"One moment please while I discuss this with Lorica! Meanwhile, please summarize the nature of your call."

"Uh, I need to make sure she doesn't make any decisions causally downstream of this conversation unless it's really her, otherwise the precog will notice that she's going to make decisions based on this call and be able to tell that I'm acting against him. Said precog can't predict her to a very high level of accuracy but can predict most other things and is exceptionally dangerous and I need her help to stop him."

"Lorica has provided a missing component of a hash I have in storage that was not previously committed to any form outside of her brain."

"That works, can you can you put me through? I'm Tattetale and the villain is Coil. Uh, the Ward's console password today is bravo-sixteen-chimpanzee-sourpuss and Lorica is naturally clumsy, hopefully that proves I'm Tattletale."

"Lorica is not confident that it is wise to talk to you even on the supposition that you are providing tips about another villain."

"I can't actually read her mind and if this doesn't work out I'm dead and likely so is she - Coil is not the type to leave someone who has an advantage over him alive."

Tattletale is a bit out of breath, she's busy trying to prep whatever resources she can before Coil finds out that she knows this and she loses the advantage of surprise.

"You can talk to me. I will put her on if that seems to be correct."

Shit. She decided to take this brief window after she realized how Lorica's power screwed with Coil and where Coil hadn't yet alternate-timeline tortured her into revealing this. If this fails she's sort of screwed.

"Coil is my boss, he recruited me at gunpoint. His power basically lets him live out two timelines where he makes different choices and choose which one to keep him. In reality what it's doing is predicitng the timeline he'll choose and having him make those choices while giving him the subjective expereince of living both timelines. I realized earlier today that Lorica's mental invulnerability fucks with this - his power probably has to guess what she'll do and I suspect it's guesses aren't even that good. I think he tortures information out of me so I don't know how long we have until he knows all of this. He also has another precog helping him who I don't know much about but they shouldn't be able to see this coming either."

"He secretely controls the Undersiders and the Travelers as well."

"Okay, you have my attention. This is just, what, a friendly warning to get out of town?"

Oh good she has Lorica's attention.

"No, if he's not dead soon he'll realize what's up and go to ground and try to take me out because I betrayed him and you out because your power is effective against his. I'm not sure what is up with his other precog but I know they're powerful and longer range than him."

"I can pick a destination city for you too if that's what you wanted."

"I have friends in the Undersiders and he is aware of this and quite vindictive."

"Also I don't want to spend the rest of my life hiding from him. I want him gone and won''t have a better chance at that than now. I have access to mercenaries, information about his resources, and the Undersiders on my side." She has not told the Undersiders this yet but she's pretty she can manage it. Maybe even the Travellers. Once she's finished hacking into Coil's bank account for funds to pay her mercenaries with.

"And you want... random seed numbers for your plan to strike?"

"I was hoping for your help, given that you're a hero and he's, you know, a villain who's trying to take over the city."

Also she is busy trying to make sure she gets Coil's stuff if he dies.

"All I have on this is your say-so. The enemy of my enemy isn't always my friend."

Very frustrating, why can't heroes hero when you need them to.

"I'll surrender to you if you'll promise to let me go if I'm telling the truth." It's the best she can do on such short notice. 

"...sure. Do you have reason to believe I shouldn't tell other people about this?"

"His secret identity is Thomas Calvert, a high level PRT consultant, and he has at least two moles in the PRT."

She can leave any prep she's comfortable doing in front of Lorica till she's in custody, right now she needs to make sure she's ready to take advantage if they win.

"Holy shit. Uh. Do you know if he has any software surprises or should I just turn the bot loose looking for trails and then grab Dad and arrest him."

"He's a thinker and is exceptionally careful but maybe your bots can manage it. I can give you evidence of his crimes but don't know if that would stand in court. The Thomas Calvert at your HQ right now might be a body double, I won't know without seeing him in person."

"Okay. Come in and we can arrange that, then."

On the way there she use's a laptop to keep prepping for stealing Coil's power if he dies, while trying to avoid any signs of her doing crimes Lorica might notice. ... And also she'll prep somethings in case Lorica doesn't follow through on letting her go, though she suspects Lorica will.

She arrives at the PRT, icognito, wearing her Lorica branded t-shirt. She sends a selfie to Lorica on the way in.

A bot lands on her, checks her ears for tech, and relays Lorica's voice: "Guess something for me so I know you're not a plant."

"Tunnel Teen wears Protectorate hero branded underwear because he couldn't afford anything better till recently. Also this bot just got repaired."

"Well, I can verify one of those. Come on in."

What's the bot finding on Calvert in the meantime?