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Jack Wolcott: Why hello, friends. Let's hope this worked this time.

Christopher Whats-His-Name: What the fuck

Christopher Whats-His-Name: Dude, rude username

Jack Wolcott: My apologies, I don't remember your last name. Besides, if all things are working, you should be able to change it to better suit yourself.

Christopher Whats-His-Name's name has been changed to Skelly Boi.

Skelly Boi: Better

Skelly Boi: Can I change the color too?

Jack Wolcott: No.

Skelly Boi: :(

Skelly Boi: Rude

Kade Bronson, he/him: What is this?

Jack Wolcott: A group chat.

Kade Bronson, he/him: Jack, you're in another dimension. How did you do this.

Jack Wolcott: Science

Kade Bronson, he/him: You used your immense knowledge and scientific skill to make a group chat?

Jack Wolcott: Yes. How else will I stay up-to-date with the goings on at the school?

Skelly Boi: Why do you need to keep up with it?

Skelly Boi: I mean, you went through your door

Skelly Boi: Why do you need to keep anything from Earth in mind anymore?

Jack Wolcott: Because my sister did a terrible, terrible thing before we left.

Jack Wolcott: I left the school worse than I found it, and I'm incredibly sorry for it.

Jack Wolcott: I cannot revive all of the dead, since their corpses are on Earth and their bodies might not all be compatible with the science of the Moors.

Jack Wolcott: And in Lundy's case. Well, obvious reasons.

Jack Wolcott: But I can check up on the friends she left intact and whole. And so, I made a group chat.

Jack Wolcott: Any more questions?

Skelly Boi: Nah

Kade Bronson, he/him: What are we supposed to talk about here?

Jack Wolcott: Anything. Just talk, and I will listen. And I will respond, as long as my gloves aren't dirty.

Jack Wolcott: Now start.

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Jack Wolcott: Hey, would you all mind if I added my girlfriend to the chat?

Skelly Boi: Your WHAT

Skelly Boi: HOW DOES THE CREEPY GIRL HAVE A GIRLFRIEND

Jack Wolcott: She's equally as creepy as me <3

Kade Bronson, he/him: Did you not know, Christopher?

Skelly Boi: Of course not???????? How'd you know?

Kade Bronson, he/him: DMs.

Kade Bronson, he/him: Jack, I'm fine with you adding Alexis to the chat. Just be wary of the fact you're opening Christopher and I up to talking about our own girlfriends.

Skelly Boi: SKELETON GIRL ❤️ ❤️❤️

Jack Wolcott: Ah, are you and Nancy finally going out?

Kade Bronson, he/him: Yes! She's very nice. And pretty, and mysterious, and a very good kisser.

Kade Bronson, he/him: Wait, why isn't she in this chat?

Jack Wolcott: She is, I just don't think she's noticed.

Skelly Boi: Ooh, no one tell her. I want to see how long it takes.

Kade Bronson, he/him: If her door takes her away before she knows about this and I lose contact with her, I'm going to blame it on you.

Skelly Boi: Pfff, like that would ever happen.

Jack Wolcott has added Alexis Chopper to Group Chat To Be Named Later.

Alexis Chopper's name has been changed to Alexis ❤️🪓❤️.

Jack Wolcott: If anyone is mean to her, I'll go back to Earth and kill all of you.

Alexis ❤️🪓❤️: Sweetheart! Calm down.

Alexis ❤️🪓❤️'s name has been changed to Alexis.

Alexis: Better.

Jack Wolcott: Were my emoji choices unsatisfactory?

Alexis: No, just a bit much. And an obvious show of nepotism.

Alexis: Also, sweetheart, shouldn't you be working?

Jack Wolcott: Yes, but I wanted to introduce you to my friends.

Alexis: Go ahead!

Jack Wolcott: Friends, introduce yourselves.

Alexis: Annnd she's gone.

Alexis: Okay, well, I'll go first.

Alexis: My name is Alexis Chopper! I've died twice, my parents run an inn, and Jack is the reigniting of my life. Literally! ❤️

Alexis: Okay someone else's turn.

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Kade Bronson, he/him: CHRISTOPHER!

Skelly Boi: Oh shit

Skelly Boi: What'd I do this time?

Kade Bronson, he/him: "pFFf, lIKE thAT WoUld eVER HAppen."

Skelly Boi: Huh??

Jack Wolcott: What?

Skelly Boi: Wait

Skelly Boi: HOLY SHIT?

Kade Bronson, he/him: Oh wait

Kade Bronson, he/him's name has been changed to Kade West, he/him.

Kade West, he/him: Better.

Jack Wolcott: Kade, what's going on?

Jack Wolcott: Congratulations on changing your name, by the way.

Kade West, he/him: Thank you.

Kade West, he/him: Nancy's door opened

Kade West, he/him: And she doesn't know about this damn group chat because SOMEONE thought it would be funny to wait and see how long it took for her to notice she was in it!

Jack Wolcott: Oh, Kade

Jack Wolcott: I'm sorry.

Jack Wolcott: I know how terrible it is to be ripped from your one true love by the doors.

Alexis: Aw, Jack ❤️

Jack Wolcott: It's a truly miserable thing, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

Alexis: Oh, not now, right

Jack Wolcott: Though, I don't think Jill loves anyone more than the Master, and those two should be separated by doors. Oh, the dilemma.

Skelly Boi: Kade, I'm so sorry

Skelly Boi: But I mean

Skelly Boi: It could be worse, you know? At least you know she's home

Skelly Boi: She found her door. The best thing that could ever happen to her has happened.

Skelly Boi: Isn't that a worthy thing to lose her to?

Kade West, he/him: ...

Kade West, he/him: I suppose

Kade West, he/him: As far as things that take away awesome girlfriends can be called "worthy"

Kade West, he/him: Her door is the best option of them all

Kade West, he/him: I still can't believe I didn't get to tell her about this chat first, though. I might never be able to talk to her again now!

Kade West, he/him: But

Kade West, he/him: Fuck

Kade West, he/him: Whining about this shit isn't going to do me any favors

Kade West, he/him: I'm just

Kade West, he/him: Going to go to bed

Alexis: Are you okay, Kade?

Kade West, he/him: Fuck no

Kade West, he/him: But I will be

Kade West, he/him: Later

Jack Wolcott: If you say so.

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Kade Bronson, he/him: @Skelly Boi

Skelly Boi: What'd I do this time?

Kade Bronson, he/him: You kept Sumi's hands in a jar????

Jack Wolcott: What.

Jack Wolcott: I have. Many questions.

Jack Wolcott: And I'm surprised you seem less upset about this than the Nancy situation.

Kade West, he/him: Less emotional involvement, somehow.

Kade West, he/him: Anyway

Kade West, he/him: Chris kept Sumi's hands in a jar in his new dorm for who-knows-how long.

Jack Wolcott: I thought we buried those?

Kade West, he/him: We did!

Kade West, he/him: Do you see my problem with this?

Jack Wolcott: @Skelly Boi, why would you do that?

Skelly Boi: Look, I'll explain when we're out of Miss West's office.

Jack Wolcott: The hell are you two doing in her office?

Skelly Boi: You know that sign in font of the school? 'No Solicitations, No Visitors, No Quests'?

Jack Wolcott: Yes?

Skelly Boi: We got a visitor.

Kade West, he/him: Who likely came with a quest.

Jack Wolcott: That doesn't sound very fun.

Jack Wolcott: But you two should probably stop texting and start paying attention to Miss West. She's a blabberer, you have to listen intently to hear her point.

Kade West, he/him: Don't talk about my Aunt like that!

Jack Wolcott: Am I wrong?

Kade West, he/him: ...

Jack Wolcott: That's what I thought!

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Kade West, he/him: @Jack Wolcott Before I start driving, can I get a link to invite some new students to this chat?

Jack Wolcott: Sure, I'll DM it to you.

Skelly Boi: How come you're not just sending it here?

Jack Wolcott: Reasons.

Jack Wolcott: Got it?

