Repose

[It's in the town paper come morning. Later that evening, the cops at the Cat talk about it, but it's those who listen in on band radios who are informed first in a series of codes that are called in. 10-54. 10-20? Quiet Home.—There's a little more detail in the (brief) summary in the paper: two security guards were found dead on the Quiet Home grounds, late the night prior. Whether their deaths are suspicious or if there's a suspect on the loose, those details are not provided, the police station citing an ongoing, active investigation.]

[Late. After this.]

[FLEET: Misha B]
Habibi

[Posted anon. Though, curiously, if locked to, the name reverts to 'Sue.' In quotes. After this.]

It's a small town, they said. It's boring as shit, they said.

[As it tends to do, local gossip has long since moved on to the next exciting thing, and the 'dog' attack a while back is all but forgotten. After all the chaos and a ton of false sightings, the animal is presumed dead or gone or, more implicitly, now some other town's problem.

The full moon comes and goes.

Meanwhile, the gym on the outskirts of town shutters. Maybe temporarily. Its schedule has been certainly sporadic ever since it opened, after all. So maybe it's a small miracle the place even kept its lights on as long as it did, especially with the owner completely MIA last month. But luck runs out eventually—school is back in session, and the pair of college kids on summer break that held down the front desk are gone. (Rumor has it they have yet to see a whole month's pay, too.) Now, the lights stay off, even upstairs, and the mail piles up at the door, most threateningly thick and stamped with angry red ink.

The trailer behind the gym is gone, leaving behind nothing more than a patch of dead grass, and later shows up in the commune camped out in the woods.]

[Newt P]
look i know you never wanna hear from me again but [...] thanks. for yr help. and puttin up with me

[Cisco D]
yall got rv hookups out here somewhere

[Public]
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[Mental ping: Nilus]
[During this, and he ain't got time for typing. He don't even realize he's talking at Nilus' head, not 'til it's done.]

You therebouts, Nilus?

[A press release is issued midday Friday by the police station. A spokesperson expresses that early reports indicate no third party presence whatsoever in the commission of the prior night's crime at the Quiet Home. They do confirm a patient from the Quiet Home is missing, but that, as of this release, they do not believe her to be suspect in the crime, but rather an opportunist. As she was likely the last to see the two men alive, they would like to speak with her however, and anyone with information as to her whereabouts is urged to contact the station.


Still, the patients of the Quiet Home offer a slightly different story, if asked. Given the Quiet Home's questionable past, it's not too hard to believe either. One or two patients claim to have seen a black demon on the grounds just prior to the attack. One mentions the demon's red eyes, his quick hands. Others say it was definitely a local ghost known for its ill-temper. If that's what really happened, the police aren't confirming that. The more paranoid would note that the cops aren't denying it either.

UPDATE: The police release the identity of the escaped patient, Alyssa Vaughn. They don't give details as to the reason(s) she was at the Quiet Home, but, after releasing her intake photo, they reiterate that if she's seen, that she's not to be approached and that the police ought be called.]