event: every time a bell rings

[mayfield_mods]

[The morning of December 17th strikes hopeful. The bitter cold still hangs in the air, but the electricity and heat has turned on in all of Mayfield's homes, and it will stay on, only flickering out occasionally. The drones have stopped malfunctioning. Regains will continue disappearing and reappearing, but they'll disappear less frequently or only

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[walking_nuke]

[Balin's been in the kitchen, taking note of the somewhat-less sparse cupboards and some of the Christmas-themed foods inside. He's absolutely puzzled by this, so much that at first he didn't pay attention-until he realized they were talking about people who have voluntarily will themselves out of existence?!]

[He whirls around to look in the direction of the living room at that, just as the names are read off. So it wasn't just a dream-]

[Virginia's name is one of the first names read, and at that, he stares in disbelief. It's a good minute, as he hears the anchorman cheerfully reading off names, before he actually says something.]

... You gotta be shittin' me! ...