un: sling shot | audio | after wedding no. 2 goes awry

[slippin]

Hey. [ The voice coming through your magical doohickey is low and maybe congested. Whatever this is doesn't sound like good news. Then the speaker clears his throat, continues in lighter tones, his cadence practiced: ] Are you somewhere private? Because that would be a good place to be right now.

[ There's a good twenty-second pause filled with ambient train noise. Time enough to close your communicator, make your excuses. ] Great. [ Again: it doesn't sound great! ] Um. So, uh, earlier this afternoon as I was leaving the movie theater, I bumped into the bride-to-be...or not-to-be...Like. [ A single solid clap. ] Bam. Well, her little attache case went flying and in the course of helping her, you know, recombobulate herself I may have glimpsed a thing or two relevant to our present circumstances.

[ A beat. Hastily: ] Not weapons. Nothing like that. [ Please don't commit unilateral or joint murder based on his intel! ] But, okay, before we go any further, I've got a few questions for you:

Do we know anyone onboard whose name starts with C? As in crazy, or camembert.

Have any of you talked to Prassenze? [ Rest assured: he mangles the pronunciation. Maybe he'll figure it out by the third wedding. ] Had a little heart-to-heart?

Uh, and last but definitely not least, what the hell?

Great. [ Great! ] Thanks. Over and out.



[ ooc: threadjack away! mod-provided deets on the suitcase's contents are here, since jimmy will share all that info but it'll be run through a jimmy-filter and he's allergic to being direct.

(also if your char would want to talk to him in person, lmk and I can do a starter for that!) ]

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[vdovy]

His name is Jimmy and I'm his friend slash occasional bodyguard.

You must be mistaken. Sometimes different people wear the same face here.

[yeahmagnets]

Uh huh.

[ He's not buying it. ]

Why don't you ask, uh, "Jimmy" if he knows who Saul Goodman is?

[vdovy]

...Is this a joke? That is the fakest name I have ever heard.

[ And her sister once used the alias Fanny Longbottom. ]

[yeahmagnets]

I heard his real last name was McGill, so it's probably a work thing. Don't look at me, I'm not the one who made it up.

[vdovy]

And what are you? A disgruntled client?

[slippin]

If he is a client, this counts as overtime.

[yeahmagnets]

Client-turned-business associate.

[ Because he has to make the distinction between himself and the 'regular' clientele that grace the waiting area of Saul Goodman'a office on a daily basis. He gets to cut the line. But then, a realization, his voice suddenly dropping, sounding a little wounded. ]

Hold up, yo. D'you really--you don't know who I am?

[slippin]

[ Well, that sounds...hmm. Like his words coming out of someone else's mouth. ] A name would be helpful, kid.

[ But the talk of miracles has him thinking: ] Are you a friend of Huell's?

[yeahmagnets]

It's Pinkman. Jesse Pinkman.

[ He can't help but sound a little disappointed. Yeah, it's still Saul...or Jimmy or whatever, but the vibe's different from what he's used to. ]

And nah, I don't know any Huell, I dont think.

[ Yet. ]

sorry about the simultaneous threads l o l...we can always merge/drop one if it's easier

[slippin]

Unh-uh. Sorry. [ He does sound sorry, though in an impersonal way. Pinkman's a pretty memorable name.

He almost asks if Jesse knows Nacho, but the absurdity of it hits him. What are they gonna do, sit here rattling off everyone they know in Albuquerque? ] For reasons that are probably readily apparent [ see: pearl-clutching from the peanut gallery over a little implied petty theft!! ] I don't talk business on here, but I am intrigued.

don't be sorry! we can merge if you want! or segue this one into action? i'm game for whatever!

[yeahmagnets]

Yeah. Me too.

[ Jesse might be bummed out emotionally, but if Saul doesn't know Jesse yet, well, he's also missing out on the beaucoup bucks. Before everything started getting a little out of control, the cash flow was nothing to scoff at. ]

Maybe we should talk, like...in person then? I dunno.

[ He doesn't want to seem overeager and, really, he isn't. While he's pretty sure this guy'll look like the same shifty criminal lawyer he knows, it's not like he'll have any memory of anything they've been through. It'll be a one-way highway of information without much quid pro quo. ]

Guess that depends on how intrigued you are.

[slippin]

It's snappy. Memorable. [ It's Saul Goodman!

Oh, right: ] It's the name I practice law under.

[vdovy]

Oh, Jimmy. [ She makes a tsk-tsk sound. ] Do you also work out of a strip mall? Run annoying commercials where you try to speak Spanish?

[yeahmagnets]

Told you. And yeah, his office is in a strip mall.

[ And here's where Jesse gets a little defensive on Saul's behalf.]

Not that it matters...guy's a miracle worker.

[vdovy]

What miracle did he work for you?

[yeahmagnets]

He helped out a buddy of mine, not that it's any of your business. What's with the interrogation? You a cop or somethin'?

[ Excuse him. He's not always this obnoxious, but he's frustrated and defensive. He'll get over it. ]