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November 9, 2023

Datr - [Begin Frequency]

Datr - [Icarus opens the front door and enters the living room. He closes the door behind himself and gives a heavy sigh, "Every time." He looks into the living room where some of his things have been piled and stacked to one side of the large room. He walks further in and glances at all the extra space. Though it's less in excitement and more in unease.]

Cole - Is there a problem?

Datr - [His head tilts up some before realizing why he heard a voice. He pulls a serious tone and starts spreading out some of his belongings, "Uh right, no. No problem."]

Cole - That's good, I'm glad your doing alright

Datr - [Icarus pauses on grabbing the nearly empty box for medical supplies. He thinks a moment before speaking, "Would your workers you had here keep any secrets they found?"]

Cole - nope, every item has been moved from your house to this one without any changes

Datr - ["Alright." He nods and goes to toss the used bandages into the trash can.]

Liv - He's gay as heck for you!

Cole - NO I'M NOT

Datr - [Icarus rolls his eyes, taking it as a joke, "Would explain some things but I seriously doubt that." He starts sorting through some clothes.]

Cole - yeah, I'm not gay and even if I was I met you like a couple days ago so

Luna - "not gay" right Cole.

Cole - okay well i'm slightly gay, also what would that explain?

Datr - ["How you broke after one comment"]

Cole - moving swiftly along, is everything there accounted for?

Datr - [He gets up and away from the clothes to check other items, "Hold on I'll check."]

Cole - alright, I just wanna make sure nothing got misplaced or stolen

Datr - [Icarus digs past some items and finds his wallet sitting open on the floor nearby, "huh." He leans over and picks it up while checking its contents.]

Cole - quick question, what was with the used bandages? that is if you don't mind me asking

Datr - ["Just from fixing my leg- anyways, looks like I'm missing like twenty bucks." He tosses the wallet back into the pile.]

Cole - right but weren't you using shirts for bandages? and it looks like I have to talk to someone about that

Datr - [ Icarus nervously scratches the back of his head "...Uhm... no?"]

Cole - Is that why there was a bloody and dirty shirt where I properly dressed your wound?

Datr - [Icarus's tone suddenly becomes stern, "If you keep asking these things I'll tell everyone in town that you are gay."]

Luna - And what's so bad about that? You say that like being gay is automatically a bad thing.

Cole - so what if I am? got a problem with it?

Datr - ["It's not a bad thing, but any company in Hazeborough won't like you if that's the first and only thing they hear about you. Considering that's the largest shittiest city here it'll be a big issue. Especially for someone who wants to help more..." he clears his throat, "...friends."]

Cole - bold of you to assume I need to do any business deals in Hazeborough, I deal in governments not cities

Datr - ["Well it is the capital here too. It's where any government officials live as well."]

Cole - good to know, though if you were to do that it would be your word against mine and I'm sure they don't have the time or patience to deal with that.

Datr - [Icarus smiles some, "I have a lot more connections and credibility than a loon there."]

Cole - And? They would be willing to turn down a weapons deal that could provide the law enforcement with much needed upgrades? Or better construction equipment?

Luna - I doubt Cole being gay is gonna get them to disregard. It's such a nonissue anymore.

Datr - ["Everyone up there is petty as hell, trust me."]

Cole - Yeah? You wanna make a bet that I can't make a deal with them?

Datr - ["A human. Making a deal with one of the shittiest cities run by nonferals. I will eat the bandages and dance on my own grave if you manage that."]

Luna - Ew

Cole - I hope you can stomach used bandages, that deal is getting made one way or another

Luna - You do realize he'd be destroying the evidence right?

Cole - I doubt he'd actually eat them, it's probably sarcasm

Luna - Yeah

Datr - ["I'll fucking do it."]

Cole - Yeah? And if I don't get the deal?

Datr - ["Then you have to eat it."]

Cole - Alright, bet

Datr - [Icarus retrieves the bandages from the trash and sets them on the kitchen counter, "Hope you like the taste of gauze."]

Cole - I've tasted it quite a few times, I'm not very adverse to the taste

Datr - ["Oh this one will be spicy by the time you give up." He snickers to himself.]

Cole - By the way, I'm curious if you know about a town named Trotston?

Datr - [Icarus rolls his eyes, "Trotston Enclave?"]

