IC contact for maskormenace

[devoutish]

You've reached Alfie Solomons. Leave your name and state your business.

Alfie can be reached via the imPort network, or via a home phone and answering machine. He does have a cell phone, but it's not publicly available.

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Delivery [ Forwarded to the 31st ]

[ghoulking]

[ Kaneki only celebrates New Years, so that's the day he'll be dropping off gifts. For Alfie there is indeed a gift, which will be home-made mochi (rice cakes) and sake ]

I don't know if you enjoy sake or not, but it's something different from rum, I can assure you.
Happy New Year.

- Ken Kaneki

[devoutish]

[Alfie's first thought: he really needs to get to work on procuring that backup apartment, because what the hell, apparently people can just find his address at the government housing complex.

Alfie's second thought: these rice things look delicious.

He sends a text message back in response:]

Thanks, mate. These are Japanese?

voicemail.

[trouvaille]

( gwen has a to-do list. it's long, and there are things on it she doesn't envision checking off on it any time in the immediately foreseeable future, but it's good to have goals. some things, however, are nearer to the top; things like 'deal with that regrettable conversation'.

can't be ignored forever. could have been, if somebody hadn't opened her stupid mouth about her stupid powers-- )

Hi Alfie, it's Gwen -

( wait, what next

oh, she does have a question ... but she's not asking him what he knows about the black market over the phone. that's stupid. and what if he doesn't know anything about it, anyway, is it rude to assume all shady people who don't trust the government are hella criminals... )

I'm still trying to get the lay of the land. Do you want to catch up? Here's my number.

( she rattles it off and hangs up. )

[devoutish]

[Ring ring! The hella criminal calls back a few hours later.]

Letter!

[baetiful]

[ Perhaps it's a bit old-fashioned, but the message arrives for Alfie via mockingbird. Sealed closed by a wax mockingbird sigil, the letter is hand-written in careful cursive. ]

Dear Mr. Solomons -

I write to you on behalf of a project I am working on within our city. Construction has already begun on rebuilding a much larger library, but I wish for this to be more than simply a bigger structure. I hope to inspire education and the spread of knowledge to the natives of Maurtia Falls as well as provide an invaluable resource to new arrivals here. But more than that, I wish to use it to pay homage to the natives who lost their lives within Maurtia Falls due to imPort related tragedies. Their names will be honored within the library itself and donations will be set up to be made to the families.

For this project to succeed, I need your help. If you are able to donate anything at all to the cause, it would be most appreciated -- whether that is books, money, or simply your time. It could be an excellent opportunity to spread your business's name throughout the community. Perhaps you could even bake some things to be sold at a fundraiser.

I thank you for your time, and I do hope to hear back from you soon.

Sincerely,
Ambassador Petyr Baelish


[ OOC: You can feel free to just respond to this OOCly if he would donate anything or not! ]

[devoutish]

[A letter! It's wonderfully nostalgic, even if the delivery is weird. Instead of typing out a message on the communicator or just not responding at all, he decides to send one back, just for kicks - delivered by regular mail, this time. His own handwriting is a bit messier than Petyr's, but still legible.]

Ambassador,

I haven't got a proper business here, and I make a point of not donating my money to government causes. My apologies. I'm sure you understand.

Best of luck with your politics,
A. Solomons

P.s. - With any luck you won't find yourself ported out suddenly. It would be a shame to have all this work go to waste.

[unbreaker]

[This is the first time that Josuke has been tasked with being a probation officer for another imPort. To say the request is a little intimidating would be an understatement, especially considering his own hopeful rise to career law enforcement in a few months time. If this doesn't end poorly, it could really bode well for his future! Then again, if things should go south...

Well, there's no point getting ahead of himself. First thing's first. Introducing himself to his probationer. There isn't any reason to be unkind about it, but he knows it's important not to be too casual, either. This system isn't in place only for the welfare of the everyday citizen, but for the imPorts being rehabilitated, too.]

Mr Solomons? Hi. My name is Josuke Higashikata. I've been assigned as your probation officer. I'd like to meet. Would tomorrow morning at 9AM be a good time for you?

[devoutish]

[God. Alfie is fully aware that this could be a whole lot worse, but still, it's annoying.]

Yeah, hello.

[He makes sure to sound not quite friendly, but at least somewhat personable.]

I'm in Maurtia Falls, but let's meet in DeChima. It's still a bit chilly up here in Pennsylvania.

[The real reason is that he's going to try very, very hard to continue his regular porter usage, and this is as good an excuse as any.]

[anonymous voice ∞]

[blackhat]

You too fuckin' stupid to cover up your face during a bank robbery?

