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[hope]

The Radiant Garden; a once majestic world that had been subject to an immense darkness that caused large destruction to the world. Today, there has been much restoration to Radiant Garden to return it to its old splendor. The main town of Radiant Garden is quite peaceful; people walking around enjoying their day, a large broken castle being able to be seen in the distance. Nothing seemed to be out of place here, making it an ideal spot for someone like the young researcher Hope Estheim. He had found himself waking up in Radiant Garden, a world he knew little about. No die how he wound up on this planet or why he was here to begin with. All he knew was that one moment he was in Traverse Town, and the next he was here. As he slowly rose to his feet, he stretched to look out at the town he was gotten to. It was not like Academia, but it had it's own simplistic charm in his opinion. There seemed like there could be a lot more possibility for finding his way back to Pulse if he poked around a bit in this town. "Gotta find out where I am first, then figure out what I should do." Hope would then begin his journey throughout the town, asking the different citizens a variety of questions in order to gather information.

After about an hour or so, Hope would be walking down the back area of Radiant Garden to the decrepit castle he saw earlier. From what he learned, he was in a place called the Radiant Garden. It used to be run by a man named Ansem the Wise, though some terrible accidents occurred at the broken castle, causing him to disappear and darkness to ravage the land. Some time later, a witch named Maleficent took control in a castle on the planet, though she was dealt with by a boy with a strange blade named Sora. After that, the residents of Radiant Garden began restoring their home, though a massive amount of heartless caused more damage before being stopped by Sora and the town's restoration committee. Since then, the town's Restoration Committee has been working on the town. There apparently was a lab in the castle that was functional. Hope wanted to check it out. If there was a lab, there should be a computer, which he might be able to access information that can help him. As he reached the entrance to the castle, the condition was much worse than he originally imagined.

"Can there really be a working research area in a place like this?" Hope had doubts, but he didn't really have a choice in the matter. The citizens knew more about this world than he did, so taking their word is about as much as he could do. As he headed through the castle, there were beams and roofing that had collapsed, dust and cracked flooring scattered about, and just the eerie feel of abandonment for the place. There was a cleared path though through the castle, signifying that there were people in here recently. Good news indeed. He would finally reach a small study room with a picture of a man on a wall, book on shelves and on the floor, and drawings on the walls. Hope would noticed faded words under a drawn diagram on the wall....Door...To...Darkness. The darkness again...what is the fascination with the dark?" He would sigh before turning to a hallway that looked completely different than the design of the room. "That looks more promising. I wonder if the lab they mentioned is that way." Hope would head down the hallway, reaching a computer that overlooked what seemed to be a giant factory. Just what did he walk into on the quaint world?

As Hope stood in amazement, he began forming questions in his head. "What is this; a lab of some sorts? I've never seen this kind of design before." He would look down at the computer he was in front of. "Maybe you can give me some answers." Hope would begin typing on the computer, trying to gather information on what the factory was, about the world, and about the darkness that seemed oh so important. However, he would not get far before hitting a password barrier. He would try a couple based on the information he got from the citizens, but nothing worked. WIth a fist slamming down to the side of the keyboard, Hope would feel a bit defeated. "They have a working computer, but it does me no good if I can't get in. I don't have the means to get through the password either...What to do now."

[aerith]

