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D A Y 0 8

CHAPTER 2

NOV 7TH | 54℉☀(windy)

▸ Parka up for a cold an--*CHSKSSS--*- windy day in Blackwell folks! I sure do hope--*CHSKSSS--*-search team down at the lake won't--*CHSKSSS--*---*CHSSK--*-trouble out on the waters. Professional divers have been going in since dawn, let's give it up for the professional --*CHSKSSS--*-!!

▸ Old Lady Petunia has paid me to say DO NOT SEEK OUT THE ANGELS--*CHSKSSKK--SK--SSSH--*- In fact, there are no such thing as angels. See how easy that was? No angels, no problem.

▸ And now back to our --*CHSKSSS--*-regularly scheduled programming.

THE RISING IS NOT IN EFFECT

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I see.

[at least she's alive, so there's that. and not here. here seems like a bad place to stay alive]

I guess the dumbwaiter's more for the dumbwaiter's sake than because you need it? You know, I'm not completely sure how it works.

[pockets his hands and looks down ben's hallway. it looks a lot like the second floor.]

[ stops by the right door and unlocks it. ]

Yeah, I changed my mind. We're not using the dumbwaiter anymore.

Let's do this the old-fashioned way.

[ Nicola left so he's not feeling it anymore. she was the one who made him come up with the idea. he opens the door to the boring hotel room with few boxes. ]

I thought dumbwaiter was the old-fashioned way.

[being from the 30s and all. glances around ben's hotel room. looks like at least one of them isn't prone to taping weird stuff to the walls, which is probably a good thing for their security deposit. god. what the hell is he doing putting down a security deposit. this is such a bad idea.]

Not that I'm complaining. You probably have a much better chance of actually ending up with all your stuff intact if we just carry it.

These are mostly clothes so they might survive.

[ for a second he looks over the window but thankfully decides against it and piles a box on top of another. they're light enough to carry together. ]

[ he opens the lid to see what's inside since he has forgotten, but when it seems to contain mostly women's clothing he quickly closes the lid and picks up the boxes, pretending it wasn't anything worth seeing. ]

I wouldn't risk it.

[it must've been something he said. it must've been the ex girlfriend. part of him wants to remember that in case he wants to depress ben into shutting the hell up later, and part of him feels really bad about thinking that way.

picks up one of the stragglers. fortunately, it's not too heavy. sam doesn't do heavy lifting.]

You leave a car back in Chicago, or is that bike really it for you?

[he's a bus, feet, taxi and subway person, and he can't fathom motorcycling everywhere through the midwest.]

[ depressed? who's depressed?? ]

Actually I bought the bike here since the car was Moira's. What, you wanna know the address?

[ they can go and buy you a leather jacket while they're at it. ]

[mostly sam.

well, that didn't work.]

Of the apartment? Yeah, but it's not gonna help me get there on my own, so I wasn't even gonna try. I can barely find my own ass in this town with both hands and a map.

[shoulders through the door with the box in hands. this is all we're getting on this trip, right? this isn't so far. pauses at the doorway to look at the rest of the room.]

That it?

The address of place where I bought the bike, but I guess that makes sense too.

[ there's not much left. holds the door open with his foot. ]

You know West Park? It's right there. Easy to find, really.

[ kicks the door so it flings open long enough for him to slide through. ]

I'll get the rest of the boxes next trip and then we're done.

Oh, no. I don't even have a motorcycle license. I never drive anway, and if I did it'd sure as hell be something waterproof.

[moves out of the way so Ben can slide past him. Lets the door swing shut and start down th hall to the elevator. ]

No offense.

None taken. It's not for everybody.

[ it's hard to imagine Sam driving anything in the first place. ]

You won't mind if we have a little house warming party, do you?

[ since it's settled already. ]

[the last time he drove he wasn't even sam. think about that.]

Sounds kinda like something you've already decided.

[neutrally, but with raised eyebrows. it's kind of a judgmental neutral. studiedly neutral.]

[ i see. ]

Nicola wanted to come. What I was supposed to say?

[ shrugs. not his fault. he's not responsible. he doesn't even know what that word means. ]

I see.

[doesn't raise his eyebrows so much as never put them back down. presses the elevator button with his elbow.]

Anybody else on the list or is it just Nicola?

[i wonder what salvi's doing. at all, in addition to whenever this bad idea is gonna go down.]

[ casually leans against the wall, unaware of the eyebrow raising. or he doesnt care. ]

So far, but I intend to ask others. Maybe she'll bring people too. We'll have a full house, hopefully.

You can bring whoever you want.

[ it didn't occur to him too late or anything. nope, he added it. ]

Well you're pretty much the only friend I've got in this town. I guess I did run into that former neighbor last night, though we were never what you'd call close exactly.

[pretty sure I annoyed the hell out of her. not last night but before, in general.]

And there's the guy I was talking to before in the restaurant, but he seems even less like the party type than I am.

Or don't invite anyone, if you don't feel like it. It's worth a try though. A party is a great way to meet new people. Maybe you'll both make friends.

[ everything is possible in the world he lives in. ]

Being properly reunited with your old neighbor might turn you into friends too. Closer than you ever wanted.

I kinda doubt it.

[it's kind of hard to picture Noah close to anybody. Though apparently she'd been pretty damn close to the blonde from last night.

Not that she and Sam would ever be that close anyway.]

I don't even know what the guy at Chew's full name is, though he seemed like a regular at the Black Lodge. Guess I'll just have to make new friends.

That close, huh?

[ doesn't even know his name... Sam... ]

This town is full of lovely personalities, I'm sure you'll find someone.

[ the elevator makes a noise and the doors open. ]

[slips through the doors and sticks out a foot to keep them from closing on ben.]

It's not all bad. Nobody's shot me yet.

[there's still time, though, since it looks like he's gonna be here a while. joy.]

You seem to get on with everybody, but I guess you have the benefit of experience here.

Not with everybody.

[ ha ha... ]

[ let's get these to the van. ]

[he'd forgotten the bad breakup thing. seems like everybody here's got at least one. oh well.]

Well, close enough for government work. On that note, do you see yourself inviting much of the department over? Maybe I caught them on bad days, but Blackwell's finest seem a little... Rough around the edges.

[they seem like assholes.]

I can invite them, but it's another matter if they'll actually come. Because... you know, like you said. [ makes a face. he could definitely use happier co-workers. maybe he should actually become a firefighter and hang out with Nicola all the time. yes they just met for the first time few hours ago it doesn't matter. ]

And I doubt alcohol can get any things out of them. Things you wanted to hear any case.

[ yes he knows what you're trying. ]

That's not really what I was thinking of, though now that you mention it maybe I should've.

[he really just wanted to know if there were any bearable people on the force. well. any others. apparently not.

gage's probably not coming. that's probably a given.]

I guess karaoke night can wait a few days.

[ the answer is no. they're all awful. stay away from them for your own sake. ]

We could go to karaoke right now.

[ Right Now. ]

You know, I would, but I had this traumatic injury a few years back, and now every time I look at a karaoke bar my knees lock up and I pass out.

[this is a very dry, very flatly delivered joke, but it's definitely a joke. backs out of the hotel's front door and holds it open for ben.]

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