msg_tq012800f

1 <8886F24C> kp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Oh, at long flippin' last!
There you are, Mash!
2 <BE012828> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Hm? Looking for moi?
3 <6C4D8C16> lp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Maz! How've you been?! We've been
scouring high an' low for you!
4 <87B7A869> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Er, yes... Lovely to see you too.
You have some...business...to discuss?
5 <791DAD54> kp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Whoa, whoa, whoa...
Pull the other one, Mash.
It's got bells on it!
6 <0DE0992F> lp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 So cold, Mazzy, ice-cold!
Don't pretend you don't know what
we're talking about!
7 <61F5923A> kp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Me and my fair lady ordered matching
accessories, and quite a while ago, too!
It's getting silly now!
8 <E729D55F> lp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Yeah, an' I recall we paid a pretty penny
up front, too! Don't wanna rush you, Maz,
but come on!
9 <11812459> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Ah...
10 <DB0BE086> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...Oh! Yes, of course! Ha ha ha!
Oh, of course I haven't forgotten!
11 <3044AF0F> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I was, uh...*literally* just pinning down the
final touches on the design. I'm on the *cusp*
of beginning production... Ha ha...!
12 <1ABEB486> kp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Oh, you were, were you?
Well I'm glad to hear it, Mash!
13 <6FCA48A0> kp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Phee-yew! I was sweating buckets there.
Thought the whole thing'd slipped your mind,
heh!
14 <7FC9F887> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Perish the thought. That *would* be tragic!
Hahaha!
15 <9EF45E74> lp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Riiight. Ahaha!
16 <03394CF4> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...My sincerest apologies.
It did in fact...utterly escape me.
17 <D46B2913> lp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Figured.
18 <2B4DBC43> kp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Figures.
19 <E75E4055> lp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 But Maz, you're so chuffin' brilliant at
what you do. It's just such a crying shame
that you're like this, you know?
20 <B16AAFBC> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Oh, how it pains me to know it.
21 <11AA7C77> kp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Hey, a-at least you remembered now.
We-we're still on board, by the way - long
as you give us a discount for the trouble!
22 <D9712E49> lp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 We're looking forward to the
finished products! Ta-tah!
23 <382CE041> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Well, I've put my foot in it again.
Perhaps I...ought to hire a clerk...
24 <0A2BEBBF> 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 What is the deal with those guys?
25 <DC40AB34> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 They're soldiers, those two.
Illustrious members of the Lost Numbers.
Not to mention my clients.
26 <2DC88627> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Previously, I received a commission from
them for a pair of matching accessories, but
clearly my mind was otherwise occupied.
27 <5619EF06> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Letting my clients wait any longer than
this is going to tarnish my reputation...
I'll have to expedite my work.
28 <B92057B7> 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...Should we help?
29 <AB239397> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Wha-?! Are you quite sure?
30 <03F94893> 3 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 We'd be pretty crappy friends if we
just left you in the lurch now, innit?
31 <C263BF83> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Gosh... Well, I'm incredibly
grateful for the offer.
32 <D2B933AC> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I shall have to be sure to compensate you
appropriately when the order is completed.
33 <84DF3301> 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Will we need to leave the City again
to gather materials?
34 <F909595D> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 No, before any of that, we will need to
prioritize information gathering.
35 <A7A0DC06> 6 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Information?
What kind? And...why?
36 <E8FA5CE1> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Even the most basic accessory necessitates
a great deal of thought. One must consider
its shape, application, presentation...
37 <5F2CF3C5> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 But above all else, it is imperative to
pin down the nature of the individual
to whom it will ultimately belong.
38 <36A3A905> 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 How do you mean, "nature"?
39 <5A31CEEC> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 We must learn more about Jake and Tessa,
find out what makes them tick. Only then
will we discern the accessories they desire.
40 <731C79CD> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 That is how I do things.
And that is where we must begin.
41 <BDD511D9> 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Sounds like a really roundabout way to do
things. Why not just ask them yourself?
42 <72F30F9B> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Only a third-rate charlatan
would consider such a thing.
43 <9449BDD3> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 The true crème de la crème must fulfill
their client's orders without uttering even
a word.
44 <FE76CA20> 6 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 But you don't have much time...
45 <BF205522> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Ha ha! Which is why I'm very
grateful for your assistance.
46 <B0023148> 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...We may have our work cut out for us.
47 <5AA7066C> 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I suppose we should start by asking people
who are close to those two.
48 <1B9F48BA> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 That's the way, indeed.
49 <E0DDDC2E> W1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Then let's begin our inquiries. We must talk
to Jake and Tessa's compeers in the Lost
Numbers, and find all we can about them!