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@ibrahimrazas
š± penelope ā ibrahim
Penelope: you don't have to pay me but i'll take good coffee instead?
Penelope: i will hold you to that!!!
Penelope: ... i kinda promised tommy we'd break in after christmas shopping...
Ibrahim: what if i give you bad coffee? is that fine?
Ibrahim: well ... maybe they turn the cameras off when they're closed?? i've no idea
Ibrahim: i've never broken into somewhere before, so i've got zero idea
adricnamercanā:
There truly was one thing that Adriana loved about research and it was the ability to lose herself in the process. She had adored the long research papers she completed in college. When she wrote her novels, she fell into the process and delighted in everything she found. Stats, fact sheets, and first hand accounts of all subjects excited her. Perhaps if her career as an author had not worked out she would have pursued a career in history and research. This passion was currently serving her well as she completely dove into the process of researching the Preacher Manās murders. Records covered the table at the Historical Society which included articles in various newspapers, released reports from the police, and interviews with people who knew the victims and those who discovered the scenes. A kindly assistant was currently trying to find the papers that belonged to the parish that held other information about the victims. Information from the various censuses, birth records and other papers that would trace their life until their death were on her way to her. How all of this fascinated her! Adriana was truly not paying attention to her surroundings and did honestly think the person who approached her was the kindly elderly assistant with her requested reports.Ā āYou can just set them right there, thank you so much.ā Her gaze did not lift from the article she was studying. Though she did speak with such a warm regard for the help.Ā
Ibrahim didnāt spend too many evenings at the Historical Society anymore, especially as he was always caught up in other things with his work. He would still sometimes come by to check in with people who still worked there that he used to see all of the time when he first moved into the area. Today though he was here to simply look more into the townās history. Like everyone else, heād been very concerned when the first death happened, and the second soon after made him even more concerned. Heād heard rumors from the locals that the preacher man only went after people committing sins, which could be anything depending upon what the preacher man considered to be the worst types of sins, and maybe he was a bit nervous for himself. He finally had a bit of spare time after not having any classes that day, and found himself at the historical society to look through any information he could find. As Ibrahim walked to take a seat in the usual place heād work at, he heard the other speaking out loud. He paused for a moment, and glanced around and then back towards her.Ā āUm, I think youāve got the wrong person,ā Ibrahim told her.Ā āI do not work here.āĀ
jdbennetā:
Ā Ā Ā Ā THE PERSON STANDING BEHIND HIM AS HE WAS CHECKING OUT HIS PURCHASES was someone heād already recognized moments prior, but wasnāt sure about who they were until now.Ā āHey, Prof,ā he greeted them as he emptied his basket onto the counter. Chips and sauces and vegetables and various other ingredients indicative of some homemade dinner plans. āFancy seeinā you here. Class over?ā
@ibrahimrazasā
āOh, hey,ā Ibrahim said, finally realizing who was standing in front of him. Heād been so tired from the day of work that he hadnāt even realized JD was there.Ā āYeah, class is definitely over, and now Iām doing the very exciting chore of grocery shopping. Clearly youāre doing the same.ā
maryeilā:
Mary : Iāll order some food?
It wasnāt so much a question as it was a statement. What she was looking for was company. She was always vying for some sort of companionship and it just so happened to be Ibrahimās turn. She ordered some food without asking what he wanted and waited eagerly on the couch, idly flicking through channels.Ā
Ibrahim: yeah for sure! Order whateverĀ
He quickly put away his phone and finished up what he was doing. He sent another quick text to let Mary know he was on his way, and then got into his car to drive over to her place. Luckily, there werenāt many cars out, and Ibrahim sped a little bit on his way there, not really too concerned about where any cop cars mightāve been as they usually always stuck to the same spots. He parked his car outside her place, and walked up to the door to knock on it. He glanced down at his phone, wondering if he should send her a quick text letting her know he was outside.Ā
š± penelope ā ibrahim
Penelope: can i pretend to be your stern assistant so i can do all of that for you?
Penelope: if he's found the fountain of youth and didn't share with me, then maybe he really is ruthless
Penelope: shopping and ice-skating, yeah. completely unrelated, do you think the ice-skating place has a security system?
