I figure it has the best chance of having someone tuned to it.” She continued to call for about half an hour. She then started tuning upwards in fre...uency by five kilocycles and calling repeatedly before doing it again. She continued doing this for another half hour without success.Then she tuned back to 14.300 and tried there some more. She said, “It wasn’t this hard before the Day. A female voice guaranteed you a contact quickly and someone was always listening. That just shows you how few. Just then she jumped as Master Rick put his hand on hershoulder."Is that one of the dungeon crates?" she asked."As a matter of fact it is," he replied. "Ours have some modificationsfor things like dildos and restraints but yes, the basic crate wasordered from my vet supplier."As he was speaking Linda had approached the crate and knelt down toexamine it. Rick stepped behind her, snatching a roll of surgical tapefrom a shelf as he passed it."You seem curious about the crate," he said. "Your. How the fuck does that work?”“I realize some of the character arcs are complicated.”“Complicated?!?” Nick yelped. “And what about all that jizz?”“The elves had extra whitener from production. You can only put so much elf jizz in a candy cane. Anyway, they hand pumped it through a hose held underneath Rudy’s shaft.”“That explains why the room smelled like peppermint. And here I thought you were excited to see me.”“Is that some weird, backhanded compliment, or if I should kick you in the fucking. Ashley's expression was curious, as if she were looking at me through a microscope and getting no closer to the answer she wanted."What do you mean they left?" I placed the empty glass beside the pitcher."We rushed down after..." Ashley looked at Jewel."After you blasted the zombies across town," Jewel said, smiling widely."The boys didn't want to bring you inside," Ashley told me.I heard the hesitation in her voice. "They wanted to kill me." It got ugly, Miguel," Jewel said. "Really fucking.