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Richard Conway, Freelance Spy ([personal profile] hypertrousers) wrote in [community profile] overbox2013-06-14 12:11 pm

Testnoir

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[A rare face to face meeting with Conway! He's just handed you his business card, which reads "Richard Conway, Freelance Spy. Secrets uncovered, enemies sabotaged, blackmail, low rates."]

My name's Conway. If you ever need to cover your ass or just want to really ruin someone's week, gimme a call.

-2-

[Nighttime. Raining. You're both outside a large building and you're trying to figure out how to get inside. You know, for illegal activities. Conway is staring up at a third floor window.]

Hmm...not too much wind. Looks like there's someone in there, though. This should be exciting.

-3-

[Some time after prompt 1, you actually decided you could use the services of a freelance spy. Need someone's dirty secret made public? Need your OWN dirty secret recaptured before someone publishes it? Just so happens you have the number for someone who can do that.]

Where did you get this number?

-4-

[Seems at some point you made an enemy, because there's a freelance spy loose in the building. You haven't FOUND him yet, but using the handscanner that USED to open that door just made the lights go out instead. Up for a battle of wits with a man who can rewire your building's electronics at will?]
gogoghostpowers: ([F] walkin w a dead man (w a dead man))

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[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2013-06-16 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's staring at the card in utter confusion.]

...if you're a spy, why are you advertising yourself to everyone you see?
gogoghostpowers: ([F] walking w a dead man (w a dead man))

[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2013-06-17 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah, but if you tell everyone who you are, how are you going to be able to spy on them?
gogoghostpowers: ([F] i don't believe...i don't believe)

eventually i'm going to run out of one-eyebrow-cocked icons

[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2013-06-17 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[...People can do that without invisibility powers? He's pretty sure this guy doesn't have invisibility powers.]

Well...what if they do?
gogoghostpowers: ([F] walkin w a dead man (w a dead man))

[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2013-06-17 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
And...what does that mean, exactly?

3 - Just so you know I spent two days making this journal

[personal profile] steals_hearts 2013-06-17 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno... if you were really qualified for the work I need done, would you have to ask a question like that?

[For what it's worth, Blue didn't get Conway's card from Conway.]

[personal profile] steals_hearts 2013-06-17 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
No fun at all.

But okay, Mr. Conway. I'm pretty sure you're qualified considering the effort I had to go through, so why don't I just hire you and tell you the weakness in your veil of secrecy after the job is done?

Makin' shit up on the fly

[personal profile] steals_hearts 2013-06-18 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
There's a certain pharmaceutical company with a headquarters in town that I think we all know is a front for something a little shadier.

I'll bet you your highest-risk going rates you can't get me a hard copy of their real year-end report for last year. You know, to compare and contrast with the public one.