3 politics shit but I just want to say after reading some of the top posts on this site I can tell most of the people talking about this subject very clearly did not experience Sexytimes With Wangxian

#honestly though despite how you feel about rhe big topics i havent seen much discussion about how The Candidate just... doesnt seem #experienced to be working that position at all? just objectively reading her interview she says she has NO experience working online #even communicating with slack or such; self proclaimed fandom newbie etc #like I can't tell you what to think about the big issues but like if you wanted to hire someone to work at your local dog shelter #and you interviewed them and they said they only really just started interacting w dogs and they had never had any experience #with dealing with caring for animals at all or the adoption process.. would you hire them lol #anyway just my 2 bits #ao3 #ao3 discourse #also hiding this at the very bottom of the tags bc i dont want to catch heat but i actually dont think people are aware so just to qualify #the rpf rhat got ao3 banned in china was not about a real life minor . i see a lot of people talking about minor rpf and i think its weird #as shit too personally but just to get facts right the rpf that allegedly sparked the ban was about a 30yr old adult man #idk if that changes anything but just putting that out there #oh ok also im getting intel that the reason the fic was mass reported and ao3 wS subsequently banned was because the fic #featured one of the actors as trans. so thats a frightening addition if true

[mixelation]

there are many fics out there with the plot of "character finds written documentation of the Truth behind uchiha massacre," but i've never read one where it.... made sense why records were kept? or documentation was even made at all?? this is something you would never, ever want anyone to find. why have anything to find at all?

like i can see a scenario where detailed documentation on intel of the planned coup and subsequent moves by konoha to mitigate the situation exist. you'd want that to keep track of yourself, and to pass on in the case of change of command or looping in new people, and it might suddenly become relevant again years down the line even if you solve it. so i can see that sitting in a sealed box somewhere, or if it was destroyed, maybe something was missed somewhere

but i don't see why you'd have a piece of paper just like GUESS WHAT ITACHI WAS ACTING ON ORDERS sitting in the archives or in danzo's desk or something??? you don't write down secrets that bad

ways someone could solve the mystery via snooping in paperwork (non-exhaustive, obviously):

danzo DID keep documentation out of some weird arrogance about the matter, or because he personally wanted to make the coup public. i don't spend a lot of time thinking about danzo so i can't decide if this is IC or not, but at least it's a reason

hiruzen keeps documentation, either out of guilt/regret or because he knows he's getting replaced soon and he thinks his successor should know (or, fuck, he thinks future generations should know)

there's no documentation about the massacre itself, but someone gets their hands on that misplaced file about the coup and Makes Connections, or there's a little annotation about someone suggesting extreme force

there's FAKE documentation of itachi's mental health or something along those lines to help conceptualize the massacre with the cover story, and someone recognizes forgeries/why details don't add up

the complete lack of documentation is ITSELF the clue. like please give me a scene of a character finally breaking into the hokage's personal archives and all the files labeled for the uchiha massacre are literally filled with blank paper

#if absolutely NO ONE knew about the massacre i think the intel line had to be #like literally just shisui and itachi feeding stuff directly to hiruzen and danzo #MAYBE some other people got tasked with tracking uchiha movements but nothing that would make someone go #'holy shit this sure is Suspicious' #so another bullet point (i am not organized sorry): there's just a massive amount of #intel on the uchiha in general in like the sixth months leading up to the massacre #which ARE written reports for the sake of reviewing/analyzing #i imagine if danzo/hiruzen were smart about covering their asses they'd get rid of these reports #but they'd probably be spread out and lower priority than other things they'd have to do #so maybe stuff was missed or a character realized this soon after the massacre

[soapfcrce]

❛  i'm trapped between two impossible choices, and neither one feels right.  ❜ || @boosterrs

He really liked to think that by now he would’ve gotten used to Booster’s vague comments and the ways he seemed to catch himself when talking too much. Apparently not.

