[This comes at a rather late hour, and rightly so. Plumb in the middle of the baseball diamond there's a rather suspicious heap of snow, which very well shouldn't have been in a baseball diamond to begin with. In fact, it were remiss to say that it were a heap of snow at all. Had not the full glare of a silvery, luminous moon reflected off of the
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Not that he was likely to take this into account beyond the initial fact, as he'd nearly just stumbled over the radio receiver in his hurry to find the source, nearly falling face-flat into the snow. ]
A-aha..! ..H-hello...
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I-it's rather c ol d...p l e....se......o.n....
[The signal began to distort, and then cut out for a short interval altogether. Evidently his "NV" device wasn't too happy about the snow.]
I'm not sure where I am.
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[She was trying to figure out what he's saying, but then the signal distorts altogether. But eventually--whew, she can hear him again.]
... yeah, you and us both, Doctor. Can you name a street or something? I could show you where the Towers are.
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I think I can see...There's something.
[Oh, what was that? Upon closer inspection it appeared to be a sign. And not a very encouraging one at that.]
"Welcome...to the Mouth of Hell? Enjoy your stay."
[He read aloud quietly, feeling the words sour in his mouth.]
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... I have no idea.
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Right. Miss...? I'm terribly sorry...I forgot myself.
[Reading such awful things to a lady, even if she was over a radio transmission, was most impolite.]
..A-about the "Towers"?
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Uh--hey, it's not important right now. How are you holding up?
Oh--the Tower Apartments, long story short. If I can get out there and find you, I'll explain what's going on.
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[There was yet another minor confusion given the modernity of the speech.]
I-I'm sure if I find a landmark...I can see the buildings in the distance. There's a street I think I can follow...
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Up ahead there's a chain link fence a little beyond the fields. Through the surrounding wall I can see the apartments from afar. There's snow everywhere...I'm not sure I can see anything else.
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[... Actually, she decided to ditch that question. She didn't think he'd know.]
Well, sir, that's not a WHOLE lot to go by, but... I'll get out there and try to find you. You're gonna have to help me out though.
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[A lady out in this cold? Preposterous! He wasn't going to allow it.]
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Hey, come on, don't play hero. Besides, I've been out in worse than this.
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[He's going to be insistent about this one.]
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