Mister Bruno...i sincerely apologize for our last network conversation. i wasn't really myself, but that isn't an excuse. i said terrible things to you when the truth is, your choices are your own and should never have been ridiculed
and...i didn't mean to make you think of such unpleasant memories. it wasn't fair.
if you don't want to speak to me again, i would understand, truly.
[In a black envelope, with scratchy handwriting in white out pen is a note: FOR BRUNO'S EYES ONLY.
When it is opened, there will be an invitation to a surprise birthday party for Ingo on May 22nd, with the location to the train house in it at 9PM. There is also a note about being able to bring friends if you want, contact Emmet if it will be more than 2 people!]
[Also, 'SURPRISE PARTY' is underlined a few times, and a drawing of a Litwick is in the corner.]
<CleverMoniker> after his netpost about self defense
Whatever you're concerned with defending yourself against, I can offer you options. I consulted on this sort of thing all the time at home. I had quite a reputation for it.
[He's not as suspicious of the username being 'CleverMoniker' as he should be. After all, Alfred still uses 'ausername', so who's Bruno to judge?]
Mainly other Monsters, but I keep hearing that humans used to go around in Monster-poaching gangs, which isn't something I'd want to run into in a dark alley, either, if they start that up again.
You're not meant to. If I reveal some of my information sources, they or I could be in serious trouble. But if a name makes you feel a little better, call me J.M. I'm new here, but I was in the military and after that, personal security. I've been doing my homework since I got here, and I know a thing or two.
The poachers are easy mode. And every monster has a weakness, even the kind who like their dark alleys.
Edited (let's not mix aliases hazel) 2023-08-12 17:14 (UTC)
From me? I have less social power than I have fighting skill. But I understand wanting to avoid Monster chisme, at least. It's way worse than the regular kind.
True, I used to be one of those Monsters who liked dark alleys. The only person who was able to trap me used light and water.
From anyone. Secrets have to be carefully guarded no matter who you're talking to, or they aren't secrets, are they? ;) I promise everyone I work with complete confidence, yourself included. Consider me your monkey in the middle. Everyone gets what they need, no strings attached.
I have connections that can get you some very effective monster deterrents for use in emergencies: like carrying mace in your bag. But they're in some dangerous places, and I'd arrange for a much ... safer delivery. I'm still human, after all, and they'd have no reason to suspect who I was getting them for.
[he's not taking notes on those weaknesses, not at all. especially since the most likely candidates are shade and gargoyle]
I can also advise you how to use whatever pooka qualities you have to the best advantage in this case.
Ho ho ho! Your Secret Santa recipient is Aunamee! I'm so sorry!
Get Aunamee a present by December 26, and if you can't figure out how to deliver it, you can drop it off (clearly labelled, please!) at Crowe Clinic up until the 24th.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AUNAMEE: - He's an asshole; - He's "saturnschild" on the network; - He hates dirt and mess and fun; - He likes clocks and murder; - He's a lich.
If you want to give him a lump of coal, feel free, he's on the Naughty List. But I think you're probably nicer than me.
[This year, Bruno receives several presents from Otto! It's a huge mug with a winter landscape painted on it (for tea or cocoa or whatever Bruno wants to drink from it), a thick, fleecy, green blanket and a polaroid camera, for snapping pictures of precious moments.]
[As tactical as this match-up might seem, Maya doesn't leave anything strange in Bruno's gift. Like most of the gifts she gives this year, there's bread and fish-filled pies wrapped in brightly-colored fabric dyed in Merain. The length of the fabric is about enough to be used as a decorative scarf or to wrap important things in. Underneath rests a fish-skin-bound journal and a pen to go along with it.
It's delivered by a human, and despite everything, there really isn't anything suspicious about it! Just a normal, very bready gift. Hopefully Bruno likes fish...]
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