Sam picked me up around two. He was running late trying to get things done for a client and wasn't able to pick me up. Which gave me the chance to watch some news with Dad while I waited. There was something on about the incident at DIA and everything surrounding that. They covered resultant delays and reconstruction efforts. There was an interview with Arlene Dryver, and attempted interviews with paramedics and other rescue workers. Everyone seems to just be moving on, which is all fine and good, but I find it suspicious that the cause isn't being further investigated. Planes just don't move on their own, how is this being forgotten? Maybe I missed something before I joined Dad.
Anyway, while the program was about DIA, there were teasers for other news items that'll be shown later. A young woman who had gone missing years ago suddenly turned up knocking on the door of the house she had been living in when she'd gone missing. I wanted to hear more about that so I'd made a mental note to turn the TV on at Candace's. But there was also mention of the tree in LODO and the protests to cutting it down, which also caught my attention.
So when Sam picked me up, I wasn't able to finish the DIA story. He was in a bit of a rush, understandably, and apologized for being late. He did make sure to thank me for getting Candace and him out on Halloween. Candace doesn't get out much and he did enjoy himself. It was nice to hear, especially after his objections, and I hope he's more accepting in the future. Since he was in a hurry though, he dropped me off in front of Candace's house and was already driving away before I'd made the door.
I helped Candace clean up. After everything we'd done at her place getting our costumes together, the place was a bit of a mess. Which was fine, I was able to turn the news on while we worked and we were able to talk. Candace had a lot of fun at the Halloween party, and even had a couple of guys ask for her number. I had to laugh when she admitted she wasn't sure what they meant, which is probably just as well. She did apologize for her reaction at the first haunted house we'd visited, saying she wasn't sure what had come over her. She said it was like an instinct, she didn't even realize what she'd done until we had stepped in. It kinda scared her, which was good to hear 'cause it had scared us as well.
When the story came on the news about the tree, we sat down and watched it. It made for a nice lead into what I had to tell her about what I had seen yesterday. I told her about Max and I going down there, and all the people around. Candace admitted that she would like to also see the tree, so I offered to talk to Max. Knowing Max wants to go back, maybe she can bring Candace and I.
Candace must have noticed my concern though 'cause she asked what was wrong. So I told her about seeing Hal there. Having met him at the party she now knew who I was talking about. So I reminded her that he was who I had been talking conspiracies with. And then I explained that I'm pretty sure I saw him standing there with his new mentor, Tim. We discussed how this made everything Hal and I had talked about real, but in the end Candace brought up a very important point.
We don't know what form my hallucinations will take. So what if I hallucinated seeing either or both of them?
I should have asked Max if she'd seen them. I need to talk to her about this, just as I have Candace, and I need to be able to ask her about what I'm seeing. I'll see her on Saturday, which is when I'll be talking to her about bringing Candace to see the tree. Whenever it happens, we need to have a sit down.
But the other thing is that I'll be having diner with Hal Saturday evening. So I need to come up with a list of questions that I can ask him about being there that won't give away that I'd seen him. I think just asking him about the tree would be a good way to start and hopefully it leads into an explanation on his behalf of being there. Or not, as the case may be. But I should be prepared.
Which is what I need to work out. How to approach this and what to ask. He's been open with me about what's happening with this society of his, but that doesn't mean he's telling me everything. So if he doesn't want to talk to me about the tree, for whatever reason, he might avoid telling me he was there and I won't be able to confirm what I'd seen. Hallucination or not. Unfortunately, because I'd reacted by hiding, I didn't get to see what they were doing to give me anything to confirm against.
Candace and I talked about it for a little while, she had a lot of really good advice. She said the easiest thing I can do is to play ignorant and ask a lot of questions. But I need to avoid pointedly following any one line of questioning, which is the difficult part. That might give up what I'm after. So lots of questions, about any number of things, and I need to be able to improvise on the spot, coming up with new questions as I go.
How did I get myself into something so clandestine?