[classy=bg][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][classy=payphone]   I NEED SOMEWHERE TO BEGIN[/classy][classy=img]  [/classy][classy=fosho]AND IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE WHY DON’T WE GO? TALK ABOUT IT SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW. THIS COULD BE THE END OF EVERYTHING, SO WHY DON’T WE GO SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW?[/classy][classy=text]Everything seemed to be in order within the town for the day. Aerith had done her own daily rounds around the perimeters of the town to make sure there were no rogue Heartless. There never seemed to be an end to the creatures of darkness: only brief reprieves that allowed some room to breathe. The defense system kept most of the weaker Shadows at bay, but that did not mean anyone could grow lax for too long. The committee took turns in making daily rounds, and it was her turn to do so. Aerith certainly did not mind, because it meant keeping her home and the people here safe. She had encountered a few of the stronger variety of Heartless and Nobodies, but it was nothing the young woman could not handle on her own. Her next stop was to check on Ansem the Wise’s laboratory to make sure all was in order. Being thorough was always a good thing, and there was valuable information hidden that no one else should know. Aerith took the familiar to path through the Bailey and down into the restoration site. It would be rather nice if they had managed to build a shortcut, since the path was rather long. Not to mention the lingering Heartless, but they were strangely absent today. Emerald eyes swept over the perimeter, sensing nothing out of place. Everything was going well so far, but that did not mean too much. Entering the Postern, she made her way to the familiar stairs that lead down into the study. The young woman paused, faintly beginning to sense another presence nearby. It was unfamiliar to her, and so she hastened her pace to the lab. Who was there? Aerith did not sense a great amount of darkness from the presence, but that did not mean they had any reason to be there. The area was meant to be closed off to all but the committee members. The hallways almost seemed endless even with her near jog through. As she entered the study, the sound of a faint voice could be heard from the lab. She almost jumped when she heard the slam of what sounded to be a fist. The entrance was open, and soon Aerith would encounter the presence she had sensed. Emerald eyes narrowed, wondering what the stranger was attempting to do by hacking into Ansem’s files. “Excuse me, but who are you?” she asked, announcing her own presence to the silver-haired male. A polite smile curled on her lips, but her eyes were narrowed with slight suspicion. “This area is closed to anyone not in the Restoration Committee. Along with the password to Ansem’s files,” she explained.   WORDS: Dun care. | TAGGED: Hope~ | SHORT NOTES: I hope you don’t mind me joining~ [/classy][/classy][classy=credit] created by NIKKI of BTN and OTE [/classy] [newclass=bg]width: 400; background-color: #FFFFFF; opacity: .6;[/newclass][newclass=img]width: 250; margin-right: 40;[/newclass][newclass=payphone]font-family: georgia; width: 400; font-size: 25px; color: #000000; text-transform: lowercase;[/newclass][newclass=fosho]float: right; width: 165px; font-family: arial narrow; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: -95; font-size: 9px; line-height: 10px; text-align: justify; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/00G1F.png); color: #000000;[/newclass][newclass=text]width: 350; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-family: verdana; padding: 17px;[/newclass][newclass=credit]align: center; margin: -3; font-size: 10px; font-family: verdana;[/newclass]

[hope]

Hope took a breath and stepped back from the computer. There was a door beside him, but it was closed. Behind him was a large machine, but it did not seem to be active right now. He could not get down to the factory-zone to check out the machinery, and the computer before him was password-protected. Whatever this lab was meant for, it didn't seem like Hope was going to have access to it. "What to do now? I haven't made much progress on getting back, and it doesn't seem like I'll make much here. I don't know how to get to a different world either, so I guess I'm kind of stuck." Hope turned towards the entrance to the computer room only to see a woman standing there, questioning him on who he was. He had been so focused on what he was doing that he did not even notice that someone else had come in. Hope was actually kind of worried, since he just got to this world and was poking around. That probably made him seem like an intruder to most.

The woman had long braided hair, a white and pink long skirt and top, and brown boots. She was smiling, though her eyes gave a look of suspicion. It was to be expected because this was the first time Hope was ever on this planet. The only area that was full of technology and some unknown person was poking around trying to access protected data. The woman then mentioned that the computer room was restricted to anyone that was not on the Restoration Committee, along with the data that belonged to the Ansem person. With a sigh he would look to the woman. "I'm Hope Estheim. I kind of just arrived in Radiant Garden, though explaining how I did may take some time." Hope would look to the computer, wondering why the computer was protected from the public. "I talked to some of the citizens in town. They didn't know much, but I heard a bit about this Ansem person, about what's happened in Radiant Garden, and that this was his castle. The security in town originates from here right? I didn't mean to intrude, but I was hoping to gather some information."

Hope would look back to the woman, trying to keep himself from causing any problems. "Since this is the main system computer, I thought there might be some information on what's been happening, though I didn't know it was off-limits to the public. If I've caused any problems, I'm terribly sorry." He would then bow to her. "I'm guessing you are part of this Restoration Committee. Might I ask if there is someone I can talk to about the questions I have? Might help me get a better grasp on what's happening not only on my world, but the other ones as well." Hope was at a complete loss of information, so he hoped that he could be directed to someone who knew more than him.

