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[Aug 10, 10:58] Messages — Nils

Alice · 10:58
U came home late
and left early without saying goodbye
Where r u?

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[Mar 10] Drive — March 14, 1997

[Note: The following email printed to PDF was discovered in a Drive folder on Alice’s phone named “Kyle”.]

Alice Donovan <Alice.Donovan.73@[withheld].com>
Fw: Re: Funeral (fwd)
1 message

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WhiteRabbit.73 <WhiteRabbit.73@[withheld].com>
Sun, May 21, 2006 at 9:42 PM
To: Alice.Donovan.73@[withheld].com

----Original Message Follows----

From: DonovanA01@[withheld].edu
To: WhiteRabbit.73@[withheld].com
Subject: Re: Funeral (fwd)
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 16:12:07 -0500 (CDT)

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:49:31 -0600 (CST)
From: GrendelTC@[withheld].com
To: DonovanA01@[withheld].edu
Subject: Re: Funeral

Al—

Sorry about the delay in responding (not about missing out on the funeral, though). Tommy was out of town on business and I didn’t want to bother his fiancee just to hear “You’ve got mail!”

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[Aug 10, 01:39] Recorder — fuckity

Well, I managed to turn that into a shitshow, didn’t I?

[21 seconds of silence in recording]

I don’t know what Kelly [kali] was going on about. I don’t understand. No one talked. If you can believe nails [Nils], he didn’t say anything to the kid at the store. I didn’t say anything to anyone. Even played stupid with DK.

Maybe he did say something like the package was mesh gear or something. Nell [Nils] would slip something like that if he got angry and forgot to keep that detail quiet.

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[Aug 10, 00:12] Signal — kali nótt

This message was deleted.

Alice · 00:21

kali
WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK?
i thought we had an understanding, alice

What the hell are you going on about?

Alice · 00:23
r u drunk dialing me?

This message was deleted.

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[Aug 9, 09:44] Video — Recon 2

[Video, POV: Storefront Alice identified as the location of Aurora Records, in front of what appears to be the main entrance of the building. The Mayo building is visible to the right. The marquee identifies the space as being occupied by a restaurant specializing in steak and sushi. Camera pans over the facade.]

Screw this influencer shit. If something needs to be said, I can dub it in later.

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[Aug 8, 13:03] Email — Nils

From: NilsAndersen@[withheld].com
To: Alice.Donovan.73@[withheld].com
Date: 8 Aug, 13:03:19 -0500
Subject: dinner?

Hey babe, what do you have planned for dinner? Wouldn’t mind going out for a bite, you up for it. Maybe some of that texmex where they have those bowls of margarita you can drown it? I could use a drink after work.

If not, I can pick up some beer and carry away. China Garden, yeah?

Margaritas sound better. Need some of my good freind, Jose! But you decide.

Oh yeah, the gear for that thing we’re planning showed up at the comic store. Some guy’s comic store? What? are we superhero now?

Joking!

I didn’t forget your invoices. Attached. My money, your invoices. Everything double.

This is high tech shit, babe. I compared a bit and they don’t carry it at any of the normal places. Maybe Kali’s boyfriend knows his shit. Specs are off the charts compared to what I could find. My credit card cried a little, and I get it, but why so much? Punishing me wanting to come along to keep my girl safe? As you say, whatever. If it helps you with Kyle, I’m happy to spend twice the amount.

When I saw the delivery confirmation, I called the store. I mean, that’s a lot of money, and no signature. Wanted to make sure it really showed up. Don’t worry, I didn’t say anything about our thing.

I just asked the kid answering the phone if it came, he said yes a package came. I asked if everything arrived undamaged and the little shit informed me in a condescending voice that it was not my business and besides only the manager is allowed to open packages. I said, then let me talk to the manager. He sighed, said they weren’t there. I might have argued and told him that it was my fucking money, so they needed to check to make sure it was all there. He hung up, ignored my calls after that. Little twat.

