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[perfectsymmetry]

[Norway had been droned for awhile now, and Crowe was fearing the worst. It wouldn't be the first time he'd been sent home, only to return *younger* than before. But today Crowe decided to try and confirm his suspicions. He skips school, and heads over to Norway's home, and climbs up the nearby tree to his bedroom window and sneaks in. He figures there's a better chance of the family being away at school and work in the morning, but he's confident in his skills that he's sure he'll go unnoticed.

He searches around for Norway's regains - that weird club, those strange clothes. But he finds nothing. His items have been sent home with him. What he does fine, though, is some of the things Crowe's given to him in his time here - the pocket watch, the necklace with the hand-made pendants, the calling cards from his Halloween escapades, photos. He scoops them all up into a shoe box, and vacates the house as silently as he entered.]


[Today Crowe can be found in two places:

A) If for some reason you're not at school or work early this afternoon, and hang around the closest thing Mayfield has to a foresty area, you'll come across Crowe sitting at the edge of Makeout Point, looking morose as he watches the town below. Next to him is a small box that he considered throwing over the peak in an effort to forget all the people Mayfield continues to bring into his life, only to take them away again. In the end he doesn't have the guts to do it, and sits there for a long time stewing in his own teenage angst. This is what he gets for being too attached to the people here, isn't it?

B) Later in the afternoon, Crowe returns home. All over the lawn of 1247 Williams is what looks like a makeshift obstacle course. Tires, some stolen road cones, wood shop sawhorses and various bits from his garage are placed carefully around the yard. Despite the cold weather, he's out there in his gym clothes, repeatedly running his course over and over again. Crowe's not good at many things, but being agile and fast is something he does very well. He leaps over things, over the sawhorses, hops in and out of the tires with great precision. Occasionally he trips up, cursing in Italian as he does, but for the most part does very well. He'll rearrange stuff to keep things interesting, and keeps at this project well into the night, despite looking exhausted and unhappy with his progress. Feel free to watch/question/join in, etc.!]

Comments

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe hardly felt like he was recovering from everything Mayfield threw at him.]

If you don't stand back up when Mayfield knocks you down, you might as well give up and be a drone. I-I don't want that...

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone really wants that.

It still amazes me that you can get back up after all of this.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a choice, I-I guess.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

You still do it. You do know that not everyone can still do that right?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of people here handle it better than I do, truth be told. But a-a lot of people haven't been here as long as I have...

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

I don't think I would have handled it this well.

[[Not quite sure he's going to handle this well at all if it goes on much longer.]]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Just remember that you have a lot of friends here who want you to be well, and to keep your chin up, to keep going. That's... that's what I do.

[He sounds like he's trying to convince himself of this too. After all, he keeps losing friend after friend...]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[He nods.]]

I sometimes kinda feel like I'm not doing enough after seeing everyone else.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

If you ask me, most people here don't do anything to help this situation. You do a lot more than some.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I wish I was actually helping though.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

You keep notes, you hand out the pamphlets, you seem to help almost everyone who comes into town... that's all a big help, Aaron.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten brainwashed yet, I really don't want to see anyone else get it.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

...

There's some ways to avoid it, but in the end, y-you can't completely escape it. It happens all the time to people for no reason...

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Has... has anyone asked Grady or the Mayor why that is?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He shook his head.] You can't talk to them, Aaron. It doesn't work like that.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

I didn't really thunk it would be that easy. Just reaching, I guess.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Sorry. We really can't trust them for anything. The Mayor, Grady, the Postman... they're not even working together, let alone with us.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

I'll just have to think of something else then. Since I am pretty sure this is a dead end.