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It's true that the holidays makes everything feel different, whether
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it's your neighborhood or the local stores, the shopping mall,
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or even murder Mansion. Bethany and Harpy are about to
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face vengeful spirits, uncover dark secrets, and battle for their
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own survival, and learn the meaning of Christmas.
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What's that you want to be scared?
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Come with me.
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You will experience tales over our ghosts and death. It
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is not recommended at the foot of week at hard heart,
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listen us in the dark.
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It's more fun at that way. Way. This is Weekly Speaking. Hello,
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my spookys, It's Wednesday, and you know what that means.
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It's time for a little spooky in your weekly. I'm
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your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto, and yes, yes, yes,
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the holiday season truly is in full force, and I
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am happily getting into the spirit. In fact, as you're
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listening to this, I'll be traversing the East Coast, visiting
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with friends all along the way and just trying to
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have a little bit of relaxation because it's been a
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wild year, but I'm happy to spend it with you. Also,
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don't worry while I'm out of town. The show will
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go on, and thank you so much for listening. By
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the way, we have so much holiday cheer to share
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with you in the form of spooky stories, and we're
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very happy to have you here. And I want to
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remind you we have another short story compilation themed to
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Christmas coming out tomorrow and on Friday, we have a
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very festive story by splatter Joe Solmo himself called Holiday
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Homecoming Hulla Balloon. So make sure you're subscribed on your
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favorite podcasting app and while you're there, leave us five stars.
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It really helps the show. And if you want to
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hang out with other spookies like yourself, head to Facebook
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and type in weekly Spooky's Tomb of Terror. We'd love
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to have you hang out with us. But now it's
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about time we head back to Strickfield because Christmas is
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supposed to be a time of joy, a season of
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peace and giving. But what if the past refuse to
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stay buried? What if the echoes of old grudges and
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unfulfilled vengeance rose from the grave, haunting those who thought
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they were safe. Tonight's story involves young Bethany and her bold,
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unpredictable sister of sorts, Harpie, who were pulled into a
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twisted holiday nightmare that leads them back to Murder Mansion,
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a place where ghosts of the past don't just haunt
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the holes, they hunt. So get comfortable, get cozy, and
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we'll start this story right after this Christmas at Murder
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Mansion by Rob Fields perspective, Harpy, it's gonna be Christmas
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in another couple of days. Harpy's got to admit to
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be an all giddy when it's Christmas time. Right now,
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Harpy's working on a new job, also my first job
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here at Strickfield Town and sent a mall. Harpy's a
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security guard working nights. How'd that happen? You ask? Well,
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a few days ago, Bethy, the other half a Harpy,
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was eating some large pizzas at Scatto's in the food court.
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Of course, Bethy couldn't be left alone. This gang comes
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running out of nowhere with both Harmony Mirren, the owner
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of the mall, and a bunch of security guards chasing them.
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Then one of the fuckers grabs Bethy and yanks her
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to him. The gang's using Bethy as a shield to
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get the guards to back off. Bethy was real scared
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at being held hostage. Then she screamed and tried getting away.
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One of those fuckers caught her and threw her under
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the table. Bethy got real mad and had no objections
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whatsoever to let an old Harpy out. Funny thing. Bethy
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and me kind of look alike, but we got differences.
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Bethy's shoulder length red hair changed to long, flowing violet hair.
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Bethy's green eyes became Harpy's red ones. Also, I removed
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Bethy's sixties cad eye glasses and put them away. In all,
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Bethy looks like a plain Jane kind of girl. Harpy
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looks like one of them manga girls. Get yourself some
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Japanese comics and you'll get an idea at Harpy's bodily dimensions.
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But let me tell you, Harpy turned the tables on
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that gang fast. Harpy's much stronger than Bethy and adapts
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to things. By the time Harpy's finished, the gang's learned
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you never fuck with a chick from Brooklyn. After Harpy
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finished save in the Day, that wicked harmony, mirror tells
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the guards, I want that Harley Quinn Squawker arrested too.
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I gasped. Squawker, squawker. Then I grabbed the rich bitch.
