04 - Really Horrible Things
Backdated to Saturday, November 12th
[Action - 7132 Brooks Lane, morning]
[Picky had been going out the door to enjoy a nice morning, but then he had found a severed drone head in a box on the doorstep. This was something so far out of his range of comprehension that he had dropped it, screamed at the top of his lungs, and then bolted back ( Read more... )
[Action - 7132 Brooks Lane, morning]
[Picky had been going out the door to enjoy a nice morning, but then he had found a severed drone head in a box on the doorstep. This was something so far out of his range of comprehension that he had dropped it, screamed at the top of his lungs, and then bolted back ( Read more... )
You're at your house, right?
Stay there, runt. I'm coming over.
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Yeah! I'm inside! It's.. it's still on the step, it's...
[He pauses. He swallows hard.]
...should I do anything?
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[He'll take it and get rid of it. Simple and practical. Done.]
Just...stay in the house at the moment.
[And, about fifteen, twenty minutes later, Pokey will have removed the box and be knocking on Picky's door.]
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[This time, when Pokey shows up at the house, there's no opening the door and savoring the moment of reunion. Picky is instead grabbing his brother by the hand and pulling him inside, if he's not moving fast enough.]
It was really gross! It was awful and gross and there was blood and, and people on the phone were thinking it was cool! Aaah!
[He had apparently bottled up a few things during those fifteen-twenty minutes.]
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And oh for-he rolls his eyes as Picky goes on.]
Of course it was gross! All cool things are kinda gross!
[And yes, a head getting cut off is still kinda cool. But at least now? He feels somewhat guilty saying that.]
...There's some freaks out there. I warned you. You don't have any clue who could have done it?
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It really shouldn't be surprising, knowing his brother, but it's just out of step with what he's used to...]
It's a lot cooler in... in movies, than for real.
[Never mind. Forget it. Picky shakes his head.]
I don't know! There was a tag on it! "For my neighbor" or, or something! B-but there was no name.
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....Keep on eye out on the people in this street. It could mean a real psycho has moved in to this neighborhood.
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[And he nods very, very seriously.]
...aren't there new people coming in? The phones have been busy.
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[He shifts for a moment, awkwardly.]
...You want me to stay for awhile?
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[He nods more.]
Yeah... could you stay? Just to make sure nothing happens...?
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[Pokey sighs and runs a hand across his face in irritation, but a good deal of it is show. Really, he's terrified about what kind of psycho might be living next to his little brother, but he can't show that.]
...Yeah. Alright. Let me go get my stuff, okay.
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Okay. Okay, sure. I'll be okay! I will.
[He's peeking out the blinds and peering up and down the street in a way that he hopes is inconspicuous. It's probably not very inconspicuous.]
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C'mon nerd, you can come help me get my stuff.
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And he'd totally need help bringing all his stuff over.]
Okay! Uh, what kind of stuff? Are you going to stay over?
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Maybe I can't stay over cause you can't carry enough.
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Whatever you've gotta bring, I'll help! I can do it!
...except for Josephine, she's too heavy.
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