Kade West, he/him: Got it!

Kade West, he/him has added Cora Miller to Group Chat To Be Named Later.

Kade West, he/him has added Nadya Sokolov to Group Chat To Be Named Later.

Kade West, he/him has added Onishi Rini to Group Chat To Be Named Later.

Jack Wolcott: Goodness, Kade.

Jack Wolcott: Wait.

Jack Wolcott: Onishi Rini?

Onishi Rini: The one and only!

Onishi Rini: For now, at least.

Onishi Rini: I hate that this has my full name, how do I change it????

Onishi Rini: Oh wait

Onishi Rini's name has been changed to Rini.

Rini: Better Ɛ>

Nadya Sokolov's name has been changed to 🐢Nadya🐢.

🐢Nadya🐢: How the fuck did you do that

Cora Miller: Are we not going to introduce ourselves??

Jack Wolcott: Yes, introductions would be highly appreciated.

Cora Miller's name has been changed to Cora.

Cora: Hi. I'm Cora. I'm a mermaid, and I'm new to the school.

Jack Wolcott: Great, I wonder if you're anything like the merpeople in the Drowned God's realm.

Jack Wolcott: But that's a question for another day.

Jack Wolcott: Nadya, stop typing. I already know who you are. You threw a turtle at me once, remember?

🐢Nadya🐢: Rude.

Jack Wolcott: Now for the big question. @Rini your turn. Who are you?

Rini: The daughter of Sumi and Ponder, an adventurer with an excellent vagina, resident of Confection! I am ✨Rini✨

Jack Wolcott: @Kade West, he/him who is she?

Kade West, he/him: No, she's being honest.

Kade West, he/him: I'll explain it all to you later

Jack Wolcott: All right, I will suspend my belief for the time being.

Rini: We're going on a quest to bring my mom back to life so she can have sex until she makes me!

Jack Wolcott: Ah, this is the visitor with the quest?

Skelly Boi: Yup.

Jack Wolcott: I see.

Jack Wolcott: Kade said he was driving?

Skelly Boi: Yeah, we're driving to the graveyard to get Sumi's skeleton

Jack Wolcott: Hm.

Jack Wolcott: I see.

Jack Wolcott: Well, good luck. And keep me updated. And don't text while driving.

Kade West, he/him: You don't have to worry about that last part, Jack.

Kade West, he/him: @everyone buckle up.

Jack Wolcott: Except me.

Kade West, he/him: Yes, except Jack.

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Kade West, he/him: Nancy's world is exactly how I thought it would be...

🐢Nadya🐢: How come this chat doesn't have a proper name?

Kade West, he/him: Dreadful in the coziest way, with the most saturated, sweet reds I could imagine.

🐢Nadya🐢: grOUp cHAt to bE NamEd lAter.

🐢Nadya🐢: Who does that?

Kade West, he/him: God, I didn't think I'd ever get to see her again. And now I'm here. And she's somewhere around here, and she's Nancy.

Jack Wolcott: @🐢Nadya🐢 Shut up.

Kade West, he/him: What if she's too still to speak to? What if she's not interested in me since she's back to her statue work? What if she can't help us on our quest? What if she just doesn't want to?

🐢Nadya🐢: Rude.

Jack Wolcott: Kade, relax. What's going on, exactly?

Skelly Boi: Rini took us to the Halls of the Dead

Jack Wolcott: No shit?

Skelly Boi: None

Skelly Boi: And now Kade's freaking out over talking to his ex

Kade West, he/him: She's not my ex!

Kade West, he/him: We never broke up!

Skelly Boi: Right, she just left you to be a statue

Rini: BOOOOOOORINNNNNNG

Jack Wolcott: @Rini Shut up.

Rini: Rude.

Jack Wolcott: Kade, you're going to be fine. You were insufferable about her over text, I can only imagine the insufferablity of your relationship in person.

Jack Wolcott: That was a compliment, by the way.

Kade West, he/him: If you say so, I guess

Kade West, he/him: But I'm still scared.

Cora: Kade, if Nancy doesn't like you now, then that's a her problem

Cora: Also, this isn't the time to be worrying about this stuff.

Skelly Boi: Yeah, I'm pretty sure the Lord and Lady of the Dead think texting in their presence is disrespectful. You don't want to piss off your girlfriend's Lord and Lady, right?

Kade West, he/him: FUCK

Jack Wolcott: Hm.

Jack Wolcott: Well, hopefully scaring him will make him calm down. Whatever works.

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🐢Nadya🐢: SEE YA, SUCKERS!

🐢Nadya🐢: Also, you should really get a new name. This one sinks.

🐢Nadya🐢: Okay bye ✌️

🐢Nadya🐢 has left Group Chat To Be Named Later.

Jack Wolcott: Ugh, fine.

Jack Wolcott has renamed Group Chat To Be Named Later to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children.

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Jack Wolcott: Why did she even bother complaining if she was just going to leave anyways?

Skelly Boi: Woah this new name fucks!

Kade West, he/him: She left.

Skelly Boi: Yeah Nadya was totally right on this one.

Jack Wolcott: @Kade West, he/him Yes, we all got the notification about Nadya leaving the chat. You need not state the obvious.

Kade West, he/him: Not Nadya!

Kade West, he/him: Nancy!

Jack Wolcott: Oh, joy. What happened with her this time?

Skelly Boi: We got Sumi's shade from the Hall of the Dead, right?

Skelly Boi: And like

Jack Wolcott: ... And what?

Jack Wolcott: Hello?

Jack Wolcott: Ah, joy, ignored.

Alexis: Darling, you're missing dinner.

Jack Wolcott: Coming, sweetheart!

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Skelly Boi: Guess who just drowned lmao ✌️

Jack Wolcott: Excuse me?

Cora: Chris that is NOT an appropriate response to drowning.

Skelly Boi: It's my drowning, I can make fun of it if I want to.

Cora: :/

Jack Wolcott: How did you drown in the Halls of the Dead?

Jack Wolcott: And it was rather rude for none of you to respond for a hour, thanks.

Skelly Boi: Sorry, I was too busy drowning to text

Rini: 🙄

Kade West, he/him: We are't in the Halls of the Dead anymore

Kade West, he/him: And I forgot to tell Nancy about this chat. And she didn't say goodbye.

Cora: Focus.

Kade West, he/him: RIght, sorry.

Kade West, he/him: We're in Confection now.

Jack Wolcott: Sumi's world?

Rini: MY world, too, thank you very much

Jack Wolcott: You're welcome.

Jack Wolcott: @Skelly Boi how did you manage to drown in a candy land?

Rini: Strawberry soda

Jack Wolcott: What?

Rini: The sea is made from strawberry soda! And Chris didn't drink it fast enough when we fell in

Skelly Boi: If I never taste strawberries again, it'll be too soon

Jack Wolcott: Disgusting. Everything must be so sticky there.

Kade West, he/him: Yeah uh

Kade West, he/him: I think we might have to stop talking to you for a bit, Jack

Kade West, he/him: We're all from Logic worlds and you're a literal scientist

Kade West, he/him: If we question this Nonsense too much the world might like crumble around us or something

Jack Wolcott: Understandable. Do a good job and don't die. I'm sure Miss West wouldn't appreciate yet more deaths.

Skelly Boi: We'll try not to!

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Rini: Goodbye, everyone.

Rini: I had a good run, but it's all over now.

Rini: And I'll say goodbye on Chris' behalf, too.

Jack Wolcott: What's going on now?

Rini: We're locked in one of the Queen of Cake's towers

Rini: I'm fading out of existence way too fast

Rini: And she took Chris' bone flute

Jack Wolcott: Oh shit.

Jack Wolcott: The separation from his magical keepsake is killing him, isn't it?

Rini: Yup

Rini: And being unmade is killing me, too!!

Rini: This is terrible. Horrible. Goodbye, everyone.

Cora: @Rini we can't scheme our way out of this if our phones keep going off!

