Isle of Avalon - IC Inbox

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[standvastig]

[Silence. Hendrik's mind churns with what to do with that information.]

On the hour is not so long ago. You have tried contacting her?

[leitstern]

By several methods, each time hearing nothing. I hardly expect her to neglect this appointment.

[So something is obviously wrong. His tone is too pressed to finish, hiding a deep frustration that makes no sense.]

[standvastig]

[There is silence again on Hendrik's side as he tries to send Jade a text message. He knows he shouldn't expect anything right away.]

I will try to contact her as well. Thank you for telling me.

[leitstern]

You are quite welcome, dear friend.

[There is silence on his side, too. It lasts a moment before he sighs on his end of the call.]

It would surely be better she is late than to find ourselves considering the alternative.

[standvastig]

If you think as much, I would prefer you not mention "the alternative" at all.

[Hendrik's voice goes flat again the moment something negative creeps into the conversation.]

[leitstern]

Fine. Call me when you realise "the alternative" is the only solution to this riddle.

[With that, he hangs up.]

[standvastig]

[Perhaps It is definitely stubbornness that leads to no follow-up call, even hours after the fact. There is nothing else to be said as he returns to the house and immediately sets about growing vegetables in the garden.]