29th Joke - A Good Joke Never Fades Away

[xochipilli_cursed]

[[Droning, it happened again.

This time Aaron was unjamming some pins at the bowling alley when he comes to. Pausing in what he is doing and smashing his fingers pretty bad, gritting his teeth and trying not to cause a scene.

First the pain, then figure out what he missed.]]


A) [Action | The Bowling Alley]

[[Maybe you notice the kid rushing out back of the place, favoring one hand.

Aaron gets outside, behind the building and strips down. He is not sure if they are bruised or worse, but he has an effective solution for his hurt fingers.

He shifts to his werecoyote form.]]


B) [Phone | Late Afternoon]

Hey. It's Aaron. If anyone was worried, I am back.

To anyone new who I haven't met, when I am not being brainwashed by this town I have some information to help you get started.

I guess that's all for now.


C) [Action | Ai, Souji, Crowe, Kyon, Rue, Hermoine, Lucas]

[[Aaron goes to check in on some people. Planning to visit others later.

Just reassuring himself they didn't vanish while he was gone.]]


D) [Action | Late Night at the Park}

[[Like always, jogging clears his head so he can be found jogging around late at night.

He's keeping a good pace.]]

Comments

C

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas can be found in the park, doodling autumn trees as they begin to turn different shades. Perhaps he blends in among the yellows and reds at first.]

C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[He does, and Aaron's distracted. Aaron almost runs right by him before noticing.

Slowing up and jogging backwards, offering Lucas a smile. Droned boys don't paint pretty scenes.]]

Hey Lucas, you don't know how glad I am to see you.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas is pretty much in camouflage with his outfit. He had done a brief double take himself and is in the middle of standing when Aaron turns back.]

Oh! Aaron! You're back again!... I feel like we just had this conversation.

C

[inheritedtales.livejournal.com]

[Working on something for the D.A. Hermione was mildly surprised by the sudden appearance of the young man.]

Aaron?

C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Yep, I guess I was out of it for a bit.

This town won't let me go that easy though.

[[Though, honestly, he never wants to go home.]]

C

[inheritedtales.livejournal.com]

Well , for what it's worth, Mayfield doesn't seem to care to let many of us go. It's good to see you as yourself again, though.

B

[birthclod.livejournal.com]

Hm. So, your name is Aaron.

[While her voice doesn't sound as cheerful as last time, Aaron may or may not recognize the voice of the little murderer from a few weeks back.

Either way.]

Re: B

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[He does... and he doesn't know what to think about that.]]

Yeah... Um. Are you doing better now or...?

[[Oh man, please let that have been brainwashing that made this one a murderer too.]]

Re: B

[birthclod.livejournal.com]

If you're asking whether the droning wore off... Yes, it did. And they even had the generosity to let us keep the memories of that irritable event.

... At least you sound all right.

D) [Action | Late Night at the Park}

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[ Shana is ghosting Aaron during his jog. ]

D

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Is trying to keep a good pace, get back into the feel of everything.

He is himself. This is familiar, and this isn't something they put into his head.

Right?]]

Re: D

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

Yo Aaron. Are you feeling all right?

C

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe's usually at one of two places - the park or the rec center. Today it's the latter, and he's working on his tennis skills. He's new to the sport so it's slow-going, but he's got the quick reflexes to keep up. However, when he sees his friend approach, he'll stop and hesitantly ask:]

...Aaron?

Re: C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, back to normal and not so... creepy.

Glad to see you're still around.

[[He's more worried about people like Ai and Crowe who... well... have been here a very long time.]]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe breaks out into a wide smile. After Kay and Chizuko getting perma-droned, seeing one of his friends back and remembering him was a welcome sight.]

Same here. You were starting to worry me there. Thought you left without the rest of us.

C

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[Sitting on her steps, folding paper cranes again.]

C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Will walk up and sit down on the step beside her.

American kids don't stereo typically fold orgami. Less so during this time period.]]

I'm back, again. Doesn't look like this town plans to let me go.

[[Actually, he is so very glad to be back.]]

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[Glances over, and smiles.]

You're back.

D

[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

[Walking through the park.]

Re: D

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Stops short of running right past him.

Slowing to a walk and just nodding.]]

Hi Johan.

[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

[Glances over at him.]

...Hello Aaron.

I thought you were droned.

And then someone chose A.

[appleknighted.livejournal.com]

[Strollin', strollin', Sora is out for a stroll... wait a second. Hey! The sight of Aaron running away from the bowling alley catches her eye and makes her pause for a second, but only a second. Then knight-mode kicks in.

Sora takes off after him, as that was clearly the 'in trouble' type of running and not simply jogging for fun. She skids to a halt behind the same building he's run to to strip and shift just in time to see--]

Are you o...! [Uuuuuuh. Um. To see... well... Alright, staring now.] ...kay...

A. I am working on getting werecoyote icons. Also, this is terrible.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Oh no... he just sort of freezes at first. At least the throbbing fades from his fingers.

Oh man, oh man. He hopes she got there a second too late to see him just before the shift.

Just staring like a large, furry, clawed, coyote-monster like deer in headlights.]]

D

[a-crazygirl.livejournal.com]

[You now have a small blue dog trotting alongside you.]

D

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[He's happy for the company. Slowing down to pet the dog on top it's head before getting back into a steady pace.

Making sure not to outrun it's little legs or tire it out too fast.]]