Help Wanted

[Ryland Ren]

An anonymous post on ChatterPage reads:

"Looking for somebody experienced with kidnapping people. Serious inquiries only!

Email me: [link] "

[Aldon Huang]

HAHAHA
Is this for REAL???

[Ryland Ren]

Yes. Dead serious. It's a literal matter of life or death.
Also, this doesn't sound like a serious inquiry so... stop wasting my time!

[Aldon Huang]

Nono
Wait no this sounds interesting

Why do you need to kidnap somebody? You know it's like illegal right?

[Ryland Ren]

It's not to HURT anybody. It's to
save somebody.
I don't really know all the specifics but something's really wrong with my cousin and I think he needs to be taken away from his boyfriend.

[Aldon Huang]

...you want to kidnap your cousin cause you don't like his boyfriend??

Uhh
Isn't there like some other way to do this? Some not-illegal way?

[Ryland Ren]

Let me frame it this way then: I believe his boyfriend is abusing him. And I don't think most cops would believe me even if I told them how he's being abused. The guy is kinda charismatic.

[Aldon Huang]

Oh shit
This is like one of those whatchamacallit syndromes isn't it?

You know, the kind where bank robbers take somebody hostage and then the hostage ends up coming around to their views?

Yikes. So your cousin... he's in pretty deep with this guy huh?

[Ryland Ren]

A little of this, a little of that. I'll tell you more if we meet in person.
But yeah, he was in love with him. Might still be, but I think there's more to it than that.
He's always been kinda fragile when it comes to health but he's strong in mind. Like super stubborn. But now he's... not himself anymore.

[Aldon Huang]

Oof
Yeah being in a relationship, it changes people. Sounds like this guy is pretty manipulative if he changed your cousin that much, that you need to get help to kidnap him.

That or you're completely nuts. Haha! One or the other right?

[Ryland Ren]

I'm not nuts! Something weird is really going on!

[Aldon Huang]

Haha hey chill out, I believe you. Weird stuff's been happening all over the place lately.

Does the word witch mean anything to you?

[Ryland Ren]

Yeah it does.
My cousin's boyfriend... he's a witch.

[Aldon Huang]

Oh DAMN
Then yeah probably the guy did something to him!!

Witches are sneaky

So are you like a witch too or...?

[Ryland Ren]

Me? A witch? Haha. No.
Are you?