“Christ, yer beginning t’ sound like a broken record…” A small sigh, Soap pressing a hand to his forehead—or trying to, anyways. It was currently being occupied with holding the guy to his side on the couch while Soap was busy with finishing a small sketch. Very important to get the shading on the dog just right… “Y’ know, starting ‘n stopping every single thought you get ‘s nae very healthy t’ do around curious individuals.”

Namely himself, but that part probably went without saying. One last addendum to the little skull mask on the dog, and he eventually reached over to tap Booster on the nose with the pencil end. “Assuming this is one of those things y’ don’t want me knowing about: just do the one that’s not gonna get ye in trouble. Happen to like having you around here.”

#boosterrs #intel report «¤» ( in character #task force time «¤» ( main verse #debriefing due now «¤» ( asks #the biggest of thonks #did he see the prague possibility? #the world may never know

[an-onyx-void]

Intel will build $25 billion chip factory in Israel’s ‘largest investment ever’ | CNN Business

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #israel #israel is committing genocide #israel is an apartheid state #israel is committing war crimes #intel #technology news #tech news #CNN #cnn news #us news #united states news source #united states news #us news source #an onyx void reports

[alcubierre-warpin]

Old Guard hyperfixation guaranteed to come back once I get my hands on the kindle season 4 script

#going straight to the old guard scenes will report back the intel!!! #succession #succession scripts #it was KARLS season I'm so fucking excited #my hand is too fucked to draw rn but i will return :'I

[shxwmaster]

spymaster shaw being a required boss for the achievement "for the horde!" — [inspiration pulled from sett]

The Spymaster plays a critical role within the Alliance by lording over their central intelligence gathering. Espionage, manipulation, assassinations, etc., the SI:7 pose a quiet threat to the Horde at all times. Therefore, it only makes sense for Mathias Shaw to be part of the requirement to kill.

AGGRO

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Go on then. Try me.

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Get the cleaning crew on standby. We're going to have a mess on our hands.

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: The audacity...

KILLING A PLAYER

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: No one will remember you.

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: What did you expect?

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Kill confirmed.

RAID WIPE

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Pity. I was starting to have fun.

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: You hear that? Peace... and quiet.

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Don't worry. We'll keep this off the records.

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Don't feel too bad. You never stood a chance.

ROGUE VANISHING FROM COMBAT

Spymaster Mathias Shaw whispers: You must think you're clever.

Spymaster Mathias Shaw whispers: I see you.

IF RENZIK DIES BEFORE HIM

Renzik "The Shiv" is Shaw's right-hand man, having always been posted beside Shaw. As a sub-leader of the SI:7, he too is a sub-boss in the fight. Mechanically speaking, Renzik MUST be killed first, as his abilities only empower Shaw's.

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: You have no idea what you've gotten into!

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Renzik! Fine, you want to tango? Let's tango!

IF FLYNN DIES BEFORE HIM

Now that Flynn Fairwind has been added to the SI:7 building beside Shaw, he's no longer exempt from a little violence. However, he is only an elite, and not a bossfight of his own. Mechanically speaking, it is advised to CC him as much as possible, as killing him will trigger Enrage on Shaw.

FLYNN AT LOW HP

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: He has nothing to do with this!

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Leave him out of this!

FLYNN DIES

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: You want to make this personal? Let's make this personal!

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Flynn, no! I will leave nothing left of your corpses! Nothing!

(NOTE: Shaw always keep a steady control over his voice, even when raised. However, when Renzik or Flynn are hurt/killed, the VO for the lines are genuine shouts, twisted and snarled than the other VOs)

UPON DEATH

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: So this... is what it was all for...

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: Varian... I've failed you again...

Spymaster Mathias Shaw yells: We... are all... murderers...

