v2.1 - come to where i'm from

[grey_of_heart]

[Gabriel spent two nights in the park before finally dragging himself 'home'. He'd gotten caught in a summer storm and gave up to dry off and warm up. He wasn't even trying to make nice with his 'wife' anymore, rarely saying two words to her unless he had to. Something's changed about him; at least people who knew him before might be able to

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[badend_liar]

[staring at the TV]

[grey_of_heart]

[Gabriel's sitting on the couch, watching the entire thing, remembering past events that were foretold by the damned box. He felt like rolling it out into the front yard and bashing it in with a hammer.]

Are you okay?

[He's not sure how long she's been here.]

[badend_liar]

I thought I saw...

[grey_of_heart]

What did you see?

[His voice is gentle and warm, honey-over-gravel, English. In sharp contrast to the drones, he's been nothing but kind to the two younger members of the household.]

[stop_it_tewi]

Gabriel-san? You're back...?

((lol late on noticing you're back))

[grey_of_heart]

Yeah. Hi.

[He'd smile but really, would it be genuine? Besides, mun assumes this is over the phone lines...]

[stop_it_tewi]

((yeah, it'd be the phone line. I don't think Reisen even knows where Gabriel lives yet))

... mm...

The whole Westport thing... it's probably just some trick...

Then again, they really could have another town like Mayfield that we just can't get to?

[grey_of_heart]

Maybe something to tease us. I don't know. Could be anything...

[serverofshota]

A trick.

[grey_of_heart]

I figured it was something like that.

[He glares at the tv.]

Mm. Out of the fire, back into the frying pan.

[serverofshota]

Keep an eye out.

[grey_of_heart]

Yeah.

[He hugs himself. Not ready for more bullshit, not so soon after his return.]

I'll be strong.

[Will try, at the very least. Stubborn as always.]

[patchworksanity]

Westport is Mayfield's sister city. I believe it's supposed to be a few miles west of Mayfield, however, as the town not only continues to expand, but loops at its border, it's impossible to confirm it.

I remember it was mentioned before, about half a year ago...But not much was made of it. Certainly not the uproar that's going on now.

Perhaps it's a storage unit for drone bodies without souls, or a similar situation to ours?

[grey_of_heart]

Or maybe it's something to drive us insane... tease us with.

[As if this one needed any more screwing around with his sanity]

maybe where the broadcasts come from?

[patchworksanity]

There IS a TV station in town...might be worth checking out.

It's full of drones, though.