🔒 ww25 new kids on the bloc groupchat

[angelhunter]

new blood group chat

@hap and/or @oa has added you to a group chat:

dean, faith, kai, kate, ptolemais, yeko, wwx

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@hap, text

[angelhunter]

@everyone

Betty Cooper was new, like us. I'm sure I don't need to point out who the dummies resemble and what three of the four have in common.

@oa

[resurrected]

But why only 3 of the 4? There must be another common factor we're missing.

[angelhunter]

Provided he's not a deliberate outlier meant to throw us off.

Are you volunteering to investigate?

[resurrected]

Sure. [ 😡 ] I assume you intend to start with Betty?

[angelhunter]

I do.

Take someone with you for anything you check out in-person. [ """""Strength in numbers."""" ] @ptolemais @hawkeye @slayer [ So, so, so reluctantly: ] @robert.plant

[cholesterol]

If by investigate, you mean the dummies, did that. They're our clothes. They're dummies.

But, they had the missing hair from last round. No other signs or evidence with them. Just giant target callouts.

[angelhunter]

You should search your own belongings, if you haven't. Make sure nothing was planted.

I can provide a second set of eyes.

[cholesterol]

Hair. Was. Planted. Knock yourself out, Chief.

[angelhunter]

Your personal belongings. Clothing, items, anything they didn't take.

a grumble and ... and some minutes later

[cholesterol]

Nothing. Everything's as is.

[angelhunter]

Well then if it's a frame job it's a pretty poor one.

[cholesterol]

Obviously.

[resurrected]

I'm already discussing Lanfear with someone.

[ It's Dean. ]

[angelhunter]

You realize that partnering up is also about accountability.

We can't confirm what you find with someone if we don't know who they are.

[resurrected]

We're both in this group. We can confirm anything we find together.

[angelhunter]

[ Anyone else, he'd point out that everything is harder to believe without transparency. The last thing he needs is the inevitable, ultimate clapback OA has on him there. ]

Then I'm sure we all look forward to hearing it.

[purpura]

hey

don't think we've been properly introduced. kate bishop, nice to meet you

i'm gonna be real with you, this entire thing has burned me a bit more than i would like to admit, so if you have any idea of what to do next, i'm happy to go along.

i can also just let you do your think if you feel like i'm butting in.

[resurrected]

Hi, Kate. I'm The OA, but just OA is fine.

I don't think you're butting in. Did you know any of the victims?

[purpura]

[ Does she even want to know? Nah. ]

i didn't, not sure if fortunately, or unfortunately. i have talked a bit with betty, but that's about it.

i've been checking the scene for a distance, the relevant groups of people that have links to them are out in full.

i think it would be useful for us to know what links the four people represented in the dummies, and if something also links them to the victims.

is this misdirection? or another clue?