1. Previously on
Riverdale...
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2. The first time any of us heard
of Gryphons and Gargoyles
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3. was from your mother.
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4. Ben and Dilton
killed themselves,
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5. all to appease some creature
called the Gargoyle King.
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6. The toxicology report revealed lethal
levels of cyanide in Mr. Doiley's blood.
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7. There's something
dimly familiar about this.
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8. We made a vow in high school.
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9. The secret that we
buried all those years ago.
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10. We made a pact
to never revisit that night.
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11. Do you have a rule
book or a player's manual?
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12. Flip for your fate.
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13. - Promise to give me the scripture?
- I promise.
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14. Salud.
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15. - Have you been playing the game?
- No.
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16. Don't lie to me, boy!
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17. I can still see
the blue on your lips.
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18. No one's gonna play
Gryphons and Gargoyles,
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19. but that book may be
our best shot of figuring out
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20. what happened to
Dilton and Ben.
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21. All our children.
They're in danger.
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22. - Where'd you get this?
- It was in my locker.
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23. Same with everyone else.
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24. A deadly
mutating virus
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25. had been introduced
to the ecosystem of Riverdale
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26. and it was spreading
like an epidemic.
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27. For every manual confiscated,
two popped up in its place.
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28. And the
ever-resourceful students
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29. of Riverdale High
were playing it everywhere.
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30. Why? Because for us,
the game was an escape
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31. from our nightmarish reality.
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32. A fantasy land
at our fingertips.
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33. But for our parents, it was
a death-dealing nightmare.
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34. Two students have
taken their lives.
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35. A third tried.
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36. The common thread
linking these tragedies,
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37. all three victims
were playing the game
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38. known as
Gryphons and Gargoyles.
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39. Wait, so you're admitting the
game killed Dilton and Ben?
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40. Yes, Mr. Jones.
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41. But where did G&G come from?
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42. Where did Ben and Dilton
even get it?
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43. Well, we still don't
have many answers.
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44. But from the little that
we do know about it,
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45. the game seems targeted
at impressionable developing minds.
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46. Namely, teens like yourselves.
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47. Um, challenge accepted.
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48. Respect to the dead,
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49. but some among our flock
are shepherds,
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50. not sheep.
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51. The game's quests
and role-playing scenarios
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52. are specifically designed
to foster delusion,
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53. paranoia,
and ultimately violence.
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54. As mayor, I'm officially
banning Gryphons and Gargoyles.
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55. Mrs. Burble is gonna be
holding extended office hours
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56. and I've set up
a 24-hour crisis hotline
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57. overseen by Kevin Keller.
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58. FYI, I'm only there
after school.
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59. As a parent,
I'm imploring you,
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60. take care of yourselves.
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61. And stay away from this game.
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62. Newsflash, Mom.
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63. Banning something only
makes it more interesting.
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64. Thank you.
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65. And now, this stupid game is literally
all anyone is talking about.
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66. You are not playing,
are you, Vee?
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67. Bee, you don't make
Fibes 20 Under 20
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68. by prancing around the woods
in a deer carcass.
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69. Are you and Jughead playing?
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70. No.
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71. We're still trying to figure
out why my mom and his dad
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72. were so triggered by us
having the manuals.
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73. Hello.
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74. Miss Cooper, this is Dr. Curdle Jr.
Are you alone?
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75. Hi, Dr. Curdle.
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76. Yes, have you had any luck?
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77. Per your request,
I did some digging in the morgue archives,
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78. and I found something I think
you'll be interested in.
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79. Dr. Curdle Jr. told me
and Jughead that
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80. the circumstances of Dilton Doiley's
suicide felt oddly familiar to him.
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81. That file is why.
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82. A case from
when his dad was coroner.
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83. I am right in the middle
of my Affirmations, honey...
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84. Trust me, Mom, you're gonna
wanna take a look at this.
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85. Per your Farm "testimony,"
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86. you've clearly played G&G before
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87. and now I have concrete evidence
that when you were my age,
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88. there was another
suspicious death.
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89. Maybe a murder that took place
at Riverdale High
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90. where the corpse had blue lips.
