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[evite]

[ do you know what happens when it's late and raining too hard for a girl to go down to the garage to work on her own personal episode of pimp my ride? late night text posts happen. this time, it's a shit post. sorry, not sorry. ]

riverview, we need to have a talk.

[ it's very serious. ]

att: are you fucking kidding me.jpg
if i could give this zero stars, i would.

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[11calls]

Definitely not. I mean, how does it not just drive someone nuts.

[A beat, and Alex just sounds entirely amused.]

Clearly, it definitely needs to be on purpose. It's the only explanation that works.

[evite]

Oh, totally. Except that means we have a sociopathic tile worker in the city, and nobody apparently is on the lookout for this complete maniac.

[ CALL THE SCOOBY SQUAD. ]

We're going to have to set up a task force or something. Get this creep off the streets.

[11calls]

[Hey, Alex is the Scooby Squad. Sort of. Or at least lives with it!]

Definitely. Good thing I'm an ace reporter and all of that!

[evite]

I think you just found your next scoop.

[ this just in: lazy low-down lug on the loose! tiler causing trauma all over town! ]

I expect a full report in twenty-four hours.

[11calls]

[That makes her laugh.]

Twenty-four hours, huh? Damn, it definitely is that life threatening!

[evite]

Uh, duh? [ as if it could be anything else. ] What am I supposed to do, live in fear of the tile traumatizer for the rest of my days?

[11calls]

Seriously. It's a public service right?!