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[pallidhues]

[There was a long pause between the time that she picked up the phone and the time that she actually spoke.  It seemed somebody (Nobody?) had been losing some sleep over the most recent developments. The way everyone had been acting made her hesitant to ask what was on her mind, but -- well, how was she to know if she never said what she needed to

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[skyruns]

[Well... wait. He knew he was forgetting something. He just tried to think of how to answer it this time, without the leaving out of important facts.]

...kind... of.

[pallidhues]

....

How can something kind of happen?

[It didn't sound derisive or unkind, just-- blatantly, absurdly honest.]

[skyruns]

W...well, um. Usually, when they send a message like that... it usually means that they are plotting something and it'll happen soon. But it could be just a scare tactic...

[He felt kind of bad about it, but it was a lot to push onto someone within such a short time of being in town.]

[pallidhues]

It could be just a scare tactic?

[Brb, trying not to sound too hopeful.]

How often does that happen?

[skyruns]

[He tries to think. When had it only been a scare tactic.]

...before I got here, apparently the houses were outfitted for Halloween, and I'd imagine that some had thought that something really horrific was going to happen... you know, keeping with the holiday.

According to my m... Miss Quinn, in the end all that happened was that the houses got vandalized. That was the only one that comes to mind...

[pallidhues]

....

[Only once. And how long had this been going on? Everybody seemed to have been here for at least some time. But-- well, a time frame would have been helpful.]

When did you get here?

[skyruns]

...two days after. I missed the brunt of it.

[pallidhues]

[She could do the math. Months here? She'd barely even been alive more than a year.]

...Has anyone ever gotten out?

[skyruns]

[He tries to think about it. Sure, people got droned. They had these things happen to them, but... did they really leave?]

...not without becoming drones themselves. As far as I can tell.

[pallidhues]

So there's no way out.

[...That sounded familiar.]

--Except for dying?

[skyruns]

[That was a slightly sore topic for him. Given one experience before, he just paused for a moment, trying to gather his thoughts before murmuring out.]

No. Dying... dying doesn't do anything.

[pallidhues]

--....

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[Or was it a shade of gray?]

[skyruns]

...I'm not sure.

[Death wasn't a good thing at all to experience. But at the same time... the possibility of losing friends that he had and were making was worse. And worst off-- there was no way out of it.]

[pallidhues]

I guess... it's probably both. It may be horrible, but-- at least it's not permanent. Maybe there is a way out, and nobody's found it yet. If you keep coming back, there's always a chance that you'll be the one to find it. At the same time -- Mayfield could be worse, right?

[At least it was more unpleasant than her previous prisons in only a few ways. Of course, she couldn't say that-- she wasn't the type to let other people stay upset because of something she'd said or done. Curse her magically disappearing spine.]

[skyruns]

[He takes a moment to think about what she's said. It sounded right. After all, he had a friend capable of helping him now, and if he were to die because of what was happening...]

I'd just come back again...

T...That's true. It's not exactly torturous living here every day... and while we're afraid, it's not as if this will be what actually ends us, if the standard remains.

[pallidhues]

[Ah-- now, that was a little better.]

Mmhm. Why not make the best of it? No matter where you are, there's always something worth living for.