Between the kindness of strangers and the rumble of the road

[foolishwren]

Who: Aoko Nakamori, Crow Hogan, Harry Mason, Heather Mason, Henry Townshend, Kaito Kuroba
Where: Route 38
When: Nighttime, August 31
Summary: Campfires are interesting places. Even more interesting when the people sitting at one are a detective's daughter, a guy who plays card games on motorcycles, an internationally-wanted jewel thief, an

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[darkenedgales]

[Stories at campfires? That is definitely one of Crow's specialties. After all, he's spent several years telling his kids those. Not the spooky kind, though, oh no -- life in Satellite, which was also known as 'Doorway to Hell', was scary enough on daily basis, so no one felt the need to further depress themselves by something like that.

... Well, okay, Crow and his friends did, but that was back when they were silly teenagers.

Still, the urban legends passed down all around Satellite weren't mere pastime, but rather source of hope for a better future. And there is one story that is (used to be?) particularly close to Crow's heart...

When his turn to tell a story comes, the duelist clears his throat. He, for one, doesn't need encouragement.]A long, long time ago there was an extremely poor, small island. People who lived there weren't allowed to leave it and could only watch the bright lights of the richer, bigger island neighboring them. On that small island was a man who would always gaze upon the city in the distance from the

[foolishwren]

... Daedalus, huh?

Sorta in keeping with the original, I see.

[Go figure Crow'd be the first to NOT tell a spooky story... but the way he gets so into his inspirational tale is honestly kind of sweet.]

[darkenedgales]

[Yes, he really is. It's probably not hard to tell it's his favorite, too.]

Yeah, kinda. [A beat.] ... I wasn't the one who came up with this, though. It really happened.

[no_ufo_ending]

[Henry wasn't entirely sure whether to take that as, the man jumped or actually ascended. He looks like he enjoyed the story either way though.]

That's cool.

[POSSIBLY STILL THINKING CROW IS A BIRD.]

[harryusedworry]

...That was a good one.

[A little confused because he'd been waiting for the story to be creepy.]

[bakaitoukid]

[d'aaaaw Crow. He figures this tale is actually true, particularly given what he knows about Crow's background]

Good one, Crow.