Oh, I was here back then. I actually helped get as much as I could, I'm really good at listening in without being noticed and some of the Hornets said a bit too much. And she was really eager to help the moment I started asking questions, I think she shared everything she had. I've been told she's young, but the way she gathers information so easily it's really impressing.
[Sorry, Will. Distracting him isn't going to be distracted so easily... but it was a really good attempt at throwing someone under the bus. Really]
But the Captain isn't the only thing I need information about, so we can move on. What can you tell me about the porter?
[Sorry, Will. Distracting him isn't going to be distracted so easily... but it was a really good attempt at throwing someone under the bus. Really]
But the Captain isn't the only thing I need information about, so we can move on. What can you tell me about the porter?
[Clark nods to himself, and the sound of writing can still be heard over the phone. Will isn’t technically saying anything new, but the exact wording each person uses is important if he’s going to actually find anything useful about the Porter. Many people have tried, maybe people are still trying. People who are smart, people who have powers who’d make it easier, people who’ve been here for years and have been able to gather information all that time… so he doesn’t expect to unravel some unexpected truths with these interviews.
When he says he’s just fact checking, he really means it.]
You wouldn’t know who hacked the network, would you? [So far Will seems to have a bit of information about everything Clark asks, but Clark gets the feeling it’s kind of an habit of his. Some people are just good at remembering the details.]
When he says he’s just fact checking, he really means it.]
You wouldn’t know who hacked the network, would you? [So far Will seems to have a bit of information about everything Clark asks, but Clark gets the feeling it’s kind of an habit of his. Some people are just good at remembering the details.]
[People who are aware of his dual identity tend to assume he’s using his super speed to write everything down. Funny thing is paper and pencil aren’t meant to be used at such speeds and he’s caused more than one fire (or two) by trying. So he had to invent his own particular way of taking notes, just like everyone who has to write fast. He isn’t exactly hiding the fact that he’s writing things down so he’d tell Will if he asked, but he’s found people word things differently when they are aware they are being ‘recorded’, so to speak.
And Will seems to be careful enough with his words as it is.]
Hm. So it was televised and recorded on the network… [That makes things a bit harder, but not impossible.] Do you know if anyone was fast enough to record it? Or write it down? Or remember what she said?
I’m going to talk to Ms Skye myself anyway, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.
And Will seems to be careful enough with his words as it is.]
Hm. So it was televised and recorded on the network… [That makes things a bit harder, but not impossible.] Do you know if anyone was fast enough to record it? Or write it down? Or remember what she said?
I’m going to talk to Ms Skye myself anyway, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.
There's a frustrating lack of anything much at all. Here's what we do know, just the cold hard facts:
The meth is blue, not white-- a by-product of the chemical process they use, not pollutants. In fact, when tested, it has a chemical purity of between 96 and 99 percent. I'm guessing you probably know your shit way better than me when it comes to chemistry, but in case you don't, my friendly bio-chemist tells me that's practically unheard of. They're also by-passing the need to buy pseudo off the shelves in pharmacies and substituting PCP instead. Which is what gives it that blue colour. So, whoever's cooking, we know that they have an incredibly high level knowledge of chemistry.
Based on the amount I've estimated is in circulation, they have to have a fairly large lab. Before you ask, I've tried tracking down reports of stolen lab equipment, large purchases of lab equipment, and reports of stolen barrels of PCP. Nothing.
I've also tried asking people on the street. They don't know anything either, or if they do, they're not telling me or I'm asking the wrong people.
Circulation started not long after imPorts started coming to town. Could be a coincidence. I thought so, until I spoke to Agent Hank Schrader.
Agent Hank Schrader is a DEA agent who's been tracking the blue stuff in his home world for a long time. Says he's never seen anything like it before, and yet this stuff is exactly the same. So the likelihood that the perpetrator is someone from his world is high.
Known imPorts also from Hank's world include Jesse Pinkman and Saul Goodman. There could also be any number of imPorts here from the same world though and we would never know. I asked Jesse about it, but if I can be frank... I don't think that Jesse has the kind of criminal mastermind brain-- not to mention the chemistry knowledge-- necessary to pull this kind of operation off.
And that's about all I have. Every lead I chase down runs into a dead end. I'm at the end of my rope, Will.
The meth is blue, not white-- a by-product of the chemical process they use, not pollutants. In fact, when tested, it has a chemical purity of between 96 and 99 percent. I'm guessing you probably know your shit way better than me when it comes to chemistry, but in case you don't, my friendly bio-chemist tells me that's practically unheard of. They're also by-passing the need to buy pseudo off the shelves in pharmacies and substituting PCP instead. Which is what gives it that blue colour. So, whoever's cooking, we know that they have an incredibly high level knowledge of chemistry.
