Ring ring!
"Thank you for calling Staplers, your number one source for Gnomish party supplies. This is Milton Waddles speaking. How may I help you?"
"Hiiiiii, Milky!"
Slam!
Ring ring!
"Thank you for calling Staplers for all of your partying needs, this is Milto--"
"Miky! Milky, it's me! Khro--"
Slam!
Ring ring!
Ring ring ring!
Ringringringringringringringringring!!!
"... Mil...Milton Waddles speaking..."
"Milky?! Milky, it's Khromie again! I keep getting discon--"
Slam!
Milton Waddles wiped the sweat from his shining bald head, shuddering as the phone began to ring again. And again and again and... Milton slammed his head onto his desk as the ringing continued.
No way. There was no way he was picking it up again.
His cubicle neighbor, Pam, popped up her head and smiled cheerily. "Aren't you gonna answer the phone, Mr. Waddles?"
Milton shook his head. "Ah. No. It's... It's.. It's... Khromie."
Pam's eyes widened. "Oh my sprockets, Mr. Waddles, I would -definitely- answer a call from the Bronze Dragon Aspect!"
Milton sighed and dabbed at his sweaty head again with his little ducky handkerchief. "No, no, no. Khromie with a K."
Pam paled. "... Oh. Oh my. So it's the ..."
Milton nodded gravely. "Yes. The Overspark Account."
"Oh my! Oh my. Oh me oh my! Are all the stories true?"
"Yes. Yes, Pam. Every single one. You heard about the Winter Veil fiasco? And did I mention the hit we took for her Day of the Dead order? And don't even get me started about every time the Darkmoon Faire rolls around..."
"Oh my my my... And... And is it true that she refuses to pay bills in anything but baked goods and alcohol?"
"Yes, Pam. It's true. It's ALL true."
Pam gave Milton a sympathetic smile before sinking back down into her cubicle. Milton suppressed a sob as the call, at last, went to his voicemail.
You've reached the desk of Milton Waddles of Staples, please leave a message after the tone. PEWPEWPEWPEW!
"Hiya, Milky! Holy troll balls! Khromie here! For some reason I can't seem to get through to you today! Must be a bad signal. I am sitting next to this suspiciously fat panda at Shrine... Anyway! I just wanted to order some goodies for... Are you ready for this? I've been asked to host a event for the Pea Farmers! Now, I'm not entirely sure on the details, but I think the plan is for me to temporarily blind people by shooting them with poisoned arrows--some weird Goblin holiday tradition or something--and then pairing them up to make out lots. Do you have a pen on you, Milky? Are you ready? I'm gonna need the usual 5000lbs of glitter, about a hundred and seventy four balloons--wait! Make that a hundred and eighty six..."
Edited by Khromie on 1/17/2014 5:05 PM PST