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[browbeats]

I get why moms drink now

Honestly, this all just seems like an argument in favor of instituting even more quarantines.

[Sy]

I need a break from Ribbonfin’s fucking emotions right now. What’re you doing?

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Stokers

[threatens]

Honestly? Wondering why's it so fuckin hard for people to not sled if they don't wanna get in shit. Like... I heard about it, and I didn't go. And then I gotta wonder how it is we got to the point where I'm judging people for doing stupid shit? Like, is this how you feel all the time? Because I'm having a real goddamn identity crisis, dude. I might have to punch a tree.

Come to Coppertale. No one throws whiny temper tantrums here except Park. Or we can meet halfway at like the Oak and I can try punching the biggest fuckin tree there is.

Stokers

[browbeats]

I don't feel that way 100% of the time, but it's definitely in the high 90s. Punching trees will just make you feel like me with extra scabs on your hands. I punch things with padding.

But is fucking Casey going to be there, I No fuck him, he doesn't get to stop me from bugging my brother It's too cold to be outside, I'll come to Coppertale. At least Coppertale tantrums usually end in something broken and on fire and I know how to handle those.

Stokers

[threatens]

Ro, I gotta punch things without padding so I can feel manly and shit.

But you got a point. Get over here. I'll try to start a fight with someone, and you can see me try to punch fire. Fighting fire is so much manlier than fighting a fuckin tree.

Stokers

[browbeats]

You wouldn't feel manly punching a satin pillow? Because I do. I feel manly as fuck when my knuckles gently brush the fabric and don't hurt after.

That's why you're my favorite fox. And I'll cheer for you. I know you can beat that fire, SWEEP THE LEG, KNOCK THE OXYGEN OUT OF IT THEREBY REMOVING ONE OF THE THREE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS NECESSARY TO BUILD FIRE. In other words, kill it.

[duelled]

Bad ideas quarantine.

[browbeats]

There are a lot of bad ideas, though, and those are starting to look like slightly less bad ideas.

[duelled]

It's a real problem. I used to be smart and responsible before I came here.

[knightly]

I'm still trying to hold onto both of those. Responsible's winning out. Smart, not so much.

[duelled]

I'm still kinda smart so together we have our bases kinda covered.

[knightly]

Excellent. We could be a crime-fighting duo, Ivy. Except instead of crime, it's the terrifying fear of disappointing people.

[duelled]

I know I've gotten lost in the metaphor but I feel like we'd be a great crime-fighting duo. Vigilantes!

[duelled]

Oh, but vigilantism is breaking the law, isn't it? Nevermind!

[browbeats]

Oh my god me too. But then I helped start a fight club. There has to be something in the water.

[duelled]

At this point I think the water is definitely worth investigating.

[browbeats]

Over Christmas we should all see if we feel compelled to make any bad decisions. If not, we're definitely being drugged. If yes, then we're all just losing the fight with peer pressure.

I hope it's the first one.

[bambae]

You losers can do that. The rest of us are gonna find new and more beautiful ways to fuck up.

[browbeats]

You've been drinking the water too long. It's seeped into your blood, reached your brain. You're beyond hope, Christopher.

[bambae]

Nah I was this fucked up before I got into this school, Rosemary

[duelled]

But what if we were drugged and there are long-term side effects? What if this is just who we are now?

[browbeats]

Then I guess Christmas break will be a good chance for all of us to come to terms with our new, disappointing selves.

[knightly]

Just when I finally got rid of my blue freckles. What's the next quarantine on the list?

[browbeats]

Looks like we're all set to go temporarily blind but also gain the ability to fly for the next 24 hours two days before Christmas. So prepare for that.

[knightly]

Staff will have to throw a net around the school to keep us quarantined. I suppose that would be very interesting to see... if we could see at all.

[browbeats]

I'm sure Micah will have his camera. I mean, he'll end up filming the floor or a lens cap the entire time, but every once in a while we could get a lucky glimpse of some feet.

[ferdie]

I hope not. If this keeps up we're going to need quarantines for being quarantined so much and that's gonna get confusing.

[browbeats]

The epidemics will start doubling up on us and we'll need layers and timetables. I really am starting to think we're some kind of secret epidemiology test group.

[ferdie]

Epidemiology or psychological experiment also disguised as a epidemiology test? Because that would explain the levels.

[browbeats]

Or a sociological experiment to see who starts to suspect that this is a psychological experiment also disguised as an epidemiology test.

I'm starting to worry about what's going to happen to us next quarantine if we keep unraveling this mystery.

[ferdie]

Other than we won't ever escape it?

[browbeats]

Every time we think we've broken free, we'll find ourselves in a larger quarantine, like a false awakening in a dream. And if we do ever escape, we won't even remember what freedom feels like. Where are the walls and armed guards?

[ferdie]

Until we realize they're still there, just disguised as our houses and schools and teachers.
The world will be our quarantine.
Coming Summer 2014