Based on the amount I've estimated is in circulation, they have to have a fairly large lab. Before you ask, I've tried tracking down reports of stolen lab equipment, large purchases of lab equipment, and reports of stolen barrels of PCP. Nothing.
I've also tried asking people on the street. They don't know anything either, or if they do, they're not telling me or I'm asking the wrong people.
Circulation started not long after imPorts started coming to town. Could be a coincidence. I thought so, until I spoke to Agent Hank Schrader.
Agent Hank Schrader is a DEA agent who's been tracking the blue stuff in his home world for a long time. Says he's never seen anything like it before, and yet this stuff is exactly the same. So the likelihood that the perpetrator is someone from his world is high.
Known imPorts also from Hank's world include Jesse Pinkman and Saul Goodman. There could also be any number of imPorts here from the same world though and we would never know. I asked Jesse about it, but if I can be frank... I don't think that Jesse has the kind of criminal mastermind brain-- not to mention the chemistry knowledge-- necessary to pull this kind of operation off.
And that's about all I have. Every lead I chase down runs into a dead end. I'm at the end of my rope, Will.
Splitting this up into numbers to keep better track.
1) Friend. I know jack-shit about chemistry except sometimes you can use it to make stuff go boom. Pretty much all chemistry-related assumptions in this case come from her.
2) True. Either way, whoever it is knows what they're doing.
3) Agent Schrader is without a doubt the world's crankiest middle aged redneck jackass. I don't think he's open to discussion with anyone quite frankly. I practically put this case in his lap and I didn't get so much as a thank you. Actually I just got condescended to a whole freaking lot. He and Jesse also have this eternal enmity thing going on because he tried to arrest Jesse for crimes he was innocent of, and then when they had to let him go, Schrader stalked him for days and then broke into his house without a warrant. Oh and then proceeded to beat him up. So. If you're wondering why Jesse has a bone to pick with law enforcement. Schrader's the sort of guy who make the good guys look bad. I'll work with him, but I don't have to like him.
4) Agent Schrader-- obviously. Lydia Martin-- she's providing me with the chemistry stuff. Kate Bishop-- she's the one who brought it to me initially. Loki, because the drug was found circulating in one of his clubs, so I thought it prudent to question him. And Jesse. I had to ask him about Schrader, and about the drug scene back home in his world, in case it turned up a lead. ... And that's all that I know of.
1) Friend. I know jack-shit about chemistry except sometimes you can use it to make stuff go boom. Pretty much all chemistry-related assumptions in this case come from her.
2) True. Either way, whoever it is knows what they're doing.
3) Agent Schrader is without a doubt the world's crankiest middle aged redneck jackass. I don't think he's open to discussion with anyone quite frankly. I practically put this case in his lap and I didn't get so much as a thank you. Actually I just got condescended to a whole freaking lot. He and Jesse also have this eternal enmity thing going on because he tried to arrest Jesse for crimes he was innocent of, and then when they had to let him go, Schrader stalked him for days and then broke into his house without a warrant. Oh and then proceeded to beat him up. So. If you're wondering why Jesse has a bone to pick with law enforcement. Schrader's the sort of guy who make the good guys look bad. I'll work with him, but I don't have to like him.
4) Agent Schrader-- obviously. Lydia Martin-- she's providing me with the chemistry stuff. Kate Bishop-- she's the one who brought it to me initially. Loki, because the drug was found circulating in one of his clubs, so I thought it prudent to question him. And Jesse. I had to ask him about Schrader, and about the drug scene back home in his world, in case it turned up a lead. ... And that's all that I know of.
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[She shakes her head.]
No code name that I've heard of.
You know, it would make sense, actually. Your partner theory, that is.
Schrader showed me this notebook he found in one of his investigations back home. Belonged to a guy they found murdered. A guy named Gale Boetticher. It had all sorts of stuff in it-- poetry. Vegan recipes. And notes on how to cook the blue crystal. But the stuff kept circulating long after he died, so he couldn't have been Heisenberg. Maybe... he was the first assistant. But he was replaced.
No code name that I've heard of.
You know, it would make sense, actually. Your partner theory, that is.
