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[wolfsmother]

[ there's a hesitation before the feed clicks on, a long, long moment where Melissa's fingers hover over the key that she doesn't immediately press down on because frankly? there isn't enough time in the world to prepare for this. she's spent the last four hours going back and forth between her room and the shuttle bay to look at the stars, like that might somehow confirm it. for sure this time.

okay Melissa seriously, it's now or never, you're supposed to be an adult here.
ughhhh the longest sigh ever and her head hangs on the exhale. okay, she's gonna do it. OKAY! click. ]


Um.




....Hi.
[ wow you're doing really great here Melissa. you're really onto something. hey audience, that's just the most nervous laugh you've ever heard in your life. ]

My name's Melissa. Melissa McCall? Look- I know there's a lot going on around here, but, I'm, the thing is- I'm trying to find my son. His name's Scott. He's got really adorable brown eyes, and he's- 5'9. Look for a lanky mop of brown hair walking around with a shorter boy with a shaved head- they're probably getting into all kinds of trouble. A little hard to miss come to think of it- Anyway. If you, any of you, see them, at all- [ her hands stop fluttering in the air just long enough to lock together infront of her, obscuring the dark blue of the hospital scrubs she's wearing. ]

Could you please call me? Or, let me know somehow?
Thanks.

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[wolfinthesnow]

I'm sorry to say I have not met your son, but I will ask my brother, who knows many more people than I do.

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[king]

Has someone already sent a search party, Lady McCall?

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Where's the last place you saw him?

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[wolfsmother]

I- [ wow okay that sure is a literal knight in shining armor. alright hang on- she can process this. one hand reaches up, to pinch the bridge of her nose. ]

No. No there hasn't- but I mean, I'm not even sure if he's here. That newsletter thing said people've been here for months. I just-

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[wolfsmother]

Back home? [ she isn't sure if that tone is hopeful or hopeless. ]

I just got here, but- [ the exhale through her nose takes the tension in her shoulders with it. she knows better than that. getting wound up over this isn't going to solve anything.
she needs to keep a clear head. ]

But I guess it isn't unusual, for people to get separated like that. Right?

[wolfsmother]

Thank you, I really appreciate that Mister-?

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

So I hear. Tough luck. [And no reward money for finding the kid, either. Damn.]

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[wolfsmother]

Wow you're a real bleeding heart, aren't ya?

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

[He shrugs] Not much you can do about it if he's not here, is there?

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[wolfsmother]

Well I don't see any harm in trying to comfort people in the meantime.

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[mathematically]

[ don't ask why Lydia isn't actually in the frame, Melissa. just don't. she's doing some things some things off frame and you really don't...want to know what they are. at all. but hey, enjoy the wall you're seeing. ]

Scott hasn't ever been here.

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Then you go right ahead and do that.

[wolfinthesnow]

[Mister?]

I'm not a Maester. It's Lord Commander. My name is Jon Snow.

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[wolfsmother]

[ the squintiest face before her head shakes. brows knitting together in confusion as her mouth works over the words. she knows that voice. it's coupled with the memory of a teenage girl spending too much time in a hospital.

the girl that'd sat beside her at her son's game the night everything went awry. ]

Lydia Martin?

[wolfsmother]

Right. Yes.
[ first giant green men and now some dungeons and dragons fans?

no.

no she just. does not want to know. ]

My mistake Mis- Lord Commander.

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[wolfsmother]

Why'd you bother asking in the first place?

[wolfinthesnow]

[Sorry.]

You may call me Jon, if that's more to your liking.

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

If he was actually here, then something could actually be done to find him, couldn't there?

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[wolfsmother]

This doesn't sound like an emotional investment to you.

[wolfsmother]

Jon, well. I wouldn't want to go, you know, [ one hand waves a small circle in the air. it was so much easier to believe none of this was real before making a million trips to the shuttle bay. ] undermining your authority or anything. I mean, I'm sure you worked very hard for your title.

[wolfinthesnow]

Actually, I was elected by the Night's Watch.

[wolfsmother]

Ah. [ a slow nod. ]




I have no idea what that is.

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Would it matter, if you got your son back? I help people all the time, señora. It wouldn't be for free, but nobody does anything without expecting something in return eventually.

[wolfinthesnow]

We're an order of soldiers who guard the Wall.

[He knows what's coming, he's heading her off at the pass]

The Wall is a tremendous fortress that guards the northern border of Westeros.

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[wolfsmother]

I dunno, I think motives have plenty to do with it.

Besides, the way things look up here, money isn't going to be much use.