forum Vote Reboot (OPEN)

Started May 06, 2019 by @WriteOutofTime

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“You’re not the only one,” Maggie replied. “We just have to think this through. There’s gotta be solution or some loophole we can use.” Her words sounded calm and logical, but it was clear that the girl saying them was feeling anything but.

Daso shrugged, still carefree. "I mean, they've left us alone for the time being. What if this is a good thing? I mean…was anyone else homeless before this started?"

“Can’t say I was,” Maggie sighed, missing her home already, despite how desperate she was to leave it only days ago. “I’d take my cramped, crowded little apartment over this creepfest any day.” But she couldn’t help but feel bad for Daso.

Finn shook his head trying to calm down a tiny bit. “No but my locks don’t really work so it probably wasn’t hard for them to break in,” he said starting to pace around the room.

Erik bit his lip, but then sighed, “I live on the streets with my sis,” He confessed as he looked at Daso. At least I’m not the only one, Erik thought, still debating whether sharing that part of him was a good idea or not.

Daso glanced away, his mouth remaining in a smile while his eyes dimmed a bit. "You and your sis, huh? Sounds like a decent life." He fiddled with the bracelet on his wrist.

“I suppose.” Erik said quietly, barely more than a whisper, before he looked at the floor. Maybe he should have just stayed silent. He bit his lip again before going back to the tv. He needed something to do with his hands.

“Not homeless, but off at college,” Sebastian said, “There has to be some common thread here, though. Right?”

Maggie felt awkward, and suddenly very privileged. She’d always had somewhere to live, even in the worst of times. “We just need to figure out what it is,” Maggie replied to Sebastian. He could be right! She thought for a moment. “But what would all of us have in common?”

"There must be," Daso agreed, brightening up again. "Follow up question, how long would it take for people to notice you're missing?"

”i guess if you are away at college fewer people would know you are gone, ” Finn suggests. ”Same with homelessness. ’No one would miss us’ type of situation.” he thinks back to the crime shoes he used to watch with Willow.

“I don’t know,” Sebastian said, “I have roommates. They’d notice if I didn’t return. Otherwise, I kind of fade into a sea of faces. On the other hand, I have six siblings, and it’s likely someone might try to contact me while I’m away.”

"There must be," Daso agreed, brightening up again. "Follow up question, how long would it take for people to notice you're missing?"

”My family would know right away but they can't call the cops, ” he admits finally sitting down.

“I hope sooner rather than later, but to be completely honest, I don’t think they’d know…” Maggie said awkwardly, looking away quickly. She didn’t exactly want to discuss the reason why, and she hoped it was clear enough that no one would ask.

Daso nodded, his smile becoming a grim smirk. "Yeah. Might take a minute for my people to realize I'm missing, too." He didn't want to admit that they might never notice. The thought made him almost physically ache with how much he would miss them.

“I’d be noticed, but no one would try to contact the cops,” Erik explained softly, still staring at the tv in preference to making eye contact. He hoped Winter would be smart enough to find a safe place to bunk until… until she found a better place. Because the chances of Erik getting back to her… probably not good.

“Is it the connection then? That no one would notice, or at least not quickly,” Maggie suggested.

“Maybe they wouldn’t notice as quickly as I’d think,” Sebastian thought aloud, “Perhaps that is the thread. Maybe there isn’t one at all…”

"I dunno, but it's a good um, working hypothesis," Daso said.Working hypothesis. God, his sister would be able to figure this out so fast.

“We need to figure out why though. How would we benefit the kidnappers?” Erik pondered aloud, “They wouldn’t go through all this trouble for nothing. Getting people from all over the place, getting a building without an escape…”

“I don’t know? I’m not a genius or a prodigy or anything,” Maggie said. “I don’t see how they’d benefit from me.”

“Me neither. I’m just kind of a guy,” Sebastian agreed, “Nothing special.”

"Same here," Daso said. "I'm all looks and no brains." He grinned.

Maggie blushed a bit when he said that, noticing for the first time how attractive he was. “So, then why go to all this trouble?” she asked, focusing on the subject at hand again.

Daso noticed the girl's (what was her name? Maggie?) blush, smirking at her and winking slyly. He could almost hear his sister's voice in his head, chiding him for being such a flirt. Maggie was cute, what else was there to to?

Maggie looked away, a bit embarrassed. She hoped her cheeks hadn’t gotten any redder.