WEBVTT - Chapter I - The Small Town

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<v Speaker 1>Maxie Miles is a production of A Typical Artists and

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<v Speaker 1>of danger. M hmm, wonderful, m hm hm hm Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Ship from a Typical Artists and I Heart Radio. You're

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<v Speaker 1>listening to maxim Miles. This is chapter one Hastings Happy,

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<v Speaker 1>Happy Monday. We're almost their most The annual Hastings Harvest

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<v Speaker 1>Festival is a mere week away, and what a festival

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be. This is the big one, the

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<v Speaker 1>Big five, almost as old as me and I won't

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<v Speaker 1>be the only piece of Hastings history there. We've honored

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<v Speaker 1>the original then from nine and we'll be hanging it

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<v Speaker 1>over the town square. Which brings me to a grim

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<v Speaker 1>bit of mayoral business that I have to address this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>We discovered kind of get a bit close, aren't we.

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<v Speaker 1>If I leave in the next two minutes, I'll be fine.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I'm making these eggs for no one then, sorry, Joe,

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<v Speaker 1>just take an apple or something at least, So, did

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<v Speaker 1>you sleep past your alarm? No? I was up early

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<v Speaker 1>working on the first quarterly for Environmental Club. Oh Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you got more kids to join? Well no, not not exactly. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>then it's a dumb rule. I don't see why you

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<v Speaker 1>need ten students to sign up in order to make

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<v Speaker 1>a club. It's not my fault. No one else cares

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<v Speaker 1>about the environment. Principle Jennings can't stop me from distributing

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<v Speaker 1>important literature about the climate just because I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>an actual club. Maxie know, I know, don't harass the Principle.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not going to get any calls from him this year,

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<v Speaker 1>I promise good. You know most people get calls from

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<v Speaker 1>the Principle because their kids are in trouble. You should

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<v Speaker 1>be proud of me. I am proud of you, Max,

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<v Speaker 1>But your poor middle school principal when entirely gray in

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<v Speaker 1>three years coincidence, and you've got a fresh start with

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<v Speaker 1>this one exactly. And he's already coming around to my

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<v Speaker 1>way of thinking. I just know it. He's just used

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<v Speaker 1>to being caught up in soccer and whatever the archers want.

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<v Speaker 1>That never mind, it's fine. I'm not going to get

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<v Speaker 1>caught up in Hastings high politics. I'm going to focus

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<v Speaker 1>on what really matters. You'll be home for dinner tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to the library after school, but I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>home after And are you going to be doing your

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<v Speaker 1>homework or spending time on the internet. I can do

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<v Speaker 1>research on the internet. It counts as schoolwork. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know about that, Joe. It's nineteen. One of these days

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to have to learn how to use the internet.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta good you too, Oh, Principal Jennings, Can I

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<v Speaker 1>come by later to talk about the environmental club? Now

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<v Speaker 1>is not a good time, Maxcine. I know that's why

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<v Speaker 1>I said later, get to class, Maxine. I've still got

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<v Speaker 1>five minutes. Did you hear that? Principal Jennings is a

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<v Speaker 1>great shirker of responsibility, still giving you crap about environmental club.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a stupid rule. You know. If you said you

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<v Speaker 1>were going to join, I bet I could get ten

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<v Speaker 1>people to sign up before home room. Listen. I care

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<v Speaker 1>about the environment too, you know I do. But between

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<v Speaker 1>the school paper and the fact that my dad still

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<v Speaker 1>pushing in after school job at the quarry, I just

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<v Speaker 1>don't have time for anything else. Jennings is gonna come

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<v Speaker 1>around eventually. I know you will. You've got that right.

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<v Speaker 1>He has to listen to me about this or what

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<v Speaker 1>You're going to annoy him to death? Shut up? Ross.

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<v Speaker 1>I was talking to Riley, so did you guys hear?

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<v Speaker 1>I was just about to tell her what what happened?

