7th Joke - At Least Someone Is Laughing [Action | Multi]

[xochipilli_cursed]

[[Aaron has been laying low since the little note incident. Though even that worry was shelved in light of a few new problems.

First his drone sister gave him his Christmas gift. It was a picture of two little kids. Fraternal twins, a brother and sister. Aaron is not pleased with this gift but tucks it away in a journal he bought for himself. He'll spend a day in his room calling out of school sick.

Second issue came after he got a card in the mail. All it said was, "Ha, ha, ha!" Since then Aaron hasn't slept well. That would explain the bags under his eyes and drifting off during the day at least.

Of course third was Percy. He went to visit him and found him acting strange. People had told Aaron about droning but this was his first real experience that hit home.]]

[[You might catch him during one of the following over the next few days.]]

A)
[[Aaron is awake anyways. Before the sun rises he is out delivering gifts. Certain people will find little wrapped presents that say "From: Aaron" on them. Merry Belated X-mas miss_enma_ai, dodo_master, evers_hacker, hungry_monster, generose, and doastheromansdo!]]
((Tag for your gift! If not I'll get you later.))

B)
[[Aaron goes to class. He'll probably fall asleep in several of his classes at some point. Any student feel nice enough to wake him up before the teacher catches him? Any teachers notice?]]

C)
[[He doesn't stick around between classes to hang out like he usually would. He heads straight for his next class and tries to keep conversations short.]]

D)
[[Aaron is at work at the bowling alley. Every now and then he'd find a place to hide and try to just rest his eyes a moment. Not even five minutes later he'll awake with a start and get back to work. He seems far too stressed out for this job.]]

E)
[[Aaron is stalking Percy Jackson. Not approaching him, just watching him and unsure what to do. Just kind of hoping Percy will snap out of this and everything will go back to how it was.]]

F)
[[Aaron is out at night trying to do anything other than stopping and falling asleep. He'll be jogging down the streets, exploring the park, and generally keeping mobile for as long as he can before having to give up and return home.]]

Comments

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"I can't sleep. Every time I dream, I dream of laughter. It's mocking me again.

I think bad things might start to happen again. Nothing's happened yet but it did take a bit before."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Bad things always happen here.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but before this they weren't my fault.

I don't want to bring more bad with me here. I was going to avoid the mail, I should have paid more attention."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

It is only your fault if you are in control of it.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"It's also my fault if I don't do what I can to stop it."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

You believe that?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"It's what I was trying to do back home. Keep whatever it was away from other people. I couldn't ignore it."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

I see.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"What do you think I should do about it here? I can't really escape people, I'm forced to go to classes and to go home here."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Death doesn't last here. So even if they do die, they will return.

Perhaps this will confuse it.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Maybe.

Maybe it won't be able to do anything about it then."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

I do not believe it would be possible for it to torment the people around you, more then the town already does.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Maybe that's true.

So maybe it's just teasing me.

I wish it'd let me sleep."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

How does it stop you from sleeping?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"I only hear the laughter when I start to dream. It's like someone finds it funny that people die around me."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Do you know who's laughter it is?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"No, I wish I did. It isn't like anything I ever heard before. I just get a feeling like someone's laughing at me. At all the bad things that happen around me.

Probably thinks Mayfield is hilarious."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

....and you can't sleep with it?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"I could. It just takes a while to get used to. Still it's hard to sleep deeply with it.

It's kinda a feeling as much as a laugh. But eventually you get tired enough to force it."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

I see.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Still want me to come with you even if I hear voices when I sleep?"

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Good."

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[Nods.]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"So did you get anything nice for Christmas or was it all bad too?

I heard others got nice things."