afternoon, pre-search

[mxpotatohead]

HEY y'all we just found a bike left about a mile out from the station and Colchester cops say a girl's missing, so if you been tossing your bike in a ditch on your morning triathlon better speak up now before it turns into a whole Thing. Cuz otherwise this ain't the BEST l

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[stgermaine]

Most teenagers are. And she has motivation on top of a difficult week.

[bubble_boy]

She's supposed to be smarter though, right? She was trying to get an internship here. That's just so God dammit. Well, we're going to have our work cut out for us regardless.

[stgermaine]

She got the internship. Her family withdrew their consent several days ago.

[bubble_boy]

Even so [...] whatever, I guess there's no point in speculating about this kind of stuff. We can talk to her about it when we find her.

[stgermaine]

Right. We can discuss motivations after we get her to safety.

[bubble_boy]

Yep. And at least we have the bike as a jumping off point.

[rainbowfish]

Smart people can do stupid things.

[bubble_boy]

Yeah, but this is a little much. But honestly, I don't want to sit here and call a missing kid stupid. So I'll reserve all judgement until she's found.

[rainbowfish]

Appreciate it.

[bubble_boy]

Sure. [...] I'm sure she'll be embarrassed when a million of us roll up.

[rainbowfish]

Probably. I hated being the center of attention at that age.

[philomathean]

Come with me? She’ll need a friendly face when we find her.

[rainbowfish]

Yeah, sure. I'll go insane just sitting around here doing nothing.

[philomathean]

Thanks, man. See you soon.

Annie

[bubble_boy]

Make sure to look out for yourself out there too, not just the non-explorers, ok?

Annie/Noah

[philomathean]

Aw, care about you too, bud. I promise to stay sharp, if you do?

Annie/Noah

[bubble_boy]

Gross. But yeah, I will. I hope we're not too l It's good everyone is pitching in.

Annie/Noah

[philomathean]

With the whole station helping, I’m sure we’ll be in and out.

Annie/Noah

[bubble_boy]

Yep, home before dinner, with one rescue under our belts. Hopefully this will lead to some actual dialogue in her family instead of yelling.

Annie/Noah

[philomathean]

[...] I wish I'd just given her a call yesterday when I had the chance.

Annie/Noah

[bubble_boy]

[...] I know it's hard not to, but you can't look at what-ifs in this situation. Calling her wasn't some responsibility you shirked, and no one could have known that this would happen.

We'll find her, and then you can be, like... Snapchat buddies or whatever.

Annie

[nolitangere]

Hey, stay safe out there. [...] Lmfao overbearing.