mayfield_rpg | Chapter 10: Greenill Section ID Day?

[ACTION - A (BACKDATED TO MARCH 17, Anywhere in Mayfield, Morning to Evening, OPEN TO ALL)]

[See that six-foot android covered head to toe in some sort of armor, going about his business?]

[He's not wearing green. At all.]

[Try to pinch him. Go on, try it.]

[ACTION - B (BACKDATED TO MARCH 17, John Doe Park, Afternoon, OPEN TO ALL)]

[That same android now seems to have a couple of drones following him, even hanging on to him, desperately trying to pinch him—on the hard, armored parts of his body. Suffice to say, they're not having much luck—and the android looks a little annoyed as he tries to brush some of the drones off of him.]

What in th' hell are ya'll on about?

[ACTION - C (BACKDATED TO MARCH 17, Olney's Tavern, Evening, OPEN TO ALL)]

[Gat's noticed the sizable amount of patrons heading toward the tavern, both droned and undroned alike. Curious, he's come to the tavern himself, though judging from the way he carries himself and rubs the back of his helmeted head as he scans the tavern ~~in a manner not unlike the Terminator~~, he's a little perplexed.]

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Well. Not exactly. The Russians didn't really consider us from the United States; they just treated everyone who lived there that way.

But you're right; Mayfield and the Russian town didn't get along at all. That's why... During that party I mentioned. It was a distraction for Grady to go and kill everyone in the other town.

[Gat rubs his chin as Lucas speaks.]

I wonder if them Russians got anything to do with th' USSR ...

Was Boris appearin' in Mayfield before they held that there party? Or after?

The USSR...?

[Lucas blinks a little.]

Hm. I was always a little confused about that. But the textbooks say the same things about the USSR that people say about 'Russia', so maybe they're the same.

Boris appeared a little while after the party. He was the only survivor.

[Gat nods.]

There was a neighbor livin' on my street who's from this country. Back when they subjected us to nuclear weapons after Thanksgivin', she told me th' most likely culprit woulda been th' USSR if this was takin' place durin' th' time th' town's takin' after.

[A beat passes while Gat considers what Lucas said about Boris.]

An' he was showin' up in random places here in Mayfield ... Normally I'd chalk that up to teleportin' powers, like that Viki girl.

It definitely wasn't. He was hurt pretty badly, and he couldn't even stay still long enough for me to heal him. Over about a week, he kept appearing and disappearing to a bunch of people around time.

Mayfield went into lockdown. They looked for him everywhere. They went through a lot of houses... killed a lot of people. Lucy even brought back the hazmats.

[Mayfield sure doesn't need much of an excuse to go killing its own, that's for sure. But it's what Lucas says at the end that makes Gat pull his head back in a "say what?" fashion.]

Hazmats? Hazardous material specialists? What would they need folks like that for?

.....Um. So.

The year before that, something happened in a place called Westport. You really haven't heard about that?

[—Oh, Lucas has to rewind further. Oops. Gat shakes his head, however!]

Naw, no one's told me about that there town before.

...Westport's really a story of its own. The important thing is that there were these monsters in hazmat suits.

[Gat's head tilts slightly to one side.]

They were monsters wearin' hazmat suits? ... Well, I reckon that's about as strange as anything else they like doin' to us.

[Though Gat wonders just what Lucas means by "monster." Considering everything he's personally seen and some of Mayfield's tricks, that could turn out to be just about anything inhuman ... but certainly vicious.]

Did ya'll get a good look at 'em out of th' suits?

...Not exactly.

There's nothing in them. They're just suits.

... Y'mean jus' like them costume monsters th' town set loose back 'round Halloween?

[He pulls his head back as he says that.]

Costume monsters?...

The things that looked like they deflated, right? No, it's not exactly like that. These aren't... pretending to be monsters. They are monsters.

[He should have guessed they wouldn't be as harmless, but ...]

What was it about 'em that made 'em dangerous?

They killed you.

They sprayed poison and they had axes. If you killed them, the suits would tear open and release more poison.

Everyone was almost dead from the gas by the end of the week.

[A beat passes while Gat processes that.]

Chemical weapons ... Reckon there was no escapin' that. Must've been mighty toxic.

[His voice is a bit somber.]

An' Lucy sicced 'em on Mayfield proper to do th' same thing they did in Westport, when Boris came to town?

This time, they were focused on attacking us. They just burned down whole houses and killed anyone who was inside.

[Gat shakes his head grimly before he speaks up.]

Regardless of whether or not Boris was there, I reckon.

[More pointless cruelty ...]

[Lucas offers a wan smile in response.]

[Sighing, Gat rubs the top of his visor, almost as a human would rub their temples.]

If they were burnin' down houses, then they musta been tryin' to keep that pamphlet ya mentioned out of everyone's hands ... Did anyone manage to get a good look?

No, that wasn't it. A few people got things from Boris, but it wasn't until afterwards that they started passing it around. They were just looking for him.

Huh.

[Guess it really was pointless cruelty.]

What was some of th' stuff he left behind, then?

Like the pamphlet. A few other pieces of paper, but... I don't know if they were ever copied.

Do you remember what th' pamphlet said, exactly?

I...

No. Not exactly. ...I can show you, if you'd like to come by my house sometime.

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nanocerancowboy - 2012-04-22 02:32 (UTC) - Expand

Chapter 10: Greenill Section ID Day?

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