[ACTION: Are you new in town? Wandering around looking lost? Staring and gawking at the drones and identical houses with a growing look of dread across your face
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[Balin is silent for a few seconds; he's busy squeezing his lips together with a hand while in thought.]
So it's kinda like our captors ain't all on'a same team, then. Maybe.
... So what's there'a stop us from doin' somethin' now that Grady's dead? What about'a other guys in town in'at pamphlet Dist wrote? Like'a Postman an'a Milkman?
[Speaking of which ... Balin just connected the dots on something else.]
And ... I'm guessin' if'at "Samantha Achewood" lady was also Jane Smith, then that musta been Lucy Smith on'a news durin'a truth gas bullshit? Since she was talkin' about losin' her mom.
The Postman showed up last summer. He seems to be on his own side as well...
Um, the Milkman is just a puppet for Lucy, I believe. I've watched him do his deliveries - when he's done, his car pulls up next to the dairy, and he actually disappears. Right into thin air.
Yes, that was her. She often will get on the TV or radio a-and do things like that...
[At first Balin's writing things down, until Calleo gets to the part about the Milkman being a puppet.]
-Say what? ...
Okay, so the Milkman's just, what, an avatar for Lucy? So "he" oughta have'a same powers as her ... Shit. There goes plan A. ... Does "he" even enter'a Dairy at all? Or does'a milk just "spawn" right in'a van?
I think so. Something like that. I, um, cased him for awhile, I guess you can say. He leaves the dairy at 5AM, then does all the deliveries. When he drives the truck back, he parks it, and doesn't get out. Just vanishes.
Yeah; she's'a one that talked to me'a day I showed up. Showed me'a pamphlet Dist wrote an' everything. She ever mention me? I'm Sergeant First Class Balin Wilbur.
It has, yeah. Thanks for lettin' me know. [And then in a sympathetic tone,] I, uh ... Sorry if askin' opened some old wounds. I ain't gonna say I'm used to that kinda shit, but I've seen a lot of it back home.
Speakin'a which ... How many times have you been attacked by'a other people in'is town? I'd found out about'a "spring culling" when I first arrived, see, an' recently I got pointed to'a "trophy room" at'a roller rink.
Fuckin' disgusting. But I still don't know who killed who an' what for, aside from gettin' tormented into doin' it.
Um. A-A lot. Someone killed me during that event. I-I've died seven times in my time here. I-It happens more often than it should.
[There's a pause. He hates admitting that. It never gets easier, and it makes him feel weak.]
There was no reason during that particular incident to kill anyone. I-If everyone would have j-just ignored it a-and realized it was just another one of Mayfields tricks--
[Crowe died early on, and didn't know about people's fears being brought to life in order to make them participate. He cuts himself off there, though, with a short sigh.] Sorry.
... Holy shit. People really do lose their minds around here a lot, don't'ey?
[This kid lives with Riza and he doesn't seem like the type to be a murderer at all; and he never saw a "Crowe" at the trophy room, so that confirms what he'd just said about dying early on in the incident ...]
[Balin's only conclusion is that the town is full of sick fucks who see him as a nice, easy target.]
You're right, though. I haven't met many people so far who said'ey got a letter an' didn't act on it. Just two, uh ... Yuri Hyuga an' Hong Meiling. I figure they've got their heads screwed on tight if they ain't'a type to give in to what'a town wants, even with all'a hallucinations an' shit.
-Ahright, Crowe, listen. I'ma Demolitionist back home. I'm workin' on some plans for defendin' my own household, but I'll see if I can do'a same for you guys. You had'a deal with gettin' attacked at home a lot, right?
[Crowe also has a habit of throwing himself into danger too much. Kid's got a lot to prove.]
A-A few times. The hazmats. Awhile ago I had tried to build a bunker, i-it was Mr. Saeba's idea, but it... it didn't help. But, um, it's worth a shot, yeah?
So it's kinda like our captors ain't all on'a same team, then. Maybe.
... So what's there'a stop us from doin' somethin' now that Grady's dead? What about'a other guys in town in'at pamphlet Dist wrote? Like'a Postman an'a Milkman?
[Speaking of which ... Balin just connected the dots on something else.]
And ... I'm guessin' if'at "Samantha Achewood" lady was also Jane Smith, then that musta been Lucy Smith on'a news durin'a truth gas bullshit? Since she was talkin' about losin' her mom.
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Um, the Milkman is just a puppet for Lucy, I believe. I've watched him do his deliveries - when he's done, his car pulls up next to the dairy, and he actually disappears. Right into thin air.
Yes, that was her. She often will get on the TV or radio a-and do things like that...
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-Say what? ...
Okay, so the Milkman's just, what, an avatar for Lucy? So "he" oughta have'a same powers as her ... Shit. There goes plan A. ... Does "he" even enter'a Dairy at all? Or does'a milk just "spawn" right in'a van?
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... 'Kay, so he does leave'a Dairy, physically, at 5 AM? Like, you see him walk out'a front door? Or does he just pop in outta nowhere an' take off?
With'a operators an' shit, I ain't sure how secure'is line is, so I dunno if I should tell you why I'm askin'.
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...I think I have an idea. Um. Let me know if you need any other help, yeah? My name's Crowe.
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Ahright, an' you're-wait.
[He remembers back to when Riza showed him her notebook ... wasn't there someone named "Crowe" she talked to?]
You by any chance know a Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye?
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Yeah; she's'a one that talked to me'a day I showed up. Showed me'a pamphlet Dist wrote an' everything. She ever mention me? I'm Sergeant First Class Balin Wilbur.
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[Oh, the things this town has done to this kid. There's a list a mile long.]
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Speakin'a which ... How many times have you been attacked by'a other people in'is town? I'd found out about'a "spring culling" when I first arrived, see, an' recently I got pointed to'a "trophy room" at'a roller rink.
Fuckin' disgusting. But I still don't know who killed who an' what for, aside from gettin' tormented into doin' it.
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[There's a pause. He hates admitting that. It never gets easier, and it makes him feel weak.]
There was no reason during that particular incident to kill anyone. I-If everyone would have j-just ignored it a-and realized it was just another one of Mayfields tricks--
[Crowe died early on, and didn't know about people's fears being brought to life in order to make them participate. He cuts himself off there, though, with a short sigh.] Sorry.
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[This kid lives with Riza and he doesn't seem like the type to be a murderer at all; and he never saw a "Crowe" at the trophy room, so that confirms what he'd just said about dying early on in the incident ...]
[Balin's only conclusion is that the town is full of sick fucks who see him as a nice, easy target.]
You're right, though. I haven't met many people so far who said'ey got a letter an' didn't act on it. Just two, uh ... Yuri Hyuga an' Hong Meiling. I figure they've got their heads screwed on tight if they ain't'a type to give in to what'a town wants, even with all'a hallucinations an' shit.
-Ahright, Crowe, listen. I'ma Demolitionist back home. I'm workin' on some plans for defendin' my own household, but I'll see if I can do'a same for you guys. You had'a deal with gettin' attacked at home a lot, right?
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A-A few times. The hazmats. Awhile ago I had tried to build a bunker, i-it was Mr. Saeba's idea, but it... it didn't help. But, um, it's worth a shot, yeah?
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