Patrick Kemp

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--*a beat* Mr. Randal? Would you like a job? @FloggingFury

--*a beat* They'll be heavily fortified, no doubt. I expect I have my work cut out for me. -- @FloggingFury

--his voice a low, steady rumble* It seems 'Finn' and 'Mitchell have friends in Scotland. -- @FloggingFury

--hand to the radio, slowly lowering the volume* *keeping his back turned to @FloggingFury, he spoke to him over his shoulder, --

--What about Richard, my so-... *gasping as the room filled with earsplitting static, he reached a shaking -- @FloggingFury

--the radio button, leaning to the microphone* Who's speaking? *a beat* Is Marcus dead, then? -- @FloggingFury

--console as @_WorseThanDeath's words spat from the desk-mounted speaker* *cocking an ear, he flicked -- @FloggingFury

-- in his chair, numb in his grief, but hoping against hope-... "You're next, Kemp." *his hand jerking back from the-- @FloggingFury

*blinking as the monitor screen fipped to a field of black and white static, he straightened-- @FloggingFury

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--the soft leather* Richard… My son… @PixelatedPeril @TortureUnholy @bitingdelusions

--*swallowing thickly, his voice cracking as the screen went black, he sank back into -- @PixelatedPeril @TortureUnholy @bitingdelusions

--slump forward, his body posture clear. His final act had been to protect the monsters* -- @PixelatedPeril @TortureUnholy @bitingdelusions

-- safe... to keep him* No… *dropping heavily to his chair, he watched the human on screen-- @PixelatedPeril @TortureUnholy @bitingdelusions

--Wanting to pluck the lone human figure from the scene, to keep him well, to keep him-- @PixelatedPeril @TortureUnholy @bitingdelusions

--gunshot in his ear, he blinked as though stricken, and reached to the screen image. -- @PixelatedPeril @TortureUnholy @bitingdelusions

--Answer me! Marcus! I said No! Do not shoot! *jolting at the echoing repeat of a single --@PixelatedPeril @TortureUnholy @bitingdelusions

--gripping his headset, he froze, unable to take his eyes from the screen* Do you hear me?-- @PixelatedPeril @TortureUnholy @bitingdelusions

--toward the motorcar, and the vampires on the ground* Marcus! *hard, boney fingers -- @PixelatedPeril @TortureUnholy @bitingdelusions