Author: jacksgreyson
Hi, sorry I didn’t mean I just come here to read the gambling away the past fic. I generally do come to your page a lot to read the stuff youve written up, it’s just I keep an extra eye out for gatp. Sorry for sounding like an entitled bishh šš
It wasnāt so much that you come here only for GATP that was the problem as the idea that there might not beĀ āany pointā to coming here without it. And, yes, trueāwhat is the point to going to any website time after time if there are no updates? Although, arguably, sometimes looking on past archived content is pretty funābut there are also many ways to avail yourself to notifications that donāt include what and how you did so.
I donāt know if youāre anonymous because you donāt want me to know who you are (which is something that is baffling to me, but I already went over my concerns about anon status and continuous conversations here) but itās not that difficult to get an account on the hellsite that is tumblr and follow me so as to get my posts on your dash. (And that last post, or even this post, I would be able to respond to you privately and directly if you de-anoned). Additionally, thereās also subscribing on the archiveofourown cross-posting which I already linked to you previously.
I donāt mean to sound like Iām berating you, anon. I am honestly pleased to know that someone likes my writing to want to check in on it for updates. I myself am a huge fan of a lot of different authors and their WIPs, and I frequently look at my bookmarks with a quiet sort of desperate plea for them to be updatedāitās just part of being in a fandom.
A/N: Final piece, both created and chronologically. I’m quite aware that many of these “voicemails” were waaaaaay too long to be actual voicemails, but I think the further along I got the more I discovered what the story I was trying to tell was, and the more of that story I tried to fit.
It’s unstated, but hopefully implied that R is drunk for this one.
I hope you enjoyed this mini-series, scattered and unorganized as it was.
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8 – R to Iris – 1 Year
Hey, Iris… It’s been, um, it’s been, uh, a year since our… dad… died and… since we’ve… spoken. Not that that’s, um, more important than our, you know, our-our father dying, just, um, it seems that they are just linked… together… and I, um… I thought it would be–I just wanted to acknowledge it with… someone who would understand. But I guess maybe… that’s not you either since… I don’t understand… you… anymore… or if I ever did…
‘Cause to me it just seems like when dad died you… did… too. ‘Cause I lost both of you at the same time and… it… might as well… be true because… I mean… right? Like, you might… you might as well be–
I d-… I don’t want to be angry anymore. And-and I’m not angry anymore if–if… You know different… different people deal with loss… differently… and, um… I guess that just means I… You dealing with it in your way means that I have to deal with the double the loss in… my own way and I guess that includes leaving voicemails to someone who doesn’t care… So…Ā
Probably you’re not listening to this… I don’t even know where the fuck you are… I’m just–statistically you’re probably closer to dad’s grave than I am, so if you could–if you could put like some kind of fucking f-bouquet or whatever… Talk to his buried corpse… and the nice shiny rock that cost a lot to have his name on it–if-if you could do that, because I’m… I’m not there and I’m… Hell, maybe-maybe you’re not there either–I don’t know what I’m saying anymore I’m…Ā
Yeah, it’s been a year! It’s been a year, Iris! It has been. A. Year…Ā I don’t know, Iris, I don’t know what happened… to us… to…
I don’t know… okay… I-… this is me saying goodbye to you for… for–for real o-or, you know, closure or–something–or…
Goodbye, Iris.
A/N: 7 of 8–in which I forget the words “embezzlement,” “fraud,” and “suspicious.”
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7 – R to Patrick – 5 months
Hi Patrick, it’s R… um… oh, geez, it’s late. Uh. Sorry about calling… outside of work hours… and… at… two thirty in the morning. Um. I guess I could have waited? Until we were both at the office to let you know but, um, I just–I just found it and I just thought it’d be good to inform you as soon as possible, um, that there is uh… so you know… in regards to the, um, Pine Star Group? Uh, I would suggest we… look… elsewhere because their financials are a little bit… hinky. I mean, I guess that’s not the professional words I would use… to describe it, but there’s something fishy with their financials and it–I-I do not think we can take on that kind of liability, um, I can–I have the documents, um, with me and obviously I can show them to you… tomorrow, or I guess later today, in… the office… but, um… basically their, um… yeah.Ā
They’re shifting a lot of money… around… and there’s not–I can’t tell where… it went. Which, I mean, my first instinct is, um… well, no, I was–I was gonna say maybe they just have bad math, but it–it’s prob–it’s probably like… they’re probably like… skimming from their own company right? Like that’s–that’s probably what that is? That’s–that’s–I mean, that’s–we can’t–we can’t trust them–we can’t…Ā
Anyways! I will speak to you… tomorro–today–in the office–okay, have a good night, um, morning–have a good–bye!
