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Class was boring as usual, Ben was just daydreaming then doing work, it didn't matter anyway, it not like he is going use this knowledge in the "Real World" what the teachers called it. They always put so much pressure to everyone at school and think they are hot shit, like, "Oh! You got major and bachelor degree?! Wow! Now you got a dead-end job and you are taking all of your frustration out on to young students and degrading their mental health?! Amazing! You are teaching these students and changing their life!" Man, the school system is a joke and nobody is laughing.

Ben sigh in relief as the day is finally over, he wonders what he is going to do today, make a another graffiti art? Nah, one graffiti art for today, that his motto....Cause he make three and almost got caught. Go Home? He is not going to get a another lecture from his sister or his parents....Fuck it, Ben is just going to walk downtown but he doesn't want to get any stares from the townfolks and thinking why is there a latino boy walking alone downtown? Ben need someone to walk with and in the wave of students, he spot Eli, he could work "Oi! Eli!" Ben call out "Want to walk downtown? I don't feel like going home today?"

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As the school bell rang Eli slunk out of his seat and out of the classroom. He hadn't been paying attention for most of the day, but that didn't mean he hadn't been thinking. He had been thinking about a lot things, but mostly, what Violet had said that morning and what they all knew was coming up. The Harvest Festival and the killings it foretold. It would happen again this year, Eli was sure of it. He just hoped that it wasn't anyone he cared about, there weren't that many of those left.

His parents. His brother. How many more people could the curse take from him?

Although, now he thought about it, there were some people he could think of in this town he wouldn't mind seeing dead. His uncle for a start. Maybe if I beg Violet nicely enough she'll send the curse to him this year. That was of course if the DeWinters had anything to with it, and more importantly, if Violet had anything to do with it. But she is the DeWinter heiress... if they are behind it, she would know.

As he put his stuff back into his locker, Ben came out of their classroom and called to him across the stream of students pouring out of the school. Ben wanted to goof off around town, and that suited Eli just fine.

"Yeah sure thing man, just lemme grab my bike first."

He walked round to the front of the school and unchained his bikes from railing, placing the heavy metal lock in his backpack. When he looked inside and remembered what was in there, he smiled.

"You want one?" He asked Ben, as he revealed a pair of crumpled cigarettes.

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"Mhm!" She nodded at Eli. "No problem. It was fun!" She waved at him, smiling. It seemed the tension was broken, thankfully. The rest of the day passed without much event. The teachers at their small school had long gotten used to her quiet mumbling. Emily tries to keep it as low as possible, it's mostly under her breathe at this point.

Emily didn't mind school. She could learn some cool things from it. Besides, she needed it if she was going to be a well rounded citizen. "...the modern idea of a well rounded student originally comes from ancient Greece. Athens, specifically. Though of course at the time it was only for land owning men, like most things were back then. Greek statues actually had color on them, the paint just faded over time. Now we base our government architecture on a misunderstanding of what the original democracy used to look like. Weird, weird, huh?" Emily said aloud when the end of the day bell rang.

At first she was going to wait around and see if anyone was gonna stick around for her journalism club. No dice. Oh well. She thought she would go out and see the sights of the town. Explore a little. She liked to do it. She found herself outside in down town. Thinking about things. Thinking about....Halloween. Emily had her book bag clutched to her chest. For some reason she never used the straps, just held it there like it was a bag of potatoes.

Emily saw Violet, sitting alone on a bench. She seemed upset about something. Emily found herself approaching, and, well, it's not like she could keep her mouth shut forever. She made eye contact with Violet.

"People are afraid you're gonna murder them, huh? Place a curse on them. Because every year for the last seven years someone goes missing around Halloween (and I know all their names.) Is that a good coffee? You really like caffeine." It was like a drive by shooting, but of words. Emily paused her walk though, taking some steps closer to the Heiress so she was in conversation distance.