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[skybluejeep]

Welp. I'm getting kinda sick of this part of life here. Any old time we can stop with the random vanishings, that'd be stellar.

Isaac Lahey's suite is empty. He's gone. No idea when that happened. Allison Argent also vanished earlier this month. So that's a thing that's happened.

So, now that my abandonment issues have really been given plenty of fuel to last me through at least my mid-life crisis, a question. Last month due to the generosity of Tony Stark, I got my jeep back. Through careful conservation, I've managed to keep her running.

Except now a certain little dial is hovering just above the E on the left, and I'm kinda screwed. Anybody know where a guy can get his hands on some highly-refined petroleum? I'm not picky, the jeep can run on 87 octane, don't need any of that high-falutin' 93 stuff. Because, you know, the back of a giant turtle is probably full of crude oil deposits.

Oh, wait.

Comments

[saviormaiden]

Do you think there's any connection between them vanishing so close together?

[skybluejeep]

Probably. Who the hell knows anymore, it makes no sense.

[saviormaiden]

Doesn't seem to. They probably aren't leaving of their own choice if they don't even say goodbye. [ Her attempt at helping your abandonment issues, take it or leave it. ]

[skybluejeep]

No, they're not. Where would they go? We're on a turtle in the middle of the ocean.

[saviormaiden]

We were just taken from home and brought here. It's reasonable to assume it can be done the other way around.

[skybluejeep]

True. Sorry, you made it sound like they would choose to leave or something. Like, oh! I'll just hop a 747 to Homesville from the back of the turtle and leave everybody behind.

[saviormaiden]

If only it were that easy. I don't like that they can apparently take us and get rid of us whenever they want. Someone here clearly doesn't care too much about us, that's for sure. [ She knew she didn't like this place for a reason!! ]

[skybluejeep]

Generals typically don't care about cannon-fodder, no. We're here to fight a war, remember?

[saviormaiden]

I remember. They like to put up a nice front though.

[skybluejeep]

Yeah, no they don't. You never talked to Eshai face to face. She was like...damn, carved out of pure ice.

[saviormaiden]

Was she the one that was killed?

[skybluejeep]

Yeah. And she wasn't shy about telling people that she would be obeyed. She was one hell of a lady, honestly.

[saviormaiden]

She sounds impressive, but she's still dead. Someone didn't like being told what to do.

[skybluejeep]

Yeeeah, I think there's more to it than that? I don't know.

[He kinda knows. He's been following things on the network, but keeping his mouth shut about it.]

[saviormaiden]

There usually is. [ She figures this is enough to talk about via the network. ]

[skybluejeep]

[Yup. Definitely dropping it in public.]

So. Solemn promise, Cora. No vanishing on me, okay?

[saviormaiden]

[ She smirks. ] Don't worry, if I'm vanishing you'd hear about it.

[skybluejeep]

Heh. That shouldn't be frightening, and yet somehow it is.

[saviormaiden]

Then I got my point across.

[skybluejeep]

You are such a Hale.

[saviormaiden]

...obviously.