[ ❖ 003 ]

[ardeinae]

[ click as the message starts recording. at first, the sound of fingers drumming on the table -- as if he's thinking -- and a muttered statement, pretty bad-tempered. ]

...At this rate I won't have any men left by the time winter hits.

[ then, a throat-clear, and it's all back to a sharp, this-means-business tone. ]

You heard the news, Joker's out. Police force is doing everything it can -- so stop sending us frantic phone calls, because it's not helping.