Halloween I.F – “Final Call” – Day 25
[Please read the Instructions before jumping in] Lucien can’t quite keep himself from giving Katarin an incredulous look. It’s not that the idea bothers him—Revelle is a fascinating character and he always wants to try the parts in a show he didn’t get—but it doesn’t make sense. “Wait, you want me to… pretend to be you pretending […]
Halloween I.F – “Final Call” – Day 24
[Please read the Instructions before jumping in] Lucien considers, trying to imagine where in the theatre someone could hide a still-beating human heart. “I’ll check the box seats,” he says finally. “I was up in one just earlier so I might as well be the one to go back there. There’s a number of places someone might […]
Halloween I.F – “Final Call” – Day 23
[Please read the Instructions before jumping in] “If Shuni were home, he’d let me in,” Lucien says. Even as he says it, despite Katarin’s dubious look, he feels utter confidence. “So he’s not home right now, or is too deeply asleep to hear me.” After all, Shuni had been concerned for him when he got back from […]
Halloween I.F – “Final Call” – Day 22
[Please read the Instructions before jumping in] Lucien suspects at once that Katarin has picked up on his deliberate avoidance of what had been stolen from Shuni, but that’s also, essentially, none of her business. Still, he hesitates. Telling her that would be giving away information if it isn’t what she’d meant. “W-what are you asking, Katarin?” […]
Halloween I.F – “Final Call” – Day 21
[Please read the Instructions before jumping in] Shuni not answering the door isn’t necessarily cause for concern, Lucien reminds himself. It’s far enough past dawn that Shuni might well be in bed by now, asleep or otherwise just ignoring visitors. Or perhaps he’s even still at the theatre, and Lucien simply missed him on the way out. […]