four; audio

[enrages]

[ It's a voice post because RYAN BROKE KARSON'S FUCKING IPHONE SCREEN YOU PUNK ]

Hey... Do you guys remember the girl who worked at the cupcake store? Candy. She was on the network with us. Have you seen her lately? I...

[ There's a long pause then a sigh. ]

I talked to her girlfriend; she's gone missing. Said the police were snooping around too. I... yeah. Just. Please tell me someone here has taken her in or is hiding her or---

Candy, please respond.

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[lackinginfaith]

...

...not now.

[enrages]

What.

[lackinginfaith]

Vanessa was right. They are hunting us down. That -- if they found her they could find any one of us. They probably have.

[enrages]

Who the fuck cares. If they found her, then we need to fucking save her!! None of this OH NO, I'M NEXT!! shit! We've got to show some goddamn solidarity or something!

[lackinginfaith]

Then what other information do you have? What besides "she's gone"?

[enrages]

That's... That's what I'm working on.

[lackinginfaith]

*There's a long pause. Kari's voice tenses.*

Then we'll find her.

[enrages]

Damn straight, we will. We have to. She can't... I mean, she's a good person. Something bad can't happen. It's not supposed to-- it's fucking unfair.

[lackinginfaith]

*Kari doesn't say anything for a while. This is too familiar. It's too --

A gasp and a shock. Catching her breath. One of those pulses, maybe?

...*

It's always unfair. Do we have any idea where she was last or who she was with?

[enrages]

[ He misses her little echo moment, because holy shit candy is still missing everything is awful and he hasnt slept in two weeks ]

Her girlfriend. Wife. Woman-thing-- they own a bakery together, and she was working there. She had to pop out for a bit, and just... never came back. So...

[lackinginfaith]

They probably tampered with the security cameras, too, didn't they?

[enrages]

This isn't London-- we don't have that CCTV shit everywhere. Their bakery can't afford security cameras and shit.

[lackinginfaith]

For the last time, I'm from New Jersey, not Whichever-Random-Country-You-Picked-By-Pointing-At-A-Map. More importantly, if there weren't any cameras, would any of the other businesses in the area have had people working at the time?

[enrages]

Probably-- but if I start asking around too much, I'm literally painting a giant "KILL ME PLEASE" target on my back.

[lackinginfaith]

That's true. It's not a one-person job.

[enrages]

Are you offering to help?

[lackinginfaith]

It looks like other people are already working on it too, but I wouldn't stand and do nothing.

[enrages]

Okay.



Okay, good to know. Uh. Thanks, I guess?

[lackinginfaith]

Be careful.