Ibrahim: yes, please pretend to do that. I'll pay you like maybe $5
Ibrahim: you will be fine. there's honestly nothing to worry about
Ibrahim: and yes, i'm sure there's a security system there. but, seeing as how nothing bad will happen there, you'll be fine
š± penelope ā ibrahim
Penelope: you should! but like... in a bad guy sort of way, so they know not to ask for extra, extra credits, you know?
Penelope: oh wow, you're heartless
Penelope: yeah, it'll be fine. you're right. and tommy? the preacher man? unless there's a copycat for the recent killings, it's not him.
Penelope: but that's the only reason why he's ruled out, tbh š
Ibrahim: hmm see Iām way too much of a softie to even try to act bad. I may tell my class no more extra credit and then start crying from the stress of it all
Ibrahim: hmmm I donāt know ... still pretty suspicious. What if heās found the fountain of youth? We donāt know his life
Ibrahim: but in all seriousness, youāll be fine. Itās shopping and ice skating and thereās nothing to worry about
š± penelope ā ibrahim
Penelope: i wish you'd been my teacher. you're like, the coolest teacher on campus
Penelope: i know you were but i had to make you feel a little bit bad š
Penelope: nah, we're not friends
Penelope: i guess that makes sense? maybe i'm just overthinking everything, as per usual
Ibrahim: š thanks lol I should let me students know Iām the coolest
Ibrahim: damn :/ weāre not friends? Alright. Iāll make sure to leave you on read
Ibrahim: yes, youāre just overthinking a bit much. Itāll be fine and youāll be fine. Hopefully heās not the preacher man, and youāll be a-okay
š± penelope ā ibrahim
Penelope: maybe you need to be the "bad teacher" for once? if you've given them plenty of chances, they can't blame you for not wanting to give them one more.
Penelope: god, that makes me sound like i only text you when i need something and that makes me a bad person :(
Penelope: i honestly don't know? we're friends and friends hang out right?
Ibrahim: yeah I know. I hate telling them no, but oh well I guess
Ibrahim: :( haha no. You text me for a lot of other things too. I was kidding
Ibrahim: I donāt know. Do friends hang out? We hang out and Iām assuming weāre friends, so yes, friends hang out
š± penelope ā ibrahim
Penelope: ouch. how many of them are there? i gotta say, i don't miss that part of college.
Penelope: oh, peachy! just, yknow... i'm about to hang out with tommy for christmas shopping and ice-skating and i don't know how to feel about it.
Ibrahim: I donāt know ... I think I have at least 25 right now? I offer extra credit all the time throughout the semester too so itās like ... Iāve given you all PLENTY of chances
Ibrahim: oooo is that so? I figured there was something more to that āhey heyā
Ibrahim: what are you nervous about with it?
š± penelope ā ibrahim
Penelope: hey hey! how are you?
Ibrahim: heya! Iām fine. Just been busy because of work and itās the near the end of the semester and half of my students want last minute extra credit sooo just dealing with a lot of that stress
Ibrahim: and howāve you been?
Mary : I really need you to come over.
Mary : Right now.
Mary : It's important.
Mary : Please?
maryeilā:
Mary : I really need you to come over.
Mary : Right now.
Mary : Itās important.
Mary : Please?
Ibrahim: Yeah, of course. Ibrahim: Iāve got to finish up a couple things, which should take me only about 5-10 minutes and then Iāll be right over
Riz Ahmed at #TIFF2019
RIZ AHMED
All I Ever Wanted (GirlsĀ 6x01).
AND IF YOU FALL, HOLD MY HAND
Name š” Ibrahim Salim Raza
Nickname(s) š” N/A
Date of Birth š” February 03, 1983 [35]
Identity š” Nonbinary & He/Him/They/Them
Orientation š” Pansexual
Hometown š” Washington D.C.Ā
Has Been in St. Clair š” 2 Years [As of 2019]
Currently Living š” Del Luna
Occupation š” Ancient History Professor at Arcadia College
Faceclaim š” Riz Ahmed
OOH BABY, ITāS A LONG WAY DOWN
1. GOOD AFTERNOON, FIRST OFF I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS SIMPLY PROCEDURE. YOU ARENāT IN TROUBLE. WE JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK, IS THAT ALRIGHT? AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, HAS ANYONE OFFERED YOU SOMETHING TO DRINK YET? A WATER, COFFEE, OR PERHAPS A CUP OF TEA?
