Welcome to a Halloween story with my police sims! It starts out with a murder case, and ends as… time travel? Or are things not as they seem? This chart shows the characters with their current life...
Retired police Captain Hank Anderson sighs as he leaves the house.
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115 Michigan Drive is decorated for Halloween. Although with the next door neighbor flying around in bat form, the families from across the street practicing magic dueling in the backyard and a werewolf fixing your car engine, what is the point?
What had once been fun and mysterious, making you wonder “What if there is something to all of this, after all?” every year, has become an empty routine. The sense of wonder is gone, and why? Because twelve years ago Magic has returned after the usual 250 years cycle, and this time it is here to stay.
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Truth be told, Halloween not being anymore what it used to be isn’t the cause for Hank’s heavy sigh. He needs to go places today, maybe stay overnight.
“Sorry, Ranger”, the man softly tells his dog. “I can’t go for a walk with you today.”
Hank doesn’t address his wife, Oumaima, with similar words. Now normally the Captain A.D. and the High Judge of Michigan are perfectly able to express their feelings, but this time Hank feels as if he’d have to choke on whatever phrase he might come up with. Should he apologize, only to nevertheless go through with his plan? No, that would only sound hypocritical.
And so not a single word escapes the man’s lips. Only his eyes silently plead “Sorry! I’m so sorry, love. Sorry for enjoying this...”
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After having fiddled with the Anderson family car’s ancient engine for some time now, the next door neighbor, Daniel Reed, lifts his head. He wipes dark blue sweat off his forehead, then angrily casts the wrench he was holding aside. It lands in the toolbox with uncanny precision, despite the werewolf looking in a different direction.
Daniel takes a couple of steps closer to the Anderson couple. A low growl accompanies his words, when he apologizes: “Sorry, Hank, Oumaima... I think I could get your engine fixed, but not within the hour. Handyness isn’t my favorite pastime, so this may partially be on me.”
“No biggie, Daniel”, Oumaima replies with an encouraging smile. The judge considers her next words carefully. She doesn’t want the neighbor to perceive the request she is going to make as Daniel somehow having to make up for his inability to repair the car. “Could you give my hubby a ride with your own car, maybe? You know, today is the big day for him!”
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Oumaima has already prepared sweets for the trick ‘n treaters that are sure to swing by later today, Daniel to the contrary plans to take the Reed, Anderson and Miller children trick ‘n treating. The man figures that if he drives Hank to his destination he’ll still be back in time to do that, with an hour to spare even. Therefore he replies:
“Sure! One moment...”
While the werewolf curls into a fur ball, Hank meets his wife’s eyes. “Big day?” he exhales. “You’re not bummed that I need to leave you alone at a holiday?”
“That makes it even better, don’t you think so? Just like old times!"
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A moment later Daniel Reed has reverted back to human shape, although this, too, isn’t his real form. A small, glowing circle on the man’s right temple gives him away as a sentient android. Beneath a slim layer of artificial skin Daniel’s body is made of grey plastic and blue battery fluid.
“There, done”, Daniel states. “I can drive just fine when in wolf form, but I hate the dog hair on the seats!”
Hank snorts. Ever since the Reeds have moved into the neighborhood, the two families had their ups and downs, but no matter how far they’ve come, the fact that the Andersons are a family of dog persons and the Reeds one of cat persons, will always keep a narrow rift open between them. Admittedly wet dog isn’t the nicest smell in the world, and so Hank reaches into the car’s trunk to retrieve two umbrellas, one of which he hands Daniel.
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“And also…” Daniel pauses, smirks, and then shakes Hank’s hand. “My heartfelt congratulations to your first time getting called back from retirement to assist the DPD in a case! And at a holiday, too, who’d have thought!”
“How come all of Newcrest is happy for me? I feel so guilty...”
“Perfect! Now this is REALLY like old times!”
Hank erupts into laughter at this and finally allows himself to feel the excitement his friends already felt the whole day.
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