[dongoof]

[Also hope you don't mind my dropping in. Need to stick these two somewhere.]

A Knight and Mage’s duty was never done, and in the case of Donald and Goofy, that work was almost a daily thing. While they had taken a break to be with their families back in Disney Castle, it was time the duo focus on getting back into their duties of helping to protect the worlds. After all, King Mickey had let them travel with Sora for so long, that they had practically established themselves in the system of so many worlds as guardians and protectors that come when needed. Of course, some of these worlds were harder to get to than others, but Naturally they first went straight for Radiant Garden, because that world had many of their friends and was still in their restoration project. They had arrived to find it going along well, but the castle still appeared in shambles. Saddening, but the town was still first priority.

The two had arrived much earlier than most, and had even taken a moment to visit Tron in person as well on his world. It was where the two had been when the lab had become occupied by more, and when the machine behind Hope suddenly turned on to signal their apparent return. The bright light of the specialized digitizing ray that allowed people to travel into Space Paranoids and the Grid lit up, quickly spreading from the floor upwards and bringing forth the form of Donald and Goofy in their traveling clothes, soon fully within the normal world and able to finish the high five it appeared they were in the midst of. Whatever they were high-fiving about was unclear, but they laughed happily upon return, turning to then see Aerith with smiles, but then notice the white-haired gentleman behind them, confused.

From the looks of things the man had been talking with Aerith, and by her expression, both thought the man might have been another friend, not catching the suspicion in her eye at the white-haired gentleman. “Hey there Aerith. Who’s this feller? A friend of Leon’s?” Goofy asked, the first to speak and smiling to Hope after asking Aerith.
“He looks too smart to be a friend of Leon’s!” Donald said, looking to Goofy and then back between the other two. Whether such a term was meant as a Compliment to Hope or an insult to Leon, it was unclear, as was much of Donald’s speech regardless.

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(*flaps wings* Mind if I drop in?)

About five minutes before Donald and Goofy had entered the chamber that housed the large research computer of Ansem the Wise, a small Corridor of Darkness opened and threw out what appeared to be a shining ball of light. The light turned out to be a small fairy who was once again very angry at the pushy nature of the portals. Fussing at the closing portal, the small fairy took a moment to compose herself as she took a deep breath and straightened out her dress. Once she was calm, she looked around the place she was in immediately recognizing the place from her time traveling with Sora.

The huge mechanical room and labs belonged to Ansem the Wise and if she remembered correctly that computer and ray led into another world were a particular security program existed. What was the program’s name again? Tron? Yeah! Tron, the strange program that could act surprisingly human. While she didn’t know the program well she knew he was a friend of Sora’s, so in turn he was a friend of hers. As a result of this, she wondered if he was doing okay. It had been quite a while since she had been in that world with Sora. She wonder if the digital world had changed drastically or if it always remained the same.

Curious, she drifted closer to the computer and landed gently on the keyboard, her weight barely bothering the keys. She wondered if she could get the program’s attention by jumping on the keys or would that perhaps trigger something else and get her in trouble? If she remembered correctly, there used to be a program on the other side that was far from friendly. In fact, it had tried to take over the world or destroy it with Heartless, so if things were starting to come back from the dead like the Organization members…then…then did that mean that the evil program had come back or perhaps something even worse? Was Tron in trouble and should she try to find someone from the Committee to help her get in and check?

Question after question went through her head making the small fairy indecisive once more and perhaps she would’ve stayed lost in thought if the Dynamic Duo had not come in when they did. In their usual fashion, the duck and goof came into the room chatting away. Happy to see them, Tink headed towards them, but could not reach them before they had typed in something into the computer and then was being digitized by the ray in the room.

Distressed and wanting to go with them, Tink tried to fly towards the beam before it was gone, but she was to late. Landing on the keyboard, she stomped her foot down in anger as she pouted. When she stomped she did not realize she was on a key until the “ground” shifted in under of her. Startled, she hopped off the key as a small screen popped up on the larger one showing her what appeared to be some sort of game. While she did not understand computers, she did understand that the small shapes on the bike were Donald, Goofy, and probably Tron. They were on some strange vehicles faced off with what appeared to be Heartless who were on the opposite team on vehicles of their own or being the vehicles themselves.

