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Eleventh Reel: Busy [ANON TEXT]+[Action] + Leaflet

[The following leaflet is being distributed throughout each city by random people. They offer each one to every passerby with a pleasant smile. Won't you take a read?

If in Genessia or Attleton: expect the leaflet to be available at local shops and shoved under doors whenever the cities thaw out.]

The Red House Foundation

The Red House Foundation is an initiative started by Grell Sutcliff and Oswald Cobblepot. Donations and a portion of the proceeds from Juliet’s Lair will help support orphans, bereaved families, and adoption services. Support will include mental health and medical support, as well as legal support and consultation. Other businesses, organizations, and the public are encouraged and more than welcome to help raise funds towards this cause.

All funds will be accountable for as transparency is of the utmost importance. Making direct donations to The Red House Foundation is possible via bank transfers. Details are listed below:

[Insert banking details and transfer instructions here]

We thank you for your generous support,

Grell Sutcliff, Co-Founder
Oswald Cobblepot, Co-Founder

[The following is a mass anonymous text to ALL devices, with the subject: Justice for All]

A bounty for the Former Mayor of Everglade. He is wanted alive...or dead, if the former is not possible. If dead, only a level 3 payment will be given, and please provide proof. If alive, the reward is a level 4 payment. Please turn him in to the Everglade authorities so he may be tried for his atrocities.

(ooc: this bounty is first come, first served. It can be shared by more than one person, but the reward will be split amongst the group.)

[Action: Everglade or Fayren]

[During the daytime until 6pm, Grell can be found in Fayren at her shop, Juliet’s Lair. There is a promotional sale going on: all red and green merchandise will either receive 30% off their purchase or have a portion of their sale go towards The Red House Foundation. Customers will be able to choose either at the register. There is a dog next to the register, resting on a nice, large pillow. Grell is working on her tablet behind the counter. At some point, one can hear her playing a game. It sounds like Sugar Crusher. All work an no play...

During the evening, Grell can be seen coming out of the police headquarters, waving politely to whomever saw her to the door. What a nice gentleman! She's walking on the path that leads to the gate. Now just what could she be doing here?]

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You're channeling this well.

[Looking up from her tablet, Grell gives a disgruntled stare before sighing loudly. She runs a hand through her hair from front to back.]

I'm going to take my anger out in more...productive ways.

[Meaning someone's gonna die really soon. She's super pissed but she's learned at least some restraint over the years. A little less restraint (read: bloodshed) at the right time and place can do wonders.]

*Oh dear. Sonico spent quite a sizeable amount of her savings donating to the science research centre at the ball. But this isn't something she can ignore.

She makes a note to tell her talent agency about the Foundation, with view to putting on a gig or event of some kind to raise money. Then, as soon as her next pay comes through, Sonico will send a large lump sum straight to the Foundation, which isn't bad considering her celebrity salary*

[That's the spirit! And if she wants to put on a small concert with a few songs then they can definitely arrange it! Think of the kids! Of those poor families!]

[ Please. If good ol' Drac's thrall is still working, all she has to do is walk up to the mayor and tell him to come like a good puppy dog. She'd just have to figure out where he got off to.. Didn't the paper say something about sabbatical?

The assistant mayor / acting mayor probably knew where he was taking that. It had to be somewhere in Everglade unless one of the pendant holders walked him out, so it at least narrowed the playing field. It would be easy enough to just make the assistant mayor think he was talking to his wife about the mayor and get out. Then it's just a matter of asking nicely. She still thought Everglade was better the way that it had become, after what she did. But she wasn't about to go down for that or nobly come forward to explain what had happened.

Either way, later that evening she'd be walking the mayor in with little to no resistance. She even takes a selfie with the mayor and sends it back as a reply to the anon text. ]

[Grell had been frequenting Everglade lately to check for news on her bounty, and to help with documents for legal proceedings against the mayor. The one time she was actually at the police headquarters and received the text message. Well, that's rather quick! Who says money can't buy everything?

