4th Candelabram - Action/Phone

[devilwithananny]

A. Near the Church, Afternoon

[If you happen to be by the church today, you might spot a young, blonde haired boy looking at it from a short distance. It's hard to tell what he's doing at first; considering it looks like he's hiding behind a tree, he could easily be mistaken as a child possibly playing a game with a friend. But if you look closer

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[imjustpicky]

[Sunday was just a day off to Picky. A time where he wasn't in school, and drone-mom wasn't asking him to do anything. So he was off looking around for something to do, as usual... and he spotted the kid hiding behind the tree.

There weren't too many real kids his age. This kid looked pretty real. That was awful long hair to have on a boy.

He's trying to be sneaky as he comes up behind Louis, but his boots crunch softly in the snow. Also...] Uh. Hey. [That wasn't a very subtle whisper.]

What're you doing?

[imjustpicky]

Why? [Picky is caught totally flat-footed by the question. No one had ever asked him that. He had never much considered why at all. Things just were. Feelings just were.]

That's... how it works. Something breaks, and then someone goes and fixes it. Stuff... gets better. People'll do it. Like... heroes.

[Like Ness, and his friends.]

[devilwithananny]

But is it really wise to always wait for those heroes?

[imjustpicky]

Well... don't you have to? You have to wait for whoever can go fix it to fix it.

[devilwithananny]

Who is to say you cannot fix it?

[imjustpicky]

[That's a strange question. He blinks.]

I'm just a kid. And... I'm not strong and I don't have cool powers or weapons or a prophesy or anything, I'm just... a kid.

[devilwithananny]

And why should you need all that to be a hero?

[imjustpicky]

That's... what heroes have, right? You have to be able to do AMAZING STUFF to be a hero.

Right?

[devilwithananny]

To be a hero is simply to defy the odds put in front of you.

Supernatural powers can help with this, that is true. But anyone, in the end, can be a hero if they have the determination.

[imjustpicky]

...anyone?

[Had he heard that somewhere before? Maybe he had, but he hadn't been sure that he believed it. Now, he was giving it some possible consideration...]

There's a lot of real people in this town, though. And... some of them actually were heroes, where they came from. So... I bet some of them'll figure this all out. That's not just faith, that's... that's logic.

[Trying... so hard to sound smart...]

[devilwithananny]

It is. The people here are exceptional. I don't doubt they will overcome the challenge here.

But are you really content to just sit and watch?

[imjustpicky]

Yeah! So they'll...

Oh.

[He pauses.]

No. No, I... I wanna help.