MNN NEWSBRIEF - AWAKENED TWIN TODDLERS VANISH
Mystichild, Inc., a Preschool for awakened toddlers in
Paula Pounderton, Preschool Administrator says, “After the incident, we just… had to, it’s sad that these things happen in nice neighborhoods.”
The incident she refers to is the disappearance of two children, identical twins, apparently vanishing in plain sight of Preschool Workers shortly after
“They were there, and… then they were just gone,” describes Alicia Heart, who’s been employed with Mystichild since 2064. “I’ve never seen anything like it, but the place where they had been playing with blocks had a strange odor of sulphur after they were gone.”
The children, Reya and Greta Laviss, daughters of Karen and Roger Laviss continue at this hour to remain lost. Roger Laviss said, “After finding out they were, you know… special kids… we wanted the best for them, to be in an environment where they can, do their special stuff, now this. We’re offering good money, please; just help us get our kids back.”
A camera caught one of the two year-old’s feet and a pile of toy blocks as it completes its pan of the room then displays quick, blurry movement, but as the camera pans back, they are simply not in the room.
Lone Star officials say they’ve got a team of investigators working on it as we speak, Lone Star Representative Bill Ponderschmitt was quoted as saying, “Ain’t nothin’ natural ‘bout this, can tell you that.”
A 100,000¥ reward has been offered for information leading to the capture of their kidnapper or their safe return.
This is Gavin McConellroy, MNN
Artwork by Mike Underhill
14 comments:
That's the kind of money I'm talking about. Might make me roll up from Redmond and take a look around.
Last I heard, Toddlers don't awaken and for good reason! Could you imagine a bunch of preschoolers throwing fireballs around on the playground!?
Something smells fishy here...
For all I know they learned to cast invisibility and soiled their diapers.
That being said, people disappear all the time, some permanently and some not so permanently. Why should this be any different?
It's different cause the drekking parents got dough.
You know, you don't have to worry about this kind of drek happening if you don't have kids.
da best of my livin' comes from da world outside, no skoolin' can teach a chil' of dem abilities nuthin. If I find em' I be settin dem free...
That's right, Toq, set them free so they can join the roving bands of free-range toddlers. Nothing's more awe-inspiring than the majestic herds of small children thundering across the plains...
Seriously, chummer, lay off the beetle chips.
Izzy's on the mark. Magic doesn't generally express until puberty, like latent goblinization. If these kids are Awakened you're probably looking at a Harz-Greenbaum type of mystical link. I'll leave the "vampiric ankle biter" comments to the peanut gallery.
It's odd that someplace for awakened kids has weaponized drones and armed guards but no mention of astral security, like wards. Anybody getting near this job better do their research right.
There's one rule to follow in a situation like this: follow the money.
When these ankle-biters make their way back home, do they get the money? Might be profitable to hang out around the house, snatch them as they wander down the street, and claim the reward.
Here's the part I don't get: why the low reward? Seriously, outfitting two mages is expensive - that's why the Azzies were willing to shill out for the Thousand Miguel Army in the first place. And that project didn't even work.
50,000¥ for a magical child is chump change - he'll make many times that just pushing freight around if he can conjure. So the number one question on my mind is this:
If the parents can only shill out a hundred grand, why the heck isn't a corp stepping in to jack the reward up for "future considerations"?
Please help us if you can, I know it's only a small amount, but it's all we have.
The more I look into this drek the fishier it gets. I mean like midday summer on the docks off the Sound in a heat wave kind of fishy, soka? There's a reason I don't deal with kids, too much trouble for such a small package.
I hate kids.
Every time I've had to deal with 'em, I've thought of them as one meter of Nuyen. That usually helps.
Having a X-Station Transportable also does as well. Or a PlayBox Pocket for the younger tykes.
I've only looked at the case peripherally, and cannot comment one way or another. Sorry, but irons in the fire from previous obligations...
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