Thirty Third PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

[Well. It had been a day or two since being rescued from Westport, and Lucas finally felt well enough to return to his daily activities. After the first day of binging, the thought of eating more food had been slightly nauseating, actually. When he's finished with school, he will make a call about something that's been on his mind since returning.]

[voice, public]
Ah. Hi, everyone. This is Lucas. Um. First off, I'd like to say thanks to whoever it was that brought us all back. . . . I really don't want to think about what would have happened to us if you hadn't come. I think Vince said your name was Mr. Doctor...

The other thing is, I'd like to talk to the people who were in Westport last year. Did any of you take a look around for more clues . . . ? I guess no hazmats means no clues, and I don't really mind that, but. I know I didn't find anything important. . . . There were a few things, though - Some things that were odd. There wasn't a church or a library. And, Kay, do you remember the television in the house you hid in last year? I went back to the same house, and . . . there wasn't anything there. But I know it was the same. The place where the TV had plugged into, it was missing entirely.

. . . I'm not sure what any of this means, but it might be important to think about.

Comments

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

[Knocking on your door. Dressed in normal non clown clothes.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Opening the door eventually and peering out a little cautiously. It was a little unsettling to have Ange droned so soon after his Westport return. It was just him in the house alone since Mr. Silence went to work.]

Hello?

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

Hi-yah Kiddo!

[Why yes it is the pillow fort lady.]

[voice]

[coolbowtie.livejournal.com]

No need for thanks, really. You weren't hurt at all were you?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Of course I have to thank you. You really did save us all. And no, I was fine. It wouldn't have been too terrible, even if I were.

[coolbowtie.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't plan on leaving you there, of course.

...Sorry about all that.

[sturmbahnfurher.livejournal.com]

[What's this? He may not really know what any of that is yet, except for what he's gleaned from other conversations that've occurred over the phones recently on the subject. But this is the first time he's heard so much mentioned.

Might as well try and see if he can glean a bit more.]

Excuse me. I myself was spared from most of the events that just occurred, but I'm also relatively new to this town. And I'm apparently quite behind from most of the others as to what's been occurring. Would you, perhaps, mind telling me exactly what Westport is?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Oh, of course! I'm sorry, I forget that new people don't know about the things that've happened . . .

[Lucas himself has managed to accumulate three different complete sets of Westport clues by dint of being close friends with several of the primary investigators, and is probably as good a person to ask as any.]

Um. About a year ago, or a little less, a road to a neighboring town called Westport opened up. Something about a summer bash, but it was really just a trick to get us there and trap us. We stayed for about a week. . . . I guess the most important thing to say were that there were . . . things that kept attacking us, to try to kill us. We called them 'hazmats'.

The other thing is that we found a lot of clues while we were there about the potential history of Mayfield. Things like the drone, Jane Smith, used to be a real person, too, and that Officer Grady -- or Evan Olney -- was once fighting against the town as well.

[sturmbahnfurher.livejournal.com]

I see.

[And he really does. So the town could, when whoever controlled it willed it, open up into other areas. Or perhaps create an illusion of doing such. And confirmation that the drones had been, and still could in part be, real people. And apparently one of the current people imprisoning them had been a traitor to his initially cause. Also important.]

And these "things" that attacked you...they've only ever appeared in Westport?

[bullsit.livejournal.com]

[Finally, a voice that was both familiar and also not screaming or crying.]

Um, hey.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Hey!

[He can place the voice by now.]

Were you OK throughout all of that, Tavros? You weren't hurt or anything, I hope . . .

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ah, you were there too, Lucas? I hadn't found anything either. Not even signs of the people that supposed to be there, like last time...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

You, too, Crowe? . . . I guess we must have missed each other. But that's right. All I found was a lot of rotting food.

[roadroller]

Where did you all go? ♪ This was really strange.

[nobody told her about Westport, so she figures the rest of the call doesn't apply to her]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Hmm . . . I'm not exactly sure how it happened, still, but we ended up in kind of a . . . nightmare town.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy you're back and safe!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Oh, Miss Virginia! I'm glad to see you've recovered. D-Did you worry about me? Sorry . . .

[wizardoftheweek.livejournal.com]

... You bring up an interesting point. If those elements were missing... perhaps they were never there to begin with.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Never there to begin with . . . ? Do you mean, they were some sort of illusion when we saw them the first time?

[catchingmusic.livejournal.com]

His name's Doctor? That's a strange name...

[Someone's feeling well enough to get back to normal, apparently.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

The Doctor, I guess. Kind of like the Captain.

[braided_icarus]

Westport....that place last year, and more recently with those Angels?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

The place last summer, right. . . . I'm not sure if the statues were something the town let loose, though.

[someday-a-queen.livejournal.com]

You were sent to that place?

...I'm glad the Doctor managed to bring you back. How are you feeling?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I'm alright by now, thanks. It definitely went a lot better this time around.