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[freakinblur]

[Filtered to non-drones. Scout sounds very serious, pretty different from his usual perky self.]

I ain't been here long, but I've heard that a lot of crazy shit has gone on in this town before I got here. I want details. I wanna know what happened. I wanna put together any clues ya got in order to figure out who the hell is responsible so we can fuckin' find them and put a stop to this shit.

Don't tell me I can't do anything. Don't tell me all I'm doin' is askin' ta be droned. I don't give a crap about that anymore. Someone's gotta do somethin' about all the cruel shit they do to us, an' that someone may as well be me. All we're doin' is sittin' around, lettin' more people get kidnapped, lettin' them, whoever they are, pull more 'a their crazy tricks on us. Well I ain't waitin' around. This place is makin' me stir crazy an' I want outta here.

So tell me what you know. An' don't gimme yer negative bullcrap - if ya ain't got anything useful ta say, then don't waste my time.

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Hey, kid. Get yer ass over here, I gotcha a present.

Comments

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

What? How do you know when yer gonna die like that?

[pencilpremonition]

My...mother here says people like me are called "prophets".

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

...damn. That must be hard as hell knowin' shit like that, then. I can see why you'd wanna stay here. But, shit... I hate ta leave anyone here. We'll work somethin' out for ya, kid. What's yer name, by the way? I'm Scout.

[pencilpremonition]

I've...known ever since I can remember. It's...only getting hard /now/ cause I'm fifteen and my birthday's in May.

My name's Becca.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Awright, you gotta gimme some slack here, cuz where I'm from, people don't normally have all these kinda crazy powers. Did you, like, see it happening here? In Mayfield? Does what you uh, prophesize always happen, or can it be changed? Plus, anyone who dies here comes back tha next day, from what I hear. That's a plus.

[pencilpremonition]

[Wait, he's actually trying to help? This confuses Becca a bit and she goes quiet for a moment before piping up gratefully.]

No, I saw it happen back home. But I've =never= been wrong about anything before, and it can't be changed once I see it. ...And...it's not normal where I come from, either. I didn't ever tell anybody cause they'd think I'm crazy.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

[You're a girl. You're in trouble. SCOUT WILL FIX IT. Or he'll try his damnedest.]

Hmm. Well people around here do all kindsa crazy shit! I live with a girl here who takes people to Hell. Sit on THAT one fer a minute. [He laughs.]

Have ya talked to anyone else about it? Sadly I ain't an expert in these things. Gatherin' info's always been my job, so I might be able to find someone who does. There's a lotta people in this town.

[pencilpremonition]

I'm...starting to notice. ...There are people I'd like to see go to Hell, though.

But...I've talked on the phone a little bit, but different people say different things, y'know? It's hard to know what's right. But what I know is that I'm never wrong about what's going to happen. Even when I try to change it...it finds a way around it and happens anyway. I need to figure out whether I'm getting older while I'm here or not, I guess.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Yeah, cuz so many people here come from all kindsa weird places. I guess it'd be hard to get a straight answer. An' unless you been here for a coupla years, I guess you really can't tell if yer agin' or not. Damn! Too bad too, I'm turnin' 21 in a few months! I wanted to throw a huge party. [He laughs.]

We'll try 'n' figure somethin' out, kid. I
m doin' everythin' I can ta make sure this town stops screwin' with people.

[pencilpremonition]

[Here, have a heaping helping of emo angst.]

Well I guess the only thing I can do is wait until May and see if I'm still alive... But I can't plan ahead for it, either. I've -never- not planned ahead... If I do nothing and I make it to May...I'll have to make up for lost time. But if I try making friends.... they'll be upset when I die...

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

[SAD GIRLS ARE HIS KRYPTONITE]

Hey now! Like I said, if you die in this town, you respawn the next day. I mean, that don't make dyin' any better - trust me, I know ALL about it - but it at least ain't permanent.

This place sucks, kid, I ain't gonna lie. It sucks on ice. But sittin' around mopin' ain't gonna change anythin'. I've met a lot of awesome people here so far. You should do tha same!

[pencilpremonition]

Not permanent... I wonder... I...never saw anything about myself -after- I die...

Is...that...the loophole?

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Could be, pal, could be! Good to know Mayfield is good fer somethin' at least...

[pencilpremonition]

...Yeah. ...Thank you.