event: break

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[Some of you picking up the phone this afternoon may hear a conversation between two men, although it's heavily obscured by static.]

[OOC: Mod only - do not tag!]

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You sure this line is good, Will?

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I built the filter myself, and I’m a damn good hand with machines. So what’s so important that you’re actually sparing the time to call me?

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Listen, we’ve got a problem. This goddamn power outage – I can’t keep the town stable without him noticing for much longer, not without some major sacrifices.

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So get rid of some of the more annoying chumps here. There’s enough of them around, I’m sure he won’t notice if a few go missing.

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It’s bigger than that. We lose any more juice and that machine is going to stop working any day now.

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Which machine? We’ve got an awful lot around here, pops, I think we can afford to spare one or two.

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You know damn well which one I’m talking about. That thing in the dairy.

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[A sharp intake of breath.] It’s gotten that bad?

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I’m afraid so. And since you’re so great with machines, go check it out and make sure it’s still running smoothly. See if you can make it work without sucking up so much power.

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Ugh, you know I hate going into that fucking place. That thing gives me the creeps like nobody's business, it's fucking unnatural.

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It’s either that or you get to tell him why his precious little drones are suddenly—

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All right, all right, I get it.

[mayfield_mods]

Good. I’ll unlock the doors to the dairy at three PM sharp tomorrow afternoon. You get two hours before I relock them, whether you’re still in there or not.

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And if someone tries to break in?

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[The other man snorts derisively.] I doubt it. We’ve trained the fools here well enough that they won’t bother to try anything when they think we aren’t “distracted”. Even their ridiculous little resistance efforts seem to have all fallen apart. Anyway, you might not have the same amount of powers Evan did, but you should still be strong enough to handle a couple of the idiots here.

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Oh, I can handle more than a couple, old man.

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Yeah, well, let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.

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By the way, I need you to do something about that fucking shell I'm forced to live with. It's been acting even more creepy than usual and I can't chase after it every time it decides to wander around town for no reason.

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Stop joking around - I'm not about to waste my time with something that trivial when there's bigger problems going around. Besides, that thing doesn't even fall under my jurisdiction, so unless you want me to call in--[static]

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No. Ugh, no. I'll deal with it myself.

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Good. And Junior, I don’t think I need to tell you how important this is. Anything happens to that machine and –

[mayfield_mods]

-- this whole experiment of yours starts falling apart, yeah? Don’t worry, I'm not going to be the one explaining why we're suddenly missing a bunch of townspeople. And you owe me a damn drink after this.

[click.]