Mask Or Menace - IC Contact Post

[helpdesk_hero]

This is David Alleyne, I'm not available at the moment.
Please leave your name, contact information, and what this is regarding after the beep.

Comments

9/1 ish

[made_up_names]

okay so
1) i need your help and
2) dont judge me

[helpdesk_hero]

Yes to 1. We’ll see to 2. Which I only say because your luck is atrocious.

post-Mysterio shenanigans

[made_up_names]

[ It's late when Peter texts. Somewhere around midnight, probably. After he's set up somewhere, unable to sleep. ]

david?

Re: post-Mysterio shenanigans

[helpdesk_hero]

I’m sorry. What I did put you in danger.

untraceable text

[maskormods]

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m-i-w-t
f-c-p-e
b-a-r•-e•
e-s-t•
e•-s-a-e•-’
t-o-c-d-f•-d•-e
t-b-i-t
t-l-y•

text, pre network-solve

[besainted]

Did you get one too?

[helpdesk_hero]

Yeah, I totally did. Clearly it's an incomplete puzzle piece. My estimation is a minimum of four, maximum of ten pieces. Because there isn't nearly enough data here for literally anything else.

I'm intrigued, but I don't know what to do with it. I don't have enough pieces.

dated to oct 13th, evening

[besainted]

[ he deliberates over this stupid text for like 5 minutes; having nothing to say but wanting to be talking to someone sucks!! ]

It’s cold out. I hope I didn’t look into thin gloves just in time for them to be useless outside.

[ ugh that was dumb ]

[helpdesk_hero]

[Well David is shocked. He hadn’t assumed to hear from Damian at all today.]

Cold? Hardly. I’m a Chicago man, and living further south than you. This is lovely light glove weather. And great for indoors.

SLIDES IN ANOTHER ONE, oct 22nd!

[besainted]

I'm sorry I left so quickly. I didn't get a chance to say thank you.

How are you feeling?

[helpdesk_hero]

[Oh. He's been spending the last two days certain that Damian wasn't going to contact him again. Even now he's trying to be tactful. Diplomatic.]

You needed to go. It was safer. And I was just doing the right thing in protecting you.

Josh finished patching me up.

[Voice] Forward-dated to the 23rd

[mysterioisthetruth]

David.... David? Come on. Pick up, pick up, pick up....

[helpdesk_hero]

[He doesn't pick up. Sorry, showers are a thing. But he does call back less than two minutes later when he gets out and is drying off and notices a flashing alert as he puts his glasses on. Calls back immediately.]

Quentin? Everything okay? I'm really sorry I canceled our stuff this week. I know we were supposed to do the 21st, but I had a good reason to reschedule.

[goldtoxicity]

hey so slight snag that room we were gonna move you into filled up
sooooooooo
wanna get a house?

[helpdesk_hero]

Get a house? Josh, I'm really not financially solvent for that at the moment.
I suppose I really should stop holding my breath for when that Bruce Wayne guy will get his mental health facility up and running and look into medicine. Tutoring is not really the most viable work.
And the open apartments in the area all would put me far too close to Quentin Beck.

Theoretically, what are you thinking here, before I let myself get talked in to living with Peter and Marco and becoming something like the Charles Xavier of teenaged imPorts?

text

[besainted]

I'm heading out. Are you still in?

Re: text

[helpdesk_hero]

I’m not sure. Everything has been so intense lately.

Text

[made_up_names]

hey david, have you seen this yet? he seems kind of unhinged

[helpdesk_hero]

[His response doesn't come until late that night. Very delayed for David.]

I hadn't. But it's hardly my business.

[After all, his work with Beck is supposed to be a secret.]

text

[goldtoxicity]

world is probably ending lets go buy a house

Re: text

[helpdesk_hero]

Not the text I was expecting.
Sounds like a plan. Meet me at the Grindhouse.
Will start a search algorithm if you tell me what we’re looking for beyond two bed.

nov 1st

[besainted]

[ someone noticed a missing guy, tried to text him, and had it bounce back. unfortunate! but it's not too difficult to set up a recurring-attempted message for every few hours, so about 2 hours after whenever david reappears back on the scene: ]

Text me if you get this.

Re: nov 1st

[helpdesk_hero]

[Poor guy. He hadn’t meant to worry Damian.]

Got it.

[A very brief response from the vociferous man. But of course he now he’d faced the real issue with his return and was trying to deal with it.]

[duelo]

Hey man, do you need any help setting up for Thanksgiving? Also, is it cool if I invite someone to come along with me?

[helpdesk_hero]

Yeah. I’ve got an event place lined up. I’ll need help with tables and table cloths and lots of things.

And yes you can bring a date.

text

[mysterioisthetruth]

Are you alive?

[helpdesk_hero]

Of course. Disappointed?

voice

[tricksterofasgard]

David...

[ Now would you look at this. No cat memes! But Loki's voice is flat. Without any emotion. Only a brief pause. ]

I broke something that should not have been broken.

[ And he's trying to figure out how to fix it. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

[Favid is shocked that he’s being approached as a handyman. Because he doesn’t see another implication. Still, he is pleased to help a friend.]

