||Hello Neighbour: One Last Game||

||Chapter 2: Raven Brooks||

Nicky got out of the car, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes while turning on his phone to check the time.
"Hm. Got another 1 hour and a half of sleep."
It was pretty early, he turned off its phone again and put it in the glove compartment.
"Woah!"
Nicky was taken it back, in the yard of his old house was this gaint hole!
Looking down, he could tell this lead to the sewer.
"I didn't know the house was under the sewers."
Nicky made a note to remember the hole, hard to forget but knowing him he'll forget.

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Nicky walked around the neighbourhood, houses and buildings had lost the colour he remembered, windows and doors were boarded up to keep anyone from entering.
Approaching the old Bakery, he peaked through the boards and windows though it was hard to see from how dirty the windows were so he couldn't see much.
"Jeez. . ."
Nicky backed up, continuing to walk around and even stopped by where the old man lived, his field was overgrown more than the neighbourhood grass was though Nicky wouldn't dare go in there knowing dang well there were probably still bear traps in that field hidden because of the grass.
"Hm. Guess even the government doesn't care about Raven Brooks."
Nicky walked around, finding the museum and decided to have a look inside.

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Finding in the centre of the museum, was a huge Raven that had fallen from the ceiling-or, what was left of it since with how broken it was from the fall and time.
Nicky picked up the rope that supported it,"Guess it snapped.", Nicky dropped the rope, walking around looking at all this displays that were now practically hidden under dust or was decayed from the passage of time.
"Hm."
Did the whole world think this town was cursed??
Guess that explains why everything seems to be in it's place from when he was last here.

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Returning to his old home, he entered through the backyard door seeing as it was left open.
Entering the backyard, he saw things he didn't remember having like a zip line, targets and some stations for training purposes.
Wonder if his friends had made them. . .
Nicky looked up at his old bedroom, he grabbed roof over his backyard door, then grabbed the window and pulled himself inside.

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Everything was covered in dust, though some of his old stuff was still here old old toys and furniture.
Walking downstairs, he recognised everything of his old home and even though he use to move so much as a kid this house he remembered the best, probably because he had more good memories here.
And using an old tool of his, he unlocked the backdoor and front door, pulling down the covers of the windows to let some light in to see better.
"Shit-That's bright."
Nicky tossed the covers down, waving his hand around the dust.
And then. . . The familiar house was across the street.
The Peterson Household.
Nicky stared at it, the house stood up for it's unique shape and size, it was once all different colours but now the colours had chipped and faded away over time.
Looked like an old abandoned fun house.
Nicky remembered always asking why people would never talk about PlMr Peterson's house being a risk to the safety of the neighbours and people living there, though know Nicky knew they were scared of him and they probably convinced themselves he knew what he was doing since he was. . . You know, a Theme Park Engineer.
Nicky sighed, he was back in Raven Brooks for his closure though he wasn't sure where to start.
. . .
He might as well start the power of the house, get things working since he was staying for a while.
Or forever, anything to not have to see his parents again and they would never step foot back here after what happened.

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Nicky almost felt proud of himself, using some old machines he managed to get the power, water and gas.
He remembered some old tricks he was taught so he wouldn't have to pay for electricity, water or gas.
Nicky smiled, now it was time to. . . Clean up the dust.
Grabbing a broom he began to clean the house, he wasn't going to unpack but just have a space to live in for some time as apart of this recovery or. . . Something Mrs Blue said, he couldn't remember in this moment and time.
"?"
Something was off.
He looked outside, noticing across the street, Mr Peterson's trolley was. . . Working?
It was going around, around and around.
Was it always on??
Nicky stepped outside, he then noticed some light from inside the hole and looking down he noticed some. . . Lights?
Looks like someone used some old Christmas Lights.
Nicky was curious about the hole and if the trolley was always on.
Nicky put the brush down and walked across the street.