Secretly Meeting

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Juniper made her rounds through all the hotel floors like usual that night. Finally, she went to the ground floor and walked through a hall. She shuffled through papers in her arms and hands. She walks by the meeting room, rushing to put these papers away.

"I think it's finally time we enacted plan T" a voice said. "Yeah, it's time", another voice commented. Someone in that room cracked their knuckles, "I'm ready to kick some ass", the person who said that let out a chuckle.

Juniper opened the door. There, at the meeting table, sat Aria, Dahlia, Maria, Michelle, Antoinette, Calico, Charles and Felicity. Everyone went quiet and looked at her. "What's going on?", Juniper asks, confused on why they are in there. Usually she handles the meetings. "Nothing, nothing". Maria gets up. "We were just wrapping up. Design details of upgrades towards the hotel", she explained. "You know your supposed to run any design details with me", Juniper says. "We were going to later. How about I run it by you during dinner. We need to get back to our stations", Maria smiled. "Fine", Juniper rolls her eyes.

Juniper continued down her way. She put away the papers into their respective piles. Again, she picked up Jay-Jay's file.

"Name: [REDACTED] Smith
Gender: Female
Eye color: Green
Hair color: Blonde
Skin color: White
Current residence: Hotel Cryptid
Parents: Mary Anne Beth Smith and Tobias Smith.
S/O: Nathaniel Willow.
Kid(s): N/A
Year died: N/A
Age when died: N/A
Cause of death: N/A
Birthplace: Durham, North Carolina"

Juniper read through the text. She sighs. Putting the file back, she yawns. She hasn't been getting much sleep the past few nights as nightmares plague through her dreams like a hurricane whipping through Florida.

Juniper locked up the files and put the key in her pocket. Juniper went downstairs to the living quarters of the Hotel Cryptid workers. She noticed how people watched her. There were whispers, accusing stares, angry glares, and hurtful words towards her. "I bet she's the cause of all this", one voice went. "I bet she killed Georgia and Beckett because they knew too much", another voice.

Georgia. Beckett. She didn't kill them. But she knew who did.

"I bet she's angry because someone hurt her", a voice whispers. "I swear, whenever I can, I'll murder her myself", that voice barked out a laugh. The person beside them laughed as well. Juniper quickly walked through the crowd of people and entered her room. She shut her door and put the key to the files on her desk. Juniper flopped down on her bed and quickly fell asleep.

Calico entered Juniper's room. She has been working with Maria and others to figure out a way out of the hotel and how to get rid of Tobias. Calico has a history of sneaking around and stealing. This will be a piece of cake.

Calico remembers first meeting Sapphire from a heist aftermath.

Walking to her room, she took off her jacket. She opened her closet door to see a girl laying on the ground. The girl was holding a backpack filled with hard objects. She was wearing a black outfit, looking like a robber. The girl has blue hair and really pale skin, almost like paper. The girl seems small, maybe 5'3. "The hell?", Calico whispers. 

She shook the though from her head. Calico took the key to the files off the desk and snooped around. She found a notebook, the history of Hotel Cryptid, a letter from Tobias, and a picture.

Calico quickly left when Juniper started to stir.

"Maria! Maria! I got the goods!", Calico chuckled as she entered the meeting room. "Oh lordy. You sound like you have drugs", Maria laughed. Calico looked like a kid holding candy.

Dahlia held Aria silently. Both were tired and wanted to rest. Michelle and Antoinette say side by side, Antoinette leaning on Michelle. Calico took her seat by Felicity and Charles. Maria sat at the head of the table.

"Alright, ladies and gent. Down to business", Maria shuffled papers in her hand, ready to finally bring the boss down.

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