Intrigued, she watched as the strange game began, catching on slowly that the point of said game was to smash enemies into the strange energy walls the bikes created after witnessing a Heartless get turned into digital glass before shattering and vanishing. Going from intrigued to engaged, Tink was silently cheering on her friends as the Heartless went down one by one and even jumping for joy as one of the larger ones went down.

She continued to watch the game until unexpectedly, the screen disappeared and the computer seemed to almost tense up as if it knew that something was coming…or perhaps that was her as she sensed another presence entering the room. Keeping her glow low enough to blend with the glow of the larger computer screen, Tink turned slowly and had to use every ounce of will power not fly away.

A white haired young man was here and apparently searching for information. She watched as he began trying to get into the computer system, but thankfully the password protection wouldn’t let him in. Even if he did get in, the fairy was very sure that Tron would’ve stopped him since from what she could remember, the program was very protective of the system and the secrets it held. Besides Donald and Goofy were in there, so if they just came back out they could stop him right?

But until then, what could she do to stop the guy from hacking? Maybe go over there and kick him the head or perhaps find something she could knock out with him? The fairy went through her options, but didn’t come to a conclusion before the young man was giving up on trying to get in. In frustration, he slammed his fist on the computer with such force that Tink actually could feel the tremor caused from the impact.

Well, that wasn’t very nice and she was sure Tron wouldn’t like the action either. You know it would serve the young man right to be given a jolt of electricity for that one. No one should mistreat a computer that housed another world in it. Not at all.

While these were Tink’s thought and she was disliking the boy for his rudeness, she found her anger vanishing as she heard a familiar voice and perked up. A woman had entered the room dressed in pink and like herself this newcomer was suspicious of the young man that was in the room. It was Aerith, one of Merlin’s and Sora’s friends. She had seen the lady before and knew she was sweet; however, before Tink could go up to her, the young man spoke introducing himself as Hope saying that all he wanted was to find out some information from the computer before going on to ask Aerith more questions. Well, that all fine and good, but still that didn’t mean the small fairy was about to trust him. For all she knew this guy was using pretty words to trick Areith. Just like a pirate would. Hmm…best keep an eye on him to make sure he didn’t pull anything funny.

She watched the man with a hawk like stare until the digitizing ray hummed to life, distracting her as it released Donald and Goofy back into the real world. At first the fairy wondered if maybe the young man hitting the computer had caused this, but watching as the two high fived each other, she thought that was unlike. Maybe they had returned simply because they had completed the game and won. Man, she had missed the ending thanks to this Hope! Disappointing it was, but not something that kept the fairy down for long as she focused on her friends. Tink was relieved that the pair was back and that for the moment, Tron’s world was safe.

Taking to the air, she went over to the pair, swirling around them in greeting before listening to what Donald said. Hovering near Goofy, she folded her arms and shook her head, once more not trusting this Hope person. As she shook her head she spoke to the duck and the goof in her familiar bell like speech. To those that understood her she would be saying this:

“Smart or not, he is no friend of Leon’s. He’s new around here and claims he was looking for information, but I’m not too sure about that,” she said before locking her blue eyes on Hope and giving him a distrusting glare. She wasn’t about to start trouble, but she would be sure to keep this new guy in line and protect her friends if necessary.

[aerith]

