Chapter Three: I Get The Ball Rolling

[olympicswimmer]

[ Today, some interesting somethings are happening at the high school...

A. In various parts of the building, you may see a boy posting a hand-scrawled sign that reads:

BASKETBALL TRYOUTS
GYM
3:00
MICROWAVE SASUAGE WRAPPED IN PANCAKES
Yes, with the typo. This is his subtle recruiting for Le Resistance

Comments

[perfektsymmetry]

[Crowe's not too sure what this whole sausage and pancake thing is about, but he's up for some basketball.]

Ah. I'm here about try-outs...?

[perfektsymmetry]

Not much gets off the ground here, I'm afraid. People make plans, try to get somewhere with them, but then people get droned, sent home... Mayfield does something horrible and it throws everyone for a loop, and we're back to where we started. [He shakes his head.] Keeping things organized here is difficult.

[olympicswimmer]

That's where pretending to be a basketball team comes in handy. We won't get droned.

[perfektsymmetry]

[Crowe doesn't look too hopeful, but he nods.] It's worth trying. Definitely.

[olympicswimmer]

Not convinced?

[perfektsymmetry]

[Small smile] Don't mind me. Optimism gets difficult here after awhile. It's not stopping me from working on getting out of here, though. If you give up, you might as well get droned for good.

[olympicswimmer]

How long's it been since you woke up?

[perfektsymmetry]

Since I got here? The beginning of March.

[olympicswimmer]

Ouch.

[perfektsymmetry]

Tell me about it. I feel like I'm never getting sent home at this rate.

[olympicswimmer]

What's the average?

[perfektsymmetry]

Not sure. I've talked to people who've been here longer than me, but not many. And a lot of people leave and get brought back, half the time not remembering being here in the first place. I had a friend who was sent home and was brought back younger than he was the first time he was here. It doesn't really make a lot of sense.

[olympicswimmer]

You can get droned and not remember being awake before?

[perfektsymmetry]

Yeah, it's happened a lot. Just happened to a friend of mine here, too. It happened really fast. All of a sudden she left and came back only over a few days, I guess, and when she returned she didn't remember who I was...

Yet, I had another friend who left, was gone for a weekend, and returned 5 years older. She still remembered me, though, but she's droned again. has been for... a long time now.