[Video][A friend lost and a strange light Shining]

[mccrane]

[McCrane is on a late patrol, in the junk-yard at night. With the horrors of the Glyphless catastrophe over and all of the paperwork filed, he has been searching for two things: One, the materials to build a soccer-goal, and two...]

Has anyone seen Gunmax?

[He's worried. He's always worried, of course, but now he looks more worried than usual. He turns, and for a moment the camera catches a small ball of light hovering over a silver-wrapped box with a gold bow. Curious, McCrane approaches, and the light moves out of the video, as does the box.]

I am also wondering about Barricade, as he has been gone for several weeks now. I don't know if keeping track of the populace is part of our Law Enforcement duties, but...it should be done. [McCrane reaches down, and suddenly the silver box pops back into view while he holds it. It's still remarkably well-lit for this time of night, but that may be because there's that small ball of light, shining on it again.]

And now it looks like I'll have to add Whirl onto the list, too. [He fingers the nametag, turning it toward the camera. Today was strange enough, but it looked as if it was going to get stranger.]

Is anyone else encountering unusual lights?

[It reminded him of Drill Boy's mythical fairy.]

Comments

voice;

[mccrane]

I don't think he's missing.

[McCrane has a present from him that indicates he's still around, and alive.]

But I have not seen him.

I'm worried.

voice;

[thxforthememories]

He had better not be missing.

... I'll look. I need to stretch my wings, anyway.

voice;

[mccrane]

You would?

[Kagerou, this means a lot to him.]

Thank you. If you see him, would you just tell him to contact me? I found a present for him in the junk pile.

voice;

[thxforthememories]

I like flying. ... Keeping track of a fool in the process is... an unintended bonus.

[He'll do it but he'll pretend he hates it.]

I wouldn't call anything in that pile a "gift".

voice;

[mccrane]

Mm. I believe the word you're looking for is idiot. [He's heard Gunmax use it more than once. Enjoy McCrane-brand humor.]

Why not? This one seems to be from the amazon. [Or, at least, it says 'Amazon' on it.]

voice;

[thxforthememories]

You sound like him. It doesn't suit you.

[It's like humor is a football and Kagerou is Charlie Brown.]

The amazon? What's that?

voice;

[mccrane]

Perhaps only Gunmax can pull off speaking in English.

[Or whatever it was that passed for English.]

It's a place on Earth. A jungle. [He can't imagine what Gunmax would be getting from a Jungle, but maybe it is something related to Gumclaps. That...would be more for Dumpson, though.]

voice;

[thxforthememories]

That's not English. That's ridiculous.

Why would he get anything from a jungle?

voice;

[mccrane]

It's...Gunmax.

[What else could he say?]

I'm not sure. Did you receive a present?

[He'll need to compare statistics to make sense of this.]

voice;

[thxforthememories]

That doesn't make it sound any better.

[AWKWARD SILENCE.]

[Because this one was there that day. He might very well have seen...]

... a stoplight.

I found... a stoplight. Addressed to me.

voice;

[mccrane]

[He agrees, really.]

...

A stoplight?

[That does sound familiar.]

From Earth?

voice;

[thxforthememories]

A stoplight.

From Earth.

[This is so. Embarrassing.]

voice;

[mccrane]

It...

It is that stoplight, isn't it?

[Oh Kagerou.]

voice;

[thxforthememories]

[Just. Flustered shifting.]

It sounds like the same one.

voice;

[mccrane]

But...

[He's at a loss, and so the first thing that comes to his head might not be the most sensible thing to say.]

There are no roads here.

voice;

[thxforthememories]

[... what.]

I don't think that matters to whoever sent this.

voice;

[mccrane]

I can't imagine who would have thought to send that, Kagerou.

[It makes so little sense.]

It makes me worried about his gift, though.

voice;

[thxforthememories]

No one but you and Yuuta were there that day.

[No one who's still here, anyway.] No one else could know.

Open it. If you're concerned.

voice;

[mccrane]

If I found such a thing in the junk pile I would tell you, Kagerou.

Wrapping it as a gift...

[That takes a sadist.]

[Both hands raise in denial at the suggestion though.]

I cannot do that. It is his. Opening it would be improper.

I wonder if it could be scanned, though...

voice;

[thxforthememories]

If I thought you had anything to do with this, I would have told you so.

[Which is as much of an "I trust you" as it's going to get.]

... Do you want me to scan it?

voice;

[mccrane]

[It takes him a moment to decode that into Kagerou-speak...but when he does he nods.] Thank you, Kagerou.

Do you think you could do that before he gets here?

It would solve this dilemma.

voice;

[thxforthememories]

I can fly. I can get anywhere before he can.

[Motorcycles, psh. He's a bird.]

Where should I go?

voice;

[mccrane]

[McCrane sends coordinates to where he is at, eager to be certain that this gift wasn't going to hurt Gunmax in any way.]

Will this work?

voice;

[thxforthememories]

Yes.

I'm on my way.

ACTION

[mccrane]

[McCrane will wait patiently, box in hand.]