[classy=bg][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][classy=payphone]   I NEED SOMEWHERE TO BEGIN[/classy][classy=img]  [/classy][classy=fosho]AND IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE WHY DON’T WE GO? TALK ABOUT IT SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW. THIS COULD BE THE END OF EVERYTHING, SO WHY DON’T WE GO SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW?[/classy][classy=text]Aerith had to be wary of any strangers that decided to venture around the laboratory. There was information here that certain people should not be allowed to have access to. This male was one such person until he proved to her otherwise. Even then, she could not simply give him the password because he was curious. Aerith always gave others the benefit of the doubt, but that did not mean her blind trust. She had learned long ago that even sincere-sounding words could be a mask to their true intentions. In her youth, everyone but her mother and Zack had wanted something from her. Just because she was no longer in the Slums, it did not mean she would trust anyone with good intentions. She would still give the male his chance to explain himself, because it could simple be a misunderstanding. Aerith could tell that he was not from Radiant Garden, and it was very likely he had just stumbled here in his curiosity. A contemplative expression crossed her features as the man, Hope, began to explain his story. So, he was from another word. Honestly, it was not a surprise to her. So, he had gleaned information from the townfolk and then set out here to find his own answered. “No, the security originates from the town, since it’s run by own of my friends: Cid. The system here is more of an archive right now, but that doesn’t mean you had the right to nose around,” she chided with a light smile. She could tell that he had not really meant any harm. Aerith could understand wanting answers to something that was confusing. She had spent much time wondering about the Heartless, worlds, and the Darkness. There were still a lot of things they did not know. She took a few steps toward Hope, clasping her hands behind her back. Stopping in front of him, she leaned forward a little as she look to him with a scrutinizing gaze. Why was she doing this? Well, just to get a better sense of his intention, and to make him a little nervous. A smile lit up her features as she leaned back, happy that he had no ulterior motive at present. “Well, I’m more than able to answer your questions. Cid and I do most of the research for the Committee. I’m not giving you the password, though. That’s a secret until we know more about you, Hope,” she answered. The sound of whirring gears soon distracted the young woman, and she glanced to the transporter that digitalized those into Tron’s world that was the mainframe of Ansem’s computer. A bright smile crossed her lips as Donald and Goofy’s forms became more solid as the light dispersed. It had been some time since she had seen the two. She was a little exasperated at how many people were in Ansem’s laboratory today. She would have to talk to Cid about installing some camera to monitor the area more closely. “Donald, Goofy, this is Hope Estheim. He’s from another world, and looking for some answers,” she explained. It was then that she noticed another familiar presence. Hovering beside Goofy was Tinkerbell, who she had not seen since Sora had departed Radiant Garden nearly three years ago. The tinkling sound of bells filled the air as the fairy spoke, but Aerith could understand her well enough. She held out her hand for Tinkerbell to come to if she wished,

[/color=hotpink]“It’s okay, Tink. I don’t think Hope means any harm.”

  WORDS: Dun care. | TAGGED: Hope, Donald & Goofy, and Tink~ | SHORT NOTES: Lotsa people joined, yay~

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[hope]

Hope rubbed the back of his head and looked away. Aerith was right that he had no right to just go nosing around. However, he did learn that the security system was not a part of this system. That was a relief because he did not want to go messing with the town's security and land himself in more hot water. "Yes I was trying to find out information that might help me understand what is going on, but you are right. I had no right trying to dig into someone else's system like that. I figured that with the condition the building is in, it would probably be abandoned. But that doesn't change the fact that I still should find out and ask first." As Hope tried to explain himself to get himself out of any trouble he may be in, the machine next to him activated, giving form to what would eventually be a duck and what seemed to be a large dog.

The two that came from the machine were odd indeed. They were both clothed and standing strangely. They were clothed and actually spoke. While Hope had never seen such marvels before, he was not completely surprised. He had seen several things that he never thought possible since he got taken from Pulse. When the taller one asked if he was a friend of Leon's the first thing that popped into his head was Who is Leon? But before he could say anything, the duck said that he was too smart to be a friend of Leon's. "Too smart to be a friend of someone? I don't know about that? Thank you...I think? Hope Estheim, It's nice to meet you." Just then, Hope noticed what looked like a small glowing ball. However, upon closer inspection, he noticed that it was a small flying person. More wonders he never thought possible.

The small flying person stated that he was not a friend of Leon's and that he was new here. Apparently she was here longer than he had noticed. The small flying person was suspicious of him, which made Hope more nervous. What he really did not need right now was a bunch of people looking at him in suspicion when he was all alone. He would then turn to Aerith who mentioned that she needed to know more about him. "Well then, if you need to know more about me, then I'm an open book. I know your suspicious of me, so I think showing that I mean no harm to anyone here." He steps away from the computer. "No going near any computer until then."

