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[nikolaus-mestari-blog]

Huh? Ain’t she affected with ‘em? Marzena tilts her head at the little girl curiously. Without diving into her mindscape, she can’t be sure. Still, if the girl is unaffected, that was all the more reason to get her into the main lodge before the nightmares get to her. The last thing Marzena needs is another half-insane kid driving her up the wall.

“If you wanna keep it that way, you’d better come with me,” Marzena says, taking Maple’s hand. She notices the dirt but doesn’t much care. ” ‘Sides, if you ain’t careful, those psychic bears’ll get you somethin’ good.”

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Maple pulls her hand out of Marzena’s grip and grabs her jacket. She puts it on and stands up. “I’ll follow you but I don’t need my hand held. I’m not a baby.” She pouts. 

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Marzena shrugs. “Suit yourself,” she sighs as they walk up the ramp to the main lodge. Before entering, though, Marzena pokes her head around the side of the lodge to see if Daichi’s still there. He is. She shakes her head. “Go on in, I gotta take care of this bozo,” she tells Maple over her shoulder as she walks up to Daichi. He doesn’t look as dazed as he did before, but it’s still taking him an unusually long time to snap out of his trance. Marzena frowns. Did she mess something up in his head? She doesn’t think she did, but it was always tricky work. She pulls out the pocket watch and flips it open, checking the time—the clock still reads 5:49. Holding the watch in front of Daichi’s nose, she forcibly snaps it shut, hoping the sound will snap the Psychonaut out of his trance.

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Maple smiles at her use of the word 'bozo' and walks inside of the lodge. She sits down at one of the tables and waits for nothing in particular. her fingers start tapping out a beat as a way to curb her boredom. Maybe she find some spider to stare at. 

She doesn't hear any yelling coming from the tv room. Nina and Junior must have stopped arguing. Maple stares at the entrance to the room hesitantly and after a few moments turns her head away and begins tapping her fingers again. 'Nina probably still needs some time to cool down' she decides, without actually knowing if that's how Nina works or not. It doesn't matter to her. Not getting yelled at is priority. 

[nikolaus-mestari-blog]

Now wasn’t the time for an introduction. Marzena keeps an eye out for any nightmares that might try to get the jump on them; being sliced by one in the physical plane would hurt a lot more than it had in Daichi’s mindscape.

“Marzena,” she replies to the little girl. “I’m helpin’ out roundabouts here. Dontcha know ‘bout the nightmares?”

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Maple wrinkles her nose at Marzena after using her clairvoyance. “No…” She sits up and crosses her arms. She doesn’t make eye contact with Marzena though; instead deciding to focus on some fireflies floating past. 

[nikolaus-mestari-blog]

Huh? Ain’t she affected with ‘em? Marzena tilts her head at the little girl curiously. Without diving into her mindscape, she can’t be sure. Still, if the girl is unaffected, that was all the more reason to get her into the main lodge before the nightmares get to her. The last thing Marzena needs is another half-insane kid driving her up the wall.

“If you wanna keep it that way, you’d better come with me,” Marzena says, taking Maple’s hand. She notices the dirt but doesn’t much care. ” ‘Sides, if you ain’t careful, those psychic bears’ll get you somethin’ good.”

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Maple pulls her hand out of Marzena's grip and grabs her jacket. She puts it on and stands up. "I'll follow you but I don't need my hand held. I'm not a baby." She pouts. 

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The little girl laying on the picnic table catches her eye. Who was that? She didn’t recognize her, either from earlier or from Nico’s journal. Either way, she shouldn’t be outside with the nightmares.

Marzena jumps the railing surrounding the main lodge and walks over to the girl, leaning over the table to look her in the face. “Hey you,” she says. “You gotta get in the lodge, ‘kay? It ain’t safe out here.”

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“I don’t wanna go back itnhide. My friend ith bein’ a butt hole.” Maple rolls over to her side facing away from Marzena. She pauses for a second and turns her head towards the strange woman.

“Wait, who are you lady?” She realizes she hasn’t used her clairvoyance yet. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts, and the darkness made it hard to see even though her eyes had adjusted a bit.

