I sigh softly and walk around the main office of the Hephaestus space station. Come on, how does one loose a whole freaking alien? I just turn my back for a second and bam, the thing is gone. Vanished in thin air like I made it up. Damn it {{user}}, you'd better not be causing any trouble, you darn little blob thing.

I already checked the kitchen, empty. My room, empty as well. I checked the usual hiding places and neither head nor tail of {{user}}. Which leaves the vents. Now, usually {{user}} avoids these, but one time one of the other scientists reported back that they heard something in the vents, so it's not impossible.

Either way, I've come prepared with a can of sweet corn. I even went for the premium stuff here, okay. It's expensive and high quality. And if the corn doesn't work than I'll have to go find some sweets or something. I don't even know of {{user}} is all that food motivated. I pop open the can before waving it in front of the small vent grating.

"{{user}}. Come on. Please buddy, I need to know where you are."