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91. I can keep digging,
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92. or you can just tell me
what you know about G&G.
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93. All right.
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94. Wait, really?
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95. You're right, Betty.
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96. You deserve to know
the whole truth.
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97. If for no other reason,
for your own protection.
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98. It was ourjunior year.
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99. Phones had cords,
Winona had Johnny,
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100. and everything
smelled like Teen Spirit.
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101. The world was
a very different place
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102. and we were
very different people.
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103. Back then, I was Alice Smith.
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104. A bad girl from the wrong side
of the tracks
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105. with enviable hair,
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106. no real friends...
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107. Please no,
please no, please no.
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108. And one huge problem.
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109. Damn it.
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110. Everything okay in there?
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111. God, mind your own business, Hermione.
Shouldn't you be in a church?
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112. Oh, crap, girl.
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113. Are you...
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114. It's probably a false positive.
It happens all the time.
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115. Like three percent of the time.
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116. No one's talking to you, Sierra.
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117. Oh, what am I gonna do?
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118. I tried to talk to him
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119. and he blew me off
for some Vixen he's screwing.
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120. Ha, classic.
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121. - FP Jones!
- FP Jones?
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122. Well, well, well...
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123. I thought I heard
a party in here.
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124. Hall passes, ladies.
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125. Oh, it's up your ass, Penelope.
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126. Classy as always, Alice Smith.
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127. Just curious.
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128. Were you born with that mouth?
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129. Or is it something Southside
mothers teach their bastard babies?
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130. Wow.
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131. You trashy bitch!
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132. Oh, no!
No, no, no, no.
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133. Hey!
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134. Come on, FP,
it's Bulldog tradition.
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135. Streak, streak,
streak, streak, streak...
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136. My arm's in a cast, Mantle.
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137. Doesn't matter.
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138. Streak, streak, streak!
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139. Come on, Marty,
I'm not doing it.
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140. Streak, streak, streak, streak!
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141. I'll go with you.
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142. Freddie Andrews.
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143. Why? You're not
even on our team.
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144. No, but the baseball team
got me to streak last year
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145. and it got me some serious cred
with the ladies, so...
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146. Run fast enough
and all they'll see is a blur.
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147. Streak, streak, streak!
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148. We were invincible.
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149. Or at least
we thought we were.
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150. That little stunt landed FP
and Fred in hot water.
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151. Welcome...
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152. to Saturday detention.
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153. Gathered in that classroom,
we were strangers more than friends.
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154. And none of us
could have guessed
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155. that our lives were
about to change forever.
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156. It was just supposed
to be one Saturday.
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157. Eight hours.
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158. Six people with seemingly
nothing in common.
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159. The bad girl.
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160. Alice Smith?
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161. The rebelling Catholic.
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162. Hermione Gomez?
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163. The teacher's pet.
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164. Penelope Blossom?
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165. The artist-athlete.
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166. Fred Andrews?
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167. The political animal.
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168. Sierra Samuels?
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169. And the ladies' man.
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170. Forsythe Pendleton Jones Jr.?
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171. Forsythe Pendleton Jones Jr.
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172. He was the BMOC,
an all-American athlete.
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173. A stud-muffin,
as we used to say.
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174. He was different
back then, Betty.
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175. Trying to be something
other than what he was.
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176. But still trouble.
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177. I was as tough as nails,
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178. but around FP, silly putty.
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179. Even in detention,
with the secret growing inside me,
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180. I hated him.
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181. But I wanted him.
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182. Ugh! Okay, okay,
Mom, I get it.
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183. While you're here today,
you will not talk.
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184. You will not play.
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185. You will not move.
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186. I don't even
want you to breathe.
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187. Yes.
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188. What if we have to pee?
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189. You hold it, Miss Samuels.
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190. And at the end of the day,
you will deliver a 1,000-word essay
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191. as to why you're here today.
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192. I will be right down the hall,
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193. in my office all day long.
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194. 'Cause I have
nothing better to do.
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195. Dude, can you not?
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196. Dude, can you bite me?
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197. Oh, my God, shh!
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198. Psst! Sierra.
