||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 3: A Tour||

"Hey Dad. . .?"
"What's up, Narf? Sorry, just fixing this porch step before your mother has my head."
"Yeah. . . Uhm, is it okay if Aaron takes me on a tour of the neighbourhood?"
Jay looked up, caught off guard by that,"Aaron? Who's this Aaron??", there was a boy standing on the pavement,"Aaron, he lives across street and offered to show me around.", Jay smiled, waving at him,"Very nice of him to offer.", Nicky nods, Jay smiled,"I see no problem, just be back before dinner so. . . Uh. . . 7?", "Got it, thank you.", Jay waved to the two boys,"Have fun!", Jay got back to work on the porch.

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"So, your dad's name is Jay and your mom, I didn't see her?"
"Luanne; She's a Scientist, so she's probably at work."
Aaron glanced at him, eyes wide,"Really? Does she work in a lab? Or does she teach it?", "Works in a lab, she's pretty smart. Think other scientists will take her brain for research.", Aaron nods,"Don't all? I can think of two people that would be studied for how smart they are.", Nicky looked around,"This place is pretty nice. . . I like the colourful houses.","Yeah, oh I should point out some places that are kind of important.", Aaron pointed to a bridge, leading a lonely house surrounded by a moat,"Otto lives there, he's a taxidermy, I don't recommend going in there if you're an animal lover, but Otto's pretty chill but if you hear a gunshot, it's him hunting.", "Ah, thanks for warning.", Aaron nods, then pointed to a much bigger house that was surrounded by gates, and a statue of. . .
"That's probably one of the old Mayors, I dunno; But that's the Mayor's house, we're not allowed in there obviously.", Nicky nods,"There's the police station, Keith and Leslie work there.", as they walked through town, Aaron pointing out each building and going in to detail as he wrote down everything down on his notebook.
"And this is the woods, don't go in at night as that's where Otto goes hunting."
"Oh, that's okay. . . I'm not a big fan of the woods, at least not at night. . ."
Nicky squinted his eyes,"But. . . What's that?", "Oh that? You wanna see??", Nicky nods,"Sure, I'm curious.", so Aaron took him into the woods, they stayed on the path it lead them to a big old gate.
"What's this?"
Aaron quickly picked the lock, it was impressive he picked it so quickly and carefully.
"Ta-Da!"
"Woah!"
It was a closed Theme Park!
Though the rides and booths look all in good shape.
"This is cool!"
"Yeah; Dad made it, though it had to be closed down due to reasons but he said once he's off break he'll think about fixing the place up."
"Ah. Well, I think it looks amazing. . . Though. . ."
Nicky pointed to the obvious golden statue in the centre of a very odd looking mascot.
"If that's the mascot, what is it?"
Aaron frowned,"I dunno honestly, the previous Mayor designed it; Dad was in charge of just building.", "Ohh.", Aaron closed the gate and snapped the lock back on.
"So, that's pretty everything. Or at least that's close by."
"Is there something else?"
"Yeah, the Observatory and The Weather Station, The Weather Station is off limits and it's pretty far into the woods so. . ."
Nicky could actually see it.
A building with a giant eyeball.
. . .
"That's an odd choice."
"Yeah, I dunno about the eyeball."

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"Thanks for the tour, Aaron."
"No problem, it was fun to show you around and I'm guessing you'll be in school next week?"
Nicky nods, he was not too excited for that but he smiled, trying to be positive.
"Hey Narf, how was the tour?"
"Great! You fixed it!
Jay nods,"Yep; We've got a lot to fix, so you notice anything just let me know.", Luanne then came out,"Oh, who's this?", "Aaron Peterson; He lives across the street.", Aaron could immediately notice she looked uncomfortable,"Oh, I see; Nice to meet you Aaron.", "Yeah, uh; I better get back home, Mom's gonna be cooking dinner.", Nicky nods,"Thanks again.", Aaron waved and ram back across the street.
"He seems like a nice boy."
"Mhm."
Luanne went inside.