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[hostage]

[This is voice-only for once because he's a wreck right now, honestly, and even the lack of video doesn't fully disguise that. He sounds shaky, still recovering from a shock, and it's only worse that now he's gone almost 48 hours without a bump to pull him through the stress.]

H-Hey, um... Sam, I'm so sorry. I forgot to call last night. I'm gonna be out, like um, for the month? If you wanna fire me, that's cool. I get it.

And, like, don't got a lotta time so I'm just gonna say it all here for anybody who's looking for me: I ain't at home. I think most of you guys know I'm an addict. I was in recovery, I relapsed, and now I'm in rehab. They don't want me leaving for two weeks at least, so you won't be seeing me around. Just don't worry. I didn't disappear or anything.

Um... You need anything, Lisbeth's still at my place. She can handle all my business. And I got my NV, but it's turned off a lot 'cause I'm in meetings and all that. So... yeah.

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[madeinoblivion]

So Merlotte's is down a DJ again, huh?

...a month?

Does it really take a whole month of your life up, to stop taking drugs?

[hostage]

Yeah, I guess...

Um, it depends on the drug. And who you are. I mean, it takes more than a month. It takes forever, kind of. But withdrawal lasts a few weeks, yeah, so you get pretty sick for a while.

[madeinoblivion]

What kind of drug is it that makes you sick for a month?

[hostage]

Heroin. Meth. Meth not as much as heroin, but you still feel shitty.

[madeinoblivion]

You ever hear of a guy- forget what his name was, but I used to know this guy, he was a newcomer.

He could take your feelings and bottle them in tubes for other people to use like drugs- and he'd pay you munny for it?

[hostage]

Nah, I never heard of him.

[But that sounds highly alluring. Thanks, Joe.]

[madeinoblivion]

I don't know what ever happened to him. It's a shame. So many people disappear and you never hear from them again....

[hostage]

Yeah?

[Good.]

That's too bad.