audio | skinny nerd apb

[omniavincit]

[ Good morning, everyone! It is around 5:30 when the sleep-clotted tones of William's voice come through the CommLink. ] Is anyone friends with Theo?

[ A normal question, asked at a normal time. ]


[ WARDENS ]


Theo Crawford's missing. [ A pause. ] 19, red hair. Looks like he's wasting away.

[ Likes magic, reading, and chess. Liable to kill someone for a cigarette. ] His sheets are gone, so we may be looking for a body. [ It's dispassionate, his voice sealed off against any emotion. ] I'm checking with the Admiral about that.




ooc: JUST A NOTE that I am a-okay with other people finding Theo/inmates finding him and lying to William about it/what have you, this is just a post to get the word out! He has a log over here.

Comments

text | jvolkhov (cw animal harm mention)

[saklas]

I'd ask if someone is going to get fired if he's crushed in the loading bay door like a rat in an engine piston but

I'll bet you my next ten tickets that the Navarch doesn't phone in, and twenty that she wouldn't even if the body was you.

text | william.temple

[omniavincit]

[ Because this is text, he takes a moment. Doesn't say, "shut up about the fucking tickets." ]

You gonna help look or what?

text 1/2

[saklas]

[Right, of course. His punishment for getting a jab in is now he has to pretend he gives a shit whether the kid turns up alive or not.

He super doesn't want to help, but the optics of that are bad - opens him up for everyone shooting down his arguments by just clubbing them with a tu quoque. You know, like William just did now. Like putting a bowling ball on the chessboard and saying you have the biggest queen.If he wants to be found, he will be, and if he doesn't want to be found -

Ah. There it is.]

You sly fucker. You almost had me.

2/2

[saklas]

If he's escaped, or trying to escape, I am not going to help the guards track him down.

I'll help you look for him to make sure he's not hurt somewhere, but if I find him and he's on his way out, I'm going to pretend I found an empty room. Sounds good?

[this is fun, actually. Nobody's gotten that close to actually laying a good trap for him in a long time.]

volk if you want to play chess you should FIND THEO

[omniavincit]

I was kinda hoping you all knew and weren't telling. [ "Hope" is a strong word: it was more of a brief, childish fantasy. He has no doubt they're looking for a body. ]

Which arm of the ship do you want?

[saklas]

Honey, no, we're not smart enough for that.

You didn't say 'sounds good,' so it's a good thing I don't actually need you to agree. 💖

I can get into most of the third wing, I'll start there.

[omniavincit]

I hereby accept your terms.

I left a message for the Navarch, but her announcements have all been at 7. [ So: one and a half hours of searching and waiting. At least. ]

[saklas]

Oh, I can't wait to hear what she has to say. I really can't.

[Off he goes to search, though.

Wait, he should probably put on shoes for the first time in 4 days. Yes. Then search.]