A Goth Day in Tandy

"--ise and shine, everyone! It's time for the Wacky Morning Crazy Hour, with Wojo and Stantler! The time is 6:30 in the A.M, and we're gearin' up to bring you a whole morning full of zany laughs and--"

"How does it keep ending up on that station..." Cassie flipped the alarm clock off a second later, but did not immediately raise her head from her pillow.

"Is this week ever going to end?" the goth asked dreaily even though there was no one to answer her; she wasn't even entirely sure what day of the week it was, just that it was not Saturday or Sunday. For all she knew in her barely-functioning state it was Monday, which felt especially displeasing to consider.

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"Hey Cassie," called a voice Cassie did not particularly care enough to place as she walked toward the school. She soon figured out who it was when April "Rain" Harper began walking beside her. "Is this morning as horrible for you as it's been for me?"

"Do you have to ask?"

So things seemed perfectly normal so far. But that in itself was unusual in a town like Tandy, and sure enough later that day things would take a day for the bizarre. It all started later that day with...