Hi all,
I’ve been very silent in the last two weeks (wow, TWO weeks already?!?), and to be honest, not a whole lot has happened of any interest.
First off, I’ve found a new job (okay, so maybe THAT’s interesting, I dunno…). Anyway, that’s kept me kind of busy. What’s the job? Ironically, I’ll be editing children’s books. It’s a pretty big departure from being a web editor. Also, big contrast with the rather adult content of this webcomic. And there’s more: I can work from home three days a week; I have to be at the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I’m very happy with this outcome, really.
Last I wrote here, I’d met with Morgan at the cafe and there’d been a sighting of the Funcam-bearing hobo. I’ve tried doing two things, neither of which yielded particularly useful results: I tried talking to Morgan, and locating the hobo.
Talking to Morgan was pathetically unsuccessful. One day, the woman can’t keep her hands off me; the other, she vanishes into thin air. I tried going to my old job, only to be told she had taken a sudden vacation, citing personal health issues.
I also tried locating your friendly neighborhood hobo, which didn’t work very well. In this city, hobos are pretty much a dime a dozen, and no one pays them any attention. Not unless there’s something distinctive about them, like having an oversized nose, or being morbidly obese, or having only one leg… But this hobo just doesn’t have anything like that. He’s your average, vanilla-flavored hobo. So I went to Plan B: involve the police.
Since there really was no way I could involve the cops and tell them the truth, I went through people I know: Antony and “Officer Frank.” I made up some story about that hobo having stolen my expensive camera while I was having lunch, and asked if he could help me locate the guy who’d taken it. I explained I didn’t want to make it a formal thing to avoid entanglements with the insurance company. I don’t know if he believed me or not, but he said he’d hook me up with a sketch artist who could do a portrait of the hobo based on my description.
So on Monday (two days ago), Officer Frank introduced me to Fredrika, a sketch artist who looked something like a cross between a mouse and a librarian. Fredrika and I spent around 30 minutes working on the hobo’s picture, which is now in the hands of some of Officer Frank’s squad mates. If they find anything, they’ll let Frank know, who’ll let me know in turn.
So things are in motion. I’ll let you know if there are any blips on the radar.
–Jaycee
9 thoughts on “The Long Silence”
KS Claw
oh dear god dude, I hope Attitude doesn’t catch whiff about Fredrika
Attitude
Oooh, great idea, “dude.” >:-)
Let’s see what this Fredrika is all about… A sketch artist, you say? That gives me an idea…
KS Claw
Me and my big mouth ;^^
Nixemus
Finally, someone does the thing that no-one does.
Hope the police help.
And seriously Attitude, why not help Jaycee with Morgan and the hobo, before messing with him again? Clean slate and all?
Temp
Seconded nixemus.
Attitude, we’ve mostly been on your side throughout jaycee’s mess ups but this time its actually serious so why don’t you help out here before cracking more stuff jaycee’s way.
And jaycee, kudos on moving in the right direction. However, from what I remember you’ve been to morgan’s apartment before, so why not swallow the pill and go there to check? I know, hard call and all, but I still think that the effort should be worth it, considering how volatile and unstable morgan is, do it considering her personal safety atm.
–Temp
Temp
So, tried visiting morgan’s place yet?
and on a side note, the comic is taking an interesting turn. 🙂
Jaycee
Sorry, I didn’t specify that in my last post, but I *did* visit her apartment after checking up on her at work, but there was no answer. I HAVE returned there since then, but there’s no one home. (I stalked the lobby of her building when the mailman passed by, and there’s a LOT of mail in there — she must have been gone for a week or more.)
–Jaycee
Temp
Hmm…that sounds pretty bad, like seriously bad considering that we don’t even what’s happening/happened to her. An idea that you could try: Have you thought of trying to see if you can get her mail open in some way, it might give you some idea of what’s going on or if anyone’s been threatening her.
Brazilian Fan
Dude, you could put a page of archive for the strips?