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I'll give you a squawker. Then I got all them
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tasers pointing right at me. Yeah, Harpy knows what tasers
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are like. So Harpy lets go a Harmony mirror and
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raises her hands. Okay, okay, put him down. Harpy'll come
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along quietly. Of course, Harpy grabbed the rest of Bethany's
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last pizza on the go. When we reached the rich
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Bitch's office, Harmony has two guards. Bring Harpy in. Harmony
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pointed to a chair in front of her desk. Sit you, squawker,
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Harpy satin crossed her legs. Glad Bethy was wearing a
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mini skirt. After starting the last slice of pizza, I
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tossed the box at Harmony. What you want with Harpy,
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rich bitch? I snap. Harmony knocked the box away and
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slammed her palms on the desk to lock you up
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forever and ever. Oh, I haven't forgotten you trying to
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have a slumber party in my mall, playing PlayStation at
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best Buy and eating all the snacks. Harmony sat down.
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I only let you go because you got my baby
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back when that thing grabbed her and took her into
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the backwoods of Strickfield. Also, you paid for the damages
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you caused. She puts her fist under her chin and
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gave Arpi a devilish grin. What to do with you? Now?
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That is the question? Want me to call the police,
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one of the guards asks. Suddenly, her queen ship got
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mad as hell and sprang to her feet. You didn't
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call them to come get those pieces of shit out there.
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She bawled her fists and screamed at the sea. Then
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she glared at the guard. Are you seriously fucking kidding me?
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Right now? She pointed to the door. Get out. The
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guard left fast. Yeah, Harpy's harpy, but Harmony is a harpy.
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She finally calmed down and pointed to the door. That
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is the incompetence I've got working for me. You had
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him get Harpy, didn't you, I asked. Finishing the slice
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of pizza, she slammed her hands on the desk again.
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You let them get you. I saw how you handled
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those rowdy kids single handedly. Yeah, Harpy went along quietly
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because she didn't want no tasers, juicing her up again.
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So what you want with Harpy, rich bitch? I ask again.
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Harmony gets hisself calm again before looking back at Harpy.
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I can't believe I'm doing this. Ah, I'm offering you
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a job here at my mall as my head of security.
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Oh did Harpy ever start laughing? It up? Probably the
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most Harpy's ever laughed in her lifetime. When Harpy's finished,
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Harmony's face didn't change? You serious? Then I raised my
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hands in front of me. Nothing doing, rich bitch. Harpy
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ain't running shit detail for you. I'll pay you good money,
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Harmony states, and give you benefits. But Harpy can't be
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here during the day. I tell her, Harpy only comes
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out at night. Harmony pointed right at Harpy, and that
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is what I'd hire you for. You'll be in charge
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of my imbeciles in the evening and guard them all
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at night. Then she says what she's willing to give Harpy.
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I was ready to walk out till I heard Bethy
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in my head. Take the job, Harpy. You know how
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much you love it here. But what about you, Bethy,
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I think back. Don't you want time? At night for
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yourself too, And exactly what would I do with my time?
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All I do is study, work at the campus library
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and go eat. Plus, we agreed you would have the
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night and I would have the day. Unless they're going
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to need you here during the day, go ahead and
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take the job. I looked at Harmony again. I guess
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you talked Harpy into it. When does Harpy start? Harmony
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points right at Harpy right now. Now Harpy gets to
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hang out at this glamorous mall all she wants. Yeah,
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the guards didn't like Harmony appointing Harpy as their new
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queen bitch. As long as they don't fuck with Harpy,
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I won't put them in their place. Only thing Harpy
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hates is wearing a uniform. At least Harpy gets to
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carry your very own taser now, oh and a radio
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and shiny handcuffs. Bethy's right, Harpy really does love this mall.
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Don't go away weekly, Spooky will be right back.
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Perspective, Bethany, it's Christmas Eve now. Harmony asked Carpi to
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start working around noon today. As soon as we enter
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the mall, we can see why everybody and his brother
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and sister and their two friends and their second cousins
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are here. Last minute Christmas shopping always brings everybody out,
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it seems. Anyway, I myself am here early to fill up.
