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shacklebreaker) wrote2015-03-19 09:50 am
shacklebreaker) wrote2015-03-19 09:50 am
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IC Inbox:
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[ Because I suck at paying attention to the date, Simon should have received a package containing the following each IC day:
02 January - a cuteass tea set SERIOUSLY LOOK AT HOW CUTE IT IS
03 January - a black button down sweater to help with the cold weather!
04 January - a dark grey scarf. The card that comes along with it reads "Now we match!" apart from the usual Merry Christmas greeting
05 January - an envelope containing a card that reads:
Hey Simon!
It's the twelfth day of Christmas! I don't have a present for you this time, so this is more of an IOU!
Present this card on any day of the year to make use of it. I'll do whatever you tell me to do. :)
Love,
Athena
The card also has a ton of glitter and punched out paper hearts. Careful not to spill the envelope's contents everywhere! ]
02 January - a cuteass tea set SERIOUSLY LOOK AT HOW CUTE IT IS
03 January - a black button down sweater to help with the cold weather!
04 January - a dark grey scarf. The card that comes along with it reads "Now we match!" apart from the usual Merry Christmas greeting
05 January - an envelope containing a card that reads:
Hey Simon!
It's the twelfth day of Christmas! I don't have a present for you this time, so this is more of an IOU!
Present this card on any day of the year to make use of it. I'll do whatever you tell me to do. :)
Love,
Athena
The card also has a ton of glitter and punched out paper hearts. Careful not to spill the envelope's contents everywhere! ]
Mr. Blackquill, could we meet? It's urgent.
[Integra's tone sounds... strained at best. She didn't want anyone to see her like this, yet alone talk about it. Yet her feelings were inconsequential compared to the safety of others, so she would swallow her pride this time.]
[Integra's tone sounds... strained at best. She didn't want anyone to see her like this, yet alone talk about it. Yet her feelings were inconsequential compared to the safety of others, so she would swallow her pride this time.]
Name a place. I shall be there.
[He notices the uncharacteristic strain in her voice, and for once he's... actually taking her seriously.]
[He notices the uncharacteristic strain in her voice, and for once he's... actually taking her seriously.]
[ On the same day after Nui visited Ryuko and Athena's apartment... ]
remember what i said would happen if my past catches up to me? that day has come.
i made sure that athena cant stay in our apartment alone so please look after her.
thanks.
remember what i said would happen if my past catches up to me? that day has come.
i made sure that athena cant stay in our apartment alone so please look after her.
thanks.
If I'm to look after her, I'll need more detail than that.
Did someone arrive from your world? Are either of you hurt?
Did someone arrive from your world? Are either of you hurt?
[ Breaking bad news through text is ALWAYS a good idea. ]
HIIIIIiiiiii... I have a favour :D
HIIIIIiiiiii... I have a favour :D
[Don't give him that deceptively cheerful emote!!!]
If this is about Ryuko, she's already contacted me.
If this is about Ryuko, she's already contacted me.
[ A follow up. ]
This is Mosley.
Mr Blackquill, CERES has been contacted on your behalf to reimburse you for an incident that occurred during our clean. We apologize for the damage and have replaced the broken appliance with what we hope is something suited to your tastes. As a bonus, we have thrown in an extra gift as a thanks from all of us here at CERES for your continued patronage.
[ And when Blackquill goes into his apartment he will encounter one new stove, full size and taking up quite a bit of his kitchen! There is a red bow on top. Next, is a big box, wrapped appropriately and inside the box, Blackquill will find five of these plates and a lovely apron. Enjoy! ]
This is Mosley.
Mr Blackquill, CERES has been contacted on your behalf to reimburse you for an incident that occurred during our clean. We apologize for the damage and have replaced the broken appliance with what we hope is something suited to your tastes. As a bonus, we have thrown in an extra gift as a thanks from all of us here at CERES for your continued patronage.