Rini: Right. Sorry, I'll just mourn my own existence in silence

Jack Wolcott: Yes that would be very helpful, thanks.

Rini: 🙄

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Kade West, he/him: Sumi's husband is pretty nice.

Kade West, he/him: It's a real shame this is the only time we'll get to meet him.

Kade West, he/him: And, well, it's not the best conditions to meet someone under.

Jack Wolcott: I was busy working on a horse I’m building. What are you guys doing now? Sumi's husband?

Jack Wolcott: Well, I shouldn't be surprised. She has a daughter, of course she has a husband in turn.

Jack Wolcott: He's the candy corn farmer she'd rattle on about, right? Poor man, he must be torn up over losing his wife.

Jack Wolcott: I can understand. Oh, the agony I left when I lost Alexis. It was terrible, simply terrible.

Jack Wolcott: ... Hello?

Jack Wolcott: Of course, I miss Kade by a minute and now I get no response.

Jack Wolcott: Quests are so annoying to keep up with when you aren't personally among the traveling group.

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Kade West, he/him: @Jack Wolcott I'm back, sorry for ghosting you there.

Cora: We just met a God.

Kade West, he/him: Third one today, yes!

Skelly Boi: Did Jack just say she's building a damn horse??

Jack Wolcott: Yes, I am. Get with the program.

Jack Wolcott: I'm glad you're alive, by the way.

Jack Wolcott: How's the quest progressing? I do hope meeting a god is a good thing in this case.

Kade West, he/him: Well, she's very nice.

Kade West, he/him: I don't know if she can really help us, though. We've got to wait or Sumi to come out of the oven.

Jack Wolcott: Care to elaborate?

Cora: God is a hijabi woman and Sumi's guts are made out of frosting.

Jack Wolcott: Care to elaborate further?

Cora: Her name is Layla and she's, like, baking Sumi. Like she put her skeleton and shade on a cookie sheet and put rice krispies and frosting and cotton candy on her.

Kade West, he/him: I think the Nonesense is getting to you, Cora

Cora: I'm gonna take the biggest nap when we get home.

Jack Wolcott: This baking thing is fascinating. Think it will work?

Kade West, he/him: I don't know, but I really hope so.

Kade West, he/him: I miss Sumi.

Skelly Boi: Me too

Rini: Me four.

Jack Wolcott: Ah, I see Rini still exists.

Rini: For now

Kade West, he/him: I think the tragedy and existential nightmare of it all is getting to you, Rini

Rini: I just want my mom to hug me again.

Skelly Boi: Do you need a hug?

Rini: No, it'll just remind me how much I miss her.

Rini: And how little of me there is left.

Rini: Ɛ/>

Skelly Boi: Seriously, how the fuck did you do that?

Rini: THE TIMER!

Rini: Everyone shut up my mom's here.

Skelly Boi: Rude :/

Skelly Boi: Okay time to pull Sumi out of the oven.

Jack Wolcott: Have fun?

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Rini has added Onishi Sumi to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children.

Onishi Sumi's name has been changed to Sumi🌈.

Sumi🌈: I'm back, bitches.

Jack Wolcott: Sumi!

Jack Wolcott: The baking from Layla worked, then?

Sumi🌈: Fuck yeah it did

Sumi🌈: Your sister is the person who killed me, btw.

Jack Wolcott: Yes, I'm well aware.

Jack Wolcott: You'll be glad to know she has been brought to justice, in the only way that matters to her.

Jack Wolcott: Welcome back.

Sumi🌈: It's good to be back, yeah.

Rini: Mama 🥺

Sumi🌈: Sup

Rini: I missed you so much. I thought I was going to die, and worse, I'd do it without being able to say goodbye to you. I thought we'd leave Dad alone forever. I thought so many awful, awful things. And now you're back! You don't know me, but you're back! And, somehow, that's enough.

Sumi🌈: Woah, we can write in windings? That's so cool. Wish I knew how to read it.

Skelly Boi: What the fuck?

Kade West, he/him: @Jack Wolcott You used your immense knowledge and scientific skill to add wingdings to this group chat?

Jack Wolcott: I didn't do this. I'd say it's from the Nonsense seeping in. Or, if intentional, the pure Nonsense floating through Rini and Sumi's veins.

Jack Wolcott: Facinating.

Jack Wolcott: Completely and utterly fascinating.

Jack Wolcott: Oh, and on the topic of Nonsense. Rini.

Rini: ?

Jack Wolcott: You should probably leave the chat, now that Sumi is here.

Jack Wolcott: Technology is a very Logical thing, you know. I don't imagine it can take kindly to the time shenanigans happening here.

Jack Wolcott: Besides. Now that Sumi has returned to life, the Sumi you know should be back at home, with talked about us to regale you with.

Jack Wolcott: You don't need to be in a group chat with someone you're always with and her friends, who might not even be around by your time.

Skelly Boi: Holy shit, I didn't even think of that.

Skelly Boi: @Sumi🌈 am I dead? Did I die by my Skeleton Girl? Marriage knife in hand, ready to spend eternity with her under the autumn moon?

Sumi🌈: Dude, how the fuck is current me supposed to know that?

Skelly Boi: Oh, right.

Jack Wolcott: My point being!

Jack Wolcott: Rini, get out of here before the group chat blows up for something.

Rini: You got it, boss 👍

Rini: I'm going home.

Rini has left A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children.

Skelly Boi: So uh.

Skelly Boi: @Sumi🌈 what's it like to be dead?

Cora: God, Chris, you can't just ask people what it's like to be dead!

Skelly Boi: Well, why not!?

Sumi🌈: Who the fuck is Cora, btw. And where's Nancy?

Skelly Boi: 😶

Kade West, he/him: Fuck. I didn't ask to see the Fondant Wizard to get some beads to go see Nancy!

Sumi🌈: What?

Jack Wolcott: Perhaps you should all go home and explain this to Sumi after she's had a reunion with Eleanor?

Jack Wolcott: The poor woman needs it.

Sumi🌈: ELY!

Jack Wolcott: Yes, run along now. And don't message me for a few days, I need to finish building my horse.

Skelly Boi: I'm still confused about that.

Kade West, he/him: Yeah, what's going on with that horse you're building?

Jack Wolcott: Stay confused.

Skelly Boi: Damn, okay.

Kade West, he/him: We'll find out eventually, and she has a point.

Kade West, he/him: Let's go home.

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Kade West, he/him: Chris, you're insane.

Kade West, he/him: There's no way Skelita is hotter than Rochelle.

Cora: I'm almost scared to ask this, but. What are you two talking about?

Skelly Boi: Which Monster High character is hottest.

Cora: Why

Cora: Wait, let me guess.

Cora: Chris' character is a skeleton and Kade's is a rock or some shit.

Skelly Boi: 😶

Kade West, he/him: Are we really that predictable?

Cora: Yup, just looked it up. A skeleton and a gargoyle. Never would've guessed it.

Cora: @Kade West, he/him Yes, yes you are.

Kade West, he/him: Look. Gargoyles are nice. They have pretty faces. They have a capacity for softness, in the way that still things do.

Sumi🌈: What does that even mean?

Kade West, he/him: And!

Kade West, he/him: They have organs! And skin!

Cora: Rock skin.

Kade West, he/him: Skin nevertheless!

Skelly Boi: Yeah, sure, but who needs skin when you're literally based on Día de los Muertos-- she was made for me.

Sumi🌈: Why can't you two just talk about your girlfriends instead of these fictional characters? And put us out of our misery?

Cora: Agreed.

Skelly Boi: But we can't talk to our girlfriends! And you know how Kade gets when you mention you-know-who.

Kade West, he/him: Nancy...

Nancy Whitman: Yes?

Kade West, he/him: I can't believe I never told her about this chat.

Skelly Boi: HOLY SHIT

Sumi🌈: NANCY JUMPSCARE!

Kade West, he/him: Nancy!

Kade West, he/him: Oh my Halls, hey.

Kade West, he/him: I didn't know you knew about this chat.

