Chapter 3

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~That morning before school~
Masky's perspective

       "Alright everyone, I have gathered you here this morning for an important announcement. You are all going to school." Slenderman exclaims. There is immediately a multitude of discontented exclamations.
        "Please, calm down everyone. You have six files in front of you. BEN has already looked through the files and found the town the kills are originating from. Thanks to Laughing Jack's dreamscaping abilities, we know what school these six girls go to. We do not know much more than this, so you all will be going to school until you find them. In the mean time you will simply gather information until I give you the go ahead. Any questions?"
        "Yeah. How do we go to school without being arrested? Most of us are deformed past makeup and the rest of us refuse to go out without a mask." Jeff says.
        "Ah, yes. As you leave the doorway of the house, a spell will be cast to make you look normal to the human eye. Remember, only those who are mad can see those who are mad. Therefore, you cannot see the disguise, but normal humans can. If you would like to see it, you will have to check your reflection."
        "Are the supplies ready for us sir?"
        "Yes, it is all in the backpacks by the door. The bags are color coded to your personalities. You may all leave now if you are ready. I have put a map in each of the bags so that you can move around the town on your own. The spell will not wear off until you return through the doorway."
        Everyone gets up and gets their own bag. I grab Hoodie's bag, orange with the proxy symbol for a zipper, and my own, orangish tan with the same zipper. I grab the map out of my bag and we both head to the school.
        By the time we arrive, everyone has caught up with us. We all head inside to get our schedules from the office. The desk lady halts us before we leave.
        "Hold up. Let me call up a guide for you." She turns to the announcement mic and hits a button that says 'gymnasium'.
        "Mrs. Erics? Can you send Sapphire Etts to the office please." She pauses a moment and we hear a faint
        "She'll be just a moment Ms. Ellory, she's headed there now."
        "Thank you." She turns off the mic.
        "That was Mrs. Erics. She'll be the gym teacher for you girls. The boys will have Coach Mavericks. My name is Ms. Ellory. If you need any office work done, just come to me." A pale ravenette walks into the office.
        "Thanks for getting me out of gym Ms. E. You called?"
        "Yes I did, my little gem. I need you to show some new students around. Why don't you introduce yourself." The girl turns to us.
        "Oh, alright." She says surprised, but cheerfully. She gives a bow like she just gave a winning performance.
        "Sapphire Etts, official school tour guide and journalist, at your service. Can I take a picture of you all together?" She takes out a camera and we pose for her. I move back to standing away from everyone else.
        “Hey, how about you go ahead and ask one of them out already? The one in the tannish jacket over there looks like a good candidate.” We both jump from what we're doing.
        “NO WAY!” We yell at the same time. Sapphire glares me down and I go back to digging in my bag. She glares at Ms. Ellory next then goes back to looking between us and the photo, confused.
        "Sapphire here, is the best we have. Spelling bees, gymnastics, sports, you name it, I bet you she's won it. Haven't you my little gem?" She puts away the camera.
        "Yeah yeah yeah. C'mon guys, let me show you around."

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