one. choose your own adventure.

[macdaddy]

[ a. action inside 2239 Stevens Road ]

[Mac wakes up. Mac is wearing pajamas that he's never seen before in a room he's also never seen before.

He very carefully gets up, walks calmly to his bedroom door, and glances out into the hallway. Nope, he is definitely not in his apartment or at Foster's. He shuts the door again, digs around until he finds some clothes (that he's also never seen before, what does whoever lives here have against cargo?), gets dressed, opens his bedroom door again...

And starts to scream.]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHAHA! [Yep, he's opening doors and slamming them shut at random, running up and down the hallway like, well, a panicked kid. How appropriate!

In the midst of his screaming and opening/shutting doors, he can be heard shouting the following as well:]

Where's my mom? Where's my brother?! What's happening?? Where am I?!?

[ b. phone (open) ]

Okay. Okay. Not panicking. Ahhhhh. Why won't my number work. Why won't my mom's cell work. It's okay, Mac, pull it together...You're done panicking...

[He kind of wheezes into the phone. He has no idea who he's actually talking to.]

[ c. action on the mean clean streets (also open) ]

[Nothing to see here, just a morose and somewhat twitchy kid walking to school. His not!mom told him he had to go, and gave him a bookbag to carry with him that he hates purely on virtue of it not being his tried and true backpack, which he also couldn't find this morning. But he is basically done with panicking for now, at least.]

Comments

Phone

[hardhat_truckie]

Son, take a deep breath and stay calm. S'hard, but ya need ta do this before I can help ya.

Phone

[macdaddy]

Help me? [oh man, he suddenly sounds so hopeful.] Are you a police officer or a fireman or one of those guys that drives an ambulance?

Re: Phone

[hardhat_truckie]

Well, I'm an Engineer, but I know what's goin' on in this town. Where are you at son? There's a mailbox outside with the address on it.

[macdaddy]

Hold on!

[he dashes outside and back and returns a minute or two later.]

Twenty-two-thirty-nine-Stevens-Road! There's some lady here that says she's my mom but she's not!

[hardhat_truckie]

She ain't gonna hurt you. Most she'll do is bug ya ta eat yer veg an' go ta school.

I'll come round OK? Y'all doin' a good job of not panickin'. Can ya keep it up, at least till I get there?

[macdaddy]

[he makes some attempts at deep breathing that are sad at best.]

Yes! I'm doing! Fine!

[wheeeeeeze.]

Okay, I'm good. I'm totally good until you get here.

[hardhat_truckie]

Right. I'll see ya soon.

[And Engie gets there ASAP. Knock knock knock Mac.]

[macdaddy]

[mac heads to the door with great trepidation. he is very short and very nervous looking.]

Hi...Can I help you?

[hardhat_truckie]

Hey, I got a call from this address. Are you the new boy here?

[Engie's trying to be as friendly and as gentle as possible with him.]

[macdaddy]

[oh, familiar voice. mac relaxes just a little.]

Yeah, that's me!