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A Day's Messages:by GinaD |
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A Day's Messages:by GinaD |
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Disclaimer: Don't own them. This is something I wrote back in 2004 and never got around to posting.
Warnings/Ratings: PG, minor language.
Comments: I'm really not sure where this came from, I was getting ready for work and started thinking about answering machines and my companies voicemail system.. I'm thinking there might be something fun a person could do with email and IMs.
A day in the life of Chris Larabee's answering machine.
8:10 AM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
"At the tone please record your message. At the end of your message press one. To skip this message in the future, press the # key.""Uh yeah, this is Ranchway Feed, the fencing you ordered is in."
Click
8:15 AM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
"At th..# Beep."Chris, this is Marge, Judge Travis is wondering if you plan to attend the budget meeting scheduled for today?"
Click.
8:45 AM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
A… # Beep.""Know you're in that budget thing today cowboy. Wanted to let you know me, JD an Ezra are taking a day off for personal stuff."
Click.
9:34 AM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee… # Beep.""Agent Larabee, this is Linda Bell in Records. I haven't been able to reach anyone in your office. I'm looking for Agent Wilmington. He was supposed to come down this morning and sign a couple of reports from the Cresco bust.
Click
10:20 AM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
"At the tone please record your message. At the end of your message press one. To skip this message in the future, press the # key.""This is Dr. Stroud from Denver Mental Health Clinic. I'm calling to let you know that I'm clearing Agent Standish for duty…against my better judgment. He has convinced me that I have no way of actually figuring out if he's sane or just pretending to be. He left here with two other members of your team. My colleague Dr. Watts seems to think I need to warn you about that."
Click.
10:35 AM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent… # Beep.""It's Josiah, I went by Dr. Stroud's to pick Ezra up after his appointment. He left with Vin and JD. I've called Buck and Nathan. We're gonna start looking in the usual places. You get this at lunch call one of us. Guess we should have seen this coming, JD and Vin were too quiet yesterday."
Click
10:55 AM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
"At the tone please record your message. At the end of your message press one. To skip this message in the future, press the # key.""Yeah, Chris, Josh Bennett, listen that black devil horse of Tanner's is in with my Longhorns again. I tried your place and no one answered. Can you get someone out here to collect him? We don't want another incident like last time. Thanks."
Click.
11:05 AM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
… # Beep.""Chris, Jack Winters at the firing range. Look I'm not trying to stick my nose where it don't belong. Just thought you should know that Tanner, Standish, and Dunne, are down here with a small artillery. They've taken over the last three stalls and are blasting away. It isn't that they're hurting anyone, its just, well I know Standish is only a week out of the hospital and Dunne's got his arm in a sling. Plus if anyone was to come in and see the pictures they have pasted to the targets, welllll I hate that purple dinosaur too. Okay, maybe I'll try Buck."
Click.
11:38 AM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not … # Beep."
"It's Buck, I know you're in that budget meeting, but I wanted to let you know I've got the junior bad element. JD I SAID HOLD ON, YOU CAN RIDE WITH ME. Don't worry, the four of us are hooking up with Josiah and Nathan for lunch. We'll keep em out of trouble. JD WAIT.."
Click.
12:13 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee… # Beep.""Chris, Nathan. I was checking to see if you'd heard from Buck. He was supposed to meet Josiah and I at the Colorado Café about 20 minutes ago. If you get this in the next half hour call either Josiah or I. Thanks."
Click
12:27 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Ag… # Beep.""It's Nathan again. We've heard from Buck, he lost them. They were all in Vin's Jeep and there was a semi, a bunch of women in a convertible…well Buck wasn't real coherent, we're on our way to pick him up. He's fine but I wouldn't want to be Vin when Buck catches up with him."
Click.
1:07 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
"At the tone please record your message. At the end of your message press one. To skip this message in the future, press the # key.""Josh Bennett, just wondering if you'd gotten my message. It's not that he's bothering the cattle, but I'd like to move them to another pasture today."
Click.
1:46 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
"At the tone please record your message. At the end of your message press one. To skip this message in the future, press the # key.""Yes this is Officer Dale Cortez. I have three men here who say they are ATF agents and work for you. They were letting the air out of the tires on a Jeep in the Cinemark parking lot. They claim it's belongs to another member of your team. Plates come back registered to a Vin Tanner. Please give me a call at 303-555-3829 as soon as possible. Thanks."
Click
2:03 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent… # Beep.""It's Josiah, uh Bob Anderson heard the call and showed up to vouch for us. We think the others are in the theater. We're going to go in and try to find them, but it's a multiplex. I don't know how to explain the tires, Buck made it sound so reasonable. Sigh."
Click.
2:08 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
"At the tone please record your message. At the end of your message press one. To skip this message in the future, press the # key.""Hey you old war dog, Bob Anderson. Um, sorry about Cortez, he's new on the force and doesn't know about your boys. I straightened him out. Let's have a drink next week and you can tell me why the two sanest members of your team were helping Buck let the air out of the tires on Vin's jeep. Later."
Click.
2:17 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
"At the tone please record your message. At the end of your message press one. To skip this message in the future, press the # key.""This is Dr. Larson's office. We're calling to remind you of your stress test appointment Monday at 3:00. Have a nice weekend."
Click.
2:49 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Age… # Beep.""Mr. Larabee, I and my compatriots object to being hunted like criminals through the streets of Den…Mr. Tanner desis … Ezra let go …Chris you tell Buck ta leave my jeep alone or I'm gonna… hey I wasn't done. Yes you are, it's my cell I will make the demands. Ah come on guys, leave the message and lets get going, I think I just saw Jo.."
Click.
3:12 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
A… # Beep.""Chris, Nathan I really need to you to call as soon as possible. Josiah and Buck are out for blood. It was bad enough what they did to Buck's truck, but they silly stringed Josiah's Suburban. It isn't pretty."
Click.
3:37 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a…# Beep."
"It's Bennett again. You don't have to worry about the horse anymore. My daughter took him back when she got home from school. Honestly Larabee, can't you keep that devil at home. It's embarrassing when your eleven-year-old daughter can handle a horse and you can't. Later."
Click.
4:27 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee… # Beep.""It's Buck, look pard I just want you to know it isn't as bad as it looks on TV. Yeah Vin, JD and Ezra were involved in a bank robbery, but no one was hurt. Well except for the stupid idiot who tried to hold up the bank. Once everyone finishes giving their statement we're gonna head over to the Saloon. Why don't you meet us there."
Click.
5:53 PM
Ring, ring, ring,
Beep
Agent Larabee, I'm not here, leave a message.
"At the tone please record your message. At the end of your message press one. To skip this message in the future, press the # key.""Senor Chris, it's Inez. I think you need to get down here as soon as possible. Ezra and Vin are playing pool with a couple of very large bikers .. and winning. Buck, Josiah and Nathan are drinking heavily and JD is asleep in a booth. Aieee, locos.."
Click.
Very carefully Chris reached over and hit the release button on his phone. He glanced at his clock, 6:10 probably too late to do anything but clean up the mess. With a sigh he headed for the elevator.In the darkened office of Team Seven's leader, ring, ring, ring.
The end?