synnet | text | @poker - late afternoon of may 5th

[ his teeth may bare at the message contents, but the urgency of the situation overcomes his own ire easily. ]

when did you last see him? where?

Two hours ago, leaving our hotel room. He wouldn't just leave and not come back

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13 minutes later; private

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[Well fuck.]

Aventurine-san, would it be alright if I asked you some question in order to aid an investigation?

[If the answer is no, fine. But if not:]

What is the address of the hotel? Did he say where he was going or when he'd be back? Did anything seem out of the ordinary before he left? Like his mood, or the way he was acting?

( aventurine sends over the address of the hotel in a second, not bothering to correct raidou's form of address. )

We ordered something for the cats. He was going down to pick it up because he was ( he knew what day it was. he was gentle, but with a refreshing firmness aventurine craved. and now he's gone. ) Nothing was different

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you're sure he was taken?

Yes

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[Okay he's NOT going to like. Try to tell Aventurine to calm down because that'll probably just seem condescending coming from him, and also it's probably pointless anyway. He's just. Gonna.]

HOW do you know he was taken?

He wouldn't leave me today of all days. The package he was supposed to pick up is still there. He wouldn't just leave.

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[ Yesod imagines that Aventurine will be inundated with a flood of responses and questions, so he will follow the discussion and aim to avoid redundant remarks. ]

There are more of us who can join you in expanding your search efforts. Do you have reason to believe that someone specifically targeted Dr. Ratio?

No. He's done nothing here that would make someone target him, and I haven't either. There's sore losers everywhere, of course, but I've been holding back for the year I've been here.

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what? Doc's missing? just like that? was he involved in anything at the time that might explain where he's gone or what happened to him?

Nothing, save the new research team. But I've been handling the black market side with ease; if they wanted to get to me through him they'd have a lot better chance at it not snatching him out of our hotel

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Why would one of us do something like that? If he's actually missing, we're the ones who are going to do everything we can to find him!

So try clearing that head of yours enough to realize that much so we can start being a little more rational about what to do.

I can name two Outsiders who'd be happier if Ratio vanished, if you'd like. Or are you going to pretend that everyone gets along swimmingly with everyone else?

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Oh? Him now, too?

[ He's still going to be mean. Just.

Less mean. ]

One would think after one, we would be taking better precautions. Now that there are two...

Clearly, a touch more healthy paranoia should be employed. One never knows when there is a pair of arms ready to push, after all.

[ He's continuing with the bit from tary's post. Like an Asshole ]

Edited (wait i thought of something funnier) 2025-05-06 01:45 (UTC)

The potential connection hasn't escaped me. And if there is a connection, I'll make sure she regrets it

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[ Aventurine really is not the levelheaded one in this relationship, huh? ]

It seems rather uncanny that he disappeared directly after Ereshkigal did.

If she's to blame for this--

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That's concerning.

[Both the disappearance and pretty much the entirety of that text post.]

I can't think of anyone would do do something like that.

[Which doesn't mean he wasn't taken, just that she's stumped here. Not that she's going to put too much effort into this mystery. More pressing than the other reported disappearance she thinks, but also they can manage fine with a couple of missing people should they still be missing when the next kaiju shows up.]

You must have had better interactions with the people here than I have, then. I could name two off the top of my head if need be

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[First Ereshkigal, now Ratio, what's happening?]

I didn't take him! [Clearly the more important thing to note.]

Haha, isn't that what a guilty person would claim?

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[ Roughly two hours after Aventurine's post goes up, he goes radio silent. A brief message from Muramasa follows: ]

The kid and I had a talk—he's gonna cool his heels for a little bit.

... The help is appreciated.

[ Aventurine is unconscious, and in that sense, he has calmed down... a little bit.]

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how'd you manage that? didn't seem like he was one for listening at the moment

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Are there already people looking for him? Do we know where he was last seen? What do you need right now?

( ratchet, who has already seen how #unreasonable aventurine can be where ratio is concerned, really should have expected his response: )

I need to find him, and whoever took him

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ratio-sensei too?? eresh-chan and now him??

aventurine-san, should we go look for him?

[One (as of now) un-threaded hacking misadventure later...]

@ curse, @ kuzunoha14 and anyone else who might be out looking

It took a bit but we managed to get access to the hotel's security feeds and review everything. Far as we can tell, Doc never even made it down to the lobby.

We checked the feeds for the other exits as well: emergency doors & employee corridors, the works. Cross-checked it with the building's blueprints too. There's no way he left that building. Or if he did, he didn't do it by normal means.

I don't know what the hell to make of it. The exits were all thoroughly covered by surveillance, but there're a few interior blind-spots in the feeds that might be worth going to investigate in person.

Thank you. this is a big help. I'm willing to investigate the blind spots.

text; @CURSE

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un: forgery (TWO HOURS AFTER INITIAL POST )

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