fifth investigation

[stagemanagers]

[Oh, what a night.
Why'd it take so long to see the light,
Seemed so wrong, but now it seems so right.
What a time, what a night.

What a night last night was! Dancing under the stars, romance, family...all the things a good school dance should stand for. Even with everyone being sick it could still, overall, be considered a hige success.

But on the subject of the sickness thats spread through the school...when people start to rouse from their dance-fuled exhaustion in the morning all the symptoms seem to be completely gone. Which should be good news but knowing what day it is.

Maybe you should leave your dorms and investigate.]

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[employeeoftheyear]

[Spongebob stills. The dark voices in his head creeping up from the back of his mind.

He let the tears flow but he reassures himself.]

This is no one’s fault but the Wizard.

[But this still is really bad. He shakily gets to his feet and looks at Farrah.]

Angus he... he’s gonna be so upset...

[mcfife]

[There's screaming outside - that's where the bodies are. Angus runs outside, finds Farrah and Spongebob, finds two bodies partially hidden by the tarps and the living.

He can only see some color. He doesn't want it to be-]

...Who...?

[employeeoftheyear]

[Spongebob wants to hide the body. Pretend that everything is okay so that Angus doesn’t worry.

But he can’t. He can’t lie to him after all they’ve been through.]

It... it’s Elle. I’m so sorry Angus...

[mcfife]

That can't be.

[With shaky steps, he makes his way next to her. Beside her lies Orpheus, his friend, the man who he spoke to each week when friends died. The man who understood him and shared his own past with. A man he promised he would work with to bring everyone back.

And right here, in front of him, is...

Angus falls onto his knees and takes hold of Elle's hands, holding them gently as if they were simply in the garden again, talking among the flowers.]

She was just alive last night! She can't be dead! [But she is, and he'll never speak with her again. He can never comfort her again. They'll never travel to Malibu, she'll never see a dragon, and now she's a bloody corpse and--

and---]

[employeeoftheyear]

[Spongebob stands there, crying softly, but more worried about Angus than anyone else. That was his girlfriend.

Slowly, he takes a breath and looks at Angus, with determination.]

Angus, I... I promise I’ll bring her back. Bring everyone back. I-I don’t care if it takes me the rest of my life, I’ll do it!

[Truthfully he has nothing to back that up. He doesn’t know the first thing about reviving the dead, but Nana said it has been done. Sure, she said it would be harder here, but it was a spark of hope.

And by Neptune he is going to nurture this spark of hope.]

[mcfife]

[He grips her hands more tightly, shaking them, as if that will be enough to wake her. But she's dead; she can't come back, not without a miracle from the gods. His voice finally breaks-

This is too much. He's lost too much now.]

She has to! These two - they did so much for me, and now this?! This is what they get for being kind and good people?!

[He folds her arms over her body; let her rest peacefully.]

The Wizard will die for this. I swear on it. I swear on their honor. [And he will find this Professor Callahan and let him know what he deserves.]

[brokeforgood]

[Farrah gets up, her hands… probably a little bloody from Orpheus.

And she tries to shove Angus, this force of a prince, back inside.] Go! Get out of here!

[mcfife]

[Sorry, baby sister, he's going to run straight for his girlfriend]