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❛ are you sure you can do this on your own? ❜
"i'm sure, yes..." but then hesitation comes, and lydia anxiously tacks on, "well, i'm sure for the most part." working in a business environment is second nature to her by this point, but she finds that the events outside of work are where things get a bit messy in terms of stress management.
casting green eyes with furrowed brows towards fring, she asks in a cautious, hushed tone. "you have a... way with people, gustavo." his customer service skills at pollos, for example, are beyond anything lydia could so much as fake in an interaction with a stranger. "if it's not too much to ask, i wouldn't mind the company at the upcoming madrigal function, if you'd like to join me. as a friend— business associate, of course."
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it started when she knew he was gone. not dead, merely vanished. for most there may be some hope in that, but for jade, it only filled her with a crippling dread. he was dead, of course. after a few days of denial, she knew that much. he didn’t contact any of his dealers. he didn’t call her. he didn’t come back to feed to the dog. there was no body to exhume from the blood spattered floor, nothing to scrub from beneath her nails, no empty prayer to say as they chucked him into the ground. the dread that had become her constant companion was not caused by the idea that he was no longer alive, but rather how it had happened. on sleepless nights she wondered, was it quick and clean? slow and messy? did the man she loved get a chance to plea for his life — or was he put down like a sick dog? as so many others in their profession had been. as had been done by her own hand. one day domingo molina existed. the next, he was as good as a story from one of the books she would force jimmy to read her as a child. the empty cavern within her that formed in the wake of his absence only became more vast when the others kept dying. tuco, no-doze, gonzo. they all chipped away at her, and not just externally. as hard as jade had worked, her reputation became more precarious with each death. instead being given any chance to move up, others quickly filled the space jade had been fighting to occupy. that was when grief truly transformed to rage. and it made jade reckless. more reckless than she had allowed herself to be in years. this came to a head when jade lashed out at one of their own. some gangster who used to work for domingo, who was now more than comfortable with objectifying her now that she was effectively on her own. her teeth gnashed, fists balled, pistol whipped. she’s lucky it happened fast enough to escape with a broken lip and a few bullet holes in the back of her pontiac. she surely should have been dead had it not been for being quick on her feet, and alone with the man who was now most likely going to be the reason for her execution. she was the true reason, she thought when she approached her boss. jade figured she must have done a number on him, if she was answering to gustavo fring. in the game long enough to know gus did not tolerate being reckless and disorderly, which jade had never been – until now.
i know about what you did. @gustavos
her expression was as hard as steel. a sharp exhale left her, best not to lie to him. most of her life was built on lies now, but looking at the man standing in front of her, she knew dishonesty would not do. “ what i did was ill-advised, i know that. he disrespected me, but it’s no excuse, i know. ” self preservation tugged at her with ten tons of force, she contemplated making a run for it. but she couldn’t be so fast this time, and she refused to have a cowardly death. if she was going to die with a gun to her head, she wanted to be facing it.
“ i don't regret what i did. i stood up for myself. whatever you’re going to do, mister fring, do it. ”
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" i was hoping you could help me with something. " there's a hint of hesitation in her voice. patricia doesn't know him for a very long time, and most of the few interactions they've had consisted on her sitting along in meetings pertaining her company and the cartel's aerial routes. favors, even simple ones, don't come easily in their world, and pat has been doing this for long enough to know men in this business are a wild card.
@gustavos : ❛ what can i do for you ? ❜
" i have a meeting this weekend, with some associates in cartagena, " she tells him. " and, well... i need a bodyguard. i know people, of course, but in juárez they all know césar and don eladio. and, for now, i'd rather if they didn't know the meeting was happening. " it's a request she can only hope will remain within closed doors. " do you think you have anyone you could recommend me? "
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GUSTAVO FRING: ' what am i looking at here? '
⠀he's not a dealer. not a pusher. he's something else entirely, something that can't be overstated in a world reliant on underground travel: word of mouth. negotiation. street junkies are one thing, but actual clientele? real rich fucks who'll clean out an entire lab's supply in just one night? that's where he thrives. if this blue shit is good enough for prospero usher, let alone good enough to make him rave about it, well . . . the other trust fund yuppies come running like dogs after a bone, kicking up pounds of albuquerque dust in the wake of their brand - new mercedes.
