Close Enough For Noir: A Merger Like No Other

For the last week things had been moving slow at the office. Toran didn't take sleeping on the job lightly but I had nothing else to do but to my surprise a man came into my office.

"You need an appointment to get in here." I relayed over to him.

"I've got big news, game changing news!" He told me.

"Game changers? Like I haven't heard that one before." I laughed off his claims before he slung something over to me. Two logos, one Wonder Inc, the other was Mac Studios. "The hell is this?" I asked him.

"A merger, I thought it was a lie....but I was wrong!" He yelled at me before quickly fleeing my office.

"Okay, this is getting a little stupid. Time to nip this problem in the bud." I said before grabbing my coat, it was time to meet CzarTim.

I walked into Tim's office after twenty minutes of hard questioning by his secretary. She was terrible at her job.

"Hello." The man spokes to me with a noticeable gusto in his voice.

"Hey Tim, you need to fire that secretary of yours." I ordered him. He chuckled back in response. "No seriously, she's terrible."

"Well, I assume you came here for a reason." He began.

"Wonder Inc, Mac Studios. Shoot." I commanded him once again.

"Yes Mac and me have combined our studios. It's a wonderful merger in my opinion." He spoke out to me.

"What's your mission plan?" I asked.

"Well, I had been thinking about closing down Wonder. It was too time consuming. However, I decided it'd be better to ask Mac if he'd like to help run things instead. So our mission plan is to make money. Lots of it." He chit-chatted off. I pretended to write all of this down in my notepad, instead though I drew a bunny(bunnies are awesome).

"Any films on the horizon?" I queried the man.

"Tons. The good thing about bringing Mac on board is he's the most prolific producer in the game." He told me. I nodded in response.

"Is Mac a good business partner though?" I questioned him again.

"Well, it might be to early to tell, but I'm optimistic. So far it's been great." He answered once again. It was time for a question to hurt his head, to psych him out.

"What's your favorite news source?" I asked him with a huge grin on my face.

"WordPunch!" He answered with a fierce growl, one could assume I was pummeling him from the loud response....as his security force did and promptly escorted me from the building. For the second time in a month I found myself face first on the sidewalk clinging to my Tape Recorder. The only indication of a job well done.