Still no Aaron. It's been three day's now, and I'm startin' to get concerned, so I decided to talk to Bryce. He hasn't seen Aaron either. Were both startin' to suspect that Aaron went a bit off the track and decided to try and explore that tower by himself. We decided that we'd go back tonight and look for him. We discussed what we'd bring for a bit before we remember'd Nathan. After a bit of chinning we decided we'd at least let him know what we were doing. Nathan seemed a bit out of it, probably somethin' happened with his moll or somethin'. Well, regardless, he said he'd come along, and we made some more plans before class started.
Once class ended we headed down to lunch and saw none other than Aaron, sitting their like nothin' had happened! Suffice to say me an' Nathan were a bit pissed. 'Parrently Aaron had been skipping the last three days to prep up for 'our' trip to the tower. He'd lost his phone, so we couldn't take calls, and he'd been spending his nights wanderin' the dark hour mapping the place out. Bryce didn't seem to take it that bad, but Nathan was right steamed; stormed off to get his food in a huff. I followed him, tried to convince him that even though that Aaron had pulled a dick move, we still had to either convince him to stay or follow him, but I don't think I got through. We went back to the table and joined the conversation between Aaron and Bryce. Those three talked for a bit until the conversation drifted to Aaron's sister (Note: apparently Aaron has a sister, and she's pretty hot... huh). Bryce was jabbin' bout her, finer qualites, and Nathan seemed to take it a mite personal. He went berserk, threw his food and tried to sock Bryce, who, bless the giants soul, wasn't even phased. Once Bryce realized what the hell was goin' on he threw a wicked kiss; unfortunatly, Aaron happened to stand up right at that moment and got pasted square in the jaw. He goes flying back, Heap a' bone and blood. Me and Bryce rushed to him, and, once we figured out he wasn't dead, got him up and took him to the nurse. I knew that if Bryce got caught up in any fights round school he would be in the deep with his coach, so I covered for him with the nurse. We sat around a bit, explained things to the nurse (he fell down some stairs), till Nathan showed up, lookin a ghost to all the world. He motioned us outside and said that we gotta do something to make it up to Aaron once he comes to, so he suggested we explore the tower for him, map it out before hand. Well, I'm not entirely keen on the idea, but I suppose it couldn't hurt, maybe I can find something useful.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
August 11-12th, 2015
August 11th:
Aaron wasn't at school today, little strange considering the circumstances last night. The other two, however, were chipper, albeit the bird catcher was a bit clammed up. Nothing too eventful happened, thank God, don't think I could take that at the moment.
August 12th:
Alright, perhaps it's a little more than coincidence. My aunt Selma used to be a head doctor, and she used to say that dreams said stuff about a person, bout their inner thoughts and the like. Well I don' know if I believe that, but if it's true I'm not sure I like what that's sayin' bout me. For the past three nights now I've had a pretty similar dream. Like last night, I was Chasin' some Redhot, convicted o' murder. Had tracked him to some cafe called the "blue butterfly" and was making my entrance with the bulls. The mark tries to get away, so I beat feet, chase him for a bit. Eventually I finally corner the guy, cuff him, spin 'im around to get a look at his face; my face. Usually wake up by that point...
Note: Aaron's still a no show, while the other's are still here. Suspicious.
Aaron wasn't at school today, little strange considering the circumstances last night. The other two, however, were chipper, albeit the bird catcher was a bit clammed up. Nothing too eventful happened, thank God, don't think I could take that at the moment.
August 12th:
Alright, perhaps it's a little more than coincidence. My aunt Selma used to be a head doctor, and she used to say that dreams said stuff about a person, bout their inner thoughts and the like. Well I don' know if I believe that, but if it's true I'm not sure I like what that's sayin' bout me. For the past three nights now I've had a pretty similar dream. Like last night, I was Chasin' some Redhot, convicted o' murder. Had tracked him to some cafe called the "blue butterfly" and was making my entrance with the bulls. The mark tries to get away, so I beat feet, chase him for a bit. Eventually I finally corner the guy, cuff him, spin 'im around to get a look at his face; my face. Usually wake up by that point...
Note: Aaron's still a no show, while the other's are still here. Suspicious.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Notes for August 10th, 2015
Another school year arrives. For all the bad it was moving out here, it's nice to be able to go to a school without metal detectors at the entrance. Yep, St. Alister's certainly a step up.*
Was assigned to a Doctor Whyte. Haven't heard much about him really; a psych teacher, not so bad s'long as you don't dick around. Seemed true once I actually got to the class, he's a nice enough person I suppose.**
Saw Aaron at lunch today, he's assigned to the Foreign exchange teacher. Well, sucks to be him. I went of to grab some lunch, came back and found him talking to a couple of... characters. First up's that football player Bryce. Not much to say really, big, imposing, and not much for words I assume. The other one's a bit more of an issue. Nathan Frost, A local who thinks he's top shit, apparently quite friendly with the ladies. Usually people like him get a pretty big ego, but I wasn't going to judge quite so quickly. Well, I wasn't, till he proved his dickishness full fold. Apparently Aaron's friends with both these guys (Nobodies perfect I suppose). He started talking about how we all have the same class, and how he want's us all to hang out at Lake Avalon or something. Yea, tough break Aaron, but I don't think that I'm gonna buddy up with a low brow and a narcissist.
