Manhunt for Brian Goode. In the brisk October chill, the residents of Devil’s Knot gathered outside the Community Center. They’ve come out in force, bristling with scarves and thermoses of hot drinks, cheeks pink against the cold, hiking boots strapped on. In the week since Brian was kidnapped there have been dozens of manhunts like this. He was taken last Saturday, but the spirit of the town remains hopeful. This afternoon the plan is to go through the campgrounds at the mouth of the forest, then fan out and cover the ground up to the town boundary. Maybe we’ve hesitated over canvassing the most obvious place -- the woods -- but no one wants to admit that they’re afraid. Because the campgrounds, that section of forest, the field beyond, and the abandoned barn: these are fragments of a familiar scene, one that happened twelve years ago, when Phillip Silverman was murdered. The manhunt starts at 2:00 PM and goes roughly until 6:00 PM, or whenever it gets too dark to see. Many residents are searching in small groups or pairs, and everyone in the town has turned out to help find Linda Goode’s little boy.
OOC INFORMATION
This is the first and opening event for Chapter One: Gone. The in-game date is Saturday, 12th October 1996. Please tag your threads appropriately. Remember that all threads must be tagged according to chapter (i.e. ch:1, chapter one, etc.)