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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2017 23:14:49 GMT -5
"And they just let him stay in the closet at the hospital? Sounds unrealistic. I like to read quite a lot, though I'm not really into fiction. I read typically boring stuff, like philosophy and history." Steffan said. "Guess I'm in the right course for that." He chuckled a bit. "Do you read a lot of fiction?"
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Oct 27, 2017 23:54:54 GMT -5
"I believe they give him a room once they realize he's there and doesn't have a place to stay," Oakley gives a small laugh, "And yes, I mainly read fiction. Although, I sometimes like to read documentaries on certain things. Nothing in particular." She shut the book, "So your major is in history, then, I'm assuming?"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 1:19:56 GMT -5
"Yes it is. I'm planning to do some historical research and exploration of my own after I graduate. Too bad I can't get down in the dirt and dig like an archeologist though." Steffan chuckled a bit.
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Oct 28, 2017 1:23:25 GMT -5
"Okay." Danny said moving his hands into his pockets.
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Oct 28, 2017 11:10:11 GMT -5
"Hey, don't think like that!" Oakley said, determined, "I'm sure you'll be able to do that, one day. You know, science and technology is growing by the day. I'm sure that by the time you graduate here, there'll be a way for you to get down and dig like all the other archaeologists. Maybe you'll find some treasures unlike what anyone else has found." She laughed, "At least you'll have a job that is adventurous. I'm going for Graphic Design. There's not always job opportunities with that, unless you live in the big city. I'm still working up my clientele now so I can have people to work for."
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Sherlock started the car and drove off, making his way down the street past campus and towards the local police station. It was time to report what had happened, and what they'd seen at the music store. If Donovan was behind it, then he'd have to tell someone of authority. As much as he didn't want to get authority involved, he now knew something was NOT right with Mikel just leaving. And he was pretty sure Donovan had something to do with it. He remembered how Donovan used to act back when his first girlfriend left him. It was not pretty. And Donnie and Mikel hadn't even dated, that was the weird part. But Sherlock was scared. He needed to let them know, to look out for Donovan. There was no telling what he'd do to Mikel.
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Donovan made his way back to his apartment as fast as he could. He stomped up the stairs and nearly knocked the door down getting inside. He was pissed. He was very very pissed. What could that no good loser do to win Mikel back? Mikel wasn't going anywhere. God, he wished he'd punched the lights out of that guy. He was really annoying. And Sherlock...he hadn't seen Sherlock in a long time. He never thought he'd see him again ever. Well, "Sherlock". Is that really what he called himself now? How pathetic. Why not a cool name? What did he think, he was going to escape from letting Mikel know who he was by changing his name into something stupid? Well, dear "Sherlock". It wouldn't be that easy. And Donovan knew the perfect way to change that. "Oh, dear Mikel..." He whispered as he approached the locked door, "I'm home. I hope you're done with supper. We have a busy rest of the day ahead of us..."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 13:31:25 GMT -5
"Even if such technology existed I don't exactly trust doctors enough to use it on me. Doctors doing shoddy work is the reason I'm in this chair in the first place." Steffan said. "I thought there would be a huge market for graphic design, it's basically everyone in advertising and media."
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Oct 29, 2017 0:23:50 GMT -5
"Yeah, well, you have to work your way up to the big dogs before you can do anything good," Oakley nervously picked at the table's edge, "It's just...hard to get your work put out there. Sometimes, there's so many critiques and everyone doesn't want rookie work, or you have to have gained at least three years experience to work somewhere, and it's just hard." She laughed, "I guess once I stay here and get my bachelor's, I'll have my experience. I just...I love to make posters and covers for books and magazines. That's what I'm good at. And I love to draw, but...the business aspect of design is always my problem. I'm always too emotionally invested in my work to make it for business." She shrugged, "But anyway, it is what it is. How about you? Did you have a specific place you wanted to work at, or have you always wanted to do some exploration solo?"
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Oct 29, 2017 0:38:42 GMT -5
Danny turns on some music to help him think and to calm down. He allowed himself to get lost in the music not really caring to much for the lyrics. What did that psycho do to Mikel and where was he keeping him? Mikel I hope you are okay OOnce Mikel was safe and in his arms again Danny would make it his mission to spoil and protect his boyfriend.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2017 8:10:36 GMT -5
"Have you looked into taking a business class or researching something along those lines? If you're struggling with the business aspect of it." Steffan said. "I'm not entirely sure yet where I want to go or into what field, or with how many people I'm going to work with. I'm probably not going to be able to do it alone. But then again I can always fall back on the family business if that doesn't go anywhere."
