{Twenty-six (54)} &diams

[burnt_orangesky]

[This appears in the late afternoon.

There is a splash of something that looks suspiciously like tea or weak coffee.]

Castle, Genius is over here right now. Something seems wrong with him; I think he may be [pause, pen taps] ill.

Did you notice anything strange about him this morning?

-Fred

Comments

[bloody-pens.livejournal.com]

I'll come get him, yeah. Because even cheerful Genius doesn't cook. Or clean without whining the whole time.

[A pause as he looks at the other replies to this entry; his next sentence is crossed out soon after being written.]

I was about to say that maybe he'd eaten a bad apple, if you catch my drift, but if it's happening to Bell and Apple, too...

[burnt_orangesky]

Very well; I will try to convince him to stop.

[Likewise.]

It does seem unlikely that three would would all be affected in the same manner, from that at least. This must be something else.

[bloody-pens.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'll be there ASAP.

But why just them? Usually when something like this happens, it seems to happen to almost everyone...

[burnt_orangesky]

Perhaps they are only the first.

[bloody-pens.livejournal.com]

God, I hope not.