Post the Ninth: The Rotten Return

[mysilenceknot]

[He’d woken up in many strange beds before, though usually it involved him being chained to said object and the room filling up with water. However this time he soon recognized where he was..]

No. Not again.

I refuse to believe this.

This is all a dream. A horrifying, appalling, ghastly dream.

Any moment I will be woken up by water dripping on my face, or sirens, or any noise that would indicate a better situation then the one I am in now!

[After a few moments he realizes that this isn’t working]

Oh dear.

[Makes his way to the phone sadly. He'd been so close to seeing her...so close...he blinked away a few tears as he picked up the phone.]

Hello, my name is Lemony Snicket and it appears I’ve been kidnapped again. If anyone is aware of how long I have been gone for, it would be most appreciated.

[There’s a pause and he tries to think of who he meet here]

Sophie, Allan, Daine? Are any of you still here?

Comments

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

...I'm afraid so.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

I don't know whether I should be relieved or not that I wasn't thrown somewhere entirly different.

Have I been gone long?

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

A few months now.

How are you?

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

In shock I believe. I'm sure any moment I shall realize the severity of what has happend and lose any amount of control I have at the moment.

....I was not taken at a good time.

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. I had hoped that you would be able to stay at your home when you had left here.

...what happened?

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

I was barely there. It's hard to believe so much time has passed here as I was only home for a few days.

[Have a long suffering sigh]
....I was at the door.

I was going to see her...my niece.

She was on the other side of that door and I was dragged here before I could even open it.

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

How awful. This place really is cruel.

I'm so sorry.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

.....I suppose there is no point dwelling on the thought though.

[It's quite obvious that he isn't going to be doing this anytime soon]

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

It is difficult not to, however.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

[Sigh]

Yes, I have no doubt it will be.

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

I've very sorry you were taken from your home again.

...but it is good to hear from you.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

[There's a small pause]

It's good to hear from you as well. I only wish it were in more hospitable cirumstances.

Have things changed at all, around here?

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

As do I.

Nothing permanent...no.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

Is there anything I should know about?

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

There were disappearances...and murders. It was very hectic for a while thanks to Grady. He was upset after the riots.

...apparently I was one of the ones murdered.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

You were murdered?

Dear lord Sophie, that's horrible!

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

...I don't remember it. I imagine it was worse for Arthur and Tiffany...

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

Yes....I can see how that would be.

....at least you returned. I'm sure they were very happy.

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

I think so...but they're still quite shaken by it.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

Yes.
....the death of someone close to you is always difficult.

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

...yes. It is.