#profile: intel #si report: headcanon #classified: storage #( i've always thought the idea of shaw being a bossfight was so cool and i've wanted it for AGES ) #( and seeing sett's post on vancleef voice lines for HIS fight got me SOOO INSPIRED WAHHHHHHH ) #( please let me kill shaw please please he deserves to be a cool faction bossfight PLEASE )

[randombubblegum]

so. imo it wasn’t terrible. I expected the crowd to hate/be conspicuously indifferent to them and tbh where I was sitting (towards the back of lower level) no one was even losing it during mcr. albany is weird bro I did not like the vibes at all. but yeah they did fine, Awsten’s voice has never been better idk why he dressed like a garbage man(?) I guess he’s trying to say he’s trash (?) just v confusing overall. absolutely no banter other than to quickly cut the two little voices in the pit that asked for group chat and he was like we are NOT doing that (thank god). Otto’s drums on real super dark <3 man was BEATING his set, like you can feel that song in your feet live (holding my opinion on it otherwise til I learn the lyrics, doesn’t seem to be terrible). Setlist is. bad. I have no idea why he did that. And I don’t even dislike the parx5 songs so far but it’s not really what the mcr show is about. would have preferred a liiiiiittle more curation. also magnetic is… not a good song for this tour. YBPT and Numb are fine but magnetic is not a good idea imo. don’t know why he won’t put TANTRUM on this set, or sleep alone!! the fact that WWHN isn’t on the list but turbulent is made me incredibly sad. what else. It looks like he stuck picks in seats? he made otto do the line after telephone again. gerard shouted out parx at the very beginning but nothing past that. as a fan I could tell he was NERVOUS but imo handled it like a champ, festivals don’t count so the last venue even close to this size I think (at least that I saw them in) was terminal 5 in nyc I believe cap is 8-10k there, and that was incredibly different reaction wise for him (crowd reacted similarly though).

AH!!!!!!!!!!!!! i see i see *taking notes*…..

thank god he didnt try to banter LOL that would have literally been. a nightmare. otto playing drums hard very sexy…. very hot……. the new songs tentative lyrics have me 😐😐😐 but i believe in it sounding good live…. like ill hold off judgement until we have lyric confirmation but uguhfjfn god.

the setlist is INSANELY bad literally!!! like even setting aside my disdain for gh/parx5 songs so far the ones he chose are just?? bizarre….. why would you put THREE songs off an unreleased album on ur setlist as an OPENER for mcr. and refuse to put your “hits” or actual confirmed crowdpleasers??? like sure leave the gh tracks. leave funeral grey if you have to for promo, but like. put songs people like on there or at least can dance to WHAT are you doing.

i bet he was nervous as hell LOL basically everyone has said he was like clearly terrified up there…. *resists ingrained desire to poor little meow meow him* *fails* i think he knows the attitude towards parx opening for mcr isnt amazing bc he cant log off twitter lol. lets see how it goes for the next shows???!??!???

#thank u for ur report i love the intel from the ground….. very interesting #i wonder if hell calm down or do anything different for the other shows #mail time! #neg

[p-ross]

i try not to be rude but god does mediating conflict get tiring sometimes.

#keeping the waters calm is all well and good unless you are constantly besieged by shark attacks. #memos #intel reports

[lighthouse-system]

If my research is correct, estrolabs seems to be taken offline. Queerquirk is still online.

#transphobia cw #been trying to use a proxy with gathering info to give to their domain registrar #was pleasantly surprised to see that estrolabs is down at least #goes without saying but if you're gonna gather intel to report please use a proxt #*proxy #there's no telling what kind of JS scripts they got running to gather info on visitors

[callisteios]

when i was at disneyland last month i saw some nuns, so i'd assume if they can go to a theme park they can use the internet?

not going to lie to you i thought nuns had to give up all worldly non religious connection so this is intriguing. thank you for this intel anon

#like they can’t see their families? #but they can go to Disney #not that I’m complaining #I need to go monastery shopping I guess #if YOU know of any nun related activities report them here #ask #anon #I’m realising now that most of my nun intel comes from the Middle Ages and maybe that’s outdated?

