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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.

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[beatupgrass]

[a lot, joel.

a lot of cannibals.]

That Evelyn broad?

[shivving]

[ you mean the same evelyn he was just a reprehensible dick to?

Joel makes a small noise of frustration. ]

Shit.

[beatupgrass]

[oh wait. he totally does know this guy from something other than his dreams.]

Oh hey! You're the guy who burned down the library!

[...]

...Oh man, that's rough.

[shivving]

[ A long-suffering sigh. You can't escape your past. ]

Yeah, that was me.

[beatupgrass]

Yeah, I don't think she's gonna talk to you.

[shivving]

[ Yeah, no kidding. ]

Anyone else who might know?

[ Whoever it is, surely Joel's on good terms with them, and hadn't actively tried to kill either them or someone they care about. ]

[beatupgrass]

It's kinda hard to find people who've been around a that long.

[shivving]

[ Evie it is, then. That or nothing. Joel frowns, contemplating how much his life sucks. ]

Alright.