[audio]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Equius' voice is cracking and frantic with worry.]

Gamzee... come on, where are you? If you're playing Hide and Seek, you won, I can't find you! Where'd you go?

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[hexywitch]

Are you okay, Equius?

[stayb100ponyboy]

He was right with me, Lily! We rode the elevator down together! And now he's gone and I don't know where he went!

[hexywitch]

Have you checked the list?

[stayb100ponyboy]

He's still on the list, but he's not answering any of my calls, and he wouldn't do that, Lily! He... he always answers...

[VOICE]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Equius sounds completely exhausted, which shouldn't be surprising; he spent all last night and all of today searching the bubble for Gamzee.]

No, he didn't. I've looked everywhere, and I don't... I don't know where he is...

[VOICE]

[stayb100ponyboy]

Do you think I'm stupid?

[He's not so tired that there isn't some bite to that question.]

Of course I tried to call him, I've been calling him all night! He just... doesn't answer...

[ audio ]

[sufferrogate]

Please calm yourself, young one. Growing panicked will not help matters at all. Please take a breath and tell me what has happened.

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[stayb100ponyboy]

[Her voice is really soothing, and Equius does calm down a fraction.]

We... we were up on the surface, for the Halloween party, and when it started storming, we took the elevator back down. He was right there, but when the elevator stopped, he was.. he was gone! And I've been looking and looking for him and I can't find him!

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[sufferrogate]

[ She pauses for a moment; that is very strange, but perhaps the boy is not remembering things clearly. She knows the night was a bit of a blur for her due to that strange human punch. ]

Equius, are you absolutely positive of what you say? The two of you entered together but he was not present at the end? Is there no way you may have entered without him and merely overlooked the fact?

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[stayb100ponyboy]

No, he was with me! He was... he was holding my hand on the way down...

[Please to be ignoring how his voice cracks, just a little, on the end of that sentence.]

[voice]

[lux_permanet]

[After taking note of a couple of worrisome posts over the network, Aqua can't help but to reach out towards this particular one...]

Do you need any help? Perhaps I could be of assistance.

[voice]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Equius doesn't recognize the voice, but he'll take any help he can get right now. There is no place for highblood pride when his dear one is missing.]

Have you seen a troll anywhere? Tall, long horns, indigo symbol on his shirt, probably honking?

[voice]

[lux_permanet]

[A... troll? She wasn't particularly familiar with what a troll was but now wasn't the time to ask him. Especially with how worried he sounded. Besides, the features he described his friend having would make it rather easy to pick out the missing troll from a crowd.]

No... I'm sorry, I have not but I will keep an eye out for him. [A pause.] When did you last see him? And have you tried contacting him with the communicator?

[voice]

[stayb100ponyboy]

I've been trying, but he doesn't answer his communicator, all I get are weird sounds.

I last saw him in the elevator...

[voice]

[yerawizarderri]

Pfft. Some matesprit you are. Can't ewen keep track a Gam. Way to go.

[But while he might be seeming pretty aloof about this all, he's definitely kinda worried. Gamzee IS his friend after all.]

[voice]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Guess who has two thumbs and is completely unprepared to deal with Eridan at the moment?]

I don't need your shit right now, Ampora!

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