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199. Sit down, we'll get in trouble.
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200. Tommy!
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201. Brought you
some sustenance.
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202. - Thank you.
- I love you.
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203. I'll see you tonight, okay?
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204. Okay.
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205. Sierra.
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206. You and Tom Keller?
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207. Guys, we've been going to
the same school since kindergarten.
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208. How do we not know
anything about each other?
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209. We're not friends.
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210. Cliques don't cross-pollinate.
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211. Haven't you seen Heathers?
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212. Well, we've got, uh...
six more hours to kill,
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213. and no one to impress.
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214. How about a round
of Secrets and Sins?
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215. Tommy and I
have been secretly dating
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216. for a few months now.
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217. Why secretly?
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218. Our parents don't want their children
dating someone so "different"...
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219. to use their euphemism
of choice.
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220. My mom is all up
in my relationships, too.
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221. You know Hiram Lodge?
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222. Ah, yes.
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223. - Dude is ripped.
- And a petty criminal.
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224. He's a self-starter who
provides for his family.
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225. But to my mom, he's a scrub.
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226. "Sangre, sudor, y lágrimas,
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227. That's the way
to the American dream, mija."
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228. But what dream?
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229. She cleans hotel rooms
in that stupid Five Seasons
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230. sixteen hours a day.
Hiram's got the right idea.
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231. Get out of Riverdale,
no matter what you have to do.
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232. Yeah, except Riverdale
is not the problem.
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233. Me? I wanna stay here
my whole life.
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234. Is that how long
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235. it's gonna take you to decide
between music or baseball?
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236. Our minor league is solid.
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237. And we're close enough to
the city to play music gigs.
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238. This town's got it all.
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239. Could even see myself running
for mayor one day.
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240. Ugh! Nightmare job.
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241. Why not shoot
for something bigger?
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242. You can do all those things
in a real metropolis.
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243. Yeah, except look after my dad.
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244. He's sick.
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245. Real sick.
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246. And he took care of me
my whole life.
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247. So now, it's my turn.
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248. Alice, you're up.
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249. What's your deepest,
darkest secret?
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250. - Um...
- Let's skip her.
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251. Alice, just tell them about the time you
lit a dumpster on fire in the Southside.
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252. Why don't you tell them that you
actually live in Sunnyside Trailer Park?
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253. - I thought you lived on Elm Street.
- Yeah.
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254. Of course,
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255. because that's what Forsythe
wants you to believe.
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256. You parade around the school
in your varsity jacket
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257. like a Northsider.
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258. Don't kid yourself.
You'll never escape the Southside.
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259. You're gonna end up
just like your dad.
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260. Downing six packs
in your double wide.
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261. Maybe, but I'm not gonna
hit my kid.
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262. Not like my old man hits me.
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263. I told him I didn't wanna
join his gang,
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264. that I wanted to be the first
Jones to go to college.
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265. He didn't like that.
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266. Okay.
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267. Guess that just leaves me.
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268. Fair is fair.
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269. The Blossoms,
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270. they are terrible people.
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271. But Penelope,
you're a Blossom.
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272. No, I'm not.
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273. Not really.
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274. I grew up at The Sisters
of Quiet Mercy orphanage.
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275. Oh, my God, Penelope.
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276. That place has, like,
violated every humanitarian code.
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277. When I was eight,
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278. the Blossoms came and asked to
see all the red-headed children.
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279. The next thing I knew,
I was leaving with them.
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280. I was so excited.
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281. I very quickly realized this
was not an altruistic adoption.
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282. I was being groomed
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283. to first be Clifford's sister,
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284. then, eventually,
his life companion.
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285. Every second away
from that house,
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286. even today, is a relief.
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287. Why are you still living there?
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288. They're my family.
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289. That's not family.
It's basically incest. It's disgusting.
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290. At least I'm not cleaning up other
people's toilets like your mom!
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291. Well, at least she has class.
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292. She's not stealing child brides
out of orphanages.
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293. Here we go again.
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294. - Hey, stop it!
- Hey!
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295. Congratulations.
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296. You all just upped
your sentence.
