Case #40: Voice

[19centconstable]

[George's accent wafts over the network all by itself, which is fairly unusual.]

Er. Did everyone happen to awaken in...unusual circumstances, then?

["Unusual circumstances" is Victorian for "somebody else's bed & trousers".]

Comments

Re: [Private]

[19centconstable]

One moment, let me see if...

[George tries to video function this crazy new thing his communicator has turned into. And that is why Hoffman gets to look at a very close up picture of George's finger.]

Re: [Private]

[lastmanstanding]

[Must. Stifle. Urge. To. Strangle.] ...George, move your thumb off the len-off the little hole in the phone. The circle.

Re: [Private]

[19centconstable]

[Killing your warden would be bad, Mark.]

Sorry.

[Now you're looking over George's shoulder!]

Re: [Private]

[lastmanstanding]

[Hoffman looks at the image]

...That's this hotel. The room. Look, get the sheet and wrap yourself in it and go look and tell me what room number you're in.

Re: [Private]

[19centconstable]

In a sheet?!?!

[A Scandal in Las Vegia!]

Re: [Private]

[lastmanstanding]

If you're so worried about clothes George.

[beat] ...did you..

[He can't even ask. Did you wake up with anybody.]

Re: [Private]

[19centconstable]

A sheet isn't clothes.

Did I what?

Re: [Private]

[lastmanstanding]

...It's not important.

...George what do you have on?

Re: [Private]

[19centconstable]

...A young lady's shirt.

Re: [Private]

[lastmanstanding]

[There is a quiet moment. Then Hoffman speaks again with a relatively straight face. Deep breath.]

Is she from the barge?

Re: [Private]

[19centconstable]

She is.

Re: [Private]

[lastmanstanding]

[Hoffman's eyes narrow] ...Is she there?

Re: [Private]

[19centconstable]

She is.

Re: [Private]

[lastmanstanding]

[Hoffman sighed] Then go ask her what room number you're in and I'll bring you some clothes okay?

Re: [Private]

[19centconstable]

I'll see if she feels appropriately clothed enough to do so.