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IC CONTACT (Victory Road)

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"Yo, it's Heather. I'm probably asleep or one of the Pokemon ate my 'Gear or something so I can't answer you right now. But feel free to leave a message or something.
I'll probably get back to you. ... Probably. Peace out."

Click!

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_{[Here is a short message from Jack with his favorite bird on his shoulder. His expansive livingroom can be seen behind him.]}

Miss Mason, hello! When you have a moment, I need to ask you about something I left behind--it isn't urgent, so don't worry!

_{[When Heather answers, it's from a homey Pewter City hotel room.]}

Hey, Jack!

What's up?

_{[She has a feeling she knows what he's gonna ask for.]}

Well!

_{[He lowers his voice to a conspiratorial whisper.]}

Last year I may have loaned you a certain garment. I was hoping you weren't too terribly attached to it?

_{[A grin stretches across her face.]}

I was wondering when you were gonna ask about that.

_{[And then she winks. :) SHE DIDN'T TELL ANYONE.]}

_{[Jack cackles at the sight of that. Perhaps he should make her a Pumpkin Knight as well!]}

Wonderful!

You gonna be at that festival in Ecruteak? I could bring it to you there.

Absolutely! That would be fantastic. From the sounds of it, it will almost be like my Halloween. I can't wait!

Yeah, I was thinkin' that when the word got around.

Lots of ghosts around. Probably more in Lavender than Ecruteak, but I'm not complaining. I can't say I've ever had a great relationship with ghost-types.

Those poor Lavender Town ghosts...turned out of their tower for some silly radio station.

_{[Jack clenches a fists. ROCKETS. That he was a part of. Oh. Oh oops. He...hasn't told Heather about that yet. He bites his lip for a moment but quickly shakes that off. Now is not the time.]}

I suppose not every type is for everyone!

I've never actually been to Lavender.

Envy and I are making our way around Kanto, but we've only just gotten the Boulderbadge.

What's it like?

_{[Ring ring ring! A number is calling today, not a username from Heather's contact list.]

[The voice that blares through the Poke'Gear is of similar volume to the call Envy received duirng The Jellyfish Incident but its content is not nearly as humorous.]}

HEATHER, HE'S HERE!

_{[The Henry on the screen is dirty and owl-eyed, still in his scrubs and with a bloody nose. There are quite a few frustrated and ruffled Officer Jennies behind him, poised to grab him again if he ties to bolt for a third time.]}

_{[Well, if there's one phonecall you really don't expect to get when you're on a beautiful mountain hike, it's Henry Townshend, in custody, screaming bloody murder with a bunch of policewomen trying to calm him down.]

[The gang have arrived at a little outcrop where the cave systems briefly return to the surface and briefly sat down to take a break and eat something, and that's when the call arrives and Heather picks up. And has her eardrums blasted out.]

[Heather isn't sure when the last time she's gone from placid to unbridled panic so quickly was.]}

--What?!

Who, the cultist?

Are you OKAY?! What the fuck happened?!

_{[Once he was sure that he'd gotten through, Henry launched right into his campaign for Walter's blood.]}

Walter! He's here! Walter Sullivan! You have to come get me out of jail right now so I can kill him!

_{[One of the Jennies is getting really tired of these war cries and gives his arm a shake with a "That's enough!" Henry actually retaliates by yanking his arm away and trying to push against the shorter woman the same way he'd done Prince.]}

Heather, he's here! He's here! I can't let him drag this world to Hell! I have to do my job! This is what Joseph was warning me about! I know it!

_{[Walter Sullivan, the serial killer.]

[Heather may not have heard all the details about Henry's situation back home, but she certainly knew that name. It hadn't even occurred to her to think that the Order member who had contacted her after her heavy post a couple weeks back had been the one who'd terrorized Henry in his apartment, but she knows there's no way that he's not the one she talked to.]

