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[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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[audio]

[acequeen]

[Oh, shit]

This can't be good at all. I've only spoken to Candy once, but...

[audio]

[enrages]

Oh god, no more trailing off ominously. No more of that.

[audio]

[acequeen]

I was just going to say that she'll be fine, okay? She probably left Locke City and moved elsewhere.

[Or so she hopes.]

Even if she hasn't, there should be more info around here.

[audio]

[enrages]

She left her bakery and girlfriend of a million years without a word if she's out of the city. Which is just unlikely. I... I know there's been a missing personss report filed, but I don't know if the police have found anything yet. And--and. I. Yeah.

[audio]

[acequeen]

I see.

[That sure dampens the situation further if Candy is truly missing. Her tone is laced with concern; she may not know her, but considering what the police are truly like here--]

Just hang in there, okay? With enough people, we'll be able to know where Candy really is.

[Regina's attempts at being reassuring! Yeah...]

[audio]

[enrages]

Hopefully. [ He doesn't sound all that hopeful. ]

I mean, nothing too terrible could happen. How could it? She didn't really do anything, and, it's. It can't, right? She's gotta be okay. She has to be.

[audio]

[acequeen]

["Even terrible things happen to kind people, so you might as well deal with it" ... is what she'd normally say, and those blunt words are right at the tip of her tongue.

But that's for a completely different situation, plus this kid is clearly distraught, which is audible from the feed. The last thing Regina wants to do is to put him in even more distress.]

All we can do right now is gather as much info on her current whereabouts as much as possible. She could be in a safe place for all we know, and we have a few decent people willing to help out.

[audio]

[enrages]

Y-Yeah. You're right. She's gotta be safe. She just... She has to be. People have safe houses and shit, right? Maybe she's just hiding out somewhere, waiting until the coast is clear.

[audio]

[acequeen]

Yeah, exactly! Either that, or she's visiting other places outside of Locke City. I don't know her much, but I'm guessing she wouldn't want you to worry.

[audio]

[enrages]

... She's just... visiting someone, and didn't tell her girlfriend about it. Or her family. Or anyone, really. [ optimistic delusions... crumbling.... ]

[audio]

[acequeen]

[SIGHS]

Look, I'll keep an eye out if I see her, then let you know. Sounds good?

[audio]

[enrages]

Yeah.


Uh.




Thanks, I guess.