2020-11-29 Crank Call
Crank Call
Location: Wu-Sun Tower
Date and Time: Late November, 2020
Summary: A badly-damaged working relationship frays even further.
Mood Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzo6L3wsf8c
Jeremy is up late, in a repurposed condominium in Wu Tower. He's calmly working his way through hundreds of pages of documents for the 10th consecutive hour. This is the secret to his power: he can do the boring thing that will work, as long as necessary, until it does.
GT on the otherhand just just really bored and out of booze and Bitey isn't where he usually dozes off. So she picks up a burner phone with a voice changer app and calls the bastard who owes her a dog.
+ROLL/+DICE> Jeremy: Wits vs. 6 -> 0 successes. (3 3)
<OOC> Austen says, "empathy?"
<OOC> Jeremy says, "Nah. Wits+Intuition, but he doesn't have it, so."
Jeremy picks up the phone. "What's the situation?" he asks, terse and blunt. Okay, he DOES get edgy doing this for hours, it seems, but.
The voice is a deep stock male voice that answers. "DO not hang up the phone or a bomb will kill someone related to you. DO you understand?" It took all her effort to not giggle wildly.
<OOC> Austen says, "wait"
+ROLL/+DICE> Austen: Willpower vs. 6 -> 4 successes. (10 10 10 7 4 2)
<OOC> Austen says, "maybe too heavy handed"
<OOC> Austen says, "but its too late"
Jeremy starts the recording app on his laptop immediately. "I understand. Who is this and who do you think I am?" he says tersely.
"Who I am doesn't matter. What matters is that you owe someone something and I'm hired to make sure you you understand the position if you don't repay it promptly." She hits the mute button and cackles loudly.
+ROLL/+DICE> Jeremy: Wits vs. 6 -> 0 successes. (6 1)
<OOC> Jeremy says, "lmao"
"And what is it that I owe?" says Jeremy, quickly hammering away a text message to the tower's IT department and security team. < THREATENING PHONE CALL - BOMB THREAT - PLEASE TRACE CALL ON MY PHONE IMMEDIATELY >
"You owe a.." The voice changer turned off and GT's voice is cracking up. "You owe a bitch a four legged friend, nerd!
<OOC> Austen says, "this char is such a fucking blast"
+ROLL/+DICE> Jeremy: Willpower vs. 6 -> 2 successes. (9 9 8 3 1)
< IT'S GIGGLE THIEF - TRACE IT FASTER >
"And you owe me my clothes back," protests Ji-Woo, transitioning immediately from cautious crime fighting to stiffly-restrained fury. "You! Do not! Have a place! To keep a dog!"
<OOC> Jeremy needs more 'keep my composure' dice :V
GT wasn't one to let a good joke linger too long so she jusck cackles. "Agent Orange, dont even try, this phone is bein chucked into the ocean when I hang up." She knew how police shows worked. "I got a place, you just don't fucking know because your allll the way up in Walker Heaven."
Jeremy is silent for a second. The phone is muted, and he's pinching his brow. Of course she's tossing the phone. Of course it's a cell phone anyway. What is he thinking?
"Alright," says Ji-Woo. "I can get you your dog presently. However, there's been a complication. For the moment, I'm confined to Wu Tower, for security reasons."
+ROLL/+DICE> Jeremy: Manipulation + Subterfuge vs. 6 -> 4 successes. (10 10 9 7 5 4 3 2)
"What the fuck did you do? You get caught watching dogs fucking catsor something gross like that?"
"Nothing so exciting," says Jeremy. "There is some concern that I am vulnerable to sympathetic magic that could be used to borrow my appearance, or influence my mind. Fortunately, you are in a position to resolve this issue."
There is a pause before a scoff. "What? You wanna propose to me and me fuck you so sensless you're a useless husk of meat for a while? Cuz I'll be happy to marry up and get a cushy pad inside to Woo-Hoo Tower."
<OOC> Austen says, "sorry if im not at my best giggles atm"
<OOC> Jeremy says, "lmao, it's fine"
Jeremy has to mute the phone for a second while he takes off his glasses and pinches the bridge of his nose again.
"That's flattering to hear," says Jeremy, "But no, it's nothing so life-changing for either of us. If you could return my windbreaker and tie to Wu Tower - or, really, to anyone in the Sept - the problem would be resolved and I would be able to immediately arrange for your dog to be personally delivered to your new residence."
+ROLL/+DICE> Jeremy: Manipulation + Expression vs. 6 -> 1 success. (9 7 6 4 3 1 1)
<OOC> Austen says, "whats he rollin for?"
<OOC> Jeremy says, "Trying to sway you in to giving back the clothes, specifically"
"Whats my new shiny tie and warm jacket got to do with you being locked up" You gave em to me of your own free will bro."
"I don't mean to imply otherwise," says Jeremy, "But regardless, I made a mistake in doing so. I'm happy to buy you replacements, but those are both vectors for sympathetic magic." A pause. "Like voodoo dolls."
"i'm gunna need more of a reason to give back the last peices of my Agent Orange costume for next halloween. What do I get for em?"
<OOC> Austen says, "this is mucho grande fun"
Jeremy thinks a moment. How does he sell this? Giggle-Thief is a bit of a bully, mostly in petty ways, not quite sadistic, primarily interested in spectacle and the feeling of power over others...
"Your dog and I will wear matching collars when I arrive to drop him off," he says. "You can take a photo for your scrapbook."
The lawyer was half right. Spectacles were her bag of jimmies. "Gimme that and you gotta mix marshmallow in ever dinner meal for a week.."
"*My* meals or *your* meals?" asks Jeremy. The question is hypothetical, he's definitely not doing either of those, but, still. He has to know.
"Your meals. Me and my best friend love them and I wanna spread the love man."
"Sure," lies Jeremy, smoothly and easily. "I promise. Marshmallows for dessert after dinner, every night for a week."
GT wasn't dumb because she'd find a loop hole and play into it. "Nah bro. I'm gunna need video evidence you you making marshmallow part of your primary dinner meals. I know how you'd fuckin dodge it cuz that's what I'd do."
"Giggle-Thief, be reasonable," says Jeremy, patiently. "Marshmallows can't just be mixed in to meals at random. They need to be paired with appropriate foods, for complementary textures and tastes."
"I eat marshmallows for entire meals. I'm sure your rich food pallete can suffer a week of sugar greatness.
"Alright," says Jeremy. "I'm sure I'll survive a week of that. As soon as my clothing is returned to the Sept, I'll get to work."
"Good, You'll get your clothes, when I get my videos."
"Understood," says Ji-Woo. "Goodbye, Giggle-Thief."
He turns off the phone. He puts it down, gently. He rubs his temples a moment.
+LOSE/+BURN> Jeremy burns 1 Willpower.
And he gets back to work, sorting through page after page after page after page of business documentation.
