The gardens do look rather lovely today, though maybe not supernaturally so. Plants have begun to return as spring creeps across the campus, the sun peeks out from behind the clouds, and the fountain in the hedge maze looks strangely… inviting? It looks cool, tranquil, and a few flowers have sprung up around the base, including a few purple buds. They could just be regular old morning glories, maybe a few honeysuckles, but they look a little misshapen, crooked. Might be worth keeping a sample, as long as you don’t make any ink out of them.
The graveyard is as it always is, still and silent. Once or twice, you can spot one of the Goodliffes watching from the window of their big purple Victorian, suspicious of what teenagers might be doing in the graveyard. Fresh flowers have been set out on several graves, and pebbles are stacked on the headstones of one or two.
In their wanderings, they find one thing of particular interest: a set of gravestones with fresh flowers set out. The larger of the two reads: CALEB QUALLS father. husband. hero. 1928 - 1989 and MARILYNN QUALLS mother. wife. warrior. 1931 - 1998.
The second gravestone looks as though someone’s made an effort to clean it fairly recently, but lichen still clings to it and it’s largely corroded. In addition to flowers, someone has left a set of small paint brushes. What remains of the headstone reads: “ALLS Dream sweetly, ... world is dim...r for losing y... colors. 1972 - 1989.”
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The graveyard is as it always is, still and silent. Once or twice, you can spot one of the Goodliffes watching from the window of their big purple Victorian, suspicious of what teenagers might be doing in the graveyard. Fresh flowers have been set out on several graves, and pebbles are stacked on the headstones of one or two.
In their wanderings, they find one thing of particular interest: a set of gravestones with fresh flowers set out. The larger of the two reads: CALEB QUALLS father. husband. hero. 1928 - 1989 and MARILYNN QUALLS mother. wife. warrior. 1931 - 1998.
The second gravestone looks as though someone’s made an effort to clean it fairly recently, but lichen still clings to it and it’s largely corroded. In addition to flowers, someone has left a set of small paint brushes. What remains of the headstone reads: “ALLS Dream sweetly, ... world is dim...r for losing y... colors. 1972 - 1989.”