IC: Contact post (SAVETHEEARTH)

[struckout]

Regular network number (easily accessible): 0080207226

Secondary cell phone number (hard to get, may not answer at first): XXX-257-3776
"The user you have dialled is not available at this time. Please leave a message after the tone."

Primary cell phone number (holy cow how did you get this?): XXX-544-8664
"This is Kallie. Leave me a message - with your name. Thanks."

Facebook (private): Kallie Raydan
Email: krays92@gmail.com
LCU email: kraydan@lockecu.edu
Skype: k.ray92

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[Text; sent via network]

[lightsoflife]

I was told that you were in possession of a sentient lighter some time ago. Is that correct?

[Text; off her cellphone]

[struckout]

[ ... What's this about? Needless to say, with as chaotic as everything's been lately, Kallie is pretty on-edge; she just stares at the message for a little while before doing anything with it, wondering who may have 'told' this person that... ]

Yes?

[Text]

[lightsoflife]

Its current holder is giving the lighter to me to study. Can you tell me more about it? How you came to acquire it, anything odd it did, anything that might be of note.

[struckout]

Richard Locke?

[ Sort of a knee-jerk reaction once she's read the response, as is the following message not more than a few seconds later... ]

Is it still alive?

[lightsoflife]

It is, but I've been told it's much less dangerous than before.

[struckout]

[ ... Dang. Just... dang. ]

Probably. Originally there was a bunch of them. They set my house on fire. Twice.

[lightsoflife]

Twice?

What happened to the rest?

[struckout]

That's right. As for the rest, I either killed them or they died with the fires. Before you ask, I don't know if any got away.

[lightsoflife]

All right. How did they get there in the first place?

[struckout]

Wish I knew. Crawled in through a window maybe, or however roaches get in some where I guess.

[lightsoflife]

So you only became aware of them after they caused the fires?

[struckout]

Yes.

[lightsoflife]

And after the fires, how did you kill them? Just in case it turns out to be necessary.

[struckout]

Crushing them.

[ ... Yep. After only a few seconds is an addendum, however. ]

Don't let it get near an actual fire. They're explosive.

[lightsoflife]

[Oh.]

Understood. Thanks for the information. I'll be taking extra precautions with the one I have.

[struckout]

[ Kallie waffles a bit - there is something she's implied but left out of mentioning directly, regarding how the things can be killed. She just still doesn't really make a habit out of informing people that her network alias is especially apt...

In the end she decides that whoever this is is probably smart enough not to allow the critter near any considerable sources of electricity. One can hope, anyway. ]

No problem.