twenty two | vitamin D & calcium & razor blades

[strike_you_out]

726 Anderson Lane; Saturday morning
[Every morning, a row of fresh milk bottles greets the first resident to step foot out onto the front porch of 726 Anderson Lane. Today, the foot belongs to Slugger. After witnessing firsthand what sort of punishment awaited those who didn't go along with the Milkman's latest folly, he's decided that straight-up

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[puzzlerprince]

...was that a razor blade?

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[Almost done. Almost. He finishes the gulp he just took moments ago and is trying not to cough.]

Need a shave?

[puzzlerprince]

Cute.

[strike_you_out]

[He's been saving that sarcasm just for you, Edward. Somewhat inconspicuously, he'll pick a razor blade off his tongue. How about that for cute?]

What do we do about Luke?

[puzzlerprince]

[Squirming a little bit. That looks uncomfortable.]

About his injuries, you mean?

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[A nod.]

It looks bad.

[puzzlerprince]

...someone should take him to the hospital.

[Though he isn't exactly jumping at the opportunity.]

[strike_you_out]

Yeah. Someone with a car...

[There's only one person in this household who drives.]

[puzzlerprince]

[...oh, he gets what you're implying.]

Unfortunately, it appears as though the Dark Knight wasn't the only thing that I'd damaged the other night. My car's a wreck.

[strike_you_out]

[Slugger toys with the idea of suggesting a call to the Batman for assistance as a joke but decides against it.]

Visiting doctor?

[puzzlerprince]

I know several doctors. But not one of them is the sort that Luke would need.

[...although given the amount of trauma the family's endured, they might need a shrink. But it sure as hell won't be Harley or Crane.]

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Don't hire the one who wears a bag over his head.

[This is spoken with a surprising amount of conviction. It's almost as if he has a personal matter with a certain "doctor" in Mayfield...]

[puzzlerprince]

The one who---

...you've met Jonathan?

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No. Black Mage.

[Now he's curious.]

There's another doctor who wears a bag?

[puzzlerprince]

Never mind. He isn't import---

[Wait. Black Mage. That's the name of the doctor that killed Ema all those months ago...]

You know Black Mage?

[strike_you_out]

Pokey and I killed him. He can't know I live here.

[This is something he's very serious about.]