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NEW X-MEN EPISODE 7

EPISODE 7- THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

WE OPEN UP OF THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY AT NIGHT. IT’S RATHER QUIET OUT AND ONLY A FEW STREETLIGHTS ARE ON, ILLUMINATING THE EMPTY STREETS. A YOUNG PROSTITUTE WITH PINK-STREAKED BLONDE HAIR CAN BE SEEN TRYING TO GET A CUSTOMER, BUT TO NO AVAIL. ONE MAN WALKS PAST HER AND IGNORES HER WHEN SHE TRIES TO GET HIS ATTENTION. ANNOYED, SHE TELLS HIM TO KISS HER ASS.

EVENTUALLY, TWO OTHER HOOKERS SHOW UP; A BLACK GIRL WITH RED HAIR AND A PALE GIRL WITH PURPLE HAIR AND GOTHIC CLOTHING. THE FIRST ONE, MELANIE, LOOKS AT THEM WITH INTRIGUE AS THEY MEET UP. THE BLACK GIRL, ROSE, SYMPATHIZES WITH MELANIE’S GRIPES AND TELLS HER THAT IT’S COLD OUTSIDE AND WHEN IT’S THIS COLD, JOHNS TEND TO STAY HOME WITH WHATEVER THEY GOT AT HOME. MELANIE SULKS AS ROSE TELLS HER THAT THEY’LL GIVE IT A HALF HOUR BEFORE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MOTEL.

THE GOTH GIRL, ELVIRA, TELLS THEM THAT SHE’S HEARD SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING. APPARENTLY, A LOT OF WORKING GIRLS HAVE BEEN GOING MISSING AT NIGHT. NO BODIES HAVE TURNED UP AND THEY’VE JUST DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE. MELANIE SHUDDERS, A BIT CREEPED OUT AS ELVIRA CONTINUES.

ELVIRA: IT HAPPENED A WHILE AGO TO MY GIRL BECKY. SHE JUST VANISHED. AND SO DID WILLOW, AND WILLOW’S A PRO. THERE’S NO WAY SHE’D DRAG HER ASS TO A HALFWAY HOUSE OR SOME SHIT.

ROSE: WHAT ABOUT THEIR PIMPS?

ELVIRA: THEY DON’T CARE. AS LONG AS THEY’RE NOT WORKING FOR ANOTHER GUY, IT’S JUST SOME MISSING HOES. NOTHING SPECIAL.

MELANIE: OKAY. I’M CREEPED OUT NOW. DON’T SCARE ME WITH THAT SHIT, ELVIRA.

ROSE PUTS AN ARM AROUND MELANIE WHILE ELVIRA LOOKS OVER, NOTICING A MAN IN A TRENCHCOAT WALKING BY AND MUMBLING. IMMEDIATELY, SHE CATCHES HIS ATTENTION AND INVITES HIM OVER, SHOCKED WHEN HE REQUESTS ALL THREE OF THEM. ROSE SIGHS AND ASKS HIM WHERE HIS PLACE IS. THEY THEN START TO FOLLOW HIM, SURPRISED WHEN THEY END UP IN AN ALLEY.

MELANIE IS CONFUSED AND ASKS THE MAN WHAT THE BIG IDEA IS, BUT IS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT HE’S GONE. THEY WONDER WHERE HE WENT, BUT DON’T NOTICE THE MAN SNEAKING BEHIND ROSE, HOLDING SOMETHING SILVER IN HIS HAND. ROSE IS JUST ABOUT TO ASK WHERE HE WENT WHEN HE APPEARS BEHIND HER, HOLDING A KNIFE TO HER THROAT. BEFORE SHE CAN PROCESS ANYTHING, THE MAN SLITS HER THROAT AND ROSE FALLS TO THE GROUND, CHOKING ON HER OWN BLOOD AS ELVIRA AND MELANIE SCREAM.

THE MAN WALKS CLOSER TO THEM WITH THE BLOODY KNIFE AND MELANIE TRIES TO RUN, BUT THE MAN GRABS HER BY THE HAIR AND SLAMS HER AGAINST THE WALL. MELANIE SCREAMS AGAIN, BUT THE MAN STABS HIS KNIFE INTO HER GUT, DRAGGING IT DOWN AND SLICING HER STOMACH OPEN. ELVIRA SCREAMS AND RUNS OUT THE ALLEY, BUT HER HEEL BREAKS AND SHE FALLS DOWN, HITTING HER HEAD ON THE PAVEMENT. SHE LOOKS UP, HER FACE SMASHED AND BLOODY AS THE MAN WALKS CLOSER.

ELVIRA: PLEASE! I… I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME! I… PLEASE DON’T HURT ME!

MAN: EVERY SOUL IN THE CITY… EVERY SINGLE SOUL…

ELVIRA LOOKS ON IN FEAR AS BLACK MASCARA STREAKS DOWN HER FACE. THE MAN STANDS IN FRONT OF HER, LOOKING DOWN ON HER PRONE FORM. HE CONTINUES TO MUTTER AND WHILE ELVIRA PLEADS, HIS MOUTH OPENS, REVEALING TWO BRIGHT SHINING FANGS.

MAN: EVERY SOUL… EVERY SOUL IN THE CITY…

ELVIRA: PLEASE, DON’T HURT ME! PLEASE!!!

MAN: EVERY SOUL… AND SHE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER…

THE MAN DIVES DOWN AND THE CAMERA FADES TO BLACK. THE ONLY SOUND THAT CAN BE HEARD IS THAT OF ELVIRA SCREAMING.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS.

WE OPEN UP IN THE XAVIER’S LIBRARY WHERE WE SEE SOFIA STUDYING. SHE’S VERY INTO IT AND DEEPLY CONCENTRATED. SLOWLY, A SILVER EYE STRETCHES UP TO HER, WATCHING HER SLOWLY. SOFIA IS COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS UNTIL THE EYE ASKS HER WHAT SHE’S DOING. SOFIA THEN JUMPS IN HER SEAT AND THE EYE LOOKS AT HER. WE START TO RECOGNIZE IT NOW AND REALIZE THAT IT’S CESSILY.

CESSILY LAUGHS WHILE SOFIA HYPERVENTILATES AND TELLS HER NOT TO DO THAT. THE REDHEAD SIGHS, TELLING HER THAT IT’S THE WEEKEND AND SHE’S DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THAT HER ROOMIE, CHEER CAPTAIN, AND BEST FRIEND IS STUDYING INSTEAD OF HAVING FUN. SOFIA SIGHS AND REMINDS HER THAT FINALS ARE COMING UP AND SHE’S TRYING TO CRAM IN SOME EXTRA TIME.

CLARICE WALKS INTO THE LIBRARY, STILL SPORTING HER HALFPIPE CUT FROM EPISODE 5 AS SHE SITS DOWN BESIDE SOFIA AND CESSILY. SHE POINTS OUT THAT SOFIA’S GOT THE BEST GRADES IN MOST OF HER CLASSES AND IT WON’T HURT TO HAVE SOME FUN ONCE IN A WHILE. SOFIA LOOKS AT HER AND SAYS THAT SHE CAN’T TALK, SINCE SHE SAW HOW FUN SHE WAS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, PROMPTING A LAUGH FROM CESSILY AS CLARICE ASKS THE REDHEAD WHOSE SIDE SHE’S ON.

SOFIA: JUST BECAUSE MY GRADES ARE GOOD DOESN’T MEAN THAT I HAVE EVERYTHING HANDLED. I NEED TO DO SOME EXTRA STUDYING TO MAKE SURE I REMEMBER EVERYTHING FOR FINALS. I’M NOT JUST GOING TO ASSUME THAT I’M GOING TO PASS JUST BECAUSE I’M PRETTY, LIKE SOMEONE I KNOW.

CESSILY: HEY, I WAS A BIT HIGH AND I HADN’T SLEPT THAT NIGHT! DON’T BLAME ME!

CESSILY SIGHS AND LOOKS AT SOFIA.

CESSILY: AAAAANYWAYS, THERE’S A NEW STRIP CLUB THAT I WANNA CHECK OUT AND I DIDN’T WANNA DO IT WITHOUT MY BESTIE! PLEASE JUST TAKE A NIGHT OFF? YOU CAN STUDY LATER!

SOFIA LOOKS AT HER BEFORE SAYING NO. SHE’S NOT ONE TO CUT LOOSE WHENEVER IT SUITS HER. SHE HAS GOALS TO ACHIEVE. CESSILY SIGHS, DEJECTED, AND THEN TELLS CLARICE THAT IT’S TIME. CLARICE IMMEDIATELY TELLS HER THAT SHE CAN’T DO THAT. IT’S TOO RISKY. BUT CESSILY SIGHS DRAMATICALLY AND ANNOUNCES THAT IT’S TIME TO BREAK OUT THE EYES.

WITH THAT, CESSILY UNLEASHES A FULL TORRENT OF SAD PUPPY EYES. SOFIA LOOKS AT HER LIKE SHE’S INSANE BUT WHEN IT’S CLEAR THAT SHE WON’T STOP, SHE SAYS THAT SHE’LL GO TO THE CLUB WITH THEM. CESSILY CHEERS BUT IS THEN SHUSHED BY DOOP, THE LIBRARIAN, WHO IS FLOATING AT ITS DESK, DEEPLY ENGROSSED IN A BOOK ON THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.

LATER, THE TRIO WALK OVER TO JULIAN, ROXY, MEGAN, SANTO, LAURA, AND VICTOR, WHO ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT SOFIA HAS COME AROUND. SOFIA TELLS THEM THAT SHE’LL GO WITH THEM, BUT AFTERWARDS, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE HER ALONE WHILE SHE’S TRYING TO STUDY. THEY AGREE AND GO TO GET READY.

A FEW MORE MINUTES LATER, SOFIA IS LOOKING AT HERSELF IN THE GIRL’S BATHROOM MIRROR, A BIT CONFUSED AND RELUCTANT. A TOILET FLUSHES AND MONET WALKS OUT OF A STALL, NOTICING SOFIA’S HESITANCE. SHE SIGHS AND ASKS HER WHAT’S UP AND SOFIA TELLS HER THAT CESSILY IS FORCING HER TO GO TO SOME NEW STRIP CLUB. MONET LAUGHS A BIT AND SOFIA GIVES HER A DIRTY LOOK.

MONET: HON, IF YOU ASK ME, THIS IS FOR THE BEST. YOU’VE SPENT THE WHOLE WEEK WITH YOUR HEAD IN A BOOK AND YOU’VE BARELY SPENT ANY TIME RELAXING.

SOFIA: AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES ABOUT FINALS?

MONET: NO. BUT EVERYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY DONE THE NORMAL HUMAN AMOUNT OF STUDYING. YOU NEED SOME TIME OFF. YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS ALL THE TIME.

SOFIA SIGHS AND TELLS HER THAT IT’S HARD FOR HER TO JUST CUT LOOSE AT THE DROP OF A HAT. SHE’S NOT SURE SHE CAN ENJOY HERSELF WHEN SHE HAS SO MUCH TO FOCUS ON. MONET LOOKS AT HER BEFORE PRESSING SOMETHING INTO HER PALM. SOFIA ASKS WHAT IT IS, AND MONET TELLS HER THAT IT’S JUST SOMETHING TO HELP HER DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE. AS MONET LEAVES, SOFIA LOOKS AT THE ITEM IN HER PALM AND REALIZES THAT IT’S A PILL.

MEANWHILE, JAY IS STRUMMING HIS GUITAR WHEN HE HEARS SOMEONE SCREAMING. HE IMMEDIATELY BOLTS OUT THE DOOR AND HEADS TO THE SOURCE OF THE SCREAMING, STOPPING AT THE LOUNGE. HE LOOKS OVER, TIMIDLY, AND FINDS JOSH YELLING AS LAURIE BEATS HIM IN SUPER SMASH BROS FOR A FIFTH TIME. JAY GROANS AND ASKS HIM WHAT’S UP AND JOSH TELLS HIM THAT HE MIGHT WANT TO DUMP LAURIE.

LAURIE: IT’S NOT MY FAULT THAT I’M BETTER THAN YOU!

JOSH: SERIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO LOSE EVENTUALLY! WHY CAN’T I KICK YOUR BUTT?!

LAURIE: BECAUSE I’M YOUR GIRLFRIEND.

ALANI AND SOORAYA ENTER AND ASK WHAT’S GOING ON TO WHICH JAY RESPONDS AS JOSH’S MIDLIFE CRISIS. ALANI SITS DOWN ON THE COUCH AND SAYS THAT HE SHOULD QUIT WHILE HE’S AHEAD. JOSH GROANS AND SITS DOWN ON THE COUCH NEXT TO HER AS LAURIE DOES A VICTORY DANCE. BRIAN, WHO WAS IN A CHAIR THE ENTIRE TIME, TELLS SOORAYA THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE NOW WITHOUT PAUSE. JAY CHUCKLES AND TURNS OFF THE TV BEFORE LOOKING AROUND AND ASKING IF ANY OF THEM WANT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE FOR A BIT.

