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CHAPTER 2

Nov 3rd | 63℉☁

▸ Due to last night's storms, a quarter of Blackwell is still without power. It seems a tree has fallen on a power line, which will be promptly inspected by BWI and fixed ASAP.

▸ The worst of that storm is now over, thank god. Weather reports cloudy days from here on out.

▸ Fairweather and Winters kids are still missing. Local authorities and volunteers are resuming their search in the immediate area. Please, if you have the time, go join the cause.

▸ In a sad turn of events, the remains of Kara Samson have been returned to the family not a week ago. Details surrounding her disappearance and cause of death have not yet been released.

▸ Rumors say that the county morgue outside of Elkins was broken into early this morning, but officials decline to comment on the matter.

▸ Today's news radio is brought to you by Black Lodge Bar! Head on down to Black Lodge for their all day Monday happy hour!

▸ And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

THE RISING IS NOT IN EFFECT

Comments

[sciophobic]

You look fine. I mean, you always look great. [um, dumb. tilts it for her to see and attempts to not agonize over sounding dumb, which is easier managed when you have the distinct sensation of bugs crawling on you to distract. scratches in futility at his arm underneath hoodie sleeve while she inspects her filtered visage]

[inheritable]

[inspects the photo and deems it acceptable with a nod. solid 8/10. needs more rule of thirds, but a good amateur effort. checks for his username and pulls her phone out. congratulations, colby. user redvines is following you.

realizes what he said to her a little late and glances up at him.]

Thanks. I know I'm a mess, but thanks. Your arm okay?

[you know scratching it will make it worse.]

[sciophobic]

I don't know, it's like bugs or something.

[hikes sleeve up to his elbow to turn his arm over and inspect, but there's no welts or bites or anything other than the red marks from him scratching.]

[inheritable]

Yeah? Here, there's a thing you can do...

[reaches out for his arm, but pauses when she can't find the actual origin of the itch. well she can hardly help if she can't find the bite. tries running her hand over his arm to find a bump but comes up nada. also that's probably personal space infringing. shrugs.]

Oh. Well, you're supposed to like. Draw an X over the bite? But I can't find it, so. Sorry.

[sciophobic]

[he has a dumb smile on his face when she has her hand on his arm, watching her expression more than whatever she's doing, but blinks out of it when she stops and shrugs and he glances down at his arm to turn it over again]

You said sorry again. [teasing, he moves to pull his sleeve back down but pauses when the itching returns, this time catching sight of a skittering bump just under the skin. he immediately yanks the sleeve down to his wrist, pinning it under his fingers and looks up at her with a tense smile. ignore it and it will go away that always works]

[inheritable]

Oh. Yeah, I guess. I'll have to watch out for that in the future, maybe say something different like... Cheesecake.

[trails off when colby gets twitchy, ending in a sort of a hesitant mumble. this is one of those moments where you realize how alone you are. and who you're with. and colby has never been anything but nice to her but she doesn't know him all that well.

smiles back. also tense.]

You're sure you're okay?

[sciophobic]

Yeah, of course. It's cool.

[don't be weird. stuffs his phone back into its pocket and looks up the stream one way and down the other before glancing back to her]

You wanna just follow it for a while? We won't get lost that way.