http://bostonbeatcop.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bostonbeatcop.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] trans_92009-04-22 01:03 pm

Settling In [Open]

Robert Donovan was not, to say the least, a happy man. He had awoken in a strange, disgusting place that reminded him of something from a bad pulp magazine, been dressed in some sort of creepy living clothing by tentacles (something else from a bad pulp magazine) and retrieved a few of his belongings that had somehow been here when he arrived (instead of at home, where they belonged). Fortunately, his overcoat and a belt had been there, so he had some place to put his holstered revolver and his speedloaders. But it was nowhere near enough to keep himself decent, so he was forced to continue wearing the strange, almost terrifying clothing he had been provided.

And now was staring distastefully at what he assumed was a bunk. It looked like it was breathing for Christ’s sake. He didn’t like this. Not one bit. Still…it was all probably some horrible dream and he would wake up in his own home tomorrow, safe, sound and not in some crazy science-fiction story. He sighed, then ran a hand through his hair, asking a question to the open air. “This…this is a dream? Right? It’s gotta be a dream.”

[identity profile] cowsquirtdrinkr.livejournal.com 2009-04-22 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I have one. It's just tradition for a Middleman to stop using their original name once they inherit the position from the previous Middleman."

The Middleman took the hand, shaking it firmly.

"Good to meet you Robert."

[identity profile] cowsquirtdrinkr.livejournal.com 2009-04-22 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fight comic-book-style evil. You know, mad-scientists, vampires. zombies, aliens, robot uprisings, that sort of stuff. Well, not vampires anymore. One of the previous Middlemen, who you would know better as Abraham Van Helsing, killed them all in the late 1800's. But the other examples pretty much fall in the area of things we deal with."

[identity profile] cowsquirtdrinkr.livejournal.com 2009-04-23 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, scout's honor. It's all the truth."