ALANI STRETCHES HER THIGHS AND SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY JUST TALK. OR TELL A SCARY STORY, SINCE SHE LIKES THOSE. SOORAYA IS UNSURE, BUT JOSH IS INTO IT. LAURIE LOOKS AROUND, A BIT HESITANT, BUT SHE AGREES TO LISTEN TO A FEW AS LONG AS THEY’RE NOT SO GORY. JOSH THEN STANDS UP AND STARTS TO TELL A STORY, AND BRIAN GROANS WHEN HE REALIZES THAT IT’S A GENERIC STORY ABOUT A SUMMER CAMP. JAY YELLS AT HIM TO BE ORIGINAL, BUT JOSH KEEPS GOING, NOT SEEING ALCHEMIST STANDING IN THE SHADOWS, WATCHING THEM.

MEANWHILE, THE GROUP ARRIVES AT THE CLUB. EVERYONE IS DRESSED DOWN FOR THE OCCASION, BUT SOFIA LOOKS A BIT OUT OF PLACE IN A PINK CROP TOP AND BOOTY SHORTS THAT SAY ‘GRAB HERE’ ON THE BUTT. CESSILY HAS A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE AS THEY ENTER.

THE CLUB IS VERY BIG WITH BRIGHT NEON LIGHTS AND FOG MACHINES. PEOPLE ARE DANCING TO RAVE MUSIC AS LIGHTS FLASH WITH BRIGHT COLORS. A MUTANT STRIPPER WITH GREEN SKIN AND LEAVES FOR HAIR CAN BE SEEN ON THE STAGE AND A FEW GO-GO DANCERS ARE DANCING IN CAGES AROUND THE ROOM. A LOT OF THE STRIPPERS AND PARTYGOERS ARE MUTANTS AND SO THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO FIT IN. SOFIA SHIFTS A BIT AS CLARICE PUTS AN ARM AROUND HER, SEEING THAT SHE’S A BIT OVERWHELMED. CESSILY STILL HAS A GRIN ON HER FACE AS SHE TELLS THEM THAT THIS IS A PARTY.

WE THEN CUT TO A MONTAGE AS ‘NOTHING BUT ASS’ BY P. CHANCE PLAYS ON THE SPEAKERS. DURING THE MONTAGE, WE SEE VIC AT THE BAR GETTING SOME DRINKS WHILE LAURA GRINDS ON JULIAN ON THE DANCE FLOOR. SANTO CAN BE SEEN PARTYING WITH A FEW MUTANT GIRLS WHILE MEGAN DANCES AROUND, WAVING SOME GLOWSTICKS AROUND LIKE LIGHTSABERS. CESSILY AND ROXY ARE WATCHING THE GIRLS ON THE STAGE, CLEARLY A BIT TIPSY AS THEY CHEER THEM ON. ONE PERFORMER, A MUTANT GIRL WITH SNAKELIKE SKIN, BENDS DOWN ON HER HANDS AND KNEES TO ACCEPT A DOLLAR FROM CESSILY, WHICH SHE STICKS IN HER G-STRING.

SOFIA IS ON THE DANCE FLOOR WITH CLARICE, CLEARLY NERVOUS BUT TRYING TO ENJOY HERSELF. CLARICE SMILES AND GIVES HER A KISS BEFORE TAKING A DRINK OF VODKA. SOFIA FINDS HERSELF BUMPED BY ANOTHER DANCER AND WHEN SHE TRIES TO STICK BY CLARICE, SHE COLLIDES WITH A HUMAN MAN WHO KNOCKS HER OVER. CLARICE PUNCHES HIM IN THE JAW BEFORE HELPING SOFIA TO HER FEET AND ASKING IF SHE’S OKAY. SOFIA LOOKS AT CLARICE AND SAYS THAT SHE HAS TO USE THE BATHROOM BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE DANCEFLOOR.

MEANWHILE, JOSH IS WRAPPING UP HIS STORY AS EVERYONE ELSE LOOKS READY TO KILL HIM. JAY CAN’T HELP BUT COMMENT ON HOW AWFUL THE STORY WAS AND LAURIE ADMITS THAT SHE DID THINK THAT SHE’D HEARD IT BEFORE. JOSH GROANS, SAYING THAT EVERYONE’S A CRITIC. BRIAN SIGHS AND ASKS IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A STORY, JUMPING AS SUDI APPEARS IN FRONT OF THEM.

SUDI: I’VE GOT A STORY. AND IT’S 100% TRUE.

ALANI ASKS HER HOW LONG SHE WAS STANDING THERE, AND SUDI TELLS THEM THAT SHE’S BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THAT THEY NEED TO BE ENTERTAINED. SHE THEN TELLS THEM TO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO HER STORY. ONCE EVERYONE SITS, SHE BEGINS TO TELL THEM THAT ONE THING ABOUT HER IS THAT HER POWERS ALLOW HER TO BE IMMORTAL. JOSH SCOFFS, BUT SUDI INSISTS THAT IT’S THE TRUTH. SHE’S BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR MORE THAN A MILLION YEARS.

SUDI: BECAUSE OF THIS POWER, I’VE HEARD LOTS OF STORIES. SO MANY STORIES FROM SO MANY DECADES. AND THIS ONE IS ONE THAT I’VE HEARD FROM A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF A COUSIN OF A GRANDSON OF A BROTHER OF A FRIEND OF A FATHER OF A COUSIN WHOSE FATHER WORKED ON THE ROMAN HIGH COUNCIL.

SUDI LOOKS THEM ALL IN THE EYE, HER EXPRESSION TURNING DARK AND MYSTERIOUS.

SUDI: TELL ME… HAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY OF ELI BARD?

SOORAYA IS INTERESTED AND TELLS SUDI THAT SHE’S NEVER HEARD THAT NAME. SUDI NODS AND TELLS THEM ALL THAT THIS STORY IS ONE THAT’S BEEN PASSED DOWN BY THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO RETELL IT. LAURIE LOOKS A BIT UNEASY, BUT BRIAN INSISTS THAT SHE CONTINUES.

MEANWHILE, SOFIA IS IN THE CLUB BATHROOM, HER FACE FLUSHED AND HER EYES WIDE. SHE BREATHES RAPIDLY AS SHE REACHES IN HER POCKET AND PULLS OUT THE DRUG THAT MONET GAVE HER. SHE LOOKS AT IT FOR A BIT, INDECISIVE, BEFORE PUTTING IT IN HER MOUTH. SHE WAITS FOR A BIT AND THEN SWALLOWS THE PILL AND LOOKING AT HERSELF IN THE MIRROR. THE BACKGROUND MUSIC STARTS TO BUILD UP IN TENSION AS IF SOMETHING’S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WHEN IT REACHES THAT POINT, SOFIA REALIZES THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

CONFUSED, SHE LOOKS AROUND BUT REALIZES THAT THE BATHROOM THAT WAS ONCE FULL OF PEOPLE IS NOW COMPLETELY EMPTY. SOFIA LOOKS BACK AT HER REFLECTION AS THE SOUND OF SELENA GOMEZ PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND. SHE LEANS IN TO THE MIRROR AND SUDDENLY, HER REFLECTION REACHES OUT AND PULLS HER INTO THE MIRROR.

AS ‘SHAKE IT UP’ BY SELENA GOMEZ PLAYS, SOFIA WALKS OUT THE BATHROOM, WITH BUTTERFLIES FLYING IN HER WAKE. THE LIGHTS IN THE CLUB FLASH EVEN BRIGHTER, BATHING SOFIA IN COLOR. SHE WALKS ONTO THE DANCE FLOOR IN A HAZE AS MORE COLORS PULSE AND SHINE IN HER DRUG TRIP. AS THE MUSIC GETS LOUDER, SHE STARTS TO DANCE. AURORA LIGHTS FOLLOW HER EVERY MOVE AS SHE STARTS TO DANCE WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH. PSYCHEDELIC LIGHTS DANCE ON HER SKIN AS SHE SMILES, REALIZING THAT SHE’S COMING OUT OF HER SHELL. MEANWHILE, CLARICE WATCHES HER, A BIT CONFUSED BY HAPPY FOR HER.

WE THEN FLASH BACK TO ANCIENT ROME AS SUDI STARTS TO TELL HER STORY. THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON A MAN WITH BROWN HAIR, AMBER EYES, AND AN ATHLETIC BUILD AS HE STANDS DRESSED IN A TOGA. SUDI SAYS THAT THIS MAN’S NAME WAS ELIPHAS, AND BACK THEN, HE WAS A BIG DEAL. WE SEE ELIPHAS GIVING A SPEECH AT THE ROMAN SENATE, WALKING THROUGH THE BAZAAR WITH MILITARY GUARDS, AND WALKING OVER TO A BEAUTIFUL BLONDE WOMAN WHO EMBRACES HIM PASSIONATELY.

SUDI: HE WAS A HIGH-RANKING POLITICIAN, RESPECTED BY THE MILITARY, WEALTHY BEYOND MEASURE, A MEMBER OF THE ELITE, AND LOVED BY ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN ALL OF ROME. HE HAD EVERYTHING…

SUDI’S EXPRESSION SUDDENLY DARKENS.

SUDI: …BUT IT WAS ALL A LIE.

WE THEN CUT TO ELIPHAS, SHOCKED AS A GOBLET OF WINE IS THROWN IN HIS FACE. HIS WIFE SNAPS AT HIM, SAYING THAT HIS SPEECH AT THE SENATE ALMOST RUINED EVERYTHING. ELIPHAS PLEADS WITH HIS WIFE, AURELIA, BUT SHE REFUSES TO LISTEN, SAYING THAT HE HUMILIATED HIS FELLOW POLITICIAN, MASCIUS, IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. ELIPHAS LOOKS OVER AT A CHISELED BLONDE MAN WHO LOOKS AT HIM SMUGLY AS AURELIA ORDERS HIM TO LEAVE.

ELIPHAS REFUSES TO LEAVE, SAYING THAT THIS IS HIS HOUSE, BUT AURELIA SCOFFS. SHE TELLS HIM NOT TO FORGET WHO PAYS FOR HIS LIFE. WHEN SHE FOUND HIM, HE WAS A STARVING POET BEGGING FOR FOOD AT THE MARKETPLACE. SHE SCOFFS AND REMOVES HER EARRINGS, ORDERING HIM TO HAVE THE SLAVES POLISH THEM ON THE WAY OUT. WITH THAT, SHE REMOVES HER ROBE, INFORMING ELIPHAS THAT SHE AND MASCIUS HAVE BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.

AURELIA: INTERRUPT US, AND I WILL MAKE YOU FAN US WHILE WE WORK.

SUDI: ELIPHAS WAS A TRULY PATHETIC MAN, PUT INTO POWER BY PEOPLE WHO ONLY SOUGHT TO USE HIM.

JOSH: HOLD ON.

BACK IN THE LOUNGE, JOSH INTERRUPTS SUDI’S STORY.

JOSH: PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE.

ALANI: LET’S NOT BE TOO HASTY. I WANNA HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS MASCIUS GUY. I LIKE HIS STYLE.

BRIAN CRACKS UP AFTER ALANI TALKS AND SUDI TELLS THEM THAT THE STORY IS GOING SOMEWHERE, BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT.

BACK IN THE STORY, ELIPHAS WANDERS THE STREETS OF ROME, PAUSING WHEN A FEMALE VOICE CALLS HIS NAME. HE LOOKS AROUND, REALIZING THAT HE’S BY HIMSELF, AND A VOICE CALLS HIS NAME AGAIN. HE TURNS AROUND AND NOTICES A RAVISHING WOMAN WITH IVORY SKIN AND LONG BLACK HAIR. SHE GREETS HIM AND HE ASKS HER IF HE KNOWS HER. SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE SIMPLY WISHES HIS COMPANY, GESTURING TO A GOTHIC HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE.

ELIPHAS: WHO ARE YOU?

WOMAN: CALL ME… SELENE.

WE NOW KNOW THAT THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO WE SAW TALKING TO KEVIN AT THE END OF THE LAST EPISODE. BACK IN THE LOUNGE, JOSH GROANS. LAURIE TILTS HER HEAD AND ASKS WHO SELENE IS, AND JAY TELLS HER THAT SHE’S AN IMMORTAL MUTANT AND THE BLACK QUEEN OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB. BAD NEWS.

SUDI: I WISH THIS WAS A JOKE. BELIEVE ME, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BAD THIS STORY GETS.

BACK IN THE CLUB, CLARICE HEADS OVER TO THE BAR, SITTING BESIDE JULIAN. AS SHE ORDERS A DRINK, JULIAN GRINS, SAYING THAT HE NEVER THOUGHT HE’D SEE THE DAY WHEN CLARICE WOULD SIT WITH HIM. CLARICE GRINS BACK BEFORE LOOKING OVER AT LAURA DANCING IN THE CLUB. SHE STATES HER SURPRISE THAT SHE ENDED UP WITH SOMEONE LIKE JULIAN AND JULIAN CHUCKLES.

JULIAN: Y’KNOW, IT’S WEIRD. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I WANTED SOFIA, BUT I GUESS LAURA AND I WERE KINDA MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. WE’RE BOTH MORE THAN WHAT’S ON THE OUTSIDE. AND THE SEX IS GOOD.

CLARICE: OH REALLY?

JULIAN: THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER?

CLARICE: WELL, LET’S SEE… THE LAST TIME ME AND SOFIA GOT TOGETHER… TEN BACK-TO-BACK ORGASMS.

