for Joe

[yellowlion]

I yawn, and turn the page. It's not that late, really. I shouldn't be tired. But the house is unusually quiet and I'm finding it incredibly hard to focus on these reports.

Oh, well. I sip my coffee, then pick up my red pen again and make myself concentrate.

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[catcameback]

Yummy trills loudly and butts his head hard against Jou's hand, the scratches he's getting obviously not sufficient. Jou must be really upset then.

I take a step closer and grip the back of a chair hard, waiting for the hammer to fall, but what he tells me is almost... worse than I even expected.

"The pirates?" I growl, shoving a hand in my pocket to grasp at my Switch. I'm not about to let them take him. I'll tear them all apart.

[yellowlion]

"No, no, no," I say hastily. "I spoke to Marvelous. He could've been lying, but I suspect he would've wanted me to know if Joe had decided to be with them and had run away from us. I also... I really don't think Joe would do that anyway. Not without telling us. And they wouldn't kidnap him."

[catcameback]

"You're sure about that?" They are pirates, after all, and pretty damn proud of that fact. I wonder if Jou is being too forgiving, but then I notice that Joe's left his little blue pirate guy figure here. Along with the phone-thing that goes with it, and his real phone too.

I growl softly. "How long ago? Which way did he leave?"

[yellowlion]

"Yeah," I say sadly, stroking Yummy again. "I almost wish it was them, because then we could just go get him back, but I'm sure."

I swallow. "A couple hours. I thought he'd come back after he cooled off... he ran out the front door and I don't know which way he went, I should've paid more attention."

[catcameback]

"Well, if it's not them, then it's someone else." I say flatly. "Joe's really dumb sometimes but he's not stupid. He'd be back by now if he was coming back. Something happened to him."

I snarl softly again and finally lift my Switch out of my pocket, turning it comfortably between my fingers. "I'm gonna find him." I press the Switch in the same motion as turning and stalking towards the front door.