[ My, this voice sounds familiar! ]

[devoutish]

I'm not fucking stupid enough to rob a bank.

TEXT. SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR... whatever this is (1/2)

[handycapable]

[ As promised, a few weeks after their current thread previous conversation, Ray has finally settled on a list of films he feels is worth passing on, after spending a laborious amount of time trying to narrow it down. ]

All right, as requested! Ray's Recs: A Special Selection.

Now I did try to narrow it down to things I thought you might actually like, or at least maybe find interesting. While also still giving you a little bit of everything.

TEXT. (2/2)

[handycapable]

[ And the following will be sent as an attachment: ]

Singin’ in the Rain - Three movie stars of the 1920s during the transition from silent movies to talkies. It’s also a musical.
Chicago - In 1920s Chicago, beautiful femme fatales Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart both find themselves accused of murder and do their damnedest to avoid execution by milking their 5 minutes in the spotlight for all its worth.
A Streetcar Named Desire - Southern debutante Blanche DuBois has to flee her troubled past, secrets in tow, to New Orleans to live with her brash sister Stella and even brasher brother-in-law Stanley.
Casablanca - A man is forced to choose between his love for a beautiful woman or fighting the Nazis.
Titanic - A tragic tale of romance aboard a sinking ship. Based on true events!
Grease - A lively musical set in the 50s about a bad boy and a good girl having to overcome their differences if they wanna make love work.
Footloose - A young Kevin Bacon stars as a good-natured teenage boy who moves to a town where they’ve banned dancing and rock’n’roll.
Moulin Rouge - Christian, young romantic poet, falls in love with an escort named Satine. A bawdy musical set in France.
West Side Story - Romeo & Juliet, if they were an Italian man named Tony and a Puerto-Rican woman named Maria respectively associated with rivaling gangs.
An Affair To Remember - Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr play a man and a woman who meet and form an instant magnetic connection. Seeking new directions in their life and both also already being spoken for, they agree to meet again in six months at the top of the Empire State Building if they’re both single and have achieved their ambitions.
Some Like It Hot - Two musicians who witnessed a crime have to go into disguise to hide from the mob, and Marilyn Monroe steals the show as always as the ravishing singer, Sugar Kane.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Marilyn Monroe stars as the glamorous Lorelei Lee, showgirl engaged to a very wealthy man whose father hires a PI to follow her due to his suspicions about her intentions.
Pretty Woman - Richard Gere, a businessman, hires Julia Roberts, an escort, for a week to accompany him to work functions and the two fall in love— question is, can they make it work?
All About Eve - A cunning young actress named Eve, played by lovely Anne Baxter, schemes her way in stardom after she’s taken under the wing of Broadway success Margo Channing, played by the even more lovely Bette Davis.
The Talented Mr. Ripley - Tom Ripley longs for a life of wealth and indulgence, and one day acts upon a dangerous opportunity which might just allow him to obtain it.
Strangers on a Train - Two men both seeking to be rid of someone in their lives meet on a train, and one of them suggests to the other one they should each commit the other’s murder so that neither of them get caught.
Midnight Cowboy - Jon Voight plays the handsome young hustler Joe Buck, who hopes to make it big in New York City. There he finds an unlikely soulmate in Dustin Hoffman’s limping conman, Ricco.
Rebel Without A Cause - James Dean plays the troubled teenage new kid, Jim, who no sooner arrives in town before yet more trouble finds him and the two other teenage outcasts he’s formed a bond with.
On The Waterfront - Marlon Brando plays up-and-comer Terry Malloy, who throws a boxing match at the behest of the mob. But little does he know how much he’s already gotten himself into.
The Man Who Knew Too Much - A couple and their daughter vacationing in Switzerland become acquainted with a man who is later assassinated during their stay, but not before he tries leaving them a clue as to what happened to him.
Foxy Brown - After a low-level crook gives up the undercover cop who’s dating his sister in an effort to try and settle his mob debts, Foxy Brown (played by the bewitching Pam Grier) is determined to avenge her lover’s death even if she has to go against her brother and the mob to do it.
Charlie’s Angels - Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, and Drew Barrymore play a three woman detective team and their enigmatic boss, Charlie, kick-ass and take names with their ingenuity, martial arts skills, and charisma.
Dream Girls - A musical which tells the story of how R&B music came to be in the 60s and 70s, inspired of course by The Supremes.
Fantasia - This one’s a cartoon, but it’s actually breathtaking. Just trust me.
Far From Heaven - Julianne Moore is a housewife in the 1950s who discovers both that her husband is gay, and that she might be falling in love with a black man.
It’s a Wonderful Life - George Bailey’s a man who cracks under the pressure of his stressful life and nearly commits suicide on Christmas Eve, but then gets to see what his life would be like without him in it.
The Shawshank Redemption - A man is sentenced to life in prison despite his repeated pleas of innocence, but he develops a genius plan for escape.
Pulp Fiction - A crime thriller made up of seven different short stories that are actually all connected.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s - The magnetic Holly Golightly, as played by Audrey Hepburn, takes interest in a new man living in her apartment building, but there’s much more to Holly than meets the eye.

