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[synonymouswithdookie]

You've reached Ray's phone. Good for you. Clearly I haven't answered said phone, so you're just going to have to leave a message. Suck it up, princess.

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[Audio] March 24

[dead_black_eyes]

Hi, Ray. Hope you're doing OK.

Do you have a job right now?

[synonymouswithdookie]

Yeeeah, I'm. As good as I'm gonna be.

I got nothin' right now.

[dead_black_eyes]

I hope that's a good thing.

It's just that... I have some money. I want to rebuild the coffee shop, and I want you to be an owner.

[synonymouswithdookie]

It could be better, could be worse. You know how it goes.

That's... I mean, that's a hell of an investment.

[dead_black_eyes]

I have three quarters of a million dollars in a duffel bag. I know where it's going if no one holds me accountable.

Please say yes.

[synonymouswithdookie]

[wait for it]





WHAT!? WHERE DID YOU-

DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT!?

[dead_black_eyes]

My roommate echoed back a bar of very pure gold. She was frightened and didn't want it. I told her I could get rid of it. So it's gone, and now there's this bag of money, and my phone won't stop ringing.

Say yes.

[synonymouswithdookie]

[Well. Okay, that sure was an explanation wasn't it.

aaand then it finally dawns on Ray how... pushy L is being about this whole coffee shop thing um. Creepy?]

Uh. Sure? I mean, this is kinda sudden, y'know.

[dead_black_eyes]

Yeah, I... know it's sudden.

[So maybe Ray deserves a bit more of an explanation.]

The person I know who moved that gold bar for me knows that I was... am an addict. He thinks he's going to see the money again very soon, and I don't want that to happen. I thought that since you saved my life, and I owe you... I'd be able to handle this amount of money more responsibly if it was going toward something that you want, too.

[synonymouswithdookie]

Oooh Jesus. Um. Shit.

[this is Ray's brain exploding okay. you've exploded his brain.]

Okay, first of all, you don't owe me anything. Okay?

Second, if this is something you wanna do, if you think we can open a joint and run it and everything, then count me in. I mean, it might take a while to get something like that up and running.

[dead_black_eyes]

If you're worried about how much self control I have... it's usually enough. I'm clean for two years, not counting some catnip. They just... included something gratis, I found it when I was going through the bag and I've been staring at it all day.

I do want it. As much as I complained, I liked it, and I liked working there. It was a point of stability and it helped me.

[synonymouswithdookie]

Gratis... oh.

[well that's no good]

You at your place?

[dead_black_eyes]

Yeah. I'm here. My roommate's at work.

[synonymouswithdookie]

Okay.

I think we ought to talk about this in person. All of this.

[dead_black_eyes]

I'm not really ready for visitors... and I'll be OK. I'm going to flush it. In a little while.

[He's been trying to gather the conviction for hours.]

[synonymouswithdookie]

You need to get rid of that shit. Don't wait.

[dead_black_eyes]

"Need" is a confusing word right now.

Don't worry, I'll do it.

[synonymouswithdookie]

Okay. If you say you'll do it, then you'll do it.

[dead_black_eyes]

You're right though. About needing to talk about this in person soon. I don't know a lot about running a business.

[synonymouswithdookie]

I don't really either. We're gonna have a lot of homework to do.

[dead_black_eyes]

You know the shop, though. What worked and what didn't. I want to rebuild it exactly the way it was.

[synonymouswithdookie]

That's true.

I don't... know if the lay out should be the same.

[dead_black_eyes]

Since you're an owner and the head manager, I'll defer to your judgment on that.

[synonymouswithdookie]

Maybe a different location.

[dead_black_eyes]

This would be easier in person.

[He's a holy wreck right now, so...]

I guess your schedule's probably pretty free, so... how about Tuesday evening? Maybe I can get my roommate to make dinner.

[OOC: Aaaaand I can totally set up a log if you're game]