25th Joke - Laughter Never Dies

[pants_yourmove]

[[Aaron snaps out of it as he's doing his homework. Just writing away when suddenly it all rushes back to him.

What... Wait... how long...?

He get's up, feeling a bit out of it. Moving to the phone, calling the town.]]

[Phone | Everyone]Hello? This is Aaron Taylor... Or whatever my last name is now

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[phone]

[perfektsymmetry]

A-Aaron!!

[That's all he can say at the moment.]

[phone]

[pants_yourmove]

Crowe!

[[He's excited to hear from his neighbor.

If Crowe fell, that'd be a terrible loss to this town. And a horrible loss of a friend.]]

[perfektsymmetry]

A-Ah, I'm glad to hear you back to yourself. I-I wasn't sure if you were coming back...

[pants_yourmove]

I had no way to really tell either... it was strange. Looking back on it is creepy too.

You know where my stuff is though, and if it's still there that means I have a chance right?

[[Speaking of, time to update that journal.]]

[perfektsymmetry]

Right. I kept an eye on it.

[pants_yourmove]

Thanks.

I wonder if it was something I did to cause this... or maybe something I didn't do. I never know.

[perfektsymmetry]

Most of the time, it seems random. Y-You're lucky, you missed Fourth of July, at least...

[pants_yourmove]

I heard there was more brainwashing and tricks too...

How did you manage?

[perfektsymmetry]

It... wasn't easy. But I-I'm okay.

[pants_yourmove]

They never make it easy. I'm still glad to hear you're okay.

I guess that helps a bit, coming out of it and seeing people you know. Reassures you what is real.

[perfektsymmetry]

I think it's important that we keep things like that around, after this. Things from home, o-or notes to yourself... I-I don't ever want to feel like that again.

[pants_yourmove]

Yeah, that'd be a good idea. Reminders of who we are.

[[Not going to even guess how many times they had tweaked his personality in this town with a compulsion and false memories.

At least twice by his count, not even counting out right droning..]]