After he and Rosy go to the lodge and enlist Mr Hightower!!

[ferdie]

[Student Authority]
Don’t sound any alarms. But I’m calling for a double bed check, please verify everyone in your cabin is there.
And if Gweneth Popplestone happens to be in your camps, please let me know.
Rosy and I think she might just be in the lodge again, and we’re getting Mr. Hightower to help look, but you know. Better safe than sorry not safe. Thanks, guys.

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Student Authority

[heyitsnia]

All accounted for, here, and no spare fish.

[Head Kids]
But for real, do we need to sound some alarms? What's up?

Re: Student Authority

[ferdie]

A sad state of affairs, but acceptable

[Head Kids]
Gweneth is missing and Ennis swears he brought her all the way to her doorstep.
We’re at the lodge getting Mr. Hightower now.

Student Authority

[heyitsnia]

I'm sure you'll find her. Thank you for the heads up and let me know if I can assist in any way.

[Head Kids]
Well, you know what that sounds like. [...] Suggest to Rosy that she use the journals to verify everyone's identity once they're all back in the cabin. And maybe she should do a room check. We don't know if those things can assume the forms of animals or inanimate objects.
And let me know when you've found Gwen?

Head Kids

[ferdie]

Sure do. And I will. Thanks.

[...] Tell me it’s overkill to have everyone in the school sign into their journals to verify

Head Kids

[heyitsnia]

We definitely don't need to do that quite yet! It'll be okay. It might've really been Gwen. But, precautions.

Maybe [...] if Gwen's not in the lodge. Maybe, then.

Head Kids

[ferdie]

You’re right. Yeah. Hopefully she’s here.
We’re going to have to sign our names into our own journals before every conversation soon.

Head Kids

[heyitsnia]

I'm ready to be rallied, if you need me, but I'm sure she's safe.
It's something I've been dreading. The last thing I want is a return to last year's fears. And this is worse. It's not distrusting the forest. It's distrusting each other.

Head Kids

[ferdie]

That’s probably exactly what they want, too.
Maybe by themselves they’re not that threatening but if they divide us, I don’t know.

Head Kids

[heyitsnia]

You can guaran-fucking-tee I'm not going to let them do that. I'll counter every nasty bit of gossip and mistaken identity cheating fiasco with a bonding event if I have to.

Head Kids

[ferdie]

People hate bonding but by god they’ll hate mimics more.

Head Kids

[heyitsnia]

Mimics think they're a match for forced camaraderie. Peh.

Student Authority

[ghostbluster]

We're all accounted for here. Need any help?

Student Authority

[ferdie]

Thanks, Liberty. No, just...keep people in your cabins for now.

Re: Student Authority

[ghostbluster]

You got it, boss.

Student Authority

[readingrainbows]

Same here! Should I follow in Bertie's footsteps?

Student Authority

[ferdie]

They’re pretty great footsteps, let’s not mess with them. We’ll keep you updated. Thanks, Zach

Big Fish Authority

[browbeats]

I didn't want to say it where the others could sense my anxiety, but I'm kind of fucking pissed off at these Strangers right now.

Big Fish Authority

[puphart]

None of this is okay. I'm not mad because I don't know if it would help but I'm disapp

Big Fish Authority

[ferdie]

Kind of feels like a direct insult, doesn’t it. Implement a buddy system, all this theee days later

Big Fish Authority

[browbeats]

Kind of like messing with the fish too, don't they?

Big Fish Authority

[puphart]

I thought we'd all done a really good job of respecting the forest. I don't understand why they're doing this?

[...] Did either of you speak with Anonymous when they came to our camping trip?

Big Fish Authority

[browbeats]

I wasn't feeling particularly magnanimous toward him at the time so, no.

[...] I have maybe talked to Brother more than just that one time in the Grotto, though.

Big Fish Authority

[puphart]

When was that???? Because when I asked them what we could do to respect their space and the forest, he told me that we [...] "belong" to the forest? At least, I think that was the word? And I think I thought it was more of an ecosystem thing, but now I don't know?

Big Fish Authority

[ferdie]

I think [...] we do belong.
Anonymous has said these things are strangers. I took that to mean they don’t belong in the forest, and honestly they should really just leave.

I think [...] we might’ve let them out of the mines

Big Fish Authority

[browbeats]

Probably wasn't a coincidence if they were in the same place as Brother's heart. I wonder if the people that took the heart were [...] responsible for these things existing in the first place?

Big Fish Authority

[ferdie]

It would all kinda fit.
I doubt these things stole the heart themselves, at least?

Big Fish Authority

[browbeats]

The sense I got was that we might not be assholes now, but we were going to grow into our true assholery, which makes me think he's got a problem with human adults in particular.

And also that he doesn't watch us playing sports because we are total assholes.

Big Fish Authority

[browbeats]

Back in October. It was a weird time for everyone involved.

We all seem to belong to Anon and Brother, at least, whether we like it or not, and they are, more or less, the forest incarnate.

Student Authority

[datasstho]

All accounted for here, sorry guys. If you need extra hands, let me know, but I'll keep my eyes and ears open for any unaccounted for fish.

Student Authority

[casperkim]

[...]

Everyone's accounted for here too.

What happened to the fucking Buddy System? If I can help, tell me.