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Oct 30, 2017 8:46:07 GMT -5
"I may take some business class next year, since it'll be my final year," Oakley gave a weak smile, "Maybe it'll teach me some things, haha. Thanks." She tilted her head, curious, "Your family owns a business? What kind?" She imagined her father when he used to work at the diner down the road from her family's old house, before she moved to Trinity University. He'd imagined she'd work with him, but she'd told him she had different plans.
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Mikel had dragged the quilt off the bed into his arms and wrapped it around him in his sleep. He stayed leaned against the wall, near the door now. The empty bowl of soup was sitting on top of the table near his bed. He was sleeping quite well, except for the few nightmare interruptions. That was, until Donovan came banging on the door. Mikel jumped up with a start, nearly flinging the blanket off him. "Wha-?" Before he was even able to answer Donovan from inside the room, the door swung open wide and Donovan came stomping into the room with a wide grin on his face and a crazy glint in his green eyes. Mikel felt fear overwhelm him. "Let's have some fun, Mikel. Let's play a game. Follow me." Donovan stated, bluntly, before leaving the door open and walking out at the same brisk pace, "And don't try to escape! I have an electric trap on the door that is connected to the wristband on your arm. Try to leave and see what happens." Mikel stood to his feet, wobbly, and followed Donovan into the hallway as instructed. He noticed Donovan moving towards another room down the hall, and considered his options. He could try to run for it. But about what Donovan said...would he get shocked if he did? Like some kind of wild animal? He didn't want to try it and find out. So, he moved towards the room Donovan had went into. Inside, the walls were a pale yellow. There was a small bed on one side of the room, while two chairs sat facing each other in the middle of the room. Other than that, it was empty. "Come in and have a seat. I'll get our game started soon." Mikel was frozen with fear. What was this "game" Donovan continued to reference? He just did as he was told and sat down, still holding the blanket around him. It was freezing in Donovan's apartment. Once Donovan came back, he smiled warmly at Mikel as he handed him warm cup of what appeared to be coffee or hot chocolate. Mikel thought better than to drink it immediately and just rested it in his lap, letting it warm his hands. Donovan took the seat on the opposite side of Mikel, with a coffee in his hands as well, and looked at Mikel curiously. "Alright, this game is easy. We'll question each other. And we'll answer. Taking turns, each time. Got it?" Mikel nodded, and they started the game. It was easy, at first. Donovan asked his favorite color, which Mikel told him it was orange, and then Mikel asked him about his preference for the cold, which Donovan just shrugged and suggested it was because he preferred cold over smoldering heat. Then Donovan asked the difficult one. "So, how do you know 'Sherlock' Williams?"
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(i'm so sorry that was so long lol but i had to type it out)
Sherlock pulled up at the police station with a frown. The door read "Closed for weekend due to health protocol. If emergency, call Trinity's Sheriff's Department or 911, if needed." He hit the side of his steering wheel in frustration. Of course they'd close for stupid reasons TODAY of all days... "Should we call?" Sherlock turned to Danny, "Or do you think we should take care of this ourselves?" There was an underlying tone in his voice, one that sounded like an empty bomb wanting to explode. That's what he felt like. Angry, but still numb. Empty, almost, besides the anger. Because he KNEW Donovan had information about Mikel's whereabouts. It was just getting the idiot to spill it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2017 12:21:38 GMT -5
"Trade and cargo. My father owns a bunch of cargo ships and we make a lot of money sailing products to different countries." Steffan said. "It's something easy to fall back on if this doesn't pan out."
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 1, 2017 22:48:45 GMT -5
Danny shrugged his shoulders. "I don't really care. I just want to find Mikel and for Donovan to be punched in the face or arrested." He said before turning to look at him.
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Nov 12, 2017 1:19:12 GMT -5
(i'm so sorry i haven't been on in a little while. so much stress!!!
how are you guys??)
"Well, that does sound like a good business, if you needed to fall back on something," Oakley tilted her head, examining Steffan's face, "But you don't really want to do that, do you? I mean, it looks like history is your main interest right now." She smiled as she looked down at the notes he'd been taken before, "I say go all out and do whatever you can to get in a program that'll help you out. That's what I'm having a struggle with--wondering if what I'll do will actually be what I want to do forever, you know? Because I've always had a thing for Psychology, I loved my PSY classes."
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Sherlock nodded, turning his wheel and pulling out of the gas station. They were heading back to campus, "Good, then we'll handle this on our own. Those authorities here on campus aren't going to do much to help anyway, so we'll deal with this ourselves." He handed Danny his phone, trying to keep his eyes on the road, "Look through my contacts for a man named 'Thomas'. He'll help us out."
