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[sub][i]In chasing thoughts the future...[/i][/sub]

[b][color=coral]"Unity,"[/color][/b] Alice repeated after her friend. She had appraised most of Augie's statements with momentary scrutiny that soon faded into agreement. The thought of all her friends surmounting the difficulties brought by the whole ordeal with the website granted hope to a woman who once thought of the future, the site, the school all as omens for some worse fate. As Alice finished tidying the stray materials and paints that seemed to surround the easel before her and those adjacent, she listened intently to Augie in between his own stutters.

When Augie had finished, however, Alice gave a long pause. Her absent gaze into a distant nothingness seemed to explain that she was unable to immediately answer his question. After a moment of silence, Alice once again locked eyes with Augie, delivering but one final thought:
[b][color=coral]"I'm not sure either. I can't imagine I'll ever understand the motive behind something like this, but I don't think it will just go away either. I guess we just have to wait and—" [/color][/b]

Alice's speech was cut off as she jerked towards the door. A momentary banging sound had caught her attention, and it seemed to pull her from her thoughts. Shaking herself off, she stepped from behind the easel towards the exit.
[b][color=coral]"We should probably get back to everyone else before they notice we're gone.[/color][/b][hr]
[sub][i]But not catching up...[/i][/sub]

The announcement had Alice wide-eyed for a moment. She hadn't reported the markings she'd seen below the stadium, but someone else apparently had. The teachers at Sterling High had eyes everywhere anyways. Despite the news of vandalism, Alice seemed rather at peace in her usual trance-esque state maintained whilst staring at her notebook and making random notes and sketches all throughout its pages. She hadn't bothered to comment on it, but DJ's words did give her pause. 

[b][color=coral]"I'd rather avoid the thought of who's next. We shouldn't joke about it at least... Right?"[/color][/b] Her uncertainty was palpable, but was it ever unexpected?