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<v Speaker 1>Someone spray painted the town square? What? Yeah, with all

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<v Speaker 1>this anti Hasting stuff, Hastings as hell, wasting way and

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<v Speaker 1>Hastings the Archers are assholes. Yeah, there were a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of specific Archer ones. Ransom Archer is a liar? Whoa

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<v Speaker 1>what that one was actually on the Atticus Archer statue.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone's clearly got a beef. Are you guys talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the graffiti? Oh? Hey, theo Hey what? I don't get

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<v Speaker 1>a hello? Hi, Jenna. Can you guys believe that something

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<v Speaker 1>exciting actually happened in Hastings? Nowhere yet? But apparently the

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<v Speaker 1>mayor is pissed? I mean, are you surprised? How has

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<v Speaker 1>been mayor for like a thousand years and nothing like

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<v Speaker 1>this has ever happened before. Do you think they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to cancel the Harvest festival and miss a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>go on and on about how Hastings is the backbone

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<v Speaker 1>of Americana? I doubt it. Some of us actually like

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<v Speaker 1>the festival, Ross, Maybe those of us still living in

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<v Speaker 1>the sixth grade. Come on, none of you were planning

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<v Speaker 1>on going and do what a hay ride Bob for apples?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean there's lots of stuff. The bookstore always does

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<v Speaker 1>have priced books. THEO. You like that kind of thing, right?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh um? I mean we are kind of too old

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<v Speaker 1>for most of this stuff now right, I'll probably be

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<v Speaker 1>going Max. Maybe we can meet up. Yeah, yeah, that'd

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<v Speaker 1>be nice. Thanks Riley, Riley, are you coming? Ye? See

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<v Speaker 1>you guys? By THEO? By? What do you want? Teller? Nothing?

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<v Speaker 1>Just surprised you didn't have a million questions about the graffiti.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you talking about? Seems like you're kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>What makes you think you know what my kind of

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<v Speaker 1>thing is? We've been next door neighbors since we were

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<v Speaker 1>two in Locker neighbors since the sixth grade. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're pretty well at this point, and I

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<v Speaker 1>know you love sticking your nose in town business. Physical

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<v Speaker 1>proximity doesn't automatically equal emotional closeness. But I'm right, aren't I?

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<v Speaker 1>By Ross, I heard they've already got a cleaning crew

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<v Speaker 1>on it, So if you want to get a good

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<v Speaker 1>look at it, you should go right after school? Whatever? Ross,

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<v Speaker 1>how long is this going to take I need this

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<v Speaker 1>cleaned up now. We told you, Mr Roger, we gotta

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<v Speaker 1>get to the roads and the wall first, then we'll

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<v Speaker 1>get to the statue. This is my great grandfather right here.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you realize how long my family has been in

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<v Speaker 1>this town. We built Hastings and Mayor Hall is in

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<v Speaker 1>charge of Hastings and he wants the roads cleaned up first. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>how long have you guys been cleaning this place up?

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<v Speaker 1>Since this morning? There was that much? Or they're working

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<v Speaker 1>extremely slowly? There was that much? Was it all anti Hastings,

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<v Speaker 1>all in the same handwriting? I don't know, kid, I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't taking notes. Oh I see it's Max right, um, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're that kid that likes solving little mysteries and stuff. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been known to help out. I'll give you twenty

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<v Speaker 1>bucks if you can find out who vandalized our statue.

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<v Speaker 1>That's okay, I don't want your money. What why? What

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<v Speaker 1>time did you get into town this morning? Mr Archer? What?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh about? And all of this was already here right?

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously Hal apparently discovered it this morning on his usual

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<v Speaker 1>six am power walk. Did you notice it when you

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<v Speaker 1>left the tavern? Last night. How do you know I

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<v Speaker 1>was in the tavern? Were you? Yes? No, it wasn't there,

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<v Speaker 1>or at least if it was, I didn't notice it.

