[closed to walkabout investigators, pretty soon after arrival!]

[memorizza]

So, hey.

[WOW WHAT A GREETING, A+]

Not sure if I'm up to speed on the fine details myself just yet, but since this place seems like the kind where you wanna come up with a story and stick to it I figured we should all do each other a favor and compare notes: Aliases, family connections-- [his tone makes the implication of that word perfectly clear] --the works. Hard to sell the story if you don't know all the characters, right?

Anyway- I've been tellin' people I'm from Connecticut, trying to make nice with the people in charge here, maybe do a little business... [He trails off.] Family name I've been giving is 'Monroe', head goes by 'Adrian'- my uncle, in case that comes up, an old friend of the stiff we got over here.

[There's a pause (and the psychic equivalent of nail-chewing) while he considers alerting the network to Nic's presence... But in the end he decides it's best to keep that to himself, or at between himself and a smaller group at most. The last thing he wants is to sic a bunch of Normals on a Tag who doesn't know he's a Tag, bff or not.

And so he clears his throat and continues:]

So, now that I showed you mine... What's the rest of our little cast lookin' like?

[Consider this your check-in, fellow Investigators!!]

And I guess I should ask, since it's apparently a thing: anybody seen this place before?

Comments

[memorizza]

[Worick snorts.]

Honestly? That'll probably keep you safer than the rest of us. These types of dudes only go after cops if they have no other choice. Bad for business, you know?

[No one's been dumb enough to put a hit out on Chad for years- peaceful coexistence is totally possible if you play your cards right...]

Anyway, don't think I've heard your voice before-- good to meet you, man. Name's Worick, if I left that part out.

[ringslinging]

But they aren't likely to tell one what's going on, either.

[ Being safe, in this case, also means being that much more removed from figuring out what the hell is going on.

Hal was never good at playing it safe. ]

Nice to meet you too, Worick. You been doing this for long?

[memorizza]

There's that, I guess, yeah. Not unless you're thinking about playing the dirty cop card, and I dunno if I can recommend that. Anyway, yeah, good to meet you too, man. And it depends- I've been to a few other places, but this is the first time they're sticking me on this side of things. Usually they pick my part for me.

[Which he's used to, frankly- occupational hazard... But you can bet your ass he'll be taking advantage of being himself this time around. It's pretty lucky he's landed in a place that's so close to home, too- maybe he can, you know, NOT get killed like so many people seem to do on these trips...]

[ringslinging]

It's easier to fake being a criminal without connections than to fake being a cop without any.

[ Namely because while he'd be claiming he's from out of town either way, cops would actually have documentation. ]

Staying yourself sounds a hell of a lot better than doing it the other way.