✤ thirty three; (finally higher, and wire to wire)

[windmill]

[✤FILTERED AWAY FROM DRONES.]

So...

Who th'fuck is Jack?

'Cause I sure as hell had files for John Smith at th'pharmacy a couple 'a days ago, and I don't any more.

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[buildstherobots]

I thought he died back when the town was turned grey.

[windmill]

...Who?

[buildstherobots]

John Smith. The person they shot on the tv was obviously the alternate town's version of him. Maybe it carried over.

[windmill]

He was still around after that. I've seen him around town; I'm kinda friends with his wife.

[buildstherobots]

...Bizarre. I don't know, then.

[windmill]

So for this to have happened so suddenly... Something must've triggered it. But what?

[buildstherobots]

I haven't been keeping up with current events much, admittedly. Maybe it'll become clear at the party.

[windmill]

Tch. This place is full 'a idiots who'll want to drink punch 'n socialize instead of tryin' to figure shit out...

[buildstherobots]

I'm not an idiot, I've been busy. And that's why I'm going; to figure out what's going on.

[windmill]

Not calling you an idiot. At least y'had the sense enough t'call back and theorize, ja?

I'd show up armed, if I were ya.

[buildstherobots]

I'm bringing a knife with me. There's no way I'm walking into it unprepared.

[windmill]

Keh. Hope y'know how to use it. There've been times when the drones can fight back, I hear.

[buildstherobots]

Really? I've never seen that myself.

Knives are pretty straightforward. I hold one end and and stab with the other. It's a crude weapon, but I can't bring the Kaiser with me, so I have to improvise.

[windmill]

Haven't seen it, but apparently sometimes they get hostile.

What's a 'Kaiser'?

[buildstherobots]

The Kaiser is my battle mech. He is over ten feet tall and not good for stealth. I cannot sneak him into a drone party, much as I'd like to.

[windmill]

........Japan seen it yet?