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<v Speaker 1>And what time was that? Eleven thirty or so? I

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<v Speaker 1>thought the tavern closed at eleven on weeknights. When your

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<v Speaker 1>name is on it, it closes whenever you want, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and the message it seems up pointed. Yeah, I'll say,

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<v Speaker 1>can you think of anyone who might want to call

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<v Speaker 1>you a liar? Publicly? Very publicly? Whoever they are, they'll

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<v Speaker 1>have to contend with my lawyer. Yeah, you figure out

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<v Speaker 1>who did it? Yet? Why does everyone automatically assume I'm

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<v Speaker 1>trying to figure out who did it? No, not yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to help me ask around town. Can't I've

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<v Speaker 1>got to go to the mayor's office. Could you tell

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<v Speaker 1>him to speed up his cleaning crew. Sure, I'll get

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<v Speaker 1>right on that. I don't get smart with me. I

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<v Speaker 1>was come on, seriously, you're gonna do the planters before

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<v Speaker 1>the statue? Okay, I guess that's the end of our conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>That guy is such a dick. Riley, what you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to disagree? He was being sort of helpful. At least

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<v Speaker 1>I know that the vandals did this after before six am.

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<v Speaker 1>Really tight window there, Max, It's a start. Why are

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<v Speaker 1>you going to the Mayor's office? Um, just an interview

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<v Speaker 1>for the paper. You're doing a piece on mayor how No,

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<v Speaker 1>just general town stuff. The new mining project, the fiftieth festival,

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<v Speaker 1>the new innkeeper. Oh yeah, I heard about that. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't believe someone actually bought that place. Apparently she's from

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<v Speaker 1>New York, like the city. That's what I've heard. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that is so cool. One d years. That's all old.

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<v Speaker 1>The statue is if my father sees this will all

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<v Speaker 1>be a deep ship. I can't believe that that is

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<v Speaker 1>the guy who's going to inherit half this town. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>he's not as bad as as what he seems his

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<v Speaker 1>dad as the way he's always behaved. Okay, fair point. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't mean to. It's it's just frustrating. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Archers care so much about their stupid family legacy.

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<v Speaker 1>The Archer line that stuff just isn't important. Family is

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<v Speaker 1>what you make it, not who you share DNA or

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<v Speaker 1>last name with. Are you okay, Riley? Yeah? Sorry, I'm fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Just sick of this place. I get that. You what

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<v Speaker 1>come on, Max? You love Hastings. It has its charms.

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<v Speaker 1>Only you could be looking at anti town graffiti and

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<v Speaker 1>complimenting the town at the same time. You really always

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<v Speaker 1>see the best in things, don't you. You say that

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<v Speaker 1>like it's a bad thing. I gotta get going. Good

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<v Speaker 1>luck with your interview and good luck with your mystery. Thanks,

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<v Speaker 1>see you tomorrow. Hey, Max, don't ask me how I

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<v Speaker 1>know this, but the graffiti wasn't here at one am.

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<v Speaker 1>Might help you tighten that window. Wait what Riley? See you?

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<v Speaker 1>Nancy Drew? Excuse me? Do you have any books on

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<v Speaker 1>the history of the area. Yes, that shelf back there

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<v Speaker 1>is our Hastings history section, mostly old newspapers and pampus

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<v Speaker 1>from town events, though there are a few books in

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<v Speaker 1>the mining industry in the Archer family, one of the

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<v Speaker 1>founding families of the town. Oh great, thank you, that's

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<v Speaker 1>very helpful. Do you have any maps, old maps especially,

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<v Speaker 1>it would be helpful. Maps won't help you learn the

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<v Speaker 1>place very well. Now. We may not be on the

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<v Speaker 1>cutting edge, but Hastings has changed through the years. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>it's um. I just moved into the old inn and

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to get my hands on the original blueprints

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<v Speaker 1>if I could even what the street used to look

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<v Speaker 1>like would be a great help. You're the new owner

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<v Speaker 1>of the maple Thorpe and yes, Alana Honeywell, nice to

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<v Speaker 1>make your acquaintance. It's delight for the meet miss Honeywell.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a great property. It is. You can find blueprints

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<v Speaker 1>at city Hall. I'm sorry. If you're looking for old

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<v Speaker 1>blueprints of the Maplethorpe, they'll have them at city Hall.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure may Or how would be happy to help

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<v Speaker 1>you personally. He's a really nice guy and he loves

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<v Speaker 1>of all that town history stuff. Well, thank you, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, Maxine. This is Maxine Miles, one of our

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<v Speaker 1>more precocious residents. That's a new one. It's lovely to

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<v Speaker 1>meet you, Maxine Miles. I'm Alana Honeywell. You're from New York.