THIS COMMENT IS NOT REAL, I AM JUST SAVING EVERYONE FROM FUTURE SCROLLING

[itistolaugh]

text; sorry about the gifs (not sorry)

[itistolaugh]

YOU'RE INVITED!!

to a ~*~*~SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY~*~*~

for DR. JONATHAN CRANE!!


October 20th
Wayne Enterprises Conference Room
7PM - ?????

BORING CONVERSATIONS!


OLD MUSIC NOBODY CAN DANCE TO!


PRETENTIOUS JUDGMENT OF OTHERS!


BOOKS??? (no cats)(maybe a witch)


SNACKS!


& BRING A FRIEND!!!
C U THERE ;)

voicemail

[trouvaille]

( she'd been meaning to get in touch -

that was him, she thinks, that memory

- but it's something else entirely that prompts this; )

Did you hear about the Porter?

( What does it mean, what the fuck is going on, how did they -

No one seems to want to leave as bad as Alfie. Is he okay. )

text

[devoutish]

[Rather than calling back, he texts via the network.]

Saw it.

[He is Not Happy.]

text

[h2no]

idea for podcast: is the entity in the porter actually sod?
you know the person behind sod's law

hey there's a bunch of weird shit happening and i got stabbed again
you wanna get shitfaced?

text

[devoutish]

i would like to be in the room while you get shitfaced & explain sod's law to me.

snail mail.

[oddbod]

[An envelope arrives wherever Alfie can receive it, with something sizable inside. It turns out to be a car key. Also enclosed is a small piece of paper with a Nonah address written on it - Clara's house in the woods, where her regrettable station wagon is parked. She's been sent back home, so no payment on his part will be needed. The car is free for the taking, however, and he's free to keep it parked on the now-abandoned farmstead.]

[devoutish]

[This car is 100% going to be used for some shady shit, Clara. This will be your legacy.]

audio;

[maevelous]

Here I was beginning to think there were no good things left in this world. Then I saw your name still on the network...

audio;

[devoutish]

[Maeve. Alfie can't help but break into a grin here - he's always had a soft spot for her.]

Yeah, well - we come and go, but the ones who want to leave the most remain.

Fucking hell, how long has it been? Nine months?

text post age event

[h2no]

you were an adorably precocious little bugger, you know that?

text

[devoutish]

I was a terror. You got lucky.

[Nah, he wasn't really that bad of a kid, all things considered.]

[gangsterbaby]

[OOC: continued from here.]

Yes. Come quick.

[gangsterbaby]

[OOC: continued from here.]

And I won't be able to tell them about my adventures because they won't belive me, but I'll tell my brothers.

[maevelous]

You have brothers? How many?

[gangsterbaby]

[Continued from here.]

[You don't believe him? Gosh, Kaneki.]

My brothers and my sister and my cousins. Kids from school. Everybody I wanna lead I can lead.

courier;

[grandtheftequine]

Sometime toward the end of August, Alfie will find an elegantly arranged gift basket hand-delivered to him by courier. Within is a tasteful array of artisan snacks and candies; a fine bottle of wine or liquor, or perhaps some gourmet coffee instead; a piece of handcrafted jewelry or small piece of art; and a black leather envelope clutch containing vouchers for various high end restaurants, theaters, entertainment venues, and spas around Maurtia Falls. In fact, everything down to the very basket itself seem to have been manufactured in Maurtia Falls.

A handwritten card accompanies the gifts. It reads:

"Maurtia Falls deserves to be celebrated for the incredible achievements it is already home to. If you believe that imPorts should play our part in elevating one of our Porter cities beyond its reputation, then Logan Delos is the ambassadorial candidate most deserving of your vote."

It's finished with Logan's scrawling signature, and contact information for his campaign, should anyone want to get in touch with him.

[devoutish]

[A day or so after the message arrives, Logan gets a reply back - via the network, because it's quicker.]

I've never heard of you. Who are you?

[This is not strictly true - they haven't spoken, but Alfie has heard the name floating around. Still, he's a dick, and he likes to try to poke fun at the ambassadors (candidates included).]