JULIAN: HEH. BUT I AM GLAD SHE CHOSE YOU. YOU WON HER FAIR AND SQUARE AND I’M HAPPY WITH LAURA. SO I GUESS THINGS ARE WORKING OUT FOR THE BOTH OF US.

CLARICE SMILES BEFORE JULIAN LOOKS OVER AT A DRUNK SOFIA DANCING IN THE CLUB. HE ALERTS CLARICE TO THE MATTER AND SHE GETS UP, MOVING TOWARD THE DANCE FLOOR.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN SUDI’S STORY, ELIPHAS AND SELENE RIDE TOGETHER IN THE CARRIAGE. ELIPHAS ASKS SELENE WHAT BRINGS HER HERE, AND SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE HAS COME FOR HIM. ELIPHAS IS CONFUSED BUT SELENE TELLS HIM THAT HE WAS ONCE A GOOD MAN BEFORE THIS WICKED CITY CORRUPTED HIS HEART. HE WAS A GREAT SOLDIER BEFORE POLITICS SOFTENED HIM. AND HE WAS A PASSIONATE LOVER BEFORE HIS HEART WAS BROKEN. SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE WAS THERE WHEN HE WAS BORN, WHEN HE FIRST TOOK A LIFE, WHEN A SPEAR ENDED HIS YEARS ON THE BATTLEFIELD, WHEN HE FELL IN LOVE AND WHEN SHE BROKE HIS HEART. AND NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY TOGETHER.

SELENE: ELIPHAS, I HAVE LIVED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. I CAN GIVE YOU THE SAME. I CAN MAKE YOU YOUNG AND STRONGER THAN YOU’VE EVER IMAGINED. I CAN MAKE YOU IMPERVIOUS TO THE ILLS OF MORTALS. AND SOON, YOU COULD CONTROL THE NIGHT AND THE ELEMENTS THEMSELVES. YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER WITH MY LOVE.

ELIPHAS: WHAT WOULD YOU ASK OF ME IN RETURN?

SELENE TRACES A SHARP BLACK NAIL DOWN HIS CHEEK. HER LIPS PART, REVEALING WHITE FANGS.

SELENE: EVERY SINGLE SOUL IN ROME.

SUDI: ELIPHAS WAS PATHETIC, BUT HE KNEW THIS WOMAN WAS TRUE EVIL. MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING… IF FATE HADN’T MADE THE CHOICE FOR HIM.

THE NEXT DAY, ELIPHAS ENTERS THE SENATE AND IS SHOCKED TO SEE MASCIUS, THE GUY FUCKING ELIPHAS’S WIFE EARLIER, WITH TWO OTHER POLITICIANS. ONE SAYS THAT THEY WERE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT HE WAS STEPPING DOWN, BUT THEY ARE GLAD THAT MASCIUS CHOSE TO TAKE HIS SEAT. ELIPHAS IS CONFUSED AND MASCIUS EXPLAINS THAT HE SAID THAT HE WAS STEPPING DOWN AND NEEDED HIM TO TAKE OVER HIS DUTIES. ELIPHAS NODS, RELUCTANTLY, AND MASCIUS TELLS HIM THAT AURELIA HAS REQUESTED HIS PRESENCE.

ELIPHAS HEADS OVER TO HIS HOME AND IS SHOCKED TO SEE A FIRE OUTSIDE. IN THE BLAZE ARE HIS POSSESSIONS AND AURELIA IS STANDING ON A BALCONY, TOSSING MORE OF HIS BELONGINGS INTO THE FIRE.

AURELIA: YOU MAY DIE NOW, ELIPHAS. BURN ALONG WITH YOUR POSSESSIONS FOR ALL I CARE. I HAVE NO NEED FOR YOU ANYMORE.

ELIPHAS GLARES AT HER WITH MASKED FURY, HAVING MADE HIS DECISION.

SUDI: THEY SAY A MAN WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN OF ALL.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE CLUB, CLARICE WALKS OVER TO SOFIA AND ASKS HER WHAT’S WRONG. SOFIA GIGGLES AND TELLS CLARICE THAT SHE’S ALL RIGHT. IN FACT, SHE’S FEELING GREAT. CLARICE ASKS HER IF SHE’S ON DRUGS AND SOFIA BEGINS RECITING LINES FROM ROMEO & JULIET AS A RESPONSE, PASSION IN HER EYES. CLARICE SIGHS AND PULLS SOFIA OFF THE DANCE FLOOR.

CESSILY, WHO IS RECEIVING A LAP DANCE FROM A PINK-HAIRED STRIPPER, NOTICES THEM AND ASKS IF THEY’RE OKAY. CLARICE SAYS THAT SOFIA IS DRUNK AND SHE NEEDS TO TAKE HER HOME. CESSILY SIGHS, REPRIMANDING HERSELF FOR FORCING SOFIA TO COME, BUT CLARICE TELLS HER THAT IT’S NOT HER FAULT. CESSILY TELLS HER TO TAKE CARE OF SOFIA AND CLARICE NODS, WALKING OUT THE CLUB WITH SOFIA.

BACK IN THE STORY, ELIPHAS CONFRONTS SELENE, SAYING THAT HE WILL DO WHATEVER SHE ASKS. SELENE TELLS HIM THAT TOMORROW, THE ARENA WILL HOST THE LARGEST BATTLE EVER SEEN. THOUSANDS OF SOULS WILL BE THERE, AND IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

SELENE: I’VE SHOWN YOU THE SIGILS. TAKE MY BLADE AND DO WHAT MUST BE DONE. TOGETHER, WE WILL LIVE FOREVER.

THE NEXT DAY, ELIPHAS WALKS AMONG THE CROWD HEADING FOR THE ARENA, MUTTERING ABOUT FIVE POINTS OF A PENTAGRAM. THEN ALL OF ROME WILL BURN FOR WHAT THEY DID. SUDDENLY, HE NOTICES A SMALL CHILD BEGGING FOR MONEY IN THE STREET, AND HIS FACE SOFTENS.

SUDI: BUT ELIPHAS WASN’T EVIL. HE WAS JUST WEAK. BUT ONE ACT OF KINDNESS CHANGED EVERYTHING.

ELIPHAS RUNS OVER TO THE LITTLE GIRL AND TELLS HER TO LEAVE ROME WITH HER FAMILY. A FEW MINUTES LATER, MASCIUS AND HIS GUARDS APPROACH THE COLISEUM, BUT A MAN, THE GIRL’S FATHER, STOPS HIM, SAYING THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIS FRIEND, ELIPHAS. HE TURNS TO THE LITTLE GIRL AND DEMANDS THAT SHE TELL THEM WHAT SHE KNOWS.

MEANWHILE, ELIPHAS ENTERS THE COLISEUM. DRESSED IN A BLACK CLOAK, HE MOVES UNDETECTED, SLIPPING INTO THE CATACOMBS.

SUDI: SELENE CHOSE HER PAWN WELL. HE KNEW WHERE HE NEEDED TO GO, AND AT THE SAME TIME, NO ONE CARED ENOUGH TO ASK WHY HE WAS GOING THERE.

EVENTUALLY, ELIPHAS REACHES HIS DESTINATION. HE SLITS HIS PALM WITH SELENE’S BLADE AND DRAWS A PENTAGRAM ON THE WALL WITH HIS BLOOD. THEN, HE THROWS DOWN SOME BONES BESIDE THE WALL. HE REPEATS THIS PROCESS THREE TIMES.

ELIPHAS: EVERY SOUL IN ROME… AND SHE WILL BE REBORN AS A GODDESS. AND SHE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER.

SUDI: SELENE NEEDED HIM TO HELP CAST A SPELL THAT WOULD DEVOUR THOUSANDS OF SOULS AT ONCE. ONE LIFE GIVES HER POWER. WE KNOW THAT FROM THE X-MEN’S ARCHIVES. TAKING THAT MANY LIVES WOULD MAKE HER A GOD.

OUT OF BREATH, ELIPHAS IS IN THE PROCESS OF DRAWING THE FINAL PENTAGRAM, MUTTERING THAT THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER. SUDDENLY, A FIST CONNECTS WITH HIS FACE AND HE FALLS BACK, REVEALING MASCIUS AND THREE GUARDS.

MASCIUS: LIVE FOREVER? MY FRIEND, YOU WON’T SURVIVE THE NIGHT.

LATER, INSIDE THE ARENA, THE SOUNDS OF CHEERING CROWDS CAN BE HEARD AS A WARRIOR IS VICTORIOUS. SUDDENLY, SELENE ENTERS THE ARENA IN SLOW MOTION, THE CAMERA FOCUSING ON HER LITHE FORM AND THE FLUTTER OF HER HAIR AND DRESS AGAINST THE WIND.

SUDI: NO ONE KNOWS WHERE SELENE CAME FROM. SHE CLAIMS TO BE OLDER THAN MANKIND. MAYBE SHE’S A MUTANT. ONE OF THE FIRST MUTANTS BORN. WHATEVER SHE IS, SHE WANTS TO BE MORE. SHE WANTS POWER; TO BE WORSHIPED AS A GODDESS. MAYBE SHE COULD HAVE DONE IT… BUT SHE MADE ONE MISTAKE.

SELENE CLOSES HER EYES AND BEGINS TO CHANT. MYSTIC ENERGY SURROUNDS HER AS THE WIND WHIPS EVEN FIERCELY. SUDDENLY, HER SPELL FADES AND SHE GASPS, SHOCKED. SUDDENLY, SHE LETS OUT A SCREAM AS TWO ARROWS PIERCE HER CHEST, BLOOD EXPLODING ONTO THE GROUND. MASCIUS AND HIS GUARDS STAND ALONG WITH ELIPHAS, WHO IS BOUND AND HELPLESS. MASCIUS SCOFFS, SAYING THAT ONE WOULD THINK A WITCH COULD DO BETTER THAN HIM. SELENE SUDDENLY BEGINS TO RISE, BARING HER FANGS IN RAGE.

SELENE: DO YOU BELIEVE YOU COULD KILL ME?! I CAN NEVER DIE! AND I WILL HAVE YOUR…

SUDDENLY, MASCIUS THROWS UP HIS SWORD, STABBING IT THROUGH HER HEAD. BLOOD PAINTS THE FLOOR AS SELENE FALLS DOWN, DEAD. MASCIUS ORDERS HIS GUARDS TO BIND THE BODY, THEN TAKE THEM OUTSIDE THE CITY AND BURN THEM. HIS GUARDS RESPOND, DRAGGING A SCREAMING ELIPHAS AWAY.

SUDI: IF ONLY IT WERE THAT EASY.

OUTSIDE ROME, ELIPHAS AND SELENE ARE BOUND TO TWO STAKES. ELIPHAS CRIES AND PRAYS WITH ALL HIS MIGHT AS MASCIUS’ GUARDS LIGHT THE PYRES. AS THE STAKES IGNITE IN FLAMES, ELIPHAS SCREAMS, BUT SELENE’S EYES BEGIN TO OPEN. SHE HISSES AS HER EYES APPEAR YELLOW AND ANIMALISTIC, DEVOID OF ANY HUMANITY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FLAMES ARE BLOWN BACK, SETTING THE GUARDS ON FIRE. THEY SCREAM AS THE FIRE EATS AWAY AT THEM.

ELIPHAS: AAAAHHHH… AAAAHHHH… OH, GODS, HELP MEEEE!

SELENE: ELIPHASSSSS… NO GOD CAN SAVE YOU NOW.

SELENE APPEARS IN FRONT OF ELIPHAS, ANGERED. HER FACE IS BURNT AND DISFIGURED, NOTHING LIKE THE PALE BEAUTY THAT IT WAS BEFORE. ELIPHAS SCREAMS IN TERROR.

SELENE: LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME!

ELIPHAS: PLEASE… I’M SORRY!

SELENE: I OFFER YOU EVERYTHING AND YOU BETRAY ME!

ELIPHAS: PLEASE… I JUST WANTED A LIFE ETERNAL WITH YOU BY MY…

SELENE: OH, YOU WILL HAVE LIFE ETERNAL, ELIPHAS… A LIFE OF ETERNAL TORMENT.

WITH THAT, SELENE BEGINS TO TRANSFER HER INJURIES ONTO ELIPHAS. HE SCREAMS AS HIS BODY IS BURNED AND SCARRED AS SELENE RETURNS TO HER BEAUTIFUL PERFECTION.

SELENE: YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER, AND FOREVER I WILL DENY YOU. I WILL DENY DEATH TO YOU. PRAY YOU NEVER SEE ME AGAIN.

WITH THAT, SHE DISAPPEARS, LEAVING ELIPHAS SCREAMING INTO THE NIGHT.

SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS LATER, A MAN IS DIGGING UP A GRAVE IN A CEMETERY. HE LOOKS AT THE GRAVE, NOTICING SOMETHING IS WRONG. SUDDENLY, A PALE HAND GRABS HIM AND FANGS SINK INTO HIS NECK. WE THEN SEE ELIPHAS, HIS BODY FRAIL AND BONE-WHITE LIKE A CORPSE. HIS EYES ARE TWO MILKY-WHITE ORBS AND HIS TEETH HAVE ELONGATED INTO FANGS. HE HOLDS THE DEAD MAN IN HIS ARMS AND MUTTERS THE NAME OF THE WOMAN HE LOVED.

