Codswallop and tomfoolery

[deaths_heritor]

[phone, morning]
If they aren't back by the end of the month, I'll eat my poker.  What trollop.

And please, if you're wrought with utter despair and you absolutely must subject the rest of us to incessant blather about how wonderful Disappeared Whom and Whom was and how unworthy you are to still exist, etc., ad nauseam, try to space it out evenly so

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Phone

[sosnarrator]

I'm afraid I'm not so selfless to give myself up like that. And honestly, some of the people listed probably caused more trouble than they were worth... But I'm not going to be satisfied... not until we have a way of assuring that they're safe! I mean, droning was already bad enough, but this!? And on such a scale!

[deaths_heritor]

...This just happened. Quite literally, a month ago, we just did this exact same thing except there were physical pods to burst open. Are you really very concerned?

[sosnarrator]

... Right, that. Don't remind me, do you have any idea how disgusting the goo was inside those things? Anyway, I haven't seen any sign of there actually being any pods lying around this time.

[deaths_heritor]

That's better. No effort involved this time but waiting.

[sosnarrator]

And how can you be sure that just waiting will be fine?

[deaths_heritor]

When has waiting not turned out fine?

[sosnarrator]

I suppose... But I still don't like the idea of doing nothing...

[deaths_heritor]

Do you propose we all march on City Hall with placards and pitchforks?

[sosnarrator]

Well, I doubt that'd help... But something! An investigation!

[deaths_heritor]

Of what? The duplicates?

[sosnarrator]

Maybe? I mean, there's surely some kind of clue somewhere...

[deaths_heritor]

Right.

You get to work on torturing information out of the clones, and I'll start writing the posters pleading for the conscientious return of our friends.

[sosnarrator]

... Torture, huh? I'm not really sure I'd have the aptitude for that.

[deaths_heritor]

And how else do you plan to get information? Asking nicely? These are things created by the town; torture isn't even going to work if they're at all like the drones.

[sosnarrator]

I didn't say torture shouldn't be an option, just that it's an option that I personally don't have any aptitude for performing.

[deaths_heritor]

It appears we're at an impasse, then.

Tell you what. You can help me make the ineffectual placards and someone else will apply the ineffectual torture.