āNo, no, Iām fine,ā Ibrahim answered, scooting in his seat. He didnāt want to be a bother and ask for any tea, even if it was offered to him. He was certainly uncomfortable in the seat though and was hoping this entire thing would be over soon enough. He hated situations like this and any type of interviewing, and he could only hope that he didnāt like nervous right then.
2. OKAY THEN, COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? IS THAT YOUR BIRTH NAME? ANY ALIASES WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF?
He cleared his throat and nodded his head. āUrm, yes, Ibrahim Salim Raza is my birth name,ā he answered. He was used to people asking him to spell it, but they didnāt say anything else to him. āNo other names. Just Ibrahim.ā He really wanted this entire situation to be over so he could get back to his home and get to the pile of essays that were piling up on his desk.
3. NOW THEN, LETāS TALK ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD BRIEFLY. WHAT WAS GROWING UP LIKE FOR YOU?
Ibrahim wasnāt sure why this was relevant to anything, so he shrugged his shoulders. āI guess it was like any other normal childhood?ā he answered. āBorn and raised in Washington, D.C. and spent my time as I guess anyone else. I guess one different thing was I was always very into education and always doing my homework and studying. I didnāt do much else outsides of that.ā He wasnāt sure how else to answer the question. He didnāt have a super exciting childhood in the city and spent most of his time at home with his family or in a nearby local park with his few friends. There wasnāt exactly anything to tell.
4. AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR FAMILY? WERE YOU CLOSE WITH YOUR PARENTS, OR GUARDIANS? ANY SIBLINGS?
āI donātā¦ Okayā¦,ā he said, trying to figure out what to even say. He felt extremely uncomfortable and wasnāt sure why he was needing to answer any of these questions. āI may take you up on that offer for a cup of tea,ā he finally said. He waited the few minutes for the deputy to return with the cup, and he took a sip from it. It wasnāt the best tea ever, but at least it was something to sip on. āMy family is still close. My parents still live in D.C. and I have a twin sister living in Portland, Oregon. I donāt see them that often, but I still talk to them at least once a week. My mom and I talk daily though as I know how important that is for her.ā
5. WHAT WAS YOUR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE LIKE? DID YOU ENJOY IT? DID YOU HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS, OR WERE YOU MORE OF A LONER? SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, MAYBE?
Ibrahim chuckled at this question. High school? God, he hated high school. āWell, it was certainly an experience,ā he answered. āI was mostly focused on classes and homework and extracurricular. I had a few close friends, but that was about it. I was too busy focusing on my grades and what I needed to do for college. Thereās not much else to say about it though.ā He shrugged his shoulders. āIt was pretty uneventful.ā
6. SO, DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE? IF SO, WHAT FOR AND IF NOT, WHY? WHAT WAS YOUR POST-HIGH SCHOOL LIFE LIKE?
"Seeing as how Iāve got my doctorate, Iād say I definitely went to college,ā he said, trying to get comfortable and make little sarcastic comments once in a while. He took a sip from his tea as he tried to think of what to say next. āI graduated with my bachelorās in four years summa cum laude, then I got my PhD in ancient history, mostly studying and writing about Mesopotamia.ā He scooted in his seat a bit. āPost high school was way better than high school though. No longer getting bullied for loving academia? Fantastic.ā
7. DO YOU HAVE A REPUTATION AROUND TOWN? HOW WOULD YOU SAY OTHERS PERCEIVE YOU?
"Iāve barely been here long enough for a reputation,ā he answered. āI think maybe people recognize me as a professor? If they even know thatās what I do. I live outside of Rosemont to avoid students and I prefer the commute each day, so I guess the people in Del Luna just know me as the guy who lives there.ā He shrugged his shoulders. āI mostly keep to myself around here. Not much of a reputation or anything there.ā
8. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND YOUR PERSONALITY? WHAT ARE YOU LIKE, BOTH ON THE SURFACE AND DEEP DOWN? WHAT ABOUT IN PUBLIC VERSUS IN PRIVATE?
"Well thatās hardly relevant to anything,ā he said with a roll of his eyes. The last thing Ibrahim wanted was to try and explain himself. He didnāt recall coming by here for job interview type questions. āI donāt know. How would you describe me?ā He shook his head. āI guess ambitious, focused ā¦ um ā¦ independent. I donāt know. Itās difficult to explain yourself, you know? Iām not sure how people do that. Itās easier for me to explain the past and how it relates to the present than it is to talk about myself.ā
9. LEADING OFF OF THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER TO BE YOUR GREATEST STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES?
