anon text;

[endureandsurvive]

[She'd kind of hoped the rifle would show back up in her locker after the jump, but that's apparently more optimism than the good ol' TQ merits. So:]

someone took something from me when i was in engineering
u know who u r
give me my shit back

Comments

anon text right back atcha

[outliver]

Could you be more vague?

permanon;

[endureandsurvive]

must not b talking 2 u then

permanon;

[outliver]

You would know wouldn't you?

[endureandsurvive]

uh
yes
i wuld

[outliver]

That's hard to believe.

text - as anon as possible

[humanistic]

[He nearly doesn't notice this. It's a tiny little message, easy to skip over. When he does notice it, he stops, and reads it over. And then over again, and again. Fucking hell.

But he has to answer. He has to take care of this.]

What was it

[endureandsurvive]

if u dont know what im talking about
then im not talkg 2 u
simple

permanon;

[endureandsurvive]

do u have something that doesnt belong 2 u

text.

[avengeful]

'Someone'?

Descriptions would be way more handy. Also, how are we supposed to give you back anything you lost if we don't know who you are?

anon text;

[endureandsurvive]

i didnt LOSE it
someone TOOK something from me

forever text of non-anon;

[avengeful]

Alright, something you lost when someone took it.

The point still stands, though.

permanon;

[endureandsurvive]

if u have my stuff we can arrange 2 meet so u can give it back 2 me

[Or so Joel can cut your head off. Y'know. Tomato, to-mah-to.]

anon;

[avengeful]

[UGH SAM WANTS TO KNOW WHO YOU AREEEE]

Who says I have your stuff?

[endureandsurvive]

[TOO BAD SAMMY.]

exactly

[avengeful]

Well I guess you wouldn't know if I had your stuff unless you found me and confronted me.

[Judging by the typing, you're probably under a particular age.

Hopefully not a vampire.

Or something.]

[endureandsurvive]

[Hey she learned how to type like this from Sherlock Holmes, thank you very much. Shitty typing isn't strictly for children, you ageist!]

did u just reply 2 this 2 dick me around

[avengeful]

[No, it's worse if you type like that and you're Sherlock's age.

College boy will cry tears of blood.]

Not initially, but what else can I really do? You're not being very helpful to anyone who might want to help you get your supplies back. And the person who took it sure isn't going to tell you where they are and who they are.

Unless they're stupid or vain. Or both.

[endureandsurvive]

[He's not wrong, which is frustrating as shit.]

he had dark hair
curly

[And is a goddamn vampire but she's not saying that on the comm. There's lots of vampires around and she's not planning to make herself a target.]

[avengeful]

Alright, that narrows it down a little. But there are a lot of people on board with curly dark hair.

[like me]

Got anything else?

And what'd they take?

[endureandsurvive]

he was dangerous

[Which could be literally anyone, but she doesn't trust this guy either for the same exact reasons. Most people on the ship seem to be harmless, but she wasn't going to make the mistake of letting a stranger get a lock on her again.]

[humanistic]

I didn't say that I asked what it was that's missing

Might have been found

[endureandsurvive]

[Fuck, that's true. Maybe it got dropped or something. After a long minute:]

a rifle

[humanistic]

[Yeah. Great. That about confirms it.]

Anything about it that makes it yours? Certain kind of strap or notch on it somewhere

[But this is just playing for time, drawing this out, adding a story to it, because he knows where the rifle is and he knows who it belongs to. Playing dumb is just a tactic.]

[endureandsurvive]

it has a strap
idk its just a gun

[--lifted from gunnery without permission but who's counting.]

do u have it

[humanistic]

[There's a pause, this time, before he answers.]

I know where it is.

[Which isn't a lie.]

Where do you want it left?