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Tweak says, "boyfriend replacement therapy?"

Alec Tremont (fireworkatdawn) wrote in we_float,
@ 2010-05-20 22:48:00

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character: alec tremont, character: mickey o'hare

Who: Alec Tremont and Mickey O'Hare
When: Friday, May 21, 2096
Where: Sea-Tac Airport
What: Alec arrives from Boston to meet Jimmy. Except not.
Status: Closed, Complete

Alec had been aware of the reinstatement of the Wild Card Acts, but only peripherally. None of his current crowd had a wild card, at least that he knew of, so it didn't have any immediate impact on him.

Then he'd gotten an email from Jimmy Banks, who he hadn't heard from in well over a year, and who he'd never been particularly close with in the first place. They'd worked together a few times on consulting gigs, but he wouldn't say they were friends, exactly.

Still, the proposition was interesting. Somehow Jimmy had gotten caught up in a group of wild cards that were being protected from the Acts by some kind of rogue senator. They were supposed to somehow sway public opinion, and apparently Jimmy thought he could be of help.

Alec figured that being able to insert things into the media certainly couldn't hurt. So he'd gotten on a plane from Boston and, after several tiresome confrontations with airport security over his tech, arrived in the Sea-Tac airport.

The trouble was, he couldn't find Jimmy anywhere, and he was starting to get annoyed.

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fireworkatdawn
2010-05-22 11:14 pm UTC (link)

Alec sat nearby, pulling his phone from his pocket to scroll through his email and various newsfeeds. He checked their progress compulsively, and was relieved when they finally got off, even though it then meant walking to the house where he would apparently be staying.

As soon as they were inside he collapsed on the couch, his suitcase and laptop case and everything else lying falling on the floor nearby. "Please tell me there is at least alcohol available. I am excruciatingly sober."

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	plusthree 2010-05-23 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Mickey stood there, looking at him for a long moment, then shrugged out of the jacket and tossed it onto the back of a chair. "Andy has beer in the fridge." He pointed in the direction of the kitchen, "through there," then towards where the rooms were, "and you can take a room up there. There's plenty of space for everyone to have their own." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fireworkatdawn
2010-05-23 02:52 am UTC (link)

Alec levered himself back up and went into the kitchen to retrieve a beer. It would have to do for the moment. First order of business would be to find a liquor store, or something better if he could manage. He popped it open and sat back down, his legs stretched in front of him.

"I'll think about whether I'm not just going to turn right back around after you've told me who exactly you are, where Jimmy is, and why it couldn't be discussed in the airport."

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plusthree
2010-05-23 08:49 pm UTC (link)

Mickey sat quietly for a moment, then went to get a beer of his own. Sitting down once more, he leaned back, eyes closed as he took a long swig of the hoppy liquid.

Jimmy hadn't mentioned that the guy was an asshole.

Maybe he'll mellow now that you've got him drinking my beer. Stay out of the weed.

Mickey didn't want the weed. Didn't want any of this. Wondered, for a moment, if he could fade into sleep and let Jimmy slip out somehow, but there was a chance it could be any of the others, and he didn't think that would be any better.

Information scrolled across the mental screen of his mind, almost a dossier, close enough to something like stalking. Links to online resumes and references, everything publicly known and available about this man. Mickey pressed his fingers to the bridge of his nose.

"Jimmy's in here." he said quietly.

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