25th Joke - Laughter Never Dies

[xochipilli_cursed]

[[Aaron snaps out of it as he's doing his homework. Just writing away when suddenly it all rushes back to him.

What... Wait... how long...?

He get's up, feeling a bit out of it. Moving to the phone, calling the town.]]


[Phone | Everyone]

Hello? This is Aaron Taylor... Or whatever my last name is now.

I'm back, I'm not quite sure how long I was gone but I am back.

Ai... are you still out there? Anyone who knew me?

...I'm sorry.


[Action | 1251 Williams Road residents]

[[Aaron is back to his non-drone status and seems to be looking around the house for his things.

Also, maybe to make sure his housemates are still there.]]


[Action | The Streets or the Park]

[[Jogging was good for clearing his head so out he went.

Running down the streets at a pretty good pace. Even making his way through the park just to enjoy the fresh air and feel like himself again.

He wanted to take the time to get reacquainted with himself.]]

Comments

phone

[brotherseyes.livejournal.com]

Aaron?

[There's disbelief, and then relief, in Nina's voice.]

You're okay!

[Action | The Streets or the Park]

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

Aaron!

[A voice calls out, and a familiar little girl is there pointing and staring. She looks like she's going to cry. ]

Phone

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think so.

[[He had enough hang ups on the whole reality thing, a long period of droning never helped. That's an issue for another time though.]]

How long have I been gone?

[Action | The Streets or the Park]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

It's me! It's me I swear!

[[Not sure if she was outing him for some strange reason, about to fireball him, or just in shock.]]

Wait... don't cry! It's okay!

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[ Shana doesn't give him a chance to run away. She just sorta steps towards him, then halts, her fist clenching at her chest. ]

So many people are gone.... Kyon is gone now too. Are you back for good this time?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Kyon....? He's gone?

[[Well.. that hurt. Maybe he'd have time to clear his head later.

Just nodding.]]

Yeah... I think so. I can't make promises, this town won't let me but I am back.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Aaron...!

Ah, you don't need to apologize or anything! It hasn't been too long. I'm glad to hear from you again.

Phone

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

....Aaron?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Lucas?

I am glad to hear your voice.

Not too long?

Phone

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Ai! You don't know how glad I am to hear your voice.

You're still yourself right?

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Who else would I be?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

A few weeks. You've been gone since a little after that time when everyone was, um, killing each other, right? Nothing too much happened since then...

Except two days ago.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

I was worried you might be droned.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a bit after that... that's the last thing I really remember.

What happened two days ago?

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Oh.

No I'm not.


Did you go home?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

... Almost everyone got droned to different degrees. It was really odd. I'm not sure if it was just Mayfield messing around with us or if they decided to give it up and drone us all.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

No... I didn't go anywhere. I just stayed here...

And acted like everything was okay.

[[Trying to think past the blur of being assimilated like that. He shuddered.]]

I'm back though. I think I am all the way back to normal.

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Are you alright?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Yep, that's not something he wanted to hear.]]

Maybe... maybe it was just another game.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

It only lasted a day. And no one got anything out of it, either... I'm not too sure what to think.

[pause]

Well! It's probably not too good to think too much about it. I'm just glad you're alright.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

As alright as I can be I guess.

I'm me again though, right?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Yeah, probably not too good to think too much about.]]

Thanks. I am too.

I wish I knew what caused it... I'll just have to keep an eye out.

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

Right now, that's enough.

Why don't we go get something to eat? My... mentor from home is here. I'd like you to meet her, actually.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Doing something different might be nice.]]

Sure, I'm glad to see there were some good changes.

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

...Yes.