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[crassidy]

Alright there, lads and lasses?

[Brightly, followed by a brief slosh of liquid as he slurps something from a bottle.]

Been thinkin' a bit, taxin' as that is on me brain meats. Bout lots of things, really, but uh...

Tomorrow is me big One Twenty-- not as good as the oul Four Twenty but gotta wait another three hundred years for that one, like, so this'll have to do 'til then. I'll be acceptin' donations of the alcoholic and controlled substance variety, or money will do if you're underaged. Might even buy you a pint in return if y'find yourself around Maurtia Falls tomorrow.

Thought it might also be time to get some more poorly planned ink in the process, and I figured. Well. Maybe it'd be less poorly planned if I asked for suggestions from folks first. I'm acceptin' any and all ideas, even the truly shite ones. I mean, Christ, if you've seen me, you'd know I already got a whole lotta bad decisions inked out, doubt you lot could come up with worse. In before someone suggests a knob tat.

Comments

video;

[crassidy]

Ah, fair enough. You know your pale when yer whiter than an Irish fella who hasn't seen the sun in ninety years. [A thoughtful beat.]

Hows about UV... combustible...?

Unless your pale friends there are also combustin' in the sun too. In which case I think yer mates there might be vampires too, love.

video;

[storyseeker]

[She snaps her fingers.]

UV combustible. Perfect. Short, gets the point across clearly. And no, they aren't, as far as I know.

video;

[crassidy]

I think it still needs work. Just don't have the same ring as "undead" does. But you say undead to folk and they just think zombie and rotten flesh, it ain't a positive sorta label.

video;

[storyseeker]

Have you ever considered running a PR campaign to raise awareness?

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[crassidy]

Christ, have you not seen me?! [A vague gesture towards his trashy self.] I'm a PR folk's worst nightmare.

video;

[storyseeker]

That's why you pay someone to do the actual work for you.

video;

[crassidy]

You any good at that sorta shite? I'll pay in appreciation.

video;

[storyseeker]

Definitely not. I'm a journalist; that means I work with facts. But I could probably hook you up with some contacts.

video;

[crassidy]

Oh! Oh, can you write an article about me?

video;

[storyseeker]

No. I work with non-fiction.

video;

[crassidy]

Huh. But I'm-- Hang about, you pullin' me leg there?

video;

[storyseeker]

[She laughs.]

Maybe just messing with you a little. But for real, there's a balance between massaging the facts and inventing one or two of your own when you work in PR, and I work with hard news. [Her expression grows thoughtful.] Although I could probably pitch some kind of profile piece to my editors. A spotlight on imPorts, something like that.

video;

[crassidy]

Yeah, see now that's a fine idea. Glad I gave it to you.

video;

[storyseeker]

We'll see what happens. Ideas are a dime-a-dozen; making them profitable is another thing. But that's an issue for the bean counters.

video;

[crassidy]

Tell them bean counters that imPorts are the best money makers around. We're like super powered Kardashians.

video;

[storyseeker]

Yeaaaaaah...journalist, remember? You're not really selling me on this.

[Her days on reality TV are over.]

video;

[crassidy]

[Squint!!]

Whaddya mean?! That's all journalists are good for.

video;

[storyseeker]

Wow. I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that.

video;

[crassidy]

Oh, c'mon now, you know it's all just drama and celeb crushes these days.

video;

[storyseeker]

Cassidy, I know you're a vampire and all, but stop digging your own grave.

video;

[crassidy]

Hah, I like that one. Nice.

Well, c'mon then, what do you report on?

video;

[storyseeker]

War crimes, mostly. Well, that's what I was working on back home. My focus is a little broader here—international issues, political stuff. Not reality shows. I'm done with that part of the business.

video;

[crassidy]

Holy shite, that's some deep reportin'. Must have plenty of that in this world. Nothin' but bloody political intrigue and all that boring stuff.

video;

[storyseeker]

Well, I don't get to cover international stories as much as I'd like. The government isn't a big fan of imPorts going abroad for extended periods. But I get enough work, yeah.

video;

[crassidy]

Heh, who even needs to go abroad when you got a whole buncha super powered disasters right on your doorstep?