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Marcy
What’s your deal Special Agent Ramsey …
Is everything some kind of competition with you?
I know you are a tough guy, and you don’t have to prove it all the time.
Physical training is part of our required routine,
but doing your best to leave me in your dust is simply uncalled for.
Doug
Uh, yeah … I am really not comfortable talking about this with you, Chief Hansen.
The last I checked, playing nursemaid to your insecurities,
wasn’t part of my current assignment.
Don’t blame me for putting out some effort when it is due ...
I’m just handling things …
And waving your finger in my face isn’t going to make a difference.
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Marcy:
Handling things like what, Doug?
I have read your jacket … You have way more time with the Bureau than I do.
Frankly … I don’t even know why you were assigned to this detail.
You may be upset they dropped you here, but maybe this assignment is
important enough to warrant your involvement.
, it’s my first big assignment,
and maybe they just have you watching over me.
In any case … Talk to me Doug.
Share your thoughts about the operation, or what’s bothering you.
If there are things I need to know ... Well, tell me.
I noticed Director Trommel asked for you in the debriefing
Blindside is the name of the operation …
but that doesn’t mean you need to blindside me.
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Doug:
Look … I said I wasn’t comfortable talking about it, Chief …
but if you are going to drag it out of me,
it's a lot more simple than you think.
Have you looked at yourself lately …
Did you not have a mother that warned you about guys like me?
For Christ’s sake Marcy … I’m a dude.
I am not running next to, or behind you, when you are looking like that.
, this pretend married life blows.
If I wanted to hang out with a hottie, and not get any …
I would be married … No Joke!
Now come on … Let’s get cleaned up, and leave this all here.
We are supposed to be at the Stansbury’s this evening.
Put your mission hat on … I’m just handling things ...
Quite poorly I should add.
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Doug:
Aw, Geeze Marcy … Did you forget our talk this morning?
I go to catch a few salmon to bring for dinner, and tell you I will meet you here.
You find the skimpiest bikini in the tri-state area …
And show up wearing next to nothing under that top.
You’re trying to irritate me … I just know you are now.
I’m going to have to take a week off and go to a no-tell motel in Tijuana …
just to get my head back in the game.
Give a dude a break, boss.
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Marcy:
Oh … You blew it Sherlock.
Now, I know you just want this body something fierce.
I’m just helping you sell our cover story as a happy couple.
Young, passionate … And eager to embrace the challenges the world has to offer.
I think you have it in you, Special Agent Ramsey …
Or shall I say Mark.
The fact you aren’t actually getting any of this …
Aw, too bad, so sad … Welcome to married life.
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Angel:
Hey, Gloria … This Angel with the Order.
Look, I am sorry I didn’t get back with you sooner, but I am still working on things.
Nothing seems to be going well on this end.
The workaround I thought I had in the by-laws didn’t pan out.
I am still putting pressure on the Council’s Parliamentarian,
but that isn’t helping much either.
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Gloria:
You have got to be kidding me, and what seems to be the problem?
You said this was the kind of thing the people in your organization were looking for.
We have already started working on things here ...
You promised us your support.
Paul already bought the Cannery out from under that ring-leader Elvira …
And a few other ladies and I, squashed an attempt for some more of those creatures
to purchase property and start a nightclub.
We cannot rewind any of that.
I trusted you … And you are letting me down.
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Angel:
I really don’t know what to say.
There are just complications here that I had not expected.
We still have support in the Council …
It’s just a minor detail I had not expected, and that I am finding difficult to get around.
I know you are committed, as am I.
That’s why I thought it was important to touch base with you,
although I still don’t have the best news.
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Gloria:
Forget the best news … As far as I can tell, you have no news.
I don’t mean to be rude, but you promised this wouldn’t be a problem.
Our neck is on the line here.
Our future, money … , our whole community is at risk.
I don’t know why we should have trusted you at all.
Now it looks like you aren’t going to be able to follow-through.
We are going to have to handle this ourselves I guess.
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Angel:
Well … Those aren’t the only options we have …
And that’s another reason I called.
Let me run something by you and see what you think.
Where the Council’s Parliamentarian didn’t necessarily give me the answers I wanted …
He did give me an idea.
He mentioned a circumstance where he himself helped out a friend …
As a Mage, and not associated directly with his position in the Order.
I made a commitment to you and others in your community.
I actually feel as passionate about your circumstances as you do.
If I am looking to build trust and a better working relationship with your kind …
Then I need to do whatever I can to hold up my end of the deal.
I’ll talk to some of the Council members, and gather some people I know feel the same way I do.
We won’t worry about a Consent Vote from the Council.
You can plan on hearing from me soon …
And I’ll let you know when I will be stopping by to work on some plans with you and Paul …
Considering that is still something you would welcome.
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Gloria:
That sounds fine … But more as a necessity than anything else.
I want to have faith in you …
I want to learn more about your people and your culture.
You’ll have to excuse me … This is all so disappointing.
Perhaps I am overreacting and there has been no serious blowback here ... Yet anyways.
But … I am lining up people on this side of our agreement as well.
We have a lot invested in the actions, and a lot to lose.
Contact me when you have more solid plans, and we will be okay for a little while I assume.
To Be Continued …
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Thanks for stopping by and checking the story out.
Happy Simming!
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