Military Log - 014

[dadandgone]

[Cambot floats down the hallway when suddenly there is a loud cry]

NOOOOOOOOOO ELYSIA!

[Maes bursts out the door to his room, sees Cambot, and rushes towards him. He grabs Cambot.]

Guys! We have a serious crisis on our hands! IT'S TERRIBLE! THE WORST THING THAT COULD POSSIBLE HAPPEN HAS HAPPENED!

[There's a pause, Maes seems distraught and panicked. He flings Cambot away]

MY PRECIOUS PHOTOS OF ELYSIA ARE GONE! GONE!

[Suddenly he whirls back around, grabbing Cambot and getting deadly serious.]



The photos better be back in my room by 2200 or things will get serious.

Comments

[sailorlaughter]

[GASP!] Oh NO! That's TERRIBLE! Where did you see them last?

[dadandgone]

[Good! Pinkie understands how bad this is!]

In the frame by my bed. The photos in my wallet are gone too.

[sailorlaughter]

[Well sure! They're Maes's pictures!]

Your wallet? How'd they get those? [Admittedly she probably could've done it...] Xion lost some of her stuff too. Do you think it's like when those shadow meanies were stealing things?

[dadandgone]

No idea. I mean, it's not like I have much in my wallet except those. Money's not much use to them either and they didn't take that.

Could be. We have to find the culprit. I NEED TO GET MY BABY BACK!

[sailorlaughter]

Don't worry, Maes! Pinkie Pie is ON THE CASE! [Suddenly detective hat] And maybe we can find all the other missing stuff, too!

[dadandgone]

I have faith in your abilities Pinkie! [Salutes]

The culprit is probably the same, too much of a coincidence otherwise.

[sailorlaughter]

You're right! There's gotta be ONE evil ninja-thief sneaking around! Now, if I were an evil ninja-thief...

[Pinkie trails off, looking up into the ceiling.]

Be right back, Maes! [And then she bounces up and vanishes.]

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy looks concerned for Maes' sake, too. Those pictures are important to him! Who'd want to take them?]

[She gives him a look like she'd help look for them, too...even if she can't travel fast.]

[dadandgone]

I appreciate the help.

[yabigfurball]

[She nods. Now the best thing to do is start from where they last were. She cocks her head and whines at Maes as if to ask, 'Where did you have them last?']

[dadandgone]

I'm a pretty light sleeper. So whoever got them must be pretty good because all my pictures are on my bed stand.

[yabigfurball]

[Hmm, that does sound strange to her. Well, it's still a place to start. She nods, and takes off.]

[After a little while, Ammy finally shows up at Maes' door. Maybe she can try and sniff out what direction the thief went if it took them from the bed stand.]

[dadandgone]

[Maes opens the door and is only a little surprised to find the wolf there.]

You hear to sniff for some clues?

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy nods. She may as well put that nose to use.]

[She starts to sniff around close to the bed stand, searching for something strange.]

[dadandgone]

Smell anything helpful?

[yabigfurball]

[She does sniff around for a little bit before focusing on something...it could be another dog? Or a bird? She isn't certain, although she's leaning more towards bird. Unfortunately, it's hard to communicate that when she's so much smaller than a piece of paper. She looks at him as if to suggest 'I have an idea.']

[dadandgone]

[Yeah, the tiny thing was difficult to get used to but as he'd already spoken to Ven over cambot it wasn't completely out of the blue.

He offers a hand to pick Ammy up. Might be easier if she's on his nightstand and they're more...level?]

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy hesitates a bit at first, but then finally accepts the offered hand and hops up on it. She rides it up to the nightstand, where she hops off again and continues sniffing. Yes, there does seem to be something more bird-related up here.]

[dadandgone]

So. What can you tell me? Actually, hold on a moment.

[He remembers that Ammy can draw so he digs through a nearby drawer and sets in front of her small notepad and a half a pencil.]

No tablet now, so no picture, sorry!

[yabigfurball]

[It's a lot harder to draw like this, since the pencil is almost as big as she is. If there was ever a time Ammy wishes she could just use her tail, it's now. However, she takes it up in her mouth, and manages to draw a very wobbly outline of a bird.]

sokay

[dadandgone]

A bird took my pictures? That's a little odd.

[Says the man who should be dead to the mini-wolf goddess]

Right. Anything else I should know?

[yabigfurball]

[It is indeed odd. But sometimes birds are fond of picking up personal objects.]

[She nods towards the air conditioning shaft...it's likely that the bird entered and left through there. Where it went from there, though, is anyone's guess. It's harder to track from there.]

[dadandgone]

[He looks up at the vent. Well okay that makes sense. Though he's still surprised a bird got the jump on him.]

All right. Thanks for your help.

[He offers his hand again to help her down from the dresser, no sense leaving her stranded up there]

[yabigfurball]

[She nods and barks. She's sorry that she can't do more...but maybe she can come across it somewhere else on the Satellite.]

[She hops up onto his hand so that he can bring her down again.]

[eyeofwildtiger]

[This is indeed serious business!]

I'm on it.

[dadandgone]

Thanks. I knew you would understand.

[Papas gotta protect their darling daughters...even if they are just pictures of said daughters]

[eyeofwildtiger]

No problem. Where did you see her last?

[Damn straight. :|]

[dadandgone]

Bedstand before I went to sleep. She wasn't there this morning though.

[eyeofwildtiger]

You a heavy sleeper?

[dadandgone]

Not since the war.

[eyeofwildtiger]

S'what I figured. Well, I'm on it. Let me know if anything comes up.

[dadandgone]

I will.

[skysmirror]

[Have a sympathetic Xion.]

Oh no! All of them? How many was that?

[She's keeping a tally of lost things so, when they actually find the culprit, they can make sure everything is returned.]

[dadandgone]

Yes all of----[pause, he looks thoughtful] I don't know...I never counted.

[skysmirror]

[Proud papas gotta have ALL the pictures.]

I see. I'll keep an eye out for them