revivalproject | [Posted Anonymously] sorry, boys be boys

[The footage is grainy, purposely put through a filter to (badly) mimic the quality of a VHS playback. There's random snippets. B-footage if you will, featuring Stu and Billy just going about random places, pieced together as bad cuts.

"People would kill to have access to some actual entertainment," Billy's voice plays over the visuals, Stu's giggles layered in the background.

"Yeah, that's why I'd do it -- Quick, get a knife!" comes Stu's eager exclamation.

There's a canned scream as the footage flickers out from an unnecessary zoom-in of Stu's face and goes to an abrupt black screen.

"Careful --you might get hurt in here," Billy's voice echoes warningly.

There's a shot of the smoldering remains of the building in the Green quadrant. For added insult it is inexplicably filmed narrow with two black bars framing the space that isn't a playback.

"Do you like -- Stupid -- movies?"

Stu's words round things off, a very obvious cut and paste edit job on the dialogue for how different 'stupid' sounds from the rest.

The video ends with a staticky screen.]

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How long ago did it happen? Based off of how your scar looks, I'd say at least a month.

Way longer than that. It happened the day I got here, and that was, like, summertime. It's getting hotter again already.

There's been someone going around attacking people that long and no one has figured it out yet?

[ Well, now he's just disappointed in everyone here. ]

I was told there were three murder attempts. Do you know anything about the others?

Edited 2025-03-24 04:33 (UTC)

Only what Donnie's been telling people. Billy helped a chick that got her ass kicked, he would know more, if you can find him. That's probably why they took him.

Only what Donnie's been telling people? There's no one else that has the information?

It is interesting though, that Billy-san is a common denominator.

Edited 2025-03-24 04:43 (UTC)

It's just Billy. Sometimes his dad'll call him Bill.

I dunno, man, there isn't, like, police that I can ask for help. Just this psycho making up stories. It's kind of his thing. He makes movies, is kind of obsessed with them.

You're not familiar with Japanese culture are you?

[ Never mind that though. ]

Do you know where I could find this Donnie? And I wouldn't worry, there's only one truth and it always has a way of coming to light.

Are you familiar with American culture?

The last time I saw him, he was trying to kill some of the alien dudes because they wanted to walk around their ship. They've probably got a throne for him over there by now.

Yes.

Which ship? What happened when he tried to kill you? I need as much detail as possible.

The big alien ship, man, with the aliens on it, you can't miss it. He just showed up and was all "You guys aren't allowed to be here because I said so," then busted out this alien magic shit--VRRRM, PSSSSHT--and suddenly there are these huge things blasting us down the hall. We bolted after that, I don't have alien magic, I'm just--I don't even do that good in math class, man.

I'm not surprised.

I haven't been here that long, you'll have to be more detailed.

You don't have to be an asshole, man. I'm answering all of your questions. I don't even know you.

And your answers are lacking any details. You're answering trying to influence my attention in one direction and on one person. You're not willing to give me any other important details. I don't appreciate anyone trying to manipulate my thoughts.

You're the one asking me! I'm just standing here. I've told you everything, dude, I showed you my shit, I don't know what kind of details you want. I don't know how the alien magic works! Go think somewhere else, then. Damn.

Unfortunately for both of us, you're the victim here, that is, of course, assuming you didn't just stab yourself to avoid suspicion.

Suspicion of what? I just got here. I told you, it happened that day. And I was definitely dying, dude. So, what, I got here, looked around at all of the falling down shit, and thought the medical school here must be dope? Some detective.

I didn't say that is what you did. I said assuming that wasn't what happened. But you sure did get awfully defensive.

Yeah, because that's the same shit Donnie pulled with me, almost word for word. You're all fucking crazy. I hope you liked his little movie. Go suck him off some more.

[ Well that was.. crude. ]

Don't you think it's strange that my line of thinking and this Donnie person's are so close? If I were you, I'd worry that maybe I said something suspicious. After all, I'm in grade school so if it really was that you stabbed yourself, it's pretty sad a kid could figure it out.

Actually, yeah, I think it's really strange and sick that anyone would even think of that. What's so suspicious about me getting stabbed? What part of someone stabbing me, no one caring for a year, and this other asshole harassing me this whole time makes me the sicko? Yeah, actually, it really fucking sucks that this other chick got beat up, but no one's calling her a liar. And now my best friend, the only one that cared about me, is gone, and you show up just to call me a liar again.

You still think I'm defensive for no fucking reason, you little freak?

I haven't talked to her yet, only to you. I've seen cases where the murderer stabbed themselves to avoid being on the suspect list and even a case where someone decapitated themselves so that someone else could take revenge on their victims. As a detective, I have to consider all angles.

Edited 2025-03-24 05:54 (UTC)

Okay, well, the angle you're considering, telling me to fuck myself and about decapitation, is really messed up, man. I don't wanna hear that. The worst thing that happened in my grade school is a kid showing up with chickenpox, and then we all had it, and nobody lost any parts about it. Is this because of Billy's arm? Are you trying to make some sick joke about him, too?

That is not at all what I said. I only meant that being stabbed doesn’t remove you from the list of suspects.

Not that you deserve it, but I'll help you out a little bit. When someone calls you an asshole, it's because of the stuff you said, not because they didn't hear you the first time.

[ He sucks in a breath. Kami, grant him patience. ]

Ne, Where are you now?

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