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[dogbitesman]

The earthquake had been somewhat interesting; William had felt almost as if he was playing some sort of game where you had a list of things and ticked them off as they arrived. This particular list was of natural disasters

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[dishabille_mal]

Maladicta nearly collided with him, coming out of a stairwell, and reached out to catch his sleeve.

"I can't find her," she said.

[dogbitesman]

William just stared at her for a moment that stretched, his brain first rebelling, then setting up its own government to replace the overthrown oppressors, then slowly collapsing as power corrupted the formerly idealistic revolutionaries.

"...neither can I," he said, brow knotting. He looked both ways down the hallway. "People are missing," he added. "The number of people who seem to be missing keeps going up."

[dishabille_mal]

"Uh huh," she said, starting past him for the IPD office, "just like after the last natural disaster where people disappeared in droves and reappeared on the other side of the island. Guess where I'm heading."

[dogbitesman]

This time William caught her sleeve.

"...to the IPD office to gather a search party," William said. This was only partly a question.