Anyway, the story about the missing woman came on and drew our attention. I was thinking that it was odd how this story got so much attention while the other stories of people showing up out of nowhere weren't. But as I thought about it, I realized that this story is old. They had run stories about her going missing years ago when she had. So to have a follow up on her return is going to make big news. The guy that showed up out of Sand Creek Park didn't have a lead up, he wasn't ever reported missing. Or if he was, it never made the news coverage that this young lady had.
But if Hal's conspiracy is real, which I'm back to questioning though I feel very strongly that it is. If his conspiracy is real, the people showing up who had grown up on the other side of the Ohvau aren't going to have a background missing story. The people going missing won't necessarily be found. It'll be the people like this young lady who are able to return. And while Hal himself had gone missing, it was only for a few days. Not years.
The story was sadly lacking any interview with the girl herself, but the report is that she had found a community she was able to live with until she was able to get back. But there were a lot of questions surrounding that story, and the reporter seemed frustrated in not being able to answer them. They played it off being early in her return, and that hopefully they'd be able to answer the questions later. Mostly they just focused on her return.
I keep saying "the young woman." Amy Shaun had gone missing five years ago, she was eleven at the time. Thanks to the story, I am reminded that she had gone missing while visiting Dinosaur National Monument. They recovered a lot of what the family had gone through trying to find their daughter, search and rescue, all that stuff. Heartbreaking really. In the years since they had moved to Grand Junction to be closer to find her, but eventually moved back to Denver having had to move on with their lives and jobs. Yesterday, Amy shows up knocking on the door of the house she remembers living in. The family there now were good enough to take her in and they were quickly able to find Amy's family and reunite them. A representative for the family has issued statements of how happy they are to have her back and how thankful they are to everyone that had helped them in their search. They were especially thankful to the family who were now living in their old home. For the time being they'd just like to reconnect with their daughter.
So I don't have anything to connect her with Hal's conspiracy. Only that it's a possibility that fits. They might not be talking because of the stories she has to tell, or maybe they just aren't ready to talk yet and there's nothing fantastic about it. I mean, her going missing and returning five years later is pretty fantastic, but if there's nothing Ohvau about it, ya know?
All in all, I'm glad she's back, and I do hope their family the best. But with everything Hal has had to say and all the news articles I've gone through, I have to wonder.
Anyway, I'm home now. Will be going back to work tomorrow, so I need to get to sleep.
Anyway, while the program was about DIA, there were teasers for other news items that'll be shown later. A young woman who had gone missing years ago suddenly turned up knocking on the door of the house she had been living in when she'd gone missing. I wanted to hear more about that so I'd made a mental note to turn the TV on at Candace's. But there was also mention of the tree in LODO and the protests to cutting it down, which also caught my attention.
So when Sam picked me up, I wasn't able to finish the DIA story. He was in a bit of a rush, understandably, and apologized for being late. He did make sure to thank me for getting Candace and him out on Halloween. Candace doesn't get out much and he did enjoy himself. It was nice to hear, especially after his objections, and I hope he's more accepting in the future. Since he was in a hurry though, he dropped me off in front of Candace's house and was already driving away before I'd made the door.
I helped Candace clean up. After everything we'd done at her place getting our costumes together, the place was a bit of a mess. Which was fine, I was able to turn the news on while we worked and we were able to talk. Candace had a lot of fun at the Halloween party, and even had a couple of guys ask for her number. I had to laugh when she admitted she wasn't sure what they meant, which is probably just as well. She did apologize for her reaction at the first haunted house we'd visited, saying she wasn't sure what had come over her. She said it was like an instinct, she didn't even realize what she'd done until we had stepped in. It kinda scared her, which was good to hear 'cause it had scared us as well.
When the story came on the news about the tree, we sat down and watched it. It made for a nice lead into what I had to tell her about what I had seen yesterday. I told her about Max and I going down there, and all the people around. Candace admitted that she would like to also see the tree, so I offered to talk to Max. Knowing Max wants to go back, maybe she can bring Candace and I.
