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[ When Joel's face appears on the screen, he's not screaming. He's not stalking the room in rage or setting the library on fire.

He is calm. Eerily so. He glares unblinking into the camera, brow furrowed, silent just long enough to become unsettling.

He has the look of a man who hasn't slept in the last twenty-four hours. ]

I know it's probably the mansion what took Ellie. That more'n likely, none of you had anything to do with it.

If I find out otherwise, I will kill whoever's responsible.

[ end feed. ]


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Tess.

Comments

[postictal]

[So it looks like NoChill McLibraryTorcher has not acquired any further chill in the interim. Good to know.]

i'm not sure you needed to announce this publicly when we all remember what happened last time you thought ellie was in trouble.

[shivving]

[ tim buddy he is one thousand percent not in the mood ]

well, now you're reminded.

[postictal]

thanks for that.
if her stuff's still in her room she'll probably be back soon.

[shivving]

how soon?

[postictal]

week maybe?
time's weird here i dont know

[shivving]

[ A week. It's been two days and he's going out of his mind. ]

helpful

[postictal]

look, i don't know how else to help.
if her stuff's still here it usually means she'll be back

[shivving]

it's still there.

[postictal]

so hang tight for a week.
if she doesn't show up by then


maybe then you can panic

[But in a less destructive fashion, please?]

[shivving]

sure am glad i got permission to panic then

[postictal]

last time you panicked you killed people

[LIKE HE NEEDS REMINDING. LIKE ANYONE NEEDS REMINDING.]

[shivving]

[ Yeah he remembers. ]

you got a point, son?

[ Look, he didn't kill you. ]

[postictal]

[He got mighty dang close though.]

just


try not to lose it

i don't know


good luck