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[sunborne]

How to do
Where to go
What to do without you

What to think
How to dream
If I don't sleep with you

What to do
Where to go
How to do without you

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☎️ LEAVE A MESSAGE. ☎️

"Hi there! You've reached Daylight vis Lornlit. I'm not around so please leave a message, thanks!"

ACCEPTED. ('WALKIE-TALKIE.')
TEXT. ● CALL. ● VOICEMAILS. ●

ACCEPTED. (101 LOOMIS DRIVE.)
PACKAGES. ● VISITS. ● HOUSECALLS.

Comments

[hoshikiri]

[Text is still something new for Takame but by now he knew Daylight was one to show his emotions clearly no matter what format they're presented in. He's panicked. And that along with the fact that Takame recognized two names among those he said were missing was enough to put him on edge.]

Please remain calm. [Not much reassurance, but the best thing he can do. That both of them could do, but calm was Takame's default state for better or worse.] The man who formed the neighborhood watch, Bruce. I've not seen him either. There are others as well, though I know not their names.

[sunborne]

[ bruce? the appearance of the name and realising he can’t put a face or a conversation with it gives him pause. thankfully it forces himself to be calm because his mind can only panic so much before it becomes next-to-useless in terms of processing new info.



he’s never heard of that name but will try to keep it in mind. out of all the things he can force himself to focus on, it’s this bit: ] Neighbourhood watch? Haven’t heard of that before.

[ not on the network, at least. maybe it was a face-to-face thing which is, honestly, a smart thing then. ]

Who else is part of the neighbourhood watch, if I can ask? [ quickly realising they’re talking about this on the network, he hurriedly sends out another message, ] You don’t have to answer that, buddy. Can you instead tell me if any of the other missing people are involved with this watch?

[hoshikiri]

[To Takame's knowledge, it wasn't made in secret and thus there was little need to keep its existence hidden. He didn't know the man well either, only recognized his face and spoken with him once or twice if you count the stupid bat costume plus handwaves.

He understood Daylights intent to keep the information vague. Smart move, the walls had ears after all.]

Okuyasu's is the only name I recognize from it.

[sunborne]

[ he sighs at the answer, the anticipation and hope he felt flagging down. so there goes his theory that people involved in the neighbourhood watch, getting kidnapped as retaliation for forming this group without permission or something. ]

So we don't have any clues for what's happening, huh? [ he rubs his forehead, trying to keep the headache he feels building up behind his eyes. ] We only have the names of who are missing, with the fact they're all like us: Stuck in this town against our will.

[hoshikiri]

So it would seem. [He doesn't like it anymore than Daylight does. Having to wait and see until he's able to learn more, it was no better than what he was forced to wait for at home. Just waiting for the pattern, waiting for Elidibus to show his hand... and Takame was never the idea person.]

What do you propose we do?

[sunborne]

[ daylight doesn’t reply right away.

but when he does, it quickly becomes clear why he was taking so long: ]

1) Begin to shore up items for the people who need them. We need to get supplies to tend to any injuries or wounds like bandages to painkillers to medical thread. We need to prepare IVs in case they’re dehydrated or starved. We’ve got to basically already prepare for their return, assuming the worst but hoping for the best.

I'm already buying medical supplies, blankets, and trying to get others to help with this.

2) We need a house converted to a post-mission care site when they come back. Where they can recuperate from wherever they are right now and we can share information. Preferably several houses so the heat isn’t on one group or pair and we can scatter if needed. If we can’t do that, then we need to, at the very most, keep the company to those who are missing and watch over them. So nothing happens to them again.

My and Agatha’s house is open to this. We got some bedrooms available for those who need to recuperate in safety.

3) Against all odds we need to somehow get a group meeting going. Preferably one that’s face-to-face and in private. We can’t trust the network system since we don’t know where it’s from and who else has access to this. We need to pool what we have now and figure out what we can do with it. Get theories, ideas, and so on out there. Build connections. Work with what we’ve got.

[hoshikiri]

[Had his focus not been on the directions given, Takame would be impressed with Daylight's expertise here. But as it stood, he was copying everything needed down and committing it to his memory. He was no medic, he didn't have the talent to save lives. Only take them. But he could be a pack mule. And he could be an extra set of eyes.]

Understood. Though the decision of the care site is not mine to make, leave procuring supplies to me.

[sunborne]

Those are definitely things we need. At this point, while everything is still in the dark and we're working with unknowns here, anything at all is better than nothing.

I’ll pay you back for the materials if I can. It might take a while but I will if you want me to. [ because this is a lot he’s asking from his friend, daylight knows, and he wants to do right by him.

when all you’ve got is each other, you have to treat the others right. ]

[hoshikiri]

Dont worry about it [His own money, comparatively limited as it was, was a small price to pay to help his friend and others.]

[sunborne]

Thanks, Takame.

I'm really glad you and Erwin and the others are safe. The fact a large group disappeared like this is driving me nuts. [ he isn't- he isn't surprised, at least in terms of police response. given how happy and clueless they were in december, their lack of response isn't a surprise but it's got him on edge all the same. ] If this can happen then all bets are off.