SUDI: FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, HE SEARCHED FOR HER. AFTER EVERYTHING SHE DID TO HIM, HE STILL LOVED HER. AND EVERYWHERE HE WENT, HE BROUGHT DEATH. HE SOON LEFT THE OLD WORLD, FOLLOWING HER TRAIL TO THE NEW. HE MET A TRIBE WHO RECOGNIZED HIM FOR WHO HE WAS, BUT THEY COULD NOT DEFEAT HIM, AND THEIR DEATHS WERE BLAMED BY THE DISEASES BROUGHT ONTO THEIR LAND BY THE COLONISTS. HE SOON FOUND HER IN NOVA ROMA AND FOLLOWED HER TO THE PRESENT DAY, BUT HE WAS TOO AFRAID TO APPROACH HER. HE NEEDED SOMETHING TO APPEASE HER. AN OFFERING. TO MAKE HER A GODDESS. TO MAKE HER LOVE HIM AGAIN.

AS THE STORY ENDS, WE LOOK AT THE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF HER. LAURIE IS BITING HER NAILS, HER FACE GHOSTLY WHITE. JAY AND SOORAYA ARE EQUALLY SCARED. JOSH TELLS SUDI THAT HE DOESN’T LIKE HER ANYMORE WHILE ALANI AND BRIAN WANT HER TO TELL THE STORY AGAIN. SUDI THEN SNAPS OUT OF HER DARKENED STATE, SMILING AND ASKING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A STORY. WITH THAT, LAURIE FAINTS.

MEANWHILE, CLARICE DRAGS SOFIA INTO HER ROOM AND INTO HER BED. SOFIA GRASPS AT CLARICE’S CLOTHES BLINDLY AND CLARICE SAYS THAT SHE REFUSES TO HAVE SEX WHILE SOFIA IS HIGH. AFTER SOME STRUGGLED PROTESTS, SOFIA FINALLY CALMS DOWN, AND CLARICE SITS BESIDE HER AS SHE LIES DOWN.

SOFIA: CLARICE… CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?

CLARICE: YEAH.

SOFIA: I LOVED THIS NIGHT! I… I’M GLAD I COULD CUT LOOSE FOR ONCE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT STUPID FINALS! AND I’M GLAD THAT I HAVE YOU HERE WITH ME. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS WITH MY FATHER, I WANTED SOOO BADLY TO IMPRESS HIM, BUT NOTHING WORKED! I STUDIED HARD AND WORKED HARDER JUST TO MAKE HIM NOTICE ME! BUT HE NEVER DID. I GUESS I KEEP STUDYING FOR TESTS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF I DO, MAYBE HE WILL NOTICE ME FOR ONCE. BUT I’M GLAD I WAS HERE TONIGHT. I’M GLAD YOU WERE HERE FOR ME. I…

CLARICE: I KNOW, BABE. JUST REST. YOU’RE SAFE NOW.

CLARICE SLOWLY BEGINS TO STROKE SOFIA’S HAIR AND BEGINS TO SING ‘CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU’ TO SOFIA. DURING THIS MOMENT, WE SEE JOSH CARRY A SLEEPING LAURIE TO HER ROOM, CESSILY AND ROXY MAKING OUT WHILE LAURA AND JULIAN MAKE LOVE IN JULIAN’S ROOM, AND SANTO AND MEGAN CURLED UP WITH ALANI, SUDI, BRIAN, JAY, AND SOORAYA. AS THE SONG ENDS, SOFIA IS FAST ASLEEP AND CLARICE KISSES HER CHEEK AS THE CAMERA FADES TO BLACK.

UNDERNEATH SALEM CENTER, WE SEE THE BODY OF ELVIRA, THE PROSTITUTE FROM THE OPENING SCENE, BEING DRAGGED ALONG THE GROUND. HER CORPSE IS THEN LEFT TO REST ALONGSIDE A WALL WITH MELANIE AND ROSE’S BODIES AS A KNIFE SLITS THEIR PALMS. A PALE HAND DABS AGAINST THE BLOOD AND BEGINS TO DRAW SOMETHING AGAINST THE WALL. WHEN FINISHED, THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT, REVEALING A DRAWING OF A PENTAGRAM.

THE FINAL SHOT REVEALS THE IDENTITY OF THE HOODED KILLER. IT’S ELIPHAS.

ELIPHAS: EVERY SOUL IN THIS CITY. EVERY SINGLE SOUL… AND SHE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER.

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HEY GUYS! SORRY FOR THE LATE UPLOAD! JUST GOT A LOT ON MY MIND! ANYWAYS, MAKE SURE YOU LIKE THE EPISODE CAUSE I WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT!

ALSO, STAY TUNED BECAUSE I WILL BE POSTING THE TRANSCRIPT FOR NEW X-MEN SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 "PILOT, PART 1" SOON!

#new x men #sofia mantega #cessily kincaid #clarice ferguson #laura kinney #julian keller #santo vaccarro #jay guthrie #monet st croix #megan gwynn #soudabeh abadi #alani ryan #josh foley #laurie collins #selene #eli bard

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seeinganewlight · 11 months ago

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2024 books read

2024 goal: 150 books

january: 1 - heartstopper vol. 1 → alice oseman (reread) 2 - heartstopper vol. 2 → alice oseman (reread) 3 - heartstopper vol. 3 → alice oseman (reread) 4 - heartstopper vol. 4 → alice oseman (reread) 5 - heartstopper vol. 5 → alice oseman 6 - a fragile enchantment → allison saft 7 - some shall break → ellie marney (audiobook) 8 - only if you're lucky → stacy willingham (arc) 9 - over my dead body: a witchy graphic novel → sweeney boo 10 - notes on an execution → danya kukafka (physical & audiobook) 11 - murder on the orient express → agatha christie (reread) 12 - our wives under the sea → julia armfield (physical & audiobook) 13 - the invocations → krystal sutherland (arc) 14 - red string theory → lauren kung jessen 15 - the breakup tour → emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka (arc) 16 - the name drop → susan lee 17 - the secret of the old clock → carolyn keene (reread) 18 - bright young women → jessica knoll (audiobook) 19 - last call at the local → sarah grunder ruiz (audiobook) 20 - no one can know → kate alice marshall

february: 21 - worst wingman ever → abby jimenez 22 - drop, cover, and hold on → jasmine guillory 23 - with any luck → ashley poston 24 - the atlas six → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 25 - that's not my name → megan lally 26 - not here to stay friends → kaitlyn hill 27 - this golden state → marit weisenberg 28 - today tonight tomorrow → rachel lynn solomon (reread, annotation) 29 - past present future → rachel lynn solomon (arc, annotation) 30 - the atlas paradox → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 31 - the guest list → lucy foley (audiobook) 32 - in the market for murder → t.e. kinsey (audiobook) 33 - the neighbor favor → kristina forest 34 - in the mix → mandy gonzalez 35 - everyone in my family has killed someone → benjamin stevenson 36 - the seven year slip → ashley poston 37 - veronica ruiz breaks the bank → elle cosimano (audiobook) 38 - finlay donovan rolls the dice → elle cosimano (audiobook) 39 - the simmonds house kills → meaghan dwyer (arc)

march: 40 - the mysterious case of the alperton angels → janice hallett 41 - the book of cold cases → simone st. james 42 - what the river knows → isabel ibañez (audiobook) 43 - cut loose! → ali stroker & stacy davidowitz 44 - how i'll kill you → ren destefano 45 - the reappearance of rachel price → holly jackson (arc) 46 - when no one is watching → alyssa cole (audiobook) 47 - outofshapeworthlessloser: a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out → gracie gold (audiobook) 48 - julius caesar → william shakespeare (rerad, audiobook) 49 - the family plot → megan collins (audiobook) 50 - if we were villains → m.l. rio (reread) 51 - alone with you in the ether → olivie blake (physical & audiobook) 52 - disappearance at devil's rock → paul tremblay (audiobook)

april: 53 - shakespeare: romeo and juliet graphic novel → martin powell & eva cabrera 54 - shakespeare: macbeth graphic novel → martin powell & f. daniel perez 55 - shakespeare: julius caesar graphic novel → carl bown & eduardo garcia 56 - shakespeare: a midsummer night's dream graphic novel → nel yomtov & berenice muniz 57 - twelfth knight → alexene farol follmuth (arc) 58 - kill for me, kill for you → steve cavanagh 59 - murder road → simone st. james 60 - everyone on this train is a suspect → benjamin stevenson 61 - listen for the lie → amy tintera 62 - king cheer → molly horton booth, stephanie kate strohm, jamie green 63 - twelfth night (musical adaptation) → kwame kwei-armah & shaina taub 64 - in juliet's garden → judy elliot mcdonald 65 - fat ham → james ijames 66 - death by shakespeare → philip l. nicholas, jr 67 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread) 68 - good girl, bad blood → holly jackson (reread) 69 - as good as dead → holly jackson (reread) 70 - dark corners → megan goldin (audiobook) 71 - the one that got away with murder → trish lundy (audiobook) 72 - funny story → emily henry 73 - imogen says nothing → aditi brennan kapil 74 - people we meet on vacation → emily henry (audiobook, reread)

may: 75 - episode thirteen → craig dilouie 76 - the girls i've been → tess sharpe (reread) 77 - the girl in question → tess sharpe (arc) 78 - wild about you → kaitlyn hill (arc) 79 - just for the summer → abby jimenez 80 - my best friend's exorcism → grady hendrix 81 - second first date → rachel lynn solomon 82 - the ballad of darcy & russell → morgan matson 83 - the good, the bad, and the aunties → jesse q. sutanto (audiobook) 84 - truly, madly, deeply → alexandria bellefleur 85 - your blood, my bones → kelly andrew 86 - amy & roger's epic detour → morgan matson (reread) 87 - romancing mister bridgerton → julia quinn (reread) 88 - the viscount who loved me → julia quinn (reread) 89 - bittersweet in the hollow → kate pearsall 90 - to sir phillip, with love → julia quinn (reread) 91 - when he was wicked → julia quinn (reread) 92 - it's in his kiss → julia quinn (reread) 93 - on the way to the wedding → julia quinn (audiobook, reread) 94 - emma → jane austen (audiobook, reread)

june: 95 - first lie wins → ashley elston 96 - we got the beat → jenna miller 97 - firekeeper's daughter → angeline boulley 98 - chlorine → jade song (audiobook) 99 - what stalks among us → sarah hollowell 100 - hollow fires → samira ahmed (audiobook) 101 - part of your world → abby jimenez 102 - the road trip → beth o'leary 103 - yours truly → abby jimenez 104 - finally fitz → marisa kanter 105 - the last love song → kalie holford

july: 106 - dead girls walking → sami ellis (audiobook) 107 - home is where the bodies are → jeneva rose 108 - we used to live here → marcus kliewer 109 - the children on the hill → jennifer mcmahon (audiobook) 110 - what moves the dead → t. kingfisher 111 - my throat an open grave → tori bovalino 112 - dashed → amanda quain (arc) 113 - asking for a friend → kara h.l. chen (arc) 114 - beach read → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 115 - book lovers → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 116 - happy place → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 117 - you have a match → emma lord (reread, annotation) 118 - bonnie & clyde musical script → ivan menchell (reread) 119 - such charming liars → karen m. mcmanus (arc) 120 - she left → stacie grey (audiobook) 121 - let the games begin → rufaro faith mazarura (audiobook) 122 - death at morning house → maureen johnson (arc)

august: 123 - cleat cute → meryl wilsner (audiobook) 124 - i wish you would → eva des lauriers 125 - the break-up pact → emma lord (arc) 126 - water for elephants → sara gruen 127 - when you get the chance → emma lord (reread, annotation) 128 - come out, come out → natalie c. parker (arc) 129 - my lady jane → cynthia hand, brodi ashton, jodi meadows 130 - the lies of alma blackwell → amanda glaze (arc)

september: 131 - the spare room → andra bartz 132 - late bloomer → mazey eddings (audiobook) 133 - savor it → tarah dewitt (audiobook) 134 - triple sec → t.j. alexander (audiobook) 135 - the skeleton key → erin kelly 136 - the examiner → janice hallett (arc) 137 - the dark we know → wen-yi lee (audiobook) 138 - pretty girls → karin slaughter 139 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread, annotation) 140 - lady macbeth → ava reid 141 - the pumpkin spice café → laurie gilmore 142 - the main character → jaclyn goldis (audiobook) 143 - queen macbeth → val mcdermid (arc) 144 - the cinnamon bun bookstore → laurie gilmore (audiobook)

october: 145 - midnight on beacon street → emily ruth verona (audiobook) 146 - make me a mixtape → jennifer whiteford (arc) 147 - haunt sweet home → sarah pinsker 148 - graveyard shift → m.l. rio 149 - the bitter end → alexa donne (arc) 150 - morbidly yours → ivy fairbanks 151 - someone in the attic → andrea mara 152 - a new lease on death → olivia blacke (arc) 153 - the christmas tree farm → laurie gilmore 154 - staged → elle cosimano 155 - the reunion dinner → jesse q. sutanto 156 - a crime of fashion → emma rosenblum 157 - the nosy neighbor → nita prose 158 - one lucky subscriber → kellye garrett 159 - a classic case → alicia thompson 160 - interview with the vampire → anne rice (audiobook) 161 - horror movie → paul tremblay (audiobook) 162 - everything is poison → joy mccullough (arc) 163 - romeo and juliet → william shakespeare (reread) 164 - no place left to hide → megan lally (arc) 165 - macbeth → william shakespeare (reread)

november: 166 - dinner for vampires → bethany joy lenz (audiobook) 167 - make the season bright → ashley herring blake 168 - a bánh mì for two → trinity nguyen (audiobook) 169 - merriment and mayhem → alexandria bellefleur 170 - a novel love story → ashley poston 171 - guilt and ginataan → mia p. manansala

