[voice]

[synthedick]

[Getting no word from Henry or Maketh as demons are spawning in the city, Nick steps in.]

Guard, report in. Long story short in case you missed the memo: there are demons in the city.

[There's the sound of shuffling paper. He's been taking notes from what's come up on the network about these things.]

Inquisitor Trevelyan is closing the tears they're coming through, but until she gets to them all, it's our job to keep folks safe. Stick to your patrols, send word if you need backup, and if it comes right down to it, do what you need to do.

[He signs off with that. Time to keep trying to get a hold of the actual leaders of the Guard. Them being missing is not a good sign.]

Comments

[synthedick]

I was starting to think the Door had stopped bringing in adults.

[He's also not happy about that. Making kids suffer through the so-called gods' depravity is just wrong.]

If you could, keep an eye out for a kid named Muscovy for me, all right?

[skelebro]

Muscovy.

[He repeats the name once, mostly for his own benefit. Yeah, he thinks he knows the kid. The one that paired up with one of those Charas to give him a bit of a hair treatment. Kid's nice. Funny, when he wants to be.]

Small, blonde hair, kinda on the quiet side? Think I know who you're talkin' about. I'll ring ya if I see him around.

[synthedick]

Yeah, that's him. He can take care of himself in a lot of situations, but it never hurts to have someone looking out for you.

[And with Rey under the weather, he worries.]

[skelebro]

I'll see if he's around.

[And then he, uh...realizes that this could go both ways, huh?]

And, uh, hey. If you see a few kids in striped shirts - one of 'em's a goat-lookin' monster - might be good to make sure they're all right.

They can take care of themselves, but y'never know.

[synthedick]

Yeah. You never know.

[He's seen the kids in the stripes on the streets on occasion, though the goat kid is new. Can't be hard to miss, given that description.]

You be careful out there.

[skelebro]

Yeah. You too.

[Keepin' an eyesocket out for kids he don't know all that well on the behalf of someone else - again. This story never ended real well for anyone.

But he don't say it. If Nick don't have anything to add, he'll end the call there.]