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[healspec]

[Alex was arrested on Thursday. Ravi was working that night, so he didn't notice anything amiss until he woke up Friday afternoon and realized that Alex never came home.]

[he tried calling only to find Alex's phone still in his room, tried PMing him over the network and went several hours without a response. by Friday evening he is starting to become concerned, but thinks that maybe Alex decided to stay over with someone and went straight to work without coming home. he gives it another few hours, periodically checking to see if that PM has been responded to.]

[he knows he worries too much, so he keeps telling himself it's nothing, he's overreacting, everything's fine. that's why he waits until the early-morning hours of Saturday to call the hospital and ask if Alex is around. the receptionist says he never showed up and never answered his phone when they tried to call.]

[that's when Ravi stops trying to hold back his anxiety. something is wrong. so, a few minutes after hanging up on that phone call, he goes to the only other people he can think to ask.]

Has anybody seen Alex? This is his roommate, he hasn't been home since Thursday, I think.

He doesn't have his phone, he is not responding on the network, and work says he never showed up tonight.

[all responses text unless otherwise noted bc i'm lazy]

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[doomedtheworld]

[And Vanessa stops what she's doing and stares at her phone.]

[No. Nononononono.]

Are you sure?

[healspec]

Maybe he came home when I was at work Thursday night, but everything else I am sure of.

[Text | Handwritten]

[scramasax]

[That catches him dead.

He doesn't preface or excuse, can't really commit and cohere a way to, goes and writes - ]

Where did he go?

[That's entirely the wrong question to be asking, since that probably is in and of itself the one being asked! Where did he go on Thursday, he means, or where should he be, both of which ought to also have blatantly obvious assumable answers...]

[healspec]

If I knew do you think I would be asking this here?

[scramasax]

[Until further notice he'll have no better reaction to that then "Shutting up now".]

[espigeonage]

Shit. He wasn't acting unusual before that? No I haven't seen him.

Can we get like a werewolf on this?

[healspec]

No, nothing seemed strange. He only didn't come home.

Can they track people?

[espigeonage]

It's not like the bat thing again is it? Is his truck gone too?

I'd think so. I mean dogs can. If we could have someone pick up his scent they might be able to tell where he's gone.

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Shit]]

I haven't.

Search party time?

[healspec]

[oh god no search party means this is really super ultra serious. he does not want it to be really super ultra serious.]

[but he DOES want to find Alex...]

Shit.

I think so, yes. If no one else has seen him.

[shiromadoushi]

Where does he normally hang out? I can check that first.

And the police station. Just in case.

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[seabeast]

[ ............. ooooh no. despite his irritating idealism, alexander is one of her people. she has an investment in this. ]

he hasnt been to lyalls in that time tho ive never seen him around anyway
he visits him at school sometimes
praps theyve met since then

[healspec]

[he does not know Stella, but he's going to assume by context that she lives with Lyall]

Ask Lyall, if you can?

[seabeast]

[ correct in one! ]

i can but ye be better off waitin til he sees this
ill flag him down when i can but he can give you the answer faster
sit tight

[Video]

[destinedforrock]

[Cinderella's an equine who emotes as if human, for the most part; her degree of disturbance should be obvious.

One ear turns, pointedly. One corner of her mouth pulls back for a concerned grimace - been a while since she's heard a thing from Mister Alexander even by proxy, it's a little of a retroactive relief on one hand that he has been here and among the living, but that sets this off worse.

Little of a not-quite-high-keening to her voice.] Mister Alexander...?

I. Will... keep my eyes and ears out for him. Obviously. That's.

...Really all I can do! [Blatantly fake-lighthearted. It really is all she can, at least that she's aware of, offhand.]

[healspec]

[.....OH MY GOD SHE BECAME A UNICORN ?!?!?!]

[ravi is glad he chose to respond by text bc he spends a minute just. staring. at that.]

[....right, alex. back on track, here.]

Thank you. Let me know if you hear anything.

[Text]

[italktofish]

NO I HAVE NOT SEEN HIM

I WILL GET THE SILVERFISH TO START LOOKING RIGHT AWAY

[healspec]

[as exasperated as he usually gets with Arthur...]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[italktofish]

IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO

AND AS SOON AS THE SILVERFISH FIND ANYTHING I'LL LET YOU KNOW

DO YOU KNOW THE LAST PLACE ALEX WAS SEEN I MIGHT DROP OFF A BUCKETFUL THERE SO THE LITTLE GUYS DON'T HAVE TO START WALKING FROM MY BACKYARD

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[goldenclothes]

He's not-?

[ it cuts out briefly and there's a pause ]

I've not seen him. I supposed he- no, no that's stupid, he wouldn't do that... [ she assumed perhaps he had been too uncomfortable to return, but he'd have said something, surely. but three days, if ravindra were willing, wouldn't be unusual, but... ]

I've texted him but received no answers myself. He must be- he isn't the type not to reply.

[healspec]

Wouldn't do what? [you can't just start a sentence like that and then not finish it, not in a situation like this!]

His phone is here. He does not have it with him.

[goldenclothes]

Only that he'd tell me if he was going to be away. [ ah, telling ravi about the newest change... she'll hold off on it, not knowing if alexander's told him or not. ] With the full moon coming...

No phone... where could he have been?...

I'll take a look around, take my scooter. I know what he smells like.

[Audio]

[professorwolf]

Stella pointed me at this... I haven't seen him, either, but Julien is right. If we can find a place he was last, I may be able to track him. Provided he didn't get into a car or some kind of public transportation, at any rate.

[Oh, hey, did you know this guy was a werewolf, Ravi? You sure do now.]

[healspec]

[oh stella must be the SUPER RUDE PERSON he talked to earlier]

I don't know how this works. Do you need something of his to get the scent from?

His truck is here still, so maybe you could start at the apartment.

[professorwolf]

Ah, that's something, then. He can't have gone off in his own truck. I'll drop by after school and have a sniff, then. Will you be there in about an hour and a half?