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plainsimple) wrote2030-07-09 10:31 pm
plainsimple) wrote2030-07-09 10:31 pm
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okay i lied, it's actually 2 questions
1. can i solicit your help for a business casual look to visit a mob-run casino?
2. do you want to go with us to a mob-run casino?
1. can i solicit your help for a business casual look to visit a mob-run casino?
2. do you want to go with us to a mob-run casino?
1. Of course
2. Almost definitely; what are we going for and who is 'us'?
2. Almost definitely; what are we going for and who is 'us'?
partly going for fun, partly going because i kind of want to figure out who the players are in the riverside mob and whether they have any connections to the mercenary organizations that left them for the big corporations.
[ No big surprise for anyone who knew Nate during the Everest expedition, but Garak is pretty new. It's still a lot. ]
if that makes you uncomfortable, you don't have to go.
'us' is me, my brother, lance sweets, wade wilson. possible another party, i'm checking for interest.
[ No big surprise for anyone who knew Nate during the Everest expedition, but Garak is pretty new. It's still a lot. ]
if that makes you uncomfortable, you don't have to go.
'us' is me, my brother, lance sweets, wade wilson. possible another party, i'm checking for interest.
I would be quite interested in the information. It's important to know the undercurrents of what's going on as a tailor; we're a little like bartenders in that.
Count me in. You'll have to come by my place so I can take measurements as I don't yet have a physical shop, but I'm working on getting there.
Count me in. You'll have to come by my place so I can take measurements as I don't yet have a physical shop, but I'm working on getting there.
[ Nate has the distinct feeling that Garak's frequent repetition regarding his completely normal profession makes it much less convincing that that's all he is, but he isn't close enough with the guy to outright pry. Either way, he's detail oriented and this venture seems like the kind of thing in which he'd be interested. ]
can i come by sometime today?
can i come by sometime today?
Yes. I'll try to have a few fabric selections to color-test against your skin.
[ Out of nowhere, the sound of Stephen Strange's voice in his head. ]
I need you in the dining hall in the East Wing. Be prepared to make an arrest. Enter politely.
[ Which means don't make a scene. They don't need the thump of boots through halls for this one. Let it get loud if it must, but not until it must. ]
I need you in the dining hall in the East Wing. Be prepared to make an arrest. Enter politely.
[ Which means don't make a scene. They don't need the thump of boots through halls for this one. Let it get loud if it must, but not until it must. ]
You were the gardener.
[This is absolutely how you start a conversation when you've been told to contact someone, right? Right.]
[This is absolutely how you start a conversation when you've been told to contact someone, right? Right.]
[Totally.]
And you the tailor. It's good to see that you also made it back, my dear.
And you the tailor. It's good to see that you also made it back, my dear.
But before that, I still remembered everything.
You are who Lance was speaking about. That explains the oddness of our conversation.
What did it feel like? You knew something of the world, clearly, but... where was the disconnect?
What did it feel like? You knew something of the world, clearly, but... where was the disconnect?
I knew what I was told, or what I could see. That's all. People will talk to you about all kinds of things if they think you already know about them.
So it is like you were the Displaced and we the natives? A more extreme minority than usual?
I guess so. Yes.
You wouldn't have believed me if I'd tried to explain.
You wouldn't have believed me if I'd tried to explain.
Quite true. I would have needed significant evidence and I strongly doubt there was any available. Unless that assumption is incorrect?
It's not. You would have thought I was crazy.
Most definitely. You chose correctly to not tell me; the Aerie didn't seem a kind place to those who are believed to be suffering any illness, physical or mental.
Thank you for the information. It has been quite interesting.
Thank you for the information. It has been quite interesting.
You would have turned me in, wouldn't you?
For being mad? No. I was keeping an eye on you for acting suspiciously, however.
Did you want to have me sent to the Quarry?
No. I wanted to keep as many people from starving and dying as possible. That meant keeping people from blowing up things or murdering others outside of the Quarry as much as possible.
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