Victory Road IC Inbox

[cyan_maid]

Ring, ring...ring, ring... beep!

Hello! You've reached Jane Crocker. Sorry I couldn't pick up at the moment, but if you could please leave your name, number, and a brief message, I'll get back to you as soon as possible!

Comments

[cyan_maid]

Of course you can! There will always be a room for you here, should you need it. [And she means it, too - there's always a place for Riz in Homestuck House.]

[nightyorb]

Thanks.

If it wasn't for this [he just sort of gestures with his hand as if to indicate the whole situation.] I definitely would've kept working for you. It's been the first time I got to work with someone else on cases. It was fun. Back home, my friends help me, but they aren't really invested in the work like people like us are.

[They try and get him to, like, take breaks and stuff and sleep every night. Good friend behaviour, terrible for the amount of work Riz can do.]

[cyan_maid]

[I mean, you can't keep doing your work if your body is in no shape to do so!]

Well, even so, don't be a stranger, alright? And make sure you're eating and sleeping regularly, or your sleuthing might be inhibited. Trust me, I know.

[nightyorb]

I'll, uh, try and stick to the minimum required hours.

[Which is four. And which he also probably won't do at all, because Riz is Riz.]

[cyan_maid]

...I'll send you cookies if you do actually stick to those minimum hours of yours.

[nightyorb]

[Riz's eyes narrow as he is clearly at war. Cause, on the one hand, his work! Very important!

On the other hand... miss Jane bakes a killer cookie.]

That might be considered blackmail in some worlds...

[cyan_maid]

It's definitely not blackmail! It's a reward - an incentive. Blackmail would be a much more negative thing, and frankly, I'm not about to stoop so low against a friend.

[nightyorb]

Sounds exactly like something a blackmailer would say.

[Riz is grinning as he says it though -- a goofy, toothy grin that makes him look much more like a kid than his regular serious business expression might.]

[cyan_maid]

[And Jane is grinning a big toothy grin right back - one that fits quite well with her jovial nature.]

Nonsense! I solemnly swear to only use actual, real blackmail against actual, real ne'er-do-wells! If I even find any, since I do not actively go searching for it.

[nightyorb]

Uhuh. It just happens to occasionally mysteriously find its way into your possession, right?

[The classic rogue excuse.]

[cyan_maid]

If it is there, then yes! But I assure you it is not.

[Look if it HAPPENS to be there and she HAPPENS to come across it then it's totally an accident]