Schrader showed me this notebook he found in one of his investigations back home. Belonged to a guy they found murdered. A guy named Gale Boetticher. It had all sorts of stuff in it-- poetry. Vegan recipes. And notes on how to cook the blue crystal. But the stuff kept circulating long after he died, so he couldn't have been Heisenberg. Maybe... he was the first assistant. But he was replaced.
[Well that escalated quickly. But consider this: He puts the fire out with his ice breath, which is a way easier thing to clean up than a fire. Kryptonians: they have an app for that.]
Oh, I figured you had a good memory the moment you told me the exact day you got here without needing to check after being here for months. But I guess suddenly being kidnapped to another world and given superpowers is a date to remember. [He just calls it 'Tuesday'.]
I'll contact Ms Skye, then. See what I get out of it. Thank you Mr Graham, you have been very helpful. [The horror. But hey, so far he isn't asking him to write it down right away.] I've gotten way more out of this conversation than what I expected, so I feel like I owe you an explanation. [Actually? He doesn't. He might be a nice guy but he is, at the end of the day, a reporter that has to play his cards right if he wants to get the information he needs. And he needs even more now, when what's at a stake isn't his article or his job but figuring out the government here, or even the possibility of ever going home. But he's pretty sure hiding it from Will will only make things worse in the end... and he wants the man to trust him, not to freak out every time he says hi.]
Freddie suggested I contact you because she thought you'd have some insight on Holiday's situation, psychologically speaking. I just felt it was rude of me to ask right away, or to make my own assumptions.
Oh, I figured you had a good memory the moment you told me the exact day you got here without needing to check after being here for months. But I guess suddenly being kidnapped to another world and given superpowers is a date to remember. [He just calls it 'Tuesday'.]
I'll contact Ms Skye, then. See what I get out of it. Thank you Mr Graham, you have been very helpful. [The horror. But hey, so far he isn't asking him to write it down right away.] I've gotten way more out of this conversation than what I expected, so I feel like I owe you an explanation. [Actually? He doesn't. He might be a nice guy but he is, at the end of the day, a reporter that has to play his cards right if he wants to get the information he needs. And he needs even more now, when what's at a stake isn't his article or his job but figuring out the government here, or even the possibility of ever going home. But he's pretty sure hiding it from Will will only make things worse in the end... and he wants the man to trust him, not to freak out every time he says hi.]
Freddie suggested I contact you because she thought you'd have some insight on Holiday's situation, psychologically speaking. I just felt it was rude of me to ask right away, or to make my own assumptions.
[If Will suggested, right at that moment that he's anything remotely close to boring Clark would have to muffle down a laugh. The anger on his voice... well, it doesn't surprise him inasmuch as he considers it's normal to assume he was being played with when Clark suggests he had had more information about Will than what he'd let on when he'd started the conversation. He just didn't expect calm, enigmatic and dry Will to suddenly let himself show that to him.]
Which is why I've already talked to his husband about it, among others. [There's the slightest undertone of.. not anger, not really. But he doesn't take kindly to people implying he doesn't know hot to do his job. Freddie might have helped him a lot since he got here, and she actually seems nice when they aren't talking journalism. But he gets the feeling she's a big part of the reason why everyone tenses up the moment he mentions he's a journalist, or that he's seeking for information.]
He's the one that made me think that Holiday's relationships with the imPorts was the one piece of the puzzle that didn't fit. That he acted different when he was talking to us, or about us. [He'd started smoking like a chimney, Holt had said. Stress can do that to a person but that still struck Clark as... odd.]
Do I think he might have actually needed the help he's getting? Yes. Do I think the goverment might be keeping us away from Holiday for his sake? Yes. Do I think there's still something else in this situation we don't know about, something we need to figure out if we want to know what their angle is?
Also yes.
Which is why I've already talked to his husband about it, among others. [There's the slightest undertone of.. not anger, not really. But he doesn't take kindly to people implying he doesn't know hot to do his job. Freddie might have helped him a lot since he got here, and she actually seems nice when they aren't talking journalism. But he gets the feeling she's a big part of the reason why everyone tenses up the moment he mentions he's a journalist, or that he's seeking for information.]
He's the one that made me think that Holiday's relationships with the imPorts was the one piece of the puzzle that didn't fit. That he acted different when he was talking to us, or about us. [He'd started smoking like a chimney, Holt had said. Stress can do that to a person but that still struck Clark as... odd.]
Do I think he might have actually needed the help he's getting? Yes. Do I think the goverment might be keeping us away from Holiday for his sake? Yes. Do I think there's still something else in this situation we don't know about, something we need to figure out if we want to know what their angle is?
Also yes.
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