He would be lying if he said he wasn't worried about the whereabouts of either of his sons. Kankri wasn't fit to be out of the house doing God-Knows-What while being beaten by God-Knows-Who. Karkat was at a camp, which was certainly dangerous because there was no way of telling if he had Hemophilia or not.

Signless rested his head on the back of the couch when his phone suddenly bleeped. His spine snapped back into a forward position to grab ahold of it, praying it was one of his sons.

pipefan413: I HAVE SOME SERIOUS BUSINESS TO DISCUSS.

Signless tilted his head and reached towards it, his gut twinging in sudden worry.

ichorinfidel: Who is this?

pipefan413: THIS IS MR. EGBERT. HAVE YOU SEEN MY DAUGHTER? SHE IS MISSING.

Signless reached a hand up to scratch his newforming beard.

ichorinfidel: No, I have not, but my son, Kankri is gone too. I got a call from the school that he wasn't present for any of his classes. He wasn't on the bus either.

pipefan413: IS THAT TRUE? IT ISN'T LIKE JANE TO GO MISSING. I'VE BEEN REALLY WORRIED. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENT DURING THE BUSINESS TRANSFER. WE WERE RANDOMLY BOUGHT OUT THOUGH, WHICH HAS CAST ME INTO A POOL OF TURMOIL.

ichorinfidel: Who bought out your business?

pipefan413: FISH N GO.

Just reading the name made his stomach curl. Fish N Go. It was a mess of a business. He knew, that those with money were able to control almost everything. He was lucky he wasn't in more trouble after The Incident.

ichorinfidel: Oh, I wasn't aware.

pipefan413: THERE ISN'T A LOT OF TIME TO EXPLAIN. I HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS TO DO. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN LOT OF CHANGES. WE NEEDED THE MONEY, WE WERE GOING BANKRUPT. NOW I WORK UNDER HER FISHY ORDERS. HER DAUGHTER WAS SUPPOSED TO ACQUIRE IT TODAY, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE.

ichorinfidel: Okay, just keep an eye out for my son, I'm going to call the cops and make sure they know.

pipefan413: WAIT

pipfan413: IT APPEARS THERE ARE OTHER MISSINGS. THE CAPTOR HOUSEHOLD SAID THEIR SON IS MISSING.

Signless exited out of the chatting interface and scrolled through the contacts until he found his friend's number. He pressed the cold phone to his ear, and almost instantly, the ringing came to an end.
"Signless."

Signless hadn't talked to Psiioniic in too long. He almost missed their old communications. The man had one hell of a lisp that always caused him to slip over his words.
"Have you seen my son? I heard your kid went missing too. I'm about to go to the school and see if they are skipping or something."
"Mituna wasn't here for me to drive him to the bus. Latula is gone too, I called her mother to see if Tuna had snuck over again."

Signless stared off into the fireplace at the corner of the chilly room. He felt a weight press down harder on him.
"I don't know what happened." Psiioniic continued. "I was fired the other day. I didn't want to tell Mituna until Sollux had come home, yet somehow he seemed to figure it out. Maybe he was upset about that?"
"I don't know." Signless said.
"I hope this isn't my fault." Psiioniic said, his voice falling softer into the cackling of the phone.
"It isn't." Signless muttered.
"You don't know what I've seen Signless. It wasn't... good. There was a reason I was fired."

Signless clenched his eyebrows together.
"You didn't continu-"
"I did. After you were fired those years ago, everyone stayed cautious. Word got around about it, you know? Well, as the tech guy of the group I was supposed to be... You know what? I'll meet you at the school, I don't want to talk about this under an untrustworthy network like this. You never know who's Listening."