[network] @SceptredIsle; how do we bear this burden; day 56; text [open]

[keepscalm]

Good morning, everyone.

I'm sure you all saw the obituary a couple days ago. I elected not to post about it yesterday, as there were more widespread concerns regarding our safety and I didn't wish to detract attention from them. [Yes. That is totally the reason it has taken him a few days to post about this.]

But I'd like to request that you contact me if you have any information on the whereabouts of Sealand. His network handle is @TOTALLYANATION. He looks about twelve and he's got short blonde hair and blue eyes. I know he's not in the hospital's morgue; I checked. I've left him a message so that he can hopefully respond once he returns.

[If he returns.]

There's no need to go out of your way to search, but if anyone is going by the other morgues, I would appreciate if you could take a quick look while you're there.

And if he happens to contact any of you, please tell him that England and America are looking for him. [He's using his real name and everything! Mostly because hiding it now is pointless and he has better things to worry about.]

Thank you for your time.

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[keepscalm]

America is all right, yes, though we had a bit of a close call with one of those creatures when we met up again. He's with me right now.

[England can't judge when it comes to being worried about America. He spends way too much of his time doing the exact same thing.]

[armoured]

You said he went out with Sealand, though, doesn't he remember anything about what happened?

[Surely even happy go lucky America wouldn't have left such a little kid unattended in this dangerous place?]

[keepscalm]

No, that's not what I said. I simply said they both went outside.

It seems they each independently thought to leave the hospital, but they weren't together when they did. Neither of them informed me that they planned to leave.

[armoured]

Oh, sorry.

[He hesitates a moment, but something still feels off.]

Does it seem like the sort of thing they would normally do? Just go outside without telling you?

[keepscalm]

Under normal circumstances, yes. Neither of them are particularly inclined to listen to me most of the time.

But I'm not certain now. We've been here long enough that they both know standard safety procedures here.

[armoured]

Do you think something might have happened to make them both want to leave? Have you spoken to America about it?

[Even if he hadn't been with Sealand, if he'd felt a compulsion to go outside or seen something dangerous to force him to leave, it could give a solid clue to what happened to Sealand.]

[keepscalm]

I have, yes. If something unusual happened to cause this, he didn't have anything useful to tell me about it.

[This isn't the entire truth, but England doesn't feel like disclosing to the entire network that their "talk" was actually a huge fight that was not focused on finding useful information.]

[armoured]

I'm not sure whether that's comforting to know or not.

[He's making a mental note to ask America himself.]

[keepscalm]

[A pause.]

Sealand didn't mention anything like that, either, for what it's worth.

[Since he did talk to Sealand before the cold got to him...]

[armoured]

...I'm sorry.

[He can get the meaning behind that, it's never nice to talk to someone as they die.]