Structurally unsound, due to supernatural phenomena

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Alone together on the carpet, Fenella tried to have a logical discussion with the mildly hysterical Niamh.

“What do you do when this happens? Call the police? They’d laugh, probably, or if they did believe us, what would they do? There’s not even a hole in the floor. What is there to investigate? Louise didn’t fall, she was swallowed. By a mouth. This building ate her!” said Niamh, barely pausing between words.

“It probably ate my scissors too,” said Fenella, reluctant to let go of her denial. She looked around again.

“Maybe the police do investigate this type of thing, they just keep it quiet,” Niamh theorised. “They might have the building condemned. Structurally unsound, due to supernatural phenomena. Of course, they’d still need to track Louise down, but she isn’t stuck between the floor boards, is she?” She rubbed her ears with her hands.

“Oh, yeah, this sort of thing probably happens all the time, you see those abandoned buildings all over the place,” said Fenella.

It was really bizarre. If only she’d been looking the other way, she’d be as oblivious as Barbara right now.

“We’re going to learn how to solve quadratic equations,” said Ms Garlic.

“Can I borrow your pencil sharpener?” whispered Katherine.

“I don’t have one,” Ondine replied.

“No talking,” said Ms Garlic.

“What are we going to do?” Niamh said to her computer screen.

They’d decided to look it up online, and discovered that it wasn’t a poltergeist situation. They’d also discovered that even if the police believe you when you report supernatural phenomena, there is nothing they can do.

Fenella really wanted to pretend everything was normal, so she played solitaire on her computer.

“I understand you’re in denial, but I just think I need another pair of eyes on this thing,” Niamh said, while she paced up and down the room. “Move the Jack of spades to the queen of diamonds.”

“Oh yeah!” said Fenella. “Thanks!”

Paying attention this time, Fenella listened in silence. She was getting the feeling that there was going to be no way to ignore this strange occurrence.

“Quadratic equations can be solved by factorisation,” said Ms Garlic to the room. “If the product of two factors is zero, then one of those factors must be zero.”

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