⠀he'd pulled gus away from the hustle and bustle of the restaurant — the youngest usher is cocky and flippant, but far from stupid — and presented the oddly shaped bottle, inlaid with stones of amber ( tucked neatly away in its equally elegant box ) once they were safely out of earshot. ❛ claze azul, ❜ he answers, the words rolling off his tongue. as though clarification is needed, he adds, ❛ tequila. they only made fifteen of these— ❜ here, he points to the bottle almost anxiously, tacking on facts to make the gift appear even more impressive. ❛ — for some kind of anniversary event. they're hand painted, hand sculpted. and thirty fucking thousand dollars a bottle. ❜
⠀satisfied, he sticks his hands into the pockets of his designer slacks, adopting as casual a pose as he can muster. clearly, he takes some pride in this extension of gratitude. ❛ consider it a . . . show of thanks. for helping out with our party last weekend. who knows? maybe we can help each other out more often. ❜
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" come to bed. " ... @gustavos / gustavo fring.
as the night trickles onward, ink-black swarms in the beyond, the warmth of a deskside lamp illuminates a cycle of avoidance. with curtains drawn shut, a clock spelling out sleepless, and a studious aversion at hand, max slides into the pitfall of procrastination in practiced ease. ( only three days prior, a flurry of baked goods was the upswing to an inevitable fall. here, in the aging hours past midnight, no heat of an oven or list of ingredients can part the seas to escape. non-action brings consequence. cause, becomes effect. gustavo's past nudge of advice, is a persuasion listened to ... a moment too late. ) glasses rise upward, palms grazing the sides of his face, a soft chastise of self lowering below his exhale. dios mío, as quietly as it's said, outlines itself in frustration. and is met with comfort.
come to bed, gustavo says: and as simple as that, a clearing forges amidst the overgrown haze of schoolwork. smudged lenses peel away from worn features, exasperation melting into affection. a creak-creased shift in his seat gravitates a gaze to the other, cheek nestling itself flush against his palm. ' i'm almost done. ' it isn't a refusal, nor a denial. ( not in truth, or in possibility. as strong-willed as he may be, to deny a request of such an appeal is, to put it simply: out of the question. max finds it hard to believe that either would fool themselves of otherwise. ) an elbow inches itself toward a half-hearted slump, one shoulder lifting as he props himself up. any attention now refuses to direct elsewhere, a gentle quirk of his lip rounding his cheek upward. ' but ... i could be convinced to finish in the morning. '
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❛ so, what brings you here today ? ❜ // @gustavos
“ my dad, actually. ” it comes out before a long sigh. the languid way she put forth her words accompanied with by bags under her eyes and sallow skin was more than enough to signal jade was distressed. “ i haven’t seen him in a few days. i know he’s come in here once or twice, i’m just trying to make sure he’s okay. ”
her hand reached into the pocket of an oversized and unwashed hoodie, “ do you think if i show you a picture you’d be able to tell me if you’ve seen him lately? ” before there’s even a notion of response she slaps a picture of jimmy onto the pollos hermanos order counter. any picture they had together was lost in the fire, so jade used a photo of him that had been ripped from the metro new mexico article. she recalled the headline she was never meant to see, ‘local lawyer, local hero’. if she hadn’t been worried over him now, she would have laughed at just how untrue that turned out to be.
“ i’d really appreciate it. i’ve been asking around town all day. ” she did so against her better judgment. knowing what jimmy usually kept up to, whatever he was doing probably wasn’t legal, or at least wasn’t moral. she justified that it would be better to find him and find a way to bail him out, the alternative was likely never seeing him again.
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Me and my mutuals
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gustavorocha: I still got the juice 🙂
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based on mcpig's joke about what gustavo's catchphrase would be
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I’m so glad they adapted my favorite scene from the manga:
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