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<v Speaker 1>I am how did you know? As I said, precocious.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a small town and I've lived here my whole life,

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<v Speaker 1>so I see. Well, Maxine Miles, it is extra lovely

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<v Speaker 1>to meet you. Then. I've only been here about twelve hours,

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<v Speaker 1>but I've gotten the distinct impression that I'm the first

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<v Speaker 1>new person in Hastings in a million years. Something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I could very much use a guide one Hastings, New

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<v Speaker 1>Hampshire Guide at your service. You've only been here twelve

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<v Speaker 1>hours something like that. I got in late last night.

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<v Speaker 1>The inn is right on the town square, Yes it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Hume in the kitchen. Hey, can I have dinner

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<v Speaker 1>in my room? Well? Hello to you too. Why are

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<v Speaker 1>you Are you feeling okay? Oh? Yeah, I'm fine. I

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<v Speaker 1>just have a lot of work to do. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>take half an hour to eat dinner at the table.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you hear about the graffiti in the town square. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw it on my way into work this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor Howse said he might delay the festival if they

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<v Speaker 1>can't figure out who did it. So let me guess

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to figure it out. We think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>It was almost certainly a high schooler, I mean, pretty

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<v Speaker 1>juvenile prank, right, So they probably used spray paint taken

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<v Speaker 1>either from the theater department or the mines, which narrows

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<v Speaker 1>things down considerably. Based on the interviews I've conducted, the

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<v Speaker 1>graffiti was most likely sprayed between one am and five am,

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<v Speaker 1>which means that it's probably someone who lives in a

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<v Speaker 1>short walking distance to town or has a call are,

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<v Speaker 1>because who's going to walk a mile in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the night, in the middle of October to just

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<v Speaker 1>spray paint some rude phrases that they must have known

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<v Speaker 1>would have been power washed away in a second. Plus,

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<v Speaker 1>Miss Honnee Well said she saw two people in town

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<v Speaker 1>Square last night around midnight, one of them wearing what

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<v Speaker 1>she thinks might have been a letterman jacket, though she's

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<v Speaker 1>not sure because obviously she doesn't know what our school

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<v Speaker 1>colors are yet. But if she is right, then I

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<v Speaker 1>would bet my life that one of those people was

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<v Speaker 1>Cody Thompson, who lives right off of Main Street and

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<v Speaker 1>whose brothers started working in the quarry last month. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>some of the graffiti looked like the same color as

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff they used to make the markings for the

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<v Speaker 1>detonation spots. Now I can't be sure, because by the

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<v Speaker 1>time I got to town Square half of it was

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<v Speaker 1>already washed away. And I don't know who the second

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<v Speaker 1>person is yet, but I'm close, and I think if

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<v Speaker 1>I just spent some time looking through the yearbook, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>be able to piece together how on Earth It's been

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<v Speaker 1>a very productive day who's miss Honeywell, she's bought the

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<v Speaker 1>old Maplethorpe in She just got to town yesterday from

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<v Speaker 1>New York City. I met her at the library this afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>She's beautiful and smart and way too cool to be

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<v Speaker 1>in Hastings, of all places. I didn't even realize that

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<v Speaker 1>old place was even on the market. I guess someone

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<v Speaker 1>in her family knew Mrs Maplethorpe. I think it was

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<v Speaker 1>one of those private deals. I don't know. Anyway, You

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<v Speaker 1>see now how much work I have to do, so

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't mind, Oh, come on, Max, the Combs

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<v Speaker 1>are coming for dinner. I at least like what. Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Walt and I set it up when we were playing

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<v Speaker 1>cards last weekend, and THEO Combs is coming here tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you liked THEO. What who told you that? No?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't. I don't like THEO. Wait? What He's not

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<v Speaker 1>a bully? Is he? Because not that I'd expect that

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<v Speaker 1>from Walt's kid, but I hear that's a real problem

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<v Speaker 1>in schools these days. What. No, THEO is not a bully.

