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A. [Action - Outside 456 Stone]

[It'd been nearly three whole days since Miss Elizaveta and Miss Clover had gone out. Neither one of them had mentioned how long they were going to be, but it was still a little concerning. In the whole time Austria had been here neither of them stayed away from the house too long and they always slept there at night.

Austria was perfectly capable of taking care of himself though. He'd been doing it for a few centuries after all. Miss Elizaveta was nice enough to leave some food in the house before she left so he didn't need to start scavenging or anything yet. Still, he wasn't used to being this lonely these days. Even back home he'd had Switzerland to stay with him or Hungary to beat on him.

And he'd grown to really like Miss Elizaveta especially... being alone wasn't very fun at all.

Austria will sit outside the front of the house waiting for either one of them to come home.]


B. [Phone]

[Austria had seen both Miss Elizaveta and Clover play with this thing. Clover especially liked yelling into it and sometimes it seemed like it was yelling back at her from her reaction. Maybe it would yell at him too if he talked to it!

So, getting a chair and pushing it over to where the phone is, Austria will climb up and try to work with it.]

Hallo? [Austria smacks the receiver a few times with his hand.] Halllooooo?

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B

[thelonewanderer]

[Mae is in her house when she hears what sounds like a kid on the phone. She'll pick it up.]

Hello?

[arrowtothebutt]

Ah! [Austria fumbles with the phone for a moment, startled that it actually did start talking to him.]

It worked.

[thelonewanderer]

[She tucks the phone under her chin.]

The phone? Yeah, it's working.

Were you trying to call someone?

[arrowtothebutt]

The phone? [Hmm... That must be what this thing calls herself. Or at least she sounded like a she.]

I wanted to see if you talked back, Miss Phone. [He probably shouldn't have smacked her like that, it wasn't very nice.]

[thelonewanderer]

Huh?...No. I'm not the phone, you're talking through it to me.

I'm at another house in the town.

And my name is Mae.

[arrowtothebutt]

You're not? [The things in this town were very confusing.]

Oh, hallo Miss Mae then! I'm Austria! It's nice to meet-- speak to you.

[thelonewanderer]

Nope. It's just something that lets you talk to people in other houses.

[She was rather new to phones when she got here as well. She knew what they were, they were just weren't much use in a wasteland.]

Nice to speak to you too Austria.

[arrowtothebutt]

[That's kind of... neat actually. Maybe even helpful! If he could use the phone to talk to everyone in different houses, maybe he'd find Miss Elizaveta and Clover. It was a lot easier than walking around to find them, there was less chance of getting lost.]

Miss Mae, do you know a nice and very pretty lady named Miss Elizaveta?

[thelonewanderer]

I don't think so....

What does she look like?

[arrowtothebutt]

She's tall. [Compared to him at least.] And she's got green eyes and long hair with a flower in it.

I drew a picture of her, do you want to see? [Phones have eyes right?]

[thelonewanderer]

No, sorry I haven't seen her....

Um sure. But I won't be able to see it over the phone.

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[of_alderaan]

[Leia stops on her way past. Small child waiting for someone when people seem to be going missing. Never a good sign.]

Waiting for someone?

[arrowtothebutt]

[Austria tilts his head in his hands a bit.] Ja! How'd you know?

[of_alderaan]

You looked like you might be.

Have they been gone long?

[Hopefully they haven't gone missing like some people have.]

[arrowtothebutt]

Only three days. [Which actually wasn't that long a time to Austria in general, but it was weird to not see someone here in the three whole days. Especially those two. He'd let his guard down the last few months and gotten too comfortable with the whole family living arrangement he guessed.]

Do you know Miss Elizaveta? Or Clover?

[of_alderaan]

You haven't seen them in three days?

[Well that isn't good.]

I don't believe so. Where did you last see them? Did they tell you where they were going?

[arrowtothebutt]

[Austria shakes his head.]

Nein. I think Clover mentioned something about a carnival though, but I couldn't find it when I looked for them.

[Only Austria could manage to get lost trying to walk to the giant ferris wheel dominating the town right now.]

[of_alderaan]

The carnival has been busy.

You haven't been waiting out here for three days have you?

[arrowtothebutt]

Not the whole time. I waited inside when it got dark. [He keeps falling asleep at the window instead of his bed though.]

[of_alderaan]

It's good of you to keep watch. But I'm sure they'd want you to be taking care of yourself as well.

Is there food in your house?

[arrowtothebutt]

Oh, I can take care of myself, I'm a man!

There's food in the cold box thing in the kitchen. [He's been eating whatever he doesn't have to cook so far, but he's fully prepared to start a fire on the front lawn. He gathered twigs in a pile and everything.]

[of_alderaan]

Do you know anyone else in town?

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[theverymodel]

[Well that's... distracting.]

Transmission acknowledged. Seeking particular individual?

[arrowtothebutt]

Um... [What's a transmission?]

Miss Elizaveta?

[theverymodel]

Unfamiliar with individual. Generally preferred to target specific messages.

[arrowtothebutt]

Oh. Danke. [Well, that was disappointing. While he has you on the phone though...]

Who's this?

[theverymodel]

Dr. Mordin Solus.

B - Phone

[kingofhero]

[He sounded pretty little. . .]

Hi there!

[arrowtothebutt]

Hi! [He sounds friendly!]