29th Joke - A Good Joke Never Fades Away

[pants_yourmove]

[[Droning, it happened again.

This time Aaron was unjamming some pins at the bowling alley when he comes to. Pausing in what he is doing and smashing his fingers pretty bad, gritting his teeth and trying not to cause a scene.

First the pain, then figure out what he missed.]]

A) [Action | The Bowling Alley][[Maybe you notice the kid rushing

Comments

C

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas can be found in the park, doodling autumn trees as they begin to turn different shades. Perhaps he blends in among the yellows and reds at first.]

C

[pants_yourmove]

[[He does, and Aaron's distracted. Aaron almost runs right by him before noticing.

Slowing up and jogging backwards, offering Lucas a smile. Droned boys don't paint pretty scenes.]]

Hey Lucas, you don't know how glad I am to see you.

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas is pretty much in camouflage with his outfit. He had done a brief double take himself and is in the middle of standing when Aaron turns back.]

Oh! Aaron! You're back again!... I feel like we just had this conversation.

[pants_yourmove]

Hopefully we won't have it too much more often.

What are you up to?

C

[inheritedtales]

[Working on something for the D.A. Hermione was mildly surprised by the sudden appearance of the young man.]

Aaron?

C

[pants_yourmove]

Yep, I guess I was out of it for a bit.

This town won't let me go that easy though.

[[Though, honestly, he never wants to go home.]]

C

[inheritedtales]

Well , for what it's worth, Mayfield doesn't seem to care to let many of us go. It's good to see you as yourself again, though.

C

[pants_yourmove]

Yeah, it's good to be back. It's creepy being a drone.

Did I miss anything, I think I've been gone a few weeks.

B

[birthclod]

Hm. So, your name is Aaron.

[While her voice doesn't sound as cheerful as last time, Aaron may or may not recognize the voice of the little murderer from a few weeks back.

Either way.]

Re: B

[pants_yourmove]

[[He does... and he doesn't know what to think about that.]]

Yeah... Um. Are you doing better now or...?

[[Oh man, please let that have been brainwashing that made this one a murderer too.]]

Re: B

[birthclod]

If you're asking whether the droning wore off... Yes, it did. And they even had the generosity to let us keep the memories of that irritable event.

... At least you sound all right.

B

[pants_yourmove]

Yeah, this time around at least.

How long have you been in this town?

D) [Action | Late Night at the Park}

[flameyedhunter]

[ Shana is ghosting Aaron during his jog. ]

D

[pants_yourmove]

[[Is trying to keep a good pace, get back into the feel of everything.

He is himself. This is familiar, and this isn't something they put into his head.

Right?]]

Re: D

[flameyedhunter]

Yo Aaron. Are you feeling all right?

D

[pants_yourmove]

[[Surprised, he stumbles a bit but manages to keep on his feet. Slowing down to jog backwards and spot her.]]

Hey... Yeah. I mean, as well as you can after being droned.

Glad to see you're still here.

C

[perfektsymmetry]

[Crowe's usually at one of two places - the park or the rec center. Today it's the latter, and he's working on his tennis skills. He's new to the sport so it's slow-going, but he's got the quick reflexes to keep up. However, when he sees his friend approach, he'll stop and hesitantly ask:]

...Aaron?

Re: C

[pants_yourmove]

Yeah, back to normal and not so... creepy.

Glad to see you're still around.

[[He's more worried about people like Ai and Crowe who... well... have been here a very long time.]]

[perfektsymmetry]

[Crowe breaks out into a wide smile. After Kay and Chizuko getting perma-droned, seeing one of his friends back and remembering him was a welcome sight.]

Same here. You were starting to worry me there. Thought you left without the rest of us.

[pants_yourmove]

Wow, yeah, let's both hope that never happens.

[[A grin though, he didn't know about Kay yet...]]

What have you been up to without me to bug you?