Had Mr. Whyte for my last class. He droned on and on for a bit then actually asked a question I knew, not cause I was payin' attention though. "What's the greek names for love and death?" Eros and Thanatoes. Pop used to quiz me all the time when we were watching a place, and I remembered when he asked me that. Eh, whatever, he didn't call me anyway so it doesn't matter.
Well, driving up to Lake Avalon. I really don't know why; I'm tired, there's school tomorrow, and I'm wasting gas, but whatever, Aaron'll owe me one, which'll make up for my ten or so. Pulled up and spotted the other two standing near the docks, Nathan was bragging about something or another, I wasn't paying him to much mind. Aaron showed up right on time, talked for a bit, then told us to join him on the dock. When we get out there he tells us to stare into the water, more specifically at the moon's reflection. After assuring us he wasn't on drugs I went along with it, and that's when shit got freaky. the longer I stared, the harder it was to break away, I felt a kind of nervousness, like when you know you shouldn't be doin' somethin', and for a second I swore I saw something flit across the water, couldn't tell what though. I heard some noises to the right of me but I couldn't stop staring at the reflection of the moon, which was slowly getting darker, and redder. After a few more seconds I could finally look up, and we were there. It looked like some sort of dead version of the lake; all the trees were burned and destroyed, the ground was ash, the water was some sort of inky black sludge. It was... a little disconcerting. The big guy, Bryce picked up Aaron and started yelling, demanding to know what the hell happened; maybe he's smarter than I thought. Eventually Aaron managed to calm him down. He said he'd found this place five years ago and had been using it ever since, some sort of alternate universe or something. He said we had to see the school, so we loaded up in my car*** and headed out. Still didn't see anything on the way over; no people, birds, living plants, anything to indicate life. all the buildings we passed looked worn and destroyed to some degree or another. eventually we reached the school, Aaron mentioned that there weren't any locks in this world or something as we passed through the open gate. The school appeared almost opposite it had been this morning, dark walls with some sorta liquid (edit: mystery blood that comes from nowhere, according to Aaron apparently) and destroyed, well everything. We headed up to the principals office, and inside was a huge, sealed coffin. Aaron explained how he thought that this is what happened to people if they didn't look into the lake or teleport or whatever. He said that this world was how he got to be who he was; how he earned the grades, got the ladies, all that. I glanced through the office while he was talking and found some letters from the principal to his brother, something about his wife leaving him and how drinking makes the nightmares stop, useful information. Aaron said there was one other thing he had to show us, so we headed out. While we were walking to the car, I pulled Aaron aside and questioned him a bit, this shadow time, or dark hour, or whatever he calls it, sounds like a strong temptation, and I'm not so sure he used it for just studying. I couldn't get anything out of him, so we drove out to Junez mall. The place looked normal, well, normal for this twisted place. Aaron just told us to wait. We sat around with our thumbs in our asses for a minute before it happened. The mall starting stretching and elongating, growing freakishly tall, all sorta wierd images and shapes started forming in the sides of the building, including a huge clock. Aaron said it was called the Tower of Thanatoes. Huh, real comforting name. He explained, in so many words, that he wanted to explore the place. Bryce seemed up to the idea, while the less crazy people voted no. We spent a bit of time chinning about the world, grilling Aaron a bit, before we decided to get outta this creepy world. The trip back was uneventful, I kept my eye out for any more Chicago overcoats, but didn't spot any, nor anything else. Made it back to the lake, Aaron explained you leave the same way you show up, albeit a little quicker. We "got" back, I wanted to get back home fast, but the big guy asked for a ride, and I know I wouldn't wanna get stuck walkin' home after somethin' like that, so I gave him a lift, headed home, and spent a good five hours starin' at the ceiling, jumpin' at every sound.
... interesting night.
* postin' the school layout, (not sure why I still do this...)
Was assigned to a Doctor Whyte. Haven't heard much about him really; a psych teacher, not so bad s'long as you don't dick around. Seemed true once I actually got to the class, he's a nice enough person I suppose.**
Saw Aaron at lunch today, he's assigned to the Foreign exchange teacher. Well, sucks to be him. I went of to grab some lunch, came back and found him talking to a couple of... characters. First up's that football player Bryce. Not much to say really, big, imposing, and not much for words I assume. The other one's a bit more of an issue. Nathan Frost, A local who thinks he's top shit, apparently quite friendly with the ladies. Usually people like him get a pretty big ego, but I wasn't going to judge quite so quickly. Well, I wasn't, till he proved his dickishness full fold. Apparently Aaron's friends with both these guys (Nobodies perfect I suppose). He started talking about how we all have the same class, and how he want's us all to hang out at Lake Avalon or something. Yea, tough break Aaron, but I don't think that I'm gonna buddy up with a low brow and a narcissist.