Nancy Whitman: Nadya just told me about it.

Nancy Whitman: I've been allotted a break time once a week or so, since Nadya needs to do more than terrorize turtles.

Nancy Whitman: Nadya says "hi".

Kade West, he/him: Tell Nadya her service is greatly appreciated!

Nancy Whitman: I will.

Sumi🌈: Nancy!! Look!! I'm alive!!

Skelly Boi: Nancy you missed so much you have no idea.

Skelly Boi: @Jack Wolcott get over here!!

Cora: And you missed how much Kade has missed you.

Cora: Like, he's been insuferable about it.

Kade West, he/him: Cora, don't be rude.

Sumi🌈: The truth isn't rude, tho!

Sumi🌈: Nance, he's been mooning over some gargoyle from Monster High. Help him.

Nancy Whitman's name has been changed to Nancy Whitman, she/it.

Nancy Whitman, she/it: I missed him, too.

Sumi🌈: Ooh, new pronoun set.

Nancy Whitman, she/it: I missed all of you.

Kade West, he/him: How's Nadya?

Sumi🌈: Aww, Kade is blushing!

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Nadya is well, I presume, she enjoys the turtles we have here.

Kade West, he/him: That’s great, the turtles back at school are glad to be terrorism-free.

Kade West, he/him: Wait.

Kade West, he/him: @Sumi🌈 How the hell do you know I'm blushing?

Sumi🌈: Look up.

Kade West, he/him: SUMI, GET DOWN FROM THERE.

Skelly Boi: What's going on??

Cora: Judging by that thump I just heard, I think Sumi was climbing in Kade and Eleanor's office and just dropped on him.

Skelly Boi: Yikes.

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Let Kade know I have three hours left of my break, all right? And my DMs are open. And I'd really like to talk to him more before I return to work.

Skelly Boi: Gotcha.

Skelly Boi: Are you happy?

Nancy Whitman, she/it: More than.

Skelly Boi: Perfect. I'll tell him that, too.

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Thank you... Christopher?

Skelly Boi: Yup! Couldn't tell based on the username?

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Quite the opposite, I'm just surprised you're the only person without their name in it. I'd assume Sumi would have a fun username, instead.

Sumi🌈's name has been changed to i want candy.

Cora: How did she do that mid-chase?

Skelly Boi: How does a girl made of candy do anything?

Cora: Fair.

Cora: How does a girl with no muscles or organs do anything?

Skelly Boi: Fair.

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Kade West: Nancy? Still there?

Nancy Whitman: Yes, I'm here.

Nancy Whitman: How did chasing Sumi go?

Kade West: Same way it always does, with my hands tied in licorice and her sticking her tongue out.

Nancy Whitman: Yes that does sound like her

Kade West: Mhm.

Kade West: So uh

Kade West: What have you been up to?

Nancy Whitman: Working for my Lord and Lady, of course. I'm very quickly (ha) rising through the ranks of their devotees. I've been shifted to the podium closest to my Lady's throne, and I've earned a red bracelet.

Kade West: Wow! You're so productive.

Kade West: I'm proud of you.

Nancy Whitman: I'm proud of you, too.

Kade West: Really? I haven't even said anything I've done yet.

Nancy Whitman: You don't need to. I'd be proud if all you did was breathe.

Kade West: You're making me blush.

Nancy Whitman: Is that a bad thing?"

Kade West: Only because Sumi is still watching me. She's absolutely making fun of me for this later.

Kade West: But there are worse things to be made fun of for.

Nancy Whitman: Mhm.

Nancy Whitman: So what have you been up to?

Kade West: Taking over the school from my aunt, mostly.

Nancy Whitman: Wow!

Nancy Whitman: Is Elanor well?

Kade West: The murders took a lot out of her, but Sumi being back has really brightened her life back up.

Kade West: But I still fear I'll have to take over her position full-time sooner than I'd like.

Nancy Whitman: I'm sorry.

Nancy Whitman: I wish I was there to help you.

Kade West: No you don't.

Nancy Whitman: No, I don't.

Nancy Whitman: But I miss you. I miss the school. And I wish I could be with you again.

Kade West: Nancy

Kade West: What are we?

Nancy Whitman: I still really like you.

Kade West: I still really like you, too.
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Kade West: But we're quite literally worlds apart.

Nancy Whitman: So?

Nancy Whitman: It's not like we'd have a physical relationship, anyway, and I've never been one for cuddles.

Nancy Whitman: And with my career, this is probably the most I could hope for with my love life.

Kade West: Okay.

Nancy Whitman: I'm sorry.

Kade West: Don't be!

Kade West: You got your world back, and your career, and everything someone with a Door could want.

Kade West: Don't ever be sorry for that.

Nancy Whitman: Okay.

Nancy Whitman: I have to become still again.

Kade West: When will we be able to talk again?

Nancy Whitman: Whenever Nadya needs to bug someone without a shell.

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Cora: So that's why I'm not allowed to have pet fish anymore.

Skelly Boi: Wow.

i want candy: GUYS GUYS GUYS

i want candy: Shut up.

Cora: Rude???????

Skelly Boi: Or else what

i want candy: Kade found a goody.

Kade West, he/him: It's not a "goody," it's an important historical account.

i want candy: Tomato potato

Skelly Boi: Mmmmm I don't think that's the saying.

i want candy: SHUT

Jack Wolcott: Play nice.

i want candy: JACK SPOTTING!!!!

Skelly Boi: How's your horse building?

i want candy: Annnnnd she's offline again.

Cora: @Kade West, he/him what's this important historical account?

Kade West, he/him: Thank you.

Kade West, he/him: I found Lundy's old diary.

i want candy: SHOCK HORROR!!!!

i want candy: Okay I'm done.

i want candy: What'd Lundy write about?

Kade West, he/him: I don't know, I haven't opened it up yet.

i want candy: You're scared lol

Kade West, he/him: Am not!

Kade West, he/him: It's just, you know.

Kade West, he/him: She's dead.

Kade West, he/him: It's like I'm holding a fragment of her ghost.

i want candy: Want me to read it, then? I know a thing or two about ghosts.

Kade West, he/him: Absolutely not.

i want candy: What? Why?

Kade West, he/him: You know why.
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Kade West, he/him: But that's not important.

Skelly Boi: I can do it, if you still need a death specialist.

Kade West, he/him: It was a metaphor. No actual death.

Skelly Boi: Aw man

Cora: Well think of it like this.

Cora: Her diary is her story.

Cora: Don't you want it to be told?

Kade West, he/him: Of course!

Cora: Then open it!

Kade West, he/him: Alright alright!

Kade West, he/him: Oh wow.

i want candy: wut?

Kade West, he/him: This starts when she's 8!

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Kade West, he/him: Holy shit

Skelly Boi: ?

Kade West, he/him: I just read, like, a traumatized 8-year-old's account of how her best friend died.
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Skelly Boi: Lundy went THRU it huh

Kade West, he/him: You have no idea, unfortunately.

Kade West, he/him: Did anyone know about her friends, Moon and Mockery?

Skelly Boi: She had friends?

i want candy: OUCH

Kade West, he/him: Yes, she had friends.

Kade West, he/him: Mockery died when they were 8.

i want candy: How?

Skelly Boi: Sumi!

Kade West, he/him: Impaled by a queen wasp.
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i want candy: Yikes!

Kade West, he/him: It seemed to leave pronound mental scars on her. It's the reason she left her world for the first time.

Skelly Boi: Wait, so she had a door that can open and close a lot? Like Eleanor's?

Kade West, he/him: Yes, she left and re-entered the Goblin Market several times! I've skimmed forward a few pages, she seemed to drift through every few years until she was, like, 16. Then she started going back and forth much more, sometimes multiple times a week.

i want candy: DIVORCE CORE!!!!

Skelly Boi: @i want candy none of our parents are divorced how would you know??

i want candy: :P

Kade West, he/him: Okay I've found the next entry where she goes back (after what I was reading, not what I skimmed).

