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[wizzardly]

VOICEMAIL:

"Er... yes, okay, I suppose I should tell you that if you're trying to reach me I'm not here, and if you're trying to reach me because you want to do something involving pointy bits of metal or otherwise painful objects, I'm never going to be here. So sorry."

Comments

[slightlyoffchilt]

He is Baelish's. Of course we've met.

[wizzardly]

Right. Thick as thieves, the two of you. How could I forget.

[he couldn't.]

I assume he's already been told about all this then?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I didn't tell him you were named, no.

[But an implied affirmative to all the above.]

[wizzardly]

I don't suppose there's a chance that doesn't reach him?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Not with his knightly piece grimacing the message. You sounds anxious.

[wizzardly]

Well, you know how it is. You find out a bloody dangerous person who already hates you now gets to think you're sending inept spies after him, it can make a person nervous. [he's tired of tiptoeing around his standing with the lord. Lucifer's gone; there's no point anymore.]

...Are you all right? Besides the - nose bit.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I got tased, and -- hypnotized, I think. So no, not all right. Still irate.

[wizzardly]

All at your office, you said? Gods. You might need a Jorah of your own, honestly. Haven't you got security there?

[except, well, Rincewind knows he doesn't, because he's let himself in there before.]

[slightlyoffchilt]

Not personal security, no. I cannot dictate the funds at the hospital I currently work at -- one more benefit to moving.

[wizzardly]

[the emphasis feels like a slap to the face. Rincewind shirks his shoulders.]

Well. After, then.

...Why would I send someone to your office to learn about him? Just - logically. I already know more about him than I care to. I really think you'd have less to say.

[slightlyoffchilt]

You ought to ask him yourself. [A bit dry.] He named you as the catalyst -- not necessarily the hiring party.

[wizzardly]

I might, if I even knew his name.

[ah, but... that last does spark something. Why does that sound familiar?]

But I - wouldn't be to blame then. If I was. [sounding more uncertain.] For someone else getting some barmy idea about things, I mean. I've tried to keep you out of danger, not put you in it.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Just a weird thing to pin on you, isn't it? Strange. He gave an alias -- Arthur -- but that isn't what you want.

[wizzardly]

...Strange, yeah.

I guess if you find out more about him, you'll let me know? And - do you need anything?

[slightlyoffchilt]

No, no, this clarifies matters. A little more, anyway.

I'll be in touch, especially if anything more comes to light.

[wizzardly]

All right. And likewise, of course.