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[perfectsymmetry]

[Phone call filtered from drones:]

A lot of people have come into town recently. This is pretty odd, considering they usually trickle in instead of coming in so close together... it makes me wonder what are captors are up to.

At any rate, ah, to all the new people out there? My name is Crowe, and if you need any help, let me know. I've been here a long time now, so I can fill you in on any details if you like. There's also a pamphlet available if you haven't seen it. I know some others have been handing them out, and I've been leaving them in mailboxes as well. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask. It's fair that everyone who comes into this town knows what they've been brought into. Valentine's Day is coming up next month, and ah, things tend to get a bit ugly around holidays here. Don't trust anything the town just drops off in your house overnight, alright?



Ah, Mr. Holmes? I've finished up that copy of the journal I was talking about. If you want, I can just leave it in your mailbox as well. Whatever is convenient for you.





Ah. Um. I-I was wondering if you'd like to do something this weekend. It's my birthday this weekend, you see, and... well I don't want to make a big deal out of it, but it would be nice to, um, maybe do dinner or the movies or something?



[Action! Crowe will be found at the park today, despite the snow and cold, as he hates being inside so much. He'll be out today practicing the tae kwon do he's been learning from Taiwan in a clearing he's made in the snow. He's still new at it, but he's in good shape and a dedicated student, so he's doing pretty well. Care to interrupt/say hi/challenge?]

Comments

[ohlookboobs.livejournal.com]

Valentine's Day?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's the next holiday here. It's, ah, a romantic holiday I suppose you could say.

[ohlookboobs.livejournal.com]

Wow - a romantic holiday? [Likes the idea of this]

action;

[badend-replay.livejournal.com]

mi-! That is very impressive! You look like you could be in the movies! ☆

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He didn't think anyone would be watching. He looks a bit embarrassed at such a claim.]

Ah, no, I'm just starting out, really. Thanks, though.

[sturmbahnfurher.livejournal.com]

I see.

So the holidays are the time our captors most like to strike, then?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Usually, but not always. But something as popular as Valentine's Day is definitely one they won't pass up.

[sturmbahnfurher.livejournal.com]

I see.

[So there is a pattern to the way the people that ran this place moved. Or at least a vague form of one. So that was something to consider in trying to find some way to fight back if these were the new opponents he was to go to war with.]

Could you tell me, perhaps, how long this has been going on?

[seriousbigtime.livejournal.com]

Wait. A pamphlet? This place seriously has a pamphlet?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ha, yeah, we do now. A good idea, really. So many new people come in, it's a good thing to have. Would you like one?

[seriousbigtime.livejournal.com]

Sure, I guess.

[russefeiring.livejournal.com]

Your birthday?

_{[There's a thoughtful pause on his end of the line. Recently he found a notebook in his handwriting with recipes in it that he had been paging through the past day or so. Hmm...]}

Anything you'd want to do I'd be happy to join you.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Hurray!]

Great! Ah, I'm still trying to figure that out, honestly. Not too many places to go around here. Ah, there's the movies, and the drive-in, and the bowling alley... Mayfield sadly doesn't give many options. Anything thoughts?

[notsaul.livejournal.com]

What if they drop off jellybeans, though?

Fucking love jellybeans.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Uh, mostly likely they'll do something strange to you like the candy during Halloween?

[lusus-scientiae.livejournal.com]

Oh, good, finally. The mailbox will be fine. I suppose you'll need the address. Is it February already?

[ That's a legitimate question - he could have missed that. ]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the delay. Christmas was, ah, more hectic than I anticipated. And yes, I'll need your address.

Oh, not yet. It's only January twenty-first, but I figured I'd give our new residents the warning early.

Call and response

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[Shana responds to the phonecall]

Anything more you can tell me I'd be happy to hear. I'd like to see this pamphlet as well.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Well, I can send you a pamphlet, and if you have any questions after reading it, I can help you? Might be easier for you to read that first. I take it you just arrived, then?

[playswithwater.livejournal.com]

[Interrupting is always fun. Especially since Yuuto never acts like he intended to. It's just that someone watching you is bound to get weird after awhile - especially when the watcher is just standing in the branches of a tree.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He'll finish up the forms he was practicing, then give a small wave to his watcher.]

Um. Hi there.

[shhhhh-secret.livejournal.com]

(Jacob has stolen appropriated one of the pamphlets from one of the mail boxes and, while sitting on the park bench, is hiding it behind the newspaper picked up on the way out of his house so he can read it without attracting undue attention. To unobservant eyes he seems to be another drone out on his daily routine.)

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[It might be a surprise to most, but Crowe's pretty observant. As he heads on into the park, Crowe passes by you and catches a glimpse of the pamphlet behind the newspaper. He finds it odd you'd chose to hide it, but supposes it's not really his business...?]

[perfectvoice.livejournal.com]

Valentine's Day?! I completely forgot!

[Somebody's been caught up in things.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

O-Oh, well, you've got some time yet! It's not for another three weeks. I was just giving everyone an early warning.