Lunatic

Karl opened YoChat and typed a message.

Karl: I'm coming over tonight.

Ding...

Eric replied almost instantly.

Eric: Good. Come quick. You need to see my special equipment.

Karl stared at the message for a moment, then put his phone away. No reply. No questions.

He grabbed his jacket and headed out, destination set—the building where Eric had once shattered the future of a young woman.

As he stepped outside, Karl glanced at the bus schedule posted near his apartment.

"Still got a ride going there… weird place," he muttered under his breath.

Karl stepped out of his small apartment and made his way to the bus stop. After a short ride, he got off at the nearest stop to Eric's location.

Following the pin Eric had sent him, Karl walked through the quiet streets.

"A residential area?" he muttered, frowning.