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[eyeforaneye]

[ IC Contact Post for The Underground. ]

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phone, i do not give a damn about your hipster tumblr tastes

[apolly]

[remember that promised call after the interview?? it's gonna happen.

RING RING, PLEASE TELL ME YOU CHARGED YOUR PHONE]

cruel

[eyeforaneye]

[ MY PHONE IS TOTALLY CHARGED.

It only rings twice before he answers, in the middle of some washing up. ]

Hello?

[apolly]

[oh]

Ah, Sasuke? It's me, Apollo. Is this a good time?

[eyeforaneye]

[ A pause. ]

Sure. What do you need?

[apolly]

Just my promised call, of course.

[a pause of his own, some shuffling of papers on his side... this student is definitely gonna fLUNK]

Anyway, if you're still interested, you're hired. I had a few people come in since you did, but they were all pretty normal, and you definitely knew the most.

[aka it's just easier for someone to know my "night time" work, so.........]

[eyeforaneye]

[ He's not sure how to take the news, if he should just be glad or if he should question his own qualifications based upon Apollo saying that others were too 'normal'... but now's not the time to look a gift horse in the mouth, so to say. ]

Meaning it's just easier for someone to know your night time work. [ Yeah. ] ... What time do you want me to start?

[apolly]

Exactly. [yep.]

How about Monday? You can come in and I'll train you, though you seem to be the type to get the swing of things pretty fast. Uh, just make sure to bring the usual documentation, okay?

[eyeforaneye]

[ Yep. ]

Monday, then. [ It's soon, but he doesn't mind. He'll figure something out with the store in time. ] What documentation, specifically? [ Oh no you don't. ]

[apolly]

... You've been hired before, haven't you? I'm going to at least need a passport and any other identification to match up.

ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, banana phone

[detectiveofthewest]

[Sometime before the vampire plot kicks off probably...]

NOT BANANA PHONE

[eyeforaneye]

[ How did he forget how annoying the ringtone he set for Heiji was. ]

Uchiha here. What is it.

it comes in bunches...

[detectiveofthewest]

[hahaha suffer]

Hey, it's me. Listen, assumin' you are with Hillingdon... yeah, I need to talk to one of you guys.

like the pieces of your skull when I'm done with you

[eyeforaneye]

[ He actually bothers to look around his flat as if someone could've overheard that. What a joke. ]

I'll listen, but I'm not guaranteeing anything. Have you gotten yourself into trouble?

wow violent, I need an adult

[detectiveofthewest]

[Sasuke should have a single houseplant named Jasper for maximum sad.]

No, nothin' like that. It's just that I been looking at the situation in the city lately. Redbright's on the move, Midnight's practically pushed off, Daybreak's taken over a whole bunch of town already... and you guys are basically hemmed in.

I'm an adult

[eyeforaneye]

[ Is his single bird not enough for you. ]

You're not wrong, but somehow it doesn't feel like you called me to discuss Hillingdon's political situation. How does that affect you?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYL5H46QnQ

[detectiveofthewest]

[how cute what kind of burd]

Actually, I kinda did. I was wondering if you'd be interested in an agreement.

See, most of the fae around here don't care much about London, if at all. But I think I could advocate for that to change.

Hillingdon's not real well-known for trusting other factions. But I don't think it would necessarily require a lot of trust.

I clicked it but just immediately saw 'gAY'

[eyeforaneye]

[ let him show him off ]

... You want me to speak for the fae to the clan and attempt to convince them to sympathize with your group? Is that it? [ That sounds not especially easy, but... ]

text

[mensrea]

[ Annnd around 8:30 that night, following a certain conversation... ]

We still good for tonight? I’ve got the stream ready. Just let me know when :)

[eyeforaneye]

[ He's in the middle of finishing his washing up when he hears his phone go off, draining the water from his sink and toweling his hands before checking it.

A smiley face. That's a first, at least when not coming from a woman that's somehow gotten his number. This is turning into a strange relationship. ]

Yeah, give me a second to settle in. [ By changing into more comfortable clothes and retreating to his couch, mainly, bird fed and new tomato plant watered. ] Okay, ready.

[mensrea]

[ Strange relationship doesn't even cut it. ]

Okay, go here.

[ And he sends over the link to the stream, where he already has The Matrix paused. ]

If you wind up not liking it, just tell me and we can watch something else.

[ AND THUS BEGINS SASUKE'S FIRST JOURNEY INTO THE MATRIX. ]

[eyeforaneye]

[ Which he then copies and sends to himself on his refurbished iPad, because he is not going to try to watch this on his crappy phone. TAKES THE RED PILL. And silence for a good fifteen minutes before: ]

The filter choices really add to the despair in this place.

[mensrea]

[ Stiles has the laptop balanced on his stomach, cell phone resting on his chest, and a handheld in his, well, hands. It isn't that he's not interested in watching the movie. The contrary, in fact. But Stiles knows all too well that, if he doesn't keep himself preoccupied, he'll start flooding Catwoman's inbox with a deluge of texts. That would probably ruin the experience. And his chances at a real date. When the message arrives, however, he nearly flings the laptop out the nearby window in his haste to pick up his mobile. ]

Right? I don't know how familiar you are with the plot, but it's really chilling how they capture the feel of the Matrix. Makes you think about your own life and place in the world.

[ But he's getting ahead of himself. ]

[eyeforaneye]

[ Not as far ahead of himself as Sasuke is; a man with a strong penchant for philosophy and existential questioning should never have been exposed to this movie.

Or to Stiles. Meeting Stiles really made him question the universe. ]

I'd heard a few references. I think it's less about one person's place in the world and more about how we connect with and relate to others. If truth is something that exists in the small circles we occupy only or if a communally shared truth actually exists without bias. Like if Neo's truth is in fact the real truth or if it's just him making another choice about what he wants to see and the purpose he's desperate to feel. [ Sasuke actually questions his own tl;dr for a moment, hesitating before sending it. Somehow actually discussing something like this with someone feels personal. ]

[mensrea]

[ Holy shit. Stiles is honestly not intellectual enough to digest the meaning of Catwoman’s words without at least five minutes of rereading it. In fact, he’s already got The Matrix wiki open on his phone so he doesn’t make a complete idiot of himself. Careful, precise wording has never been a particular skill of his, after all—Stiles usually just says exactly what he’s thinking, when he’s thinking it, regardless of how mangled it may sound. ]

Yeah I think I get what you’re saying, [ he admits, because he’s not about to pretend he fully grasps it. ] But if there is a communally shared truth without bias…isn’t it inherently unattainable? I mean, even saying “the sky is blue” isn’t necessarily true, because that’s what we perceive with the abilities we were born with. Another organism with different color receptors might perceive the sky as purple. We’re biased from birth, and not just us. All living things. So how can an unbiased, universal truth exist if it’s something we can’t ever realize?

[ As soon as he sends the text, he regrets it. Flushing heavily, he types up another one to try and soothe his nerves. ]

Okay, that sounded really dumb lol

[eyeforaneye]

[ If his response is delayed it's less about building suspense and more about the fact that Sasuke's not actually seen the movie and does want to pay greater attention to it. Framed by this conversation it's suddenly gotten much more interesting, after all. ]

No, you're right. [ And in a way he's satisfied that he himself was right too for assuming that there was more to Stiles than met the eye. He's not an idiot; what a relief. ] People only see in the light of their own experience, really. So the closest to truth we can get is just what's commonly accepted. Neo has to be shown a way to see past it... but even then isn't he just adopting Trinity's truth or Morpheus's?