Event - Appalachia: Into the Pines

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Appalachia: Into the Pines

Footage plays on the television as a new story comes on, showing a series of sweeping vistas, intercut with clips of wolves that have clearly been filmed at some local wildlife sanctuary. "As far as anyone knows it, the last wolf to ever freely roam the Allegheny Mountains was slain in West Virginia in 1897. Daniel Stoffer Hamrick saw to the beast's passing, and the woods in our part of the world have gone quieter ever since. Appalachia does not forget its history, though. It buries it beneath coal and flyash, debts and white powder and pills. And the blood of people taken before their time, by the mines, by the mountain, by things we don't have names for, just hurt. But Appalachia does not forget.

"This is Cindy Parsons with Channel 5, Wolf News." Footage cuts to a newscaster standing outside a gated apartment complex with FYRE's logo emblazoned on it. "As we know, our beloved Wolf Pen is home to one of the biggest FYRE worker housing complexes in Wyoming County. It is a monument to the history of our town, and this week, we'll be on the lookout for visitors from all over the country, coming to see the grand re-opening of the historic Bluestone Mine as a museum."

Footage cuts to a nondescript businessman, identified by the news footage as Carl Watts, CEO of FYRE. He's smiling blandly as he stands at a podium and gestures to the entrance of the mining tunnel behind him. "The Wolf Pen community has been a partner to us for decades now, and we knew it was finally time to give something back to all y’all. We'll have our soft opening on Monday with a full Rumble Down Under party in the old mines scheduled for June 15th. We'll have a live bluegrass concert and anticipate a huge influx of tourists to the area to help out our neighbors itching for a few more pocketbooks to tend to." A wink.

The footage returns to Cindy. "FYRE has stated that this new museum will provide an educational tool and tourist attraction for those wanting to learn about West Virginia, Wolf Pen, and the hard-working men and women who have made this beautiful part of our nation their home. Time will tell. Time is always telling when it comes to the promises of people who have used our land and our bodies to line their pocketbooks. They fill our blood and our lungs with black tar and-"

Cindy cuts out and is replaced by in-studio anchors. "Thank you, Cindy!" a blonde woman says, smile just a little strained. "I think we're all looking forward to seeing the big opening by FYRE on Sunday and that rocking good party next month. It should be a gneiss one! Now to Tim with the weather. Tim?"

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[whisperedone]

[His eyes squint and he tilts his head slightly in thought at the warning, that was closer to what he was used to at home, at least. He's okay with computers, but not the best. Maybe he ought to find help. Maybe he could do both.]

It would help if I knew Pyre's description. I'm afraid, even if I passed him, I would not know him, he would likely be out of sight.

[It's not a good time for a blind joke...but it was there and so were they, so-]

Regardless, I'll find some help and check into it.

[pennedin]

[Rae lets out a single, surprised snort of laughter before she reins it in again, raising a hand to her mouth in an unneeded gesture to hide the smile it takes her a moment to hide on instinct.]

I can pull up a picture and describe it to you, give you as much as a blind family member might have. But yeah, unless you're going to lean on what you can get by word of mouth, you might want a partner.

[whisperedone]

[He smiles when she snorts, pleased she laughed. Things were too tense to not laugh at times.

He nods.]

I intend to find a couple. Your idea of going online is a good one. [He just needed to find someone more tech savvy than himself. Crowley came to mind.]

I would like that description, I'll decide my 'story' later.

[After all -last he'd seen himself, at least- he had darker skin and hair, if Pyre was his apparent opposite, a family member might seem too farfetched.]

[pennedin]

I try to have a few good ideas now and then.

[Rae pulls an image up on her computer, muttering about needing to add a print to the dossier for this case, before providing a description. Pyre is, according to Rae, a baby-faced but lean white man, likely in his twenties or early thirties.]

I can shoot out a copy of this picture to anyone you're working with, too.

[whisperedone]

[Garner nods. It isn't a lot to go on, but it's what they have.]

I read that you can send messages on a delay? Will you send one to George Milton, but delay it to midmorning tomorrow? I want a chance for him to say no. Same thing for Crowley.

[Unless Crowley simply wanted no part in helping, he didn't expect the man to say no. If he did, he could delete the picture on his own or pass it along.]

Thank you for your help, Miss Rae.

[pennedin]

Sure thing. And I hope they've impressed it on you that field work is always voluntary. For all of you.

Let me know if you need anything else. I'll be here.