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 12, 2017 2:26:41 GMT -5
*Hugs* It's okay)
Danny takes hold of the phone and looks through the contact list. "what can he do?" He asked as he pulled up Thomas's number. At this point, he was willing to let anyone help long as he could see Mikel again.
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Nov 12, 2017 23:22:45 GMT -5
"Thomas is what I like to call the 'Hacker'. There's pretty much nothing he doesn't see. He works with a large chain of other 'hackers' online and through a deeper part of the web. Also, he knew Donovan too," Sherlock made a disgruntled sound as someone pulled out in front of him, "I know I said I'd tell you more about me, Donovan, and Mikel's relationship on the way, but I think it's better if we wait. Right now, Mikel's more important than some backstory." Sherlock turned another corner, leading into the campus parking lot, "I need you to call Thomas and put it on speaker phone. We'll tell him what happened, and see if he can get any information on Donovan and Mikel's whereabouts."
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 15, 2017 12:36:22 GMT -5
"Okay." Danny said and quickly pressed the call button on the phone. He puts it on speaker and waits anxiously for this hacker to pick up. At this point, Danny didn't care if he ever heard the backstory.
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Nov 20, 2017 23:04:40 GMT -5
"RING. RING. RI--Hello?" A low voice on the other line said softly, almost as a whisper. Sherlock leaned his head over, still looking at the road. "This is the Lock man. In search of a key. Key?" A few shuffling sounds exited the phone speaker then, along with a small chuckle. "Ay, if it isn't my friend Sherlock. What's up, buddy?" "Something important has come up, and I need your help?" Sherlock didn't stop to talk friendly with Thomas. He needed answers. Now. "Mikel has gone missing." "Missing? Like, did he get stuck in Walmart again? Or-" "We think he got kidnapped. By Donovan." The last line sent silence on the other end. It took another few moments before keypad clicking sounds and a dial up tone started. "On it. I'm looking up Donovan's location now. Why do you think he's doing this? I'm well aware Mikel was his friend too, but--" "We'll discuss that later." Sherlock snapped, "I'm not alone." He gestured towards Danny, wanting him to speak.
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 21, 2017 23:02:40 GMT -5
"Hello there, My name is Danny and Mikel is my boyfriend." Danny said glancing over at Sherlock for a moment.
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Nov 22, 2017 19:09:07 GMT -5
"Oh...so you're the mysterious Daniel I've been hearing about?" Thomas laughed, "Yes, yes, I have had contact with Mikel, too, over the past few days. He's talked a lot about you, mister. Must be something special to him. Keep that up! Mikel really needs it." "Wait-" Sherlock pulled up to the campus parking lot, pulling over into a section, "You've had communication with Mikel? How?" "Weeeeelll, I may have accidentally found his contact information and gave him a little text. He didn't remember me, of course, but we've become great friends over the last few days. I told him I was friends with you, Sherlock." "But you've had contact with him?" Sherlock asked, panicking, "Have you had contact with him recently?" "Actually, now that you mention it, I haven't. I haven't heard from him since...a couple nights ago?" Thomas sounded concerned, "You say you think Donovan took him? Why is that?"
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 22, 2017 22:55:09 GMT -5
"We met him today and when I questioned him he got all hostile." Danny leaned in closer to the phone. "I firmly believe that Donovan has him or at least knows where he is. Please you have to help us!!"
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Nov 23, 2017 0:51:22 GMT -5
"Def on it!" More clicking and strange sounds came from the phone. "Alright, I'm locating Donovan's position now. Or, at least, watching some of the CCT cameras around the campus and through the external data of the school. It may take me a while. I'm only on ones from the first day I stopped hearing from him, which was--" "It's been about a full day since he disappeared." Sherlock said, confirming it. Thomas made a sound of confirmation, and then continued to be silent while he looked up the information. For a minute, some noises of surprise were echoing through the phone. "I...I think I know what happened to Mikel," Thomas said, a few more clicking sounds coming from the phone, "I'm analyzing a quick sweep of all his movements on the camera, and all of Donovan's (which, by the way, was a little harder since he's not a student at Trinity). Almost nearly 20 hours ago, there was some footage of Mikel leaving the school's campus. Then, it shows Donovan close by and doing something to him off camera. After that, Mikel's car disappears. We need to find Mikel's car in order to locate him. But that's a bit harder since it's off campus grounds. I'll have to search the local town's data as well, which could take a long time. At least four hours."
