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[perfectsymmetry]

[Call/message filtered from Margot (Crowe feels she's upset enough already) to all non-drones. No one Crowe knows had been droned until now and he's having a hard time dealing with it.]


Does... does the town often drone people for no reason? This is... this is... I don't even know. How can this happen? Nadia was one of the nicest people in town, she... she never bothered anyone, never hurt anyone..._{it's not fair... what if she doesn't...}

I-I mean is that it then? Even if we DO get along with this town and its rules, we might just droned anyway?! For no reason whatsoever? Am I just supposed to sit around and wait for them to brainwash the rest of us permanently too? I don't get it! What do they want from us?! What are we supposed to do?


[There's a pause as he sighs and rubs his forehead.]


...I-I'm sorry it's just... _{why couldn't they have done it to someone else...}


[The phone is hung up.]

Comments

[extremelysunny.livejournal.com]

What's a drone?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh. H-have you not been here long enough to hear about that….? It's what they call the brainwashed people in the town…

[extremelysunny.livejournal.com]

BRAINWASHED?!

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Y-you haven't heard about that?! How long have you been here?!

[extremelysunny.livejournal.com]

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH!

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

A-and no one's told you about this until now? Wait, hadn't you noticed the other drones in town?

[extremelysunny.livejournal.com]

I THOUGHT THEY WERE CITIZENS!

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Well, I mean, they ARE but they're... is there none in your house? No one who acts like Mayfield is the best place ever? _{Haven't you noticed at school...?}

[extremelysunny.livejournal.com]

No... I haven't seen any at home. S-SCHOOL?! WE HAVE SCHOOL?!

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

....now that you mention it, I haven't seen you there... y-yes, we have school. I'm surprised they haven't called your home yet...

[extremelysunny.livejournal.com]

THAT'S EXTREMELY UNCOOL! Where is it?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Um. How about tomorrow morning I stop by your place, and we can go together?

[extremelysunny.livejournal.com]

ALRIGHT! What time?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

How about 8:30? That'll give us tmie for me to show you some other stuff in town then, too.

[extremelysunny.livejournal.com]

ALRIGHT THEN!