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[sewayaku]

"... Zara Skeens speaking. If you need something, please leave a message, and I'll respond to you as soon as I have time. Thank you."

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video -- backdated to juuuust after the last spam

[sisconning]

Zara!

[Where are you, Zara? Why does Nesso have to be at work when he gets this message? He's all confused. Just ignore the lingering body glitter visible just now, okay? Okay.]

Something's happened! It's about Fiona. There's a strange message. It has her face, but I...

[Those aren't his precious perfect sister's words come reassure him about this okay?]

THANK YOU i got distracted from posting about this... LOL

[sewayaku]

[ zara is the type of man who would absolutely notice nesso being more glittery than usual... if he wasn't also freaking out about the exact same thing. Unsurprisingly, he looks deeply concerned, and is quick to answer his phone (thankfully, Ciel helped him learn to use it more like a normal person.) ]

I know. I got that too...! [ sounding -- desperate? concerned? worried? ALL OF THE ABOVE?? ] She might be in the city somewhere. But that message is just...

[sisconning]

[There's a bright side to everything, right? Or something. But no, Nesso sees zero bright sides, he mostly has horrible feelings about what is going on right now. FIONA'S FACE WAS THERE.]

You as well? What was your message? [Is it the same? Is it something else? What is going on?]

The one I discovered was strange and disturbing. Not like Fiona at all. But if she is here. Then... then... [Then Nesso will find her and rescue her and probably take a sword to whoever is clearly holding her hostage or something.]

[sewayaku]

[ the only bright side is that Fiona is possibly around or safe. If Zara knew more about technology, he'd be able to recognize the message as the fake it is, but as things stand, in his mind, it's still like a magic wizard cube that lets people talk to him sometimes.

That said, he's trying to be rational, because being The Rational One is his job in this relationship. He responds in a very tight voice. ]

I'd rather not repeat it, but I can promise you that Fiona doesn't have the slightest knowledge of anything in that message. [ he knows her better than everyone, after all. Unless Mejojo and Auger did -- no, he refuses to even consider that option. ] Perhaps someone... told her to write that. It has to be something like that.

[sisconning]

[Nesso has definitely jumped to the "someone must be holding her captive" conclusion. Because otherwise he's sure she would have reached out to them.

And that's sort of Fiona's lot in life lately.]

The message I received was the same. Perhaps she was forced to send it, yes. I've thought as much too. But if she was, is she prisoner to someone?

[Where are they he will run them through with his big sharp sword.]

[sewayaku]

I don't know. She looks happy enough in that photograph...

[ he knows what a photograph is now!! And he knows they had to be there in person with her to acquire it - which is even more confusing. She's here, sending strange messages that she couldn't have sent, but she's... all right?

Whatever. It didn't matter. ]

The important thing is that she might be here. We've got to find her.

[sisconning]

She does. It's strange... If she were here under her own free will, wouldn't she have found us?

[They've been around! Not announcing their presence loudly, but around.

Nesso is wracking his brain right now to figure this out.] You're right. We have to find her. No matter what the explanation may be.

[Where do they start, is the question.]

[sewayaku]

She may not know we're here...

[ it could be similar to the situation in the imperial palace, where she thought she was on her own and being taken care of. Zara has no reason to think so, of course - he's just desperately looking for excuses. ]

I'll try responding to her message. Hold on...

[sisconning]

[Oh! Oh that's a good idea! Nesso reacted so, erm, proportionately and maturely to seeing that message he didn't even remember that was a thing he could do. Basically, he's handling this all really really well.

Thank god Zara can think straight.]

Right!

[And he'll wait, with breath that is more held in anxiety than bated.]

[sewayaku]

[ give him several minutes. Like, two minutes, because that's as long as he's waiting before he decides it's been too long. If she just sent that message, she should have her phone on her already, shouldn't she? ]

Tch... No response. What's the meaning of this?!

[ the meaning is you responded to a spam mail and now you're probably going to get stupid viruses on your phone or something ]

[sisconning]

[Those minutes are an agonizing eternity though! And yeah, good luck with the new and fascinating viruses and malware on your phone there, Zara. Not that Nesso has any idea either.]

Is it some trick after all?

[You know what? Even if it is a trick, how dare someone use his sweet sister's face for that purpose! He's going to find them and run them through anyway!]

[sewayaku]

Damn it all, [ he hisses under his breath. It was rare for him to get worked up, but when he does, it's always about Fiona. He wishes he had answers for Nesso, but he doesn't. All he has is an extra toolbar or three on his internet browser. ]

I don't know. I... There must be some way of finding out where this came from.

[sisconning]

Perhaps the ones in charge! Or someone here longer than we have been...

[Someone who could help them discover the sender of this message? If not Fiona, then...]

Elza received the same message I believe. [He hasn't seen it himself, but he has talked to his vice-captain. And Elsa seems to agree that Fiona can't have sent it.]

[sewayaku]

Sir Elza did? This can't be a coincidence.

[ hearing that actually helps convince him that it's not Fiona. As far as he knows, Elza and Fiona have never even met each other - she'd have no reason to message him, and, in fact, wouldn't even recognize his face. ]

There's something strange going on here. That wasn't Fiona. It was someone who only knew she was connected to us...

[sisconning]

I don't think so either. We are the only ones who would know her, or know of her.

[Elza's not really well acquainted after all, outside Nesso's numerous (so numerous) stories about his sister.]

There are many here who would. When I first arrived, I asked many people if they'd seen her. [So many people. He'd been a bit frantic.]

[sewayaku]

[ if zara knew about that he'd make fun of you for it nesso (while also being extremely unsurprised) ]

As did I. Still, if one of them sent the message, they'd be listed as the author, wouldn't they?

[ he'd say they wouldn't know what she looked like, but she's the type of girl who would introduce herself to anyone who asked. ]

[sisconning]

I think so, but perhaps there's a way to hide that. This technology, it's not really either of of our area of expertise.

[Yeah about that, Zara. He kind of sort of totally described Fiona to everyone he could in embarrassingly precise and glowing detail.

Or perhaps the ones in charge... [They could change it right?]

[sewayaku]

... Yes. That's what I was thinking.

[ they're in charge of the so-called "network," after all. ]

At the very least, we should ask for an explanation from them. They should understand the situation better than us.

[sisconning]

One would hope they would have some explanation to provide.

[All right. This is a good plan. Nesso can get behind this. Talking to Zara is always so fruitful, after all.]

Where do we find them?

[sewayaku]

According to what I've heard, we should be able to contact them with these phones. But I don't know their address, so to speak...

[ he huffs, frustrated. If only he knew how to use this technology better - how many times has he wished that in the past five minutes? ]

They'll likely show up sooner or later on the network.

[sisconning]

So we keep an eye out until then.

[He hates waiting when it comes to Fiona. And that seems to be the only course of action so often lately. Waiting.]

I will ask around too, find out if anyone does know how to track them down without waiting for them to show themselves.

[sewayaku]

A good idea. [ Zara hates waiting just as much as Nesso does - and feels similarly about their situation. They're entirely too useless lately for his tastes. But there's nothing they can do about it; that's the issue, he supposes. ] ... We'll get to the bottom of this.

[sisconning]

[Nesso nods, serious now. They'll figure something out. Because if Fiona is not here, he can't abide by someone using her image to do something like this.]

We will. I promise you that much, Zara.