Chapter 41

  Banana Quest 2

  IM: Banana Quest is back, baby! Relive the Technicolor glory of an old favorite in this all-new adventure! Feel free to write in with any thoughts about angels, demons, exploding houses, cracks in the sky, or sinister industrial corporations.

  EW: shut up isaac

  HS: What do you mean?

  EW: dont listen to him heidi

  EW: hes finally snapped

  EW: it was inevitable

  IM: Inedible?

  EW: indelible

  IM: Hey Eric don’t you think Heidi should be yellow?

  EW: haha that’s what i just said

  IM: I am speaking about the text color of course.

  EW: she said no

  HS: No.

  EW: see?

  HS: What about sinister corporations?

  IM: Heidi the thing about sinister corporations is that one of them blew up Jim’s house

  HS: What?

  EW: what

  KC: Liz i think we should talk about that privately!!

  IM: Oh hi Kate

  EW: well if it isnt lady cynthea von-quinnius schmidt

  HS: Is Jim okay?

  EW: what’s up?

  IM: Jim’s fine

  HS: Was it October Industries?

  EW: wait is liz in here too? did i miss a line of orange text somewhere?

  IM: Yeah how’d you know?

  HS: Jim is in this chat as well. Why isn’t he responding?

  IM: His phone blew up

  IM: Maybe I should have added Mike’s phone instead

  EW: kate? liz?

  HS: I hope Alan didn’t have anything to do with this.

  EW: huh whatever

  KC: yeah <:(

  KC: only if something happens to me, though!

  EW: uh

  IM: ...Kate?

  EW: shes out of it bro just forget it for now

  HS: What is going on?

  EW: i think thats what were all wondering

  EW: which is why unless im mistaken isaac resurrected banana quest

  EW: isaac you there?

  EW: huh

  EW: so heidi what do you know about this october industries

  EW: no no you have to type it

  EW: i know youre standing right next to me

  EW: cause its for the record thats why

  EW: so everyone else can see it

  EW: guys heads up heidi is pretty violent

  HS: I really don’t know what is going on.

  EW: how about alan

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  HS: He probably knows. He’s coming to Chicago sometime soon.

  HS: For now everyone should just try to stay away from OI.

  IM: sorry afk

  IM: Hey you guys know anything about angels?

  EE: I do.

  IM: Liz!

  HS: Hello Elizabeth

  EW: sup liz

  EW: whats this about angels?

  IM: Wait wait

  IM: Liz have you been talking to Kate in this chat?

  EE: I was just texting her separately. Why?

  IM: Scroll up

  EE: That is...strange.

  EW: yeah well kate is strange lets move on

  EW: isaac why you talking about angels

  IM: I’m looking at one right now. It’s a white bird with no eyes

  EW: weird

  EW: doesnt sound much like an angel though bro you sure you got that right?

  EE: Callie is what they call an “angel” as well. It is simply their term.

  HS: Who is ‘they?’

  IM: Listen guys, we all have questions and stuff we need to figure out but let’s try to be organized about this

  KC: i know. i didn’t want Leah to have to see that. or you. i’m so sorry.

  EE: Kate? What’s wrong?

  EW: dammit kate are you actually here this time

  EW: say it in the chat heidi

  HS: I said this whole thing is too weird! What is going on?

  EW: dont you read like steven king and stuff you should be used to weird

  HS: Those are fiction novels!

  IM: Whoa you read Steven King?

  IM: That’s my jam

  EW: ahaha can you imagine how much weirder it would be if jim were in here

  EE: Okay listen everyone.

  EW: listening

  IM: Aye-aye cap’n!

  EE: Kate says we all have angels. They are white creatures without eyes.

  EW: question

  EW: do they all have superpowers like callie

  EE: I am told they are like keys for unlocking a certain door.

  EE: And Eric I do not know.

  HS: Where do they come from?

  EE: I do not know.

  EW: isaac whered you get yours?

  IM: This weird guy who talks to himself made me play piano

  EW: very fucking helpful

  KC: hey guys!!

  KC: sorry I’m late!

  EW: kate are you actually here this time

  KC: what do you mean

  EW: read this conversation from the top

  KC: ?!?!?!?!?!?!?

  KC: I don’t get it! I didn’t say those things! And Liz we haven’t talked recently right?

  IM: Kate how could you have read all that already?

  EE: We talked less than an hour ago, Kate.

  KC: :o

  KC: ?:\

  EE: I have a theory about this.

  EE: Eric, what did you say earlier about being contacted by your future self?

  IM: Yo Eric you there?

  KC: ...

  EE: Eric?