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Thank you, Kenneth. Really.

*She grabs out another bunny treat* Kip, this is for your bunny.

*She also grabs an old shedding of DIS' antlers and hands it to Kenneth* And this is for you. I don't know if you wanna do some research on it or display it. But I figured you might want it.

*She exits through the doorway*

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞.. 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

ᥡᥲᥡᥡ!!!! 𝗍һᥲᥒk ᥡ᥆ᥙᥙ sᥙ⍴ᥱr ᥴ᥆᥆ᥣ ᥣᥲძᥡ!!

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*Jo carefully grabs the pelt and stomps open a doorway* Good to hear the research went great! Is there anything you need before I leave?

~Joanne✒️📖

Don't worry about the late response, take whatever time you need.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟.. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

𝐔𝐡- 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞...

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That definitely explains why my rabbit ended up with rabies.

Is it ready? Or do you need to do more researching?

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲. 𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞.

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Was it not safe to touch before? Uh, anyway, I made a pitstop back at my place and brought my sewing kit so I can turn it into a cloak if it's ready.

*She pops a joint in her neck* Ugh

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰? 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐍𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲.

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*Jo's ignoring the voice and rubs at the bridge of her nose* Oh, thank you. Wanted something a little more easy to manage...Anyway, I wanted to see how the research on the pelt was going?

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐭. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭-

і ძіძ ᥕᥱᥣᥣ!

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*There's a knock at the door. Jo's on the other side of the door with much shorter hair than before.*

~Joanne✒️📖

ᥕ᥆ᥲһ... ᥡ᥆ᥙ ᥣ᥆᥆k s᥆ ᥴ᥆᥆ᥣ! і'᥎ᥱ ᥲᥣᥕᥲᥡs ᥕᥲᥒ𝗍ᥱძ sᥙᥴһ sһ᥆r𝗍 һᥲіr!!

𝐖𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫? 𝐎𝐡. 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐭.. 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞... 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞.

You should kill her, hm? That would get rid of your issues..

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...Y'know what? How about I leave the pelt to you for a couple more days of research and I'll be back for it? You seem tense.

*She opens a doorway* Stay safe- oh! *She digs out a treat* Kip, give this to your rabbit.

*She leaves through the doorway*

~Joanne✒️📖

..𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡.

᥆һ- ᥡᥲᥡ!! 𝗍һᥲᥒk ᥡ᥆ᥙ ᥴ᥆᥆ᥣ ᥣᥲძᥡ.

mᥲᥡᑲᥱ ᥡ᥆ᥙ sһ᥆ᥙᥣძ g᥆ ᥣᥲᥡ ძ᥆ᥕᥒ..

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Really? That's amazing!

*She takes her hood off and lets her hair down out of the bun it was in, rubbing at the crown of her head* Sorry. Getting a tension headache.

~Joanne✒️📖

... 𝐔𝐡𝐦.

...𝐎𝐡. 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞..

Awh.. She looks just like me.

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I hear that. A friend of ours has a sort of pocket dimension for my kids to stay in. Hasn't completely kept things out but it's better than nothing.

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐎𝐡? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞��𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.

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Definitely good. I was too out of it to thank that vampire guy. Did you ever come in contact with Smoke?

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟. 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬.

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Hm? Oh, bye, Xia...yeah. That cryptid, Smoke. He was an asshole. Bit my rabbit, gave it rabies...got into its head and it attacked me. Hell, it even possessed Raven and she killed me!

*She moves her shirt just enough to show a gruesome looking scar*

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐎𝐡.. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭. 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐡𝐦?

᥆᥆᥆һ...

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I miss my dad..

ᥡ᥆ᥙ ᥴᥲᥒ g᥆ і𝖿 ᥡ᥆ᥙ ᥕᥲᥒ𝗍?

Right.. Yeah- Thanks.

Hey Jo, I'll be heading back. You can stay for as long as you need. Just expect someone to be very social.

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Do whatever you need with it. I plan on turning it into a cloak. Hopefully when I put it on it'll act like the cloak of invisibility from those shitty wizard movies except, instead of turning me invisible, it'll maybe turn me into a cloud of smoke?

I'm speculating here, bear with me.

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐍𝐨, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚.. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞? 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭... 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.

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...They were my kid. Adopted, but still.

Anyway, let me know if you find anything out about that pelt. I think it might come in handy.

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐇𝐦.. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞.

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐭? 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞.. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞?

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...Raven's dead.

Go ahead and record anything you find.

*She sits the pelt down on a table*

~Joanne✒️📖

..𝐎𝐡. 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲.

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥- 𝐔𝐡...

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*Jo shifts awkwardly* Yeah...that's who gave me all these bracelets...anyway, I was wondering if you could help me with this pelt. A vampire killed the local cryptid and I wanna know if I can possibly use its pelt as a...I guess wear it and turn myself into smoke?

I know that sounds outlandish, but...

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐎𝐡! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠... 𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐭? 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲! 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲? 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

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Yep, it's Joanne. I was wondering...how much do you know about that park? Hollow Grove?

~Joanne✒️📖

𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞? 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝- 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐈 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞!

᥆᥆һ! rᥲ᥎ᥱᥒ!! і rᥱmᥱmᑲᥱr!!! 𝗍һᥱᥡ ᥣіkᥱძ mᥡ ᑲᥙᥒᥒᥡ ᥲᥒძ һᥲძ rᥱᥲᥣᥣᥡ ᥴ᥆᥆ᥣ һᥲіr.

Of course it was Raven.. Can I see the bunny by the way?

mһm! 𝖿᥆ᥣᥣ᥆ᥕ mᥱ!! ᥕᥱ ᥴᥲᥒ ᥣᥱ𝗍 𝗍һᥱ ᥲძᥙᥣ𝗍s 𝗍ᥲᥣk.

I'll be back in a bit, Jo.