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[perfectsymmetry]

[Crowe manages to drag himself out of the house for school, but he's obviously just not all there mentally the next few days. He's zoning out in class, anyone who tries to talk to him might have to call his name two or three times till he hears you. He'll always do his best to put on a smile when you talk to him though, but it's a little forced.

He will be checking up on all his friends in school too, during lunch and between/after classes, making sure everyone is okay.

Getting killed twice in three days, and watching Ema, Hol, Ash and even little Pikachu get murdered by the hazmats in front of him is a hard thing to shake off. All he could do the day after was hide in his burnt-out room, so on top of all that, he was feeling somewhat ashamed of himself, and useless.

After school though, he has some calls to make.]

[Call filtered to: Ema Skye]
Ema... I just wanted to see how you were doing.


[Call filtered to: Wilhelm]
I heard your voice on that call the other day on that call... are you okay? Is it... alright if I speak with you about what happened?


[Call filtered to: Norway]
Ah, I'm going to hold you to what you said, you know. [A light chuckle.] They're playing some choice movies this weekend at the drive-in. I'm going to be there, if you care to join.


[Later that night, Crowe can be found at the drive-in, sitting on the hood of his not!family's car, bundled up in a blanket. The movie in question is Teenagers from Outer Space - pretty much the worst of the worst. As much as he was glad none of his friends from home were suffering through living in Mayfield, it made him miss his friend Clyde, who ate up bad movies like this. He would have loved this one. If you happen to be by the theater, feel free to join him.]


[[OOC - This mun is also going to the DC rally for the weekend! Tagging might be slow between Fri. night & Sun. night, sorry! ALSO, I will stop spamming entries with him after this, orz]]

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[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

You may speak.

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[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I... I want to keep notes. I've been here a long time. I've been here through Westport, the Soviet town, this... and I never did such a thing until now. I-I really think I should start. Then, i-if I ever get sent home, someone else might be able to find it...

Were you... involved in hiding Sergei? O-or did he just end up teleporting into the house...?

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[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

I was involved in hiding him, yes.

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[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ah.

[There's a lot he'd like to say right now. But his politeness is holding him back, as usual. There's a pause, and when he speaks again, his voice is a bit quieter, flatter.]

Did you... get any information from him? Or was he, ah, too far gone by that point?

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[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

He was too far gone.

Say it, Calleo.

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[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I figured as much...


[He makes a quiet frustrated noise.]


...do you think it was worth it, hiding him?

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[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

If I did not, I would not have done it.

[His voice is going cooler as well, though. Not necessarily anger, but discontent.]

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[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Reading between the lines isn't too hard with that question. Was it worth hiding him so that so many died? That Crowe himself had to die twice? That was over now, though, he had to focus on other things.]

...I see. It's too bad that we at least didn't get any information from him... anything to find out how he managed to escape.

I-I hope you were all alright, though. It sounded like there was a lot of people there at the time.

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[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

Someone must have, before he came to us.

[There's a pause before Wilhelm speaks again, and when he does, his voice is cooler. Low.]

Failing my role in any form is never alright.

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[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

No one I've talked to so far. Most people barely saw him, from who I've talked to so far... I guess I'll have to keep asking.

There's...not much we can do against the people in charge of this town. They just... I-I don't even know. They murder us without a second thought, and then tell us how lucky we are to be here. And while we've seen worse alternatives... i-it doesn't seem to matter. They can just do whatever they want with us.

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[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

There is not much we can do now. They're playing an exceedingly difficult game to keep up with. And eventually, we will turn it around on them.

They're trying to break us, Calleo. I refuse to allow them to do so.

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[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

We only seem to get more questions than answers. And it seems like we can never get an upper hand on them in any way. hey control everything about us...

[Another frustrated sigh.] I-I'm not giving up. Giving up means you might as well get droned and stay that way. I just don't know what we're supposed to do from now on.

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[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

They'll slip eventually. Even the greatest chestmaster eventually makes an inopportune movement.

Then we'll either discover what we're meant to do or we'll create our own answer as to what we do next.

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[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I can only hope it's sooner than later, and that we'll be ready for it.

I really hope you're right about that, Wilhelm.