[ And when Blackquill goes into his apartment he will encounter one new stove, full size and taking up quite a bit of his kitchen! There is a red bow on top. Next, is a big box, wrapped appropriately and inside the box, Blackquill will find five of these plates and a lovely apron. Enjoy! ]
[Those are some... interesting gifts...]
My thanks for the reimbursement, but the one you should really be apologising to is the young lady who was using the appliance at the time. She could have been seriously injured, and this is not the first time malfunctions have endangered her wellbeing.
Can you guarantee there will be no further incidents with all these absurd glitches?
My thanks for the reimbursement, but the one you should really be apologising to is the young lady who was using the appliance at the time. She could have been seriously injured, and this is not the first time malfunctions have endangered her wellbeing.
Can you guarantee there will be no further incidents with all these absurd glitches?
Oh, goody.
[Because he can't be glad to hear from her without being a sarcastic asshole about it.]
Tell me what happened. Preferably in person.
[Because he can't be glad to hear from her without being a sarcastic asshole about it.]
Tell me what happened. Preferably in person.
[Totally and absolutely not appearing wherever Simon is. Mostly to say one thing.]
I'll have to apologize but I'm going to issue you a challenge to a duel. Of course, as the challenged party, you're allowed to pick your weapon of choice.
I'll have to apologize but I'm going to issue you a challenge to a duel. Of course, as the challenged party, you're allowed to pick your weapon of choice.
[Simon is out taking Taka for some exercise. As it happens, he's taken to carrying a sword with him at all times around the city, so he isn't unarmed when Archer appears.]
Honour dictates I cannot refuse, of course. But can I ask where this has come from?
Honour dictates I cannot refuse, of course. But can I ask where this has come from?
[ she doesn't want to ask this in person, so she'll send him a text even if he's probably just a room away... ]
Thoughts on Mabel's blind dating thing?
Thoughts on Mabel's blind dating thing?
[Athena, please. Although it's tempting just to respond in person to embarrass her, he'll hold off for now.]
I have no thoughts on it.
I have no thoughts on it.
[Scuttlebutt often had to "work herself up" to prepare for making phone calls, but this especially was difficult knowing it was a call to the scary Prosecutor Samurai...]
[...but...]
[they were both stranded far from home now, and her meetings with Aura Blackquill had put a dent in her image of him, just a little...]
[eventually she made the call]
Sss, sss, sss. Hello? Prosecutor Blackquill? Hi! Myriam Scuttlebutt here, your former witness?
[she paused. That was probably a bad thing to remind him of, but oops, she'd already said it]
I'm... ah... running a newspaper now! Maybe you've seen it? The Cerealia Times? We recently published our sixth edition...
[another short awkward pause]
--Anyway! I have a small matter I wanted to discuss with you. Just... you know, if you would consent to a question or two... then... get back to me! Anytime's fine! Kahk kahk...
...see you.
[click]
[...but...]
[they were both stranded far from home now, and her meetings with Aura Blackquill had put a dent in her image of him, just a little...]
[eventually she made the call]
Sss, sss, sss. Hello? Prosecutor Blackquill? Hi! Myriam Scuttlebutt here, your former witness?
[she paused. That was probably a bad thing to remind him of, but oops, she'd already said it]
I'm... ah... running a newspaper now! Maybe you've seen it? The Cerealia Times? We recently published our sixth edition...
[another short awkward pause]
--Anyway! I have a small matter I wanted to discuss with you. Just... you know, if you would consent to a question or two... then... get back to me! Anytime's fine! Kahk kahk...
...see you.
[click]
Hello, Box Top. I've seen the Cerealia Times, and I must say, it is a vast improvement on that high school claptrap you used to publish.
[Not that it's much of a compliment, but he'll let her take it as one if it makes her feel better.
There's a pause next, as if he's considering his response. Or maybe he's just trying to wig her out a little, who knows. Then he continues:]
Go on. Though whether I choose to answer depends on the nature of the questions, and whither the answers are destined to find themselves in print.
[Not that it's much of a compliment, but he'll let her take it as one if it makes her feel better.
