Huh?

[a_gentle_boy]

[phone]
[Oh OK so.  That just happened.  ...Lucas listens a little blankly to the announcement before blinking a few times to himself.]

So, um.  I'm... kind of... still here... So don't worry!  ...I mean, not that it's really that important, and there are probably a lot of other people who are really gone, but.  ...Is there someone else named Lucas here?

[action]
[Today is a normal day.  Lucas delivers the mail, takes his rounds making sure his friends are alright, stops by at the malt shop... And yet, everywhere he goes, he gets nothing but dirty glances.  It's more than mildly confusing, and so it is that he ends up sitting on his front porch frowning to himself.  It's been a long time since he's done so, but eventually, he'll get out the yo-yo and begin to quietly practice some tricks by himself.

The rhythmicity of the movements makes him feel a bit better.]

((Lucas was wiped, so please respond as if he were fake!))

Comments

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I think I do that a lot, but it's nice to hear it in person from someone.

[Lucas will very slowly move to put the phone back before he has a final thought.]

O-Oh, um. If I'm really gone... I mean. If your friends are really all gone... They'll be back soon, right? Mayfield doesn't do things permanently.

[badend-replay.livejournal.com]

[ From a fake that seems to be mocking her. Saying her sadness is silly and pointless and maybe hinting that this time it is permanent. ]

Don't say that... don't say it like that! They will be back. They wouldn't leave us like this, you'll see..! [ And then hangs up so she can go cry somewhere. ]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas will just stare at the phone for a few moments after he's been hung up on. ...He could almost swear that when she'd been crying... that was Rika.]