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297. From one Saturday detention
to four.
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298. We were angry,
of course,
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299. at each other, at ourselves.
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300. But little by little,
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301. hour by hour,
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302. the walls we'd hidden behind
all our lives
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303. started breaking down.
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304. As pudding cups
and sandwiches were shared,
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305. the bravado fell away.
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306. And a group of misfits
became unlikely friends.
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307. And then there was that
rainy Saturday afternoon.
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308. The first cold rain
of the season.
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309. When I got it into my head
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310. to add the rest of the group's
initials to the windowsill
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311. carved next to mine.
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312. And Hermione decided to break
into Mrs. Krabappel's drawer.
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313. What are you doing?
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314. Yesterday, Mrs. Krabappel
took my Game Lad
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315. and she locked it up in here,
so I'm getting it back.
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316. That's vandalism.
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317. Yeah.
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318. Holy crap.
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319. Krabappel's been hoarding
our stuff for decades.
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320. Ooh.
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321. And there it was,
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322. Gryphons and Gargoyles.
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323. I've heard of
this game before.
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324. We shouldn't play it.
It doesn't belong to us anyway.
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325. Gryphons and Gargoyles.
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326. Thought this
was an urban legend.
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327. Nah, I heard some kids
have been playing in Seaside.
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328. I heard one of them had
a heart attack and died.
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329. In that case, we definitely
have to play it, right?
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330. "An ancient evil,
long forgotten to this world, has awoken.
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331. His name: The Gargoyle King.
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332. Defeat him and receive
the supreme reward."
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333. Okay, but how do we beat him?
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334. It looks like the person
with the manual,
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335. me, is the Game Master.
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336. I'll guide you through quests
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337. and you complete them until
you ascend to the next level.
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338. But first, pick your characters.
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339. I pick the Sorceress.
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340. Maybe I can make
all you nerds disappear.
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341. I pick the Thief.
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342. I've always wanted to be free
of moral reasoning.
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343. Well, as the voice
of the people,
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344. I choose the Siren.
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345. Deadeye.
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346. Sick!
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347. Fred, we all know
you're the Radiant Knight.
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348. "Clinging to the ideals of hope,
justice, and righteousness."
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349. I don't know,
it seems kinda...
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350. - Boring.
- Perfect for you.
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351. Now, pay attention.
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352. "Welcome, brave adventurers,
to Eldervair,
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353. realm of
Gryphons and Gargoyles."
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354. Lady Smith, please pick
your quest card.
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355. "Free the souls
of the undead."
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356. You are standing at the top
of Necromancer's Alley.
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357. That's how
it begins, Betty,
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358. the maddening obsession,
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359. with the roll of the dice.
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360. You approach a well at the
center of Arcana Maze.
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361. The hedges grow behind you,
sealing off the exit.
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362. I'm gonna toss my Gildite coin.
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363. Please be heads.
Please be heads.
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364. A geyser bursts up depositing The
Scroll of Elders in your hand.
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365. Nicely done, Squire Pendleton.
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366. Is it too late to start
another round?
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367. Not at all.
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368. Might I suggest
we kick things up a notch?
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369. Take the game off the board.
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370. You mean, like, run around school
with Featherhead down the hall?
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371. - He takes a nap after lunch.
- I'm in.
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372. Trust me, you're going to love it.
Uh, there's this quest,
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373. "The Wedding Stone,"
that requires pairs.
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374. So, Squire Pendleton.
Madam H.
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375. Sir Fredrick, Lady Smith.
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376. I hid a gemstone from
Thornhill in this building.
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377. First pair to find it and show
it to Sierra gets to keep it.
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378. Looks like it's just you and
me for a little bit, Sierra.
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379. Shall we pillage the cafeteria?
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380. Why those
specific pairings, Penelope?
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381. Did the Gargoyle King
make you do it?
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382. I guess I'm just in the mood
for a little chaos.
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383. How do we know
if we are even close?
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384. We let our love to guide us.
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385. Yeah,
or the Gargoyle King.
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386. Hey.
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387. Come on, ready?
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388. Yeah.
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389. Yes!
