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[ Voice Post ]

Hello?

Claudine? Are you here? Claudette, Claudia, Claudwina, Claudija, Claudellen? Where are you? (short pause) Where am I?

Come on, this isn't funny.

Kitty?

[the young girl's voice is groggy and slightly confused]

What're you- [a pause as she realizes what's going on; there's the sound of scrambling about and blankets being tossed] Kitty! Wake up! I'm back 'gain!

[muffled footsteps can be heard running across the room, away from the pda; a door opens then there's silence; a few seconds later, the footsteps can be heard running back into the room and there's a very distinct meow that is suspiciously know-it-all sounding]

Oh, hush, Kitty. I 'membered the silly phone, see? Sheesh. [random button smashing] Oh. It's 'ready on. Huh.

[the girl's voice is suddenly very close to the pda speaker]

Hello? Daddy? Uncle James? Uncle Nik'la? Somebody can hear me, right?

I am not volunteering for babysitting duty if everyone I know is like a baby or something.

Same goes for anyone who's aged up to like 90. I don't change diapers.

So. The city's full of kids all the sudden. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess this is just another one of those things that happens here? I'd call it crazy but, never mind. Point is, this place is crazy. I'm sure I don't need to tell most of you that it's probably not the best thing in the world to have a bunch of kids running around the streets, when you never know what could happen. I know most of you are connected to them in some way and, thankfully, we can see each other now, but I also know most of you have jobs. I, as of yet, do not so...

If anyone does need their friends, loved ones, or whatever looked after while this whole insanity is going down, just let me know. I'll happily avail my services as a baby sitter. You can either call me, send a message, or just reply here with whatever you need. I'll even work for free besides, it might help with these damn nightmares. I just don't want to see anything happen to anyone and, like we all know, you never have the slightest idea what's going to happen here.