It it’s a computer I charge based on the amount of effort and annoyance it brings me, as well as parts. For medical help I am legally not allowed to ask for compensation. Otherwise It’s cost of parts only. How can I help?

[Does he sound chipper? Yeah, distractions are nice.]

[goldtoxicity]

hey so i didnt want to bring this up immediately post apocalypse
but there's this guy whose got a really shitty living situation and i was thinking of offering him the spare room
would that be cool by you?

[helpdesk_hero]

Of course it would be cool with me, Josh. Provided it's not Joker.
It IS your house.

text; backdated to 11/21

[bifroster]

Hey, David. Just checking in. How are you holding up?

[helpdesk_hero]

I am living and dying this whole Thanksgiving thing. And making a second suppression bracelet. I think I am made of caffeine.

backdated to 11/23 or so

[heartstings]

[Sorry Kenzi is a shit texter.]

hey so rmbr when i said i knw who 2 ask if i need sm1 2 lk after SA?
i was jk but now i need sum1 2
u n?

Re: backdated to 11/23 or so

[helpdesk_hero]

[Well that takes a WHILE to parse, but he does manage it. And when he does there is a response rather shortly.]

First, are you okay and is there anything else I can do to help as well?

Second, what would be the dates, and anything you can give me about dietary habits and the like I need to be aware of?

12/2

[adamantlyardent]

[there's a bit of quiet before the message starts, but it starts with a soft, off-speaker sigh.

right, then. best foot forward, Cecelia. it's just voicemail.

...she really wishes she could type right now.]

Good day to you, David. [her delivery is rather stiff and formal.] I...I wish to contact you today in order to better convey my feelings of gratitude to you. And my sincerest of apologies for having treated you in such a rude, petulant manner. It was unkind and uncalled for, despite the circumstances at the time being...quite stressful. Undeniably so. Even so--

[another beat. she clears her throat.]

Even so...you've done nothing but prove yourself a noble and decent person, worthy of greater respect and consideration. In that regard, I have failed you. And though I doubt you'll deem me in need of atonement, I have my own need to have my words heard, needed or not. That's why I...I've even tried to...

[ugh.

a soft huff.]

Anyway. I've said enough. I'll leave you to the rest of your day.

Farewell.

[helpdesk_hero]

[His own voice mail is quicker and easier.]

I accept the apology, Cecelia. I still want to help you out.

text;

[duelo]

Image Attached

Is he a:

A. Dexter
B. Orion
C. Chance
D. None of the above.

If you pick D, you gotta give me a suggestion. I'm terrible at this. Help.

[helpdesk_hero]

Orion. That sweet face is definitely a hero.

text

[besainted]

With everything once again going off the rails, it seems like a good time to mention Josh suggested I look into basic combat training, and recommended you as a teacher.

[ and boy he sure does hate to say this, because he's gonna suck at it and he hates to suck at things!! but. seems handy. ]

Got any openings in your schedule?

[helpdesk_hero]

Josh suggested that?

Uh, I can make some time. I suppose it depends on how much time you can spare for it a day or a week?

Delivery | December 25

[rebelarrow]

[Christmas isn't a holiday that Judd naturally celebrates, but over the last few years he's become a regular gift-giver. Which is why Judd's sent David via the post two wrapped gifts (both clearly not wrapped by him). The first is a set of expensive teas in a wooden box. The second, in a box far larger than is necessary for something its size, is a small porcelain clown doll.

Let it be known that Judd Lauren truly does possess a sense of humor.

They are accompanied by a short note which reads "Merry Christmas - Judd".]

hilariously I had that doll in purple and green.

[helpdesk_hero]

[In return, later that day, a fancy umbrella stand with an antique painted paper parasol. And a note saying ‘thanks for having me covered -David’. Because he is like that. At least the painting is a forest scene. Of wolves and satyrs dancing in the moonlight with a goddesss of some variety. Very decorative. Much wolf.]

[adamantlyardent]

Hello David,
Would you be at all interested in stopping by the supply store at some point in the near future?
I've a gift to deliver you, and don't want to bother you at your residence.

[helpdesk_hero]

Cece you are always welcome in my home. But I will happily do so. I just finished the last touches on your gifts as well. When are you free there?

Christmas delivery

[usaf]

[ Delivered to David's doorstep is a large box in gold wrapping paper. On top is a recipe notebook, and underneath, a leather bomber jacket and a pair of aviator sunglasses.

The note reads, "So you can look the part when you get up in the air. –CD" ]

Text later that day

[helpdesk_hero]

Thank you so much, Carol. I absolutely adore it. I guess I'll leave my glasses behind next time.

Day after Christmas

[heartstings]

[She meant to drop in sooner to drop off gifts but she was 'ported out and then busy and then on Christmas day she was, er, a little tied up. Yeah, we'll go with that.

Anyway! She drops by with gifts for David (and Josh).

David will find a few knives in his package. One is one of those brass knuckle/knife combos. There's a few that are good for both stabbing or throwing and then just a regular butterfly knife.]

Sorry, it's a little late.

Re: Day after Christmas

[helpdesk_hero]

[How many people as seemingly stuffy and composed as David end up staring at a box full of knives can say they are honestly delighted? This was the absolute best plan.]

Don’t be, please. This is so very thoughtful. I love them Kenzi.