Codswallop and tomfoolery

[deaths_heritor]

[phone, morning]
If they aren't back by the end of the month, I'll eat my poker.  What trollop.

And please, if you're wrought with utter despair and you absolutely must subject the rest of us to incessant blather about how wonderful Disappeared Whom and Whom was and how unworthy you are to still exist, etc., ad nauseam, try to space it out evenly so

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Phone

[sosnarrator]

I'm afraid I'm not so selfless to give myself up like that. And honestly, some of the people listed probably caused more trouble than they were worth... But I'm not going to be satisfied... not until we have a way of assuring that they're safe! I mean, droning was already bad enough, but this!? And on such a scale!

[deaths_heritor]

...This just happened. Quite literally, a month ago, we just did this exact same thing except there were physical pods to burst open. Are you really very concerned?

[sosnarrator]

... Right, that. Don't remind me, do you have any idea how disgusting the goo was inside those things? Anyway, I haven't seen any sign of there actually being any pods lying around this time.

[deaths_heritor]

That's better. No effort involved this time but waiting.

Action/house

[hintcoinplz]

[Luke was also surprised to find that he actually didn't disappear, even though his name was also on the list.]

What are you talking about?

[deaths_heritor]

[...Susan's eyes flash briefly as she staunchly walks around him.]

Did you want me to humor you or can we skip to the part where you get into a fistfight with yourself on the front lawn?

[hintcoinplz]

[He takes a couple steps back.]

I don't know what you mean. The incident with the pods happened months ago, why are you bringing this up now?

[deaths_heritor]

Perhaps because there are certain parallels that may be drawn between the two incidents.

Luke is supposed to be good at problem-solving, as a tip.

Phone

[hellsing_knight]

How magnanimous of you, to judge others for their grief.

[deaths_heritor]

How pointless of you to remark on a personality trait I quite detest.

Anyone who actually believes the town has erased anything is either new this month or a bit touched in the head.

[hellsing_knight]

What is it you hoped to accomplish with your useless complaining? Does it make you feel elevated somehow, perhaps more clever than those who might pause for a moment to remember their friends and loved ones?

[deaths_heritor]

What are we remembering? Change 'a bit' to 'rather' if you've already forgotten someone who was here yesterday.

As a matter of fact, it makes me feel positively giddy with self-assured superiority, so you can mark down the box for 'excessive narcissism' if you'd like.

Action: Town

[bread_goes_bip]

[She heard that list. How could she have not. So she's concerned.]

Susan?

[deaths_heritor]

Hello, Didi.

[Susan is calmly picking out some chocolates. ...Many chocolates.]

Happy Hogswatch and all of that.

[bread_goes_bip]

[That's a lot of chocolate]

Yes, happy Hogswatch. How are you... doing?

[deaths_heritor]

With my hands, some input from the muscles in my forearm, and quite a lot of clipped coupons. Why?

Action: Town

[prpl_assistant]

(The people you meet while shopping. It's been awhile since she's last seen her, but Miss Pauling can see that even Miss Susan has been affected by the latest trick Mayfield has pulled on them. It's hard not to be, even if her earlier phone call was to assure them all that everything would be back to normal by the next week.)

Good afternoon Miss Susan.

[deaths_heritor]

[Susan is muttering furiously to a pile of what seems to be holiday chocolates.]

Five nougats in a box of thirty at 1.50 compared to three in a box of fifteen at 89 cents...

Oh, Miss Pauling.

Good day.

[prpl_assistant]

Christmas shopping?

(She's got a basket with her too, but it's filled with essential groceries. She's never been much of a Christmas person.)

[deaths_heritor]

Christmas, Hogswatch, however you'd like to call it.

[No one calls it Hogswatch except Susan. Oh, well.]

The one good thing of note about holiday spirit is that it usually involves holiday discounts.