"Wow, is this a job interview?ā Ibrahim asked. āDidnāt realize that.ā He sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. āStrengths? My focus and intelligence, I guess. Iām an excellent writer and analyst which is the only reason I have this job at Arcadia. As for weaknesses, I guess ā¦ā His voice trailed off as he tried to think of something. He didnāt want to downright say he was socially inept in a lot of situations and that moments like this were extremely uncomfortable and stressful. āMaybe not wanting to .. do things? No, not that. Umā¦ not knowing how to answer questions like this without making myself sound like a fool.ā
10. A BIT HEAVIER, I KNOW, BUT I HAVE TO ASK IF ANYTHING HAS HAPPENED TO YOU PERSONALLY IN YOUR LIFE THAT DRASTICALLY CHANGED YOU AS A PERSON?
"I donāt believe so?ā Ibrahim answered, trying to think of something. āMy parents are both alive and I was never very close to my grandparents. Iāve never really experienced anything that has really changed me.ā He shrugged his shoulders. āSorry. Thereās not really an answer to that question.ā Ā
11. AND OF COURSE, I HAVE TO ASK, WERE YOU IN TOWN BETWEEN ā96 AND ā99 WHEN THE ORIGINAL DROWNINGS OCCURRED? DID YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY OF THE ORIGINAL SEVEN VICTIMS? WHAT WAS YOUR LIFE LIKE DURING THOSE TRAGIC YEARS? WHAT WAS THE AFTERMATH?
Ibrahim immediately shook his head in response. āNo, I wasnāt in the area,ā he answered. āI was in high school in D.C. I wasnāt remotely close to this part of Louisiana. I was like ā¦ twelve years old when the murders started happening.ā He wasnāt sure what else to say. He hadnāt ever heard of the murders before moving to the area, and heād only learned of them after looking through the local archives. Heād been horrified as he read the information, but that was the extent of his knowledge for what happened.
12. THAT SAID, DID YOU KNOW EITHER DARYLL BORDELON OR GEORGIANA MEARS PERSONALLY? IF SO, WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THEM? HOW MUCH HAVE THEIR DEATHS AFFECTED YOU?
Ibrahim shrugged his shoulders. āI honestly didnāt know either of them. Iād heard of Georgiana but canāt recall that I knew who Daryll was before ā¦ now.ā He wished he knew something about either one of them, but he knew absolutely nothing. He wasnāt exactly the type of person that would go around socializing with others and usually he kept to himself. He was realizing while sitting there speaking to the deputy that that probably made him seem suspicious. It was weird that he wasnāt very involved in the community, and maybe he should try to change that.
13. LASTLY, WHERE WERE YOU ON THE NIGHTS OF MARCH 9TH AND JULY 23RD AND IS THERE ANYONE THAT CAN CORROBORATE YOUR WHEREABOUTS?
āWell, I can tell you that July 23rd I wasnāt in the area at all,ā he answered. āI was at a conference in New Orleans. I was with a lot of other historians from across the country and a few of us were ā¦ well, we were bar hopping around the French Quarter.ā He honestly didnāt remember much of that night except it was one of the few times in the past couple years that heād done anything like that. Maybe it was the like-minded individuals that convinced Ibrahim to go out for drinks as it was much more comfortable than being around people who werenāt academic like him.Ā
āAs for March 9th, Iām not sure. That was a while back ago. What day was that?ā The deputy told him it was a Saturday and he nodded his head. āI was definitely at home. Probably grading papers as usual.ā He actually knew exactly where heād been that night. He was at home, but he wasnāt alone. He wasnāt about to say who he was with as it wasnāt very appropriate. At the time, heād been having an affair with a very wealthy, well-known married person from Rosemont and he was not about to talk about that here.
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER
For about half of 2019, he was having an affair with a wealthy, married socialite from Rosemont. Neither told anyone and he especially wanted to keep it quiet. They called it off back with Ibrahim decided it was getting too much and that he didnāt want to be part of something like that anymore, even if he sometimes thinks about it. Heās been trying to go on dates with other people, but sometimes heāll get a late night drunk text from them and try to convince himself to ignore it.
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