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 23, 2017 1:38:09 GMT -5
Danny leaned back letting the information process. Donovan had kidnapped him! He angrily kicks at the ground and bites the inside of his cheek. "Dang it!"
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Nov 25, 2017 1:09:57 GMT -5
"Calm down..." Sherlock said towards Danny, trying to soothe him, "We'll find him. Don't worry." He turns his attention back to Thomas, "Collect data of the local town. If you don't find anything, do the next town over. He has to live nearby. There would be no other way he'd stay so close to Trinity if he didn't. I doubt he'd travel across multiple cities just to spy on Mikel." As much as he wished it were true, he knew Donovan. And Donovan would do anything to win Mikel over. At least, he would have back when they were in high school. Now, he wasn't sure what Donovan would do. Kidnapping his friend sure wasn't one of the things Sherlock had suspected of him. But, he knew Donovan was persistent. He should have seen this coming. "While you do that, we'll try to track him down ourselves." "On it!" Thomas said, before he hung up. Sherlock let out a sigh. He hoped to any of the gods above that Mikel was alright.
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flint
like my messages so i will respond faster :)
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Post by flint on Nov 27, 2017 14:20:46 GMT -5
(Sorry to interrupt, but I opened a university rp and the people that joined aren’t very active and it’s bumming me out. Is this rp still open to joining? I know that you’re pretty far in with 37 pages, but I just really want to rp!)
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 27, 2017 19:56:09 GMT -5
Hey and it is ) Danny takes a deep breathe and runs his hand through his hair. "Sorry." He mumbled looking away from Sherlock. Usually he could keep his emotions in check but with Mikel missing, he felt like nothing was in his control
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Dec 1, 2017 0:18:43 GMT -5
"Don't apologize..." Sherlock sighs, hands still on the steering wheel, even though they've been parked for a few minutes, "This is hard for us. This is really hard for you, I'm sure. I know you and Mikel haven't known each other long and haven't dated each other any longer, but..." He turned to Danny, "I can tell you care greatly for him. And he cares for you just as much. It's strange...as jumpy and curious as Mikel is, this is the first time I've ever seen him so passionate about something. About 'love' in general." He laughed, "He didn't really date much, in the past. I've known him longer than he even knows about. I've known him since high school, with Donovan. We were all friends. Something happened, and Mikel forgot about us. Well, he has some amnesia from the accident. He doesn't really remember much of our friendship, so that's why he refers to me as his 'roommate'. He only knows Donovan more because Donovan was still in high school with him when the accident happened. I had already graduated." He looked out past his window, turning his head away from Danny, "I promised I'd take care of him, though. His parents trusted me with him a lot more than with Donovan. And now...look at what's happened."
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Dec 1, 2017 0:40:44 GMT -5
Danny placed his hand on Sherlock's shoulder. "Hey, you did what you could. Donovan gave us both the slip but he won't get away this time." He said his tone determined. Danny was also very happy to know how much his presence helped Mikel. Mikel made him happy and he cared so much for him in return.
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Dec 1, 2017 0:43:58 GMT -5
"Yeah, you're right," Sherlock breathed in deeply, trying to calm himself down, "So, what do you think we should first? Try to find Donovan on our own while we wait for Thomas to call back? Or should we go back to the dorm and see if there was anything that could give us a clue?" Sherlock couldn't think of what to do while they waited on Thomas. Thomas was their hope. If Thomas couldn't find anything, then they were in trouble. That meant they'd have to find Donovan by themselves, and that could take a while. A long while. Even with authorities involved.
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Dec 1, 2017 1:05:43 GMT -5
"I say just head back the dorms. Driving around trying to find Donovan can be our second option." Danny hoped their would be a clue at the dorms. All this uncertainty and fear were getting a little to much. Why did this have to happen?
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Post by ρυмρкιηqυєєη13 on Dec 10, 2017 0:51:10 GMT -5
Sherlock nodded, opening the door to his car and leaving. He waited for Danny before walking on to his dorm. He needed to find a clue...something to help them locate Mikel while Thomas was examining the video evidence. Had Mikel and Donovan seen each other before this happened? Was there anything that could tell him how Donovan had gotten contact with Mikel over the last few days. (not to mention, how Mikel had sneaked around Sherlock's back and managed to contact Thomas) Maybe there was some number, some contact information somewhere around Mikel's room about Donovan. But would there be? Mikel had been staying with Danny the last couple of days. "Has Mikel and Donovan had contact with one another the last few days?" He asked almost out of the blue, eyes drifting from the concrete path in front of them towards Danny.
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