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WHO: Amita Haham & NPC!Destiny Haham.
WHEN: September 29, 2018, evening.
WHERE: Her home in St. John's.
SUMMARY: Halloween reminiscing.
WARNINGS: Infidelity.

( Sometimes she wondered if anyone of her generation - anyone old enough to remember that night, or old enough to remember Alice March - really enjoyed Halloween. )

WHO: Eva Marple and Alice March
WHEN: October 31, 1997. Recess.
WHERE: Timberline Academy
SUMMARY: Two young friends share a rebellious moment.
WARNINGS: Irresponsible use of fire.

( ''Show me another one.'' )

WHO: Hugh Christian & NPC!Isaac Blumenkrantz (with appearances by NPC! Mrs. Halliday.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 5, around 11am.
WHERE: Isaac Blumenkrantz's Bellevue Office.
SUMMARY: Hugh stops by Isaac's office with the intention of giving him some life updates and he ends up making some decisions.
WARNINGS: Poor family relationships, unhealthy self-talk, and mild emotional manipulation. Use of present tense.

( Over the years, he's been trained to expect very little from these sorts of announcements. )

WHO: Gus Arquette (brief blurbs from Michelle, Sam, and npc!daughter Andrea)
WHEN: Through the years
WHERE: Various places, mostly bars
SUMMARY: A look back at a slow descent into addiction, then the battle to overcome it. (And I totally meant to post it Friday so it'd count for the challenge. Whoops.)
WARNINGS: Drinking, alcoholism, addiction. I mean, this is literally chronicling Gus' descent into alcoholism, so massive gigantic content warning for that.

( But I need to stop. I need to be here for my wife and our daughters. )

WHO: Elijah Griggs.
WHEN: August 27th.
WHERE: His home.
SUMMARY: It's a non-traditional narrative. Elijah is currently filling out the paperwork to legally change his name, but he's having trouble finishing it.
WARNINGS: N/A

( Cut for size! )

WHO: Megan Marple
WHEN: August 29, late
WHERE: Her apartment
SUMMARY: Megan continues to struggle with the desire to leave vs the practicality of staying. Also has a prologue for the challenge.
WARNINGS: idk probably none?

( It's a nice thought, at least. )

WHO: Nat Rogers, June Rogers, NPC grumpy old lady
WHEN: Wednesday, August 29, around noon
WHERE: Wolfe Investigations, outside the Benbow Inn
SUMMARY: Nat finds a photo at work, which leads her on a lunchtime stroll, which leads her to A Clew
WARNINGS: Glib and blatant BSing

( That room was locked up *tight*. )

WHO: Gregory Marple
WHEN: 8/27
WHERE: The Marple House
SUMMARY: Gregory finds a thing
WARNINGS: It's something he shouldn't have.

( Beneath that was a small decoration that Eva must have made. )

WHO: Joy Llewellyn and Arthur Llewellyn (NPC)
WHEN: August 10, morning
WHERE: Their home in Cedarwood
SUMMARY: What to do when your former son-in-law is on the news and your grandson is staying in the spare room
WARNINGS: Joy busts out her teacher voice

( Eli was asleep in the spare room, and Joy was cooking. )

WHO: Sam Arquette
WHEN: Friday, August 24.
WHERE: Her residence in Preston.
SUMMARY: After deciding to do some volunteering at the Fire Dept. Sam's uncovered something… interesting.
WARNINGS: Nope.

( It was definitely a child's voice, old enough to speak clearly, but young enough to still have a child's tone and lilt. )

WHO Blaze Wolfe & May Ryan
WHEN August 14th, after this
WHERE The woods.
SUMMARY Blaze and May indulge in some mild speculation while they look for Ty.
WARNINGS None.

( Read more... )

WHO: Gus Arquette
WHEN: Monday, August 20; early afternoon
WHERE: Fall City Daily office
SUMMARY: Gus receives a… unique advice-seeking letter.
WARNINGS: idk if there's any?

( But his gut told him it was about the murder investigation. )

WHO: Nate Griggs, to Wynnie Llewellyn
WHEN: Written July 17; arrived with her mail on August 13
WHERE: Written in Nate's house; arrived with Wynnie's mail at her house
SUMMARY: Wynnie said he could have one letter. So this is his letter to her. No return address, but it was sent in a thick, padded envelope through the Fall City post office.
WARNINGS: Read all the other stuff that happened with Nate last week first (this, this, this, and this).

( If you have this, though, it's because my past has finally caught up with me. )

WHO: Nate Griggs; plus NPC ADA Samantha Campbell and NPC Lieutenant Benjamin Dover
WHEN: August 10, 2018; afternoon
WHERE: Seattle PD, interrogation room
SUMMARY: Nate Griggs, serial killer, makes a deal: a full confession to all his past crimes, in exchange for his family being left out of everything.
WARNINGS: Read everything else first (this, this, and this). Also, multiple mentions of murder. Mentions of capital punishment.

( He would rather die than drag them down with him. )

WHO: Nate Griggs and a teenage runaway boy
WHEN: April 27, 1991; early evening
WHERE: Bellevue, Washington
SUMMARY: A serial killer's very first murder.
WARNINGS: Implied murder.

( Someone who wouldn't be missed. )

WHO: Nate Griggs and a homeless woman
WHEN: Monday August 6, around lunchtime
WHERE: Fall City to Seattle and back
SUMMARY: Surprise, motherf**ker. Nate Griggs, serial killer, goes into Seattle to release some stress (by finding someone to kill).
WARNINGS: Implied murder.

( He pointed the truck in the direction of Seattle. )

WHO: Indiana & Dory Wolfe.
WHEN: About a year ago.
WHERE: Wolfe farm.
SUMMARY: Are pod people a thing we should worry about? Who the hell is Lucas? AKA Holly has fun writing NPC's.
WARNINGS: None.

( How do you know if you’re a pod person? )

WHO: Michelle Blanchard
WHEN: Monday, July 30th
WHERE: Blanchard Drug
SUMMARY: Michelle finds privacy to deal with the emotions arisen by the police officers' visit.
WARNINGS: Sadness? None really.

( Her fingers flew over the screen, as she scanned the thumbnails, until she found what she was looking for. )

WHO: Val & Leo Montagna
WHEN: Monday July 30, late afternoon
WHERE: Their house
SUMMARY: Leo drew a picture of their house and family for his dad. Which is totally 100% true-to-life.
WARNINGS: Your ovaries might explode. You have been warned. Also, I may or may not have been inspired by my own five-year-old running up to me with a picture he drew. >>

( Look at this picture I drawed! )

WHO: Amita Haham &   REDACTED  
WHEN: May 27th, 12:12am or thereabouts.
WHERE: Road outside Fall City
SUMMARY: Amita almost gets run over by a stolen (?) red bug.
WARNINGS: Bad life choices, cursing people, and drunk driving.

( She'd even managed to not do anything particularly rash or stupid. )