[nikolaus-mestari-blog]

Now wasn’t the time for an introduction. Marzena keeps an eye out for any nightmares that might try to get the jump on them; being sliced by one in the physical plane would hurt a lot more than it had in Daichi’s mindscape.

“Marzena,” she replies to the little girl. “I’m helpin’ out roundabouts here. Dontcha know ‘bout the nightmares?”

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Maple wrinkles her nose at Marzena after using her clairvoyance. "No..." She sits up and crosses her arms. She doesn't make eye contact with Marzena though; instead deciding to focus on some fireflies floating past. 

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Maple tries to mush the pieces of the dirt clod into one piece, and when that doesn’t work she takes the dirt and walks out of the room, ignoring Nina and Junior’s fighting. She takes the dirt to the ledge outside the lodge and throws it over the railing. When she’s done she claps her hands clean. She’s not quite sure what to do now. Maple thinks about all the different things she could do and when she’s not satisfied with any of them she instead walks over to the picnic table and lies on top of it, using her jacket as a pillow.

[nikolaus-mestari-blog]

The little girl laying on the picnic table catches her eye. Who was that? She didn’t recognize her, either from earlier or from Nico’s journal. Either way, she shouldn’t be outside with the nightmares.

Marzena jumps the railing surrounding the main lodge and walks over to the girl, leaning over the table to look her in the face. “Hey you,” she says. “You gotta get in the lodge, ‘kay? It ain’t safe out here.”

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"I don't wanna go back itnhide. My friend ith bein' a butt hole." Maple rolls over to her side facing away from Marzena. She pauses for a second and turns her head towards the strange woman.

"Wait, who are you lady?" She realizes she hasn't used her clairvoyance yet. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts, and the darkness made it hard to see even though her eyes had adjusted a bit.

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The dirt clod falls into several pieces when it hits the couch; Maple stares at it with wide eyes and her mouth open in shock.

“Ahhhh! AHHHH!”

She looks like she’s about to cry as she picks up the pieces carefully. A tear escapes from her eye and she sighs. She knew it would break eventually; she was just hoping it would have been after she had been able to show the others, and possibly even her parents. 

[theoldarchiveofjuniorb]

SHE NOW GETS TO HEAR THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU

OR EVEN MORE OF IT

SHE KNOWS YOUR TRUE NAME, GREGORY

WHAT OTHER DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS WILL SHE HEAR, GREGORYYYYYY

“I just want to go to sleep,” he whimpers, clinging to Jack’s side.

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“I’m not particularly interested in learning the truth about a dumb boy like you!” Nina say bitingly. “Maybe I can punch you and you’ll fall asleep.” She sighs angrily, feeling a very bad headache coming on again. She’s honestly kind of glad Junior and Maple were talking at her, it was distracting her from the other horrible thoughts trying to barge into her head.

Nina’s head shoots up. “What’s wrong? Oh.” Nina looks guilty. “Sorry.” 

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Maple tries to mush the pieces of the dirt clod into one piece, and when that doesn't work she takes the dirt and walks out of the room, ignoring Nina and Junior's fighting. She takes the dirt to the ledge outside the lodge and throws it over the railing. When she's done she claps her hands clean. She's not quite sure what to do now. Maple thinks about all the different things she could do and when she's not satisfied with any of them she instead walks over to the picnic table and lies on top of it, using her jacket as a pillow.

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Junior makes a face and scoots even close to Jack, trying to get as far away as possible from the clump of dirt. “You got that right, sir.”

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Nina laughs. “You’re such a baby, gosh.” She picks tiny clod of dirt off of Maple’s bigger clod and brandishes it at Junior threateningly.

[theoldarchiveofjuniorb]

Junior hisses, practically on top of Jack now. “You get that away from me,” he says through gritted teeth.

[telepathic-lass-blog]

She grins. “You want me to get it away from you? Just to clarify.” She scoots closer to Junior, waving the dirt in front of his nose.

[theoldarchiveofjuniorb]

Turning is head away, Junior buries his head into Jack’s shoulder and lets out a whine. “Nina, stop. Please. I don’t want that in my face.”

