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[soldieringblue]

Has Ruka mentioned to anyone on this network of an impromptu departure from the City?

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voice;

[nutritionalexpert]

Which one's Ruka?

voice

[soldieringblue]

[a soft sound is cut into as he swaps to audio.]

Ruka's hair is a shade of green, and she has a patch over her left eye. She is fairly present on this network.

voice;

[nutritionalexpert]

Oh shit, the chick with the patch? She's from around here? [that... probably should have been obvious from the green hair but okay ev whatever] Why, she get into trouble or something?

[soldieringblue]

I'm not certain yet. If no one here has heard from her recently, there is still much to consider.

[nutritionalexpert]

Only saw her the once, and she didn't really stick around to chat. How long has she been AWOL?

[hackeralastair]

Hey Blue. Nope, not here, but then, she and I don't do more than chat about abstract things once in a while.

[soldieringblue]

Hello, Alastair.

I'm concerned she has gone missing or otherwise; Rain has told me she had only intended to take one of the animals for a walk only a couple days ago. She has not returned since, and I have yet to detect her in my searching.

[hackeralastair]

Ah, shit. Wait, didn't somebody say the guy from the Institute was missing, too?

...shiiiit this better not be another round of you-know-what. [sigh]

[soldieringblue]

I cannot be certain yet. I'm not familiar with any other disappearances of late; who did you refer to?

[hackeralastair]

Uhh, hang on. [like he pays attention to people's names anymore. Searching back a couple days now]

Oh. Hank McCoy. That's the guy.

voice

[tinybutdeadly]

Ruka? Gone?

Crap, do you think she got 'ported out?

[soldieringblue]

That is what I intend to find out, but I have yet to find her communicator. Its presence typically confirms a return, doesn't it?

[tinybutdeadly]

Yeah, if you found her comm it would at least tell you what happened.


[Sigh.]

I hate to say it, but did you get in touch with the police? You can file a report and have more people looking for her.

[soldieringblue]

It's a next step, following any confirmation or otherwise with the people here. I'm hoping it won't have to come to that...that someone here knows something. [but he doesn't sound that hopeful, lbr.]

GOOD MORNING ELLE :D

[tinybutdeadly]

Sorry. I wish I did.

voice

[invoking]

[ Oh, that name on the comm says-- ]

Soldier Blue? Who is Ruka?

[soldieringblue]

[kindly, but still strained. troubles, man.] Hello, Gilbert. Ruka is a very dear friend of mine, and seems to be missing. I'm hoping someone here knows where she could have gone, or...

[invoking]

Missing? When is the last time you saw or heard from her?

[soldieringblue]

Days. Days longer, myself, but...a mutual friend of ours said she her home left one day and never came back.

Given what's happened to those who've vanished one way or another before...[he's worried, obvs.]

[invoking]

[ Vanishing is never a good thing, but maybe... ]

Do you think she's been sent back home?

video

[slapping]

One of your friends?

[soldieringblue]

[a soft sound, confirming.] A very good friend. A daughter of friends. [the weight in his words implies how very much he'd hate himself if she were harmed on his watch.]

[slapping]

I'm sorry, Blue. Has anyone given you any useful information about where she might be?

[soldieringblue]

Rain told me she had taken one of the animals for a walk and never returned. Other than that...

[slapping]

That's distressing. Has the animal she was with been found?