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[darkov]

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latest status update 3/6/2018

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[ct_7567]

I'm back now. Things have settled down. The only thing that's left is processing and clean-up.

[ That probably doesn't mean much to Martin, but... well, that's okay. ]

I'm fine. I promise. [ He pauses. ] Are you all right? When is Akira planning on bringing you back?

[darkov]

[he lets out a slow, shaky breath. he's not hurt...or at least, not devastatingly enough to be discerned from a call. that's good. a good thing.]

Umh... A, a week? I think... He says the place he wants to go is some days' walk in, in the mountains. I don't know for sure. I can ask...

[ct_7567]

A week? I thought he was getting you out of town until this blew over!

[ That's... distressing. He hadn't thought he was agreeing to something like that. He hadn't thought Martin had agreed to it either, but maybe he hadn't. ]

Yes, ask him. And ask him the coordinates of your destination while you're at it.

[darkov]

[ok, Marty's not the best read on people, but that tone is an easy one. hastily:] Ye-yessir, I! I will. I can--I can go right now, he's just over-- [wait.]

We-wait. Rex? Before I left, I... I couldn't get a hold of Anderson. I...I can't even find her on my, my thing...

[ct_7567]

...I haven't heard from her for a while either.

[ That's worrisome. Did she get caught up in a bad way during the riots? Or is she...? ]

I'll look into it. If she's still here, I'll find her.

[darkov]

[a small, shaky exhale.

all he's got is bad news:] Ar...Archie's not. Not coming back, either. To the city, I mean. He said so.

[ct_7567]

What? That's nonsense. He must mean he's not coming as long as the riots continue.

Did he say why?

[darkov]

He said as...as long as I'm here...he's not coming back. For--for my own good, he said. I don't know.

[ct_7567]

As long as you're here...?

[ That makes even less sense. Archie loves the kid. Why would he do something daft like that? He knows the way Martin gets. ]

There must have been a mix-up. I'll talk to him too, get to the bottom of things. [ He pauses. ] If you don't want to stay out there with Akira, tell me. I'll bring you back. And I'll be here. Got that?

[darkov]

...Yes, sir. I understand.

[he kind of wants to say i want to go now, but...that'd be cowardly. and insulting to Akira, who went to the trouble of dragging him along, even though his yellow-haired friend seems pretty set on despising him.

Cassandra and Riptide both said it was better to stay out of the city for now, too...]

[ct_7567]

All right. Until then, you're going to check in once a day, minimum, with an update on your status. Do you understand?

[darkov]

Yes, sir. I will. Once a day.

[a beat.]

Is there anything else?

[ct_7567]

No. That's all.

[ He should probably have something else to say. ]

I'll talk to you tomorrow. Good-bye.