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[perfectsymmetry]

[Crowe's a pretty observant guy, it's not hard to notice everyone acting differently. His blushing, awkward schoolmates; the strangely large amount of cars, even for Valentine's Day, parked at the hotel, the restaurants and heading to Makeout Point. Was the town up to something again - maybe something like a love potions or tainted candy again? Or something like the time when they were all locked in cars and hotels at the end of the summer?

But then, how come nothing has happened to him?

Crowe will be watching the cootie infected at school carefully, and observing the rest of the town while out and about, trying to puzzle this all out. The town didn't send him false memories, and he's too old for cooties, so he's really perplexed. Feel free to approach him.

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Phone call: filtered from NPCs/drones:]


Um. So. Anyone have any idea what's going on? I don't mean the, um, sudden lovey-doveyness. I mean, what caused it?

...

Also, does anyone else feel perfectly fine?

Comments

[likescats.livejournal.com]

[Have a voice kinda just appear in your head/]

IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOMETHING ODD IS GOING ON.

[Death, stater of the obvious.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Even as this happens often in class, getting used to that voice was something Crowe had a hard time with.]

Ah. Yes, sir, I agree. But it's not like Mayfield to leave some people alone while everyone else... has whatever sort of Valentine's Day bug they've got.

[likescats.livejournal.com]

[Most people would agree with you there.]

VALENTINES. WHAT SORT OF HOLIDAY IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE NORMALLY?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh, uh, sort of a holiday about love, I guess. Sweethearts. That sort of thing.

[getsciencedone.livejournal.com]

I feel perfectly normal.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

["Normal" was never a word Crowe used to describe his science teacher.]

Ah, well that's good. I wonder if certain people weren't affected at all, or just not yet...

[getsciencedone.livejournal.com]

[What are you talking about? She's perfectly normal]

Perhaps.

Though I don't think I was programmed to be capable of that emotion.

[Then again she hadn't been programmed with neurotoxin but hey...]

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

The town is altering memories. Especially ones they shouldn't be.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I-It is?! You can tell? ...I'm guessing it has something to do with making people fall for each other...?

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

That's the gist of it, yes. And yes. I can tell.

[His voice is cold. Not the usual cool monotone he adopts. There's genuine anger underneath it.]

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

"I wish I knew. I have a set of memories of me committing heresy that I...."

"I'm not sure I regret. That frightens me. And Astartes know no fear. The idea that this town could influence my oaths, the core of my beliefs is profoundly disturbing. Even the malignant influence of Chaos could not do that."

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

H-Heresy?! Sir, is it... is it that bad?

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

"Indeed. I betrayed faith in the imperial truth and the Emperor for love, or so it seems."

[he scowls]

"I carried on with a non-human."

[madeofstoic.livejournal.com]

[ ...Well, at least he's not alone on this, then. ]

No clue what's going on, but I'm feeling fine m'self.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

So strange that it's only affecting certain people. Or maybe it just hasn't hit the rest of us yet?

[madeofstoic.livejournal.com]

Sure hope not. [ Not much weirds Higgs out, so honestly the sudden burst of lovey-dovey-ness has made him more...suspicious than anything. ]

Filtered; always filtered

[exactingrevenge.livejournal.com]

It's a relief to see that I'm not the only one who noticed this trend. I had noticed that many of the afflicted spoke of opening these boxes that appeared on the doorstep.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Strange things aren't unusual, but the fact that it hasn't affected everyone is.

Hmm, I thought I saw something in the mailbox this morning for one of my housemates... I should have known better. I've been here long enough. But it was the only one, and it wasn't for me, so I didn't think much of it.

[exactingrevenge.livejournal.com]

That's not so strange either, it merely means they've come into contact or done something that we haven't.

Are packages such as these common in Mayfield? That could explain, if they are the source, why so many were willing to open them.

[chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com]

I'm not at all different than usual.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Glad I'm not the only one. A-At least I hope. If they're really altering memories, it would be hard to tell, yeah?

[chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com]

Most likely. The only ones who might have a chance at telling would be outsiders, or those who understand the mind quite deeply. Sadly, even here in Mayfield... That can be questionable.

[haveaplan.livejournal.com]

(He spent a day derping and bawwing, so he's most Not Pleased when he hears this phone call over the lines.)

Wot do you mean.

(He tries to keep his tone as neutral as possible, but a definite Edge has crept into his voice.)

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, it seems a lot of kids in my school have suddenly been overcome with... lovesickness? And some people have been getting things sent to them in the mail, returning memories to them.

[haveaplan.livejournal.com]

(The Sniper has yet to have his memory messed by the town on this level, but he doesn't like the sound of this at all.)

Any oidea 'f th' percentage that were so "affected", as it were?