maskormenace | 5th Trick

["The Manipulator" is the name on this communication.]

Pancakes. Thick, fluffy, floury, smeared with melting butter and drizzled with real maple syrup. Served with fluffy scrambled eggs and two strips of black-label bacon, cooked crispy.

Fried chicken. Crispy skin, juicy meat, subtly salty. Served with a side of mashed potatoes, homemade cream gravy, and wilted collard greens cooked with garlic.

Beer. A dark stout, complex and almost chocolate in flavor, smooth and sophisticated to sip. Accompanied by a bowl of pretzels and the smell of smoke on the guy sitting next to you at the bar.

An apple. Yellow-red-pink skin, crisp and juicy, just the perfect texture without being too hard or too mealy. Simple and refreshing.

Pork rinds. Airy and crisp, salty, spicy hot with the flavor of meat. Eaten straight out of the bag while watching sports.

Roasted sweet potato. Wrapped in wet newspaper and then in aluminum foil, then buried in a pile of burning leaves to bake. Sweet and starchy, soft and hot, the perfect snack on a cold winter's day.

[Okay... that's a nice, random list there. There isn't much indication why "The Manipulator" is posting this one.]

Come on, Imports. Give me a few more. Give me something from your world that no one else has tried before.

I'm in-between things to do, you see. All this space shuttle excitement has been useful in distracting the authorities from looking for me. So I might as well try to enjoy myself with all the extra spare time.

Plus, I figured the cops could use another word from me. It's been so long since they've even imagined I've been active. Just as clueless as the people I've possessed since then.

Ooh... I bet you didn't even notice I was there, did you?

You'd think you people would learn.

[All replies from "The Manipulator" will come through audio or text only.]

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Japan.

I've had some experience dealing with supernatural crap back home.

I never did. Until I became the supernatural crap myself.

How come you aren't able to move on to the other side or whatever? Aside from the fact that all of us are stuck in this place?

[Even if it's just over text, the question is rather upfront and simple. Barely any sympathy, just curiosity.]

Edited 2014-07-10 20:03 (UTC)

Good damn question.

A mystery for the ages then.

I hope not.

It should be over sooner rather than later, if all goes according to plan.

[That was hardly directed at her so much as it will be the people who will look at this post, desperately searching for clues to his whereabouts.]

[Hm.]

I'm a newbie here so I'm not up to date with who or what. What'd you do to the people you possessed? Make them fly?

Hm. Let's see.

Two counts of breaking and entering, five counts of armed robbery, three counts felony menacing, one count obstruction of a public conveyance, and one count of murder.

[There is a delayed response, but then:]

All in all, not that bad.

They were all acquitted due to the extenuating circumstances of being manipulated by a dead guy.

Imagine trying to take that to the courts.

They almost had to. Ask around.

I confessed as a favor.

How benevolent of you.

Can people see you or not?

Depends.

Whether or not you want to be seen you mean?

Sure, let's say that.

Must suck, being stuck in that state though. That's why you're talking about food aren't you?

Something like that.

[She's not sure what else to say after that so a few minutes pass before another message appears.]

I hope you find it then.

Edited 2014-07-10 21:11 (UTC)

Thanks.

I'm going to. And while I'm at it I'll send the Imports back where they want to go. That's what I've decided.

I just don't care if I have to break the law to do it.

Can't get anything done within the law for troublesome bull like this.

Finally, somebody gets it.

Maybe. You're prepared to deal with the consequences and I don't know you well enough to fault you for that.

[Don't mind this interruption here.]

Ryougi, what are you doing?

[what r u my mom]

Learning how to text.

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