Candace must have noticed my concern though 'cause she asked what was wrong. So I told her about seeing Hal there. Having met him at the party she now knew who I was talking about. So I reminded her that he was who I had been talking conspiracies with. And then I explained that I'm pretty sure I saw him standing there with his new mentor, Tim. We discussed how this made everything Hal and I had talked about real, but in the end Candace brought up a very important point.
We don't know what form my hallucinations will take. So what if I hallucinated seeing either or both of them?
I should have asked Max if she'd seen them. I need to talk to her about this, just as I have Candace, and I need to be able to ask her about what I'm seeing. I'll see her on Saturday, which is when I'll be talking to her about bringing Candace to see the tree. Whenever it happens, we need to have a sit down.
But the other thing is that I'll be having diner with Hal Saturday evening. So I need to come up with a list of questions that I can ask him about being there that won't give away that I'd seen him. I think just asking him about the tree would be a good way to start and hopefully it leads into an explanation on his behalf of being there. Or not, as the case may be. But I should be prepared.
Which is what I need to work out. How to approach this and what to ask. He's been open with me about what's happening with this society of his, but that doesn't mean he's telling me everything. So if he doesn't want to talk to me about the tree, for whatever reason, he might avoid telling me he was there and I won't be able to confirm what I'd seen. Hallucination or not. Unfortunately, because I'd reacted by hiding, I didn't get to see what they were doing to give me anything to confirm against.
Candace and I talked about it for a little while, she had a lot of really good advice. She said the easiest thing I can do is to play ignorant and ask a lot of questions. But I need to avoid pointedly following any one line of questioning, which is the difficult part. That might give up what I'm after. So lots of questions, about any number of things, and I need to be able to improvise on the spot, coming up with new questions as I go.
How did I get myself into something so clandestine?
Anyway, the story about the missing woman came on and drew our attention. I was thinking that it was odd how this story got so much attention while the other stories of people showing up out of nowhere weren't. But as I thought about it, I realized that this story is old. They had run stories about her going missing years ago when she had. So to have a follow up on her return is going to make big news. The guy that showed up out of Sand Creek Park didn't have a lead up, he wasn't ever reported missing. Or if he was, it never made the news coverage that this young lady had.
But if Hal's conspiracy is real, which I'm back to questioning though I feel very strongly that it is. If his conspiracy is real, the people showing up who had grown up on the other side of the Ohvau aren't going to have a background missing story. The people going missing won't necessarily be found. It'll be the people like this young lady who are able to return. And while Hal himself had gone missing, it was only for a few days. Not years.
The story was sadly lacking any interview with the girl herself, but the report is that she had found a community she was able to live with until she was able to get back. But there were a lot of questions surrounding that story, and the reporter seemed frustrated in not being able to answer them. They played it off being early in her return, and that hopefully they'd be able to answer the questions later. Mostly they just focused on her return.
I keep saying "the young woman." Amy Shaun had gone missing five years ago, she was eleven at the time. Thanks to the story, I am reminded that she had gone missing while visiting Dinosaur National Monument. They recovered a lot of what the family had gone through trying to find their daughter, search and rescue, all that stuff. Heartbreaking really. In the years since they had moved to Grand Junction to be closer to find her, but eventually moved back to Denver having had to move on with their lives and jobs. Yesterday, Amy shows up knocking on the door of the house she remembers living in. The family there now were good enough to take her in and they were quickly able to find Amy's family and reunite them. A representative for the family has issued statements of how happy they are to have her back and how thankful they are to everyone that had helped them in their search. They were especially thankful to the family who were now living in their old home. For the time being they'd just like to reconnect with their daughter.
So I don't have anything to connect her with Hal's conspiracy. Only that it's a possibility that fits. They might not be talking because of the stories she has to tell, or maybe they just aren't ready to talk yet and there's nothing fantastic about it. I mean, her going missing and returning five years later is pretty fantastic, but if there's nothing Ohvau about it, ya know?
All in all, I'm glad she's back, and I do hope their family the best. But with everything Hal has had to say and all the news articles I've gone through, I have to wonder.
Anyway, I'm home now. Will be going back to work tomorrow, so I need to get to sleep.
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