Kade West, he/him: These are always incredibly sad. She doesn't seem to take her diary with her when she goes to the Market, so the pages when she comes back are tear-stained.

Jack Wolcott: @Kade West, he/him You should make efforts to digitize it and properly archive the diary itself, it's an important article in the history of Doors.

Skelly Boi: Hi Jack

i want candy: JACK JUMPSCARE!!!!

Skelly Boi: Bye Jack

Kade West, he/him: @Jack Wolcott Yeah, I should!

Kade West, he/him: I'll go talk to someone at the town library once I finish reading this entry.

Cora: Can I go with?

Kade West, he/him: Yeah ofc.

Skelly Boi: Hey Cora!!!

Cora: Hi.

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Christopher Flores: You okay?

Cora Miller: Yeah

Christopher Flores: You sure? You haven't been in the group chat recently

Cora Miller: I'm good dw

Cora Miller: Just homesick

Christopher Flores: Oh :(

Christopher Flores: Sorry, Cora. It happens to the best of us.

Christopher Flores: Wanna see about going to the town pool while Kade is checking out the library?

Cora Miller: Nah, I hate chlorine

Christopher Flores: Shit

Christopher Flores: Maybe we can ask Eleanor about a field trip to the sea?
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Christopher Flores: Yeah probably not

Christopher Flores: I'll just hope that your door comes even sooner, then.

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Skelly Boi: Heading into town ✨✨✨✨✨✨ do you guys want us to pick anything up
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Cora: Sumi is rubbing off on you!

i want candy: Damn right I am.

i want candy: I rub off a looooot of people

Kade West, he/him: Sumi I stg

Kade West, he/him: And we aren't going shopping

Skelly Boi: YOU aren't

Cora: WE are

Kade West, he/him: My aunt agreed to this trip on the condition that we all stick together.

Skelly Boi: Oh, come on.

Skelly Boi: You're practically in charge anyways, you shouldn't need her permission.

Skelly Boi: Plus, we can handle ourselves! Cora, how many sailors have you drowned?

Cora: Tons

Skelly Boi: Hear that? Tons! We'll be fine, dw.

Kade West, he/him: Fine.

Skelly Boi: WOOOOOOOO

i want candy: Ooh that's how you're persuaded

Kade West, he/him: Don't get any ideas!

i want candy: Too late >:)

Kade West, he/him: I'm never gonna live this down

i want candy: Never never!
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Cora: @Kade West, he/him we should go to the beach.

Kade West, he/him: No????

Cora: Why not?

Kade West, he/him: 1: You're a mermaid with magic hair. If there's like scientists or smth at the beach who see your hair you'll probably be dissected for science
2: Christopher drowned the last time we were at the ocean
3: This will set a dangerous president that will lead to many trips
4: You don't have gas money
5: because I said so.

i want candy: Boooo

Kade West, he/him: Sumi, stay out of it

i want candy: No way, I wanna go to the beach too

Kade West, he/him: Why?

i want candy: Why not

Cora: I have gas money!

Kade West, he/him: That's not even the biggest obstacle that I mentioned

Cora: Okay then never mind I don't have gas money BUT

Kade West, he/him: 🤦♂️

Cora: I got a cute swimsuit when we were in town and I need to show it off.

Cora: PLUS what if I need to be near or in an ocean for my door to reopen?

Kade West, he/him: Didn't it originally open in a pool?

i want candy: Shhhhhhhhhhhh

Cora: Also if anyone sees my hair I can just say it's dyed + I put glitter in it

i want candy: YEAH

Kade West, he/him: Okay but also

Kade West, he/him: @Skelly Boi Cora wants to go to the beach

Skelly Boi: WOOOOOO BEACH

Kade West, he/him: Chris!

Kade West, he/him: You drowned the last time we were in an ocean!

Skelly Boi: Yeah, and it was also made of rhubarb soda. So?

Kade West, he/him: I can't have anyone on my side, now can I?

Skelly Boi: Nope!

i want candy: Except for your giiiiiiirlfrienddddd!

Kade West, he/him: Nancy isn't here to agree with me, though!

Skelly Boi: Yup. What a shame, looks like you have to take us to the beach.

Cora: Yes!!

i want candy: FUCK YEAH

Kade West, he/him: No.

i want candy: Why noooooot?

Kade West, he/him: Sand and salt won't be good for Lundy's diary. I'm still reading that, remember?

Skelly Boi: Yeah and you're taking forever to get through it

Kade West, he/him: I've been busy!

Skelly Boi: But dude

Kade West, he/him: Hey

Skelly Boi: ?

Kade West, he/him: If you guys leave me in peace and quiet long enough to finish reading the diary

Kade West, he/him: I'll THINK about a beach trip

Kade West, he/him: Deal?

Cora: Deal!

Skelly Boi: I'm down if Cora's down

i want candy: 🤐
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Kade West, he/him: Thank you.

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Jack Wolcott: Enjoying your peace and quiet?

Kade West: Not as much as I thought I would, admittedly.

Jack Wolcott: It's the Sumi effect, I presume.

Kade West: What now?

Jack Wolcott: Psychology is not my strong suit, so I don't know if it has a proper name.

Jack Wolcott: But it's something I saw in myself. After I spent enough (or too much) time with Sumi, I found myself having a hard time working without her around to bug me.

Jack Wolcott: Luckily, I've been able to cope without having a local Sumi by having Alexis sit near me as I work and do something that makes constant noise. She's taken to drawing, and the scratch of pencil against parchment is delightfully annoying, just like Sumi.

Jack Wolcott: Kade, if you screenshotted that and sent it to Sumi I will skin you alive and use your flesh as patches for my horses.

Kade West: As Christopher would say: that sounds metal.

Kade West: And I totally didn't do nothing of the sort.

Jack Wolcott: That's a double negative!

Kade West: Reigonal dialect!

Jack Wolcott: Kade, we're texting.

Kade West: Did Lundy ever tell you about her world?

Jack Wolcott: What? No, of course not. Intellect does not make friends; I figured you would understand that given the fact it took us until the tragedy to forge a friendship.

Kade West: Yeah but.

Kade West: I dunno, I figured she might've told you something

Jack Wolcott: Kade, you're the one who got on the administration's soft sides, not me. If Lundy were to have told anyone at the school about anything you're reading in that dairy, she would have told you or Miss West.

Kade West: Sorry

Jack Wolcott: Why are you apologizing?

Kade West: I dunno

Jack Wolcott: Hm.

Jack Wolcott: What's happening in the diary?

Kade West: She's recounting a year she spent confined to the shape of a bird. She traded her humanity for her friend. She traded herself for the sake of friendship. I've never even heard of Moon before picking Lundy's diary up, and here she is, a memory on paper, claiming parts of a person I don't think I ever really knew.

Kade West: Why?

Jack Wolcott: Perhaps the weight of knowing all of this is weighing on you.

Kade West: I know a whole lot and it doesn't weigh on me

Jack Wolcott: Well, not just knowing it, but being the only person who knows it.

Kade West: Oh

Kade West: What am I supposed to do about that then, o wise one?

Jack Wolcott: 🙄

Jack Wolcott: Tell me about it. I'll listen.

Kade West: Really?

Jack Wolcott: Really. Just start.

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Kade West, he/him: Hey
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Kade West, he/him: We're going to the beach.

i want candy: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Skelly Boi: BEACH!!!!!!

Cora: Yes!!

Cora: Thank you, Kade.

Kade West, he/him: No problem. Just don't make a habit of asking for trips.

i want candy: Too late!

Kade West, he/him: Sumi, no.

i want candy: Sumi yes >:3

Cora: When are we going?

Cora’s name has been changed to The Better Mermaid.

Kade West, he/him: Next Tuesday

i want candy: COOL USERNAME!!!

The Better Mermaid: Thank you

The Better Mermaid: I can't wait, you have no idea how much I've been waiting for this.

Kade West, he/him: Considering how much Christopher bugged me about it, yes, I do.

Skelly Boi: Guilty as charged. But it worked!

