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[pharadyne]

[After all of this.

Norton makes an effort to put on a facade of being a calm, reasonable person after his night and day of increasingly distressed texting to Neal going unanswered.]

Malcolm, have you heard from Neal lately?

[abrightboy]

...Not since the Halloween party. Do you need help looking?

[pharadyne]

Yes, we were supposed to have a date yesterday but he never arrived. And I've not seen or heard from him all day today, either. If Raylan weren't in stasis, I'd ask him too, since he's got experience conducting manhunts. But you know him as well as anyone on board, any idea where he might go? His cabin door is still there so he hasn't been whisked away from the ship, but I'm a bit worried he might have gone overboard.

[abrightboy]

It’s been a while since I saw him in the sort of state of mind he was in when he went overboard. He goes to the gazebo, but it would be unusual for him to get caught up in a piece for twenty-four hours or more. Um. The library? … Eiffel’s cabin? Shaw and Raylan are both in c-stasis but… Kendall’s cabin?

[pharadyne]

Kendall's cabin is just down the hall, so let's try there first. Then Eiffel, then the library.

[abrightboy]

I’m coming.

[Malcolm runs out into the hall and almost collides with Norton.] After the party, I got a few texts from him. Normal stuff. Nothing today, though.

[pharadyne]

Try texting him now, see if he responds. [He says as he takes Malcolm's arm in the near-collision and starts hurrying them both to Kendall's cabin.]

[abrightboy]

Okay……. He usually answers pretty fast……. Done.

[pharadyne]

Has he replied? [Norton asks impatiently, about two seconds after Malcolm says he sent the text.] If not, maybe text him again in case he missed the first one.

[abrightboy]

Give him a chance to type more than five letters.

[pharadyne]

Oh. Right. [Norton manages to wait a full sixteen seconds this time.]

Anything?

[abrightboy]

[It’s sixteen seconds wherein Malcolm also grows concerned.]

…No. If he’s not with Kendall, where can we look next?

[pharadyne]

Eiffel next, I'll contact him while we knock on Kendall's door. I can manage two conversations at the same time. I think.

[And without thinking about it further, he calls up Eiffel.]