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[perfektsymmetry]

[Not that he would ever wish for any of his friends or family to be brought to this terrible place, there was still a part of Crowe that was jealous of the others here who had people they knew here with them. He has just been hopelessly homesick since he got here, and getting an item from home sent to him only seemed to make it worse. He knows he

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[supersizedpower]

Are you okay?

[perfektsymmetry]

M-Mr. America! Did you see that news report? I wasn't the only one, right…? In the background... my friends were in that other town…

[supersizedpower]

Yeah.

I think it's a trick. When they mention Westport, they're always making stuff up.

[perfektsymmetry]

So they have mentioned it before? This is the first I'm hearing it, but I never watch the television here... now I know why.

[bloodon_myknife]

[Sniper was just coming back in. He was setting up out in the yard and had missed the broadcast. Looking to Crowe.]

Everything okay mate?

[perfektsymmetry]

[Crowe looked up are Sniper. He looked utterly lost.]

There… there was this news report… it showed another town… m-my friends were there. Three of them. I-It has to be a joke right? The couldn't actually --!

[bloodon_myknife]

[Sniper glanced to the TV. Could it be true? It didn't matter at the moment, this town would lie just to break them. It could be true but...]

It's a lie. There are no other towns like this.

It was like the telephone calls. Trying to convince us that there is more than just this. Trying to convince us that friends and family want us here and are stuck as well.

Don't let them get to you. This town is full of tricks and they'll break you if you let them. Be strong, for yourself and your friends.

[perfektsymmetry]

How do you know that? How do you know there isn't other places like this where people are trapped? We have no way of knowing.

We all know so little about this place. You can't tell what's real and what's a trick.

[numanstan]

Don't worry 'bout it-- s'not real or anythin'. Just another trick.

[perfektsymmetry]

It has to be, right? There's no way… they wouldn't bring them too... they couldn't …

[numanstan]

Well, actually, they probably could, but... I don't think it's true. Wouldn't be that easy.

'Sides, we can't leave the town... Has anybody tried leavin' now?

[perfektsymmetry]

Oh. I don't know. Do you really think we could get there....? I-it can't really be out there, could it?

[filtered]

[followyouthere]

Crowe... Ignore it. They're trying to get to you. I saw... [People from home. Charlotte, Joshua, Valeria, Elaine, of all the people. A lump forms in her throat and her voice cracks.]

It's got to be a trap to break us, like they took -- It can't be real.

[filtered]

[perfektsymmetry]

You saw it too? Yeah, it has to be fake, right …? But they were there, it looked just like them… did you see a Japanese boy with long black hair in the background? He… [small sigh]

[filtered]

[followyouthere]

I did and... Some of the people I knew from my home as well. But Crowe you can't believe it, okay? It's like with the phones or something.

[filtered]

[perfektsymmetry]

...right. Sorry. I just... I can't forgive them if they pull my friends into this too. Let them do whatever they want to me, but leave them out of this. [He sighs.]

[passes_out]

I have no interest in going.

[There was the sound of something grinding in the background.]

Such events offer false hope and I care not to get involved.

[perfektsymmetry]

Mr. Crane, you saw it too then? It… it can't be real, right? It's got to be some trick… they wouldn't really …

[passes_out]

I believe it is meant to break our spirits. Why else would they broadcast such a message? I saw people from my own world and I have no desire to go. I have nothing to say to them. However, not everyone is going to be so distant to the ones from their worlds which is why you must be careful.

Steel your mind. Think carefully. This Westport is meant to bring us to a point where we will discuss openly our individual plans. It is nothing more than a ruse.

[perfektsymmetry]

....Right. It was just.... really disconcerting. I never thought a trick like that would work, until I saw them there...

I heard that this town has been mentioned before, and then something bad would happen here. I guess... we better be prepared for anything.