The Better Mermaid: Thanks Skelly Boi

Skelly Boi: Anything :P

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i want candy: BEACH!

Skelly Boi: BEACH!!

i want candy: BEACH!!!

The Better Mermaid: Beach 💙

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The Better Mermaid: @Jack Wolcott

i want candy: AWWWWWW

Skelly Boi: when the fuck did Kade get top surgery

Kade West, he/him: Great photo, Cora! You really captured my agony.

The Better Mermaid: Thank you, Kade!!

Kade West, he/him: @i want candy why did you bring Jell-o mix to the beach, anyway?

i want candy: Bit late to ask that, beach

Skelly Boi: PFFFFFFFFFFFF

The Better Mermaid: My cheeks hurt form smiling.

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Cora Miller: Hey Kade

Cora Miller: I just wanted to thank you for the whole beach thing. And for the trip before. I'm really sorry if Sumi starts bugging you for trips after this.

Kade West: Oh! Don't mention it.

Kade West: I'm glad I got to see you so happy.
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Kade West, he/him: And apparently Mr. Kinley didn’t appreciate my poem being a semi-explicit piece likening the stillness of Nancy’s work to the sublime line between death and immortality, and likening the wobbles across said lines to something as euphoric as seeing her smile.

Kade West, he/him: So yes, I did have to rewrite my poetry final. Sue me.

Kade West, he/him: I’m choosing this to interpret this as Mr. Kinley preferring oceanic themes over artsy ones rather than any mistakes on my part.

i want candy: Kade and Nancy sitting in a tree

i want candy: K-I-S-S-I-N-G

i want candy: First comes love

Kade West, he/him: Are you done yet?

i want candy: No

i want candy: Second comes marriage

Alexis has added Jill, Princess of the Hill to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children.

i want candy: OMG WHAT THE FUCK!!

Skelly Boi: Hi quick question um why is there lightning in my bedroom

Skelly Boi: Follow-up question: what the fuck????

Alexis: Shit it won’t let me kick her. She'll see these messages.

Kade West, he/him has been promoted to Owner!

Jack Wolcott’s name has been changed to Jill

Alexis has left A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children.

Kade West, he/him: What?

Skelly Boi: GUYS ALEXIS IS IN MY ROOM

i want candy: I WANNA SEE WAIT

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Jill, Princess of the Hill: Alright. Let's hope she won't get this one, too.

Jill, Princess of the Hill's name has been changed to Jack Wolcott.

Alexis: Ready?

Jack Wolcott: As I'll ever be.

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Alexis has added Chrisp-o-bones to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children 2: No Jill Edition.

Alexis has added Cora Miller to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children 2: No Jill Edition.

Alexis has added Onishi Sumi to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children 2: No Jill Edition.

Alexis: Hopefully that's everyone.

Kade West: What the fuck is happening.

Onishi Sumi's name has been changed to Sumi🌈.

Sumi🌈: Yeah, what the fuck is happening?

Jack Wolcott: Greetings, friends. We have a situation.

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Jill: Mm, what is this?

Jill: Ugh, of course that bitch took my cool username and gave me a shitty color role.

Jill’s name has been changed to Jill, Princess of the Hill

Jill, Princess of the Hill: hellO ANYONE HERE

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Jill...?

Jill, Princess of the Hill: Omg Nancy hiiiiiiiii where are you what are you doing

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Um

Nancy Whitman, she/it: I felt like something horrible was happening, so I took a break to check this server. And here you are.

Jill, Princess of the Hill: Here I am!!!

Jill, Princess of the Hill: What a treat.

Nancy Whitman, she/it: A treat, sure.

Jill, Princess of the Hill: What's that thing in your username?

Nancy Whitman, she/it: ... My name?

Jill, Princess of the Hill: No

Nancy Whitman, she/it: My pronouns?

Jill, Princess of the Hill: It?

Private Messages

Nancy Whitman: Where are you?

Kade West: I'm here, aril, what's wrong?

Nancy Whitman: Jack is. Talking to me.

Kade West: Shit.

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Nancy Whitman: What the Halls is going on?

Chrisp-o-bones: Dude you're never going to believe it

Nancy Whitman: I'm sure I will.

Sumi🌈: Jack has been typing a loooooooooong time

Jack Wolcott: So, during our first stay in the Moors, Jill murdered my betrothed Alexis. An angry mob then formed and ran her out of the Moors, and I went with her in a childish fit of love for my sister. We stayed in our home world for a while until I had to murder her to stop her murder spree, severing her connection to mortality and thus immortality, stripping her of her ability to become a vampire. And so we returned to the Moors, me to my life with Dr. Bleak and Alexis, and Jill to whatever life she could still have with her Master. (Sumi, do NOT call it kinky again.) She grew ill content with this ending, and so sought to rip my happy ending from me. Which she did by stripping me of my very body, stealing my skin, trapping my mind, denying me the one thing that's always been mine despite its resemblance to her.

Jack Wolcott: And I am, as Sumi would say, loosing my shit.

Sumi🌈: Yeah you are!

Sumi🌈: Nance ur not here right now but Alexis and Jack are back at the school. It's super cool cause I have someone to sign with again!!!

Jack Wolcott: I'd complain about you making light of this, but you are helping, so I'll let it slide for now.

Nancy Whitman: So Jill has your phone?

Jack Wolcott: Yes, and I have hers. And her skin. Alexis and I made this server due to the other one being compromised. I don't want any details of our plans getting to her.

Nancy Whitman: I see.

Nancy Whitman: Do you want me to leave the other server?

Jack Wolcott: Go ahead, you don't need to torture yourself with her company.

Sumi🌈: You cooooooould spy

Jack Wolcott: @Sumi🌈:?

Sumi🌈: She could!

Kade West: No.

Nancy Whitman: I could try, I suppose.

Kade West: You don't have to.

Nancy Whitman: I know. But I've been given a break, and I want to contribute like you no doubt are doing.

Kade West: Send me a link back into the server, I'll do it with you.

Nancy Whitman: No. She'll be terrible to you, and you'll no doubt be more helpful over there with Jack and Alexis. I'll be fine.

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Nancy Whitman, she/it: Yes, it.

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Say, I seem to recall you being stabbed last time I saw you? It's very interesting to see you back. How did that happen, exactly?

Jill, Princess of the Hill: Well, I'm glad you asked, girl!

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Jill, Princess of the Hill: And then the OTHER server said that I'd never get to be a vampire or whatever which is the dumbest shit I've ever heard, you know?

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Yes, I know quite a lot about hearing dumb shit.

Jill, Princess of the Hill: Anyways I stole Jack's skin :)

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Concerning.

Jill, Princess of the Hill: Thank you Nancy

Jill, Princess of the Hill: I'm glad someone is willing to to listen to me. To appreciate my one-of-a-kind blood-soaked whimsy. You're not going to get this anywhere else, are you?

Jill, Princess of the Hill: Besides, it's not like she was using it for anything useful, anyways. You have no idea how much muscle this thing has.

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Oh no. However will you be a neat vampire with strength in your flesh rather than blood.

Jill, Princess of the Hill: EXACTLY!!!

Jill, Princess of the Hill: You're such a good listener. It's a shame you're wasted on being a statue.

Jill, Princess of the Hill: Or maybe that's why you're a statue.

Jill, Princess of the Hill: You should find a way here to the Moors, I have a bookshelf you'd look sooooo pretty on.

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Thank you?

Jill, Princess of the Hill: You're soooooooo welcome <333333

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Nancy Whitman: How close are you guys to getting Jack's personal effects back?

Sumi🌈: Not close enough!

Nancy Whitman: Fuck.

Sumi🌈: Cthulhu man hot

Nancy Whitman: I. I don't think I'm going to ask. Back into hellfire.

Sumi🌈: Have fun!

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Jill, Princess of the Hill: MOON FUCKING DAMNIT THIS SHIT IS SO FUCKING STUPID I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT UGLY ASS CUNT IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THIS.

