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Speaker 1: After her time in the gym with her friends, Red

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Speaker 1: arrives home to a very quiet, empty house. Before she

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Speaker 1: When she got inside, she didn't hear anything and her

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Speaker 1: up from the basement, she and Red have dinner, and

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Speaker 1: solved the mystery the transfer Student, Part thirteen, the Mystery

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Speaker 1: of the Stinky Jim Socks. Red thanked Kurt's mother for

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Speaker 1: was really starting to enjoy hanging out with her friends

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Speaker 1: and their attempts to solve mysteries. Hopefully, mister mccaskell would

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Speaker 1: originally signed up for. She still missed Horatio and Solomon,

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Speaker 1: her old friends on Mars, but hanging out with the gang,

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Speaker 1: whether solving mysteries or simply talking via video chat while

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Speaker 1: As she reached out to grab the handle to open

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Speaker 1: last noticed it when Miss Misty and mister Shade of

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Speaker 1: the AID bureau dropped in uninvited. Mister Shade had smelt

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Speaker 1: It was Miss Misty's business card, stating that she worked

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Speaker 1: for Tharsus Maintenance and Repair Services. The AID had been here,

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Speaker 1: Ignoring her question, Red asked suspiciously, what do the AID

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Speaker 1: Misty and mister Shade are supposed to come by regularly

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Speaker 1: That was just a slip of the tongue. Mom, I know, Red,

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Speaker 1: Despite having such a hard time with the language, English

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Speaker 1: Red lacked. Green soup. Red said, it was a little disgusting,

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Speaker 1: so I heeded some frozen pancakes for dessert. Sounds better

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Speaker 1: beep signaled the arrival of Charlie, who was wiping his

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Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe it's my allergies, Charlie said, What

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Speaker 1: so that I won't have a runny nose anymore, Charlie said.

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Speaker 1: Yak Red replied, more likely, if you ate raw garlic,

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Speaker 1: might solve your constant runny nose problem, Rachel said, speaking

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Speaker 1: of stinky jim socks, I already texted Alexa and Kurt,

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Speaker 1: them that I think I solved the mystery. Charlie said,

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Speaker 1: You did, Rachel said, hadn't we all solved the mystery

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Speaker 1: of the stinky smell in the gym? It was some

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Speaker 1: we didn't know who the shadow was until now. Charlie replied.

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Speaker 1: skill required to make such a potent fart spray must

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Speaker 1: come from someone with a keen sense of chemistry. Well,

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Speaker 1: Rachel interjected, wiping his nose as he started talking. Charlie continued, Yes,

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Speaker 1: food in the digestive tract. Too much information, Charlie, Rachel complained,

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Speaker 1: Rachel said, sarcastically. There is missus mccachran, who teaches chemistry,

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Speaker 1: and mister Butler, who teaches science. We can safely rule

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Speaker 1: them out. But besides myself and you read, the only

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Speaker 1: other person at school I know who could pull this

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Speaker 1: off is Max Power. That sounds like the name of

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Speaker 1: Rachel said, how did you figure this out, Charlie? Max

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Speaker 1: in the lab doing work. That's hardly conclusive. Rachel said,

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Speaker 1: followed the motive. As you may know from reading so

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Speaker 1: many stories, the villain's motives of the story are often

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Speaker 1: Max feels the same way. Does he have a hard

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Speaker 1: time in Jim Rachel asked, Oh, yeah, yes, and a

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Speaker 1: a very important science lab. I think that Max wanted

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Speaker 1: Rachel asked, who me? Never? Charlie said sheepishly, Actually I have.

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Speaker 1: But I would never do something like this because I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't want to ruin it for them. So what do

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Speaker 1: we do? Red said? We can't just walk up to

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Speaker 1: but taking our thoughts to Principal Burke and the mountain

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Speaker 1: is important. We can do it before school tomorrow, Charlie said.

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Speaker 1: Red groaned at the thought of talking to Principal Burke. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I can't be late for class, Rachel said, I want

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Speaker 1: Principal Burke said, with an exaggerated smile. The Mountain smiled

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Speaker 1: but otherwise ignored them. Good morning, Principal Burke, do you

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Speaker 1: all go into my office. Apprehension turned to nervousness as Alexa, Charlie, Rachel,

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Speaker 1: Red noticed that she didn't offer anyone a seat. Well,

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Speaker 1: as you may know, we have a club that meets

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Speaker 1: mister mccaskell is supposed to be helping you with that. Well,

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Speaker 1: Max's power is responsible. Charlie said, do you have proof

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Speaker 1: it's not proper to accuse someone of doing something, especially

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Speaker 1: and I would not tolerate that. Everyone swallowed hard. Oh,

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Speaker 1: we are in big trouble, big trouble. Red thought, having

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Speaker 1: cleaned up the gym. That's why I am not going

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Speaker 1: to punish you all. You need direction, and mister mccaskell

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Speaker 1: is equipped to help. Remember, we are a family like

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Speaker 1: no other at Maplewood, so we must support each other. Now,

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Speaker 1: off to class with you, Principal Burke said, waiving them

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Speaker 1: of events, and that is the end. Good Night, sleep tight,