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[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.]

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[By now, some of Rumple's immediate tendencies towards violence has been worn out into a kind of simmering anger. But at least all Mulan gets is a snide reply rather than a snap. He isn't visible on the screen: he's set Belle's communicator down, so the view is of the ceiling of his new cell.]

The ship claims she is not on board. If she were in her pod, I imagine the ship would know it.

[He pauses, then answers her first question, with a little less hostility.]

And it's been nearly two hours, now, according to this device.

But if she's not on the ship then where did she go?

There must be some sign! We have to find her.

She was here one minute and gone the next. She dropped her communicator and all her notes. What other explanation is there?

[He resists the urge to hit the ship's wall again, though more because he's already left more dents than he supposes he needs to than because he's really restraining himself.]

If there were magic on this ship, then I would at least have something to start from. But there's not.

Maybe someone can track her using conventional methods then. Where did she disappear from?

From. Right. Here.

[Rumple finally picks up the communicator to show Mulan his face, as well as more of his forcefield cage. It's a section of hallway in the ship, containing Belle's notes (now neatly stacked), a slightly smoking ruin of a computer terminal, and a slightly rumpled-looking Dark One. In his guide of Mr. Gold, anyway.]

And if you would like to search for her, be my guest. I tried already, but didn't get far before the ship decided I needed a cage.

[Given that ruined console, Mulan might well agree with Salvation. Everyone else has.]

[Here's something Gold might not realize: when it comes to the people Mulan cares about, the greater good and other ideas of honor and nobility don't matter as much anymore.]

I don't know the ship itself very well, but I know how to get there. I'll be there as swift as I can.

[Hey, it's more than he's gotten out of anyone else. So, looking vaguely surprised, on top of the continued frustration, he says,]

Well, I certainly won't be going anywhere. I guess I'll see you soon.

[It takes her awhile to get to the ship, but she travels as fast as she can. Once she makes it aboard she starts systematically combing her way through corridors, sword drawn, looking for Gold...or any sign of Belle if she stumbles upon it.]

[He's not hard to find, since the terminal they choose isn't far from the nearest pod chamber to the entry-way. He's gotten to his feet by the time Mulan shows up, leaning with both hands on his cane, the smoking terminal and slightly dented wall behind him.]

I don't think your sword is going to do much good against my cage, dearie.

I'm not interested in freeing you.

[Her words are blunt, but she re-sheathes her sword. If he's contained there are probably no threats, and if the ship itself decides to attack her too she knows that a weapon will do very little good.]

I'm only interested in finding and helping Belle.

[The look he gives her is less than friendly, but since getting Belle back is more important than getting out of the cage he's in (and he'll admit that, as much as he hates cages), he doesn't growl at her. Much.]

You can check her pod, and the corridors around this area, but I already did that. Someone suggested she might have been transported, except the ship claims she is not on board anywhere.

I'll try to follow her path regardless. If she's not on the ship, she may have been taken elsewhere. I won't be satisfied until I see the signs, or lack of them, for myself.

Go look then. I certainly can't stop you.

[And since she's apparently more interested in that than helping him out, and since he can't exactly help her right now, he settles back against the wall again. His little venting session left his leg a bit sore, so taking weight off it is beneficial.]

The pod, in case you didn't know, is that direction.

[He points with the end of his cane back behind him-- on the other side of the bubble he's trapped in.]

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