Taking up her purse, Grell goes to meet with the former mayor and Emerald. She's dressed simply in a black pencil skirt and button up blouse and black heels. It isn't long before she spots them both, and takes a good look at the bounty. So this is the scoundrel?]

Well done, darling. [Her attention moves to Emerald, a smile on her face.] You're very efficient.

[She motions to the officers standing by to take him for processing. If the mayor puts up resistance, then Grell doesn't pay it any mind. Grell opens her purse, reaches in to pull out a small red, rectangular box, and hands it to Emerald. Inside, she'll find the full level 4 payment of red bills, stacked neatly and tied together with red ribbon.]

Feel free to double check the amount.

[ Emerald took the box and immediately went to sit up on the nearest non-chair surface to count the money. She's certainly not the type to trust others, even if she likes them like Grell. She'd count it if it was Mercury too, except he would never give her money. ]

I didn't know you were the one who posted the bounty. I'm surprised no one had sooner.

[ She puts the stack of cash unceremoniously in her pockets once she seems to be satisfied with it. ]

[Shrugs]

I'm not.

[Grell watches as she counts the money, not finding it offensive at all. She probably wouldn't done the same.]

What would be the point of attaching my name to the bounty? My foundation is already going to prosecute him for what he's done.

Which part of what he's done? The barrier's supposed to be all about terror, it's not like he didn't do a good job keeping everyone safe and sound inside the barrier.

[ She shrugs. ] Not that it matters to me. [ She got paid for turning someone in for her own crimes. ]

Edited 2017-01-06 02:28 (UTC)

That's not really the mayor's place to do, and not only that, but people are missing.

[She crosses her arms.]

If he wants to terrorize the public, at least make it a bit more fair. Kidnapping people unaware in their homes is distasteful.

Who's missing again?

[ She honestly hasn't been paying much attention to the actual affects of what she did.. though she can't imagine that had anything to do with her, but she just needs to check none of this is going to bite her in the ass. ]

Children, including an eight year old boy, wives, and various other family members and their friends have gone missing days after the release of those criminals.

[Children especially are her weak spot, so she paid close attention to these events.]

No word has been given about their whereabouts.

[ Oh. Yeah that's her fault. Oh well. She got all of the criminal records cleared, which is what she wanted. It means Mercury would've been free to head into Everglade once he cleared Genessia City and it was far too general to be traced back to either of them. Is there a little bit of guilt about the kids? Yeah. But frankly after what happened at Vale and having to force that down, it wasn't hard to try the same. But it's also why she tries not to keep up with the repercussions of her actions too deeply most of the time. ]

Any idea which of the released criminals took them?

[ Maybe she can at least try to do that without a bounty. It's a waste of time if it doesn't benefit her, but.. at least it'd make her square for that little move. ]

Edited 2017-01-07 18:30 (UTC)

[Grell shakes her head negatively. The police are taking a while. So slow.]

No clue. I haven't read their records, and not like I could. But surely they all have their MOs, so the police will look for patterns.

Why, did they burn them?

[ She only told them to clear them, but they should still exist somewhere.. she's hoping. It's not like she was specific, it's impossible to really know. This was definitely an oversight. This is why she doesn't act on her own. It always comes back to bite her in the ass one way or the other. ]

I'll figure it out, don't put a bounty out for them. Can you tell the police to let me look at what they still have?

[ She puts her stuff away in her pockets. ]

Apparently, you need to be a guardian to look at them.

[They never said if they were there or not, just that she couldn't see them because of her status, or lack thereof. But Emerald's decision to hunt them down surprises her a bit.]

I'll let them know you wish to help.

Right.

[ She's just going to. Not pay attention to that. ]

It's fine, I'll get them. Don't tell them.

[Curiouser and curious about Grell. Either way, Sebastian decide to humor her, in good will, he took a few leaflets and put them up in his own store in Nova City, considering his audience is family oriented and the Phantomhive do believe in charity for a good cause.

It was a smashing success, as his customers donated in his donation jar, and all the donations he collected in his shop, he send it to the Red House foundation with a note and Sebastian's signature:

"On Behalf of Funtom Corp, I'm happy to present you a donation in a check of $2,500 red bills, as a good start for your grand opening of your Foundation. Please let me know if you require support for your cause."]

