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Good morning, my fellow IMG,
I need to tell you something and I might need your help in this. It's nothing tragic, so relax.
It's about mending a wayward girl's ways, yes, this is what I said. You will probably meet a pretty young girl that could be the daughter of some of us in the Hood corridors. Her name is Anna McCarthy, blonde, seventeen, you will recognise her without further description.
Let's say, her life has taken some nasty turns, it is still a mess. To give you an idea: she did some time in a Bretonian correction facility, teamed up with Roger's Rocs afterwards, broke with them and was found stranded in Dublin.
As some of you you know, I can't leave people behind if I see that they need help I can offer. She reminded me of someone I could not save from taking the fall.
So this is what I did:
Gave her a room on Hood to stop her from loitering in her ship.
Employed her (on a personal basis up to now) for Security Services. She is capable of performing well in her Sabre Merc. I used her for mining field protection and convoy escorts.
I'm trying to structure a normal life for her, that is: give her life a purpose and her energy a sensible direction.
We worked on her reputations with Bretionian Authorities (thank you to the helpers!) by cleaning Bretonian space of scum for the BAF. She isn't shot at now by everybody. Still, some work must be done.
I talked to the IAB about Ms. McCarthy and they agreed to let me do this if I "keep her on a short leash". Their words, and I'm sticking to it.
Okay, this is what has happened.
Now I might need your help a bit:
If you have a job, give it to her. It can be small things, nevermind. Keep her busy, enrich her life with normality. You can pay her smaller rates than normal because she will be paid by me on a daily basis as long as she keeps out of trouble.
If you see her do something bad, let me know. I have given the IAB my word and I'm not a fool enough to believe that you can mend a wayward life by providing a job and a bed.
If you meet her on Hood, be nice. She is new, she is insecure and tries to downplay that by acting as if she were in control of things.
If she asks for help (I'm encouraging this to get her back into a normal society), please help. I'll foot these small bills, just tell me about it
Last thing: keep me informed on how she performs in her new job.
Yeah, you see... I seem to be a magnet for troubled personalities. But I've made up my mind and I'm not looking the other way when I see a person in need.
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