19. Calm in the face of danger

[man_genius]

[Forward dating to 9/23, cause no one else had done it yet. Of course this happens before the coded messages.]

EXPLOSION!

Big, huge, giant explosion!

Outside. Medical. Wellspring--Guards! Watchmen!

Please tell me someone is awake and reading the journal right now cause someone should figure out what caused that, cause it's huge and its on FIRE

Comments

[stonyfaced]

On our way. Find cover and stay down.

[LONG PAUSE as he's running over, then thinks of something else.]

Find yourself something to protect yourself with like a scalpel or anything heavy you can still swing or strong string or twine

and then he'll never make it there bawl

[man_genius]

Right. Cover good idea.

Scalpel! Even better idea but I need to get back to my lab--gonna do that now.

Nope :c

[stonyfaced]

Good luck and be careful

[Annnd end of correspondence! Because he's busy with different things now, yay monsters!]

[virginwarrior]

I'm not a guard or watchmen but I'll come to help.

[Just as soon as she double checks-

Know what, she'll just check the map once she's flying.]

[bloody_pens]

[This reply comes far too late, after Castle has been woken up, seen the damage, and gone to root out some booze and become thoroughly drunk. His writing reflects his inebriated, scared, exhausted state.]

i'm gonna find who did this to you and fucking murder them

[The above is scratched out after some time]

fucking hell

[felinemystique]

[This is before Rick's comment]

Got it. We'll round up others on the way.