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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 2011-02-01 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
I've heard from some people who're better with music that it's best to start really young. I guess one of the few things I'm thankful to Mayfield for is the opportunity to be able to learn at all . . .

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
. . .

I can take care of that if it happens.

[Lucas wants to say 'it won't'. But denying a possibility doesn't make anything better.]

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Kay nods sort of sadly. There's a bit of an uncomfortable silence here, and then she leans over to give Lucas a hug. She feels pretty guilty now, actually, but she's grateful that he's supporting her.]

...Thanks.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucas will take the hug without blushing for once. When he thinks about Kay coming face to face with the milkman . . . Perhaps he does flush, but it's due to a small burst of adrenaline rather than embarrassment.]

I'll do everything I possibly can to protect you, Kay.

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry I keep running into danger like this. I don't mean to make you worry about me.

[identity profile] someday-a-queen.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
That is true....

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
It's alright. You're just doing what you can to help us get home.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
The other is being able to make a lot of new friends, of course.

[identity profile] someday-a-queen.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yes...I am certainly meeting a great deal of interesting people here.

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... I have to keep going. It's what he would have done.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Somebody who's left?

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Not exactly.

[She shakes her head, smiling sort of wistfully.]

My father.

[identity profile] leporariusnero.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ This time, he outright laughs, a deep, warm sound. ]

Goodness, no. My governess would still have fits if she saw me at an easel. I was never much good at it. Better with still-life, I suppose. I fancy you're already much more talented than I am.

[identity profile] radiant-will.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
Earth. Compared to some of the people I've talked to, we're pretty far advanced, at least with technology. Our history is different, too.

What's your world like?

[identity profile] perfectvoice.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah. Thanks!

[But that hard?!]

You could've broken something, though!

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lucas misunderstands.]

. . . I bet he's waiting eagerly for you to get home.

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kay closes her eyes, smiling sadly and shaking her head.]

No, he's not... but it's okay. I'm carrying on in his place.

[identity profile] politerudeness.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, very good. With more practice comes more improvement.
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[personal profile] naicha 2011-02-01 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
... Jessica said, we were gonna start a band together. Actually, I wasn't gonna be in it, but I was gonna be the president of their fan club! We talked about having auditions, what we were gonna do, what kind of memories we were gonna make.

[ giggles ] But she's gone now, so... [ She grows quiet. ]
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[personal profile] naicha 2011-02-01 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
No, she's not gone.

You're right. The bonds we make with people, they're not something we can forget so easily. In fact, we shouldn't forget them. This town just makes it difficult... But if we make a photo album or something, even if we forget all over again, the days we spent together will still be there!

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh-huh.

[a pause.]

Did you say you knew how to play something that was before the piano?

[identity profile] someday-a-queen.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yes. I can play the virginals. It's quite similar to a piano.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
A-Ah . . . I'm sure that's not true, but it's nice of you to say so. I've only been practicing for about a year.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[......Oh.]

Do you mean he's . . .

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. He was killed seven--

[She corrects herself. God, has she really been in Mayfield that long?]

--eight years ago.

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