12th Inning

[freakinblur]

[Another lovely day in Mayfield, another day where Scout can be heard yelling at the top of his lungs. Wouldn't it just figure that the morning after this conversation with RED Sniper that Scout wakes up to find his not-wife, Ema, droned. Scout barely treats drones as people as it is, and was pretty smug about fact that he didn't have to live

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[numanstan]

[Aaand have a Vince reading the poster over his shoulder.] What's a commie?

[freakinblur]

Oh, hey Vince. There's this Russian communist jackass on tha end 'a my block. I don't care who comes, so long as HE doesn't. But if he does? I'll gladly kick his ass fer him again!

[numanstan]

Y'mean Russia? Yeah, it'd be best if he didn't show up. Wouldn't want any, y'know, murderin' goin' on at the party.

[freakinblur]

Hell yeah, that guy. Don't need him showin' up an' ruinin' things, ya know? I'm gonna have a good goddamn time at this thing, ain't NO ONE gonna stop me.

[numanstan]

Yeah, I think this party's gonna be good... Y'alright, though? Y'seem a bit... off.

[freakinblur]

[He shakes his head. He does still looks pretty irked.] This fuckin' town, man. I'm sick of 'em screwin' with people. They droned someone in my house overnight.

[numanstan]

Sorry. [He's never really been through that himself-- none of his very close friends have been permadroned, and he hadn't even gotten any "family " until a month ago.] 'least they're home now, yeah? Better than bein' here.

[freakinblur]

[Scout looks confused. Never heard that one before.] "Home"?

[numanstan]

Yeah, home. People who've come back after leavin' for a long time say they went home. 'Course, don't know if that's true or not... Still, nice to think that's what happens, yeah?

[freakinblur]

[He ponders on it a moment.] First I'm hearin' that idea. Then how come it still looks an' sounds like them? I mean, I could wake up tomorrah wit' a whole new girl in my house, right? What happens to that drone Ema then?

[numanstan]

People've said that these ain't really our bodies, neither. That our souls've just been put in here or somethin'.

There's lots of theories. One of 'em's got to be true, yeah?

[freakinblur]

Huh. [So many conflicting information. There was the call he got from his own team's Pyro back home. "We need you back." But then again, that WAS April Fool's Day.

He shurgs.] Guess so, man. There's so much we DON'T know about this place, anythin' can be true.

[numanstan]

... Maybe we're all dead.

[freakinblur]

If that's true, then this place really IS hell. Damn.

[numanstan]

I've been to Hell, though... Didn't look much like this.

[freakinblur]

[He gives Vince a look, but then shrugs.] Then maybe it's its own special hell. Who knows. I guess if this were hell, Ai'd kIt's her day job 'r somethin'.

How did ya end up in hell? Ya just decide ta pop in fer a visit 'r somethin' one day?