Hi, so I was wondering will you ever write more for gambling away the past? It’s absolutely one of my favourite DOS au’s and I come back regularly to see if you have updated it. I was just wondering is there any point to that, have you finished writing for that? :(
Hey anon, Iām glad to hear you enjoy my writingāor, at least, the AU that is Gambling Away The Past.
Unfortunately for you, I am not a very consistent writer. Fortunately for you, GATP is not on hiatus. I probably will eventually write more for that series in the future, but itās really as prompts or my schedule or even my fickle will to write takes me.
Also, anon: Iām not secretly withholding fic from you. I tend to post chapters/sections whenever I complete them and considering they arenāt that long anyway, I usually write in single bursts and post immediately after.
But I would like to say this, anon, and Iām sure you probably didnāt mean it in that way: but Iām sorry you donāt think anything else I post is worth your time. Your phrasing made it seem like you think youāre entitled to something I do in my spare timeāwhich, Iāll admit, I have had less of recentlyāand which is something I do for my own enjoyment. Iām sorry I canāt generate as much content as you or even I, myself, would like.
If youāre really just checking here for the fic and for none of the person that comes with it, Iād suggest going over to my archiveofourown and subscribing to that. I cross-post there over there because itās neater for readers and that way when I do update, youāll know. Itās not always an immediate but, again, this is something I do in my spare time.
Hope that helps, anonymous person on tumblr.
A/N: 6 of 8… you can tell the longer I was stuck in traffic the worse I got š
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6 – R to Patrick – 3 months
Hi this is R Chacone, I’m calling back for, um, to Patrick regarding the voice message I got earlier today, regarding–wait, um, wha, I–regarding the, uh, job opening? Um, the-the resources? Um. Yeah, I’m–I just wanted to let you know that I am still interested and definitely available to, um, uh, yes. I would like to accept–
Ah fuck it. Um, I’ll just email. Delete message.
A/N: 5 of 8!
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5 – R to Iris – 4 months
Iris. I don’t know where you are. I haven’t heard from you in months…
And, um… you know? I’m finally getting the message. You don’t want to talk anymore… and that’s… I mean, that’s–that’s on you. Just–just so you know, that’s on you. But, um, I’m gonna–I still want–you’re my sister, okay? So, even if you don’t want to talk, I still… just in case you ever do…
I’m calling because I’m moving, um, I-I’ll still keep this number in case you ever… change your mind… but, um… I’m moving and, um… I guess geographically and, you know, uh… life…Ā
I–this’ll be the last time, I think, because… at least from my end, because you’ve made it clear that… you don’t want there to be… anything from your end, so…
It. You’re still my sister… you are still… my sister… Bye Iris.
A/N: 4 of 8 or the Ode to 11010201 voicemails series–halfway done!
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4 – R to Iris – 2 months
Iris, call me back. You can’t just hide from everything, okay? We’ll deal with this together, just–just call me back, okay? And then we’ll figure things out. And then everything can just go back to normal, okay?
… okay, I love you. Okay, bye.
A/N: 3 of 8 in the Ode to 11010201 voicemail series! Also, I donāt know why I always end up with Disney Channel references. -_-
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3 – R’s failed voicemails – 11 months
Hi, you’ve reached R Chacone the, uh–fuck.
Hi, you’ve reached R Chacone, the Chief Resource Officer of–wait, do I?–fuck.
Hi, you’ve reached R Chacone, the desk of me–shit.
Hi, you’ve reached the voice mail box–what? no, what? god, no–okay.
This is R Chacone and you’re… fucking watching Disney Channel or some–what the? what am I saying? God, okay.
Other POV : Shikako’s kidnapped by Danzo in the Jashin mission.Others, thought she’s dead,didnt react well.Years later,they killed Danzo and found Shikako,but now broken and quiet because she was in the black all the time to protect her friend’s information. Shikako had with a fake smile on her face and scars covered half of her face. Plz? I really want to see the others (including 12 friends, her parents and her teachers) reaction from her fake death to her broken state and try to fix her.
Hey matchamilkgirl, thanks for theā¦ prompt? Ask box ficlet? Itās an interesting idea for sure, but if this is a prompt Iām going to respectfully decline. Partially because at this time Iām not really taking promptsāI still have a few from the things you said ask box eventĀ even though itās been MONTHS and Iām really sorry about taking so longābut mostly becauseĀ this seems like you have a very specific ficlet in mind, and if so I think it would be better for you to bring it into the world yourself?
The best thing about being part of the DoS fandom is how many of us are involved and contributing, how many readers and artists and writers there are, and how the different voices add more to the world. Maybe youāve sent this to me because you like my (figurative) voice and for that thank you. Butāand I donāt know where you are in your personal creative journeyāit seems to me that this is your story, not mine.
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