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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 04:32:37 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"Yeah." Hal replied.

"Talk to you later, Nakia." he said, before they ended the call and he hung up.

"...damn it." he cursed.

"Why NOW?" he asked.

".........." he was then silent, and sighed.

"Right. Work to do." he said quietly.

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 04:48:40 )

Robyn was silent as he ended the call.

"Is there anything you would like me to do?" She asked.

"If not, then I should take my leave. I would much rather not be in your way."

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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 05:06:45 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

Hal was silent for a moment.

"Depends." he said.

"Do you know where my daughter is?" he asked.

"It might be quicker for me to go to her, than calling her here over the P.A. system." he reasoned.

"Otherwise, you are dismissed." he told her.

"Thank you for bringing this information to me." he said, gesturing to Jackson's phone.

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 05:10:27 )

"Lunet? I ... think she's with Cain in the lab, helping him with some alchemy stuff." Robyn answered.

"Would you prefer to keep his phone, or would you lke me to return it?" She then asked.

"It would be no trouble, whichever you choose."

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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 05:39:27 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"I will go and see her, then." Hal said.

"And return Jackson's phone to him." he told her, handing the device back to her.

"He can use it more than I can." he reasoned.

"Thank you." he said further.

"Regardless, I have... things to do, and feelings to put aside for now." he then said quietly.

Robyn could see that being the boss was hard. He wanted to go to Hollie, the woman he loved, but he couldn't. Not right now. He still had responsibilities to tend to... and he had to find a way to save Rebecca.

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 05:40:57 )

Robyn accepted the phone with a nod.

"All right." She said.

"You can go be with her after you get the ball rolling here." She said with a soft smile.

"... or set King up to take your place ....while you head off?"

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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 06:14:11 )
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They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"Well, as it stands, my current task is to get the ball rolling in saving Rebecca." Hal responded.

"And talking to my daughter is the first step." he continued.

"If her phone can be tracked, we need to get on it." he went on.

"I then need to monitor the world situation, and see how fast it is de-escalating." he went on.

"And determine how long lockdown must continue."

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 06:19:56 )

Robyn was silent before nodding.

"That makes sense." She said simply.

"I'll leave you to it." She added before heading off, as she knew that she needed to.

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Lunet just sighed lightly as she helped to clean the mess up.

".... I didn't think that would work." She commented.

"But... I wasn't sure. I'm not the alchemist, after all."

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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 06:33:42 )
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"There was a 65% chance of this happening." Cain responded.

"However, if it had been in that rare 35% range... it would have been amazing." he told her.

"Regardless, it's not like this was unex-" he started to say, as Hal suddenly approached.

".....right." he said upon seeing the mess.

"I'm not asking." he said further.

"Lunet, we need to talk, young lady." he then told his daughter.

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 06:39:44 )

Lunet was silent for a moment before getting to her feet, as she'd been cleaning something on the floor.

"Oh?" She asked.

"Whatever I'm in trouble for... there's a decent chance I did it." She added with a sigh.

"Anyway, lead the way." She said as she set the rag she'd been using down.

"I'll be back Cain." She commented before looking back to her dad, waiting for him to lead her elsewhere for the reaming she expected to come.

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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 07:05:40 )
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Can it be.. undone?

The two of them stepped away from Cain, and just moved into the next room.

"I need your technical expertise." he told her.

"Specifically, can you track a phone?" he asked.

Before she could question why, he explained the situation in full, saying what had happened, what was happening, and the price that was paid.

"We need to save Rebecca." he continued.

"Can you track her phone?"

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 07:08:53 )

"I should be able to." Lunet answered.

"I did mod it a couple weeks ago, and along with the whole sim card thing, I also upgraded the GPS location feature on all that I tweaked." She told him honestly.

"Be better to use your computed for it, if you don't have a problem with that?" She asked. "I'd rather not have someone by chance see what I'm doing and inquire."

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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 07:26:44 )
One.. by... one.
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Can it be.. undone?

"Then let's go." Hal replied.

"Time is of the essence, here." he told her.

She nodded and quickly told Cain she was going with her father, before the two of them made their way back to Hal's office. Once there, he logged into his computer, and got out of his chair, allowing her to sit in it.

"All right." he said.

"Do your magic." he told her.

"Even if she doesn't have her cell phone on her, it may contain a hint as to where she could be taken." he reasoned.

"And it's the only lead we have right now."

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 09:18:55 )

Lunet hadn't needed a prompting. Once she could, she started clicking and typing, accessing various files, and the like. Things that she'd insisted he had on his PC, even if it was damned near never accessed.

"If we're lucky, we'll get her exact location. At the very least, we can find out where she has been, before here phone was broken or turned off - if one of those happend." She told him simply as they heard a subtle beeping as it searched.

"I can't guarantee anything really, though, sadly." She added with a sigh.

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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 17:44:26 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"The only guarantee I expect is a guarantee you will try everything, and try your hardest." Hal replied.

"That's what I expect from my staff." he continued.

"And my daughter, as well." he added.

"......" he was then silent, biting his lip slightly.

He knew he had to tell her. She deserved to know. But he knew he had to wait. He didn't want to risk her knowing getting in the way of what she was doing... or possibly distracting her.

But he would tell her as soon as she was done here, regardless of the result.

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 17:53:04 )

"If you've anything else to do, feel free to go do it. This'll take probably about twenty minutes." Lunet told him honestly, not looking over.

"I know, I need to speed it up." She added after a moment or two.

"And I'm working on that, but with so many in the system for this as it stands, it's going to take a bit."

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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 18:47:50 )
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Hal shook his head.

"20 minutes is fine." he said.

"Right now, the primary objective is saving Rebecca." he told her.

"I have certain things that need to be put into place, yes, but those aren't as important." he went on.

"Regardless, 20 minutes, huh?" he asked.

"Do you want a drink?"

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 18:51:17 )

Lunet was silent for a moment before pausing.

"Sure. Any chance you can get one of those banana smoothies from the cafeteria?" She asked, her tone a bit hopeful.

"If not, that's fine. I can grab one after." She added with a smile before turning her attention back to the PC and what she was doing.

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Voltie — The Dude Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 19:05:51 )
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Can it be.. undone?

Hal nodded.

"I can." he told her.

With that, he left to do so.

He wasn't gone very long, about 10 minutes, before returning with the smoothie she requested.

"Here." he said, setting it down close to her.

"Sorry about the wait. Was a line in the cafeteria."

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Donator — Female Posted 4 years ago ( 2020/06/16 19:09:59 )

"Absolutely not a problem. Thank you so much, Dad." Lunet said with a chuckle as she took a drink of the smoothie.

". . . Emil does such tasty smoothies." She commented.

"Anyway, it's honing in on her, now that I've at narrowed it down. Also, it's looking like she's out of the city. Last cell tower she pinged off of was in Anaheim."

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