video; on the dissapearance of an NPC...again

[lazyinlove]

[Unless you've met this kid in person, you've probably never seen him. He's not a video post kind of guy. But this is important, and it's hard to summarize in a text post. So here he is, the face to a name that's been around for 6 months now.

He's pale, maybe a little shaken. And for some reason, he's wearing a new coat.]

Uh...

Listen. I-

[He takes a breath, realizing that he's stuttering a bit, and tries again. No, really. It's important.]

If anyone here met Richard Lawson...he's gone. And I'm sure. I-

I saw it. He- I don't know. He disappeared. He just raved about us and then disappeared. Um. He used to be on the UE council, so he knew some stuff about them. And he told me that they're still out there and that-

[Stanley swallows, and glances away from the camera for a moment. It sucks, to watch someone disappear. Fade away. But he can't think about that yet. Right now, he has to pass the message along. So he looks back, right at the camera lens this time.]

He said we have to make sure they don't find us.

(OoC: Derp, forgot to give you guys the relevant link.)

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video

[outshine]

Richard-- the hell are you talking about? Disappeared my ass, where did he go?

[lazyinlove]

[That sure is Richard's jacket the kid is wearing. Scrawny, scared looking teenager at that.]

I don't know. Out of....existence. I guess.

voice

[endured]

[ it was a name he didn't know, but Hope was more concerned about the words passed along from the disappeared man. ]

... Did he say what they would do if they found us? I haven't been here long, but from what I've heard they've already created a whole lot of problems for everyone a lot before.

[lazyinlove]

No. He was...uh. He wasn't really coherent near the end. But he said we're out of time. And...he was lucid when he said to hide. He looked at me and said my name and everything.

[Action, not here]

[the_array_team]

[It's several long minutes after the kid had stopped talking, as Bird put the picture together, that Vennett still hadn't managed to type a single word. Blankly staring at the screen, the other conversations becoming some muzzy half information, there was an absence of any reaction at all. Like it was all happening a hundred miles away, to someone else, in some other world.

And almost at once, the emotion that welled up into that void was anger. He wanted to demand why this stranger hadn't done something, anything then. As if some magical fix would have presented itself if someone had just tried. If they had only known. If they'd been told... Somehow what-ifs and anger were so much easier to focus on that that wretched balance of fear and grief.

In the end, he turned off the tablet and pushed back his chair with more force than ever strictly necessary, grabbed a coat and walked out to get some air instead.]

[lazyinlove]

[Stanley wouldn't have held it against him anyway. He knew exactly how it felt to lose someone important just that way. If there's a way to handle that gracefully, he doesn't know of it.]

[Action, still not here]

[mathematician]

Vennett-

[Because yes, Lowell heard the whole thing too. He's confused and lost too but... You can't just get up and walk away like that, not right after Richard disappeared for going too far out.]

Don't- where are you going?

[Text]

[the_array_team]

[It's some hours after the network announcement that the kid gets a simple text message.]

Thanks.

whoops hello again

[lazyinlove]

sorry

Voice;

[hellosailor]

[From Victor's side there's some odd sounds, like shifting furniture our reorganizing a space, his voice is slightly distracted, but there's still a sharp edge to it]

What do you mean by disappeared exactly? He run off or something?

[lazyinlove]

No.

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[devotedtothecore]

[ It takes him a moment to connect this face with the person he'd spoken to only in text, but matching accounts help. ]

Calm down. [ Not an admonishment, but trying to steady him. ] What do you mean by "disappeared"?

[lazyinlove]

He...faded. Away.

Voice;

[totallytrustworthy]

[Forced as the evenness in her tone is, there's no missing the fact that it is forced: Richard was her mate-- he'd been good to her throughout the entirety of what they'd endured and the aftermath of it-- his loss is personal and biting, and it digs in deep and sharp down in the center of her chest despite her best efforts. ]

Why was he out that far.

[lazyinlove]

He didn't say. But I don't think he knew it was too far. Not until...

[Don't make him finish that sentence, huh?]

video;

[therapeutics]

Are you serious? [ she's unnerved. but she's safe in her room and they can't hurt her here, right? she's got time before they find her - if they find anyone - and she's not going to panic. ] What kind of cryptic last words are those supposed to be?! Please. I didn't know we were dealing with actual cliches here.

[lazyinlove]

Maybe he wasn't worried about tripping your sense of irony at that moment.

text;

[alittlesweptup]

[Richard Lawson. It'd been a familiar name, tickling something at the back of his brain when they'd been on lock down in the transporter room, but it hadn't been something Charlie'd been able to put his thumb on during the week and it had gone out of his head during the events that had followed their arrest.

He should've known better. And now here they are, Lawson gone and all his information with him.]

Lay out exactly what he said to you or as much of it as you can remember

[lazyinlove]

[Brb, still 16 over here.]

Don't give me commands.

[mathematician]

[What timing. As if he wasn't already feeling like his existence was fragile enough.]

He didn't leave a body, did he

[lazyinlove]

[That gets a reaction, though luckily it doesn't show over text. It's brutal, what happens to you guys. It's ugly, and awful, and he doesn't want to imagine what it's like to be balancing on a big metaphorical chasm like that. It would be so much easier not to know.]

Sorry.

Video

[hotdate]

[Heath doesn't concern himself too much with the message Stanley has yet, it's the other teen's state that's got him concerned. As always, in Heath's eyes, showing concern towards friends matters most]

That's rough, dude. Are you okay? You don't look okay.

[lazyinlove]

It's...not cool to watch. I mean, I'm alright. Just. I- he's not. You know? So that's...dicks.

Not here (for now)

[maddeninghatter]

[ He is eavesdropping the hell out of this post. He also sends this message. ]

[lazyinlove]

[Yeah, he saw that conversation about the transporter, dude.]

voice;

[retraced]

[This kid just has all the rotten luck, doesn't he? He listens to a few of the previous answers before he finally turns the voice feed on.]

Wait - how did he know for sure? Had he spoken to them here?

[lazyinlove]

There wasn't a lot of time.

[To ask about stuff like that.]

voice

[deathsentencer]

... disappear? In what way?

[lazyinlove]

Um. Literally.

not here

[individualist]

[Except kind of is, because stalkity stalk stalk stalk.]

[lazyinlove]

[Eek no stay away!!]

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[selfequipped]

Hey, do you know if he did anything before he vanished?

[Usually, something triggers it, but she's not sure what from that description.]

[lazyinlove]

He didn't say.

audio | private

[gevurah]

[ Urgent, but soft enough to hopefully not incite panic. ]

Stanley.

[lazyinlove]

Yeah?

voice

[werewolfing]

Jesus, Stanley.

[because as far as peter's concerned, the dude didn't say anything new. no shit they shouldn't let the UE find them, and no shit nobody seems to be doing anything about that. no shit a whole lot of things.

but why is it stanley who has to see it again?]

[lazyinlove]

[He wouldn't disagree with that assessment, he thought it was common sense too. But considering people are arguing about it even now, maybe not as much as you'd expect.

And the second part? He wished it had been someone else, too. Fuck his luck.]

Yeah.

reaction

[anklets]

[ inhale

exhale

dammit ]

[lazyinlove]

[Sorry.]

voice;

[acemedium]

Disappeared? Like.. Poof?

[lazyinlove]

[It was a lot messier and more disturbing than that, actually. But that's not a nice conversation to have with a stranger.]

Kind of.