Case #43: Audio (Those still on board + Repomen)

[19centconstable]

[George sounds suitably distraught by the few transmission trickling back to the Barge.]

What on Earth is going on out there? Everyone is making very little sense, and there was a very disturbing broadcast made. There have been very few check-ins as well. How many went to port? Has something happened to them?

Detective Hoffman, please check in!

I'm beginning to fear the worst.

Comments

I saw nothing!

[19centconstable]

...Well, no, because there isn't any water, actually. Although I have heard it said that one could do so in quite a small amount.

that first one is there forever sob

[ex_hitokiri283]

So, why is drowning so frightening?

[19centconstable]

As a way to die? It sounds quite awful. But that isn't what I'd meant.

Sometimes, when people go overboard, they can forget themselves.

[ex_hitokiri283]

My apologies - I was unclear on your meaning. I thought you meant that there was no harm to come of actual drowning.

That's fascinating. What do they become?

[19centconstable]

Quite on the contrary.

They seem to believe themselves to be someone who has always resided in whatever port we've made.

[ex_hitokiri283]

In which case, I certainly agree.

Oh, dear.

[19centconstable]

And then it can be quite difficult to get them back.

But we've yet to leave anyone at a port. That I'm aware of.

[ex_hitokiri283]

So then this, like those Valentine's Day romances, will also pass, and things will return to as they were?

[19centconstable]

Things do seem to. I'm not sure it's something I would count on, though.

[ex_hitokiri283]

It is a rather powerless way to look at things.

[19centconstable]

I suppose it is.

But I don't believe we've met, Mr.-...?

[ex_hitokiri283]

Oh! Sincerest apologies. This boat's made me rude, I think.

Kristoph Gavin. A pleasure. And you?

[19centconstable]

It's quite alright. I'm Constable George Crabtree. It's a pleasure Mr. Gavin, although I do wish it were under better circumstances.

[ex_hitokiri283]

Constable? I was a lawyer, back home.

[19centconstable]

Ah? And where might that be?

[ex_hitokiri283]

First Germany, then Japan. Are you familiar with either?

[19centconstable]

Yes, of course. I mean, I haven't been, but I'm aware of both.

[ex_hitokiri283]

Lovely. The last person I spoke to had heard of neither.

You really should go, after this. Lovely places, both.

[19centconstable]

Should I ever have the means, I certainly would.

[ex_hitokiri283]

And where are you from, Constable Crabtree?

[19centconstable]

Toronto, Canada. 1898.

[ex_hitokiri283]

I must admit I've never been to Canada, and I'm from 2026. Was Canada nice, then?

[19centconstable]

Oh yes: it's always been nice.

[It's Canada.]

[ex_hitokiri283]

If I ever get back home, I"ll have to visit.

[19centconstable]

I'd imagine travel must be very easy in the future.