41st Inning

[freakinblur]

[Phone:]

So, this whole ballot thing? Talk about a load. Personally? I ain't doin' it. But I gotta sinkin' feelin' that we're all screwed whether ya vote either way, 'r not at all. That's what Mayfield does, man!

[Action:So now that whole Christmas debacle was over, it was time for things to proceed as normal. As normal as Scout walking

Comments

[hispalette]

If they're giving us a choice, it can't be as bad as we think. Do you know anything about this Postman guy?

[freakinblur]

Do ya really think it's gonna be as easy as this? Ya gotta be crazy!

Yeah. He showed up not all that long ago outta nowhere, same with tha post office. If ya walk in there ta collect any packages he says yer owed, ya'll get somethin' back but lose, like, a limb 'r an organ. Some people even lost memories. I don't know how anyone thinks this guy is fer real.

[hispalette]

I didn't say that. Compared to being forced to decide something against our will, it seems pretty tame.

This voting thing makes me believe that he isn't working for the Mayor; at least not in an ordinary way.

[freakinblur]

Good, cuz otherwise I'd have ta worry about ya. It seems tame now, but I bet shit'll get ugly once all the votes 'r collected.

Oh yeah, we've been gettin' that idea lately. Sounds like Grady an' tha Mayor are against somma the other weirdos in charge 'a this place. The stuff Kay had heard in City Hall definitely made it sound like that.

[hispalette]

Maybe. We're between a rock and a hard place. I'm worried about what will happen to the people who elect to stay in Mayfield.

Do you think it's the Postman?

[freakinblur]

I feel bad fer anyone who thinks Mayfield is a better place than where they're from. But I know there's some out there. Ta think there are some places that are worse than Mayfield... there's also people here who are dead back where they're from. Mayfield may suck but at least they're alive here, ya know?

[hispalette]

[dryly] Some afterlife. What's worth fighting for a future where all you have to look forward to is being held prisoner, being lied to?

[freakinblur]

Tell me about it. But I guess it's better 'n bein' dead. I guess ya'd have ya ask one 'a them.

[hispalette]

I feel awful for anyone who's that hopeless.

[then again, his own situation isn't that much better.]

We should do something. I don't know what, but there can't be another day like Christmas. So many people were hurt.

[freakinblur]

That's tha way it goes here, pally. Either yer bored outta yer mind or yer gettin' driven crazy by this town. We're always tryin' ta do somethin' ta stop it, but so many people come 'n' go here, or start disagreein' with each other that we never get much done. It's frustratin'. Trust me, I know. I been here almost a year now.

[hispalette]

A little organization would go a long way, but if it hasn't happened already, it won't happen anytime soon.

[freakinblur]

Seems like it. We're still tryin' though. I mean, if we give up fightin this place, we might as well just become drones, right?

So, what's yer name, kid? I'm Scout.

[hispalette]

I'd be a terrible drone. I hate baseball and I'd rather be home watching TV than at school pretending to be learning.

Red.

[freakinblur]

Ya hate baseball? ...Why? [Why do you speak such blasphemy]

Eh, no one makes fer a good drone. Pretty much anyone has more personality than those cardboard cutouts! I'm glad that despite all my time here, I've only been droned like twice.

[hispalette]

[it's obvious he's shrugging on his end.] Just never got into it. I don't even really know how to swing a bat, to be honest.

Twice? You're pretty brave.

[freakinblur]

Then it sounds like ya just need ta learn from someone who knows what he's doin'!

I thought in all the time I been here, I'd get droned more often. I think I'm just lucky.