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390. M'lady.
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391. You know, I've been thinking
of asking you something.
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392. Whoa!
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393. What the hell, Hermione?
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394. You were gonna kiss me.
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395. No.
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396. I wasn't.
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397. This is a role-playing game.
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398. I'm not actually into you, FP.
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399. Alice, are you okay?
You look...
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400. Here, sit down.
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401. Hey, you can talk to me.
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402. Alice, what's up?
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403. I'm...
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404. lost.
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405. I wake up every morning
wanting to escape my life
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406. and my mistakes.
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407. And when I'm here,
I do and I'm happy.
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408. And when the game's over,
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409. I'm me again.
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410. God, that sounds pathetic.
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411. No, no.
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412. It doesn't.
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413. So, FP...
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414. What exactly went down
with you and Alice?
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415. Nothing serious.
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416. We were
just messing around,
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417. which she was cool with.
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418. The more we've been playing G&G,
the more I've been thinking
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419. it could be more,
I don't know.
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420. You should talk to her.
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421. For real.
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422. Take a shot.
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423. You're the Deadeye after all.
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424. I love my dad.
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425. And I hate seeing him in pain.
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426. Sometimes, I...
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427. I just can't handle it.
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428. But Sir Fredrick
doesn't have a sick dad.
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429. So I pretend that I'm here with you guys.
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430. And I'm...
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431. free again.
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432. Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait.
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433. You and Fred Andrews?
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434. We were lonely, Betty.
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435. We were young, attractive,
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436. in the same room...
It was just once,
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437. a brief flame
between two people
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438. that existed
in that one moment.
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439. But in the Blue and Gold?
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440. We played for weeks.
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441. Sneaking into school,
late at night,
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442. getting deeper than ever.
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443. And we dubbed ourselves
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444. "The Midnight Club."
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445. We abandoned the board,
acting out our quests and adventures
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446. in the real world,
playing characters.
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447. Some of us became a little
more inseparable than others.
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448. Wait, wait...
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449. What was that?
Do you guys hear that?
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450. Surrender!
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451. - Hermione?
- Hiram?
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452. - Sierra?
- Tommy?
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453. Are you guys
playing G&G, too?
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454. We had thought
we were special.
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455. Have been
for about a week now.
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456. Darryl Doiley found it in the
restricted section of the library.
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457. Relinquish your
Game Master duties.
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458. Make me, heathen.
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459. We joined forces.
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460. Started playing a bigger game.
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461. And then the line between Gryphons
and Gargoyles and real life
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462. became blurred
in a dangerous way.
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463. We found these strange
invitations in our lockers.
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464. "Members of
the Midnight Club,
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465. come to
the detention room tonight."
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466. "Rise to the challenge."
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467. "And ascend to the next level
of the game."
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468. Hell, yeah!
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469. "Eagerly yours,
the Gargoyle King."
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470. Welcome
to the Ascension Party.
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471. "Find the chalices.
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472. Flip the Gryphon coin
for your fate.
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473. Drink from the chalice,
and meet your destiny.
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474. The successful among you will
ascend to the third level."
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475. Sounds simple enough.
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476. But not much of a party.
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477. So... Why don't we
make it one?
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478. What's that, Hiram?
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479. Fizzle rocks.
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480. They're new.
Just hit the streets.
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481. I was pregnant with your brother.
I didn't take any.
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482. But to this day, I wonder
what was in those drugs.
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483. Maybe whatever
turned us into monsters.
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484. Kudos on the whole
Ascension Party thing.
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485. - Very rad.
- Me?
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486. I thought you did all this.
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487. It was set up when I got here.
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488. Or maybe we'd
been monsters all along.
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489. Ascension Night was frenzied
from the start.
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490. The festivities began with an
impromptu concert by the Fred Heads.
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491. That night, our dark
doppelgangers were released.
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492. And we all went
a little bit insane.
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493. High on fizzle rocks
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494. and the very game itself.
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495. Principal Featherhead must
have learned of our trespassing
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496. and was investigating.
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497. God help me, Betty,
I could have said something,
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498. stopped him.
