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Luke Triton ([personal profile] hintcoinplz) wrote in [community profile] mayfield_rpg2012-01-29 08:36 pm

Puzzle 016 - Forward-dated to 1/30

[Mayfield - Outside the Hospital - Morning]

[After being unceremoniously dumped outside of the Factory, Luke is left wandering outside Mayfield's Hospital in a state of confusion and bewilderment. Anyone passing by Luke will see him as a young boy, albeit a young boy with a newly acquired surgery scar on his head. But to Luke? Everything, including himself, has aged by ten years. The buildings are run-down and desolate, everyone looks much older,  and the town itself looks like it's on the verge of falling apart. And as for Luke, he wasn't a little boy anymore, but a grown man.

Thanks to Mayfield's surgery, Luke is back. Although now he's hallucinating a grim, future Mayfield.]


...I don't understand. Is this Mayfield? Why...what happened?

[He'll be walking around in a daze for a while as he makes his way back "home". And when he finally gets there...]

[Mayfield - Backyard of 726 Anderson - Afternoon]


[Graves.

Slugger had built them all graves.

Luke forces back a bitter laugh at the sight of it. So, they never really did come back after all? Ten years and here they still were, dead and buried. They never rebuilt the revival machine. No, instead they dragged him out of his grave and decided to revive him instead. Why? It didn't make any sense. What use did he have to them alive?

He sits in front of Edward's grave, looking lost and hurt. It wasn't fair. Why him, of all people?

After a quiet moment, Luke speaks up.]


"A nightmare for some. For others, as a savior I come. My hands, cold and bleak, it's the warm hearts they seek. What I am?"

...Rest in peace, Edward and Susan. I'm sorry I wasn't able to do anything in the end.

[And much later, Luke will make a phone call. A very, very unusual phone call.]


[Phone.]

Ten years. Ten years. Have you all really grown so satisfied with this miserable place that not one of you tried to escape? Find any clues? Try to seize this town from its controllers? Are you really that happy with them treating you like cattle? Oh, sorry not cattle. Lab rats. That's what we really are here.

Did none of you prats even try to find out clues about this place? No one tried to fix the revival machine? No, you didn't. You all sat around while this place fell apart. If that's the case, then you deserve whatever this place decides to do with you. I, on the other hand, fully intend to solve this puzzle even if it's the last thing I do.

[And with that, he slams down the phone.]


[Around Mayfield - Over the next few days.]


[And Luke sets off around Mayfield trying to gather information from anywhere he can possibly find, patrolling the streets of Mayfield each day in order to find clues. But as each day passes, Luke's mental state begins to rapidly decline. Each day he grows a little more jumpy, a little more hostile and bitter to people that greet him. Every sound, every movement catches his attention and causes him to look over his shoulder for some kind of threat that isn't there.

Something's wrong, something's wrong, something's wrong.]


[ooc: Luke may possibly attack your character if you pick the last option.]


Around Mayfield (probably a few days after the post was made?)

[personal profile] thegirltwin 2012-01-30 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Nina has been too ill, and Johan too concerned for her safety, to do much. But she tries to do what she can, where she can. It helps -- or doesn't -- that her symptoms seem to come and go. They never disappear completely, always leaving her a little woozy and numb, but sometimes, she feels less ill than other times.

Today isn't such a bad day, which is why she decides to go out and help anyone she can, to the degree that she can.

When she sees a young boy wandering around the streets, a scar on his forehead and looking agitated and paranoid, she stops. Because he seems so on edge, her voice is soft.]


Are you looking for someone? Your family?
questionauthority: (U N S U R E)

[Puzzle Party Dead House]

[personal profile] questionauthority 2012-01-30 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Edward's been home for a few hours now. In this place that's supposedly his home, anyway. And after a long shower to rid himself of the blood on his back, and a fresh change of clothes (the one black suit and bowler hat amidst a sea of unreasonably gaudy suits), he's feeling a little bit better. Still hasn't a goddamn clue about anything past his name, but at least his name is something to work with.

Perhaps another look at that cane outside would give him some sort of hint as to who he really is. But someone's already out in the yard, murmuring something beneath his breath. A riddle...? Rest in peace...?]


Death?

[He didn't mean to say it aloud, wasn't trying to disturb the boy in this moment of mourning for whoever was buried---Wait. He said Edward. Was he supposed to be dead? Well, obviously that had to be a mistake. You don't just die one day and come back to life the next day. That's not how life works. Right?]

...is "death" the answer?
questionauthority: (Ruh-roh)

[personal profile] questionauthority 2012-01-30 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, he really shouldn't have said a word at all. Edward raises both hands in a gesture of surrender, taking a careful step forward.]

Calm down! I'm sorry, I---I didn't mean to startle you.
questionauthority: (Under pressure)

[personal profile] questionauthority 2012-01-30 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid I don't quite follow. Just---[Another step forward.]---take a deep breath and calm down. I can assure you this isn't a trick. If I were truly dead, I wouldn't be standing here talking to you, would I?
a_gentle_boy: (Surprised)

[Phone]

[personal profile] a_gentle_boy 2012-01-30 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
...Luke...? Luke, is that you?
questionauthority: (U N S U R E)

[personal profile] questionauthority 2012-01-30 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[This boy knows who Edward is as well...? A hesitant nod.]
questionauthority: (Who's that in my office?)

[personal profile] questionauthority 2012-01-30 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Back from where? He almost wants to ask. The hospital? Some war? Death? He's afraid he won't like the answer one bit.]

It would appear so.
a_gentle_boy: (Doubtful)

[personal profile] a_gentle_boy 2012-01-30 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[In contrast, Luke sounds exactly the same as he's always been. But the words he's using and the manner of his speech...]

It's me. Lucas.

...Luke, it's been three days since the last time I talked to you.
questionauthority: (Recovering)

[personal profile] questionauthority 2012-01-30 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
...I don't know how much help I'll be, but---[It sounds like you need some.]---I'll do what I can. And... if it's not too much trouble, perhaps there's another mystery you can help me solve.
a_gentle_boy: (Anxious)

[personal profile] a_gentle_boy 2012-01-30 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Probably... because you've been in the factory. Have you?
questionauthority: (Forever alone.)

[personal profile] questionauthority 2012-01-30 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, here goes.]

You see, earlier this morning, I found myself stranded outside of a hospital. Wearing these peculiar clothes. I don't know how I got there and... hell, I'm still not entirely sure where here is at this point. I haven't--- [A beat. He's getting too far ahead of himself.]

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I still haven't asked for your name. You're Luke, right?
Edited 2012-01-30 04:31 (UTC)
questionauthority: (Are you pondering what I'm pondering?)

[personal profile] questionauthority 2012-01-30 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
I have no idea who I am.

[He puts a hand to his forehead and groans.]

Something happened at that hospital. Something must have happened. I can't remember a damn thing about myself, no matter how hard I try.

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