There's a pause next, as if he's considering his response. Or maybe he's just trying to wig her out a little, who knows. Then he continues:]
Go on. Though whether I choose to answer depends on the nature of the questions, and whither the answers are destined to find themselves in print.
[ sometime in the middle of the night, because athena hasn't really been sleeping early, she decides to bother simon who's hopefully still awake. why? she's hearing things she shouldn't be. her eyes are droopy, though, and it's obvious she's tired. but fear's taken control of her and now she doesn't want to try sleeping again.
she knocks on his door before calling out to him. ]
Simon... are you still awake?
she knocks on his door before calling out to him. ]
Simon... are you still awake?
Edited (lol dates r hard) 2015-07-30 13:15 (UTC)
Yes. Come in.
[Simon's reply sounds as though he's wide awake, despite the fact he's been trying to get to sleep for several hours now. He still sleeps fitfully; getting to sleep at one or two in the morning is considered a good night for him.
This isn't one of those nights.
He sits up for Athena entering, pushing messy bed hair out of his eyes.]
What is it, Athena?
[Simon's reply sounds as though he's wide awake, despite the fact he's been trying to get to sleep for several hours now. He still sleeps fitfully; getting to sleep at one or two in the morning is considered a good night for him.
This isn't one of those nights.
He sits up for Athena entering, pushing messy bed hair out of his eyes.]
What is it, Athena?
[ athena wakes up from all the nexus code horror in a room that isn't hers, but it's got her belongings there, anyway. she really should move back to her own place some time, but living alone sucks!
it's rei who reminds athena what the date today is, so as tired as she is, she gets up and goes out of her way to do a thing. ]
Don't panic when you wake up. I just went out to do some shopping.
I'm with Vietnam. She's [ a country. ] got weird powers, so I'll be fine.
it's rei who reminds athena what the date today is, so as tired as she is, she gets up and goes out of her way to do a thing. ]
Don't panic when you wake up. I just went out to do some shopping.
I'm with Vietnam. She's [ a country. ] got weird powers, so I'll be fine.
[The beep of a message being received is what Simon wakes up to, and for a moment he's convinced that what transpired the day before was nothing more than a horrible dream. That illusion is soon shattered when he gets up and reads Athena's message.]
Now is hardly the time for shopping.
Are you all right? Is your code all intact?
Now is hardly the time for shopping.
Are you all right? Is your code all intact?
If you had anything more than a passing grasp of your role as chief, you'd know full well how I fare.
Do a little digging. Perhaps then you'll smell the rotten things that happen right under your nose.
Do a little digging. Perhaps then you'll smell the rotten things that happen right under your nose.
[ There's a somewhat soft knock on Simon's door despite what Ryuko learned of recently. Athena did a better job of calming her down than expected, it seems... ]
[He's surprised to see Ryuko when he answers the door, although he does a good job of masking it. Really, he should have seen this coming sooner or later.]
If you're looking for Athena, she isn't here.
[...Somehow, he can't resist being as dismissive as ever.]
If you're looking for Athena, she isn't here.
[...Somehow, he can't resist being as dismissive as ever.]
Some guy on the network says a quill is easier to use than the CereVice.
Simon-san, are you available this afternoon? I have some friends that I believe you and Taka might like to meet.
Taka as well? I suppose you've piqued my curiosity.
Where shall I meet you and these friends of yours?
Where shall I meet you and these friends of yours?
I'M IN TROUBLE
COME QUICK
IN FRONT OF THE GAME CENTER
COME QUICK
IN FRONT OF THE GAME CENTER
What happened?!
[He's not even going to wait for an answer. DROPPING EVERYTHING AND RUSHING OFF TO THE GAME CENTRE!!
Also she's going to get like fifty missed calls on the way unless she picks up.]
[He's not even going to wait for an answer. DROPPING EVERYTHING AND RUSHING OFF TO THE GAME CENTRE!!
Also she's going to get like fifty missed calls on the way unless she picks up.]
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