Oh. saw your record on the turntable. Weirdassed dirge, you ask me, but I know you like that sound. Still, seemed like they could have sped it up and it would sound way better. Anyway, put it back in that sleeve with the razor on it after a short lsiten and put it away proper. You really shouldn’t leave records on the platter. Bad for them.

What a band name, though. No clue what the first part means, we didn’t cover it in school. Or my german is rusty. But Xmal Deutschland? LOL.

I swear, the only people who like talking about themselves as much as Americans are the Germans. Uber alles!

Hey, your thing about wearing the long sleeved pjs to bed. Too much AC? Lights out before you crawl in. I like looking at you naked. It’s not me is it?

Bored AF, if I’m honest. Sorry for the novel. Good practice my old teacher would say.

Let me know if it is texmex or carry away, k?

[Attachments: three PDFs — delivery notification, itemized invoice of catalog numbers and prices without item descriptions, payment receipt.]

[Note: Vendor name, catalog numbers and shipping address withheld. The shipping address is a comic store in LynLake.]

From: Alice.Donovan.73@[withheld].com
To: NilsAndersen@[withheld].com
Date: 9 Aug, 07:15:20 -0500
Subject: RE: dinner?

BIG HUG AND KISS!

Didn’t want to wake you. You looked all peaceful and it would have been a shame to wake you from that.

Thought I’d just shoot you a line as I was chasing the undead out of me with a couple shots of espresso before hitting the road to the Cities.

Thanks for picking up Chinese last night. It was delish.

Just scoping things out today. I want to get the lay of the land, maybe do a little bit of hitting my old stomping grounds. If there is any ground left to stomp on. Talk about likely culture shock.

Thanks for the invoices/record, too. Wow, you spent that much on me? You’re such a dear.

More hugs. More kisses. MWAH!

See you later today.

A

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[Aug 9, 09:31] Video — Recon

[Note: Unlike Recorder files, videos don’t come with auto-transcription. The record below reflects my best attempt to capture both words and activity in the video. Added in-clip times are for reference. ~a_boojum]

[Video: Selfie angle (SA). Midmorning sun with partly-cloudy skies. A woman with apparent age in her forties, with dark hair showing first strands of grey; visually matches the woman on the lock screen on the phone. A black Nissan Altima matching the car where I found the phone is parked on the top level of a ramp, directly behind her. She is leaning with one arm against the Altima’s open door, her head just above the roof of the car. She is wearing a long-sleeve heather-grey shirt and pale blue jeans.]

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[Aug 5, 23:01] Email — MikroMachine

From: MikroMachine@[withheld].com
To: Alice.Donovan.73@[withheld].com
Date: 05 Aug, 23:01:27 -0500

Subject: FW: Send to Alice.Donovan.73

Alice,

DK asked me to forward this to you. I told him you werent interested in direct comms, and he grumbled a bit about that. But I reminded him it was him that was all toxic and he stopped after that. Guess he wanted direct contect. Not to hit on you or anything, just “I wanna float something past her” or whatever.

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[Apr 23, 02:32] Recorder — sleepless

[Note: I found some recordings on Alice’s phone. These are the original transcriptions; however, where I thought I could unscramble the garbled or inaudible sections I added my best guess at what was said or the source of the noise. ~a_boojum]

[voice speaking into the phone, just above a stage whisper]

Okay. Calmer now. Still can’t sleep, but.

[sigh]

Kyle would tell me that hate is a poison that harms me or something all Zen. That I need to let the hate go and just find a —

[male voice, inaudible]

[Aug 3, 19:57] Signal — kali nótt

kali · 19:57
73 — r u still interested in your little dive w/sixpenny?

Alice · 21:36
Hey kali. I was wondering if u had ghosted me. Yes. still interested.

kali · 21:42
Not my style.
Had to wait for 6p to come to the club. He went dark on mobile. Says digital messes up his zen or some shit. His zen ain’t bothered when HE wants to talk, tho. “Where are you, kali of the night?” Gets on ur nerves.