Nancy Whitman, she/it: ?

Jill, Princess of the Hill's name has been changed to Jack Wolcott.

Jack Wolcott: Ah, return to form.

Jack Wolcott: I can't believe she called me ugly. We have the same face.
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Skelly Boi: WOOOOOOO JACK GOT HER SKIN BACK!!!

i want candy's name has been changed to CandyCornLover69.

CandyCornLover69: WOOOOOOOOO

Skelly Boi: Would've preferred if she left both skins behind, but whatever.

Skelly Boi: @CandyCornLover69 ?

CandyCornLover69: :P

Nancy Whitman, she/it: Congradulations on your skin. I'm going back to work.

Kade West, he/him: WAIT

Kade West, he/him: Annnd she's gone
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Kade West, he/him: Well, it was lovely to see her while she was here.

CandyCornLover69: That's the spirit!

Skelly Boi: Hey, has anyone heard from Cora?

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Antsy: Did I do this right?

Kade West: Yes! Good job, I'm very proud of you.

Kade West: You don't have to have your name as your username, though. I have a friend whose username is Skelly Boi

Antsy: Is he the one with the flute? I wanna hear him play sometimes.

Kade West: Yes he is. You can't hear him play though, no one can.

Antsy: Oh.

Kade West: Don't worry about it. Listen, you can put your username as anything you want, just make sure that it doesn't mention your full name. if anyone asks, you're Antoinette West, got it.

Antsy: Mhm! Just like my ID says.

Kade West: Yes, just like your ID says.

Kade West: Oh, and one other thing.

Kade West: If you ever need anything, send a message here. https://discord.new/czHVfzTbhmTE

Antsy: What's this?

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Kade West, he/him has added Antsy to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children

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Kade West: It's where me and my friends talk. If you're ever in need, just message us. We'll be happy to help you.

Antsy: Thank you, Kade. You've been so nice to me. Do you need me to find anything for you?

Kade West: Don't worry about it.

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Skelly Boi: Who was that?

CandyCornLover69: Fresh meat! Wish she was cotton candy but yk her hair looks close enough to it

Kade West, he/him: Yes, she's a new student. And Cora's new roommate. I don't think she'll say much, don't worry about it.

CandyCornLover69: Coolio dude

CandyCornLover69: I'm allowed to say shit around her right

Kade West, he/him: Would it actually change your behavior if I said no?

CandyCornLover69: Lol no fucking way

Kade West, he/him: Well there you go

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CandyCornLover69: So yeah Seraphina's a bitch and I can't wait until someone makes it so she can't do her thing anymore 🙄

Skelly Boi: Lol imagine being tempted by the allures of the flesh. Couldn't be me

CandyCornLover69: stfu your mother buys you megablox instead of legos

Skelly Boi: ???

Kade West, he/him: Could you guys please go the fuck to sleep it's like 3 a.m. and you have class in the morning

CandyCornLover69: You're not my mom!!!

CandyCornLover69: You're too alive to be her.

Kade West, he/him: Bed. Now

CandyCornLover69: FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE

Antsy: Guys

Antsy: I think I lost something :(

The Better Mermaid has left A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children.

Antsy: And now she's double lost D:

CandyCornLover69: @Kade West, he/him See if you didn't make us go to bed then we wouldn't have missed Cora leaving

Kade West, he/him: Sumi what did I say about tagging me in things before 8 a.m.

Kade West, he/him: CORA????

Antsy: I don't know where she went! I'm sorry!

Kade West, he/him: Don't worry about it Ants we'll figure it out

Kade West, he/him: *Antsy

Kade West, he/him: @everyone we have a situation.

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Skelly Boi: So Cora left because of a bunch of nightmares she's been having?

Antsy: Mhm :(

CandyCornLover69: Sad!

CandyCornLover69: This new iPhone sucks

Kade West, he/him: Time & place Sumi

Kade West, he/him: Thanks, Antsy, I'll talk to our Aunt about it

Antsy: Ok :) I’m going to class

Skelly Boi: @CandyCornLover69 whaddya mean by that

Kade West, he/him: Guys can we be serious for 2 seconds please

Skelly Boi: No. It's what Cora would've wanted.

Kade West, he/him: She isn't dead she's just at a different school!

Skelly Boi: 🙄

CandyCornLover69: I used the ultra-sharp focus camera and it didn't even work on Seraphina :/

Skelly Boi: Is that the whole reason you bought one?

CandyCornLover69: Bought?

CandyCornLover69: Sunglasses don't work on her either rip

CandyCornLover69:

Kade West, he/him: Okay Sumi there is no way in HELL you took that as a photo

CandyCornLover69: Ofc not

CandyCornLover69: You think we have the budget for 100% original photos? Pa-LEASE 🙄

Skelly Boi: Yeah Kade 🙄

Kade West, he/him: I'm going to kill you both we need to stay on task

Skelly Boi: You can't kill me, that's my Skeleton Girl's job!

Skelly Boi: Ah, Skeleton Girl <3

Kade West, he/him: We're never going to get Cora back at this rate

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Antsy: I'm so sorry I lost Cora

Kade West: You have nothing at all to apologize for, Antsy.

Kade West: She wanted to get lost. There's nothing you could have done.

Antsy: But she was my roommate :(

Kade West: Still. It isn't your fault that she left. It had absolutely nothing to do with you being her roommate.

Antsy: Are you sure?

Kade West: Positive.

Private Messages

Nancy Whitman: Are you sure sending anyone to Whitehorn is a good idea?

Kade West: I'm not sure about anything anymore, rail.

Kade West: How could I have not noticed that Cora was so upset?

Nancy Whitman: You're training to be headmaster of Eleanor's, Kade. You can't expect yourself to be acutely aware of the emotional turmoil of every student.

Kade West: No, but I can expect myself to be a good friend.

Kade West: Or, I thought I could.

Kade West: I have to get her back. I don't think I'll be able to live with myself if I let her stay there.

Nancy Whitman: And you're prepared to lose someone else in the process of enacting this plan?

Kade West: No

Kade West: I'm not prepared to lose anyone else

Kade West: So I just have to send in someone who we can't lose.

Nancy Whitman: You're not about to suggest what I think you are, are you?

Kade West: I fear I am

Private Messages

Kade West: Sumi.

Onishi Sumi: Yeeeeees?

Kade West: How would you like to go on a quest?

Onishi Sumi: >:D

Kade West: I'm going to assume that's a "yes"

Onishi Sumi: Assuming makes an ass out of you and me ✨

Kade West: Do you want to infiltrate an oppressive environment and stage a prison break or not?

Onishi Sumi: yES

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Jack Wolcott: This entire plan is absurd.

CandyCornLover69: Your FACE is absurd

Jack Wolcott: Very mature.

CandyCornLover69: Thank you Ɛ>

Kade West, he/him: I know this plan is absurd. I wouldn't be doing it if I had literally any other choice

Jack Wolcott: Fair enough.

Jack Wolcott: How are you going to do this?

Kade West, he/him: We're transferring her over there and we're going to try our best to smuggle a phone in with her. Probably in her bra, since you know how Sumi is.

CandyCornLover69: 80085

Kade West, he/him: Yes exactly.

Kade West, he/him: Once she's out, she's going to text us and we'll get to her. We can probably ask Antsy to find places along their way for them to hide at and stuff.

Antsy: I can do that :)

Kade West, he/him: Thank you
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Kade West, he/him: I'll probably take the school van like I did when we were reserecting Sumi. Everything will work out.

Jack Wolcott: Sure

CandyCornLover69: :O woag really???

Jack Wolcott: Yeah. Sure. I hope everything will work out, at least.

Jack Wolcott: You're playing a very dangerous game, Kade.

Kade West, he/him: Are there any others?

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Nancy Whitman has added Christopher Flores to Group Chat To Be Named Later.

Christopher Flores: ???

Christopher Flores's name has been changed to Skelly Boi 2.0.

Nancy Whitman has added Jack Wolcott to Group Chat To Be Named Later.

