Ari still has netting caught in her hair. She's not risking taking it off with shoddy charm-work. She can fix it later. Right now, they have a race to win.

"It better come out in the wash," she agrees, tugging Jade forward by the hand as she resumes their path through the maze. "I wasn't told to wear clothes I don't care about for this activity." Ari still thinks this is kind of an oxymoron, but at least she has her gym clothes and her school uniform to fall back on when the term comes up. Right now she's wearing one of her favorite blouses, and she'll kill Ocean herself if it's ruined forever.

"We'd better hurry," she says, checking her map as the walls shift again. They're getting close to the finish line.