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Superrational - by BLAP - Skunk Ledger

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“Will Vicktoreya Keyneslee Beauxpensees please come see the principal right now?” said the voice over the intercom. The voice didn’t actually tell me where to go, but I met the principal at his office anyway, because I knew that was the Schelling point for where we could find each other. I pushed my luxuriant raven hair behind my ear demurely and used my delicate, doll-like hand to knock on the door.

“Will Vicktoreya Keyneslee Beauxpensees please come see the principal right now?” said the voice over the intercom. The voice didn’t actually tell me where to go, but I met the principal at his office anyway, because I knew that was the Schelling point for where we could find each other. I pushed my luxuriant raven hair behind my ear demurely and used my delicate, doll-like hand to knock on the door. During the three seconds I spent waiting for it to open, I thought sadly about how I’d never known my parents. They’d died when I was a baby, gored in a stag hunt. Instead, I’d been raised by…

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