Late Evening

[empereurs]

Good luck to everyone going in tonight, if this works.


[Squad 4]

We're on standby. Everyone try to get rest, in case we're called in. I hate

Also yes, I have a week of detention. No, I didn't get demoted from squad leader. Yes, I regret we did. No, we didn't see anything. Yes, I'm about to pull a "do what I say, not what I do": curfew is a strict 10 PM unless the teachers decide otherwise. Do not trespass on private property. Do not risk your lives needlessly. Thank you.

[Scout]

Good luck I already wrote that [...] Be careful. The mission is important, but we can't afford to lose you [...] or your squad either.

[Neal]

[...] Do you think this has anything to do with Halloween night?

Comments

Squad 4

[empereurs]

Well, right now we're thinking cooking shows. But if the waiting goes on long enough, a movie might be nice. A happy one.

[Mason]
Ah. [...] Disappointed?

Squad 4

[coalblooded]

Matilda.

[Flint]

Something like that.

Flint/Mason

[empereurs]

[...] I'm sorry. We thought it was important to check, and [...] we were wrong, clearly. I do regret it.

Flint/Mason

[coalblooded]

It's okay You're forgiven.

If you thought it was important, why do you regret it?

Flint/Mason

[empereurs]

Because nothing was there. Or [.....] maybe we disturbed something at the lighthouse when we went out there. Attracted the wrong attention. And now...

Flint/Mason

[coalblooded]

There's no reason to assume that. Correlation does not necessarily imply causation. As ice cream sales rise, so too does the rate of drownings. But ice cream doesn't drown people. Warm weather makes people want ice cream and want to swim. There was already something strange about the lighthouse/cathedral. It drove you to want to investigate. There's no evidence that your investigation caused the abduction just because there's a correlation.

Flint/Mason

[empereurs]

You always sound so reasonable. Maybe you should've been the older brother.

The timing was just [...] less than ideal. Whether or not we had something to do with it, I'm not going to step out of line again. Lenore threatened to demote me.

Flint/Mason

[coalblooded]

Maybe I only sound reasonable because someone's looking out for me.

Probably for the best. I can't imagine anyone else taking your place.