who ya gonna call? [night 4]

[rangerslayer]

[ ...So that happened, and it was bad. For everyone? For everyone. There's nothing much to do with all of this, nothing except maybe try and get some sleep. Or, wander around the city like an insomniac. What much do you do after watching a man be burned at the stake?

In any case. The night life goes on. And McDonald's certainly does not. ]

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[conceivesfrenzy]

[ Alice's conscience is pretty clear here. That execution was gnarly to watch, but at the end of the day it had nothing to do with her. The weird TV box man made it pretty clear what's expected here; you kill, you pin it on someone else, you move on.

Now it's just a matter of figuring out what to do. For now, she can be found staring at the window display outside the electronic store, watching the TVs flicker through the various channels. She half expects Headroom to appear on one of them for a split second, but she's not surprised when it doesn't happen. ]

I wonder how you get in one of these things. Is there a panel in the back?

[ Later still, she can be found at the beach, sitting not too far off the shoreline, leaning back as she stares into the dark abyss of the ocean. She couldn't get this kind of view out back home, so it's kind of a nice change of pace from the industrialized environment in the town behind her. ]

I think I could get used to this, really. [ She's talking out loud to herself, not really anyone in particular. ] I could do without the thinly veiled threats, but... it's really not such a bad gig.

beach

[rangerslayer]

[ ...Huh. That...

Kimberly's walking on the beach still, thinking. Maybe she'll sleep, eventually? But she doesn't expect this. ]

Alice...?

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ Oh shit! She freezes, slowly turning to give Kimberly a wave. ]

Oh, Kimberly! I didn't see you there! What're you doing out so late?

[ ... hopefully she didn't just hear any of that. ]

[rangerslayer]

[ Whether she heard that or not, she doesn't let on, exactly, just looking a bit puzzled. ]

I was about to ask that myself. I couldn't calm my mind. Don't you need some sleep?

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ sweats nervously ]

M-me, too. It's been a long day... hard to believe any of that actually happened.

[rangerslayer]

[ She's a little hesitant. ]

It's hard to believe it went that far...but I'm not surprised whoever brought us here has those kinds of intentions.

[conceivesfrenzy]

You don't think anyone else is gonna get killed... do you?

[rangerslayer]

I can't say, right now. It's a little too soon. I hope not, but...

rip sorry this took so long to reply to

[conceivesfrenzy]

You're not holding your breath?

[ She nods, looking back over the ocean. ]

I guess with how everyone here has supposedly done some bad things... I guess it's hard to think that no one'll kill each other. It just depends on what kind of phone message triggers a certain reaction out of someone... I guess.

Shhh take as long as you neeeed

[rangerslayer]

Everyone... [ She pauses for a moment. ] You believe what they said about that?

[conceivesfrenzy]

You don't think that some have done some nasty things? I mean, Pyro told me about how they burned down a town or something. That's probably tame compared to some of the others.

I think it's naive to think that no one here has done anything wrong. No sense in getting killed trying to trust everyone.

[rangerslayer]

...What about you?

[ There's nothing accusatory. It's simply a question. ]

The offer of living here...making a new life. Is that something that interests you, Alice?

[ ...Yeah. Yeah, she definitely heard. ]

[conceivesfrenzy]

Oh. You heard that, then.

[ Rats. ]

I mean, it's certainly appealing. You wouldn't want to ditch your old issues and stake a new claim somewhere else?

[ Why yes, she's going to keep deflecting for as long as she can. ]

[rangerslayer]

Yeah, if I didn't have responsibilities to the ones I'd leave behind.

[ But- ]

But that's not the real problem here... All this? The...mockery of a trial? Would you really take that too?