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[1] Did any of the kids tell YOU anything about this kidnapping??
[2] Like maybe literally anything about it

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From:

xp_longshot

[1] Oh hey! Happy eclipse day
[2] The kids are processing and will share when ready. I'm sure 😀
[3] Good thing we just happen to be detectives, huh?

From:

xp_alias

[1] Don't make up pretend holidays when I'm asking you a question
[2] I'm guessing the answer is they haven't said shit to you either
[3] What are we supposed to do in this situation as detectives?

From:

xp_longshot

[1] Ok Bonnie Tyler 🤣
[2] You must have not seen Kane's writeup - there's loose details. Matches a known quirky villain's MO
[3] Lucky you, I'm passing right by your office to look at where it all went down
[4] Want to poke through rubble for clues and then grab lunch? I'll buy

From:

xp_alias

[1] Apparently the only adults who get the updates are the ones on a fucking team, nothing I can do about that
[2] A quirky villain? For fuck's sake - I think what you mean is a psychopath
[3] I'll meet you outside and I'm holding you to lunch

From:

xp_longshot

[1] OMW. About 5 min
[2] And
[3] You're right. Calling this guy a villain is what my therapist calls cognitive distortion 😞

From:

xp_longshot

[1] Here 😎
[2] Let's roll

From:

xp_longshot

[1] Alright. Approaching the NYFD's finest
[2] Like we practiced
[3] OK now

From:

xp_alias

[1] What in the actual fuck was that?
[2] And don’t even think about playing coy - is this what Quentin is teaching you at XFI these days?

From:

xp_longshot

[Arthur Centino reacted with 🤣 to your message]

[1] Just a little luck
[2] Didn't expect that loud of a noise tho
[3] I can hear him clear as day: ACAB
[4] Anyway, u in?

From:

xp_alias

[1] Well, he’s not wrong - cops are dicks, I hope that cruiser DID explode.
[2] Yeah. Standing in one of countless piles of absolutely fucking nothing. Hope you brought a backhoe or we’re going to be here all night.

From:

xp_longshot

[1] Gameplan is to find something I can read. Look for anything non-rubble shaped
[2] Arcade or whoever blew this Murderworld of his up as he fled into the sunset
[3] Yes, that's sure a sentence
[4] Jess ... if only I brought a friend with super strength 😇

From:

xp_alias

[1] I see how it is, and you definitely owe me lunch (is it actually dinner? What was with the dark sky thing earlier?), but I actually don't think there's fucking anything here where powers are gonna make a difference.
[2] Anything "non-rubble shaped"??? For fuck's sake, Arthur, this place has been pulverized???

From:

xp_longshot

[1] Kane said "nothing recoverable," but I figured that was fed speak for "too messy to bother"
[2] Like the american electrical college
[3] There should be something. Anything left behind

One minute later...
[4] There was an eclipse, Jess

From:

xp_alias

[1] An eclipse? What is this, Mayan times???
[2] And I don't know what you're trying to say about the electrical - oh for fuck's sake, Arthur
[3] Fine, I'm fucking sifting through some rubble and I'll let you know if I find anything other than dust

From:

xp_longshot

[1] You're my favorite today

From:

xp_alias

[1] Can I not be your favorite the next time you need help at a demolition site?
[2] This feels like an amazing activity for your scout troop of little criminals
[3] I guess not after they've actually just escaped it though

Edited Date: 2024-04-09 12:26 am (UTC)

From:

xp_longshot

[1] No. Just no
[2] They tried to kill them, Jess

[Arthur Centino is typing ... ... ...]

From:

xp_alias

[1] Yeah, yeah, I get it, I just have heard so fucking little about this from Match that it hasn't totally sunk in
[2] Hey, this at least isn't just fucking concrete
[3] [Attachment: img04082024-2.png (a photo of what looks like half a human hand, with dangling electronic wires revealing that it's obviously part of a robot)]