The Launch Party ((Radiance))

[Sage]

Adoring fans approached Aiden all the time. To find another at a place like this was likely but they were at least more polite about it. He didn't mob his boyfriend, and he didn't kiss him either. That while Sage hadn't cared, and still didn't. Jaxen had pissed him off doing it. But that wasn't until after the fact. Sage rarely thought about what things made him feel in the height of things, he was usually too strung out on the network to find anything in anything until playback.

But he did his due diligence and used his identity capture on the new fan as he approached. Aiden's wallet pinged with a bullet point list of everything the man approaching had quickly on a publicly available search. And then he sent his little dogs to dig deeper into Jaxen's half brother. Aiden would know more about this man, than they did about him. And soon they would know more than anyone ever cared for Sage to know.

But Sage didn't need to scan the man with Ezvin. Jensen James -- healer of the Ascendancy, an acquaintance of Aria. One of the most powerful men on this planet who was now property of the Ascendancy himself. It seemed the Ascendancy collected more and more of men like Jensen. The nine, Nox, Jensen. Even Marcus Dubois ranked up there as the main man's little pets. Who else of power was under his nose? Too bad Sage wouldn't dig past public record when it came to him. All the dirt and fun he could find locked behind government doors. But the Atharim.... now that might be a thing. He didn't think long about a dastardly plan that was starting to form.

Instead he grinned at Jensen and held out his hand. "Jensen James, as I live and breath. What would Aria say if she saw you now." He said just as the other man's phone went off in his pocket. "You've come along way since your night fighting mist monsters." He leaned in and whispered loudly so the others would hear. "I hope none show up here. They seem to like you channelers -- and I think there is a smorgasbord of them showing up around Moscow. They could be anywhere."

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Message to Jensen via a now uninstallable app placed on Jensen's wallet:

I know who you are, Iaomai. Your secret is safe with me. I have a friend I'd like you to meet. He has an affliction. Not looking for a cure, but your ability and my tech -- we could have some fun. ~The Wicked Truth