This is a good arrangement.

[TO: Maes Hughes]

Timestamp: 12:00 - Sir? You didn't come to work this morning - just wanted to make sure everything is all right. Please let me know! ~Sheska

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Timestamp: 14:00 - Beg your pardon, Sir, but is everything ok? I tried to send you a text earlier, but it wouldn't go through, and you didn't come to work. I'll come check on you when I get a break at 6, but I'd greatly appreciate a sign. Thank you! ~Sheska

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[TO: Sirius Black; the Once-ler]

Timestamp: 18:30 - Are you all right? You're here, and this will go through, right? Please respond right away if this goes through? Please?

Most of you have probably heard by now that I've been mustered out from the NMPD. Before the smartasses decide to get in their remarks, just remember that if I wasn't afraid to fight City Hall I'm not going to think twice about knocking you on your ass, either.

Anyway. For a long time now I've been collecting overtime-heavy public-servant pay and been keeping too busy to spend it. Now I'm going to do the opposite -- cash in and relax as many hours of the day as I can. Maybe go into business for myself.

I'm open to suggestions, as long as you've got something more creative than "buy me a drink."

[Locked to Kaylee and Joker.]

Got a few ideas on the business end of things. Just sent a picture to both your phones of a boat down at the pier -- a 48-foot motor yacht. Used, but still in decent shape. Now that I've got all the time I want, I was thinking I'd like to spend it on the move -- explore the island, catch some sun, maybe run tours or explorations for people to make a little extra.

If I did it, I'd need a helmsman and an engineer with me. I've got a couple people in mind.

Thinking about calling her the Neptune.

 No metal is allowed within one hundred meters, they tell me, so all communication will be relayed from handwritten notes.  Charming.  And all communication is monitored.  As if it wasn't before.

I have only one question.  I wouldn't trouble myself with this otherwise.

What happened to Tommy?

While Principal Dinkerton had taken time to recover and the science labs were under renovation, I do hope you all realized from posts by your teachers that school had still been in session this week after that debacle and will remain so after the weekend.

You're free to discuss any absences with me to see if they qualify as excused but Dinkerton has informed me that they're likely not going to unless you too have a broken limb.