apostatised | [log] sometimes they're crawling down my spine

[18:33] * Maria is here in a bar, perhaps looking for Martel.
[18:34] * Martel is here, now; god only knows what he's /been/ doing. "Hello, there."
[18:36] Maria: "Hi! Can I have a sleepover?" ........let's just get that out of the way. "What are you up to?" Meanwhile, she ambles around the bar, poking at stuff. Including the answering machine, because no one else uses the thing.
[18:37] Martel: "Define 'sleepover' before I answer that."
[18:38] Maria: "Brody wants a vacation, and if he comes over I'll have someone to entertain me." She scrolls through the text messages, and then pauses.
[18:40] * Martel tries to recall if he's met Brody. "Very well. What are you looking at?"
[18:40] Maria: "Um. Be calm, first. So this chick Candice is your girl, right?"
[18:40] * Martel has the look on his face of a man who's pretty sure he knows what's coming. "That's one way of putting it."
[18:41] Maria: "It looks like she's in the hospital with her friend Enfys...I guess someone tried slitting her throat or something? I don't know, the message is off-world, some of it's garbled."
[18:42] Martel: "Does it say /where/?"
[18:46] Maria: "Um, it has pinpoint coordinates attached! Bolivar medical."
[18:50] * Martel looks /extremely/ calm, which may or may not actually bode well. "All right. Your friend can come and stay, and I'll see you as soon as possible, I have to go. Now."

[prelude to this.]