Jack Wolcott: Ah. How the tables have turned, I see.

Nancy Whitman: Hello.

Skelly Boi 2.0: What's up?

Nancy Whitman: I'm worried about Kade.

Nancy Whitman: Should I add Antsy? I don't really know her, but it seems that Kade is close to her.

Skelly Boi 2.0: Antsy is cool, but she gets frazzled very easily, so no

Nancy Whitman: Okay.

Jack Wolcott: Focus.

Nancy Whitman: Oh, yes, sorry.

Nancy Whitman: I'm worried about Kade.

Jack Wolcott: You already said that.

Skelly Boi 2.0: I'm worried about him, too. He's been really messy since Sumi left

Nancy Whitman: I haven't been able to work right since it happened, I've donated all of my time to Kade and his unraveling. It isn't good for my standing in my Lord and Lady's court, which is utterly devastating.

Jack Wolcott: I'm sorry that your partner's unease has been detrimental to your work, but it's only natural for him to be so worried about Sumi.

Jack Wolcott: She died for lightning's sake.

Skelly Boi 2.0: I'm worried about her too but I'm not pulling my hair out about it!

Skelly Boi 2.0: Literally!!!!!!!

Jack Wolcott: That's different, you idiot.

Skelly Boi 2.0: ???

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Jack Wolcott: Nancy left him, too.

Jack Wolcott: And unlike Sumi, she is never coming back.

Christopher Flores: Oh

Christopher Flores: OH

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Message deleted.

Nancy Whitman: Pardon?

Skelly Boi 2.0: No I get it now

Jack Wolcott: There you go.

Nancy Whitman: What?

Nancy Whitman: Chris?

Skelly Boi 2.0: He really is just worried abotu Sumi. It'll be okay, Nancy. She's just gotta go home.

Nancy Whitman: She will

Nancy Whitman: Who wouldn't?

Nancy Whitman: I've heard of that place. It's nothing compared to West's.

Jack Wolcott: You'd think that, yes.

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Onishi Sumi: KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADE

Onishi Sumi: KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADE

Onishi Sumi: I'M HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME

Sumi's phone is flung from her hand by the force of Kade's embrace. She stumbles backward, a flurry of giggles escaping between squeezed breaths. He picks her up and spins her, almost hitting the new girls with Sumi's splayed legs.

"Kade!" Cora called from next to Sumi, a great smile on her face. "You're crushing her. Can't you give some of that energy to someone else?"

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CandyCornLover69 has added Regan Lewis to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children.

Regan Lewis: That's your username?

CandyCornLover69: Yea argue with a wall

CandyCornLover69 has added Emily 🩰 to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children.

Regan Lewis’s name has been changed to Regan 🐎.

CandyCornLover69 has added Cora Miller to A Rogues' Gallery of Wayward Children.

Cora Miller’s name has been changed to The Best Mermaid.

The Best Mermaid: Hey guys

The Best Mermaid: I'm home.

Skelly Boi: CORA

Emily 🩰’s name has been changed to Emily the Dancing Queen.

Skelly Boi: ARE YOU IN YOUR DORM

Skelly Boi: I'M GOING TO FIND YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK

Emily the Dancing Queen: @Regan 🐎 we picked a poor time to be added to this chat, hm?

Regan 🐎: Apparently 🙄

Regan 🐎: They'll calm down

Regan 🐎: Probably.

CandyCornLover69: Never :3

Kade West, he/him: WHO IS SCREAMING

Kade West, he/him Sumi you just got home I swear to hinges

CandyCornLover69: It's not meeeeeee!

The Best Mermaid: Christopher found me and says he's never letting me go. I have breathed my final breath. Tell the pond fish I love them.

Kade West, he/him Oh, don't be dramatic

Kade West, he/him I'm sure you can tell them yourself as one of his skeletons.

Regan 🐎: What a concerned house patron you are, Kade

Kade West, he/him 🤷 I'm not getting paid

Regan 🐎: Really impressed with the quality of care we've got going on here

Emily the Dancing Queen: Glass houses

Emily the Dancing Queen: We literally just got out of a cult school, I'm not complaining about anything

Regan 🐎: Well I am going to complain until I get to go home

Kade West, he/him @Regan 🐎 I can talk to my aunt about releasing you to your parents, if you want? Though I'd rather discuss that privately

Regan 🐎: We all know that will never be the home I mean

Skelly Boi: SHE GOT LOOSE & SHE'S MAKING A BREAK FOR IT HELPPPPPP

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Skelly Boi: I'm so hungry.

Regan 🐎: .

Regan 🐎: How hungry.

Skelly Boi: Enough :)

CandyCornLover69: @Regan 🐎 you should come sit with us in the cafeteria

Skelly Boi: Yeah @Regan 🐎 come sit with us

CandyCornLover69: @Regan 🐎 leave your rooooooom

Kade West, he/him: Guys, chill.

Regan 🐎: I'm trying to watch Centaurworld leave me alone

Skelly Boi: PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

CandyCornLover69: But she's so serious it's fun :3

Kade West, he/him She asked you to leave her alone. Go shower Cora with attention instead

CandyCornLover69: Okay >:3

Skelly Boi: >:)

Kade West, he/him: I've created a monster, huh?

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Regan Lewis: Thanks

Regan Lewis: I have a really hard time with being picked on

Kade West: Oh, don't worry about it

Kade West: Let me know if you need anything, okay?
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Regan Lewis: Thanks

Regan Lewis: I'm really sorry for being sarcastic about you being a good house patron

Regan Lewis: Whitehorn changes people, yk?

Regan Lewis: I feel like I've been jumping to some conclusions I shouldn't be since I enrolled there

Kade West: Don't mention it, Regan. You'll have plenty of time to recover here

Kade West: Everything will be okay

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Emily the Dancing Queen: Gods, I wish this were me https://youtu.be/WV0jT1Do6NQ

CandyCornLover69: So true bestie

CandyCornLover69: I, too, want to kick a tambourine

Antsy: I think it's pretty

Emily the Dancing Queen: Thank you, Antsy :)

Antsy: You should tell Miss West about your world

CandyCornLover69: omg yea she'd think it fucks severely

CandyCornLover69: like ME!!!!!!!!!!!

CandyCornLover69’s name has been changed to 😎.

Kade West, he/him: @😎 no.

😎: Awwwww

😎: You're no fun :(

😎’s name has been changed to Sugar Spice 🍬.

Emily the Dancing Queen: Wdym about miss Eleanor liking my world, though?

Kade West, he/him: Well, um, Auntie El's world is a bit complicated

Kade West, he/him: I'm trying to think of a good way to explain it

Sugar Spice 🍬: It's like if a kaleidoscope was autumn and had lil fox beads doin a jig in it
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Kade West, he/him: Yeah that about covers it.

Emily the Dancing Queen: Well.

Emily the Dancing Queen: I do suppose my Harvest has a good autumnal kaleidoscope vibe, though I don't remember any foxes dancing

Emily the Dancing Queen: Unless you mean furries?

The Best Mermaid: what

Skelly Boi: WHAT

Sugar Spice 🍬: INUHBYGCRDEXCRVGYBUHNBYGVCRDXE

Emily the Dancing Queen: What? There was a substantial number there. Most of whom were, indeed, foxes

Regan 🐎: What's a furry

Sugar Spice 🍬: OMG OMG OMG

Regan 🐎: ?

Kade West, he/him: I'm sorry in advance for whatever she's about to do to you

Sugar Spice 🍬: You're not gonna know what it is cuz its off screen

The Best Mermaid: Girl what

Kade West, he/him: I'm assuming she means we're, like, cartoon characters or something. In which case, wouldn't it make sense for all of our text interactions to be off-screen?

Sugar Spice 🍬: Wouldn't you like to know fairy boi

Kade West, he/him: Hm. I kind of feel like she just called me a slur

Regan 🐎: I might be a furry

Skelly Boi: HUH

Sugar Spice 🍬: I ❤️ my life