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[ardeinae]

[ click as the message starts recording. at first, the sound of fingers drumming on the table -- as if he's thinking -- and a muttered statement, pretty bad-tempered. ]

...At this rate I won't have any men left by the time winter hits.

[ then, a throat-clear, and it's all back to a sharp, this-means-business tone. ]You heard the news, Joker's out

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[ardeinae]

Oh, it's you.

[ardeinae]

I would have been marginally more pleased if you'd come straight out and explained yourself in the first place.

[ardeinae]

My predecessor wasn't very fond of keeping his paperwork organized, apparently -- I found the records on you by chance.

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[ardeinae]

Now normally, I'd tell you to fuck off, but my men are dropping like flies.

Don't have anything specific for you yet, but go see if you can find who the hell blew up the Palais -- Joker's buddies need to be trimmed down to make sure he doesn't get out again once we catch him. You'll be paid, obviously.

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[ardeinae]

Didn't expect you to kill them -- if you did, you would've been the next on the list to hunt down, according to regulations. Just a name, a face, anything will work -- a bonus if you can actually grab'em.