2020-05-08 - Who's That Girl

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Megan Keene. Name ring a bell?

(TXT to Ruiz) August : christ, not you too. tell me you said no. or through her in the tank.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : (threw*)

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Of course i fucking said no. and why would I throw her in the tank, I don't have anything to book her on

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Anyway, what do you know about her?

(TXT to Ruiz) August : look you say 'of course' but tell me you don't know people who'd say yes.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : she was? is? part of a group who worshipped or...had a pact with Them. sacrificing people to Them in exchange for being left alone. tried to kill Alexander.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : I think Cavanaugh did, but that man is a fucking masochist.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : And I mean that literally

(TXT to August) Ruiz : shit, you're not serious, are you?

(TXT to Ruiz) August : yeah I saw her handiwork. and that explains a few things about him.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Does it now

(TXT to Ruiz) August : very serious. Alexander said she was part of a troupe. they dragged a whole group into one of Their constructs. Alexander said they killed the rest of them, but Megan escaped

(TXT to Ruiz) August : and there was something about, she's helping Alice. or escaped the Asylum with Alice. or something like that, he'll have better details than me. most of that happened before I knew the crowd

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Right. The theatre troupe.. shit, i'd almost forgotten about them.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : So Alexander has his finger in this pie too, huh?

(TXT to August) Ruiz : And did Cavanaugh come talk to you about it?

(TXT to Ruiz) August : I mean, he went with us with Marshall and Isabella, so yeah. that time we can't remember, I mean. and he was a friend of Violet's. Alice's twin.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : nah I came across him, and his Art looked like he'd just about lost it. faded. sitting right next to me he could barely make mind contact.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Yeah, he's been in a bad way. I don't know how to help him, or if I can.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : it'd be worth having Alexander or Hyacinth look at him. make sure Keene didn't do something to him.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Something like what? I know she fucked with his head.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : remember when Alexander was in the hospital and texting us weird shit? one of the things he said was he thought he could rewrite memories. I figure for Megan to give Joe back his memories of that place she has to be doing something like that. so what if she gave him something else too?

(TXT to Ruiz) August : this was part of a bigger thing Joe and I discussed. why do they let people go from the Asylum? are they tagging them, using them to draw others like us in?

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Shit. Shit. maybe this is what that Peregrine fucker did to me

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Yeah, you might be on to something. we should, uh. We should get a few of us together and compare notes honestly.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : right. it could be the same sort of thing, in which case, Joe might be a Trojan Horse. but maybe Alexander or Hyacinth could fix it, if she did do something. and yes, we should. especially if she's sticking around.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : I'll ask him. Alexander, that is, when I see him next. And a trojan horse in what way?

(TXT to Ruiz) August : any way. maybe to give us false information. how's he going to know what really happened to him there and what didn't? or maybe to convince us to do something for Them. who even knows. we keep assuming that place is Theirs, but what if what They want is for us to destroy it? ...wait I probably haven't talked to you about that theory of mine. okay we should definitely get some people together and talk.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : the super short version is anything we do Over There changes the Veil itself.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Yeah, that's what I want to tell him. not to trust these memories he thinks he has of the place. not with someone with her abilities, fucking with his head.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Okay, let's do this then. Who do you think needs to be involved, besides Alexander?

(TXT to Ruiz) August : anyone who went, if not when we talk at least to be brought up to speed. so that's some combination of you me Isabella Alexander and Easton

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Cavanaugh too. he's wrapped up in this now, whether he wants to be or not.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : definitely. he might be one of the only former patients we know. last I checked all the others are gone.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : I'm trying to understand why her power seemed so.. what's the fucking word. Saturated? I've never seen anyone with the mind gift like that.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : saturated. like, supercharged? that's dangerous as hell, since the mind Art's, well, you know what it is. perception. internal composition. yours, others people's. if your own's out of control what the fuck is it gonna lead you to do to other people? nothing good.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Yeah, supercharged. Hit me like a ton of fucking bricks. Like she's maybe.. fuck, I don't know, had her power somehow amplified?

(TXT to Ruiz) August : that's something people like Finch and me can do. usually doesn't last very long, but maybe someone figured out how to make it last. not sure how the hell she could be like that without Their involvement though. if you think anything we do normally gets Their attention, I bet They love it when I amp someone up.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : I bet they do, too. Think you've done that to me a time or two.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : I have. it's one of the easier things for me to do with shaping when it comes to people. but to have it like that long term can't be good. like running a car in low gears and high RPMs nonstop.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Yeah. Yeah, look, let's get together soon. I've got to go check in on Cavanaugh.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : will do. I'll let you know if I catch sight of her.

(TXT to August) Ruiz : Please. Stay safe.

(TXT to Ruiz) August : you too.