#post: 2024 books read #i always get SO excited to start these threads!#and as y'all know i love starting the new year with a reread #so i figured this year it would be heartstopper and then i'd finally get to read heartstopper vol 5 #i loved it which is no surprise #i just love these characters so much <3

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ironworked · 2 months ago

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Let's look at that list from Geeks for Harris:

Starring (in alphabetical order):

Andy 'Brak' Merrill, Anthony Rapp, Bill Nye, Bill Prady, Chace Crawford, Corey Booker, Curtis Armstrong, Danneel Ackles, Dave Foley, Dave Hill, Dru Levasseur, Elie Mystal, Eric Kripke, Erin Moriary, Felicia Day, Frank Conniff, Gail Simone, Garrett Reisman, George Takei, Gloria Steinem, Hal Sparks, Jack Quaid, Jacqueline Emerson, Jamia Wilson, Jennifer Taub, Jensen Ackles, Jeri Ryan, Jessica Carter Altman, Jim Beaver, Jody Hamilton, John Fugelsang, John Grunsfeld, Jon Cryer, Jonathan Frakes, Kaela Joseph, Karen Fukuhara, Kevin Woo, Kim Rhodes, Laz Alonso, LeVar Burton, Lindy Li, Lynda Carter, Mae Jemison, Mark Hamill, Mark Sheppard, Mary Trump, Matthew Modine, Megan Smith, Misha Collins, Mona Sinha, Nancy Altman, Nia Bentall, Patty Jenkins, Paul Booth, Rachel Miner, Rep. Robert Garcia, Rep. Andy Kim, Rep. Wiley Nickel, Richard Speight, Rob Benedict, Robert Picardo, Ruth Connell, Sean Astin, Sian Proctor, Stacey Abrams, Tammy Duckworth, Tanya Cook, Tim Russ, Valorie Curry, Wajahat Ali, Waseem Daher Wheatus, Wil Wheaton, Yvette Nicole Brown, Zakiya Thomas.

#politics #I assume Valoria Curry is Valorie Curry

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typhlonectes · 1 year ago

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On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent “Tree of Leaves” (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)

Royce T. Cumming, Stéphane Le Tirant, Jackson B. Linde, Megan E. Solan, Evelyn Marie Foley, Norman Enrico C. Eulin, Ramon Lavado, Michael F. Whiting, Sven Bradler, Sarah Bank

Abstract

With the recent advance in molecular phylogenetics focused on the leaf insects (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae), gaps in knowledge are beginning to be filled. Yet, shortcomings are also being highlighted, for instance, the unveiling of numerous undescribed phylliid species...

Read the paper here:

On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent “Tree of Leaves” (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae) (pensoft.net)

#stick insect #insect #entomology #animals #nature #science #asia

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healerqueen · 3 months ago

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I responded to the booklist question! I'm sure I forgot some but whew it still took forever to write.

What about you? What are some of the books youve read the most?

Good question! I finally started keeping a list, so I have something to work from. That way I won't draw a blank.

My top five or six favorite authors and series are: J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, C. S. Lewis's Narnia books, Rosemary Sutcliff's Dolphin Ring series (beginning with Eagle of the Ninth), Enemy Brothers and The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner, and The Mysterious Benedict Society (original trilogy and prequel) by Trenton Lee Stewart.

There are many other books and authors I love. I listed several of my childhood influences in this post featuring my 50 favorite children's books (focusing on ones I grew up with as a young person).

Here's my list of favorite books I've read the most or ones I think are worth rereading: The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye (a delightful original fairytale about a princess who refuses to stay in her tower)

The Reluctant Godfather by Allison Tebo (romantic comedy fairytale retelling, with an emphasis on the comedy) Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (adventure about a mother mouse seeking to save her family) The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall (middle grade fantasy adventure)

Dragon Slippers and Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (original fantasy in the style of fairytales) Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (fantasy adventure and coming-of-age story about a group of girls who attend school for the first time)

The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart (urban light fantasy with dystopian elements) The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (middle-grade, post-apocalyptic dystopian) The Arrival by Shaun Tan (a wordless graphic novel that conveys human experiences through surrealism)

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (vintage contemporary about a lively family) Derwood, Inc. by Jeri Massi (modern contemporary mystery about another boisterous family) The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (quirky vintage mystery with an interesting cast of characters) Historical Fiction: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham Caddie Woodlawn, Family Grandstand, and other books by Carol Ryrie Brink Rebecca's War by Ann Finlayson Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher Knight's Fee by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Lost Baron by Allen French The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman A Single Shard and Seesaw Girl by Linda Sue Park The Bronze Bow and The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell A few books I discovered more recently that are now all-time favorites: Seventh City by Emily Hayse, The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt, Valiant by Sarah McGuire, Out of the Tomb by Ashley Stangl, the Mistmantle Chronicles by M. I. McAllister, Escape to Vindor by Emily Golus, Chase the Legend by Hannah Kaye, The Key to the Chains by Allison Tebo (sci-fi), Rebel Wave by Tor Thibeaux (undersea dystopian) Historical fiction: Listening for Lions and Angel on the Square by Gloria Whelan, Courage in Her Hands by Iris Noble, Victory at Valmy and Word to Caesar by Geoffrey Trease, historical fiction Westerns and mysteries by author Elisabeth Grace Foley

Mystery/suspense: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart

#book recs #books #reading #favorite books #book list #literature #new-reading

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vanteguccir · 5 months ago

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hi hi! anon that asked about books here! I meant paper books :) I’m very intrigued, I would LOVE the long list! (I really need more books to read even tho my tbr is already crazy long 😭) plus I’m sure whatever you suggest will be great so please go right ahead! tysm!!💗💗😚

hi baby!!

this made me super happy, I'm a reader by heart, and getting to talk about books makes me so excited 😭

okay, so, I read anything, literally any genre (even tho I'm a whore for true crime/thiller), so I'm gonna try and indicate a little bit of everything between some of the ones I read this year:

1. Say You Swear by Megan Brandy (emotional romance) (4/5)

2. How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie (thriller / humor) (4.5/5)

3. Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool (adventure / romance) (4/5)

4. Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky (horror / suspense) (4/5)

5. Love & Gelado by Jenna E Welch (romance) (4.8/5)

6. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (sci-fi) (5/5)

7. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (romance) (5/5)

8. The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor (thriller) (4.5/5)

9. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (thriller / romance) (4/5)

10. The Enigma of Room 622 by Joel Dicker (true crime) (5/5)

11. The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori (dark romance) (5/5)

if you want more, I have an infinity list LMAO 😭

#⋆౨ৎ˚ 𝒍𝒆𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔 #book review #books recs #bookworm

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knightofchariot · 1 year ago

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Tarot Books List - part one

1-2-3 Tarot: Answers in an Instant Donald Tyson 101 Tarot Spreads Sheilaa Hite 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card Mary K. Greer 22 Paths of Inperfection Matt Laws 360 Degrees of Wisdom Lynda Hill 365 Tarot Activities Deanna Anderson 78 Degrees of Wisdom Rachel Pollack 90 Days to Learning the Tarot Lorri Gifford A Guide To Mystic Faerie Tarot Barbara Moore A Guide to Tarot and Relationships Dolores Fitchie & Andrea K. Molina A Guide to the Nomadic Oracle Jon Mallek A Keeper of Words Anna-Marie Ferguson A Sephirothic Odyssey Harry Wendrich & Nicola Wendrich A Wicked Pack of Cards Michael Dummett & Ronald Decker & Thierry Depaulis A Year in the Wildwood Alison Cross Absolute Beginner's Guide to Tarot Mark McElroy Alchemy and the Tarot Robert M. Place All Love Goes Before Me Stewart S. Warren An Introduction to Transformative Tarot Counseling Katrina Wynne Ancient Mysteries Tarot: Keys To Divination And Initiation Roger Calverley Angel Readings for Beginners Elizabeth Foley Animals Divine Companion Lisa Hunt Best Tarot Practices Marcia Masino Beyond the Celtic Cross Paul Hughes-Barlow & Catherine Chapman Book of Thoth Aleister Crowley Brotherhood Tarot Companion Patric Stillman aka Pipa Phalange Buddha Tarot Companion Robert M. Place Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit Tori Hartman Choice Centered Relating and the Tarot Gail Fairfield Chrysalis Tarot Holly Sierra & Toney Brooks Complete Guide to Tarot Illuminati Kim Huggens Confessions of a Tarot Reader Jane Stern Conscious Channeling From the Akashic Rozàlia Horvàth Balàzsi Creator's Tarot Nicole Richardson Daily Spread Tarot & Oracle Journal Alyssa Montalbano Dark Goddess Tarot Companion Ellen Lorenzi-Prince Designing Your Own Tarot Spreads Teresa Michelsen Destiny's Portal Barbara Moore Deviant Moon Tarot Patrick Valenza Discovering Runes Bob Oswald Discovering Your Self Through the Tarot Rose Gwain Easy Tarot Ciro Marchetti & Josephine Ellershaw Easy Tarot Guide Marcia Masino Easy Tarot Reading Josephine Ellershaw Encyclopedia of Tarot Volume IV Stuart Kaplan & Jean Huets Enochian Tarot Betty Schueler & Sally Ann Glassman & Gerald Schueler Essence of the Tarot: Modern Reflections on Ancient Wisdom Megan Skinner Explaining the Tarot Thierry Depaulis & Ross Caldwell & Marco Ponzi Explore the Major Arcana Judyth Sult & Gordana Curgus Exploring the Tarot Carl Japikse Fortune Stellar Christiana Gaudet Fortune's Lover: A Book of Tarot Poems Rachel Pollack Going Beyond the Little White Book Liz Worth Good Cat Spell Book Gillian Kemp Guide to the Sacred Rose Tarot Johanna Gargiulo-Sherman Heart of Tarot Amber K Hieros Gamos: Benediction of the Tarot Stewart S. Warren Holistic Tarot Benebell Wen Integral Tarot: Decoding the Essence Suzanne Wagner It's All in the Cards: Tarot Reading Made Easy John Mangiapane Jung and Tarot Sallie Nichols Kabbalistic Tarot Dovid Krafchow Kaleidoscope Tarot Leisa ReFalo Karmic Tarot William C. Lammey Learning Tarot Reversals Joan Bunning Learning the Tarot Joan Bunning Light-Of-Day: Tarot & Dream Work - A Practical Guide Gigi Miner Magic Words: A Dictionary Craig Conley Meditations on the Tarot Anonymous Messages from the Archetypes Toni Gilbert, RN, MA, HNC Mirror of the Free Nicholas Swift My Tarot Journal Katrina de Witt Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage

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cvldbones · 10 months ago

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florence welch / carrie (1976) / not strong enough - boygenius / promising young woman (2020) / the guest list - lucy foley / antigone - sophocles / perseus and the sleeping medusa - alexander runciman (1774) / jennifer's body (2009) / megan nolan / wandavision (2021)

#female rage #female anger #feminine rage #girlhood #womanhood #art #mine #was just thinking about this today and have always wanted to make one of these and yeah here we are

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britneyshakespearess · 11 months ago

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2023 Recap

Goal: 35 books

Books read: 50 11 nonfiction 39 fiction

Pages read: 15,896

My 5 star reads (in order by which I read them):

The Winter of the Witch Katherine Arden

The Catcher in the Rye (reread) J.D. Salinger

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma Claire Dederer

Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros

The Anomaly Herve Le Tellier

White Wedding Kathleen J. Woods

We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival Natalie West (editor)

Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor

Jawbone Monica Ojeda

Acts of Desperation Megan Nolan

How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti

Educated Tara Westover

Sharks, Death, Surfers: an Illustrated Companion Melissa McCarthy

Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong

Best book I read this year:

Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor

Worst book I read this year:

In the Woods Tana French

The books I thought I was going to love but didn't:

The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls

Idlewild James Frankie Thomas

Biography of X Catherine Lacey

How Music Works David Byrne

Bluebeard's Castle Anna Biller

The book I didn't expect to love but did:

Acts of Desperation Megan Nolan

How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti

The books I haven't stopped thinking about:

The Anomaly Herve Le Tellier White Wedding Kathleen J. Woods We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival Natalie West (editor) Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor

Jawbone Monica Ojeda Acts of Desperation Megan Nolan

How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti

Educated Tara Westover Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma Claire Dederer Nails and Eyes Kaori Fujino What Was She Thinking? Zoe Heller How to Blow Up a Pipeline Andreas Malm Treasure Island!!! Sara Levine Death in Her Hands Ottessa Moshfegh At the Edge of the Woods Kathryn Bromwich Lament for Julia Susan Taubes

The complete list and my ratings (in order by which I read them):

