04. class is in session ('this is probably not a good sign' edition)

[alexanderofny]

[Today, civics students at Mayfield High arrive to find Mr. Veidt, who has been perfectly nonchalant and professional for his first two days in class, instead looking like that is an increasingly thin mask over FREAKING THE FUCK OUT. He is sitting at his desk as the students file in, with his hands folded and his shoulders tense.

On the board, he

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[strike_you_out]

[This kid is way too young to be in your class, Mr. Veidt, and he wasn't even here the previous two class times. Oh well, at least he's been paying attention.]

You've heard of Westport, but have you heard of Maipole?

[alexanderofny]

...what precisely is Maipole?

[strike_you_out]

[He continues in his quiet voice:] Another town like Westport. Destroyed.

[alexanderofny]

...go on.

[strike_you_out]

The only survivor was named Sergei Smirnov. He escaped to Mayfield and was killed by Grady and the Mayor.

[alexanderofny]

...Soviet, then?

[strike_you_out]

[He shrugs. Possibly, considering the time period. Slugger just knows the man was Russian.]

He was unstable... [This he remembers with clarity. He remembers most things with clarity when it comes to Sergei and one particular evening.] Sometimes he would flicker then disappear. He came to my house one night and told us there was nothing left outside, that everything was gone.