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Both Harpie and I need the nourishment. Even today, we
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still have to eat lots of food, the same way
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Shaggy Rogers does in Scooby Doo. Like Shaggy, I'm also
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quite skinny. At first, I thought I was having multiple
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personality disorder, especially back at that haunted mansion a few
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years ago. It's known as grim Manor, But after that
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horrible night I had there, I call it Murder Mansion. Honestly,
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I think I might have died there if it hadn't
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been for Harpy. All I had to do was see
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those spiders, and ah, I hate spiders. Anyway, I fainted
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when I saw those spiders in the attic black widows.
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That would have killed me for sure. Harpy emerged and
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got us out of that situation. After we left Murder
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Mansion in the morning, we went to Denoyer's grill. We
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filled up on several breakfast platters. Harpy and I were
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at odds again. Then that incident happened here at the
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mall where I got picked on and Harpy got out.
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She loved the mall and wanted to be free, so
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she decided to have that slumber party Harmony Mirron mentioned earlier.
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Harpy got detained by both cops and security guards and
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was held in Harmony's office. Not long after this, very
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big ghoul broke into that office and took Harmony's child.
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Harpy and I had to put our differences aside and
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go save little Melanie. And result, Harpy saved the baby,
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and Harpy and I came to an understanding and agreed
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we'd share our body. Getting back to now, I have
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three extra large pizzas with everything, including lots of cheese
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that I just ordered from Scatto's in the food court.
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There are times when I hate having to eat the
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way I do, which I'm sure is part of the
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reason why guys don't want anything to do with me. Also,
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they don't like that I'm far superior to them, not
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to toot my own horn. For the record, I do
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go out and have fun. I still enter escape room
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contests and win money, even after what happened at Murder mansion.
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I still love doing them. I feel they stimulate my
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mutant brain. Also, I'm a freelance detective who solves mysteries
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for police to apartments when they need help. Getting back
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to eating, I'd be lying if I said I didn't
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enjoy all the delicious food. What's even better is that
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we don't ever put on weight. On the other hand,
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if we don't eat when we need to, the hunger
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pangs can hurt like hell. If we go too long
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without eating, we can feel some serious pain and eventually die.
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That's what comes with having an ultra high metabolism. Then
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there's those damn sorority girls who keep calling me Bethany
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the bore, and those stupid fraternity guys who make fun
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of me because I dress like I'm from the sixties.
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Maybe I should just say the hell with it and
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let Harpy out full time. I muttered to myself, Ah,
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come on, Bethy, quit me in so hard on yourself.
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I hear Harpy in my mind. I sigh, Am I
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that transparent? I think back, Give me a break, sissy.
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We're only twin sisters that got to share a body
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forever and ever, we also share the same Noggin. Even
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though we do our own thinking and can keep our
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thoughts to ourselves, don't forget we see everything together. I
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sigh and feel a little better. To be honest, I'm
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used to having you with me by now, Harpy. You're
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my sister, but at the same time, you're the only
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real friend I've gotten this world. Go figure, we're two
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souls living in one body. Will be okay, We'll make
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it work, right, What choice we got, sissy, Harpy replies.
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I finally finish the pizzas I suppose. I could probably
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order another one, but I don't want to make Harpy
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late for work. After throwing the boxes away, we head
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towards the mall exit to get to where the security
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office is. Harpy spent her shift patrolling them all. It
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ended up being a good day for Christmas Eve, and
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nobody got out of line. Harpy had to straighten out
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a few of the other guards when she caught them
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slacking off. Harmony mer and Sure was happy to see
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her latest investment paying off. Since Harpy is staying here
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all night, she gets to enjoy all the Christmas decorations
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and animatronics that remain on. It's not Harpy's job to
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turn them off. A couple of times we've seen Harmony
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actually admiring them like they were touching her inner child.
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Harpy's been patrolling and hanging around. It's nearly midnight. It'll
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be Christmas in just a few short minutes. Suddenly I
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feel myself coming back out Harpy. I ask, what are
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you doing? Go ahead and enjoy the Christmas stuff. She
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tells me, you know ya wanna. She's right. I love
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Christmas just as much as Harpy. Harmony never spares any
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the expense when it comes to the holidays, especially these
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moving scenes. Thank you, Harpy, I think to her. I