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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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[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.