"Exscuse me ma'am, but I was wondering-" "Go away" she cut you off. "Sorry to bother you but-" "then don't bother me" "You don't seem to understand. I'm with the census beurau and-" "I've got no business with you. Go away" The woman glares at you with her unblinking eyes. Her big lips pursed tightly. She looks young, but her neck is very wrinkly. Seeing that you'll get nothing from her you head on your way. Many of the windows of the building in the residential side of main street are boarded up. You feel eyes staring at you from the empty sockets of these corpses of buildings in this graveyard that was once a thriving town. You finally find a house that has signs of life. It is a little more maintained than the previous buildings, but is still very dilapitated. You ring the doorbell and hear nothing. Must be broken. You knock on the door. There is no answer. As you start to walk away the door opens. "What do you want!" A gruff voice calls from within the shadows of the door. "I'm with the census Beurau, and I just have to ask you a few questions." "Not interested" the voice growls from inside."Sir you're required by law to cooperate." The man grunts and opens the door."make it quick." he stares at you bored. His eyes are bulgy and don't blink. He is balding and his lips are big. His skin has a grey tint to it, his nose is flat, and his ears are almost nonexistant. "Are you the man of the house?" He looks at you like you're an idiot. "No, I'm the woman, what does it look like?" "righ, how many people live with you?" "Just me and my wife" "What religion are you. Catholic, Protestant,Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Bu-" "I am of the Esoteric Order of Dagon" he cuts you off. "Cute" you say and mark him down as an athiest. You ask him a series of questions getting many snide answers and answeres in dodgy ways. you thank him for his time, he grunts, and slams the door in your face. One down, about two hundred to go. This is going to be a long three days.
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