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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] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess that's fair. Sorry. I'd just like to find out more about it, if I can.

[Reasoning: How do people get turned into cyborgs and would it be possible to change them back is an important question he needs answered.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
J-Just the morning newspaper, miss!

[Lucas gestures towards the front porch where the paper is sitting nice and neatly on the welcome mat.]
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[personal profile] roadroller 2011-01-31 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I'm sorry, I honestly don't know. Anyway, it's probably top secret so that other people don't try to make copies of me. ♪

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . Most people haven't mentioned when theirs are. Do you mind if I ask about yours, Kay?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I never really took it seriously until I got here. I never had time for hobbies before . . .

[Lucas squints at his paper a little more. If he rotated it a little bit, it looks pretty good.]

I've been practicing for almost a year now, though.

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[And now, time to make her birthday up since they never actually tell you anywhere! Based on the dates in the games, it's between March and September, so let's split the difference~.]

"Mine? It's in June. I kinda forgot to celebrate it last year, since Mayfield is always so busy."

[identity profile] someday-a-queen.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[She'll be back in a few moments with something that looks like this (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BXAgBO85VvQ/S-AqbyOq5uI/AAAAAAAAAZA/oOu8iCXCf3Y/s400/lute2.jpg)]

Here it is.

[identity profile] motheringnation.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes....it would be.

[identity profile] radiant-will.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a good point. You might be the first person I've met who's actually worked on a farm.

Still, that's not an excuse for my generation to be filled with a bunch of slackers.

[identity profile] leporariusnero.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Vincent takes a moment to examine the drawing, tilting his head this way and that, and chuckles. ]

You're off to a good start, lad. Certainly a better one than myself, at your age. My governess had fits when I was at the easel.

[identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sideswipe grew up in a world full of war and harsh truths. There's no reason in his mind to hide anything, or sugarcoat it. Extreme or no, he feels it should be said.]

Live in denial all you like. It doesn't change anything.

... I intend to kill them. And I intend to take pleasure in it.

[identity profile] reluctantnanny.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd...like to own a photograph of my time spent here, that wasn't forged by our captors.

[identity profile] heartstar-blues.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Someone's got to be on the front lines when ☠☠☠☠ goes down.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
It's alright. Please don't worry about it, Rin.

. . . Well, I'll let you know if we get started on a project like this. If you have any ideas, just let me know.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
We'll definitely have to change that this year. If we're still here, I mean.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucas examines it carefully while resisting the urge to touch.]

It does look a lot like a guitar - Are you very good with it, Elizabeth?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucas will think about that for a few seconds before moving on.]

It would take a lot of cooperation to organize right, though. But it's something to think about.

[identity profile] someday-a-queen.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fairly decent at it. Would you like to hear a song?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucas smiles and laughs a little.]

I-I don't know if I can comment on that. Are you from an Earth or a different world entirely?

[identity profile] motheringnation.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps someday in the future.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Do you really think so? Thanks.

[Lucas's shy smile grows wider as he turns the sketchbook back around and closes it. ... Somehow, this person's manner is very calming.]

Does that mean you're an artist for real, mister?

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Hopefully we'll figure out a way to go home before then, but if we're both still around, that sounds like a great idea!

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[That is to say . . . He would not believe that simply because Sideswipe had felt a few drones in pain, it could be extended to all of them. There was a flaw in that logic somewhere, although it remained a possibility.]

They must have a reason for all of this. And we'll still need to find out how to get home. Please wait until we've learned what we need to learn before you do.

[Perhaps it is of note that Lucas has not said anything against the execution of those in charge.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
. . . I'll write it down right away so I don't forget.

[Despite his cheerful smile, Lucas suddenly seems a little more melancholy than he had a few seconds ago. ... If he was honest with himself, he hadn't even thought about making it home in a really long time. This, in his head, was calculated in years now, not weeks or months.]

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
...Lucas? What's wrong?

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