Had Mr. Whyte for my last class. He droned on and on for a bit then actually asked a question I knew, not cause I was payin' attention though. "What's the greek names for love and death?" Eros and Thanatoes. Pop used to quiz me all the time when we were watching a place, and I remembered when he asked me that. Eh, whatever, he didn't call me anyway so it doesn't matter.
Well, driving up to Lake Avalon. I really don't know why; I'm tired, there's school tomorrow, and I'm wasting gas, but whatever, Aaron'll owe me one, which'll make up for my ten or so. Pulled up and spotted the other two standing near the docks, Nathan was bragging about something or another, I wasn't paying him to much mind. Aaron showed up right on time, talked for a bit, then told us to join him on the dock. When we get out there he tells us to stare into the water, more specifically at the moon's reflection. After assuring us he wasn't on drugs I went along with it, and that's when shit got freaky. the longer I stared, the harder it was to break away, I felt a kind of nervousness, like when you know you shouldn't be doin' somethin', and for a second I swore I saw something flit across the water, couldn't tell what though. I heard some noises to the right of me but I couldn't stop staring at the reflection of the moon, which was slowly getting darker, and redder. After a few more seconds I could finally look up, and we were there. It looked like some sort of dead version of the lake; all the trees were burned and destroyed, the ground was ash, the water was some sort of inky black sludge. It was... a little disconcerting. The big guy, Bryce picked up Aaron and started yelling, demanding to know what the hell happened; maybe he's smarter than I thought. Eventually Aaron managed to calm him down. He said he'd found this place five years ago and had been using it ever since, some sort of alternate universe or something. He said we had to see the school, so we loaded up in my car*** and headed out. Still didn't see anything on the way over; no people, birds, living plants, anything to indicate life. all the buildings we passed looked worn and destroyed to some degree or another. eventually we reached the school, Aaron mentioned that there weren't any locks in this world or something as we passed through the open gate. The school appeared almost opposite it had been this morning, dark walls with some sorta liquid (edit: mystery blood that comes from nowhere, according to Aaron apparently) and destroyed, well everything. We headed up to the principals office, and inside was a huge, sealed coffin. Aaron explained how he thought that this is what happened to people if they didn't look into the lake or teleport or whatever. He said that this world was how he got to be who he was; how he earned the grades, got the ladies, all that. I glanced through the office while he was talking and found some letters from the principal to his brother, something about his wife leaving him and how drinking makes the nightmares stop, useful information. Aaron said there was one other thing he had to show us, so we headed out. While we were walking to the car, I pulled Aaron aside and questioned him a bit, this shadow time, or dark hour, or whatever he calls it, sounds like a strong temptation, and I'm not so sure he used it for just studying. I couldn't get anything out of him, so we drove out to Junez mall. The place looked normal, well, normal for this twisted place. Aaron just told us to wait. We sat around with our thumbs in our asses for a minute before it happened. The mall starting stretching and elongating, growing freakishly tall, all sorta wierd images and shapes started forming in the sides of the building, including a huge clock. Aaron said it was called the Tower of Thanatoes. Huh, real comforting name. He explained, in so many words, that he wanted to explore the place. Bryce seemed up to the idea, while the less crazy people voted no. We spent a bit of time chinning about the world, grilling Aaron a bit, before we decided to get outta this creepy world. The trip back was uneventful, I kept my eye out for any more Chicago overcoats, but didn't spot any, nor anything else. Made it back to the lake, Aaron explained you leave the same way you show up, albeit a little quicker. We "got" back, I wanted to get back home fast, but the big guy asked for a ride, and I know I wouldn't wanna get stuck walkin' home after somethin' like that, so I gave him a lift, headed home, and spent a good five hours starin' at the ceiling, jumpin' at every sound.
... interesting night.
* postin' the school layout, (not sure why I still do this...)
Polished white stone, Two storey’s tall, five sections.
West wing = English, creative arts.
2nd floor= library, all of it.
North wing= science and math wing (chemistry, geography, geology etc.)
East wing = Gymnasium, one storey, well cared for, wooden folding bleachers. Track and field center. Weight room.
North of Gym = cafeteria on first floor, theater on second.
(Building is vaguely a square, with a courtyard in center.)
** Note: the teach seems a bit OCD, make sure that whatever ya turn in is neat, or he might go crazy or some shit.
*** Note: the car was in the same shape it was when I drove it up, why didn't it change like everything else?
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