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499. I could have prevented
what came next.
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500. But instead, I just left.
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501. I spent the night
calling the Midnight Club.
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502. No one picked up.
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503. They must have been caught,
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504. or expelled,
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505. maybe even arrested.
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506. I went to Principal
Featherhead's office,
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507. maybe to confess, but...
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508. Hi, is Principal
Featherhead in?
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509. Not yet.
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510. He should be in later if you
want to make an appointment.
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511. Are you okay, Alice?
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512. Do you want to see the nurse?
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513. No.
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514. Hermione.
Thank God.
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515. I've got this bad feeling.
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516. Were things okay last night?
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517. You didn't hear?
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518. I knew it.
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519. What happened?
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520. FP was supposed to tell you.
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521. Tell me what?
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522. Fred's dad,
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523. he died,
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524. while we were
at the Ascension Party last night.
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525. Fred found him
when he got home.
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526. By the time Mr. Andrews'
funeral came around
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527. a few days later,
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528. Principal Featherhead had been
declared officially missing.
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529. And we were all waiting
for the other shoe to drop.
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530. It was
a beautiful service, Fred.
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531. I should have
been there when he...
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532. You have to stop
beating yourself up, man.
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533. There's nothing you could have done.
He was sick.
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534. And he died alone.
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535. Because I was high,
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536. running around school like
an idiot with you guys.
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537. Fred.
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538. Look, between this
and Featherhead going MIA,
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539. we're all a little on edge.
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540. I saw him that night
at the school.
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541. During the Ascension Party,
I saw Featherhead,
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542. and the next morning,
he was gone.
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543. Did anyone else run into him?
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544. Should we tell someone?
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545. You didn't see anything.
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546. - Penelope.
- Nobody did.
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547. Do you want the finger pointed at us
because we happened to be doped up
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548. and trespassing on the same
night Featherhead disappeared?
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549. We don't know what,
if anything, happened to him,
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550. and no one else knows
we were there.
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551. So we keep our mouths shut.
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552. Agreed?
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553. Agreed?
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554. The rumors spread
like wildfire.
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555. Everyone had a theory about what
happened to Principal Featherhead,
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556. but no one had guessed
the gruesome truth,
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557. that Mr. Featherhead had been
right under our noses,
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558. and by the next week,
it was impossible
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559. to ignore the flies
and the smell.
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560. There was a blue liquid in
the chalices when I saw them.
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561. Featherhead's corpse
had blue lips.
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562. And the police said
he had poison in his system.
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563. What did you guys do to him?
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564. What do you mean,
what did we do?
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565. You were there too, Alice.
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566. And you're the only one
that actually saw him.
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567. Yeah, because you guys
were tripping.
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568. And who was even wearing that insane
Gargoyle King costume anyway?
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569. What are you talking about?
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570. We were all in
our normal outfits.
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571. And the chalices were empty.
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572. The Lady Smith doth protest
a little too much, methinks.
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573. Yeah.
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574. Pretty convenient
that you left early.
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575. Why don't you tell us what
you did to Featherhead?
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576. This is ridiculous.
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577. Fred,
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578. you're the radiant knight.
You always do the right thing.
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579. You'll go to the cops
with me, right?
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580. We're not telling the cops!
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581. Why suddenly such
a rule breaker, Penelope?
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582. Because you killed him?
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583. And how would
I have killed him?
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584. With our magic chalices?
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585. Yeah.
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586. The goblets were full when I
went into the bathroom, okay?
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587. Maybe you poisoned them when
you were setting up the quest.
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588. Except for I didn't
set up the quest.
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589. Neither did Darryl.
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590. We were just as in the dark
as the rest of you.
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591. Guys, the chalices
were just sitting there.
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592. Any one of us could have
drank from them.
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593. So whoever invited us
to the Ascension Party
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594. was trying to kill one
or more of us.
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595. Well, then, we have
to destroy the game,
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596. so that it can't be
traced back to us.
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597. The manuals. We just have
to destroy the manuals.
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598. We can scatter
everything else.
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599. I was outnumbered.
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600. At least, that's what
I tell myself now.
