[Video] | Tuesday

[anuglyman]

[The ship corridor Rumple is transmitting from-- using Belle's communicator, for those who can tell such things-- is a little bit dimmer than it should be, and there's a few flashes off to one side. And a bit of a hissing, fizzing sort of sound... like ruined electronics might make.

Rumple ignores it all. He looks upset, angry, but not to the extent that he hasn't calmed down a little since his initial rage. The network has officially missed the worst of his temper tantrum.]

This ship is stealing people.

[All right, not quite all of the temper tantrum. He bashes at something off-screen with his cane.]

Belle is gone. She was here one minute, and gone the next. And it is this damn ship that took her!

[Good luck convincing him otherwise.]

Comments

[Video]

[ghostly_stutter]

[Rumple will see a young, concerned face gone pale with fear.]

St-stealing?

[She feels for him. She really does. She doesn't know what she'd do if Derek disappeared on her one day.]

I'm so sorry. I-is there any way we might be able to get her back?

[Video]

[anuglyman]

She was here one instant, and then when I turned back, she was gone. So yes. Stealing is the most likely thing, here.

[Sorry, Chloe. He's an angry imp, and he's not going to be very nice. Have a face-full of sarcasm.]

[Video]

[ghostly_stutter]

Then we look for her.

[It makes complete sense to Chloe. And don't worry. She has thick skin.]

Does anyone here know exactly how the ship works?

[Video]

[anuglyman]

[Have an unimpressed face, Chloe. Though at least he's not sniping at her quite so directly this time?]

It is alien technology made by people who can travel through time and dimensions. I'm sure no one knows exactly how it works.

[Video]

[ghostly_stutter]

[With a little shrug, Chloe offers her own smug grin in return.]

Exactly. And since no one knows how it works, you can't give up on trying to find her. N-no matter what it is you may find.

[Video]

[anuglyman]

[There's a pause as he considers her, somewhere between annoyed and thoughtful. The annoyed doesn't go away, but he does say, just a bit of a bewildered note layered in with the anger,]

Well, of course, I have no intention of giving up. Though I do need to get out of here first.

[He raps on the forcefield holding him in with the handle of his cane. There's a staticky buzz in response.]

[Video]

[ghostly_stutter]

Wait. Where are you? Are--are you t-trapped somewhere?

[Chloe's video feed is suddenly jerky and Rumple may see a bit of the sky for a moment before Chloe's worried expression reappears.]

Do you need help?

[Video]

[anuglyman]

Unless you can convince the ship to take down these invisible walls keeping me in... yes, I am trapped. I imagine it will let me out eventually.

[And that last word is drawn out and nearly growled.]