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  • So, it was kind of a long night last night.

  • Seems the alchemy lost control of this giant underground fungus.

  • Idiots.

  • And these huge mushrooms popped up and started shooting spores at people

  • and anyone who inhaled them kinda started lurching around like a zombie.

  • Actually, that part was pretty funny.

  • Right uptil the moment they tried to burn down the Lustig theatre building.

  • Yeah, that’s still pretty funny.

  • And tried to attack anyone who stopped them

  • Yeah, that’s still like a—

  • Okay, you can stop pretending to be all callous and indifferent. They saw you save me.

  • They saw you save me.

  • I was just saving myself from the spores.

  • Sure you were.

  • Anyway,

  • those of us who, for whatever reason,

  • didn’t get a face full of mushroom dust spent the evening hacking apart six foot toadstools

  • and rolling barrels of fungicide into any building within a half mile of the Lustig, which,

  • side note: what is it with people trying to burn that place down?

  • Didn’t they already torch it back in 1904?

  • Well, nobody likes theatre students.

  • [Perry and LaFontaine enter]

  • some crazy cooking club prank.

  • My hair still smells like burning portobellos.

  • Hey, Perry, I don’t think that those were

  • Don’t bother.

  • She’s trying to convince herself Day of the Triffids out there

  • has something to do with the caf greenhouse getting out of control.

  • Well, that is not beyond the realm of

  • [Sigh]

  • Giant mushrooms?

  • Did you see Danny out there?

  • Good thing she’s on our sidecause that was violent.

  • Yeah. I don’t think she’s taking our

  • thing from yesterday very well.

  • Yeah, I’d steer clear of her for a little while.

  • Especially if she’s armed.

  • Um, not to be inhospitable, but why the hell are you two here?

  • The test results came back for the fluid we found in Sarah Jane and Natalie’s rooms.

  • And?

  • But maybe some kind of, um, cyclical, natural thing. Like a-a jellyfish

  • So it was cerebral spinal fluid.

  • Is that what I think it is?

  • It’s the fluid in your brain sack.

  • So I stuck my hand in a puddle of Betty’s brain fluid. Ughhh.

  • Oh, it gets better than that.

  • Ugh.

  • And what exactly is your idea of better?

  • I looked at it through our electron microscope

  • [Goes to computer]

  • and I found these.

  • Holy crapsticks. What are those?

  • I think it’s some kind of parasite.

  • [Everyone turns and looks at Carmilla]

  • Don’t look at me. I don’t know anything about parasites.

  • Uh, I’m a vampire. Not a guinea worm.

  • Okay, but this could be what makes Betty and the other girls started acting so crazy! I mean,

  • parasites do that, right? Like the thing in the amazon that makes ants climb up trees before it kills them.

  • Exactly. Or that protozoa that makes you like cats.

  • Is there something you make them drink or something injected or inhaled?

  • No!

  • Whatever’s happening to them happens after my mother takes them.

  • Think carefully. There has to be something.

  • Yeah, sure. Okay, let’s just dissect my deeply painful past in excruciating details.

  • [Carmilla leaves]

  • I don’t wanna make her uncomfortable butfirst hand witness, hello?

  • I know, it’s just

  • She kinda lost someone a while ago

  • and I think talking about it makes her sad or guilty or

  • And those are things that a human might feel so she’s probably gonna go scour herself, lie, or eat somebody.

  • You don’t think she’d eat somebody?

  • Uh, yeah, crushes-on-vampires.

  • What I don’t… I just

  • I feel sorry for her is all.

  • The way that her mom treats her it’s no wonder she has baggage.

  • Well, I wanna figure this out before her baggage crushes us.

  • So,

  • minion vamps take girls.

  • They infect them with the brain parasites, hence pod people. Then they kidnap them again.

  • Why?

  • What if they don’t?

  • What?

  • Parasites have life cycles, right?

  • So, what if the girls disappearing a second time isn’t the vampires at all?

  • What if it’s, like, the next stage of the parasite?

  • What if it’s something that weve never even seen before at all?

  • No. No. N-n-n-n-n-n-n-no.

  • Ok.

  • That is

  • These are not things that happen. Vampires and

  • evil, weird brain parasites, and giant mushrooms? No.

  • Were supposed to have a

  • movie night and a-a formal dance at the end of term.

  • And youll come to with boy problems or

  • girl problems ormenstrual problems but not all of this

  • evil, weird conspiracy.

  • No. This, mm, this needs to stop happening.

  • I demand this stops happening. Justbe normal. Just

  • BE NORMAL!

So, it was kind of a long night last night.

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weird

US /wɪrd/

UK /wɪəd/

  • adjective
  • Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • Suggesting something supernatural; odd.
  • Eerily strange or disturbing.
kinda

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UK /'kaɪndə/

  • adverb
  • Short way of saying 'kind of'
  • Used informally to express a feeling or desire.
  • Somewhat; to some extent; rather.
  • Sort of; in a way.
pretty

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UK /'prɪtɪ/

  • adjective
  • Attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful
  • Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • Pleasing; fine
  • Pleasant or nice.
  • other
  • To make (something) more attractive or appealing
  • adverb
  • To a moderate degree; fairly.
  • Very; to a great degree
  • To some extent; fairly
  • Used to emphasize something, often in a negative way.
  • noun
  • A pretty thing or person
  • A pretty thing.
brain

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UK /breɪn/

  • noun
  • The central processing unit (CPU) of a computer.
  • A very intelligent person; a genius.
  • Intelligence; the ability to think and understand things quickly.
  • The part of the head that thinks
  • A smart person who often makes good decisions
  • verb
  • To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • other
  • To hit (someone) hard on the head.
  • other
  • Mental capacity; intellect.
start

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  • other
  • Beginning of something in place or time
  • noun
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  • First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
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  • verb
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  • To turn something on
giant

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  • noun
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  • Very successful, powerful person or organization
  • adjective
  • Very large, or much bigger than other things
control

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UK /kən'trəʊl/

  • other
  • The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.
  • The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.
  • The ability to keep your feelings or behavior in check.
  • other
  • To have power over; to manage or regulate.
  • To exercise restraint or direction over; dominate.
  • To restrain; to keep in check.
  • noun
  • A device designed to operate a machine
  • Participant in experiment that is left untouched
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  • verb
  • To direct or influence the behavior of something
fluid

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  • adjective
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  • A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
  • Relating to ready money or cash.
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  • Smooth and graceful; flowing easily.
  • noun
  • Liquid that flows smoothly, such as water
  • Liquid in the body.
  • other
  • A substance that can flow easily; a liquid or gas.
happen

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UK /'hæpən/

  • verb
  • To take place or occur
  • other
  • To occur by chance
  • Used to introduce a possibility or condition
  • To take place or occur
lose

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UK /lu:z/

  • other
  • To be defeated in a battle or war
  • To be unable to find something
  • To fail to take advantage of something
  • To become smaller in weight or size
  • verb
  • To be unable to keep in check or control something
  • To decrease in value or quantity (e.g. weight)
  • To stop having certain qualities or abilities
  • To stop having or being entitled to
  • To fail to win something that is being contested
  • To be unable to find something you once had
  • To be dependent on someone (used with 'not')
  • other
  • To fail to win a game or competition