Ninth House Leigh Bardugo (reread) 4/5 Hell Bent Leigh Bardugo 3.5/5 The Winter of the Witch Katherine Arden 5/5 What Was She Thinking? Zoe Heller 4/5 Spells for Forgetting Adrienne Young 3/5 Elektra Jennifer Saint 3/5 How to Blow Up a Pipeline Andreas Malm 4.5/5 Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson 4.5/5 The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger (reread) 5/5 Treasure Island!!! Sara Levine 4.5/5 The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World Malcom Gaskill 4/5 Milk Fed Melissa Broder 4.5/5 Death in Her Hands Ottessa Moshfegh 3.5/5 Bunny Mona Awad 3.5/5 Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma Claire Dederer 5/5 A Crack-Up at the Race Riots Harmony Korine 4/5 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 5/5 Delta of Venus Anais Nin 4.5/5 The Only One Left Riley Sager 4/5 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Rachel Aviv 4/5 The Anomaly Herve Le Tellier 5/5 A Court of Silver Flames Sarah J. Maas 4/5 At the Edge of the Woods Kathryn Bromwich 4.5/5 How Music Works David Byrne 3.5/5 Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises Rebecca Solnit 3/5 Boy Parts Eliza Clark 4/5 White Wedding Kathleen J. Woods 5/5 Lament for Julia Susan Taubes 4.5/5 In the Woods Tana French 2/5 Biography of X Catherine Lacey 4/5 The Near Witch Victoria Schwab 4/5 Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross 4.5/5 We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival Natalie West (editor) 5/5 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 5/5 Starling House Alix E. Harrow 3/5 Nails and Eyes Kaori Fujino 4.5/5 Jawbone Monica Ojeda 5/5 Small Favors Erin A. Craig. 3/5 Exit West Mohsin Hamid 4/5 Bluebeard's Castle Anna Biller 3.5/5 Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros 4.5/5 Acts of Desperation Megan Nolan 5/5 How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti 5/5 Educated Tara Westover 5/5 The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls 3.5/5 Idlewild James Frankie Thomas 4/5 The Guest List Lucy Foley 4/5 Ruthless Vows Rebecca Ross 4/5 Sharks, Death, Surfers: an Illustrated Companion Melissa McCarthy 5/5 Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong 5/5

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the-battle-lesbian · 3 months ago

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Hello everyone,

My name is Megan Foley and I am a PsyD candidate with the University of Hartford looking to recruit participants for my dissertation research. I am interested in exploring different professions' perceptions of and attitudes about congregate care mental health treatment settings for adolescents, specifically focusing on licensed mental health clinicians with experience in those settings and caseworkers with the Department of Children and Families. A large part of my training has been in acute care settings with youth and their families, and I feel passionately about working to identify ways to help the different players in our mental health care system collaborate effectively. For this study, I am specifically looking to speak with professionals licensed and working in the New England region as well as NY and NJ.

Participation in this study would entail a brief questionnaire online through Qualtrics and a 30-45 minute semi-structured interview over Zoom that would be scheduled at your convenience. Further details on eligibility and the participation process can be found in the attached flyers.

I thank you in advance for taking the time to read through my message; also, please feel free to pass on the flyers to anyone you know who you think may be interested and eligible. I have attached the Qualtrics link below as well for convenience.

PLEASE send this along to anyone you know who's in the field and may be interested/may know someone who is interested!

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sofiamantegafan110 · 1 year ago

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NEW X-MEN EPISODE 6

EPISODE 6- MURDER MYSTERY AT XAVIER'S

THE USS O’HALLAHAN IS A SUPER YACHT, USED TO HOST THE FAMED CHICAGO SINGER AND SEDUCTRESS, CESSILY O’HALLAHAN’S MOST EXCLUSIVE SHOWS. RIGHT NOW, IT PLIES THE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN WITH A BEVY OF EXCLUSIVE CLIENTS ABOARD.

CUT TO THE MAIN PERFORMANCE HALL, A LAVISH AND SPLENDID ROOM WITH A SPARKLING CRYSTAL CHANDELIER THAT HANGS ABOVE THE CENTER OF THE ROOM WITH DINETTE TABLES LITTERING THE FLOOR, ALONG WITH SEMI-PRIVATE BOOTHS ALONG THE EDGES. THE VIPS ARE ABLE TO SIT UP IN BALCONIES PLACED ABOVE THE OTHERS WITH ALL OF THIS, OF COURSE, FACING THE ORNATE STAGE WITH ITS HEAVY MAROON CURTAINS AND ROBUST MOOD LIGHTING. FRAMED PORTRAITS LINE THE WALLS AND THE TABLES ARE SET WITH REAL SILVER AND CRYSTAL.

CUT TO THE BACKSTAGE OF THE THEATER, WHICH IS A BIT MORE SUBDUED. A ROW OF MIRRORS AND VANITIES LINE ONE WALL WITH ONE IN PARTICULAR BEING LARGER AND SET APART FROM THE OTHERS, DECORATED WITH THE FLOWERS OF CESSILY’S ADMIRERS. HER PURSE SITS ATOP IT, ALONG WITH A FEW DRAWERS, SOME LOCKED, SOME NOT, THAT HOLD THE THINGS A SUPERSTAR NEEDS TO GET READY. A RACK OF COSTUMES IS LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE WALL, AND A FEW TRUNKS BENEATH THEM.

CUT TO THE HALLWAY, RATHER SHORT AND NONDESCRIPT. IT HAS SOME PAINTINGS HERE AND THERE ALONG ITS LENGTH, AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. BEYOND THAT AND THE PLUSH CARPETING, IT MOSTLY JUST CONNECTS ALL THE QUARTERS AND STATEROOMS ON THIS LEVEL, AS WELL AS THE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL ROOMS, WITH A STAIRWAY THAT LEADS UP ON DECK AND THE BRIDGE.

THE CREW’S QUARTERS CONSIST OF EIGHT BEDS AND A LOCKER AT THE END OF EACH. A SMALL DOOR LEADS TO A LITTLE STATEROOM FOR THE SHIP’S CAPTAIN, WHERE THE BACKUP NAVIGATIONAL PLOTTERS ARE STREWN ACROSS THE DESK. THERE’S A SMALL BOOKCASE THERE, AS WELL AS A LOCKED STORAGE TRUNK AND A LOCKER WITH UNIFORMS IN IT.

CESSILY’S STATEROOM IS LARGER THAN ANY OTHER LIVING SPACE, NATURALLY. THE MASTER SUITE CONSISTS OF TWO ADJOINING ROOMS. THE FIRST ONE LEADS INTO A SMALL OFFICE AREA WITH A DESK NEATLY ARRANGED WITH PAPERS, BOOKS, AND LEDGERS, A FEW COMFORTABLE CHAIRS AND A COUCH PLACED ALONG ONE WALL. THE SECOND ROOM IS THE BOUDOIR WITH A LARGE SOFT BED, A SPACIOUS CLOSET, A LITTLE BATHROOM ON THE SIDE AND SOME PERSONAL PICTURES AND SHELF SPACES IN THE BEDROOM ITSELF.

THE CABINS OF THE GUESTS ARE ALL PRETTY SIMPLE, AND THERE’S ONE FOR EACH GUESTS. WHAT SECRETS HIDE WITHIN THEM? WE MAY NEVER KNOW! EACH ONE IS TASTEFULLY DECORATED WITH A SMALL LOCKER FOR PERSONAL EFFECTS, A SINGLE, BUT COMFORTABLE, BED, A VERY SMALL SHELF, AND A READING LIGHT.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS

THE XAVIER SCHOOL FOR GIFTED YOUNGSTERS PRESENTS… A MURDER MYSTERY PARTY: MURDER ON LAKE MICHIGAN! IT ALL BEGINS ONE CALM AND STARRY NIGHT…

NAMELY THE ROARING TWENTIES, ABOARD A CRUISE SHIP ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR THE TAIL-END OF PROHIBITION.

ALL THE PARTICIPANTS ARE DRESSED IN PERIOD-APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, AND YET LOOK OTHERWISE LIKE THEMSELVES IN THE PERFORMANCE HALL OF THE CRUISE SHIP. AT THE CENTER STAGE IS CESSILY O’HALLAHAN HERSELF, LOOKING A LOT LIKE CESSILY KINCAID IF SHE HAD A 1920’S COIF AND SHORT CURLY HAIR WITH BICEP-LENGTH OPERA GLOVES AND A KILLER DRESS THAT SHIMMERS IN THE LIGHT WHENEVER SHE MOVES.

SITTING FARTHER AWAY FROM THE OTHERS IS TALIA RICHEAUVILLE (PLAYED BY NOCTURNE), WHOSE EXPRESSION SHIFTS TO SOMETHING VERY MYSTERIOUS. SHE HAS AN EYE PATCH OVER ONE EYE, EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN’T NEED ONE, AND SHE’S DRESSED IN A LONG BLACK COAT WITH AN ELEGANT CANE THAT SHE HOLDS CONFIDENTLY IN ONE HAND.

GREEN-SKINNED AND MUCH TOO YOUNG TO BE A SHIP’S CAPTAIN IS VICTOR STANLEY (PLAYED BY ANOLE), WHO WATCHES THE PERFORMANCE WITH CURIOUS EYES. HIS CAPTAIN’S HAT IS TUCKED UNDER ONE ARM AS HE CUTS A PLEASING FIGURE IN HIS WHITE UNIFORM, THE EPAULETS AND TAILORED WAIST ACCENTUATING HIS CASUALLY SCULPTED BUILD.

BRIAN NICHOLS (PLAYED BY TAG), DRESSED IN BEIGE SUSPENDERS AND A STRAW BOATER HAT, KEEPS HIS FOCUS ON THE SILVER-SKINNED SINGER AS SHE PERFORMS. THOUGH HER VOCALS TUG ON THE HEARTSTRINGS OF SEVERAL GUESTS, HIS ATTENTION IS PURELY PRACTICAL AS HE GRADES EVERY NOTE, ALLOWING HIMSELF TO SMILE WHEN SHE FINISHES.

ROXY SINERO (PLAYED BY BLING!) SPORTS A SLEEVELESS BLACK FLAPPER DRESS THAT REACHES TO ABOUT HER KNEES. THE STEREOTYPICAL IMAGE IS SLIGHTLY RUINED BY THE AMETHYST SKIN, BUT SHE MAKES UP FOR IT BY CASTING A GRUMPY FROWN IN RANDOM DIRECTIONS. SHE’S NOT PARTICULARLY HAPPY TO BE HERE, BUT HERE SHE IS.

A CIGAR IS CLUTCHED BETWEEN THE INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS OF CLARICE LUCIANO (PLAYED BY BLINK)’S RIGHT HAND, AMIDST A SELECTION OF RINGS MADE OF SILVER, GOLD, AND DIAMOND. A FEDORA IS TUGGED DOWN OVER HER EYES, HER PERFECTLY TAILORED GREY PINSTRIPE SUIT HAVING BROADER SHOULDERS THAT ONE MIGHT EXPECT. HER HAIR IS CUT SHOULDERLENGTH FOR THE OCCASION AND A LILY TUCKED INTO THE LAPEL OF HER SUITCOAT, ALONG WITH A KILLER GLEAM IN HER EYES.

THE ALISTAIR SISTERS (PLAYED BY THE STEPFORD CUCKOOS) ARE WATCHING THE SHOW AND ALMOST SILENTLY MURMURING AMONGST THEMSELVES. WHAT? THEY’RE NOT JEALOUS. YOU ARE JEALOUS. OF THEM. BECAUSE THEY’RE GONNA BE STARS! DRESSED IN SLIGHTLY IDENTICAL EVENING WEAR, THEY SIT AT A TABLE NEAR THE STAGE, BIDING THEIR TIME LIKE LIONS CIRCLING THEIR PREY.

JOSHUA SILAS (PLAYED BY ELIXIR) IS CLAD IN A CRISP PINSTRIPED NAVY SUIT WITH PLEATED PANTS AND A SUIT JACKET WITH A CLEAN WHITE SHIRT BENEATH AND A CRIMSON VEST. HIS BLACK TIE IS UNDONE AND A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT MATCHES HIS SUIT AS HE WATCHES IN A SURLY FASHION.

MEGAN MATTHEWS (PLAYED BY PIXIE) DOESN’T TURN TO HER NOTEPAD ON HER TABLE, WHERE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE A RECORD OF CESSILY’S PERFORMANCE. HER STYLED CLOCHE HAT IS ANGLED JAUNTILY, AND SHE WEARS A METICULOUSLY-CONSTRUCTED OUTFIT THAT EVOKES A MONASTIC ROBE. GOLD GREEK KEY WEAVES OVER HER BLACK SHEATH DRESS AS RAINBOWS PIROUETTE HER SHARP-LOOKING WINGS.

JULIAN BRICKMAN (PLAYED BY HELLION) IS HERE WITH A PURPOSE. PEOPLE BUY MONEY FROM HIM, PEOPLE GIVE HIM THE MONEY BACK. HIS INTERESTS ARE ON THE LINE TONIGHT AND HE WANTS HIS COMEUPPANCE. DRESSED IN A FINE BLACK TWO-PIECE SUIT ACCOMPANIED WITH A BLACK VEST AND EVEN A POCKET WATCH, HE SITS AT A TABLE IN THE CORNER, KEEPING HIS EYES ON ALL INTERESTED PLAYERS.

