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Lucas ([personal profile] a_gentle_boy) wrote2011-01-28 05:19 pm

Twenty-Ninth PSI

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[The days of January have passed relatively uneventfully for Lucas.  He's had a lot to think about, and a lot to consider.  For now, though, each time passes much like the rest, and he will take happiness in whatever peace he can get.  His routine is fairly straightforward.

1: Every morning, early morning, Lucas gets on his tea table and delivers his paper. He's still getting used to the hang of it, though. Maybe he'll accidentally smash it into your door, at which point, he'll hurriedly get off to check to see if he damaged anything. Most of the time, he hasn't.
2: After school, he practices piano alone in the music room. By this point, he can be eavesdropped upon without anyone wanting to forbid him from ever touching an instrument again. The songs he plays are strangely melancholy.
3:
In his free time, he sits in the park or in his house and practices his sketching.  Most of the time, he's drawing his friends, so perhaps you'll run across him drawing you.]

[voice]
[A phone call is broadcast to everyone later that night.]

Hello?  A-Ah.  This is Lucas.

I've been thinking a lot lately, and there's something that's been on my mind.  I guess I want to ask . . . How long has this town been here?  How long have people come in and out?  Does anyone really know?  But what's more important is . . . does anyone really remember everyone who's been here? 

When people get droned, we think they've gone home, right?  It's the hope we have, and a lot of the times it's true, but can we really be sure that it's everyone? Sergei -- the Russian man.  He, um.  Didn't he say that they were in a lot of pain?  That some people who were droned . . . that they were still inside.  If that's so, then . . . then we can't just forget about them, right?  Even if one person is still here as a drone, we can't forget about them.  And either way, it's terrible to forget the people you've become friends with at all.  To forget about the people who've come to Mayfield and who've gone.

............. I know I've already started to.

Does anyone think we should maybe start keeping track?  Just . . . something so that the people who come here won't ever be forgotten.  Maybe even signatures.  So if you do start to forget, then you can look back and see everyone's name and remember.  Small things like . . . Miss Margot, and how she was always caring for her sister.  Fuuko and how much she loved starfish.  Mr. Zero, and how fun his gym classes were.

It might be a bad idea.  Or too much work.  But . . . Well.  I guess if you don't want to talk about that, maybe we can just share stories of people who've been here and how important they were to us.  I'd love to hear that kind of thing.

[Please specify 1, 2, 3, or voice.  Although the actions are really just default Lucas interactions if your character has no interest in this topic.]

[identity profile] has-a-name.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
((sob, she's not that kind of person))

... *she almost goes into a complicated spiel, but-*

... I can remotely connect my mind to most objects derived from technology...

... sometimes magical ones, too...

[identity profile] someday-a-queen.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods.]

Yes. That is true.

[And most of her family is dead or hate her, so there's that.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, really?

[Lucas has no idea what you mean, and this is asked in that polite way that people say things when they have no idea what you mean.]

That's why you sound so . . . musical, then. But could you explain that a little more?

[identity profile] motheringnation.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
It is lots of fun. I always like going around to see the different parties people have.

[Beaming smile.]

It is wonderful to see them when they are so happy.
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[personal profile] roadroller 2011-01-30 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Sure.

[No worries Lucas, she gets that a lot, especially since coming here.]

I'm actually a humanoid robot called a Vocaloid. My voice is a computer program that simulates vocals. ♪

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. Sorry to be a bother to you all the time, Crowe.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Go ahead. I'd love to know if the table can actually think anything or not. I don't think so, like I said, but . . .

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
If I see you in school during classes, I'll definitely introduce you. I don't know where my friends are right now since most people have gone home, though.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
You know, I almost think we should celebrate all the non-American holidays. If all the big American ones are going to be awful, then . . . why shouldn't we celebrate Tatiana's Day ourselves?

[identity profile] leporariusnero.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ The boy's footsteps finally cause Vincent to turn his head, and he greets him with a warm smile. ]

Ah, finally wrapping up for the day? Let's see it, then. [ And he gestures for the sketchbook. ]

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
You're never a bother, Lucas.

[identity profile] someday-a-queen.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods and goes over to the door.]

Shall we go then?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Well. That was blunt. But he's met robots before.]

Oh! Wow . . . That's the first time I've heard of something like that. So you meant that you were programmed to . . . sing?

[identity profile] motheringnation.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
That would be a lot of holiday's to celebrate.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
W-Wha . . .

[In a cartoon, the sketchbook would fly out of his hands and Lucas would fumble with it in the air for a few seconds. In real life, he just almost drops it.]

You knew I was drawing you?! . . . Were you waiting for me? A-ah, I'm so sorry!

[identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't a trick.

I knew exactly how Jolt was feeling when he felt it.
Edited 2011-01-30 04:55 (UTC)

[identity profile] has-a-name.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
... okay...

*she'll stare at your tea table and... try to link to it. If it's intelligent, she won't be able to tell much besides that it's... intelligent. Her ability doesn't work too well on things that have advanced AI (or natural intelligence, or magical...)*

[identity profile] leporariusnero.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ He laughs good-naturedly, but even so, he stands up and stretches, sighing in relief as he works the mild ache out of his muscles. ]

It's no trouble at all, lad. I'm surprised you didn't stop drawing, for all my fidgeting. [ Apparently, that was fidgeting. Yeah, he's worked with some very fussy artists. ]

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar, right?

[identity profile] perfectvoice.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
[...Okay, maybe she was just imagining things, but hey, the paper's here!

Weird, though, that crash certainly didn't sound like her imagination. If it ever happened again, she'd be sure to not so easily dismiss it next time. And maybe slap whoever crashed into their door with a leek.]

[identity profile] politerudeness.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Japan tends to overreact! Also, HTML fail. sob ]

Ah... no, it is an excellent drawing! You have great talent and potential! Your skill truly shows!
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[personal profile] roadroller 2011-01-30 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
[she wouldn't know how to gently break it to someone, anyway...]

Right! ♪ Any more questions?

[identity profile] snackaholictank.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
What's the big deal? I can find it myself.

[Flipflipflip-]

[identity profile] radiant-will.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, so you're a paperboy? How do you like that?

[identity profile] heartstar-blues.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That I would be there for whatever he needed.

Then I went away. I guess I made that promise to a lot of you guys didn't I?

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