manofgnee | Case 174 [video]

[Since his breakup with Euphie, Hanna has been doing 2 things: drinking more than normal, and working overtime in his various investigation.

Specifically, the collapse of the tower...and everything else that seems to be going wrong in the City...

He's currently crouched over a table, a big stack of books next to him, his face in another one. Every so often, he looks up and scribbles something down on a piece of paper.]

Okay, so...the tower collapsing doesn't seem to have had any affects on the Network itself...but it's not the only thing happening here...

The puppies have been acting strange...so has Iznagi and the other sheep...If they weren't penned in, I swear they'd have run away by now...lord knows they're trying...

[He sighs, scratching absentmindedly at his chest, wincing slightly, before scribbling down some more notes.]

The animals, acting weird...the tower collapsing...even the ticking is getting quieter...Something is going on...There has to be more to it than just that...

These are symptoms of something, I just...gah!

[He grumbles and throws the book away angrily.]

And what is with all these books? Missing huge chunks of pages...like...somebody is trying to prevent us from finding something...

[He frowns some more, before coughing heavily and scratching at his chest again.]

Fine. I'll figure it out without the books...just gotta get more symptoms for whatever this is...

[He coughs some more, wiping away a bit of blood from his mouth, before writing down something else and grabbing another book. His chest has been acting up lately, and he's not quite sure why...]

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You're not good to anyone dead, Hanna. For christ's sake, are you coughing up blood?

Uh...I dunno, am I?

Don't be a dick. Look at the back of your hand.

...oh. Huh, guess I was.

Weird, that usually happens when I'm doing something that mucks up my blood....

So you means it happens often? Dude, I am pretty sure coughing up blood is never ever a good thing.

You need to calm down and let someone else take care of this.

No, man, I'm fine! Trust me, I'm used to this...besides, this could be a clue.

You're used to coughing up blood? Dude, that is-

[Stephen sighs, and realizes he's fighting a loosing battle]

Fine, if you won't listen I'm coming over to help. At least I can make sure you don't kill yourself.

It's not like I could sleep tonight, anyway.

...wait, you can't sleep? How long has this been going on for?

I dunno, two nights? I got a couple of hours last night.

It's not really that big a deal. I'm 23, I'm used to running on four hours.

...any reason why you can't sleep?

[He's trying to put together pieces...]

Just insomnia, man. It happens to everyone.

No bad dreams or anything?

...

Well I can't really be having bad dreams when I'm not sleeping.

...good point, just asking.

So are you going to be reasonable and take a break or do I have to go over there and make you?

...Fiine, I'll take a five minute break.

And eat something, too.

Yes, Mom.

Your welcome.

Nyeeeh.

[once Stephen is sure five minutes has past. And yes, he kept track]

So have you actually found anything yet?

I'm trying to look for a link between everything that's going on...if there's a connection, we could use them as symptoms and diagnose what's going on here.

...But the stupid books have tons of pages misses and are filled with burn marks and I'm pretty sure one of them rotted away in my hands.

Sounds like someone's trying to stop you finding out something good.

I know, and it's driving me nuts!

Anything I can do to help?

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