Hope would walk out of the room, back to the study where all the books were. "Might I ask how many worlds are out there? I've only stumbled on a couple since I was taken away from Pulse, but i'm guessing that there's more than I can imagine, many of which are now facing some kind of darkness. Figured that out after I awoke in Traverse Town." He would start speaking to himself. "I'm not in a state to be doing anything. I don't even have access to the Academy since Pulse is being torn through...If there are other worlds out there...."

[dongoof]

Introductions were done with soon after Donald and Goofy's arrival by both Aerith and Hope actualy introducing him to the pair known as Donald and Goofy. With Aerith having said their names, both spared the need to introduce themselves further to the white haired man, instead observing him as he spoke further. It seemed that Donald's comment had caught the man off guard. He seemed to have enjoyed the compliment—if it was a compliment—and proceeded to go on from there. Goofy stepped a little further to observe the man, a hand on his chin as he looked him up and down, trying to assess the man. Donald just kept his arms crossed until Goofy returned, which included the sudden bel-chime of Tinkerbell next to both of them.

“Did you get that Donald?” Goofy asked quietly, looking to Donald, who shook his head and replied quickly with a “No.” Both leaned in to Tink a little and then Goofy shrugged. Well if'n I had to take a guess at what Tink here was saying, I don't think she trusts ya Mr. Esthum.” The dog spoke, nodding with a smile to show his belief that he was correct, while Donald only rolled his eyes and sighed. “But I bet she just doesn't trust ya 'cause yer a grownup. I bet you're actually a really nice fella.” Goofy said, gving his vote of confidence to Hope's personality and status. Whether it went unheard or just ignored by others was up in the air, given Goofy's track record.

Goofy smiled then and continued talking, Donald only having the still suspicious eye on the man known as Hope. “Aerith here says you was looking for information. Why? Cause you're lost not being on your world?”

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It was just like Aerith to give people a chance before judging them. She let the young man explain himself before responding back and telling him some information before stating that he had no business poking around here. Tink nodded in agreement with that. Indeed, he had no business here. Lost or not, he should not have come here and started poking about on this particular computer. Who knows what might’ve happened if the guy had pushed the wrong thing and made the programs on the other side angry? He could’ve gotten them all in trouble, but thankfully he did not. Still, despite luck Tink was not about to trust this man even if he was lost and from another world. She still didn’t like him.

He was an strange grown-up and probably up to no good. She had hoped that Aerith would see this danger too, but the woman was too kind for her own good. She was even agreeing to help the man out! The little fairy supposed this was okay, but still she much rather chase him out.

In any case, when Donald and Goofy came out and spoke, the man seemed to be taken off guard by Donald’s comment thinking it was a compliment perhaps. In any case, he admitted that he didn’t know Leon and went on from there re-introducing himself before noticing her. She could sense his nervousness and turned to him with her hands on her hips as if to say “whatcha getting nervous for?” before turning her attention to Donald and Goofy once more as Goofy asked his friend if he understood her.

She couldn’t believe it. As much as they traveled together and still these two didn’t understand fairy?! She sighed inwardly a bit annoyed with this fact, but thankfully Goofy saved some face by at least guessing correctly what she had said. She nodded in agreement with Goofy’s statement before flying over to Aerith and landing in her hand. Even though Goofy and Aerith seemed to think Hope could be trusted, it still didn’t change the fact that he was an adult and was still in this room with the computer.

She shook her head refusing to trust him so easily as she listened to conversation. Hope was agreeing to give them information and not go near the computer anymore and he had even walked out of the room and back into the study. Remaining where she was in Aerith’s hand she watched Hope carefully. Well at least he was being cooperative, even if he was still a pirate in her mind. After a moment, he began to asking about other worlds before moving onto speaking to himself muttering about some place called Pulse being torn through. Mistrust turned to curiosity as she heard the strange names. She wonder what the words meant.

“Is that your home?” Tink asked out loud unconsciously not sure if the man could understand her or not. Maybe someone would translate it to him or perhaps the question would be ignored. In any case, she knew if she stayed with the group she’d get her answers anyway. After all Goofy had already started to ask questions as to why the man was after information, so this was a good start. Let's see if Mr. Hope would hold up his end of the deal and give them information.