Open House

The office move is completed, just waiting for the furniture.

The Compound is coming along nicely, and two of the units are rented.

The transportation system was delayed, due to some sort of problem with the Dharma folks needing to focus their efforts elsewhere, but I'm assured things will proceed and be completed without any further delays.

This is all good.

Not so good, Cody. Cody seems to be having some effect on Lily. I've warned him to stay away from her. With any luck, this will make him try to see her in secret, and I can observe her reactions without other complicating factors.

Everything is proceeding according to plan. Even Emma has joined Special Projects Division.

The only thing missing is a certain golden coin.

Where are you hiding, little one? Do the slavers know what they have?

I tracked them to Botany Bay and the intel I picked up there both spoken and unspoken was enough to indicate that while I likely could manage to get to her, and maybe even extricate her, this would happen again and again unless a strong signal was received by her "hosts".

It was not the sort of signal that benefit us all long term. So, I went to the best person for the job. Seana Kawanishi. Mayor of Hale's Moon. Lily's adopted "mother". Auroras....guardian.

Seana said she will deal with them. I have to wonder, does she have any idea what they have?

Somehow I think she does. Or she soon will.

Imrhien

She insisted she had to take Mindo to the institution.

She insisted.

Now she's missing, he's missing, and no one seems to give a damn - after all, he's not wanted and she's a free woman havin' taken her leave from the confines of MacLaren's.

My real question is, who took who?

Special Projects

Mindo did not make it to the institution.

He and the pilot are missing, and have been since the day they were supposed to arrive there.

No one told me because I was otherwise occupied trying to get Krenshar away from the Alliance.

Some deals you just have to make. One day of my life doesn't seem like such a price to pay for getting Krenshar out without them having the chance to look more closely at him. They had only managed to get the brain out. They hadn't made it to the core code. Even if they had, they wouldn't have had time to unravel it.

So he's safe.

Me, I'm waiting for Major Pepper Siamendes to tell me "we had a deal".