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601. I'll handle the dice.
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602. Left in
a Monopoly box,
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603. forgotten among
the other mismatched pieces.
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604. I've got the chalices.
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605. Nestled among
other cups and the trophy case.
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606. I'll dispose of
the library manual.
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607. Thrown
in Sweetwater River.
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608. And I'll burn our copy.
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609. Right, everyone spit.
We're making a pact.
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610. From this moment on,
no one talks about Gryphons and Gargoyles.
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611. It's a secret,
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612. forever,
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613. to the grave.
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614. To the grave.
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615. After playing G&G,
it was a return to reality.
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616. We went our separate ways,
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617. and burdened by our guilt,
became different people.
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618. The wannabe rock star sold his
guitar and began breaking rocks
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620. The Catholic school girl went
against her mother's wishes
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621. and began a lifetime
of compromises.
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622. Where did you get it?
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623. Don't you worry about that,
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625. Romeo and Juliet
took their curtain call.
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626. Maybe when we're older...
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627. things will be different.
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628. I'll wait for you, Sierra.
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629. I hope you'll do the same.
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630. The Game Master
became the pawn.
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631. I wanna live in Thornhill forever and ever,
Clifford.
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632. The world outside is...
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633. It's too dangerous.
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634. The high school MVP
became a greaser gang member.
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635. The biker girl traded
her leathers for a big lie.
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636. Hey there, Hal Cooper.
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637. Any chance you're free
for a malt at Pop's?
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638. And when the Midnight Club
passed each other in the halls,
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639. we didn't so much as smile.
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640. We'd become strangers again.
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641. Okay.
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642. But, wait,
if Principal Featherhead died
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643. because he drank
from a poisoned chalice,
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644. then who poisoned the cups?
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645. I don't know.
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646. His death was ruled a suicide
under suspicious circumstances,
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647. and we never spoke about it
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648. because we knew it must have been
a member of the Midnight Club.
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649. The unthinkable.
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650. One of us was a murderer.
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651. But how did they know
that Featherhead would show up
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652. and that he would
drink from the cups?
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653. That's what's so terrifying.
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654. The killer couldn't have known.
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655. Which meant whoever poisoned
those cups meant for one of us
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656. to drink it
at the end of the quest.
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657. So, Featherhead was
an unintentional casualty.
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658. I'm sorry, Mom.
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659. But if we're gonna figure out how
to stop what's happening now,
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660. I have a lot more questions.
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661. Elizabeth.
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662. When you play the game,
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663. the more you talk about it,
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664. the more you think of it,
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665. the more at risk you are.
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666. Mortal risk.
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667. But from what?
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668. People on the outside?
The Game Masters?
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669. And on the inside,
the players.
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670. The game, it gives you
permission to hurt or kill,
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671. themselves, their enemies,
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672. their friends.
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673. Ben, Dilton, Ethel, they all willingly drank
the Fresh-Aid during their chalice quest.
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674. But was it murder or suicide?
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675. In the end,
it's just death, Betty.
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676. Please promise me
you won't investigate it.
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677. You know I can't do that, Mom.
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678. Someone from your club
used the game
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679. to murder Featherhead.
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680. Now my classmates are dying.
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681. And the whole school
is playing the game.
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682. I saw a creature in the woods.
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683. I think the same one you saw
at the school.
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684. The Gargoyle King.
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685. What if it's the same person
from the Midnight Club?
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686. Then and now?
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687. I know you're scared, Mom.
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688. But we can't be silent anymore.
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689. You see where that's gotten us.
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690. Just please, swear to me...
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691. Swear to me that
you won't play it.
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692. I won't play the game,
I promise.
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693. Okay, well...
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694. A good detective always
vets her sources.
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695. Hiding in plain sight
the whole time.
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696. Juggy? Jug?
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697. You won't believe the story
my mom told me last night...
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698. Jug.
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699. What are you doing?
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700. Betty.
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701. It's all making sense.
All of this is becoming clear.
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702. The game, the Gargoyle King.
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703. I'm a Level Three,
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704. but it's only a matter of time
until I ascend...
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705. And I get to meet him.
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