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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Aug 7, 2009 16:21:04 GMT -5
Dan had just finished watching a movie with Megan, some strange movie with David Bowie in it about a Labyrinth. Shaking his head he stood up to turn off the movie player and turn on the normal television.
When the tv picked up, it was the news.
Adrian Veidt had been shot, a repo man had been sent after him, and that's all the authorities were saying.
Picking up his phone he dialed Adrian's number.
((Hey Labyrinth came out in 86, he's allowed not to know it existed))
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 7, 2009 17:09:55 GMT -5
It was one of the doctors who answered the phone at first.
"Hello, who is this? Mr Veidt is in very compromised condition-"
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Aug 7, 2009 17:18:05 GMT -5
"This is Daniel Dreiburg, I'm a close friend of Adrian's-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 7, 2009 17:25:41 GMT -5
"Daniel Dreiberg, sir. He claims to be a close friend of yours-" "Dan?"
Veidt tried to sit up but was pushed back down by a doctor who was then met with a glare.
"Give it here, please."
One of the doctors muttered something about stubbornness and positioned the phone receiver to allow Veidt to talk into it.
"Dan?"
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Aug 7, 2009 17:32:51 GMT -5
"Adrian, oh god, what the hell happened?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 7, 2009 17:34:24 GMT -5
"Rotti Largo happened, Dan. I have no doubt in my mind that this was vengeance for my purchase of Magdalene DeFoe's contract..."
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Aug 7, 2009 17:37:13 GMT -5
"Magdalene DeFoe... Blind Mag?! Adrian what were you thinking? Rotti has been holding on to that women for 17 years! Then again" Dan sighed "you probably knew this was going to happen."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 7, 2009 17:38:11 GMT -5
"I bought her contract, Dan. Miss DeFoe is a free woman now."
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Aug 7, 2009 17:40:18 GMT -5
"Free, if by free you mean she'll be hunted by Rotti's men till the day she dies" Dan had been investigating GeneCo for years, he may not have been a super hero at the time, but he was a nerd. And that meant he could find out anything, just by reading.
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Post by Megan on Aug 7, 2009 17:42:26 GMT -5
"Dan, if you want, I brought The Man Who Fell To Earth too," Megan called from the kitchenette, where she was finishing pouring out a bag of microwave popcorn into a bowl, "though you're probably not as into Bowie as I-"
When she walked back into the sitting area of Dan's hotel suite, though, all she could hear was someone on TV talking about how Adrian Veidt had been shot, and saw Dan was on the phone, looking concerned.
"Dan, what's happened?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 7, 2009 17:43:34 GMT -5
"They don't have any right to her anymore," Adrian continued. "She no longer owes them anything. And you don't need to worry-"
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Aug 7, 2009 17:46:47 GMT -5
"No, but Rotti's a right asshole, this won't be the last time he tries to kill you, you know that" Dan gritted his teeth trying to not be upset, it was then that the television said that the first shot hit a doll that Veidt's successor Micaela-
"Micaela was there!" He suddenly burst out.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 7, 2009 17:48:00 GMT -5
"Micaela made it out unscathed. She's shaken, but she should be all right."
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Aug 7, 2009 17:53:16 GMT -5
"I, I good, good" Dan lowered the phone and turned to Megan and shook his head "smartest man in the world my ass."
"How did the man get in?"
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Post by Megan on Aug 7, 2009 17:56:19 GMT -5
"You're talking to him right now?" Megan whispered, eyes growing wide.
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