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

[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]

[[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.

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.

C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's good to be back. It's creepy being a drone.

Did I miss anything, I think I've been gone a few weeks.

C

[inheritedtales.livejournal.com]

Not that any of us really know when we are, but it's an understandable sentiment.

...That depends on how long it's been. I was droned a while myself, just after when the Milkman became Police Chief, but a few day ago the town decided to give us, erm, one last summer fling, I suppose you'd say.

C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

One last... summer... fling?

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.]

C

[inheritedtales.livejournal.com]

[Feeling the heat rise to her cheeks Hermione shook her head.] I can only speak from the perspective of those of us considered adults.Let's just say we found ourselves trapped in a hotel room with someone of the opposite sex for several hours.

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.]]

C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

That sounds...

[[Well, embarassing. Or porny. Though with how this town sets itself up...]]

... Wait, so just the adults got stuck?

C

[inheritedtales.livejournal.com]

I realize how it sounds. [She even matches it with a wince.]

Do you really think it as that easy? As far as I can tell, teenagers were trapped in the bowling alley. Except they only had one person in there with them, again opposite sex. Children were trapped in a carnival.

D) [Action | Late Night at the Park}

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[ Shana is ghosting Aaron during his jog. ]

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.

C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Wow, yeah that would be awkward.

Who did you get stuck with?

[[Asking before thinking of how much more embarrassing that question was. He was just worried she got a psychopath... like Johan.]]

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?]]

B

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this time around at least.

How long have you been in this town?

B

[birthclod.livejournal.com]

Long enough to know firsthand that Mayfield enjoys fooling around with its visitors. And you?

C

[inheritedtales.livejournal.com]

Merlin and I were paired together, nothing came of it, of course. We both decided loyalty to our significant others was more important. After an allotted time the town did allow us to leave, however.

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?

C

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

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

D

[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

[Walking through the park.]

Re: B

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

November, and it's September now?

Wow... almost a year.

C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

That's good. On Valentine's day they brainwashed us too, I guess it's good they skipped that this time.