[Vince very quietly moves down the corridor for Photography lessons, crouched down by the wall. He travels along the side, taking very quiet breathes. He checks around the corner, sees nothing and then travels down it. Behind him quickly runs in Sissel who lands on his shoulders and makes Vince shake in a panic. Vince quickly turns.]
Vince: [quietly, angry] Don’t do that!
Sissel: [quietly] Sorry!
Vince: [quietly, angry] It’s fine, just… hold off on the conversations a bit.
Sissel: [quietly] Okay, sorry.
[Vince and Sissel slowly move down the corridor and outside of their classroom. They can hear very faint talking inside. Sissel and Vince move to the sides of the door.]
Vince: [quietly] Can you hear anything?
[Sissel shakes his head.]
Vince: [quietly] Great…
[Vince sighs.]
Vince: [quietly] Where’s Tracey?
Sissel: [quietly] S-she’s behind me, why?
Vince: [quietly] Promise me that this is true.
Sissel: [quietly] I don’t-
Vince: [quietly, angry] Cecil, promise me!
[Sissel stops for a moment, then nods.]
Vince: [quietly] Okay… send her in, make her eavesdrop.
[Sissel takes a deep breath, then looks over his shoulder and nods. Inside of the classroom, the White Rabbit and March Hare are sat on a desk, masks to the side, while Hyde is leant against the whiteboard with his arms, one hand covering a nosebleed. The windows have the blinds on them closed. Tracey very slowly starts moving in through the door, ]
Hyde: [annoyed] You know, you didn’t have to-
Alice: [happy] Yeah, but it was fun.
Marshall: And you were taking too long.
Hyde: [annoyed] I’m sorry, you only told me to do this yesterday! You think I’m going to get work done that quickly?
Marshall: I expect you to consider the situation that you are currently in and to work at a speed accordingly-
Hyde: [angry] You want me to spy on kids! And you didn’t mention that this job belonged to Caterpillar!
Marshall: Get the job done or else-
Hyde: [angry] All I did was take a picture for you all! For some fucking group I didn’t understand, I didn’t think you’d drag me back into some shit!
[Marshall quickly moves and grabs Hyde by the throat, pinning him against the whiteboard. Tracey yelps, backing into the door.]
Marshall: [aggressively] Get the job done or else you’re dead. We are asking you to make sure that these kids don’t do anything out of line, is that too much to ask?
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Hyde: [strained] Y… you’re going to… kill them…
[Marshall hesitates.]
Marshall: [aggressively] I…
[Marshall drops Hyde, who collapses in a pile on the floor. Marshall groans and punches the wall.]
Marshall: [annoyed] I… am going to get some air. Alice?
Alice: I got it, hon, don’t worry.
[Marshall quickly begins to transform into his reflective body.]
Marshall: Good.
[Marshall’s form shatters and Tracey starts taking a few deep breaths.]
Tracey: [confused] What the fuck is going on?
Chelsea: You tell me.
[Tracey looks up and sees, sat on the desk at the other side of the room, Chelsea wearing a brown blazer over a white shirt with red splotches. Tracey looks at her in shock. Chelsea smiles and waves.]
Chelsea: Hi again, Tracey.
Tracey: [shocked] Y-you can-
[Chelsea quickly shushes Tracey.]
Chelsea: [quietly] Run.
[Tracey quickly turns and runs through the door, to Vince and Sissel.]
Tracey: [shocked] We need to run.
[Sissel moves up to Tracey.]
Sissel: She says we need to run.
Vince: [annoyed] What else?
[Sissel looks to Tracey expectantly.]
Tracey: [shocked] Um, the guy who I think is the Rabbit has a girl with him and is forcing Hyde to watch us or kill us, I don’t know!
Sissel: [worried] The Rabbit has a partner.
[Vince sighs, groaning after.]
Vince: Cecil, I want you to go and find the group then bring them here please.
[Vince gets to his feet as Sissel starts backing away, holding Tracey’s hand.]
Sissel: [worried] Why? What are you going to do?
Vince: Something stupid.
[Vince backs up slightly, then kicks open the door to the Photography room. Sissel turns and quickly sprints away while Vince walks into the room. He turns to face Alice, who quickly moves to try and kick him. Vince moves out the way and grabs her leg, pulling her off the table.]
Vince: Who the hell are you?
[Alice chuckles, pulling her leg around and kicking Vince in the stomach. Vince is hit into the whiteboard next to Hyde, who quickly ducks out of the room. Alice hops up onto her feet, grabbing the brown rabbit mask by her side and putting it on. Her voice becomes distorted.]
March Hare: I’m the March Hare.
[She cracks her neck to the left and to the right.]
March Hare: [calm] Call me Alice.