the thmgau rewrite

Mandated Noncompliance

It had been a long, long day for Juniper.

Getting the job application from Sotry & filling it out took a little longer than expected. Juniper guessed Sotry didn't want to be coworkers with aem either, which was fair.

After that, zae had to go to the store & pick up some food (Juno had a lot of fun in the shopping cart, it seemed). Then, fae went back over to Cherry's dorm room to introduce everyone to Juno & the plan for tomorrow. The rest of the group just shrugged & agreed.

But now, finally, she was able to relax. As Juno got tucked into the couch, Juniper laid down in zheir bed, got all snuggled up under the covers, & conked out.

It was a restless sleep, though. In eir dreams, Juniper found emself face-to-face with the same shadow creature from before, when ey first got the necklace.

"Hero.." the creature's voice echoed. "You must tread cautiously. Juno is not as he seems."

Juniper tried to ask what the shadow meant by that, but nothing came out when zae tried to speak.

"Juno is a danger to us all." the shadow creature continued. "Any mistake you make with her could lead to death, one way or another. Stay cautious. Don't listen to a word he says."

Before he knew it, Juniper was awake again. Phey turned to look at the time. It was only 5:46 in the morning. As voi took a few breaths, 2 questions came to mind.

Did the others have that dream, & is Juno really a threat?

A buzz from their phone answered one of those questions.

Leslie: did anybody else have that weird dream
Nora: i did!
Cherry: i did too.
Juniper: same here.
Kalani: yeah 👍
Cherry: what the hell was that even about.
Cherry: "juno is not as he seems" ???
Nora: the last time we all had a dream like that was when we got the necklaces in the first place
Nora: maybe this prophetic dream has a good point.
Cherry: but what are we supposed to do? all we know is that juno wants back in the castle.
Kalani: i think i might know what's up ☝️
Kalani: remember what sun & mr. moon told us a couple days ago when we were at mercury ☀️🌒
Leslie: uhh. no :p
Kalani: they said if we met anyone named juno, we have to avoid him at all costs. juno was the person who shot sun. 🔫
Juniper: OH SHIT youre right
Juniper: THATS why the name juno felt so familiar to me
Cherry: ugh so now on top of trying to pay rent in time now we have to deal with the dude who shot sun
Leslie: what could juno want back in the castle for though?
Nora: presumably to shoot sun again
Juniper: well whatever her plan is we should probably stop it.
Cherry: but how do we stop him?
Juniper: i dunno! that's what i'm asking!
Leslie: if we all meet up at my dorm we could probably brainstorm somethin
Leslie: plus i can make us breakfast :3
Kalani: well i can never say no to a leslie breakfast 🍳

Juniper sighed, getting out of bed. Of course ae would let a villain into aer apartment, knowing aer luck. She slipped on her slippers & made her way to Leslie's dorm room. Whatever Juno had planned, the group was planning to stop it.

-

The group sat around on Leslie's couch as it served them all some bacon & eggs. It was a little bit early for breakfast, but it's better early than late.

"Mmmfh.. these are really good, Leslie!"
"Thanks!"

Leslie sat down with their own plate of bacon & eggs. Somehow, throughout everything the group has been through so far, Leslie always manages to keep a smile on its face.