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.

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[helpdesk_hero]

Psychometry. Because why should I get to touch things.

[goldtoxicity]

[ he should say something serious, because this is serious and the apocalypse is happening and everything sucks

but. ]

oh my god you could be a real tv psychic

Autocorrect turned items into Ireland originally.

[helpdesk_hero]

[FUCK serious.]

Antique dealer is what the Psy teaching me advises. Could make money verifying providence of items.

oh my god

[goldtoxicity]

please
please do
for me david you gotta do this for me get a camera man and go on the road itll be like antique roadshow but people will actually watch it

Re: oh my god

[helpdesk_hero]

First Bart wants to turn me into a streaming gaming personality and online chef and now you want me to make antiques road show?
What even is my life?

[goldtoxicity]

yes
why do you not understand that people want you on tv

[helpdesk_hero]

Because no one wants to see me on TV, Josh.

[goldtoxicity]

i want to see you on tv and im the only one who matters

[helpdesk_hero]

Why would you want to see me on TV? I don’t even have a personality good for TV. People wouldn’t want to look at me on their screens.

[goldtoxicity]

1. yes they would youre attractive and this is coming from a literal biological expert
2. dude youd look directly into the camera any time someone said or did something stupid and thats the quality content we need

[helpdesk_hero]

You want me on TV for the sole purpose of the ‘Office Camera Look’ value? Wtf man?

[goldtoxicity]

youre also smart and know things and explain them well

[helpdesk_hero]

I don’t know antiques. Not really.

[goldtoxicity]

buuuuuuut
you could read objects and talk about their history

[helpdesk_hero]

That I can do. Far too well. Note to self, a newer construction for the house. Less history that way.

[goldtoxicity]

ok well im getting ready to leave now
dont think this topic is done were definitely going to revisit this
also
i owe you a birthday party
which we better do just in case the world ends

[helpdesk_hero]

Fine. Revisit to your heart’s content.
And I already celebrated my birthday. I can tell you about some of it while we’re getting coffee. See you in ten.

[goldtoxicity]

wow without me??
and dont tink i wont

[ but he's there. at their usual table - liteally their usual table from highschool, still so weird. he looks - well he's back to wearing his ratty hoodie with the hood pulled up and he looks... well, really tired and uneasy. he can safely meme from behind a phone screen but in person he's a lot less chipper. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

I’ll tell you when we meet.

[He shows up in his own time, clothes crisp, gloves on, a new set of gloves identical to the ruined ones from the night he almost died already on his hands. David’s apparently got a ready supply of them. He orders a large drink and moves to sit by Josh.]

Where would I even get funding for a TV show?

[He is trying to keep it light.]

[goldtoxicity]

I'm pretty sure if you say "hi I'm an imPort and I want to do a thing" people will throw money at you.

[ he peels his hood back, canting his head and offering a lopsided smile. ]

This place kinda takes all the shit that'd stop you from being anybody at home and turns it into a positive, remember?

[helpdesk_hero]

It's so weird that it could be that easy.

[There we go. Not a real good smile, but still a smile. And that's what David needs.]

Are you suggesting that this world wouldn't discriminate against a queer black man?

[goldtoxicity]

Okay, point. But they're probably more likely to give you a show because, y'know, powers.

[helpdesk_hero]

Well, there is that.

[David smiles and downs more of his coffee before taking his phone out and sliding it over to Josh, tapping to bring up some results.]

There's a lot of places for sale right now. I think people are trying to leave imPort cities to try and last a little longer. Which means we've got a wealth of options.

[goldtoxicity]

Cool.

[ he pulls it over, sounding tired and looking moreso. ]

Pretty much all of these are in our budget. I mean, interest rate on the mortgage might suck but who cares nobody ever pays that off anyway.

[helpdesk_hero]

We probably won't pay it off, but the better question is what you like. This isn't going to be the end of the world, Josh, so we should make sure we LIKE what we choose.

[It's going to be their home, after all.]