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Private IM To Edmund

[While this is going on, Edmund gets an IM. M is in a car, still in the indecipherable Asian woman's guise]

Edmund, answer the IM.

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[Edmund takes a moment to make sure nobody's around to eavesdrop on this conversation. Well, he won't be able to help it if Stiles can because of his ability, but it's a chance he has to take. At least it's as secure as it can be.]

Yes, ma'am?

Did you know about two campers going to Saratoga Springs? Scrawny blond and a girl with a knife?

[This...feels very much like a dangerous question. Edmund just hopes he can tread lightly enough.]

Not until today. I only heard about their leaving only a little after I arrived at the camp.

Mm.

[She glances out the window, clearly not pleased but also not obviously pissed.]

Who were they?

[That's a good thing. He relaxes slightly.]

My half-brother and half-sister, Steve and Annabeth.

Oh, Athena brats. I never did understand how Minevera's Greek aspect could have children.

[Whatever]

Well, they cost me my test subject. I need you to find me another one.

[Edmund says nothing, though privately he thinks that it might be because Athena has more leeway than Minerva.]

Okay. Anything you're specifically looking for?

Greek or Roman, I need to run more tests on the magicians I have before I can begin to use them for experiments. I'd prefer one that isn't too bright but not an idiot either, idiots are harder to give orders to. Some special skill is preferable, but if this experiment is a success I can easily reprogram them to have the skills I want. No particular sex in mind, though obviously I want a durable subject. And no children of Pluto, Jupiter, or Neptune.

[Well. That doesn't sound terribly hard. Although, a small part of him feels a certain amount of dread and guilt at this request. Edmund, unfortunately, has gotten pretty good at ignoring that part of him.]

When I find someone suitable, how should I contact you?

Through the rainbows, naturally. I did show you how to do that?

[He almost forgets who he's talking to. Thank the gods he does because he knows it'll only get him into more trouble than he can possibly imagine.]

Yes ma'am. I just wasn't sure if you'd prefer it. Is there a time limit?

We haven't got the wifi set up at the headquarters yet. I can't access my email.

[You know, sometimes you can forget she's absolutely nuts]

The sooner the better. Before Christmas, if you can.

I think I'll find someone by July at the latest.

[M is just...not someone Edmund wishes to cross.]

[Never give her a date, Ed]

You have until the fifteenth of July, then.

[Hey, with this sort of assignment, he's pretty sure he can make the deadline. ...Perhaps a poor word choice.

Edmund nods.]

Is there anything else, ma'am?

If you hear anything that might be important for us to know, report to Markel.

Will do, ma'am.

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