Nineteenth PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

[filtered to Vince]
Mist -- . . . Vince?  If you're free sometime soon . . . Sometime really soon, preferably.  And, um.  If you don't mind having to pull off a small miracle.  And . . . If you promise not to yell at me or anything when you see me.

I really need a haircut.

[filtered to Luke, Wy, Shiraasan, Lyn, Ness, and Duster]
Are you all OK?  Did you make it through the night?

[open call]
Did anyone find out anything interesting at the party?  I think I might've gotten something . . . I don't know if it's important.  It seems as if Billy is nice as long as you play along -- He likes fire a lot, and he likes it when you don't mind about him setting them.  If you say anything about it, though, he gets upset really quickly.

It might be nothing.  I don't know.  If anyone runs into him, though . . . try and humor him.  . . . Maybe things would have gone differently if I agreed.

[For anyone who runs into him, Lucas now dons a stylish hat pulled down low over his face, and a strip of cloth cut as a mask wrapped around the top of his head with a single eyehole for his right eye.  If anyone asks, he is playing cops and robbers.  He bumps into things a lot.]

Comments

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Oh! Hi, Crowe. I'm fine, thanks.

[He smiles, embarrassed that someone has seen him being so clumsy. Then again, it isn't exactly hard to notice.]

U-Um. We're playing a . . . game. For school.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

A...game? [Doesn't see anyone else.] What kind?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . . . . It's the kind where you have to wear a historical disguise all the time and then whenever you meet someone else wearing a disguise you have to have a duel and whoever wins gets candy.

It's for, um. US History. I'm . . . Mexico . . . ? So I have to lose.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Al...right then. [He doesn't quite believe that, but...]

You sure you're okay then?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[He responds very firmly, but shifts his head to the left, not meeting Crowe's gaze.]

. . . You didn't go to that party, did you?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

...I didn't. Did something happen there..?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

A lot of things happened. None of them were . . . very good. I think a lot of people might've gotten hurt.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised.... [A sigh. Why did anyone go to that thing?]

Did you... make it through in one piece?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

You're looking right at me, Crowe. Nothing fell off.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He looks skeptical at your hat and bandages, but he doesn't want to pry.]

Did you manage to find anything out? Did anyone?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Billy likes playing with fire. If you run into him, you should let him play.

I'm not sure about anyone else.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I'll keep that in mind. I wish I had gone, I miss the opportunity to do some investigation...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Investigation . . . ?

You probably would've done a better job than I did, anyway.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ah, I don't know about that. My detective skills are a bit lacking. I would have at least liked to try and keep people safe, anyway...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I don't think there's much you could have done there. . . . Um. If you ever run across the Smith family again . . . You should be careful. They can do the mind control thing that the Milkman does.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[THAT is bad news.]

R-really?! Good lord... thanks for the warning.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Yeah. . . . I just hope somebody got something useful out of it.