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Why? Because you’re a wimp?” Nina says bitingly. She shakes it, closer to his face. She’s going to do it she’s going to touch him with the thing.

Nina pauses, blinking.

“Why?” She says aloud, pulling away.

Because he IS a wimp, a weakling just like you. And weaklings deserve to be hurt.

Nina frowns. But- No buts, do it, hurt him, take it out on him and you’ll feel better. 

No.

Nina scowls and tosses the dirt away. “I- I’m sorry Gregory. That wasn’t nice of me.”

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

The dirt clod falls into several pieces when it hits the couch; Maple stares at it with wide eyes and her mouth open in shock.

"Ahhhh! AHHHH!"

She looks like she's about to cry as she picks up the pieces carefully. A tear escapes from her eye and she sighs. She knew it would break eventually; she was just hoping it would have been after she had been able to show the others, and possibly even her parents. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

Nina sits in the tv lounge, curled up on one of the couches. She stares at the TV blankly, although nothing is displayed on it at the moment. To be quite honest, she was very confused as to what was happening, and a little too wrapped up in her own problems to really care right now.

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Maple walks into the tv lounge holding a large clod of dirt. Bits and pieces were falling off and leaving a trail on the floor. She jumps up onto the couch next to Nina and puts it in front of her face. “Check out thith chunk of dirt I found! It’th all nithe and together! I didn’t even know dirt could do that!” She looks at Nina’s face and pulls the dirt away. “Hey, are you okay?” She stares down at the dirt clod and gently drags her finger around the surface. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

Nina wrinkles her nose as a clod of dirt is shoved into her face. “That’s nice.” She says vaguely. Nina sighs dramatically. “Not really, I think that- whatever it was with the nightmares caused a big mess in my head.” She frowns, then looks at Maple. “Where were you when that happened? I didn’t see you around.”

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“When what happened? Did thomething cool go on while I wath away?” Maple put the clod in her lap and clapped the dirt off her hands. She proceeded to put her hands on her hips and pouted. “Man, I alwayth mith out on cool thtuff!” She looked over to Nina who was staring at her. “I wath uh… looking for beetleth and thtuff mothtly.” 

[theoldarchiveofjuniorb]

Junior shrieks like a woman. “Ack!!! Why’d you bring a big wad of dirt in here!?” The reason why it took so long for him to notice either girl is because he saw his reflection in the window and was mesmerized.

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Maple jumps in her seat at Junior's scream; the clod almost falls out of her lap. She rescues it from dropping and gingerly puts it on the ground. "Becauthe it'th a giant wad of dirt. Have you ever theen a wad of dirt thith big??? I didn't think tho."

She turns to Nina, "I found a lot of beetleth! A couple really pretty oneth too. I woulda brought them with me but they kept crawling out of my reach." She sighs. "It suckth bein' tho thort thometimeth."

[telepathic-lass-blog]

Nina sits in the tv lounge, curled up on one of the couches. She stares at the TV blankly, although nothing is displayed on it at the moment. To be quite honest, she was very confused as to what was happening, and a little too wrapped up in her own problems to really care right now.

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

Maple walks into the tv lounge holding a large clod of dirt. Bits and pieces were falling off and leaving a trail on the floor. She jumps up onto the couch next to Nina and puts it in front of her face. “Check out thith chunk of dirt I found! It’th all nithe and together! I didn’t even know dirt could do that!” She looks at Nina’s face and pulls the dirt away. “Hey, are you okay?” She stares down at the dirt clod and gently drags her finger around the surface. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

Nina wrinkles her nose as a clod of dirt is shoved into her face. “That’s nice.” She says vaguely. Nina sighs dramatically. “Not really, I think that- whatever it was with the nightmares caused a big mess in my head.” She frowns, then looks at Maple. “Where were you when that happened? I didn’t see you around.”

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

"When what happened? Did thomething cool go on while I wath away?" Maple put the clod in her lap and clapped the dirt off her hands. She proceeded to put her hands on her hips and pouted. "Man, I alwayth mith out on cool thtuff!" She looked over to Nina who was staring at her. "I wath uh... looking for beetleth and thtuff mothtly." 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

Nina sits in the tv lounge, curled up on one of the couches. She stares at the TV blankly, although nothing is displayed on it at the moment. To be quite honest, she was very confused as to what was happening, and a little too wrapped up in her own problems to really care right now.

