2013-02-18, 10:30 PM
Deciding to simply hide it out, the six townspeople take a nap.
Hours later, they awake to find the old man gone again. Dinner is served, and a faint smell of almonds is in the air. The other five continue talking: why did Tom disappear again, and where?
Come bedtime, the old man still hasn't shown up. The five townies go to bed.
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"Come to Middle. You'll have a gas."
The last words to ever come out of a broadcast in Middle were ones inviting people to it, but nothing is left in the town. A few reporters from Somewhere visited the town following the gassing of the five townspeople in their own town hall, evidently by the old man who also killed himself in the process. No one knew where he got the hydrogen cyanide he used, or how he was even able to kill the townies who stayed in their town hall. The other recorded deaths in the days before showed no immediate evidence against anyone, but after studying the old man's reported mannerisms it was clear that he had been the murderer of the quiet little town.
Why? Nobody knows.
The town has lost.
Hours later, they awake to find the old man gone again. Dinner is served, and a faint smell of almonds is in the air. The other five continue talking: why did Tom disappear again, and where?
Come bedtime, the old man still hasn't shown up. The five townies go to bed.
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"Come to Middle. You'll have a gas."
The last words to ever come out of a broadcast in Middle were ones inviting people to it, but nothing is left in the town. A few reporters from Somewhere visited the town following the gassing of the five townspeople in their own town hall, evidently by the old man who also killed himself in the process. No one knew where he got the hydrogen cyanide he used, or how he was even able to kill the townies who stayed in their town hall. The other recorded deaths in the days before showed no immediate evidence against anyone, but after studying the old man's reported mannerisms it was clear that he had been the murderer of the quiet little town.
Why? Nobody knows.
The town has lost.