If Gerald wasn't around, it was always the old lady who had to worry about

everything.

The old lady was out of options, so then it fell to Quincy Howard.

Bernard and Walter were wild cards-one loved to solve problems with his fists,

the other preferred to charge in with whatever weapon he could find.

Usually, if something was going down in the mountains, these two weren't the first people you'd call.

They just waited for orders and did what they were told.

Their position among the big shots? Well, it was about as humble as Evan's was whenever he stood in front of Elliot and Elijah.

Tarquin nodded.

"I got it. I asked Grandma for some shrooms-uh, hallucinogens. I was thinking..."

He started laying out his plan, but before he'd even finished, Bernard and Evan were already getting hyped.

"Sounds good! Solid plan! We're in! Let's do it!" they both chimed in, way too excited.

Tarquin: "..."

and the kid didn't even look at him-just grinned

I ride the black bear through

Pfft, just wait," Evan shot back.

Tarquin.

"Uh... just the shrooms."

"Not enough, not even close. Evan,

so hard his baseball cap

odd pair started to leave, Tarquin

"From home, obviously. And as for what-just you wait and see." Tarquin:

another word in, Bernard

and find those folks. Evan and I will grab the gear and

then, poof-they were

Tarquin: “...

no idea what

wasn't sure he wanted to. He didn't want them to go, but he couldn't exactly stop

started following the GPS towards

rush; he needed to wait for Bernard and Evan anyway. He wanted to warn them about the Scarred

Scarface without a heads-up, fists would fly and

end ity up wrecked. Both were incredibly tough and a fight between them could

Tarquin had to warn Bernard

out. The dense branches overhead blocked whatever moonlight there was, making the woods even

insects chirped and strange rustlings echoed

howled-a chilling, bone-deep sound that rose and fell through the

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