061: The List is Long and We Are Many Strong

[contract_star]

[Hei is back in his hut, which has been accumulating things over the past several weeks. The maps on the wall have a few more pins in them, the desk is covered with papers, and there's a cat dish and water bowl in the corner next to a kitty bed, in which Mao is currently curled up. There's also a platter on the desk, empty except for some crumbs and a pair of used chopsticks.]

[Hei looks for once like he just won the lottery as he pushes a pin into Shanghai. He steps back and rubs his hands.]

This is exactly what we need to get it outside of Japan. And if other people take their cues from her...

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[contract_star]

Over a week, almost nonstop.

[mercwamouth]

Jesus Tapdancing Christ.

[contract_star]

And that was a very small merger. It's very difficult, like I said. And it depends on how much the other person is willing to let it go.

[mercwamouth]

[contract_star]

Why did you want to know?

[mercwamouth]

Just curious.

[contract_star]

Right.

[mercwamouth]

[contract_star]

[Hei just shrugs and goes back to his papers.]

[mercwamouth]

So the Harriet Tubman thing is workin' out?

[contract_star]

Harriet who?

[mercwamouth]

Underground Railroad chick.

[contract_star]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[mercwamouth]

You're doing this and you've never heard of the Underground Railroad? I'm a certifiable idiot and I know that much.

[contract_star]

Is it American? I'm not really familiar with American history. [Pauses and frowns a little.] Wait, Azure mentioned something like that. I thought she was referencing a subway system...

[mercwamouth]

Yeah, it's an American thing.

Well you do know we had slaves, right? Well there was a kinda system used during Civil War times to let slaves escape to the North. One lady who was famous for doing this was Harriet Tubman. Not sure why she's particularly well-known. Maybe cause she had a weird name.

[contract_star]

Oh. That...does sound a bit like what we're doing.

[mercwamouth]

Haha, rip-off!

[contract_star]

It's not a rip-off if I didn't know about it first. Anyway, despite what your presidents are always saying, Americans don't own the patent on freedom.

[mercwamouth]

True, but I'm pretty sure that's the one thing we don't import from China.

[contract_star]

[Touché!] Cute.

[mercwamouth]

So how is the whole thing goin', Harriet?

[contract_star]

Well enough. We've gotten a handful of people out.

[mercwamouth]

How's the Syndicate takin' it?

[contract_star]

It's a safe bet that they know of our existence now, but it'll be awhile before they figure out where any of our points are. In which case we just have to move around a little. As long as we keep it all underground, we should be alright.