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<v Speaker 1>He's he's really kind and smart, and he's sensitive and

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<v Speaker 1>he's got Oh I see you like THEO. What No,

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<v Speaker 1>that's great, Like I knew he was a good kid.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, I'm not. You can't. I do not

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<v Speaker 1>like THEO. It's okay, I won't. I won't. I won't

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<v Speaker 1>tell um though. You know, if you two wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>go and get some hot chocolate after dinner, that would

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<v Speaker 1>be okay with me. You're almost fifteen and freakishly responsible

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<v Speaker 1>as long as you aren't gonna well park anywhere. I

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<v Speaker 1>am going to sink into the ground and die if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't stop talking right now, right right now, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll stay out of it. Oh that must be them.

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<v Speaker 1>I should open the wine, Max, Can you get the door? What? No?

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<v Speaker 1>I have to I can't, So THEO. How's your freshman

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<v Speaker 1>year going? It's going okay, Thanks for asking, Mr Miles.

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<v Speaker 1>You can just call me Joe. Right. You're enjoying your schoolwork. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>We're doing Frankenstein in English right now. So that's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I love that book. Max. You didn't mention you

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<v Speaker 1>were doing Frankenstein. Oh yeah, we started it last week.

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<v Speaker 1>It's okay. Not a fan of horror, Maxine, No, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not that well. Max isn't the biggest reader in the world. What, No,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not true. I feel like every other time I

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<v Speaker 1>see you, you've got your nose buried in some book.

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<v Speaker 1>I do. I mean I like reading, of course, you do. You.

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<v Speaker 1>I just meant that Maxine reads a lot of nonfiction,

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<v Speaker 1>a little SCHOLARO. Fiction is all that THEO reads. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much any kind of literature, novels, poetry, whatever, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>me too, I love all that stuff. Really, max, I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't think you liked poetry. Yeah, I've read it all

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<v Speaker 1>the time. Really, who's your favorite poet? Uh? Hemingway. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think I even knew that Hemingway wrote poetry. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he wrote some stuff. Well, I mean, obviously he's most

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<v Speaker 1>famous for his his his novels. Write his novels, But

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<v Speaker 1>his poetry, it's it's good, cool, cool cool. I'll have

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<v Speaker 1>to check that out, Yeah, for sure. So well. Any

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<v Speaker 1>news on the graffiti artists. Nothing yet. The mayor is

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<v Speaker 1>awfully worried about it happening again, but I told him

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<v Speaker 1>it's probably just some kids blowing off steam, not a

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<v Speaker 1>criminal mastermind. I doubt it. Still, I'm sure we'll track

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<v Speaker 1>them down in time for them to volunteer at the

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<v Speaker 1>Harvest Festival. I would have left the graffiti up until

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<v Speaker 1>those responsible could clean it up themselves. But you know how,

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<v Speaker 1>I think Max has some theories about who might have

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<v Speaker 1>done it in the right kiddo, What No, I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, our resident amateur sleuth. You're still into that stuff, Max,

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<v Speaker 1>the like Harriet the spy stuff. Oh no, no, definitely not.

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<v Speaker 1>I just heard some things when I was in town today,

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<v Speaker 1>that's all. While I was on my way to the

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<v Speaker 1>library to see what new books they had. I need

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<v Speaker 1>some new reading. Of course, I've got to homework. I've

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<v Speaker 1>got to do homework. Wait. Max, thanks for dinner, Joe.

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<v Speaker 1>It was good seeing you. Mr Colmes a sheriff. Sir

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<v Speaker 1>theo so damn stupid? What's stupid? Not now, teller rough night,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, not now. My night was spent convincing Mr

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<v Speaker 1>Beatie that I wasn't the one who stole his garden home,

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<v Speaker 1>which was not successful because I'm pretty sure Ansell stole

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<v Speaker 1>it and put it in our shed. Isn't Ansel like seven? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>And already the anti Christ? Yes, I thought Charlotte was

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<v Speaker 1>the Antichrist. All of them spawns of Satan. They're your siblings.

