( colligo ¬ get collected ) → network.

( Remus sounds confused and worried )

W-what? Where am I?

Mum? Dad?

( Very quietly )

Did they send me away?

( OOC: Remus stayed on Lucy's couch last night after working on werewolf things, as waking up in bed with a grown man would be somewhat traumatic. )

( Ashley is muttering in a somewhat anxious tone. )

I know I took a left after this tree that had the big branch that looks like kinda like a U but I don't 'member... ( She pauses. ) Remember the big bush with the prickles and I don't think there's a creek nearby but there's one now and...

( There's a soft gasp and the snapping of some twigs in the background. )

W-Who's there? I've got a... a... ( Another pause. When she speaks again, her voice is filled with fake bravado. ) really big stick that I can whack you with if you're a monster or a bear or a lion or a hippo or a...

( She trails off, draws in a breath, then whispers quietly to herself. )

And a mommy and daddy that'd stop you too if I could see how to turn this stupid thing on in the dark.

Bloody hell! All I've heard since Friday are sodding ankle-biters whining over this bloody PDA! Someone take the phones away from the sprogs please! I'm pretty sure that if this thing continues then the town is gonna be overrun by munchkins by Tuesday.

hung over

want to die/

Daddy are you coming home soon cause Chomper got into me and Jack's super secret candy bag and got sick and now mommy's got that little line in her forehead she gets when she's mad for really real and THEN Jack called me a stinky stink-head so I pushed him and he fell down into mommy's work papers and NOW we can't come out our rooms til you come home so are you coming home soon cause I wanna show you the picture I drew of the (a pause, as she pronounces the next work very carefully to ensure she says it correctly) Im-pal-a.

I wanted to thank everyone for their messages. Luke is completely healthy, and we've already been sent home since they had no worries. They fairly rush you, but it's better being home.

hello? uncle keako? auntie?