31st Inning

[freakinblur]

[Scout can be seen leaving the post office bleeding profusly from the left side of his head, holding his hand to it to try and slow it down. He looks extremely pissed off and he's marching off towards his house to get on the phone

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[puzzlerprince]

Hold on now, let me get this straight. They took your ear?!

[puzzlerprince]

[Edward nods, tipping his hat and entering Scout's humble abode.]

Thank you. I can imagine that there's plenty you'd much rather do right now than answer questions.

[freakinblur]

Besides a shower an' sleep, an' then wringin' the neck 'a the mail man? Whatever, pally. I'm used to this nonsense. So whatcha wanna know?

[puzzlerprince]

I've heard that there's a certain amount of controversy surrounding the mayor of this town. I've also heard to watch out for the milkman and an Officer Grady. With this mailman seemingly joining their circle, I was wondering if there was anything you could tell me about these other three major players?

[freakinblur]

Well, the Mayor I never had the pleasure 'a meetin'. The Milkman though... first off? Don't drink the milk he delivers. Also, there was time where this other town opened up, called Westport. The whole place was pretty much destroyed. Some of us who went over there ended up gettin' stuck there. There was these guys in hazmat suits, right? But they were sprayin' poison gas, an' ya got chemical burns if ya touched 'em. They pretty much killed everyone off, except the Milkman. He was fine 'n' dandy. An he was leavin' food out, that was poisoned. Not that I tried any.

As far as Grady, that guy is on tricky son of a bitch. He can drone ya without so much as battin' an eye, he can teleport, he can take away yer stuff. I hear if ya manage ta get a hit on him, he gets back up pretty quick. Cheatin' bastard.

[puzzlerprince]

[Edward's certainly a bit intimidated after hearing just how powerful the Milkman and Officer Grady are. But he doesn't let it show.]

How long ago did the Westport incident occur?

[freakinblur]

[The thinks for a moment.] Geez, feels like forever. But I guess it's like 3 months 'r so ago now. They kept showin' us TV reports about how great it was over there, an' the road opened up fer about a day before disappearin'. But the whole place was just toasted. Looked like a damn war zone. It was crazy. Ya couldn't contact the people back here either. They were gettin' news reports of us all havin' a good time over there. Just Mayfield's usual sick sense 'a humor.