Quote:Well, I think it's worth noting that we're set at least several years after the series - putting the SOS-dan in their early twenties.
I don't think we've seen Mikuru yet. Probably not the wisest choice in watchperson, but needs must as the devil drives.
IOW, this is AllGrowedUp!Mikuru we're talking about, here.
Not using her as a contact person would, IMHO, be a rather unwise waste.
Besides, isn't it only really apparant how cracktastic a world Haruhi lives in if you get a chance to talk to her directly? We've seen that she can do a pretty good job of working a crowd, after all. So you scatter your sane agents through the con to have hushed conversation with the BNFs and get them at least on your page, then have the Queen Of Crazy Rock act as the more 'public' face of the organisation. Then, once the business day starts afterwards and the leadership of the Real Factions gets brought in, those latter take a look at what they're being presented with, think about it... and likely go asking questions, gathering information and second opinions... mostly from Big Name Fans.
One question, though - where does 'Mal' draw the conclusion that the SOS-dan's been sitting on information from? I'm not saying he's wrong, mind, just that there doesn't seem to be anything in what Smiley said to give him that idea.
Now, I figure that from the Brigade's perspective, the reavers are really just a pretext for laying the groundwork to deal with later, more serious problems, and they had to wait this long so that people would even be willing to consider it as an option.
The reasoning behind Nagato's breaking cover is twofold. First, she's really some sort of non-corporeal alien using a meat-puppet. What are they gonna do to her, use rude language? Second, unlike an individual or a fennish faction, an organisation of the size and mandate of the CIA will have both the resources and paranoia neccessary to follow up and plan for the kind of scenario she's warning of - no matter how nuts it seems, it also accompanies enough real data to be granted at least a marginal amount of credit.
When/if that first contact happens, having those plans ready for use will be valuable.
Finally, the reason I, personally, think that the SOS-dan is going to pull this off is that...
Um. Did I forget to put that in? *checks*
...okay, implied but not clarified. DITE and Nagato know exactly what Handwavium is, how it works, and how to make it do exactly what they want. The time travelers likely do as well, if probably to a lesser degree. Either or both is likely willing to use, even part with this knowledge if it keeps Haruhi happily harmless - from an intergalactic/temporal standpoint - for long enough for them to figure out what the heck is going on. The Reavers/Boskone'll make a good stick, but I think that that'd make a much better carrot.
Ja, -n
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