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Calleo Crowe ([personal profile] perfectsymmetry) wrote2011-07-10 05:47 pm

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[Recovering from the Independence Day incident wasn't easy. Crowe still had nightmares the last few days that, while fading now, were hard to shake. That feeling of being two people in one was unsettling, not knowing which was right.

At least his room has a lot of reminders of which Calleo was the right one. All his things from home, all the photos he's taken with is friends in Mayfield. Those notes from Lucas. That goofy hat Kay and Adolph found in the western town. The pendant from Norway. His extensive journal chronicling his time here, all the horrid events Mayfield has put him through. A journal he is now writing in, filling in the details of July Fourth, and the body of Jane Smith, also known as Samantha Achewood.

Once he's done, he'll place a call to the town. Filtered from the usual NPCs:]


Hi everyone. Um. I-I know it's been a difficult week, but we need to try to understand what happened. I think... I-I was wondering, maybe we should have some sort of town meeting? I know we have the pamphlets, but I think it would be good to get everyone together to discuss things that have happened in this town. Get everyone up to speed, let them know what we're dealing with, answer questions, share information... We're all in this together, right? Whether you want to go home or not, I-I think we can all agree that, at the very least, we'd like to get to the bottom of this place so that, um, e-even if we can't go home, we really can make this a decent place to live.

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[Later, Crowe's out and about with his camera. He hasn't taken it up in awhile, and with this great summer weather, the town is crawling with people. He wants to clear his head, and take some fun pictures for the collection. His mission: to record the non-droned people in this town. He keeps a large photo album with names with people's names. It's a nice record of the people as they should be, before Mayfield brainwashes them. You might find him trying to snap some candid photos. Care to pose, or are you photo-shy? Crowe's a good climber, so you also might find him sitting in high tree branches, on your rooftop, at the peak of Makeout Point - anywhere he can get a cool shot. Come bug him!]

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-11 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Looking around, getting a photo of a bird in the tree before looking back down. Someone's watching.

Wait, is that...]


Iceland?
volcanoes: (many are blamed for nothing)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-11 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's an uncertain pause. Well, he was told he was here before, but Iceland didn't really expect anyone who wasn't a nation to recognize him.]

Yes?

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-12 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[!!!] ....Y-You're back?

[Crowe beings to skillfully climb down now.]
volcanoes: (a burnt child keeps away from the fire)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-12 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[This guy must definitely know him. Well, this is going to be awkward.]

I guess... But I don't remember the last time.

[Blunt. But he isn't about to pretend otherwise, it would just make things worse.]

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-12 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He blinks at him, but then sighs, as if he's expecting it.]

I-I should have guessed... I think this is the third time you've been here since I have then.
volcanoes: (a burnt child keeps away from the fire)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-12 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Third?

[He frowns. Forgetting not just once, but three times?]

When?

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-12 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Um. Yeah. It was a few months ago, now, a-ad your second time here was rather short.
volcanoes: (a burnt child keeps away from the fire)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-12 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Just a few months ago...]

I see.

[Talking to someone who knows him but he doesn't know is really awkward, and he's shy at the best of times. Looking down at a point somewhere between himself and the ground.]

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-12 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry. I-I know it probably sounds weird. Um, my name's Crowe, by the way. Did you just get here...?
volcanoes: (a burnt child keeps away from the fire)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-12 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Everything here is weird.

[Shrugging.]

Just since July first.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-12 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, so not very long. Ah. W-Well, I've been here a long time, as I've said, so if you need any help, I can.
volcanoes: (a burnt child keeps away from the fire)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-13 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
...What happened three days ago?
volcanoes: (a burnt child keeps away from the fire)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-13 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
On the fourth.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-13 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
O-Oh. That. It was, um... People were getting droned, but not fully. For me, i-it was like...like I had two lives, two personalities, a-and I couldn't tell which was the right one. Thank God for my friends. I-I don't know how I couldn't have made it through otherwise.
volcanoes: (a burnt child keeps away from the fire)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-13 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. [He remembers the day in a haze, and being fully convinced he'd always lived in Mayfield. He doesn't want to tell people he is apparently that easy to manipulate, though.] Is that what everyone meant when they said things happen here?

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-13 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Bad things, I'm afraid. Usually on American holidays, but not always.
volcanoes: (a bad rower blames the oar)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-13 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
...That's annoying. [And a bit scary, but he won't say that out loud.] Is it always something like what happened then?

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-14 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Good holidays are usually ruined. But it's not always something too terrible, and sometimes it's... it's really bad.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-14 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Um. People die. Turn on each other. They mess with our heads.
volcanoes: (there seldom is a single wave)

[personal profile] volcanoes 2011-07-14 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, that sounds unpleasant. He doesn't say anything, but looks worried.]

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-07-14 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I-I'm sorry. It's true though. You should know what you've been brought into.