there is not, in fact, a password on this phone. seems like the owner (you?) might've thought the case would've kept people away from touching it. look at that grandma.
anyway, yes, he opens the message and it reads: ]
hey ████████. sorry i left you last night. hope you're not still mad at me. just wanted to see my dorm neighbor but i left you behind. i'm sorry.
if you're still down to party, let me know. hope to see you after finals today. thx.
[ also, i forgot to mention that the time is currently 2:30pm. ]
[ She's a pretty intimidating grandma. Like Eula but old.
The contents of the message are unfamiliar to him - and yet nothing he hasn't heard before. Being left behind in favor of someone else is something he's--
Wait a minute. This isn't even his phone smaller tablet! What is he letting himself feel all weird for? Obviously he needs to figure out who this belongs to and return it to them. He's not really sure what a final is, but it sounds important.
He scrolls up through the earlier messages in the conversation. Maybe there's something in there that will tell him who's sending him these messages - and who they're for. ]
[ scrolling up through earlier messages will show bennett that he's (?) pretty close with sage, because a lot of the messages are about how he's upset that his best friend keeps leaving him behind. his name keeps on getting censored out, though; seems like sage keeps ditching him for this "neighbor", whose name is also censored for some reason.
sage seems to insist that's not the case, but eventually seems to concede after some arguing. earlier messages (though that'd take a lot of scrolling) will show that their relationship was on a slow decline but a lot better before this. ]
[ Bennett doesn't bothers scrolling up any further. He gets the point. Sage, whoever that is, seems like a busy person who has lots of other important things to take care of, and maybe it's a little rude to flake out all the time like that but. It's fine. Really.
He backs out of the message and pokes through the other phone apps. Maybe there's something that can figure out what a final is - a note or photo or something on the calendar. ]
[ the calendar is a good place to look, because today shows three events. two of them are labeled "FINAL EXAM", though one indicates that it's a language final at 12pm and then there's the math one at 2:45pm. there's also an event after the math one that says "Party?"
[ Awesome. Bennett gathers up the book, cookies, phone, etc. and heads off! He'll go for the lecture hall and let himself in, then pause and look around for someone who looks like they're in charge. Is there a professor or TA around? ]
[ there is an authority figure here, all the way at the front, and it looks like everyone else presently sitting in the classroom's getting some last-minute studying in. ]
[ While Bennett waits he has time to think, and while he's thinking he comes to a realization. This school... is really weird!
But not weird like a dream, where everything is indistinct and wobbly. Weird like showing up here in the first place, or the phantom pain and emotions he's been feeling all week. It's weird in ways that follow a kind of logical track. This is a puzzle to solve, not an obstacle to bust through. He needs to play along.
So when Sage shows up Bennett responds like this is normal, even though he doesn't have any idea who she is. ]
[ Oh. The hurt settles in the pit of his stomach has him looking away, unsteady and uncertain. He swallows, then forces himself to grin and look back to Sage. ]
Oh-- yeah! Lead the way.
[ Hopefully he can find out what a karaoke is along the way. ]
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The message is a little worrying, though, and the way it squeezes his heart when he reads it is...
Bennett unlocks the phone, then goes to open the message so he can read the whole thing - assuming there's not a password, at least. ]
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there is not, in fact, a password on this phone. seems like the owner (you?) might've thought the case would've kept people away from touching it. look at that grandma.
anyway, yes, he opens the message and it reads: ]
hey ████████. sorry i left you last night. hope you're not still mad at me. just wanted to see my dorm neighbor but i left you behind. i'm sorry.
if you're still down to party, let me know. hope to see you after finals today. thx.
[ also, i forgot to mention that the time is currently 2:30pm. ]
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The contents of the message are unfamiliar to him - and yet nothing he hasn't heard before. Being left behind in favor of someone else is something he's--
Wait a minute. This isn't even his
phonesmaller tablet! What is he letting himself feel all weird for? Obviously he needs to figure out who this belongs to and return it to them. He's not really sure what a final is, but it sounds important.He scrolls up through the earlier messages in the conversation. Maybe there's something in there that will tell him who's sending him these messages - and who they're for. ]
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sage seems to insist that's not the case, but eventually seems to concede after some arguing. earlier messages (though that'd take a lot of scrolling) will show that their relationship was on a slow decline but a lot better before this. ]
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He backs out of the message and pokes through the other phone apps. Maybe there's something that can figure out what a final is - a note or photo or something on the calendar. ]
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the current time, by the way, is 2:35pm. ]
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He turns and reaches out to flag down the nearest passerby, and when he does: ]
Excuse me! Where's the math room?
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Uh...proooobably the lecture hall, if I had to guess?
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[ a reaffirming nod from the stranger! ]
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Hiya! I'm trying to figure out who owns this phone, and I think they're supposed to be in this class.
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Oh, uh...
[ they see the phone case and squint at it. then they look back at bennett. ]
Isn't this supposed to be yours?
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Uh... I-I don't think so! Um...
[ He fumbles for a minute, and then: ] Uh, do you know where Sage is, actually?
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"Sage"? We don't have a student by that name in this class.
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Um... well, if they come looking, can you tell them I was here? I'm gonna...
[ ... slide out into the hall, pull up the message from Sage, and v e r y s l o w l y text back with: ]
where are you
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[ the reply comes quickly, at least: ]
lower campus
want me to come meet you @ lecture hall? are you done with finals already?
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yes im done
ill wait here
in front of the hall
[ And then maybe he can figure out who this belongs to! ]
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ok. be right there.
[ the person at the front keeps staring at him in confusion. student, what are you doing... ]
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Steps into the hallway to wait for Sage. ]
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a girl will approach bennett at 2:45 with a wave and a little smile on her face. ]
Hey. Sorry if I kept you waiting. [ an awkward pause, then: ] You...still down to hang out? Post-finals celebration?
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But not weird like a dream, where everything is indistinct and wobbly. Weird like showing up here in the first place, or the phantom pain and emotions he's been feeling all week. It's weird in ways that follow a kind of logical track. This is a puzzle to solve, not an obstacle to bust through. He needs to play along.
So when Sage shows up Bennett responds like this is normal, even though he doesn't have any idea who she is. ]
Yeah! You ready to go?
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Yeah, you got it. We can chill in the room for a bit while we wait for the others? Is that cool?
[ she takes out her phone really quick. seems like she's got a message, too. she reads it, lets out a little laugh – ]
What the hell? ████████ just sent me a picture of a lla–
[ and then she stops, like she's said something terribly wrong. she shakes her head.
yeah, that hurt from earlier, bennett? you're probably feeling it now, too. ]
Never mind. Let's go to the karaoke bar.
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Oh-- yeah! Lead the way.
[ Hopefully he can find out what a karaoke is along the way. ]
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