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

Maple walks into the tv lounge holding a large clod of dirt. Bits and pieces were falling off and leaving a trail on the floor. She jumps up onto the couch next to Nina and puts it in front of her face. "Check out thith chunk of dirt I found! It'th all nithe and together! I didn't even know dirt could do that!" She looks at Nina's face and pulls the dirt away. "Hey, are you okay?" She stares down at the dirt clod and gently drags her finger around the surface. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

She nods with a slightly smug look. “Yes, I do! We can levitate up into a tree to hide in read the bear’s mind, and get out.”

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

“Aww yeth! Thith ith gonna be tho cool!” Maple jumps in the air with excitement. “We thould go find a bear now!” Her smile slowly morphs into a look of guilt and her eyes dart around nervously. “Um.. you can help me levitate, right? I uh, mithed out on that clath…” She shuffles her feet and looks at Nina with the best puppy dog eyes she can muster.

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Of course.” Nina smiles slightly. “I’m very good at it you know.” She says confidentially. “Now let’s go find that bear!” She stands up and looks around. “I think I saw one near Janitor Cruller’s trailer…”

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"Awethome!" Maple jumps up and down a few times and then skips in circles around Nina. "What are we waitin' for? Let'th go find that bear!" She runs towards the direction of the trailer for a few seconds, then turns around and runs back to Nina. She grabs Nina's hand and pulls her along down the road. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

She nods with a slightly smug look. “Yes, I do! We can levitate up into a tree to hide in read the bear’s mind, and get out.”

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

"Aww yeth! Thith ith gonna be tho cool!" Maple jumps in the air with excitement. "We thould go find a bear now!" Her smile slowly morphs into a look of guilt and her eyes dart around nervously. "Um.. you can help me levitate, right? I uh, mithed out on that clath..." She shuffles her feet and looks at Nina with the best puppy dog eyes she can muster.

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Maple looks over the page several times. “Oh, it’th a diary! No wonder you didn’t want me to thee it.” She takes a few steps back; her hand on her chin as she thinks about the entry. “What would happen if you uthed it on thothe bearth?”

She thinks for a few more seconds before she claps her hands together again and turns to face Nina. “We thould find out!” She pauses. “Well, maybe not uth, but we thould find thomeone to uthe it on a bear!”

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“I know telepathy.” Nina closes the diary and stuffs it into her sweater. “If only I could turn invisible… then I could sneak up on a bear and use telepathy on it…” She looks at Maple. “Do you know invisibility, by any chance?” It’s a long shot, she knows.

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

“No…. I withh. I know clairvoyance but that’th it. We need to find thomebody who doeth uthe it AND can uthe telapthy and then get them to uthe it on a bear!” She throws her fist into the air triumphantly. 

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“Someone with both telepathy AND invisibility?” Nina looks doubtful. “I dunno. From what I’ve seen, the only person with both of those powers is probably a counselor.” She scratches the back of her head. “We could maybe use levitation to get up to one of the trees?”

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

"Maybe! But who are we gonna find? Do you know how to levitate?"

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Maple looks over the page several times. “Oh, it’th a diary! No wonder you didn’t want me to thee it.” She takes a few steps back; her hand on her chin as she thinks about the entry. “What would happen if you uthed it on thothe bearth?”

She thinks for a few more seconds before she claps her hands together again and turns to face Nina. “We thould find out!” She pauses. “Well, maybe not uth, but we thould find thomeone to uthe it on a bear!”

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“I know telepathy.” Nina closes the diary and stuffs it into her sweater. “If only I could turn invisible… then I could sneak up on a bear and use telepathy on it…” She looks at Maple. “Do you know invisibility, by any chance?” It’s a long shot, she knows.

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

"No.... I withh. I know clairvoyance but that'th it. We need to find thomebody who doeth uthe it AND can uthe telapthy and then get them to uthe it on a bear!" She throws her fist into the air triumphantly. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Nothing.” Nina pulls it away from Maple’s prying hands. “Just some boring stuff.” And a couple things about Jack that I don’t want ANYONE to see.