SOFIA LORDER (PLAYED BY WIND DANCER), THE MAYOR OF THIS LITTLE OPERATION THEY CALL A TOWN, IS DRESSED IN A WHITE UNISEX SUIT WITH THIN-TIPPED BOOTS, A FIGURE-HUGGING VEST, A LONG-TAILED SUIT, AND A WESTERN-STYLED TIE AS SHE LOOKS FIERCE AND DEFIANT. LORDERS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO GO FANCY, SENDING THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF TOWN TO STUDY IN THE BIG CITY WHERE THEY LEARN AMONG THE BIG SHOTS, BUT SOFIA HAS RETURNED HOME EARLIER THAN EXPECTED WHEN HER FATHER PASSED AWAY, ALSO EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. SHE SURVEYS THE AREA WITH IN-CHARACTER COLDNESS THAT HIDES OUT-OF-CHARACTER GIDDINESS.

FINALLY, THE SHOW ENDS AND CESSILY SASHAYS BACKSTAGE WITH A HAND ON HER HIP. IMMEDIATELY, ROXY STANDS AND FOLLOWS HER, WITH TALIA MAKING HER WAY TOWARD THE EXIT, VICTOR GREETING PASSENGERS WHILE USING OVERLONG WORDS AND OCCASIONALLY SLIPPING INTO AN UNCONVINCING ENGLISH ACCENT, BRIAN MOVING TO MEET CESSILY BACKSTAGE BUT UNAWARE OF ROXY, THE ALISTAIR SISTERS STORMING OFF WITH MEGAN TRYING TO GET AN INTERVIEW FROM THEM, AND JOSH MEANDERING NONCHALANTLY TOWARD THE HALLWAY AND THE OUTSIDE DECK BEYOND WITH JULIAN FOLLOWING THE GRUFF BOOTLEGGER TO GET A WORD.

SOFIA TURNS TO DON CLARICE AND SAYS THAT SHE’S SURPRISED TO FIND HER ON THE UPPER DECKS AND NOT BETTING ON THE ONGOING BLOODSPORTS AT THE FURNACE. CLARICE SMIRKS, SAYING THAT BLOODSPORTS ARE ONE THING, BUT SHE WANTED TO HEAR HER GAL SING A LITTLE TUNE. SOFIA NODS BEFORE MOVING BACKSTAGE TO DO THE HANDSHAKES AND CONGRATULATIONS SORT OF THINGS THAT GOOD MAYORS DO.

MEANWHILE, CELESTE TURNS AS MEGAN ASKS HER IF THEY WERE THE ONES DOING THOSE JAWDROPPING VOCALS AT REHEARSALS EARLIER TODAY. SHE NODS, SAYING THAT THAT WAS DEFINITELY THEM AS THE OTHER SISTERS HEAD BACKSTAGE. MEANWHILE, TALIA TRIES TO STIFLE A LAUGH WHILE IN THE HALLWAY AS SHE REMEMBERS CLARICE’S CIGAR AND FEDORA. AT ANOTHER PART OF THE HALLWAY, JOSH TURNS TO FACE JULIAN AS VIC JOINS THE CONVERSATION, TELLING THE GOLD ENTREPRENEUR THAT HE DOESN’T WANT ANY TROUBLE ON HIS SHIP.

MEANWHILE, CESSILY IS SITTING IN FRONT OF HER MIRROR WHEN ROXY ENTERS. SHE TELLS THE CRYSTAL GIRL THAT SHE’S SURPRISED TO SEE HER BEFORE SAYING THAT SHE SHOULDN’T BE THERE. ROXY FOLDS HER ARMS ACROSS HER CHEST, ASKING IF SHE REALLY SHOULDN’T BE THERE OR IF CESSILY DOESN’T WANT HER THERE. SUDDENLY, BRIAN AND SOFIA ENTER AND CESSILY TELLS HER MANAGER TO ESCORT ROXY OUT BEFORE NOTICING SOFIA AND TELLING BRIAN TO FETCH HER A DRINK.

SUDDENLY, THE LIGHTS GO OUT. THOSE BACKSTAGE HEAR MOVEMENT, A SCUFFLE, AND SOMETHING HITTING THE GROUND AND SHATTERING. THERE’S A GASP, PLEADING AND PLAINTIVE, AND THEN A FLESHY THUMP AS CESSILY LETS GO OF SOFIA’S SHOULDER AND SOMETHING HITS THE FLOOR.

SUDDENLY, THE LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND SOFIA, ROXY, AND BRIAN STAND AROUND THE CORPSE OF CESSILY O’HALLAHAN! BLOOD POOLS ON THE CARPET AROUND THE KNIFE PUSHED INTO HER BACK. MINDEE AND PHOEBE GASP AS THEY ENTER AND THE LATTER SCREAMS THAT THERE’S BEEN A MURDER, AND ROXY LETS OUT HER BEST DAMSEL-Y SCREAM AS SHE DROPS TO HER KNEES AND ASKS WHY THE DEAD SINGER COULDN’T LOVE HER.

EMMY AWARD WINNING ACTRESS, ROXY IS NOT.

NEARBY FLOATS A BLUISH, SEMI-TRANSPARENT CESSILY KINCAID, WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES AS HER CHARACTER, BUT GHOOOOOOOOSTLY~!

SOFIA: SINERO! HOW COULD YOU?!

YES, SOFIA THROWS ROXY UNDER THE BUS. ROXY, MEANWHILE, ROXY SAYS THAT IF ANYONE DID THIS, IT WAS PROBABLY HER. BRIAN TELLS ROXY TO GET AWAY FROM THE BODY, AND ROXY YELLS AT HIM TOO, SAYING THAT HE DIDN’T CARE ABOUT CESSILY AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE MONEY OFF HER.

GHOST CESSILY: YES. YEEEEES. TURN UPON ONE ANOTHER…

IN THE HALLWAY, JULIAN AND JOSH GASP UPON HEARING THE SCREAMS OF MURDER. VIC TELLS THEM THAT HE KNOWS THEY WERE BOTH THERE WITH HIM, SO IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM. SUDDENLY, TALIA APPEARS OUT OF SOFIA’S STATEROOM AND VIC TURNS TO HER, ASKING WHAT SHE WAS DOING IN THERE, AND ALLOWING JOSH AND JULIAN TO RUN BACKSTAGE. TALIA SAYS THAT SHE JUST GOT A BIT TURNED AROUND AND TELLS VIC THAT SHE’S GOING OVER TO HER ROOM NOW. SHE THEN HEADS OFF INTO ANOTHER ROOM THAT VIC SAYS ALSO ISN’T HERS.

VIC STARTS TO WALK OVER IN TALIA’S DIRECTION AS SHE SLIPS INTO JOSH’S ROOM, BUT HE PAUSES BRIEFLY, GLANCING UP AND DOWN THE HALLWAY. VIC THEN LEAVES JOSH’S DOOR AND JOGS OVER TO CESSILY’S ROOM, OPENING IT WITH THE MASTER KEY AND RUSHING INSIDE. CLARICE FOLLOWS HIM, SAYING THAT SHE THINKS THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME THOUGHT HERE.

BACKSTAGE, JOSH, JULIAN, CELESTE, AND MEGAN JOIN THE GROUP BACKSTAGE. JULIAN SHAKES HIS HEAD IN PITY WHILE SOFIA TELLS ROXY THAT THEY ALL KNOW CESSILY LEFT HER AT THE ALTAR. WHILE ROXY WAILS TO THE MAYOR OF MURDERVILLE THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THEY HAD, SOFIA MOVES OVER TO ONE OF THE MIRRORS AND PULLS CURIOUSLY, REVEALING A SECRET DOOR BEHIND IT. JULIAN WASTES NO TIME GOING DOWN THERE, REQUESTING A WORD WITH BRIAN IN THE FUTURE.

ROXY: NO WAY AM I GOING DOWN THERE TO GET STABBED LIKE POOR CESSILY, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE! SOMEONE NEEDS TO MOVE HER SOMEWHERE PRIVATE! WE CAN’T JUST LEAVE HER LIKE THIS!

STEPFORDS: WE CAN’T MOVE THE BODY! WE SHOULD… YOU KNOW… INVESTIGATE! SURELY THERE ARE CLUES UPON HER PERSON!

WITH THAT, CELESTE TELLS PHOEBE TO EITHER GET FINGER PRINT DUST OR GATHER UP EVERYONE ELSE. PHOEBE NODS AND STYLISHLY STALKS OFF WHILE SOFIA TELLS ROXY TO STAY CRYING OVER HER BELOVED OR COME DOWN AND AVENGE HER. SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WILL DO AND DECIDES TO FIND THE CULPRIT, FOLLOWING JULIAN DOWN THE SECRET PASSAGE. ROXY GLARES AT HER, ASKING WHAT GOOD AVENGING WILL DO IF CESSILY’S DEAD.

BRIAN: YOU THINK YOU’RE SPECIAL BECAUSE YOU HAD A THING WITH CESSILY?! JOIN THE CLUB! SHE’S SCREWED HALF THE SHIP! I STUCK BY HER THROUGH IT ALL! SHE WAS MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT!

ROXY: CESSILY AND I HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL!

ROXY THEN LEAVES THE BACKSTAGE IN TEARS (SHE’S NOT ACTUALLY CRYING), WHILE BRIAN, JOSH, MEGAN, CELESTE, AND MINDEE BICKER AMONGST THEMSELVES.

AT CESSILY’S STATEROOM, VICTOR HUNCHES OVER THE RECENTLY DECEASED DIVA’S DESK. JUST AS HE NOTICES SOME KIND OF CONTRACT, HE LOOKS OVER AT CLARICE, SAYING THAT HE SUPPOSES THEY MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT ALONG SIMILAR AVENUES. (HE TRIES TO PRONOUNCE ‘AVENUES’ IN A SORT OF FRENCH ACCENT AND FAILS HORRIBLY) AND LOOKS BACK AT THE PAPER, SAYING THAT CESSILY SEEMS TO HAVE INTENDED TO CUT HER MANAGER OUT OF THE CONSIDERABLE PROFITS FROM HER REMARKABLE TALENT.

MEANWHILE, ALONG THE SECRET PASSAGEWAY, JULIAN NOTICES A SHIMMERING SOMETHING. HE LOOKS CLOSER AND SEES THAT IT’S A NECKLACE. HE THEN REACHES THE END OF THE PASSAGE AND PUSHES OPEN THE DOOR AT THE OTHER END, COMING INTO CESSILY’S STATEROOM WHERE DON CLARICE AND CAPTAIN VICTOR HAPPEN TO BE. CLARICE WONDERS WHAT HE’S DOING THERE AS SOFIA STEPS IN BEHIND HIM.

SUDDENLY, THE LIGHTS GO OUT. TALIA CAN BE SEEN STROLLING OUT OF JULIAN’S ROOM BEFORE THEY DO, BRIAN SUDDENLY MUTTERS THAT HE HAS TO GET OUT OF THERE, AND ROXY GIVES HER BEST HORROR MOVIE SCREAM BEFORE FLEEING TO THE DECK OF THE SHIP.

WHEN THE LIGHTS COME BACK ON, MEGAN MATTHEWS, ACE REPORTER, IS CLUTCHING HER THROAT ON THE GROUND, RED RUNNING BETWEEN HER FINGERS AS SHE STRUGGLES AND GASPS FOR AIR. BRIAN’S HAT LIES NEXT TO HER BESIDE THE KNIFE USED TO STAB CESSILY.

THE MURDERER HAS STRUCK AGAIN.

GHOST-CESSILY SCREAMS IN HER BEST ‘NOOOOO, JENNA!’ VOICE AS A TRANSLUCENT PIXIE ‘GHOST’ RISES FROM THE DEAD BODY. SHE WRAPS HER ARMS AROUND MEGAN IN A BIG HUG AND SQUEEZES HER EYES SHUT WITH A GRIN.

GHOST-CESSILY: OH, OUR POOR MEGAN MATTHEWS! SHE WAS ONTO THE HOTTEST SCOOP OF HER LIFE! WOE! WOOOOOE!

MEANWHILE, TALIA HEADS OVER TO THE CREW’S QUARTERS, MAKING HER WAY OVER TO THE ONE THAT READS CAPTAIN VICTOR STANLEY’S QUARTERS. AFTER COMMENTING THAT THAT’S A STUPID ASS NAME, SHE OPENS THE DOOR AND HEADS ON IN.

BACKSTAGE, JOSH DEMANDS EVERYONE (BASICALLY JUST THE CUCKOOS) SHOW THEIR HANDS AND THE SISTERS STARE AT HIM. CELESTE ASSUMES THAT THE KILLER WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO RAN OFF AND SAYS THAT FROM WHAT THEY’VE HEARD, CESSILY WAS GETTING AROUND LIKE SOME SORT OF TAWDRY BICYCLE. GHOST CESSILY GETS OUT A NOTEPAD, WRITING ‘DON’T FORGET THE BLOOD SPLATTER!’ WITH A FEATHER PEN.

MEANWHILE, TALIA LEAVES VICTOR’S QUARTERS WITH A TAP OF HER CANE. SHE WALKS OUT AND SEES PHOEBE HEADING BACK TO JOIN HER SISTERS FROM HER ERRAND, HOLDING A MAKEUP KIT AS THE ONLY THING SHE CAN FIND FOR FINGER-PRINT DUST.

