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CHAPTER 1

NOV 1ST | 58℉☂

▸ In a sad turn of events during last night's activities, local teenager Bela Gage was found dead at Gainsbourg Resort as festivities were wrapping up. Local authorities have opened up an investigation regarding the circumstances around her death.

▸ Several houses were egged in height of last night's events. Locals are offering a small reward to anyone with information that may lead to identification of the culprits.

▸ Now for the weather, expect light showers from late morning to mid afternoon. Blackwell is expecting the storm to keep rolling through overnight, so drive safe!

▸ That's the News In today. Now back to your regularly scheduled tunes. This one goes out to the Gages, may you find peace in these difficult times.

THE RISING IS NOT IN EFFECT

Comments

[townies]

[ dont get ahead of yourself ] Something like that, more lumber than mining. Most people just moved to Blackwell because it was gettin' bigger. There was a fire when I was a little girl, swept most the town out in one go.

[espish]

I see.

[if she was kidnapped, how did she get away, and why would she kill herself on the way back home? if she ran away, why come back only to kill herself on the road into town? no mater what happened, it seems like suicide is, if anything, the least logical explanation for what could have happened to kara samson. lazy police work at its finest. sam wouldn't be surprised if they tried to rule what happened to that poor girl last night a suicide, too.]

I guess there'd be a lot of Blackwell families who used to be Lost Lake families, then.

[if it was a kidnapping, it'd make sense for her to have been taken somewhere the assailant would find familiar, in addition to being remote.]

[townies]

More Gainsbourg families than Lost Lake families, really, my own included. When that lake gone flooded, that's when the real migration came. Lost Lake tried to be the new Gainsbourg, but it never took off the way people wanted it.

[espish]

I see.

[belatedly takes his hat off and sets it in his lap. running his hands back through his hair only makes it flop worse. he doesn't know why he tries.]

Sorry for all the questions, ma'am. I guess I'm at kind of a loss here.

[and here's civilization, if you want to call it that. blackwell.]

[townies]

[ pulls over for him along main street and pats noodles on the head ]

Oh it's no problem, I'm happy to share.

[espish]

Well, thank you, Ms. Perkins. For the ride and the conversation. It was nice to meet you.

[looks like this is the end of the line. well, it got him closer than walking would have, so that's something. climbs out of the back of the woman's car and slides his hat back on. nods to her and to the dog.]

See you around, I guess.

[townies]

Do be careful. [ pointed look and a smile before she's off ]

[espish]

[oh, he won't. for one thing, he's going for a walk along a highway. and for another thing, see the rest of his life.]