[Private Video to Sofia, Blake, and Jaune]

[solar_flare]

[Yang doesn't let on how tired she is. She looks bright and chipper, her smiling face appearing on the screen.]

Hey guys! Just wanted to say thanks for all your help the other day. Sofia, you kicked so much butt. You weren't even from our world, but you were right there to help us out, and really...if you hadn't been there...

[There's a faint flicker of color in Yang's eyes, but it's gone.]

Anyway, I owe you big time. All of you. Any time you need me around, consider me there.

[She waves at the camera.]

Guess that's all I've got to say for now. See you around!

Comments

[solar_flare]

Maybe he was jealous for some reason?

[He could be one of those ugly hunchbacked geniuses. Or, if M is a woman, a spurned crush back when she was a teenager. Gah, there's just too much they don't know! It's so frustrating.]

Ugh...

[Having absorbed what she could, Yang turns away, rubbing the back of her head.]

What kind of methods did you use?

[trigram]

I can't say for sure yet, but I wouldn't rule that possibility out.

[Sofia closes the curtain now that Yang's saw enough of it. There's not much to see right now anyway]

I use a method called criminal profiling. I take bits and pieces of somebody's behavior and thinking process based on their actions, mannerisms, speech... It's like putting together a puzzle. Once we get enough pieces, we'll figure out their identities by narrowing down our search criteria.

[solar_flare]

How do you catalogue people into a system like that?

[It sounds handy, but she can't imagine how the database would get populated in the first place.]

Does everyone just take a big personality test or something?

[trigram]

It's not just one system. We access a variety of databases of records from former criminals, former psych ward patients, missing persons... Which I'm aware isn't readily available in this world. So that's another thing we could use thrown out the window.

[Not to mention Moriarty is too smart to leave records of himself in any database]

[solar_flare]

[Yang frowns.]

It'd be a lot easier if we could just go after him directly.

[Then she smiles, glancing at Sofia with a shrug.]

Guess we'll just have to follow his breadcrumbs, then!

[After Ruby's better.]

[trigram]

Give me a call, I'll go with you when you do.

[solar_flare]

That'll probably be a while.

[Yang sighs. No idea how long, honestly.]

We can probably cover more ground if we split up anyway. I don't think M knows that much about you, so you can probably get in places where I would be recognized.

[trigram]

[Sofia nods]

How's Ruby doing?

[solar_flare]

[Yang pauses. She doesn't really feel right talking about her sister behind her back, not like this.]

Could be better, could be worse.

[She smiles.]

Maybe you could go see her. I think she'd love the company.

[trigram]

That's not a bad idea. What kind of food do you think Ruby would enjoy? I could try and cook that for her, and the rest of you.

[solar_flare]

Cookies.

[There's not even a beat of hesitation, just. Cookies.]

I mean, let's be real, she's got a crazy metabolism and I'm pretty sure she'll eat anything you put in front of her, but she makes cookies VANISH.

[trigram]

[That got a soft laugh out of Sofia]

Cookies huh? I haven't baked anything besides brownies before, but it's worth a shot.

[solar_flare]

That'd be great. Thanks, Sofia.

[Cooking isn't exactly Yang's strong suit, unless you like Cajun food.]

[trigram]

No problem. How about you and Blake? What do you girls like?

[She's making a mental note to look up the recipes she had saved on her phone that her friend all wrote, who is an excellent cook that Sofia dreams to be half as good as, at least]

[solar_flare]

I'm not very picky either.

[Just keep her away from porridge.]

Blake likes tuna dishes.