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[UPDATE] Quirkyacuity - May 16 - News of the Traveller
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 		[UPDATE] Quirkyacuity - May 16 - News of the Traveller
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News of the traveller
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Time: 06:42 PM

Hey, sorry if my last post left some of you with the impression that I was going a little crazy. I guess worrying about a friend will do that to you, but I'm doing a lot better now, especially since I managed to talk to actual Kurt as opposed to imaginary-in-my-head Kurt on Sunday. He called me, in fact, since he's been blocking my messages from his key since I left him on Thursday. I was out for dinner at Conundra with Caine when he called - I think Caine was a little miffed that I dropped both my cutlery and the puzzle we'd been working on as soon as my key lit up. Still, I'm sure he'll get over it.

I took my key outside and answered it.
I said: "Hey."
Kurt said: "Hey."

I'm sure you'll want to congratulate me for the various things I did not say at this moment. Things including: a) are you still crazy? b) how was I supposed to know you were even alive? c) do you know I've been lying to your mother for you these past three days telling her I've been getting regular updates from the spa retreat you've gone to? d) I'm so angry with you I wish they'd perfected those "solid-gram" keys so I could punch you in the face and e) I'm really worried about you.

Instead, I said: "How's your leg?"
"Fine. Better. Getting better."
"Where are you now?"
"Ryefield."
"Sounds nice. How's the weather there?"
"Good. Sunny."
"Sounds nice."

I realise I was repeating myself, but there's a limit to the amount of smalltalk I can come up with when they majority of my brain is taken up preventing myself from saying 'tell me what you're doing, let me come and help you, I want to know you're safe'.

"Yes," he said, "it's nice. Listen, Violet?"
"Mmm-hmm?"
"I'm sorry about how we left things on Thursday." He paused. I said nothing. He continued. "It got a little intense. I didn't mean it to go that way."
"No," I said, "nor did I. I'm sorry too."
There was another silence. This one felt more relaxed, though.
He said: "I have to see this through. I think I'm getting close."
I took a breath. "Do you want me to come and meet you?"
"No." He spoke over me.
"Right. OK."
"This will be over soon," he said. "I'll be home soon. But I need to finish it myself."
Another pause. A silence. I thought about Caine back in the restaurant and how much I wanted to just run to the train station and go to Ryefield and how Caine'd probably think it was funny as hell if I left him there alone so there wouldn't even be any consequences.
"OK, I'm glad you're safe. Keep it that way, OK?"
"OK," he said, and I could hear the smile in his voice.
"And you'll let me know if there's anything I can do to help, won't you?"
"Yup," he said. But I got the feeling he was already thinking of something else.
"Bye then."
"Bye."

I didn't tell Caine who I'd been speaking to. It made him crazy not to know, which was another bonus. And, since then, I've been resisting the urge to jump on the train to Ryefield oh, about every ten minutes or so. But I've thought of something else to do - I'm going to do a little more digging into Miranda's background here, pull in a few favours, see if I can find any scrap of information that might help Kurt. And, yeah, I know it's probably useless, but it feels better than doing nothing, and that's as good a reason as any.


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 		So who thinks we should tell Violet to go then, maybe the Kurts been arrested, you should go find out what happening ploy?

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 		Should we tell Violet about Miranda's threat to her and Kurt's family?

(Although I can't work out what exactly it is that Miranda 'can do', unless its another elaborate scheme to swap over the counter drugs).

Would that stop her going to Kurt or just make her more determined?
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Jaeneas wrote:

(Although I can't work out what exactly it is that Miranda 'can do', unless its another elaborate scheme to swap over the counter drugs).


She could get some 3p hoods to do her dirty work for her.

why is all the good stuff happen when i don't have a internet conetion at home. Sad
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