[She's already scrambling upright, even though she's hundreds of miles away on a freaking mountain and will actually need to do some planning before dashing off into the wild blue yonder.]}

OKAY, I'm coming, I'll leave right now!

Just-- stay calm till I get there! Don't fight with the Jennies!

_{[She can't even be angry at them for manhandling the wild, crazy-eyed man on her screen. He's screaming about killing someone, what else can they even do? But at the same time, she really doesn't want him to get hurt.]}

I'll come as fast as I can!

Calm down!

No!

_{[He roars it back, spit flying from his mouth. His eyes are puffy and red and he drags an arm under his nose, smearing the blood in a gross arc up one side of his cheek.]}

Everyone keeps telling me to calm down! They don't understand how much danger we're in!

You HAVE to, Henry, you don't have a CHOICE!

I'm coming to get you but I won't be there right away so you HAVE to calm down!

_{[Of course, even as she's shoving things into her backpack one handedly, she can't not notice how much of a mess his face is, and despite her own insistence on calm, she can't disguise the brimming anger in her voice when she asks--]}

Did HE do that to you?

_{[One of the Jennies reaches for the comm panel, threatening to turn it off if he doesn't behave himself. Begrudgingly, he settles down, shoulders shaking. He feels like he has lightning running through his bones.]

[Finally something he can't actually blame on Walter comes up and he averts his eyes.]}

No...I--look. Just. I'll be here. I just...you. I have a lot to tell you. We have to be ready.

_{[No? Then...]

[Her eyes go to the Jennies.]

[She might not be able to blame them for having to get a little physical when a detainee is hollering about murder, but IF THEY WERE THE ONES WHO BUSTED HIS FACE OPEN...!!!!!]}

I know, I'm coming, okay? I'm leaving as SOON as I hang up this call, I'll fly on Hurricane, I'll be there within five hours. I'll be there.

_{[But before she hangs up, she gives the Jennies a SCOWL.]}

If you people lay one FINGER on him before I get there, so HELP me, I'll...!

_{[The spitting, hissing mess that is Henry Townshend finally seems to settle down. He's so tired. He worked all night and then this happened.]}

Alright...

_{[The Jenny nearest to the camera gives Heather a lifted brow. Oh, please. This wild man did that to himself. She supposes everything will become clear when she arrives. The feed ends.]}

Hmm...

_{[His brows knit thoughtfully.]}

Beautifully gloomy in a bittersweet kind of way...and the food is nice. But the ghosts there, they're so unhappy having been moved out of their home.

_{[Heather clicks her 'Gear shut once the screen goes blank and stands there for a moment, just staring forward off into the horizon with a look that's stunned, almost dazed.]

[And then, turns to Envy.]

[Who just overheard the entire thing.]}

... I, uh... I gotta go.

[Envy sure had just overheard the entire thing, it would have been impossible not to. And it had taken all of what little self control he has not to try and jump into the conversation himself, but that would have made understanding anything impossible.]

[But he knows of Walter, he's heard Henry talk about him before. The one who had made all those terrible things happen to his best friend, the one who had been trying to kill him. Envy's face is set in some mix of surprise, worry, and narrow-eyed anger by the time Heather turns to him.]

[He wants to go too. He wants to go make sure that this guy doesn't lay a damn finger on Henry.]

I'll come too.

Oof.

I don't look forward to going there.

Unhappy ghosts are usually the ones that give you the most trouble.

_{[SORRY JACK, ONE PUSHED HER IN FRONT OF A TRAIN ONCE AND SHE REALLY HAS NEVER GOTTEN OVER THAT.]}

_{[Jack is more than ready to agree with her.]}

It's hard to resist taking out your frustrations on mortals.

_{[She shakes her head.]

[As reluctant as she is to part ways, even if it's only temporary, she knows how impractical it would be.]}

No, you... you keep going on.

I'll be fastest if I go alone.

Besides, if one of us doesn't make it to Cerulean, we'll have to make this whole hike over again.

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