What are these sounds I hear outside today? Sounds like... music playing. I can see that it's a carnival. Lights. Colors. Smiles. Something unexpected in this town. Maybe I should go check it out later. I need to send Edna Nox around though to check for leaks (and any good news) in the apartments though. I also need to go by Altan's apartment to make sure he knows that he owes rent. Poor man. I know he is trying his hardest to make it through, but I can't just let people go around not paying rent; that would make me look bad.
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Since it wasn't raining out I decided to take a walk. I needed to get out of that building, I was getting claustrophobic. I walked around back and noticed a box of creamer on the ground. I looked up to try to find out where it came from, but all the windows on this side of the building were closed now. I kicked it once and kept walking, passing by a homeless man looking vainly at himself in a puddle from the previous day's rain (that was weird...) while his dog rested contentedly on a broken down cardboard box.
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I took a stop in at Jorri Rae's to grab a bite to eat before heading to the carnival. Not too crowded this afternoon, but the service was still somehow a bit slow.
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Crossed the street and went past the library to get to the back parking-lot where the carnival was. As I wandered around between the booths and rides I couldn't help but notice how happy some of the people were. Apparently you can buy happiness. As well as the chance to laugh at the "freaks" in the little trailers parked here. I saw a guy walking by with an animal mask on. Must have left the "freak show" to take a break and grab some of the rotten carnival food. Weird thing was, it looked like he was carrying a bat. Maybe it's just an extra arm they glued on him to bring in the cash. I thought I saw a handful of tenants (the new girl, Alex - and I think she was hanging out with Ethan's new roommate, that macaroni guy, whatever his name is; if she was, that kind of ruins my gay theory a little) tonight, enjoying themselves on the rides. Maybe I'll try one of them out.
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I tried out the Ferris wheel - it seemed the most tame of the rides. I stopped by the fortune teller on the way out, but she just shook her head at me, and lit a new cigarette, so I headed home, having had enough of the carnival for the evening.
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The door to the roof was thrown open and a man stood silhouetted in the frame by the hallway light. A girl leaned on the wall behind him, chewing gum and twirling a set of keys on her finger. The man's mouth opened in a triumphant "aha!" and then snapped shut as he was greeted by darkness and the oily glow from the carnival lights down below.
ReplyDelete"I thought you said he was up here."
Edna shrugged. "He was."
"What the hell was he doing this time?"
She shrugged again. "Couldn't tell."
Day groaned in frustration. "Next time you catch him up here, call me, don't leave to get me. Just wait up here and watch, make sure that little shit doesn't move... Got it?"
The girl nodded and popped her gum. Day slammed the door shut. Ethan could hear his heavy feet as he descended the steps, but Edna remained standing just behind the door. Waiting. Ethan could hear her breathing.