Not sure about Pickles - is he R'lyeh? Have you sent him a PM yet? Myself, I'm not in a _huge_ hurry since my GF is here until Saturday morning, so if I don't have to take a turn before then, so much the better.
But if he doesn't reply to a PM, since he didn't say anything about being temporarily AWOL, guess you'll have to AI him or something, presuming you have the master password?