at some point post arresting the hermit probably, during the work day ( @theaurorfiles-npc. )
She’s not exactly sure what she’s doing, in all honesty. It would be a lie to say that most of the time she comes up with detailed plans before jumping into things; she’s more of a follow your instincts sort of person when it comes to things, only vague outlines of ideas beforehand, those concepts forming fully once she’s out in the thick of things. And that works on cases, but she’s not sure it’s going to work here.
Even after being filled in more fully, Emmy doesn’t know if she fully understands everything that’s been going on for literal decades, possibly even a damn century, with these Appius people. She knows that there are way more of them than any of them could probably guess, even their own members, and that it feels pretty unlikely that anyone could ever take them down completely, unless somehow high up members decided to cut things off, but that doesn’t feel particularly helpful in seeing what she might be able to find from Langer. Especially because she also knows now, thanks to the long talks she’s had filling her in on everything, that Langer’s not actually going to be able to talk about it, without risking literally dying.
Becca seems confident that Emmy’s going to be able to manage to get something helpful, but she’s not as convinced. The reasoning makes sense, of course, Langer wasn’t exactly secretive about everything during the case, after all, to the point where it’s clear that Hattori knows that she knows now, but it could’ve been a play far beyond what she could comprehend, she thinks. There’s nothing to do but try, though, and it feels imperative to do it, given the danger from two separate corners lurking––at least it feels like she might be able to do something about this one.
So she heads down to Langer’s office, just after lunch, before she needs to get back to things, and takes a deep breath before knocking on the slightly ajar door, and poking her head in.
“Hi... I was hoping we could talk for a few minutes, if you have the time. I figure Hattori got his private meeting, I should get mine,” she says, voice more serious than usual despite herself. It’s hard not to focus on how her heart is racing, but she tries to ignore it, stay confident.