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<v Speaker 1>Wouldn't that make you spawn of Satan to Mr Beady

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<v Speaker 1>Shore seems to think so, Well, maybe if you weren't

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<v Speaker 1>so rude to him all the time. He's creepy. You

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<v Speaker 1>have us is the buffer zone between your house and his.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't realize how creepy he is. He's a lonely

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<v Speaker 1>old man. Ross pick on someone else. I don't pick

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<v Speaker 1>on Mr Beati. I so what's going on with you?

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<v Speaker 1>Did I see the columbs leave earlier? Yeah? They were

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<v Speaker 1>here for dinner? Do you what? No? Why does everyone

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<v Speaker 1>think that? I don't know. No one's that quiet without

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<v Speaker 1>some kind of ulterior motive. You don't always have to

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<v Speaker 1>see the worst in people, Teller, and you don't always

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<v Speaker 1>have to have blinders on about everyone. Miles. I don't,

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<v Speaker 1>after all. I see you for who you are, right whatever? Yeah, see,

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<v Speaker 1>it's school tomorrow. I guess have you seen Riley today?

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Jenna, So senior locker mate recently, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>vandalized any beloved town landmarks recently? What Cody Thompson is

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<v Speaker 1>your boyfriend? Right? I have it on good authority that

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<v Speaker 1>he was one of the people in the town square

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<v Speaker 1>the other night, and there was someone else with him,

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<v Speaker 1>and you weren't wearing nail polish yesterday, even though you

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<v Speaker 1>always wear nail polish, which suggests to me you had

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<v Speaker 1>to use remover on your hands, maybe to get off

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<v Speaker 1>some spray paint. God, you think that you're so smart,

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<v Speaker 1>don't you, Maxine, always putting together a little clues and

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<v Speaker 1>mapping out timelines. Here's a timeline for you. Cody and

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<v Speaker 1>I broke up at the beginning of the summer, and

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't have nail polish on yesterday because I got

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<v Speaker 1>a manicure with my sister after school. See, you could

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<v Speaker 1>have just asked me, max you don't always need to

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<v Speaker 1>prove that you're better than everyone else. No, that's not

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<v Speaker 1>what students. Please rewards to the auditorium for an emergency

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<v Speaker 1>assembl All students to the auditorium. What's that about? Whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it is, I doubt it's good. Why do you assume

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<v Speaker 1>it's bad. The sheriff just walked in. Settle down, a lease,

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<v Speaker 1>settle down. We'll give you back to class in a moment.

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<v Speaker 1>But Jeff Colmes is here with a very important announcement.

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<v Speaker 1>Good afternoon, students. We've got ourselves a bit of a situation.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is he actually going to call someone out for

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<v Speaker 1>vandalism in front of the whole school. Sh Now, this

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<v Speaker 1>is a serious matter, so I need everyone to pay

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<v Speaker 1>very close attention. About an hour ago, we discovered that

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<v Speaker 1>Riley Stevens has gone missing. Maxie Miles was created by

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren Shippen and as a production of a Typical Artists

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<v Speaker 1>and Imhart Radio. This episode was written and directed by

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren Shippen. Dialogue, editing and sound designed by Morrissy Ewing

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<v Speaker 1>Hemlock Creek Productions, with editing assistance from Laurian Davis. It

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<v Speaker 1>featured Jordan Cobb as Maxie Miles, Mixa Follow as Ross

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<v Speaker 1>teller A, Shanny cannon Car as Jenna Ambrose, Morgan el

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<v Speaker 1>Garton asco Combs, Michael Smallwood as Uncle Joe, Sean Jane

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<v Speaker 1>as Sheriff Combs, Josh Robino as Mayor how Andrew Nook

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<v Speaker 1>as Ransom Archer, Jacqueline Landgraph as a lot of Honeywell Pacific,

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<v Speaker 1>Obadiah as Principal Jennings, Chris Boyki as crew member, Lauren

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<v Speaker 1>Shippen as librarian, with Griggan Snow as Riley Stephens. Original

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<v Speaker 1>artwork by Shane McMullan for more information about the show,

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<v Speaker 1>he's visit Maxi miles dot com and followed at a

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