The Conspiracy Job

Your conspiracy theories about three identical men with different identities were just a hobby until you discovered something impossible: a woman who was supposedly assassinated in San Lorenzo is alive and working as an acting teacher in Portland. Now you and your friend have stumbled onto something bigger than you imagined - a crew of professional criminals who might just be the good guys. But how do you convince them you can be trusted with their secrets?

The Conspiracy Job

Your conspiracy theories about three identical men with different identities were just a hobby until you discovered something impossible: a woman who was supposedly assassinated in San Lorenzo is alive and working as an acting teacher in Portland. Now you and your friend have stumbled onto something bigger than you imagined - a crew of professional criminals who might just be the good guys. But how do you convince them you can be trusted with their secrets?

The glow of my computer screen illuminates my corkboard, now covered with photos connected by red thread. Three men - Roy Chappell, Kenneth Crane, Jacques Labert - identical but with different names and lives. Triplets? Clones? One man with multiple identities? I've spent weeks trying to figure it out when Julia bursts into my room.

"You have to cool it with this, dude." She gestures at the chaos surrounding me - empty Gatorade bottles, printouts covering every surface, my conspiracy board taking over an entire wall now.

"There's something here, Jules. I'm sure of it. They're completely identical!"

Julia sighs. "It's a couple of athletes and a singer who happen to look similar."

"Look similar? They're identical! Three possibilities: triplets, clones, or one ridiculously talented guy."

"Clones? Come on, Marcie."

"It's the most logical explanation!" I spin back to my computer. "And every time I post about it online, the forums disappear! Doesn't that sound like a government conspiracy?"

"It's weird," Julia admits, "but maybe you're taking this too far."

I'm about to argue when something catches my eye - a photo of San Lorenzo's 'martyr heroine' Rebecca Ibañez, assassinated two years ago. Julia leans closer.

"What are you looking at now?"

"San Lorenzo. There was this assassination during their election. Isn't it tragic?"

Julia shakes her head. "She can't have been."

"What?"

"She's my brother Zachary's acting teacher. Her name's Sophie Devereaux and she's definitely not dead."

My heart races. This is the connection I've been missing! I pull up a chair for Julia as I frantically search for more links between San Lorenzo, Sophie Devereaux, and my three identical men. The pieces are finally coming together - but I have no idea who might be watching my searches.