Tomorrow

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Good to hear that no one died in that total fiasco. And since I haven't heard otherwise and there isn't a roommate sharing my hospital bed, I'm assuming that the only serious injury was me.

Pete, I'm out of the field for the next six weeks or so. The infection from my kidney has been cleaned up. but I nearly got my sciatic shot through, and I'm stuck hobbling around while it heals. So I'm going to be back on the stick for the near future.

For the rest of you, what we ran into in Uganda is something called a 'psionic tag'. It's basically a little psychic subroutine that gets planted in your head and constantly broadcasts, so any psychic in the range can pick you up and track you down no matter what you do. I've run into them in my Gambit days. Uncommon, very elegant, and unless you've got some serious mental shields or have run across them before, totally undetectable. When they found out that we were in the building, the likely tagged the whole area and just sorted their people out. However, it only lasts a couple of days, so we'll all be clear of it now.

The 'taggers' where not Uganda troops, and not standard British agency types. Pete, something about this feels like those people that went after your sister last year. Same kind of low key operatives, well trained, and certainly psionically active. We might have stumbled into a connection here.

That being said, excellent work everyone. That was a bad plan, a bad situation, and it looks like everyone came through at least in one piece, which is remarkable to say the very least. We might as well see what we can learn from this. Marie-Ange, can you put together an analysis of how each group got clear, and work up as many other approaches as you can? Both Pete and I have been training more for solo operatives up until now, because that's what we known best. I want some larger group exit plans that we can consider for the future. Mark, Doug, put your heads together for some kind of secondary communications options? Cheap, disposible and anonymous are the only limitations you need to stay within.

Amanda, I'm going into research mode once I get out for the next while. Can you pull those records Doug got from the laptop last year, and my updates on the Essex file? Might as well get up to date.

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Before I even start talking to the others, I can tell you that I suspect Doug and I were not followed past the first eight hours because both of us have strange psionic profiles. I know mine is - I've been told more than once that I register oddly to telepaths, and I had it confirmed for me by David Haller after the encounter with Quentin Quire. Manuel mentioned it at least once as well.

Both of our powers are at least somewhat mental in nature, even if we are not psionic. (My God, can you imagine if I was a telepath? How horrible for everyone.)

Doug says that he felt something psionic at the site, but couldn't identify it.

I do not think this is something we can count on in the future - that is not a prediction, just an observation. It is useful to note that it may have worn off faster than the others.

As for the rest, I will have a preliminary report to you before lunchtime tommorow, and I should have a more detailed one at the end of the week.

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I just spent one good minute kicking myself...if the tag had come a second or two slower than when it did, it would have bounced off of whatever static shielding my powers surround my mind with. But that is neither here, nor there, though it does teach me not to rely just on that in the future.

Marie-Ange, I'll drop off my report on your desk in about an hour. Remy, is there anything else I can do?

[xp_daytripper]

I'll drop by with the files and your old mate the cane tonight.

And I'd say very bad things about psionics and tagging and people leaving shite in your brain, but wouldn't want to offend the lady with the purple knife-thing she can stab you in the brain with.

Apart from you and Sof, we got off pretty well in terms of being shot. Mostly bruises, Marie-Ange banged up her knee and my ears are peeling.

[x-viento.livejournal.com]

Mysteriously, my plants didn't die while I was away. Come over and I'll whip something up to put on that burn of yours.

[xp_daytripper]

Thanks, Sof. Lets me get some good grovelling time in.