§ the spell has bound me

[bornwithskison]

[Around late afternoon, 1489 Kramden Road will be greeted by the sight of a teenaged boy with an uncanny resemblance to the former nation father-figure of the household. He spends some time poking around in each room while the dog he had kept here before follows him around, whining and tail wagging, though he reaches down to gently pat it on the

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[perfektsymmetry]

[Oh hey Norway would you like today's paper?

Crowe waves and smiles as usual, but he stops and gives you a funny look. Did you look different or was he seeing things? He really needed to get more sleep...]

Is... everything alright?

[bornwithskison]

[He's a little shorter by a couple inches, for one. Poor derp didn't hit a growth spurt until the start of Denmark-Norway. Skadi sees the person and barks happily, bouncing down the porch and over to Crowe.]

M'not sure.

[perfektsymmetry]

[Crowe greets the dog, who seems normal as usual. But he looks at you, trying to puzzle it all out.]

You don't...seem yourself today. Did something happen...?

[bornwithskison]

...Do I know you?

[perfektsymmetry]

[Ok this is getting weird. He's taken aback by that question.]

I-It's me, Crowe... Norway, what's going on?

[bornwithskison]

Crowe? [Thinking, thinking...]

...I don't recall meeting anyone with that name.

[perfektsymmetry]

[He looks so perplexed.]

But... we've known each other for awhile, you--

[Then a disturbing thought occurs to him.]

...did you... just wake up here...?

[bornwithskison]

I dozed off only a couple hours ago after I tucked my brother in for the night, so I suppose I did. Part of me insists that this is a dream.

[perfektsymmetry]

[Crowe's seen people leave and come back later in their life more than once here. But Norway didn't look older, he looked a little younger, and that just didn't make sense to him. A lot of weird things happened in Mayfield, it was so hard to keep track...]

I-I wish I could say it was, but it's not. You obviously don't ever remember being here? In Mayfield?

[bornwithskison]

Mayfield?

[perfektsymmetry]

[He sighs a little. This is...somewhat distressing.]

Y-Yeah. This town. People are kidnapped and forced to live here...

You've been here for awhile, at least as long as I have. But obviously, something odd has happened...

[bornwithskison]

I don't... Think I fully understand.

[Just going to sit down on the porch, still holding onto the phone.]

[perfektsymmetry]

It's a lot to explain. This town forces people to live here and occasionally brainwashes us or forces us into, uh, weird games and events. No one can get out. And... and you've been here for awhile. I first talked to you not long after I first got here. But now... y-you obviously don't remember it, and you... you even look a little different. To be honest I don't really get it either.

[bornwithskison]

Different? How so?

[perfektsymmetry]

It... it almost seems as if you're... younger?

[bornwithskison]

I'm only seventeen. Maybe eighteen to you humans.