FINAL INVESTIGATION

[whimsicalism]

No one is dead today. Why would they when the end is so close? You can practically taste it (or is that your stomach?) as the final Friday dawns. It's time to get some answers.

The Storyteller isn't talking to anyone but it's a good guess to see where she went. There's one final door that hasn't been checked, after all.

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Re: cw: murder, assisted suicide

[imozon]

You're alive... you're real and you're alive...

[ballooncaged]

[Away from the speaker, to dark dream]

What's even going on there? Was the queen in the castle a storyteller illusion or something?

[imozon]

I don't know! She's usually a doll, right? Maybe that's like a puppet.

[whimsicalism]

It - was - a - puppet - I - was - here

[imozon]

...I want to meet you, Alice. The real you.

[whimsicalism]

But - I'm - I'm - a - bad - girl

[imozon]

I don't care if you're bad or good or anything! You're my friend!

[whimsicalism]

[...]

Even - if - I'm - the - reason - she's - doing - this?

[imozon]

I still thought you were the one behind this when I decided I liked you!

[ballooncaged]

So... So it was your own puppet! It was you!

Every time you smiled, or laughed, or had cake... That was part of you!

[whimsicalism]

It - was - fun - I - had - friends

[ballooncaged]

Can I... tell you a secret?

Before this, I wasn't friends with other kids. And now that I have made more friends... Everything that's happened like the castle full of weeds now that you're gone...

I believe you really wanted to be a good friend. So maybe I should thank you.

[whimsicalism]

No - one - saw - me - in - hospital - no - one - treated - me - well - but - everyone - here- and - the - previous - round - too - did

[She pauses.]

I - couldn't - do - anything - to - help - them

[ballooncaged]

That is sad... But... Now you know, right? You have a chance to do something different that you believe in.