[handwritten] using the network for fun and academic profit

[gogoghostpowers]

[Danny's number is hastily scrawled across some paper--even just from seeing it you can tell how thin and crappy it is. More importantly, though, it has the following printed on it.]



[To the side, the handwriting is messy and frantic.]

quick, somebody tell me the answer to this question I only have 2 minutes left for it and I have no idea what any of these mean!

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text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

[oh hell no]

Danny Fenton I suggest you get off the network and finish this test on your own.

[this is as nice as she's gonna get.]

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

I already did most of it on my own!

text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

And getting even one answer from us will ruin whatever work you've put into it. Now get off and finish your damn test alone.

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

Fine! I already got the answer from someone else anyway.

text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

[oh she is heavily disapproving of whoever it was that helped him.]

And I'm sure you're going to regret it soon enough.

[she won't turn him in, but a guilty conscience is a hell of a thing. if only she knew........]

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

[and this is when the echo hits him. Only five minutes into the next section of the test, and Danny freezes up as a memory washes over him that first leaves him numb. But, as he looks down at his test paper, horror washes over him and bile rises in his mouth.

Suddenly he can't stand to be in the room, both because the memory is too much and because he feels violently sick.

When he responds, it's about ten minutes later after he's locked himself in a bathroom stall and started retching.]

you're right

god, im so sorry

i'm so so so sorry

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[stopinthenameofawe]

[.......well that's a stronger reaction than she was expecting. something probably went wrong. maybe he got caught?]

Did something happen?

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

no i just

you were right

i messed up

text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

[this is very weird.]

Ok. Good that you know that.

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

I'm going to fail it now anyway so it doesn't even matter that I cheated

Re: text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

[ok this is sounding more and more like he got caught.]

Danny, what happened?

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

I ran out of the testing room. They can't let me back in now to finish the rest of the test.

text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

[yeah that might have been an overreaction.] Don't freak out too badly. You can take it again later.

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

I don't think so

Re: text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

Why not?

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

I'm worried what'll happen if I ever take it again.

[...wow he sounds like a wimp.]

Re: text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

[he really does.]

then don't cheat next time and you'll be fine.

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

It's not that simple.

Re: text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

Why the hell not?

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

Because it just isn't, okay?

Re: text;

[stopinthenameofawe]

Danny, cheating on one question on a test is not a reason to never take it again.

text;

[gogoghostpowers]

yes, it is.