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

“Aww you’re no fun!” Maple pouts. She crosses her arms and turns her head to look away from Nina’s face. She stays like that for a second before she quickly stands up and jumps onto Nina.

“I wanna thee! Pleeaaaattthhhheee!!!” Maple whines as she grabs onto Nina’s sweater and hangs there like a dead weight. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Let go of my sweater, you’re going to stretch it!” Nina tries to pull her sweater away from Maple, to no avail. “If I let you see one page will you LET GO?”

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

Maple let go of Nina’s sweater and clapped her hands together. “Yeth!” 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Uugh, fine.” Nina rolls her eyes and opens the book. The entry reads “Dear diary: I wonder what would happen if I used telepathy on the psychic bear behind the GPC.” 

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

Maple looks over the page several times. "Oh, it'th a diary! No wonder you didn't want me to thee it." She takes a few steps back; her hand on her chin as she thinks about the entry. "What would happen if you uthed it on thothe bearth?"

She thinks for a few more seconds before she claps her hands together again and turns to face Nina. "We thould find out!" She pauses. "Well, maybe not uth, but we thould find someone to uthe it on a bear!"

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Nothing.” Nina pulls it away from Maple’s prying hands. “Just some boring stuff.” And a couple things about Jack that I don’t want ANYONE to see.

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

“Aww you’re no fun!” Maple pouts. She crosses her arms and turns her head to look away from Nina’s face. She stays like that for a second before she quickly stands up and jumps onto Nina.

“I wanna thee! Pleeaaaattthhhheee!!!” Maple whines as she grabs onto Nina’s sweater and hangs there like a dead weight. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Let go of my sweater, you’re going to stretch it!” Nina tries to pull her sweater away from Maple, to no avail. “If I let you see one page will you LET GO?”

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

Maple let go of Nina's sweater and clapped her hands together. "Yeth!" 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Nothing.” Nina pulls it away from Maple’s prying hands. “Just some boring stuff.” And a couple things about Jack that I don’t want ANYONE to see.

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

"Aww you're no fun!" Maple pouts. She crosses her arms and turns her head to look away from Nina's face. She stays like that for a second before she quickly stands up and jumps onto Nina.

"I wanna thee! Pleeaaaattthhhheee!!!" Maple whines as she grabs onto Nina's sweater and hangs there like a dead weight. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

Nina inspects a frog sitting by the shallow creek, tapping her pencil against her face.

Dear diary.

I almost died.

She gnaws at her lip as she looks at the frog. It stares back at her. 

I am so bored that I am having a staring contest with a frog.

She writes carefully without taking her eyes off the frog.

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

Maple walks toward the creek, looking for more arrowheads to add to her growing collection. She spies a few purple specks floating in the air near the edge of the water and makes her way over to it. She sticks her hand into the dirt and pulls out an arrowhead; inspecting it a bit before noticing Nina nearby. She uses clairvoyance for a second, then goes and sits next to her. 

“What’th up?” She asks as she wipes the mud off of the arrowhead with her wind breaker. 

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Hm? Oh, hi Maple.” Nina shuts her diary. “Nothing much. Bored.” She looks at the arrowhead in Mable’s hand. “Collecting arrowheads? I don’t really see a point in it, besides buying that ridiculously over-priced stuff at the camp store.” 

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

“I think they’re pretty.” Maple stuffs the arrowhead in her pocket and looks over at the frog sitting near the creek. She thinks for a moment and then turns back to Nina. “Wait, you can buy thtuff with the arrowheadth?”

[telepathic-lass-blog]

“Mr. McCarthy said you can buy stuff with them in some announcement earlier.” Nina shrugs. “But I checked. All the good stuff is really expensive, or weird. I mean I doubt I’ll ever need a cobweb-dusting-grappling-hook.”

[bug-enthusiast-blog]

"Oh, uh..... I gueth I wathn't payin attention." She smiles and forces out a little laugh. "I don't know if I would want anything in the thtore anyway." Maple looks around before her eyes focus in on the book Nina is holding. She leans closer to Nina and starts to inch her hand closer to the cover.

"What book ith that?"