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March 20, 2022

Thursday, 10th September '87

Henry meets Reiji at the rail yard but Joss pulls them into the bush to hide. The men in black are waiting outside the boxcar and she tells them they took it on a truck last night. She shows them a list if the symbols they all had visions of. Henry deduces it's some sort of code of their names.

They converse at school about the code and crystal. Joss tells about Intrepid and her father's ham radio that she talks to. Henry is inducted into their secret club.

After school, Henry confronts the mother of the little girl whom the mysterious young woman was watching. The mother introduces as Valerie and her daughter, Charlotte. She shows Valerie the picture with the woman in it. Valerie doesn't recognise her, but invites Henry back to asking her husband if he knows.

At home, after some waiting, she meets Vic and talks with him and shows the picture. He's just as baffled, so directs her to Valerie's mother and sister, whom might know more.

Henry leaves for Emma's house down the road, but on the way she comes across an encampment at the bottom of a ravine. She recognises the occupant as the young woman. Henry sneaks up on her and startles her. The woman pulls out a knife in reactive defense, but Henry calms her down.

After some tense trust-building conversation, the woman calls herself Unknown, and tells that she time travelled from the future. She tells Henry about how the future went to shit over recent events with the crystal. Vicky shows Henry the machine she came in.

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Billie's Day

Wednesday, 9th September '87

Billie arrives home to his family already enjoying pizza they ordered in. The atmosphere is choked as Mr Dean can't share his day with his children, so they don't share theirs either.

On his way to his room, Billie catches Marcus watching static on the TV. Marcus, getting caught, switches the channel to The Polka Dot Door, just when the Polkaroo makes his appearance. Billie would recognise the other kids talking about a "Unknown", but doesn't make any connection.

Billie sees through Marcus's deflection and gets him to reveal he was looking for jellyfish in the static. He remembers Emma saying jellyfish being a thing in the spirit world. When pressed, Marcus reveals he was told by a boy named Tyler. Billie looks for himself at little dots on the TV, only which are "eaten" by needles. Marcus doesn't see. Billie tries flexing his magic only for Marcus to be completely oblivious.

Going to bed, Billie tries to channel and call upon spirits. He gets an answer from a big black and green spider living in the corner of his room. Billie requests the spider's help on the subject of magic but she is quite unapologetically opposed to him making changes. He calls her Wisteria, after a poisonous flower. But after he goes to sleep, he wakes up and Wisteria is hanging above him. She jump down from her thread and bites him. Billie immediately goes to grab her before she scuttles away, but ends up crushing her to death. Then he passes out only to wake up the next morning feeling awful.

His dad takes him to the local clinic to see Dr Noone. She examines him, takes his blood for toxicology, and keeps him for observation.

Her daughter, Unknown, also his junior classmate comes to visit her mom. They discus Billie's missed day of school and Desiree's family situation. She invites him to stop by the hotel to hang out sometime.

Billie gets released and goes to the Library. He tries to summon spirits again, but in frustration knocks over a bookshelf. He then tries his magic on the librarian, making her "forget he was ever there" temporarily. He then goes to visit Emma to tell about everything that happened. She guides him into the woods to show him the white mold of Pi'chaum that grows on blueberries and leaves him with a Buddhist thought problem.

On his way home, he runs into Reiji and Joss. They share with him stuff about the crystal they discovered with Henry, indicating they had plans, but Henry blew them off.

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