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[satansniece]

What's up, Riverview?

[The feed turns on and there's April in her boring office, at her boring job for the boring government, being so incredibly bored that she's actually decided to do some real work. Who knew? Unfortunately, she's done about all she can do that doesn't involve actually interacting with other people, so she begrudgingly takes to the network.]

I'm April, I'm new, and for whatever reason, I get to do this now. [She points the lens at a new looking placard that reads "Assistant Director of Cultural Development." As she pans back to her face, she's still rolling her eyes.] I guess it kind of makes sense since I did a lot of this stuff working for the parks department back in Indiana, but there wasn't exactly a ton of culture going on there beyond harvest festivals, cult meetings, and farmers markets, so I might need a little input here. [She pauses, seemingly deep in thought for a brief moment, spinning her chair around slowly.] I'd say if anything, I'd really like to carry over planning meetings for any cults that might be interested in our city services.

I guess since it's going to be my job to help organize events and holidays and stuff, they'll probably want me to have a good idea of what everyone actually wants to see happening around here. [She wrinkles her nose, displeased at the idea of having to actually care what it is that people want, let alone hear about it. Maybe the people here aren't as horrible as they are in Pawnee, but she isn't holding her breath.]

My personal favorite is Halloween, and I don't really see why we should wait to celebrate it considering we're in a different reality, so my first proposal would be impromptu trick-or-treating, light mischief, and maybe a pizza party followed by some casual grave robbing. I'm open to suggestions, though.

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[satansniece]

[Finally, someone else who speaks her language.] Gas masks and ghosts... you realize you're not doing a great job of actually deterring me from any of this, right?

Wait, you're a journalist? [HER LIFELONG HERO JOAN CALLAMEZZO IS A JOURNALIST TOO. April actually smiles to herself, and it might even be evident in her tone.] Sounds good to me.

[11calls]

Well, I figure someone's got to be the one to mention it, even if it's so later I can say 'I told you so.'

[Alex is 99% teasing.]

But yeah, I'm a journalist. I'm an investigative reporter. I was one back home and I've been doing the same thing here for... god, nearly a year now.

[satansniece]

I can respect that. [Seriously] I'll be sure to let you know when I specifically get chased down by a ghost in a gas mask.

That's cool. [It's super fucking awesome, but she's not trying to be weird here.] Not the part where you've been stuck here for a year, but I guess there's plenty to investigate around here. It seems pretty messed up. [To say the least...]

[11calls]

If you can, let me know before you do it, so I can record it for the network.

[There's that grin in her voice again.]

It's messed up, but for the most part it's honestly okay. I mean, my last two investigations were pretty big ones, but this month seems to be slow, thankfully.

[satansniece]

Fair enough.

[It's impossible to contain the curiosity at this point, so she doesn't really bother playing it cool anymore]

So... what were the big ones? I want to know everything. Seriously.

[11calls]

Well, the biggest one since I've been here has to do with an illness that was spread among the people here. It was manufactured with both magic and technology, and was done because well, the woman basically was declaring a war on Christmas about us celebrating certain holidays.

I ended up doing some deep investigational work with my partner and a friend of mine, and the police ended up arresting her once I gave them the evidence.

[A beat.]

At almost the same time we went to print.