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[darkeyed]

_{[It's rare to see the owner of this un opt for the network over saying whatever he needs to say in person, but in this particular case, he can't go around asking everyone...]}

Has anyone seen Riku? Guy with silver hair. You can't miss him.

Let me know, thanks.

_{[Quick and to the point. But then in a perfect world this would be a quick and to the point mystery solved.]}


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_{(OOC: After this thread, M.K. has taken pictures of Bruce's texts and posted them below his original message. Oho, you thought he hadn't learned his lesson about making copies of important documents, but he did.)}

Someone here has an idea of where he is and is hellbent on hiding it from the rest of us. If you have a way to track someone down, use it.

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[evulsed]

[ he's not going to give up so long as m.k. replies, and so he swaps to audio. his voice is rough, like its been disued or like he's been shouting, and there's a lazy lilt, a kind of drawl, to it that isn't normally present.]

I'm not bored. I just wonder how desperate you are to find him, when he probably isn't thinking about you at all.

the second nicest thing this gremlin has ever done for him!!!

[darkeyed]

Right, sure you're not.

<sub>[Featured: the pot trying to pull one over on the kettle.

Contention seems to be to Vanitas like opium once was to M.K.: a way to feel better, a numbing balm to self-soothe. From what he's seen of how the golden-eyed boy gets by on the network, throwing out barbs to see what sticks is how he gets his fix.

Whatever his reasons for deciding M.K.'s message will be his next target for throwing practice, Vanitas sure sounds like he's... some kind of way, now that they're (mostly) having a normal conversation with both being able to hear the other.]</sub>

I don't have a problem with you.

_{[So stop trying to ruin a good thing.]}

you're WELCOME

[evulsed]

No, your problem is you can't find Riku.

[ He laughs, the sound thin and just this side of a manic giggle. ]

What'll you do for him? Run into the woods like everyone else? Fight the spirits?

You aren't going to find him.

He doesn't even have his tablet.

[darkeyed]

_{[What is wrong with you today? Arguably more than anyone could unpack in a single sitting--but especially today.]}

Know anything about that?

_{[Weathering Vanitas' rhetorical questions is something like a rite of passage. He dutifully upholds the tradition by ignoring them until he seizes on an opportunity to redirect the conversation.]}

[evulsed]

Yep.

[darkeyed]

_{[He can see what you're doing, Vanitas, and you know what, he's too old for this at the tender age of someone not old enough to drink in all parts of the multiverse.]}

I'm done with these games.

Tell me or I'm hanging up.

[evulsed]

It broke. So how are you even going to find him now?

Have fun playing detective.

[darkeyed]

<sub>[People keep talking about the tablets like they're the only fathomable means to prove someone's existence, like if they're not white-knuckle gripping a hunk of metal and plastic every hour of every day they might as well have turned invisible or fallen off the edge of the planet. It's an infuriating red herring he'd been sick of the moment it'd been thrown out as an excuse for Riku's absence.

If he hears one more stupid fucking thing about this woebegone broken tablet...]</sub>

That depends if you're ever going to use all that hot air to get to a point. If you know something about where Riku is, talk.

_{[There is one good thing about tablet technology and it's that he can detach from a waste of his time with the click of a button. Vanitas' call.]}

[evulsed]

But this is so much more fun.

[ did he just giggle? he might have just giggled. ]

I like watching you struggle.

[darkeyed]

What's wrong with you?

_{[An echo of a past sentiment now given voice. He did indeed giggle and it's not what he's come to associate with Vanitas.]}

[evulsed]

[ He snickers again. ]

Don't pretend like you're actually interested when we both know what you really want.