Edited 2017-01-02 17:20 (UTC)

[Setting up the account for the charity makes it so that Grell and Oswald get notifications from the bank whenever there's been a deposit. But they may have to adjust their settings or they'll be swamped with messages.

Upon seeing that Funtum Corp has made a donation, it gets her to smile. Well, this is a lovely gesture! So this definitely gets a reply later in the day.]

Thank you for your very generous donation. It will help the foundation greatly!|

There some kinda catch t' that orphans thing yer gettin' money for?

[She shakes her head with a smile.]

Absolutely none.

'S jus' kinda outta nowhere.

..... Wait.

There some brat yer tryna 'dopt with Marco yer tryna get people t' pay for?

Also why the hell d' they make y' pay t' 'dopt a brat? Like. Shouldn't they jus' be happy there's someone wants t' give 'em a home an' a family an' shit? Why're they makin' it harder? Dumbasses.

Since when have I ever been predictable?

[....why is he asking this? It would be nice to adopt, but now isn't the best time. Still...

SIGHS LOUDLY]

What did I just say?! [Thanks for showing your trust, Namur.] Besides, if we were, you'd have known by now.

The adoption process is more complicated than most believe. There's background checks for parents , health checks for children, initial and follow up home inspections to make sure the environment is suitable for the adoptees, and the paperwork it involves to process legalities. We can't just give children away without checking and making sure they go to good homes! The foundation could be held responsible should anything happen due to familial negligence.

[He sounds somewhere between indignant and sympathetic. Those poor pups! No wonder they have a hard time finding families.]

Man, we didn't have t' do none a that shit. Ma jus' took in the li'l shits that was strugglin' an' said yer mine now an' that was that. Same for me when the twins was born. Their pa knocked up Sal an' buggered off so I said they's mine an' no one gave me any shit 'bout it.

[He chuckles.]

'Cept once, cuz they's half human, an' Sal's a 'maid. So I told 'im they take after their Ma from the waist up an' they take after me from the waist down. Asshole weren't 'spectin' that! Sheheheheh!

[That little story does make her laugh. It's hilarious, and a very good tale.]

Ah, if only things worked above the sea as it did below.

So you've adopted as well? I'm not very surprised.

[................]

[... There is something wrong with Grell. Usually she'd be bitching him out for making her listen to something dumb.]

Uh. Yeah, jus' the twins though. Tao's blood.

[He shifts uncomfortably. This has to be a trick of some sort.]

Yer... in a really good mood. Considerin'...

Oh? Why shouldn't I be?

[Enlighten her, Namur, while she just grins. If it took being nice to him to get under his skin, she'd have done it sooner.]

Y' jus' lost.

[Her grin only becomes more sinister.]

I'll make him regret even winning.

Theeeeere y' go.

[Namur visibly relaxes. A little.]

What kinda hell y' thinkin'? Mean, li'l shit's name's Danny Phantom. If he ain't a ghost I'll lick a 'lectric eel.

[She's not surprised he thought she would attack Danny. It just makes her smirk and shake her head a bit.]

Now why would you think it's a direct attack? That would be too easy. I'd make his job more difficult.

An' this Red House thing's a part a that?

No, it isn't.

[She shrugs casually.]

It may have the added benefit of painting me in a good light, however.

Gonna try 'gain next round or somethin'? Or y' jus' tryna pull that look what yer missin' shit girls sometimes try when y' didn't ask 'em out on purpose?

If possible I will. Until then, I'll definitely make sure they know what they missed.

[Get you a girl that can do both!]

'Kay. But maybe for this'n don't go 'round makin' commercials that's jus' you makin' scary faces at the camera wearin' low key kinky shit an' crackin' a whip, aye?

[Seriously, Grell. Hire professionals this time.]

Yes, I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

[ALL THE SARCASM]

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Eleventh Reel: Busy [ANON TEXT]+[Action] + Leaflet

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[Action @ the shop OF COURSE!]

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