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Lucas is a wreck.  By now, he has forsaken the hat and the mask, and his burn marks are very clearly visible to anyone who didn't guess before.  He doesn't particularly care.

1. He stumbles across town like a zombie, smashing into things wherever he goes, barely registering the pain.  He stops suddenly in random spots, staring at the floor or at a tree or at a shop window or at a drone.  This is where we had ice cream.  This is where I bought him the presentThis is the bench where he listened to my story . . . This is where . . . This is . . .

2. In school, he keeps his head down and buried and sits in a far corner.  His shoulders occasionally heave.

3. At home, he shuts himself in his room.  Family members or those who visit him will find drawing after drawing after drawing of a certain person strewn all across the floor, each one with slash marks through the face.  Is he already forgetting?  Is he losing the smile, the laugh, the voice?

[action, forward-dated, open to Taiwan, Saki, and Mindy]
A full day after his meeting with Taiwan, Lucas enters the house uninvited.  He doesn't care about not being selfish anymore.  He has remembered -- There is something very precious he needs to get back, the symbol and the memory that he absolutely needs.

He finds it in the basement.  True to his word, the Netherlands has framed the very first drawing that Lucas has ever made, of Miffy and Hello Kitty enjoying a picnic in a park.  Propped up beside it is the best piece of art that Lucas has ever produced: a drawing of the two of them, laughing and happy, so closely resembling each other in looks that they could've passed as a father and a son.

He is about to leave with his treasures when he catches a glimpse of something else out of the corner of his eye.  A shoebox.  For 'Lucas'.  His hands shake as he pops the lid; he stares at what's inside.

"Mr. Netherlands . . . . . . . I . . .  I . . . OK.  I'll keep going.  I'll keep fighting . . . "

((I have been informed that Lucas has been left notes of all the conversations the Netherlands has had with Jane Smith, the Westport notes, and Richard Grey's wallet.  Also, Nini, if you don't mind, I think I will forward-date that conversation they just had to after this.))

Date: 2010-10-18 01:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com
[He rubs absently at the spot on his shoulder that had banged into a wall while blankly staring at the woman speaking to him. He doesn't recognize her. Not even after thinking for a good five seconds. He wonders if his mind will ever stop feeling like sludgy porridge.]

I'm . . . fine. Sorry.

Date: 2010-10-18 08:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sting-like-a.livejournal.com
It's okay~ [She kneels in front of him, smiling weakly and patting his shoulder.] You don't look like you're fine, though. Something bothering you?

Date: 2010-10-18 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com
[There are many things bothering him, not least of which is the feeling that he is incapable of making conversation or being friendly right now. The boy blinks rapidly a few times before turning away.]</small. No . . .

Date: 2010-10-18 09:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sting-like-a.livejournal.com
[Deep down inside, there is a big bubble of anger growing inside of Miakis. Such a cute kid stuck in an awful place like Mayfield, forced to experience something so terrible that he would become so listless... It pisses her off. But she forces that feeling down to save for later; she'll beat up her husband or someone when she gets home, to let it all out. Right now, she feels like she needs to do something for Lucas, even if he is a stranger to her.]

If you say so... I'm Miakis, by the way~ What's your name?

Date: 2010-10-18 09:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com
Lucas . . .

Nice to meet you.

[He has never sounded less happy to meet anyone in his life, but it isn't her fault.]

Date: 2010-10-18 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sting-like-a.livejournal.com
[Miakis doesn't mind; she's been there before. She straightens herself up and smiles brightly.]

Nice to meet you, too!... It's a really nice day out, don't you think? Care to walk with me~?

Date: 2010-10-19 12:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com
[ . . . Was it? . . . Shouldn't . . . the sky be grey and overcast? Lucas does not particularly want to walk with her, but he doesn't protest, either.]

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