Cole - What do you know about it?

Datr - [Icarus grumbles, "Long story short Hazeborough had a big loonism problem and decided to kick them all out so they started their own town. Its alot more secluded and the only town that has nothing but loons."]

Cole - Noted, I'm assuming it's somewhere in wicket woods?

Datr - [He nods, "I wouldn't go there if I were you though. They're usually a bit crazy."]

Cole - Right, right, I'd never go there

Datr - [ "That sounds like a lie."]

Cole - what? me? going to an abandoned loon town? never, I don't wanna get near the not loons that still live there.

Datr - [ Icarus tilts his head some, "It's not abandoned."]

Cole - Oh yup, not abandoned at all it was soooo not abandoned when I tore apart the rotted wooden wall around the town and walked into the deserted town

Datr - [ Icarus sounds concerned, "...Hang on, that town shouldn't be abandoned it has a population of like 600 people still."]

Cole - yeah? the town of 600 ghosts, there was nothing in that town other then ghosts and spray paint

Datr - [ "Were there and bodies?!?"]

Cole - didn't smell like it

Datr - [ "Huh?!? Cole. 600 people don't just up and vanish, where the hell are they???" ]

Cole - you act like I would know, if I knew I would be asking them various questions about loons

Datr - [ Icarus looks baffled and huffs, "I don't think anyone else even knows this yet."]

Cole - so what you're saying is that i've passed along information that no one else knows and that you'll look insane for sharing

Datr - [ "What I'm saying is I think you stumbled across something big."]

Cole - mhm, what? Do you want me to go to the news with this?

Datr - [ "I don't know but something needs to be done in case anyone else is in danger."]

Cole - I doubt they got killed, they probably just left the town

Datr - [ "And gone where exactly? This island isn't exactly very large. They even have a single building taller than a tree and it could be seen from the Hazeborough mountains." ]

Cole - Idk...another town? integrated into the towns?

Datr - [ "It would be pretty noticeable if hundreds of loons flooded an area. They aren't exactly subtle"]

Cole - What if it was very slow? and it's certainly possible that there's just another one of those towns, somewhere in wicket woods

Datr - [ "There's certainly not a population of 600 loons in either town, even if you combine them."]

Cole - Idk what to tell you man

Datr - [ "So who do we tell? Where do we look?"]

Cole - Idk the fuckin news?? cops?? it's not our job to look for these guys, though I wouldn't mind searching for people

Datr - [ "I'm worried Cherrywood is going to think Hazebough wiped the town or something and caused a fight."]

Cole - well if there's a fight....they might need weapons....

Luna - Cole...

Datr - [ Icarus makes an expressionless face.]

Luna - Cole, I think the goal here is to NOT get them to fight, not make a ton of money on them.

Cole - right, right, right

Luna - smh

Cole - no selling weapons to both sides, got it

Datr - [ "COLE. We don't need more deaths."]

Cole - they won't die....yet BUT if the goal is to get them to not fight then why don't we just say that we aren't sure where they went and that's it's entirely possible that they are just in other town

Luna - That sounds worse somehow???

Cole - everyone dies eventually, I don't get how that's so terrible

Spid - Says you

Datr - [ "There is no other town. Anyone can go to the mountains and look out to see nothing."]

Cole - what if it's hidden in the tree canopy?

Spid - Cole for god's sake

Cole - tents do exist

Luna - You're acting like a bunch of loons just went underground or some shit

Cole - knowing this world, that's entirely possible

Spid - Icarus don't suppose you know when the last count of the town's population was? Cause from what Cole described it sounds like it had been abandoned for a good while

Luna - That would technically explain where they all went. If they're not in HazeBorough or in Cherrywood, then they're hidden somewhere.

Datr - [ "I don't know how towns keep up with the populations of other towns but as far as I know they should have 600 people right fucking now."]

Spid - ..has anyone else gone missing? Ignoring the serial killer in the woods of course

Luna - From what I'm seeing in the DATRS log, specifically the tenth one, it looks like Trotston has been abandoned for a really long time. Tons of dust, cracked windows, etc

Cole - i'm gonna find them, I have a dirt bike, and I don't need to sleep

Spid - Then I'm coming with

Luna - I would come along but I think I'll pass for now.

Datr - [End Frequency]