[Voice (phone), possibly -> Action]

[seriallylucky]

[Fred, as seems to be normal for him on the network lately, is upset. Distressed, even. All right, let's be honest: he's panicking. He's also pretty out of breath, like he's running while he's talking.]

Help! Somebody... I think... I think they turned my mom... into a monster.

[He just pants for a few seconds, then gulps and goes on.]

I dunno... what to do. She's chasing me, and... and I just... don't know. Help...

[OOC: So my original plans for the execution of this Mystery Event have been foiled by RL imposing on the other player, so here's the improvisational version. Feel free to try to get information or give advice, but PM/ping/PP me if you want your character to actually join in. Any action stuff I want to do in a single thread, probably with one or maybe two other characters. I have no clear idea, at this point, how this is all going to go down, but acto the mods' message Fred's mom'll end up dead within about a day no matter what happens.]

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[ex_elude798]

Monster...What the hell.

[It takes him several moments longer before he says anything further. He doesn't buy 90% of what's on that network, but can anybody fake that kind of panic?]

Can you get away from her?

[Voice]

[seriallylucky]

Trying!

[Fred can't keep the note of impatience out of his voice, even through the panic. He'd think it would be obvious that he'd try to escape.]

Doesn't seem like she's getting tired, though.

[Voice]

[ex_elude798]

[Whatever is going on, it sounds bad. Suzaku still has his doubts, but...]

What area are you in?

[Voice]

[seriallylucky]

On Maadim, right now. It's not far from Seventh. I think if I head for the Dead District whatever happens won't be as obvious.

[Maybe they'll have to fight, maybe she can be trapped or calmed down or who-knows-what... but no matter what, it'll probably attract less notice there than in a residential zone or the more public areas.]

[Voice]

[ex_elude798]

Whatever happens, huh...

[Silence for a beat, then]

Have anything you can defend yourself with?

[Voice]

[seriallylucky]

Not much. I can summon rocks, but not a lot before I have to rest.

[As it happens, he could also use a sword, but he doesn't know that and doesn't have a sword at the moment. So it's just the rocks.]

[Voice]

[ex_elude798]

[He opts to say nothing about "summoning rocks," because he just can't take it seriously.

Suppose it doesn't hurt to see if this guy really does need help]

Understood. Will take me about ten minutes from my current location.

[Voice]

[seriallylucky]

[Hey, the rocks are totally worth taking seriously. Especially if they're all that stands between you and a potentially gruesome fate, like they did back in the mine.]

All right.

[What this guy's going to do, Fred has no idea, but he's not about to turn down help under the circumstances.]

[Voice]

[ex_elude798]

[Oh no doubt. But he's incredibly skeptical of everything he hears on this forum]

Ten minutes.

[He repeats himself, as though saying it will ensure it happens, and then disconnects]