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.

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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.

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[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.

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[expectaspectre]

[ The video mainly focuses on a close-up of Grace from the nose up, just her huge dark eyes all bleary and sunken from lack of sleep in the dim light of just the screen of her comm. Apparently she was already awake when the call went out.]

William? Do you need help?

wardens | audio

[nineteenfortyfive]

Bloody hell. He wasn't given a temp, was he?

[Not that it matters.]

I'm just outside the greenhouse. I'll look there and then make my way down the [wing??? arm???] uh, arm of the ship.

audio; hayakawa | wardens

[spanning]

I'll check the gym and move on from there.

[Inmates technically shouldn't be there without a warden, but is that really a deterrent?]

[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. ]

j.barnes (audio) | wardens

[counterstep]

If his sheets are gone, that doesn't really sound like we need to look for a body. He'll more than likely be taking up residence elsewhere.

( said as a professional sneaks away at night-er. )

I'll check storage. Pretty much anything could be hiding in there anyway.

[kaijuice]

Yes. [ theo, somewhere: no ] Where are you starting?

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[omniavincit]

[ A long moment of quiet, of dead air, before he finds her inbox. ] I think he's dead. [ He blurts out, though it's hushed. Another heavy pause.

Come look with me, he wants to ask, like she's Misty. She's so young. Theo's so young. Volk, Aki. ] Yeah. [ He shuffles through the few facts he knows about Theo, comes up with: angry. ] I'm gonna check outside Warden Command.

[expectaspectre]

[ She blinks, trying to clear the sleep (or lack thereof) from her brain. ]

You want a hand getting somewhere you shouldn't be? Recon's my thing, remember?

[ Because. You know. The whole walking-thru-walls thing. ]

wardens | audio

[omniavincit]

No. [ He says, irritation raw in his voice. Reining it in: ] I'm gonna ask the Navarch if she can do an emergency pairing just so we can track him down.

Thank you. [ A beat late, but sincere. ]

[omniavincit]

We're fanning out, waiting to hear from the Navarch.

Did he talk about this? [ Other than saying he'd rather be dead to any warden who'd listen. ]

[omniavincit]

[ He can't imagine Theo anywhere near a gym, but maybe that's the play!! ] Thanks. I think that covers everything but the center.

I'm checking Warden Command now, then I'll hit the rest.

[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.]

[spanning]

It'll take multiple wardens just to go through storage.

[Assuming they want to search it with any efficiency. It's so fucking huge wtf.]

[kaijuice]

No. He's primarily discussed the library - its limitations.

[omniavincit]

[ Oh. Right. Voice brightening ever so slightly: ] Have you been in the warehouse?

[omniavincit]

[ No point in arguing, especially not with optimism. ] You know your way around? [ He's seen James down there; sounds less doubtful than he might. ]

[expectaspectre]

Think so. Want me to meet you there?

[ The camera's view moves dizzily for a moment, and the light in the room snaps on. Clearly, she's getting up. The light does absolutely nothing favorable for the dark circles under her eyes, especially this close up. ]

[counterstep]

Yeah. Probably better than most. Thanks for letting us know.

He talk to you recently? Say anything that stood out?

[omniavincit]

So you, what, stood around and complained? [ Somewhere in the distant vicinity of amused. Bitching about books: a very plausible foundation for a friendship. ] What's it missing?