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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

[bluecode]

[that's not any safer a conversation if the look on his face is any indication, souring immediately]

Why don't you ask the sheriff? [his words come out resentful, moreso even than when he is talking about his own daughters killers. these families will never not hate each other]

[prizewinner]

Hey, I'm not the one you're mad at. [ chloe takes a bite of her cheese stick and narrows her eyes as she chews. she'll drop the subject. with adam, anyway. ]

I just want to make sure you and your wife are going to be safe.

[bluecode]

If wishes were horses beggars would ride. [what part of anything that's happened makes her think that's possible. they were never safe, he just never acknowledged how much danger he was putting his family in by his part in this until now] The only way I can make sure Darla comes out the other side of this is making sure it gets ended.

[drops the hand he's been gesticulating with to the table and knocks twice. it's not even real wood but can't hurt. the way his week has gone he could get a call right now saying otherwise.]

Starting with the one who hurt my family. [but not ending there]

[prizewinner]

We'll get them, we just have to work at this with a cool head.

[ as if that wasn't obvious. she picks up her chopsticks and starts to eat, because this buffet ain't cheap despite the low quality food. in between bites, she talks. ]

We get a list of people who were there. We start knocking off names of unfamiliars. We get alibis. [ adam knows very well how to do his job, but she's trying to make a point. ] They gave us something to work with this time around, it'll take time but we're going to find them.

[ a pause. ]

You can't get too wrapped up in this. You need to stay healthy. Both body and mind.

[bluecode]

[he's going to get wrapped up. there's literally no force great enough to stop him from getting wrapped up. he devoted his life to keeping this under wraps and a dead daughter is all he has to show for it.]

[he's never been the argumentative or stubborn sort and so he's disinclined to pick a fight (he wore himself out on that much already this morning) and so lets her draw her own conclusions from his silence]

[prizewinner]

Do you want to be alone? [ with your gory pictures and your free water. it's not like they have much more to discuss, not now. anything else can wait. she enjoys his company, but if she's just going to grate on his nerves (with her incessant worrying about his wellbeing) then they're not doing each other much of a service at the moment. ]

[bluecode]

[that was a smart conclusion to draw]

Thank you for coming to me with this. [it's not a no. but he is grateful either way. he can't afford to burn bridges acting like an asshole no matter how much license he has to]

[prizewinner]

[ she nods, scooting out of the booth. chloe drops a twenty onto the table to cover her bill and then some. ]

Keep me informed. [ you know i'll always do the same. it's implied. with one final look over of adam, she turns to leave. darla will be getting a lasagna or something from her. a my condolences lasagna. ]