A Month and A Half Later... At Jerry's Workshop...
Bradley: (Through Radio) Are we live?
Bentley: (Through Radio) Erhmm... Are we?
Random Background Demon: (Through Radio) Oh for fucks sake!!! YES!!!
Bentley: (Through Radio) In that case- Good Morning Pentagram City!
Random Background Demon: (Through Radio) IT'S NOON!!!
Bradley: (Through Radio) SHUT THE HELL UP WE'RE LIVE!!!
[In Jerry's workshop, the Radio inside the truck plays the 666 News. Asher and Jerry seem to be in the workshop, both close to the truck. Asher seems to be in the driver's seat of the truck tinkering with something under the wheel. He is wearing his normal outfit along with some bandages wrapped around him under his dress shirt. Jerry is outside of the truck looking in at Asher with his normal unamused expression. He's still wearing the sling on his left arm. Asher seems to have all of his attention on whatever he is doing to the truck. Jerry just seems to be watching him.]
Bentley: (Through Radio) Yelling aside! It's been a month and a half since the annual Cleansing, and Pentagram City has never been quieter!
Bradley: (Through Radio) You call this shit quiet? Sure it's a bit more tame than usual around here but things tend to return to normal after two or three months. And by normal I mean complete unhinged anarchy.
Bentley: (Through Radio) Right you are Bradley!
Bradley: (Through Radio) I tend to be about most things...
Bentley: (Through Radio) While most of the city seems to be returning to normal, what's not normal is the recent spike in buildings set ablaze inside Pentagram City.
Bradley: (Through Radio) While there's always a building or two on fire somewhere in the city, there has been a drastic increase in the number of buildings spontaneously set aflame. As of now, a total of eight buildings have been burned to ash on the Western side of Pentagram City.
Bentley: (Through Radio) That's correct Brad, and I predict there will be plenty more to come!
Bradley: (Through Radio) Really? What makes you say that?
Bentley: (Through Radio) It's all in the reports! After reading them a bit closer, it seems these so-called "random" fires aren't exactly too random. All of the buildings burnt down were either gang hideouts or drug dens. It's just a guess here, but this possibly means that whoever is behind burning these buildings may have a rather strong dislike towards gangs.
Bradley: (Through Radio) Or alternatively, it could just be some guy dealing with their competition or killing someone who pissed them off. Which is usually the case in this hellhole.
Bentley: (Through Radio) That would make sense... However, nobody was hurt or injured during any of the fires. Which is quite odd considering the targets. You'd think burning your competition out would be a good idea but none of the fires seem to be doing the trick.
Bradley: (Through Radio) Regardless of what gets burned down or who gets killed, it looks like Pentagram City has a new serial arsonist in its mitts.
Bentley: (Through Radio) Let's just hope whoever they are they don't target the news station!
Bradley: (Through Radio & Sarcastically) Fingers crossed!
*Click*
[Asher changes the radio to a different station without looking at it. The new station just seems to be a quiet static.]
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Headaches & Hazbins: Book 1: New Kind of Life, New Kind of Hell
FanfictionYa either go up or down... A small-time robber, Asher C. Burns, takes the trip down after he meets his end in an attempt to save his boss from life in prison at Alcatraz. After death, he finds himself in the chaotic hellhole of Pentagram City. Now p...