[hazzabeeforlou]

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#I had a bit of an epiphany today #I was watching Only Murders in the Building (great and very gay #I recommend) and Mable was questioning this police detective that she KNEW had been fucking around in illegal shit and framing her #and she spends all this time in a boxing ring with him hurling truth and insults and finally he just turns to her and says #‘no matter how many insults and curses you hurl at me I’m not going to admit to anything. that’s not how this works’ #and wow. it just. hit me. I can have all the altered photos #the blurry messy hair fudging the odd shadows the lifted pics from Louis’ childhood photos #none of it will ever matter #the fertility clinic #the dissapearing bump #the wiped social media #none of it will ever matter. they will NEVER admit to it. that’s not how this works #I think me (and lots of us) have been operating under a type of inevitability with these stunts #like if we find enough strings to pull they will all unravel #but that’s not how the world works is it? #the things kept secret will always be so to the general public. I had a friend whose dad worked in government intel and he would tell her #that things are kept from the public for a reason. sometimes this is nepharious obviously #and we’re lucky if a whistleblower notifies us. or a reporter breaks a story like watergate #we only know the stories that come to light and something as stupid and money making as a pop stars tabloid life? I mean look how long #it took to free Brittney. #I guess what I’m saying is. there’s no point countering the narrative or the photo shop or the set up pap walks or the family visits #or the interviews or the Insta stories there’s NEVER going to be a time when a freeze frame that shows the kids real nose #will cause them to be like OMG YOU GOT US HAHA YOU WIN! #it’s just ‘not how this works’ #I think this is a saner way of approaching Louis. it’s not a very hopeful way but I’m finding that unfulfilled hope turns to bitterness #eventually #and I want to enjoy him and his music #and stop hoping for the curtain to be pulled back #I’m fairly certain now that it never will be :/

[bumbleblurr]

not me wanting to make bee an education major for a college au and then I reread my first blurb fic and there's literally a line in there abt how he should stay away from a career in education .

#WHOOPS #ok on my defense . i got nothing akdhdljflf #i was so focused on bee being good with kids & potentially gaining the patience and ethic to be a mentor if hes just given a chance #that it slipped my mind that i once thought he wouldnt be able to handle it bc hes scatterbrained & not the best at managing himself #its ok. its ok this is what character arcs are for #they didnt give bee any meaningful character arcs in the show that means i have to pick up the slack #except im not obligated to make any content of it and im too busy to rlly do any of that atm aksjdlfj #anyway. college au #i was considering blur to be an english major because. obvious reasons #actually maybe hes studying to be a reporter #or an editor #and then bee i had some trouble bc like. hes definitely the kind of guy to be directionless and probably would switch majors at the start #and im. these guys are not in the military bc theyre in college so i cant just copy paste stuff from the show #(thats why blur is not in intel. hes not in the military this time and his life is probably more peaceful bc of it) #and i was like. hey im going to be an education major maybe ........ #bee would be a fun teacher but he needs to become more. structured? like time management and being more firm & focused #which hes definitely not good at atm. but again this is where he can develop his character #hes already sociable & good with kids & quick witted. good at problem solving & thinking on his feet #so yeah. just needs to get better at the ''boring'' stuff #ive had convos where others said he would be a gym teacher bc hes not smart enough to be a general studies teacher but. listen #i dont think bee is not smart enough hes just not traditionally booksmart or smth like that #but i believe in him he can do it 🥺 #he just might need help from a study partner... like you know who #that's right. bulkhead. #also blur i guess but whatever #🐝 could you repeat the last part? 🟦

[soapfcrce]

In hindsight, leaving Soap alone with the target was probably a bad idea... 

In hindsight, maybe the fucker shouldn’t have done what he did. Maybe they’d have all been wrapped up nicely in a van off to have a nice conversation before burying the guy neck deep in some nice prison that everyone would probably forget about. Fat chance that was. 

The blood caked his hands and splattered across his face, feeling not unlike a warm embrace of relief. The muzzle of the gun in his hands was still smoking, the already bruises and scrapes on his hands stinging from the sweat and bile from where he had unloaded. Again, in hindsight, they really shouldn’t have done this. 

He spat at the body, breath heavy. “See you in hell, arsehole...” He’ll deal with the consequences later. 

#intel report «¤» ( in character #task force time «¤» ( main verse #open «¤» ( post #8) have some feral soap for the road