as we pass through arrangements of shadows

[shreds]

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[supertardiness]

[Sullivan steps forward, holding out a hand. "Thank you for your hospitality."]

Of course. Mi casa es su casa. But I think right now, it's my computers that you need.

[He jerks a thumb back over his shoulder.]

Your FBI friend is already here, and I borrowed you some extra hands from the Legends.

[slavophile]

Really?

( It really is an all-hands situation, he agrees. He doesn't make it any easier on Sullivan senior to understand what 'the Legends' are, but it takes a lot of explanation usually. )

Is Uncle Constantine still with them?

[hackedhistory]

I hope not.

[Zari makes a face as she catches the end of the question, making her way closer, tablet in hand.]

I was hoping for a little bit of quiet time before everything imploded again.

[slavophile]

And this is why we don't like to hear about time imploding.

( He felt so separate from it, until Mia had admitted what happened with the Crisis. He does look over to his sister. )

Zari.

( He knows Zari from his activism and hacker circles and even took her to her first gay bar. Get another hug! )

Do we have a bead on the origin of the list?

[hackedhistory]

[And he will get that hug because William is on the very short "People She Likes" list. And, she'll hold out her tablet, because in the fight of Zari's hacker magic vs. Jaqueline's security already in place, she didn't come out that ahead (17 vs. 16) but she does have news.]

As in a "who"? No. But I do have something interesting. So the origin of the information was a massive drop, and the origin of that signal is New Orleans. But someone intervened and prevented it from going live until twenty-four hours later. Don't have a location on the second user, but I'm willing to bet they're the one keeping it going.

[slavophile]

So, the list would've been dropped when Monroe's body dropped, but it was delayed?

( He double checks her work, reading what's been found. Does it corroborate/can he understand it? (12) )

[hackedhistory]

[Yep, that'll definitely give him enough to follow the path Zari's laid out for him.]

It seems like someone knew it would happen, but instead of stopping it, they slowed it down. Not sure what it would have gained them.

[slavophile]

Time.

( with a (17), William stops their West Wing walk-and-talk when they get into their lab. He consults with Mia, too, to see if this makes sense. )

There was a witch nobody recognized who was also captured, except when she was given the chance to save everyone she didn't. She made a half-ass throw and she split. What if she wasn't captured because that was Monroe's final gambit, but because Monroe was working with her. Her name was Maura. We know there was also an unaccounted-for witch in Prague. And we know the hunters were working with dark objects. Dark objects a witch could get her hands on.

[blackstarred]

You think it might be the same witch?

[She straightens a bit, because that would be a hell of a coincidence.]

Coop was saying that there was a witch inside helping them. Maybe it was her. Danny, Hope and the twins can probably confirm. Do we have a picture of her?

[slavophile]

Not yet. May I?

( He asks to borrow her tablet, opening a separate interface. a (13) to reverse hack back into the camera feeds for a certain warehouse his allies were held in, as he searches for any angles that might tell them what they need to know. )

[blackstarred]

[By all means. Zari gestures for him to go ahead with the tablet and goes to commandeer some of the Cortex computers and go to work on trying to take the list down completely.

But with that 13, he might not find the most high quality of pictures, but turns out Monroe did have cameras in the warehouses, especially in the room with the prisoners. Just to be safe.]

[slavophile]

Here.

( He tilts the tablet to his sister. )

See if that picture jogs Danny's memory.

( It's not high quality. It's actually pixelated. But, she is clearly a brunette. And something magical really happens. )

Okay, she phased through the floor.

[blackstarred]

[Her eyebrows go up because that is ... distinctive. But still, she opens a group chat to the Salvatore School kids plus Danny to see if they can get some confirmation:]

Not the best picture, but does she look familiar to you?

[Hopefully they'll be able to make something out of it.]

Maybe it's her special witch skill?

[slavophile]

( (8) for Hope, (15) for Lizzie!

from Hope
Is she supposed to?

from Lizzie
I'd recognize that hair like straw anywhere. That witch from Prague.

from Hope
My mom wasn't in Prague. )

Special witch skills?

( Still new to the life, this one. )

[blackstarred]

Magic is a broad and vast set of abilities. While there are some general skills that all of them have, some have specialties that are unique to them. Like magical majors.

[Josie (6) doesn't really remember much either, but Danny (15), does agree with Lizzie.

from Danny:
Her name is Maura. She was the one trying to cast a spell in Prague. She was in New Orleans?]

Jackpot. Danny says her name is Maura.

[slavophile]

( from Hope
She was captured in New Orleans and casting spells in Prague. Not a coincidence.

William frowns. )

Then they're the same. And the odds are high she helped delay this to buy herself more time. I don't remember a Maura on the list.

( But it's a long list. )

[blackstarred]

I'll check. Just let me grab a copy before you take it down.

[She passes back the tablet and moves to one of the other terminals. She may not be the tech wiz, but that doesn't mean she's can't manage combing through a list.]

[slavophile]

( Comb away. )

So, is she an enemy witch or a wildcard witch.

[blackstarred]

Hard to say. Looks like she was definitely using Monroe for her own ends.

[Zari looks up from the keyboard she's working on before tipping her head to the side. "If she was just using this Monroe person, are you sure Maura is her actual name?"]

[slavophile]

... Anyone could call themselves anything. And, it would make sense to give a fake name after your spell fails.

( And you're captured. )

How is STARLabs facial recognition?

[supertardiness]

It was designed by Cisco Ramon, so ... pretty good?

[Barry has more confidence in Cisco than most people.]

Depends on the quality of the picture, though.

[slavophile]

It's not my best. But, it wasn't a newer building.

( He hands the tablet to his uncle. )

Could you clean it up?

[supertardiness]

Yep, I'll see what I can do.

[And with that, he'll retreat to another terminal to get started on seeing if he can pin down an identity (20). Apparently he's very good at it, facial recognition is his thing?

Who knows. But once Mia gives the all clear that she has the list, Zari and William can get down to business on taking it down (17 for Z) with their FBI friend who might be struggle bussing a bit (6).]

[slavophile]

( (18) for William to help take down the list, and sorry FBI guy, William and Zari? Are pretty expert level.

Facial recognition does find a Sierra Harper, only daughter of the Harpers in New England, old money, and very beautiful (she'd say). Society pages would pull up her philanthropy and the cover of what her family does for the Colony. Fundraisers on the surface, anyway. )

[supertardiness]

[The list comes down with ease (4). Jaqueline didn't really build it to stand the test of time, she just wanted to cover her tracks so that it didn't come back to her.

Barry perks up and nudges Mia to get her attention.]

Got her. Sierra Harper. Old New England money, but that's all we've really got.

[Mia nods as she looks over the much better picture. "Yeah, that's a familiar face." She drops the picture in the group chat with a text:

Better picture.]