[voice]

[atrumcanis]

[He's waited. All day he's waited, and looked all day, looked everywhere, anywhere Jack might be, and now there's nothing else for it.]

Jack Kelly. If you know him-- He's gone. Missing, or dead, it doesn't matter which. [Only it does matter. He swallows. His voice is hard; he forces it to be hard.]I'm not putting in with the police, all right, I'

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voice;

[cruelwonder]

[...Oh god. No. No no no no no no. This can't be happening. He can't be gone.]

He's... He's not with you? Y-You haven't seen him?

voice;

[atrumcanis]

[There's a delay. He almost doesn't respond. But he can't ignore her, he owes her that at least.]

No. He's gone. I've looked.

[A pause.] I'm sorry.

voice;

[cruelwonder]

[There's silence for several moments before she responds.]

Oh.

[It's pathetic. It's quiet and small and weak. But she doesn't know what else to say.]

I'll...look for him. I'm sorry. I... [I hope you'll find him.] I know you'll find him.

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[atrumcanis]

I'll find him.

[It comes out a bit fiercely, more fiercely than he means to sound toward her, and he cuts himself off for a moment.]

Where are you?

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[proxysearch]

[Shit.]

Sirius.

Let me help. Not with the police, but... But let me help.

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[atrumcanis]

I don't need help. If anyone's going to find him, it's me.

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[proxysearch]

So you're just going to look by yourself? And you'll be able to look everywhere tonight?

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[atrumcanis]

I've looked already today by myself. I didn't have help then, and I don't need it now. I didn't do this to get help, all right.

[showbizpanache]

[A careful intake of breath.] You're his roommate?

[atrumcanis]

His best mate. Yeah.

And?

[showbizpanache]

You--probably shouldn't go alone. It isn't practical.

[atrumcanis]

[He laughs, bitterly.]

This may come as a surprise, but I'm not precisely considering practicality right now.

[deservesabone]

What? Jack?

Shit. ...What about his NV? Is it just goin' to voicemail? [or is it disconnected, is what he almost says but doesn't. People get Pulled home all the time here, after all.]

[atrumcanis]

It's not working.

[And he knows what that means. But he's hardly willing to consider that.]

It could be broken.

[deservesabone]

...Could be, yeah. [It's just not likely.

But he doesn't need to say that.]

Hey, I'll help any way I can. Just let me know if you need a bloodhound, okay?

[atrumcanis]

[He's grateful--or else he will be, later--that the unlikeliness isn't mentioned. A beat.]

You don't have to.

[axemeaquestion]

Jack?

... Shit.

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You need some help looking?

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[atrumcanis]

There's no point in looking for what isn't there, right?

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[axemeaquestion]

If he's not there then why did you JUST say you're going to find him?

Sirius. If you're not going to go to the police you NEED to get someone to help look. Two pairs of eyes are better than one.

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[atrumcanis]

That's what the police would say, is what I mean. He's gone home, or he's dead--it doesn't matter. Not to them. And it sure as hell doesn't matter to anyone else--so if it's all right with you, I'll keep looking.