IC Contact post for Mask or Menace

[dun_moch]

"You have reached Count Dooku. I regret that I am unavailable to answer your hail. Kindly leave a message, and I shall respond at the earliest opportunity."

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[sleight_of_hand]

[ There's a package left for Dooku some time after his and Adachi's last meeting. It's a thick packet, with double copies of reciepts and contracts and paystubs; one stack being originals, the other copies with Adachi's note scrawled all over them, pointing out the descrepencies between them. ]

[ There's also another sheet of paper, with a note from Adachi. ]

Surprised you let something like this go on for this long. I need glasses again after all this reading.

I can bring this to the police on your behalf if you want. Otherwise it's up to you what to do with the information. Let me know.

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[douchebag]

Bad news. We couldn't find anything about that LACKEY AI. We checked out all the porter cities and no one's heard anything.

I'm transferring that payment you gave us back to you right now. No info, no payment. Sorry, man.

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[dun_moch]

[There's a pause before Dooku responds, as he considers his options. Ordinarily such a total lack of results would involve a stern lecture regarding the price of failure. But returning the payment? That's a professional, courteous gesture that the Count honestly had not expected from Felix. Perhaps it was Locus' idea, he thinks.]

An unfortunate result. But I never expected the government's secrets would be easily uncovered.

Thank you for your efforts. Perhaps I will have more work for you in the future. With tasks that are more easily achieved.

[At least he has learned something: that LACKEY is either no longer a factor, or that it is so crucial a factor that the government has erased all traces that might lead to it from the Porter cities.]

[douchebag]

[ Well, that's insulting. Felix glares at the message for a minute, disliking his skills being called into question just because there wasn't anything to find, considers arguing, and then doesn't.

Because he can practice restraint. ]

Yeah. Another time.

Delivery [ Forwarded to the 31st ]

[ghoulking]

[ Kaneki only celebrates New Years, so that's the day he'll be dropping off gifts. For Count Dooku, he will leave incense, home-made mochi (rice cakes), sake and a a beautiful japanese handkive (Tanto) ]

Thank you for everything you have done for me, Count Dooku. I'm not sure if I could have done so much without your words and guidance. I hope you have a happy New Year.

- Ken Kaneki

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[dirtyredneck]

Hunting Shack's almost done. You were interested in seeing it, right?

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[dun_moch]

[Excellent.]

Indeed I am. I look forward to seeing the results of your hard work. Simply provide the time and the place.

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[dirtyredneck]

Monday if you want. Gonna have one of the contractors, plumbing guy, checking over the drain pipes for the rainy season 'fore the week's out and then everything'll be done as best it can be. Already stocking the storeroom with dry goods and food that'll keep so I don't gotta go shopping every time I'm out there. Think you'll really like what I did with the living space. It's cozy.

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[dun_moch]

I am sure that it is. I can imagine it now: cozy, well-supplied, and durable.

['Durable' here meaning 'defensible against imPort enemies', of course.]

My bodyguard and I will be there on Monday.

[Dooku's too cagey to come to a secret lair in the middle of nowhere without protection. Even one that he or Pinkman paid for himself.]

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[dirtyredneck]

Nah. No bodyguard. Can't fit more'n two on the bike. I'll pick you up and drive you there. It's about half a day's ride. Pack an overnight bag. Bring you back the next day.

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[dun_moch]

You expect me to ride there with you alone? On the back of your vehicle? With my arms wrapped around you for safety, I suppose.

[How unbearably common.]

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[dirtyredneck]

No. You can hold onto the seat.

Don't make this weird.

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[dun_moch]

It would be considerably less "weird" in my view if I could simply take my own transportation to this location.

And bring my bodyguard.

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[dirtyredneck]

I don't want no one I don't know comin' out there. I know you. I don't know your fucking bodygaurd. They ain't comin'.

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[dun_moch]

[Dooku has little choice but to concede. In Daryl's position, he would likely do the same thing.]

Very well then. It will be as you wish.

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[dirtyredneck]

Good. I'll pick you up in the morning at the Nonah porter.

[At least that argument hadn't gone on for long.]

I'll bring a car.

[He could concede that much. Rent one or some shit.]

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[dun_moch]

How kind of you. I will see you there.

[Dooku is grateful for that concession, at least. And he recognizes that Dixon did not have to make it.]</small.

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[ghoulking]

Hello, Count Dooku.
I've seen the recent post regarding the prison outbreak and your name was mentioned. Do you think we could meet to discuss a couple of things?

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[dun_moch]

[Excellent. Dooku had been hoping his findings would summon others to come forward.]

Certainly. Simply tell me where and when, Kaneki.

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[ghoulking]

There is a nice café in Nonah. I can meet you there now.

[ he will send Dooku the location. It's a very small, very quiet and very hidden coffee shop because guess who lives as a paranoid cat ]

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[dun_moch]

I will see you there shortly, then.

[Dooku actually shows up wearing his casual (by his standards) clothes rather than his standard cape or suit, the better to make this discreet. As he takes in the surroundings, he approves of Kaneki's taste in locations. This place is very low-profile.]

[ghoulking]

[ Kaneki is already inside sipping his coffee peacefully as he flips through the network. When he spots the man, he nods at him, calling him closer with a small friendly smile.

thank you for not bringing your cape along ]

Thank you for coming, Count. It has been quite the busy couple of days, hasn't it?

[dun_moch]

[You know you love his cape, Kaneki.]

Indeed it has. I'm pleased to see you are still unharmed after this terrible disaster.

[ghoulking]

[ rule number one: no capes ]

I am. But it's difficult to harm me. [ he smiles ] I'm glad you aren't either.

And I noticed you have been searching for an explanation of what happened. Prison search, correct?

[dun_moch]

Correct.

[Dooku hushes his voice dramatically, more out of habit than anything else. His investigation was no crime and no secret, but he still couldn't rule out the possibility of unfriendly ears.]

My allies and I made inquiries at the Maurtia Falls penitentiary. It's quite clear to me that the escape of those inmates was planned and co-ordinated... almost certainly by the same powers that plunged our cities into darkness.