mayfield_rpg | 8 (Welcome Back)

[Action A - 460 Stone Street, morning - locked to housemates]
[Kono's back in Mayfield - and she shoots up in bed, gasping for air. She's obviously disoriented, eyes darting around the room wildly as she tries to control her panic. She was just drowning, and now she's in bed?

It won't take her long to make the horrible realization that she's back in Mayfield. Somehow, that seems worse than drowning.

This house doesn't seem exactly the same as she remembers, so she's going to look around a bit. She has a shell-shocked expression on her face. How can she be back?]

[Action B - John Doe Park, early afternoon]
[Funny how things repeat themselves. Kono found herself sitting on this same bench the day she first arrived in Mayfield. She's sitting, brooding and slumped down. Feel free to stop to talk to her or try to cheer her up. She'll talk if you make the effort.]

[Phone]
This is Kono. Back again, apparently. How much has happened since I was gone? Has anybody figured out anything else about how Mayfield works?

Please tell me there weren't any more zombies.

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[Kono smiles and hugs him back, kind of impressed that he's got her lifted up honestly.]

Part of me is glad to see you, but then part of me thinks it sucks you're still here. Does that make sense?

Does ANYTHING make sense? Like even a little? In this place?

Wait, what do you mean "still here"? Of course I am, I never left.

Well, yeah, but I left. Unless I just dreamed an entire year in one night. Or a few weeks... it was cold last time I woke up here, and now it's more like home. It's warm.

And no, nothing ever makes sense here.

....What.

....I should probably put you down now.

[Steps back after Peter puts her down, giving him a confused look.]

What? What happened while I was gone?

[He raises a hand to speak, lowers it, then kind of... Flails his arms around a bit vaguely.] ....Stuff! Lots of stuff happened. And shit. Shit happened too. It got real, I'm told.

I... How long were you... Wait, how did you get OUT?! Are you sure? You weren't in a... Brain... coma? That's a thing, right?

A brain coma? No, I was home. I don't know what happened, I just went to sleep here and woke up there. Just like I was supposed to the night I went to sleep there and woke up in Mayfield instead.

A year went by. I'd almost convinced myself that none of this had ever happened, but... I guess it did. Unless I'm having the same nightmare all over again.

[Kono shakes her head as if to clear it.] I just. I don't know what happened.

Mmkay, I've got me a case of the WILLIES right now. Sheez. I've been walking around for MONTHS seeing you in drone form. I thought you'd screwed up somehow and got lobotomies by the head honchos of this place! I... I sorta blamed myself. Not like I dont do that at all waking moments of my life ANYWAY, but this time was different. I was considerably 50's-ier than usual.

Oh, Peter. That must have been horrible.

[Kono stands quietly for a moment before continuing. She can't imagine what that must have been like for Peter.]

Even if I had done something, it would've been my own fault, though. Not yours. And to be honest, I probably wouldn't have done anything without taking you with me for backup.

I know. I know. I do that! I've got neuroses. I've accepted that. One of them involves me calling myself Spider-Man and dressing like no spider anyone has ever seen. And the puns, OH THE PUNS...!

Still, it's a massive understatement to say I missed you and am glad to see you okay.
[More... than he... expected to, to be honest. He looks away, embarrassed and surprised.]

[Kono blinks at him a few times, then offers him small smile.]

I missed you too. I mean, I'd half convinced myself that you weren't even real, like the rest of this place. But you're the first person here who made Mayfield bearable.

[With that, her smile fades and she lets out a small sigh.]

I'm sorry you had to deal with this place by yourself, Peter. Even for just a little while.

Oh, c'mon. Don't worry about me. Big Time Superhero, remember? It's kinda part of the territory. I've just... Usually punched the bad guy in the nose by now. I guess I'm slacking.

[Her smile returns.]

Guess we're both slacking. Usually Five-0 has the bad guy arrested by now. Or shot.

So, where were you swinging to?

Nowhere in partic. Just patrolling. "Bad guys see me patrolling... They hatin'... Running and trying to escape me while I'm Spidey!"

[Yep. Spidey just... lamely sang to the tune of Ridin' Dirty (or White and Nerdy]

[And yeah, Kono laughs. Peter hasn't really changed since she left.]

Yeah, I see all them bad guys running, brah.

[She looks around the park as if looking for those bad guys.]

It's probably because I don't have the cred to be singing that song while I do it. I'm not exactly striking fear into the hearts of men here.

Yeah, that might have something to do with it.

Hey, do you still live on Stone Street?

Yep. Me and that "kid" of mine that I've seen exactly once.

And then drones for everybody else?

I'm still on Stone Street, but a different house. I honestly didn't pay all that much attention this morning...

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