In Which Jacuzzi Splot Cries. A Lot.

[gunhearted]

[Phone]

[There's a clatter of something being knocked over. Whatever it was, the phone was clearly on it because it's picked up the sounds of rapid, frightened breathing, a whimper, and then a sob.]

W-what's goin' on?!

[That's about all the words Jacuzzi can make. The rest is just quiet tears until he scrambles to at least put whatever he knocked over together.]

[1648 Albright Lane]

[Good morning, new family. You may or may not enjoy the sound of a terrified high pitched scream this morning as an alarm. If you managed to ignore that, there's also a loud thud and a clatter of something probably wooden falling over.

And then crying. Terrified crying.

Who wants to meet the new member 8D??? He is very brave about his new circumstances, as you can see.]

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[kinship]

[Another new housemate? Really? He is loathe to leave his brother right now, but he has to move forwards and maintain his image. So he's poking his head in and... blinking in surprise, he was expecting someone much younger.

Have a very small blond boy peering in, offering a gentle smile and a hand holding a tissue.]

Don't cry, it's okay.

1648 albright

[gunhearted]

[Jacuzzi blinks up at him stupidly for a second.]

W-who're you?

[kinship]

My name is Cain, I live here.

[He holds the tissue a bit closer, waving it in his face.]

[gunhearted]

D-did you bring me here? [No not taking it yet, important questions first.]

[kinship]

[He might have thought that was a foolish question considering his age, but the mastermind is theoretically a little girl, so...]

No, I was brought here just like you.

[gunhearted]

[Jacuzzi's not the type to accuse, but you did say you live here.]

Just like me? How many of us are there?

[kinship]

Hundreds, a whole town full.

[It was terrifying, the scale of this operation was immense.]

[gunhearted]

A whole town of kidnapped people? Why isn't anybody just leavin'?

[kinship]

Unfortunately, it's impossible to just leave, the roads all seem to loop back on themselves. But we're trying, we're not going to give up.

[gunhearted]

H-how can roads do that?! It doesn't--this doesn't make any sense!

[kinship]

I don't know, there are a few theories but nobody knows for certain yet. [He offers Jacuzzi a slightly wider smile, trying to reassure him.] I'm sorry, this must be overwhelming for you.

[gunhearted]

[Overwhelming doesn't begin to cover it.]

M-my friends--my friends aren't here, are they? Nice? Or Donny, or Nick? Chane?

[kinship]

I'm afraid I don't know any of those names.

[His voice is gentle, sympathetic. He knows he would never have coped so well without his brother from home here.]

But that doesn't mean they're not here, the town is pretty big.

[gunhearted]

I gotta look for 'em--If they wake up alone--

[Or if they find he's gone, they'll worry. Not nearly as much as him. But most people don't give themselves heart attacks while introducing themselves, either]

[kinship]

...I'll come with you, we can look together?

[It'll keep him from getting lost and, to be honest, Cain doesn't believe any of Jacuzzi's friends will be here.]

[gunhearted]

I-I couldn't ask you to do somethin' like that for me...

[kinship]

It's no trouble. We all have to look out for each other here, don't we?