<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/aH3M4Vr.jpeg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Choko Tanaka<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Afterlife<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>OPEN, Kathyrn, Jack<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Fixers gonna fix<br/><hr/><hr/><br/><em>Just ears open for now. No sense introducing if the lady here rejects it.</em>She messaged back to Jack, inviting him to listen in. While any approach would work for what she had in mind, she wanted someone who knew how to keep things quiet, in case her intel was bad. Then a message to Rogue.<em>Apologies, but I have an opportunity to-</em><em><strong>You don't need permission. Do what you have to do, Choko, I really don't care.</strong></em>Rogue could be quite blunt in her interactions, but Choko still preferred to ask permission. Last she needed was Rogue having issues with her.<br/><br/>"I am Choko Tanaka. I specialize in jobs that require your skill set. Or specifically, an investigation." She took a seat as she spoke. While the lady seemed deep in her cups, Ekaterina was making a solid effort to listen. Good. She had a certain strength of spirit, then. "You are familiar with brain dances, yes? Specifically, XBDs. I prefer not touching the ones with the Xs myself, but a situation has arisen where I can no longer ignore it. I hope you are also familiar with Maelstrom. I have credible information of Maelstrom producing a new line of XBDs, ones that in theory override the safeties inherent to the machinery." She paused for a moment. Normal BDs, even the illegal ones, ran through a biofeedback filter of sorts, preventing the user's body from actually duplicating the actions depicted-such as, for example, actually dying if viewing a snuff XBD. "There have been reports of users flatlining after experiencing one of these newer ones. Their brains, unprotected by the biofeedback filter, actually experience death full on and simply...shut down."<br/><br/>"So what I require is two fold. Finding where in Maelstrom territory they are recording these XBDs, and also discovering if whatever they are doing with the editing is actually causing this issue. I am willing to pay for any actionable information, with the largest chunk set aside for whoever discovers the truth behind these deaths. This is a personal contract, no client except me. If you are interested, I can give you coordinates to the suspected location of the facility." She maintained a very stoic expression. It was a trick she had picked up from Wakako. Even though this was a personal mission, there was still money involved. Would be best not to reveal too much about your emotional state.