IN THE STATEROOM, JULIAN NOTICES BRIAN IN THE HALLWAY AND SAYS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE A WORD WHILE CLARICE NOTICES SOME PAPERS ON THE DESK AND SMIRKS, SAYING THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THEIR CAPTAIN HAS A CRUSH. SHE THEN SHOWS A SERIES OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO CESSILY BY VICTOR AND ASKS HIM IF HE DIDN’T WANT ANYONE TO SEE THEM BECAUSE HE TOLD HER HE’D KILL EVERYONE ON THE SHIP FOR HER. SOFIA ‘OHS’ SLIGHTLY AS VIC LOOKS AT THE LETTER IN HIS HAND AND LOSES IT, HIS FACE GOING DARK GREEN.

HE THRUSTS THE LETTER AT CLARICE AND SAYS THAT THERE’S NOTHING ABOUT MURDERS. HE DOESN’T KNOW THAT FOR SURE AND HE’S SURE AS HELL NOT GONNA CHECK. SUDDENLY, TALIA LEANS IN AND SAYS THAT VIC WAS KISSING CESSILY BEFORE THE SHOW BEFORE HEADING BACK OUT INTO THE HALLWAY. VIC DEMANDS TO KNOW WHO SHE IS WHILE GHOST CESSILY BURSTS OUT LAUGHING, SENDING A TELEPATHIC SIGNAL TO VIC THROUGH THEIR PSYCHIC LINK SET UP BY THE CUCKOOS, SAYING THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW VIC WOULD BE THE CAPTAIN.

SOFIA ARCHES HER BROW, COMMENTING ON THE TITILLATING SITUATION.

MEANWHILE, ON THE DECK OF THE USS O’HALLAHAN, ROXY LOOKS UP AT THE MOON, IGNORING THE SHOUTS AND CALLS FROM WITHIN THE SHIP.

ROXY: THE MOON SPLIT IN HALF AND STARS CRUMBLED. FALLING LIKE FIREWORKS INTO THE SEA. I WATCHED THE WORLD FALL APART, ON THE DAY THAT MY LOVE LEFT ME.

TALIA STOPS SHORT ON HER WAY UP TO THE DECK TO HEAR ROXY’S MONOLOGUE AS THE BLACK-CLAD CRYSTAL GIRL CLIMBS OVER THE RAILING OF THE DECK, YELLING TO THE STARRY SKY THAT SHE AND CESSILY WILL BE TOGETHER SOON.

THEN, SHE JUMPS OVERBOARD, INTO THE LAKE, NEVER TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

TALIA WATCHES THE SITUATION BRIEFLY BEFORE GIVING A SHRUG AND HEADING RIGHT BACK DOWN THE HALLWAY TOWARD ROXY’S ROOM, ON HER OWN AGENDA.

IN THE STATEROOM, VIC ASKS SOFIA TO READ THE LETTERS AND TELL THEM OF THE APPARENT SCANDAL BEFORE INTERNALLY GRUNTING A BIT WHILE GHOST-CESSILY TELLS HIM THAT SHE GOT THOSE PASSAGES FROM THE FINEST OF ROMANTIC LITEROTICA. CLARICE JABS A FINGER AT VICTOR, ACCUSING HIM OF MAKING THE MOVES ON HER DAME BEFORE SAYING THAT SHE DOESN’T THINK ANYONE IS KILLING FOR LOVE HERE.

CLARICE: MOST PEOPLE KILL FOR MONEY. AND THE PERSON WHO STANDS TO MAKE THE MOST MONEY OUT OF ALL THIS? MY DAME’S MANAGER!

CESSILY CHUCKLES BEFORE TURNING OVER TO THE DRIPPING WET ‘GHOST’ OF ROXY. SHE LAUGHS AND HUGS HER GIRLFRIEND, SAYING THAT SHE’S TOO MUCH WHILE ROXY SAYS THAT IT’S ALL PART OF THE ACTING PROCESS. YOU HAVE TO BE DRAMATIC TO MAKE IT MORE INTENSE.

MEANWHILE, JOSH WALKS OUT OF THE BACKSTAGE ROOM TO FIND CLUES WHILE PHOEBE CHASES HIM, SAYING THAT HE CAN’T ABANDON THREE ELIGIBLE BACHELORETTES TO A MURDER. CELESTE HEADS TOWARDS THE STATEROOM WHILE MINDEE RUNS OFF DOWN THE HALL IN VAGUELY THE LAST DIRECTION SHE SAW ROXY GOING.

IN THE STATEROOM, AS SOFIA CONDUCTS HER OWN INVESTIGATION, VICTOR SHAKES HIS FIST AT CLARICE, SAYING THAT SHE ALWAYS TOOK CESSILY FOR GRANTED. CLARICE GLARES AT HIM, SAYING THAT CESSILY CHOSE WHO SHE WANTED IN THE END AND IT WASN’T HIM BEFORE VIC EXPLODES IN FAKE MELODRAMA, SAYING THAT CLARICE ONLY WISHES THAT SHE COULD HAVE LOVED HER LIKE HE DID AND NOW SHE’S LOST HER CHANCE. AS THEY ARGUE, BRIAN AND JULIAN WONDER WHO THE HELL TALIA’S SUPPOSED TO BE AND WHY SHE KEEPS GOING IN PEOPLE’S ROOMS. JOSH HEADS TOWARD THE HALLWAY WHILE THE STEPFORDS TRY TO GATHER EVERYONE.

GUESS WHAT?!

THE LIGHTS GO OUT.

A LOUD BANG COMES FROM THE STATEROOM FOLLOWED BY A THUMP. WHEN THEY COME BACK ON, DON CLARICE LUCIANO CLUTCHES HER CHEST, A REVOLVER LYING ON THE FLOOR. SHE WAS SHOT WITH HER OWN GUN! AND CELESTE IS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY, HAVING HEARD EVERYTHING VIC SAID.

GHOST CESSILY: J’ACCUSE! WHO COULD HAVE DONE THIS?!

AS GHOST CLARICE ENTERS, ROXY GIVES HER A SHOVE FOR STEALING HER GIRLFRIEND. ROXY LAUGHS AND ASKS IF THERE’S GHOST POPCORN AS MEGAN HIGH-FIVES HER. BEING IN THE ASTRAL PLANE (IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY GUESSED), CESSILY CREATES A JUMBO TUB OF EXTRA BUTTERY POPCORN AND HANDS IT TO CLARICE.

IN ROXY’S ROOM, TJ ASKS CESSILY IF SHE WINS AT SOME POINT. SHE SAYS THAT SHE FEELS LIKE PERSONAL GOALS ARE BEING MET HERE AND SHE FEELS LIKE IT’S TIME TO HOP ON HER JET SKI AND RIDE INTO THE SUNSET. CESSILY TELLS HER TO JUST JOIN THE SHENANIGANS, REMINDING HER THAT THEY DIDN’T REALLY HAVE ANY JET SKIS IN THE 1920’S, BUT SHE COULD PROBABLY STEAL A LIFE BOAT.

MEANWHILE, JOSH AND PHOEBE JOIN CELESTE, VIEWING CLARICE’S BODY. SOFIA BENDS DOWN BESIDE HER ‘DEAD’ GIRLFRIEND AND COMMENTS THAT SHE WILL MISS HER STUPID ACCENT. SHE CLOSES THE MAFIA DON’S EYES BEFORE GRABBING HER RIFLE AND POINTING IT AT VICTOR, TRYING TO ACT PARANOID.

SOFIA: THAT IS ENOUGH! I WILL NOT BE GOING DOWN WITH THIS PROVERBIAL SHIP! WHOEVER DID THIS BETTER COME OUT RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN DISCUSS TERMS, OR I WILL START SHOOTING! *TELEPATHICALLY* CESSILY, IS THIS WHAT YOU WASTE YOUR TIME ON WHILE YOU’RE ON THE INTERNET?

JULIAN AND BRIAN WALK IN ON SOFIA BRANDISHING A GUN AS MINDEE AND TJ JOIN THE GROUP. THE TRIPLETS HOLD THEIR HANDS UP AND PHOEBE ASKS HOW MANY BULLETS THE GUN HAS. SHE DEDUCES THAT WHOEVER DID THIS HAS A SECRET TO HIDE ABOUT CESSILY AND THEY MURDERED MEGAN BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD FIGURE IT OUT. MINDEE THEN ACCUSES BRIAN OF KILLING CLARICE SINCE SHE WAS THE ONE WHO FIGURED OUT THAT HE WAS THE KILLER.

TJ: EH, IT’S PROBABLY THE BOOTLEGGER OR THE LOANSHARK. BOTH OF ‘EM. I DUNNO. I’VE BEEN BUSY.

JULIAN: ME? THE MAYOR IS THE ONE WITH THE GUN!

BRIAN QUICKLY TRIES TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAINST THE TRIO’S CLAIM BUT JULIAN AND JOSH BOTH AGREE WITH THEM, SAYING THAT CESSILY INTENDED TO FIRE HIM. IT’S POSSIBLE THAT HE COULDN’T HANDLE IT AND DECIDED TO KILL HER TO EARN PROFIT FROM HER DEATH. IN THE BACKGROUND, VIC TRIES TO GRAB THE GUN FROM SOFIA AND GETS HIS HAND BITTEN IN THE PROCESS. AND OF COURSE, THE CASPER CREW IS JUST EATING THIS UP, WATCHING AND EATING THEIR GHOST POPCORN.

IN THE END, THEY REACH A LOGJAM. THEY CAN’T DECIDE WHO DID IT, BUT EVENTUALLY DECIDE THAT BRIAN, THE MANAGER, HAS A VERY CLEAR MOTIVE, AND PROOF OF SUCH. PLUS, HE WAS PRESENT OR NEARBY FOR EVERY MURDER. NOT TO MENTION POOR MEGAN WAS HOLDING HIS HAT AS SHE DIED.

WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVE THE NEXT MORNING, IT’S A TENSE STANDOFF OF GUESTS BRANDISHING KNIVES, CANDLESTICKS, AND AT LEAST ONE GUN AT EACH OTHER. BRIAN IS CARTED OFF INTO CUSTODY WHILE VIC IS TREATED FOR HIS SOFIA-INFLICTED “BITE WOUNDS”.

ROXANNE SINERO’S BODY WAS NEVER FOUND…

AND THE KILLER… WALKED FREE.

WE THEN ROLL FAKE CREDITS THAT SHOW THAT THE SCRIPT WAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CESSILY AND THE SETTING WAS PROVIDED BY THE CUCKOOS THANKS TO THE ASTRAL PLANE. THEY ALSO SET UP A PSYCHIC LINK SO THE GUESTS COULD GIVE CESSILY THEIR FEEDBACK. WE THEN CUT OVER TO THE END CREDITS SCENE.

SAW-ESQUE FLASHBACKS SHOW THE STEPFORDS IMMEDIATELY STORMING OFF TO THE HALLWAY AND CESSILY’S STATEROOM. CELESTE WAS STOPPED BY MEGAN LEAVING MINDEE TO HEAD TO THE ELECTRICAL ROOM TO TURN OUT THE LIGHTS WHILE PHOEBE SNUCK IN AND MURDERED CESSILY O’HALLAHAN THROUGH THE SECRET PASSAGE THEY LEARNED ABOUT FROM CELESTE’S AFFAIR WITH CAPTAIN VICTOR.

THE GIRLS THEN RUSHED BACK TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME FROM THE HALLWAY WITH MEGAN, WHO WAS NONE THE WISER. IT WAS THEN THAT THEY SENT PHOEBE OFF TO ‘GATHER FINGER-PRINT DUST’, ONLY FOR HER TO ONCE AGAIN SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS SO CELESTE COULD SLIT MEGAN’S THROAT AND MINDEE COULD PLANT BRIAN’S HAT ON HER, SINCE THEY’D DISCOVERED THAT IT WASN’T CESSILY THAT SUNK THEIR BUDDING CAREERS, BUT HER MANAGER, AND THEY KILLED THE WRONG PERSON! TO GET THEIR REVENGE, THEY PLANNED TO FRAME BRIAN.

ROXY OFFED HERSELF, LIKE A TOTAL BASKET CASE.

THEIR THIRD AND FINAL VICTIM WAS CLARICE. ONCE AGAIN, THEY SPLIT UP, PHOEBE HEADING OUT TO SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS AGAIN WHILE MINDEE SHOT THE DON, WHO WAS LOUDLY HEARD ACCUSING BRIAN JUST BEFORE HER DEATH! ONCE AGAIN, THEY ATTEMPTED TO FRAME BRIAN FOR THEIR CRIMES…

…AND IT WORKED.

WE THEN CUT OVER TO CESSILY’S ROOM AS CESSILY ASKS THE GROUP WHAT THEY THINK. THEY IMMEDIATELY GIVE OFF VARIOUS SOUNDS OF APPROVAL AS CESSILY TURNS BACK TO HER LAPTOP AND ADDS THE FINISHING TOUCH;

MURDER ON LAKE MICHIGAN

BY CESSILY KINCAID AND THE XAVIER SCHOOL THEATER DEPARTMENT.

A XAVIER’S SCHOOL PRODUCTION

~FIN~

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