IC Contact - Snowblind

[phaseshifter]

This is Angel. Leave a message.

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[devoutish]

Would you believe that he's done me a favor?

[He thinks she and Rhys would get why, more than most people would.

Except for the beacon shit. Fuck that.]

[phaseshifter]

Uh-huh. He's eastablishing you as someone who follows through on your threats, taking swift and effective action against people who wrong you. Plus with your previous track record of being reasonable to people who don't act like assh-- like jerks to you, I'd expect that after the initial fuss this will be good for business. I mean, you want your broker to be capable of defending themselves and your interests, right?

[ Yeah. ANGEL KNOWS HER BANDITRY. ]

[devoutish]

Mm. Young men are very concerned with spreading the word that they’re capable and dangerous. Older men let others spread the word for them.

[THIS IS WHY HE LIKES YOU, ANGEL. You're a smart cookie.]

I do think it's gonna kill the brokerage business.

[But he's only ever had one customer and hadn't ever had high hopes that it would be lucrative, so he's not all that cut up about it.]

At home, among gangs, it would be good for business. But the people here aren't gangsters.

[phaseshifter]

Mmm. Maybe if people being robbed was more of a risk, it'd increase business? An-- oh, uh, geez. That wasn't - I wasn't suggesting.

[ Someone's getting flustered. ]

I just meant that if supplies get short or people start getting desperate, I'd bet requests come flooding in. You know what I'm saying! Oof.

[devoutish]

Rob more people, then? That's your advice?

[There's just enough lightness in his voice to probably make it obvious that he's teasing.]

[phaseshifter]

Alfie.

[ It's muffled. Possibly maybe because she's covering her face. MAYBE. ]

You're a butt.

[devoutish]

You've got the strangest insults.

[phaseshifter]

Oh, it's - sorry, I've been trying to censor myself less, but it's hard to change old habits. Let me try again? Um...

 

 

 

You're a dick?

[ THERE IS NO CONVICTION IN THIS STATEMENT ]

[devoutish]

Even stranger.

[That's. Definitely not an insult that gets thrown around in his time, especially by young women. He's at least familiar with its meaning, though, thanks to Norfinbury.]

[phaseshifter]

It is? Then what - I can't call you an asshole, that's reserved for special cases. Skaglick? Jackhole? Son of a bitch?

[devoutish]

Skaglick - that one's very common, is it?

[phaseshifter]

On Pandora, yes. It's not cursing, but it's a pretty gross insult. Skags are, um... Imagine the ugliest and meanest dog you've ever seen, give it an extra couple of jaws and some spikey bits. Now imagine that it - uh, it excretes from its mouth.

Skag.

[devoutish]

Yeah, I know. Heard about 'em before.

[phaseshifter]

So you can see why skaglick would be so insulting. I mean, their tongues get all-- yeah. Ew.

[devoutish]

Fiona said you thought they were cute.

[phaseshifter]

Fi-- yeah. They are! When they're not - you know, doing their. Business. Or chewing on people. They're ugly-cute!

I still wouldn't let one lick me, though.

[devoutish]

And here I thought she might have only been teasing you.

[They don't sound cute, Angel.]

[phaseshifter]

No, not at all! But I'm pretty sure my ideas of what's cute are kinda weird. I used to love this one line of robots - CL4P-TP units? They were like little boxes with twiggy little arms, running around on a single wheel. Cute! But they were pretty universally hated by other people, so Iunno. Everyone used to pick on me for liking them so much.

Uh, everyone being... Jack. And some vault hunters. But still!

[devoutish]

What was so hateful about them?

[phaseshifter]

Iunno! I thought they were funny little robots. With the dancing, and the beatboxing, and the silly voices, and...

[ Rhys is yelling in the background about how they suck. Loudly. It sounds like there might be some scuffling over the tablet because telling people how annoying claptraps are is SERIOUS! BUSINESS!! ]

[devoutish]

Is that Rhys there? Hello.

[headjacked]

-- never do ANYTHING right, and their voices sound like claws on chalkb-

[ That sure sounds like ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ]

Hey!! Hi, Alfie.

[devoutish]

You're both unharmed then, I see.

[phaseshifter]

--he won't be unharmed if he doesn't stop ganking my tablet!

I'm blaming you for this, Alfie. You've put - put the lust for banditry in him. For shame!

[devoutish]

And Claire, she must be in the next room wondering what you two are up to.