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[Sorry to make a new post so soon. . . ]

( Holland's Dream. )

[A few days later]

[A] - all over town

[It's only a day or so later that he'd desperately looking for Hilda and Canada. Holland will be riding his bike as fast as he can around the town looking for them. By now, he's sure he doesn't believe Mayfield, and even if they weren't real, he misses them and wants them back.

Eventually he brakes slowly, to a stop. Maybe he was just tired but--

No. No, he can't quite remember who it was he was looking for. He'll remember, briefly, a conversation he had with the little girl, Yamame, then swallow and ride slowly back to the house.
Something was wrong. Something was missing and something was wrong, and he just couldn't remember.]

[B] - The Park

[Holland is sitting in front of the Christmas tree in the park. He looks relaxed, almost casual. It might almost be hard to see the axe that he's holding in his lap. He hasn't been able to figure out why he's so upset at the moment, but what matters is he's very upset.]

A - Mitchell Rd.

[When Holland wakes up that morning, he gives Canada a little bit of an extra hug, surprised she's not already awake and cooking breakfast like she usually did. Then again, they hadn't had power in a few days and it was better to stay warm, stay together. That's why they'd been sleeping in the kitchen together, with all the blankets and pillows they could find, and a fire going in the oven.
The broadcast is what wakes him up. Not to mention the surprise of having power, of not being freezing cold . . . he's worried. When Canada gets up, he'll simply look at her warily.

Eventually, the worry gets the best of him and he takes his rabbit to his room, locking the door to be by himself for awhile. The idea of the drons of Canada and Hilda were too much for him.

The drones were still creepy, no doubt.]

B - Still in the house

[A little later, once Canada and Hilda were outside, Holland will sit down and start writing down the names of those who the broadcast mentions. When he comes to certain ones - Lucas, The Captain, Romana, Germany, Australia. . . and of course Canada and Hilda. It's hard to know if this is something the down is doing or if it's permanent.
Maybe it's not even real. He'll unlock the front door. Feel free to visit.]</small>

C- Phone call

I don't believe Mayfield. I don't think anybody should.

[It's just too painful to think of Canada, Hilda, Lucas and everybody gone.]

[It's just another day. Another day since nuclear annihilation and being shot by cannibals.

Holland checks the mail on his way out. He hadn't gotten anything yet, but since Canada got the moose, he was sure he had something coming.

But it's not until he gets to work that he opens it. Big mistake.]

A - [The Pharmacy]

[It's slow at the pharmacy today. Holland is stocking a shelf near the customer window when he checks his pocket for cigarettes, touching the letter he'd tugged out of the mailbox this morning. And then he opens it.

Inside is a single photograph.

Really, he's dressed head to toe. Netherlands reaches up to tug the ears off, at least--

And they don't come off. They won't be coming off until midnight. Thanks Mayfield.]

B – [Streets of Mayfield]

[What a perfect day to have ridden his bike to work. It wasn't as if there were many days when he didn't, but still.

Yeah, he's still dressed like that.]

C – [1447 Mitchell Rd.]

[Hello notfamily. Notdad is going to be hurrying as fast as he can to the upstairs bedroom. No, he won't be coming out, not even to pet his bunny.]

A - [1447 Mitchell Rd.] - for housemates

[Once home from work, Holland is going to spend a good deal of time listening to the phone lines. If he understood right, somehow, somewhere, his actual notwife is stuck in a plant of some kind. And this one at home? She's fake. No wonder the pancakes tasted off this morning. There was that whole insulting him thing too, he suddenly recalled.

There's no helping it; he's got to look for her.]

B - [The streets]

[Armed with a hammer, a gardening trowel, and one of his handguns, he'll be looking for pods.

ooc: If you'd like to be rescued by Holland, feel free! Just comment with the location of your character's pod and he'll get them out.]

C - [Pod]

[. . . not as expected. Somewhere between the unplanned bout of unconsciousness and waking up in a slimy, dark, horrible space, Netherlands was caught and put into a pod himself. He'll immediately discovers that calling for help was a bad idea, getting a mouthful of ooze and finding it hard to breathe or even move in the cramped space. After struggling as much as he can, he eventually falls back unconscious. Too bad; he'd always liked plants, too.]</small>

D - [Podland]

[Podland, as he will be named from here on out, seems to be enjoying Holland's life in Mayfield. He goes to the house on 1447 MItchell just in time to watch Canada and podwife Canada duke it out on the lawn for a bit, straightening a few broken flowers and giving some friendly advice, but whether it's to the podwife or the notwife it's impossible to tell.]</small>

Nou ja. . .

It's good to see you enjoying yourself, but you really shouldn't damage the yard!

[And then he'll smile, though it's just a bit sneaky. Yes, Podland is definitely enjoying this.]

E - [Later]

[Feel free to bump into Podland; he's probably visiting some of Holland's good friends and neighbors with armfuls of tulips to offer. The yard on Mitchell Rd. is practically barren of the flowers. ]

[After midnight - for Canada]

[Eventually, once he realizes the pods have vanished, he'll head home. He spent all the rest of the night looking for Canada, and now he's just exhausted. There's still dried slime everywhere and he just wants rest.

He walks in the door, dropping his hammer in the entry-way and slowly heading up the stairs.]

[A] - (The streets of Mayfield)

[It's a ridiculous sight, really. Not as if Holland would care how he appears to anybody but himself but he's--

He's walking his bunny.

The small animal has a bright orange harness on, there is a leash attached, and he's slowly walking down the sidewalk as Poffertje investigates various plants, cracks in the sidewalk, and bushes.

Netherlands himself looks very subdued, maybe even more so than usual; he looks downright depressed.]

[B] - (1245 Williams Rd - Taiwan's house)

[It was pretty decent of a person, Holland supposed, so check on somebody after you ended up shooting them. Even if they had been a zombie at the time.

He'd killed Japan. It wasn't fair that he'd had to kill Japan, and Taiwan's phone call had him very worried. All he could think of was the way that Hilbert had never come back after he'd been killed; even though he'd died himself and had come back, and so had Canada and Hilda. . . the way Taiwan spoke just left him unsettled. Holland could never be alright with the way people died here; there was just too much uncertainty.

He'll be knocking on the door now.]

[C] - (1447 Mitchell Rd)

[Residents will find notdad lying on his back in the tulips in the front yard, staring morosely at the blue sky, watching the clouds. The bunny leash is held loosely in his hand, and Poffertje seems content in the plants, nibbling. In his other hand is a cigarette.

There's no sign whatsoever of movement.]

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