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Lucas ([personal profile] a_gentle_boy) wrote2010-07-23 12:06 am

Fourteenth PSI

[It is time to sum up what Lucas has been doing all summer.  This is the culmination of hours of hard work and dedication.  This is the pinnacle of success for the boy who has been deprived of a normal childhood.  It is also the first time the player has tried a post of this sort.

Four scenarios will be presented.  One is welcome to respond to as many of them as one wishes.  Numbering the initial comment may be helpful.
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First Scenario:
[It is a peaceful day in Mayfield.  But what is that horrific racket?  As the alarm rings insistently, smoke pours out an open window accompanied shortly after by its source, a flaming brick of some sort that unfortunately lands in a rosebush and immediately sets it on fire.  Closer inspection would reveal that this was once formerly a cakepan.  Closer inspection is, however, impossible due to the fact that a coughing, choking Lucas covered in soot has just run out the front door and is now blasting the burning bush with the hose.  He does not look pleased.]

Second Scenario:
[It is a peaceful day in Mayfield.  But what is that horrific racket?  Again?  In the park, birds, humans, and anything with ears quietly begin to edge away from the child ostensibly playing a recorder on a bench.  In actuality, he is managing to hit a note that has never been recorded before in the history of mankind.  This is a great achievement and is followed shortly after by the world record of 'most incorrect notes played simultaneously on one instrument'. 

After about twenty minutes of this, Lucas sighs and places the instrument on the bench beside him.  He does not look pleased.]

Third Scenario:
[It is a peaceful day in Mayfield.  It is difficult to make a horrific racket while drawing, so the town is spared, for now.  He is again in the park, but this time, stares intensely at anyone who happens by.  Those who come up from behind may notice that his artwork is . . . Well, actually, it's not terrible.  He doesn't seem too pleased with himself, though, and there is soon a large pile of crumpled paper around him.]

Fourth Scenario:
[It is not a very peaceful day in Mayfield.  There is a boy in the middle of his yard yelling, screaming, and performing the most bizarre form of martial arts ever invented.  It seems, somehow, to involve a lot of kicking and a lot of . . . yo-yo tricks.  Walk the Dog leaves a trail of burning grass, Around the World breaks off a tree branch with concussive force, and the Forward Pass is . . . actually headed straight at your face.  Whoops.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
It's more the yo-yo, I think. It belonged to a pretty special person . . .

[identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Quite possible. Items can hold power, depending on their previous users.

And the yelling and screaming?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Do you mean why I was doing that? I was, um. Practicing martial arts. They said that it worked better if you yelled louder.

[identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
And why were you practicing martial arts?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
It was mostly because I was bored. I've been trying to learn a lot of things this summer.

[identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
I see.

[Perhaps he was wrong then. But, oddly enough, he didn't feel disappointment. It was interesting to be proven wrong for once.]

Learning is truly an interesting experience.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-29 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, of course he wasn't actually wrong. Lucas feels bad about evading the question, but he doesn't feel like giving the story of his life to a complete stranger.]

It is. . . . You're not talking about my martial arts, are you?

[identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com 2010-07-29 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sorry Lucas, have a creeper who's used to knowing everyone's life story without asking. Actual conversation with new people is a weird and exciting new experience for him.]

No, I suppose I wasn't. What do you think I was talking about?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-29 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you were talking about learning about me.

[identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com 2010-07-30 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[A thin smile forms across his lips.]

You, and all who are here. It is part of my role.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-30 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
You like to watch and learn about people?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-30 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
You should probably meet the girl who likes to do that, too, then. She's kinda weird.

[identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com 2010-07-30 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps I should. Where could I find her?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-30 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
I don't really know. She doesn't like to talk much, I don't think.

[identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com 2010-07-30 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. I suppose some who take the interests I do wouldn't.