D A Y 9

[founds]

CHAPTER 2

NOV 08TH | 47℉☂

▸ --*CHSKSSS--*-Breaking News! In the light of yesterday's hunt on Black Rock Lake, a body has been found. It has not ye--*CHSKSSS--*-n identified, but has been confirmed to not be either of the missing children.

▸ Another fall storm is roaming through today,--*CHSKSSS--*ed to pick up after dark so stay safe or stay insi--*CHSKSSS--*-

▸ Blackwell's First Methodist Church is holding its annual Thanksgiving food drive from now until Thanksgiving. Donate now! Anything but turkey,--*CHSKSSS--*-pped over on the interstate the other day and donated hundred--*CHSKSSS--*-urkeys to feed people for the holidays. What luck!

▸ Back to our regular--*CHSKSSS--*-uled programming

HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT

Comments

[eternalboy]

[ they need so much stuff... but the tv is most important. ]

Yeah, I ordered one. What do you think?

[ great, right. ]

[ he's that sims player who uses a lot of money on the best tv when a family moves into a new house and then gets bored with the file when all his sims do is piss themselves and starve. ]

[espish]

[i think it's a bad idea. looks at ben.]

It's your house.

[well technically sam's name is on the lease. sam's is.]

If I'd known I'd have brought some of my movies, I guess.

[haha. if he'd had any idea blackwell would be like this he'd defiitely have stayed in brooklyn, but now he has to know and so it's much too late.]

[eternalboy]

I was thinking of getting cable. So we can watch the Formula One races.

[ bet you just love those. watching the cars drive by endlessly when you can't even tell them apart. ]

And porn.

[ he's being mischievous here. just a little. ]

[espish]

Ah.

[manages to sound both noncommittal and disapproving in just one non-word syllable.]

Well, if they can't deliver the thing when nobody's home, I guess I can stick around until then. Get my notes back in order.

[get my red string re-strung.]

[eternalboy]

[ killed my joke. meem. that joke would have flown so well with Trent. ah well. their humor channels still need some tuning. ]

Yeah, someone needs to open the door. I imagine I'll be gone for most of the day.

[ don't make the house too creepy. ]

[espish]

[yeah we're veering a little away from dry detective sarcasm and into bro territory, and that's not gonna fly.]

Well, let me know how it goes, I guess. At least they said it's not one of the kids. Thank God for that.

[he has some solid theories, but this town is really crammed with underinvestigated missing persons cases. no wonder they imported ben, though they probably should have looked for someone who actually cared about what he's doing.

all right that's a little unfair.

also he's gonna make the house super creepy. coffee cups, harsh lighting, decanters of whiskey and a slight haze everywhere. he's not even gonna smoke, it's just gonna get hazy.]

[eternalboy]

[ hazy? like in a spa?? no? ]

I'd rather find them than thank the lord for dead bodies I never asked for. [ he cares!! he's just a little distracted at the moment. checks his phone again. ]

Yeah, I'll try to get back before the storm. It's gonna be a big one, I heard.

[ unless he hooks up with Izzy again. we'll see. later sluts. goes to pick up his coat. ]

My credit card's on the table. For the tv.

[ points in the general direction of his room. he's putting on his coat as he's halfway out of the door and then he disappears just as fast as he appeared. ]

[espish]

Me too, but I'll take what I can get here.

[good point kid.]

Yeah, be careful on yo–

[and he's gone. stares at the shut front door for a few seconds after ben's gone, trying to recover from hurricane ben a little]

You haven't paid for it yet and you want me to run your card and sign your name.

[flatly. he laughs, but it's also kind of flat, like it's funny but in a depressing way.]

Sure, whatever, it's as much my name as "Sam" is. Why not.

A flatscreen TV.




Christ.