(Sort of a sequel of "How Octonaughty Became Octonaughty")
This story is based on the episode The Team Factor but more dramatic. A fellow numberhuman decided to ask the What Iffer what this whole thing is was a game of Team Factor Game but decided...
It's now 5 hours since Talia went out, and Emmet has no idea what has happened to her. Until he got a phone call.
"Hallo! This is Emmet speaking! Where were you Tal-" before he could finish the sentence, he heard Teresa's voice.
"Er, sorry. Hi, Emmet-. Um-" then Emmet heard some muffling on the background then someone else answered.
"Hi, Emmet! This is Simon, and the person that called you was Teresa! So apparently your sister went to the library at night and Teresa was there. Then Talia gave Teresa some idea and Teresa hugged her. But then- Teresa did not do it on purpose! -Talia turned into stone right after the hug." Emmet had no clue how to react. If this happened in public, everyone who knew would be shocked at how he managed to sit still for a whole minute without making a noise. "Um, hello? Anyone there?"
"Uh, yeah! Sorry. Where's Talia at right now?"
"At our lab. It's near the town square."
Then Emmet immediately ended the call, ran straight for the lab, still in his pajamas.
At the Lab
He's just standing there. Rethinking all of his life decisions, especially the one last night. There is Talia, laying down with a shocked but still smiling face, hers arm still up in the air as if she's hugging someone while laying down.
"But on the bright side, I think I know why some of us are getting petrified thanks to Talia." Simon gives Teresa a "this-is-no-joke" look. Teresa shrugs at Simon and looks over to Emmet. Emmet continues to stare at poor Talia. Talia just stares at the roof. "Um, so you guys wanna know what I discovered?" Teresa speaks up again. Everyone in the lab that's not a statue stares at her. "Never mind, I forgot." Everyone sighs. "But I can go to the library to find that book again."
"What book?" Simon asks.
"The Book of Numberhumans?"
"OH MY GOSH! EMMET YES! Now I remember!" Teresa points at Emmet as she starts jumping up and down but makes sure she doesn't end up accidently touching Emmet just in case.
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"Come on then! Let's go get the book!" Emmet says as he runs out of the lab to go to the library.
"Wait! I didn't say that I needed the book! But eh, it might help us see if it's plotted or not." Teresa shrugs. Simon gives Teresa that look again. "Gee, you can't take jokes seriously." Teresa pouts, and does "sassy/angry" walk away.
At The Library
Emmet, Simon, and Teresa started looking through bookshelves, first in the "About Numberland" aisle. Once they checked it seven times and still haven't found the book, they started checking other aisles.
"I'm pretty sure it is here. I've seen it a gazillion times!" Emmet says, as he runs back and forth across every aisle. Meanwhile Simon goes ask the current person who's taking care of the library.
"Hey, Zoe. Has anyone signed out The Book of Numberhumans? We really need it right now!"
"Oh! I think someone did! I forgot. I was actually dozing off and around 6am I think, right after Talia got moved to the lab. Somebody dropped a big, heavy book written 'The Book of Numberhumans' in front of me, and I scanned it without looking at their face and let them go."
"Oh, um. Did you notice anything about that person?"
"Um, lemme think. They were quite very grey. Not because of the dark, because their clothes were grey."
