text | @poker - late afternoon of may 5th

[stonehearts]

Ratio's missing.

And not just in the "they've left this world" way people tend to go missing, someone took him. And if I find out that it's one of you--

I'm finding him and there is nothing on this backwater dying planet that will keep me from destroying whatever is between me and him. That's your one and final warning.

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[stonehearts]

He wouldn't leave me today of all days. The package he was supposed to pick up is still there. He wouldn't just leave.

[busternaut]

[Okay, so... Not exactly the concrete evidence Dearka was hoping for. It's not that he doesn't believe Aventurine when he says that Ratio is missing or anything. It's just... It would be helpful to have something more to build a search off of, for starters.]

Hey, I hear ya. But there are other possible explanations besides "left" and "taken", that's the main reason I'm asking. The more info you can share the more we can help you get to the bottom of this.

What's the deal with this package you mentioned?

[He'll ask about the date but, probably better to take this one step at a time right now.]

[stonehearts]

With us living out of this hotel room we needed stuff for the cats. He went out to pick it up at the front desk, and never got to it. So what, Dearka is the explanation you're willing to give?

[busternaut]

[Thank god his years of working with Yzak have really primed him for taking this kind of thing in stride. He's used to getting snapped at.]

Me? At this point? I don't have one, and it's way too soon for me to be offering any. But what you just told me is helpful: most hotel lobbies should have surveillance cameras, yeah? We can see if he made it down there as planned, and if he maybe stepped out unexpectedly once he was there.

[stonehearts]

And how do you expect to get them to comply? Trust me, I offered Kryptos, favors, and they wouldn't

[busternaut]

[Well that's pretty fucking fishy in and of itself... Not that he thinks Aventurine should go taking it out on the hotel staff or anything.]

Who the fuck needs their compliance? We just go over their heads then. Hell, which hotel is it? I'll try to hack their shit myself. Barring that we get LILITH involved, Seok Dang can hack just about anything. Plus there're cameras outside everywhere too. If he left or was taken from the hotel then there's gotta be SOME sort of hint.