4. DIXI: Series 4, The Smell of Freedom

## The Smell of Freedom - Dixi

Echo Chamber is nervous about the election head-to-head debate, but an anonymous tip helps Billie and Selene.

### Writer

Dan Berlinka Robert Butler
Jon Macqueen Nina Metivier  Laura Major Eva O'Connor

## Episode Transcript and Timings

Wub-buh-lub-buh-bub-bub.

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It's me and Amani today filling in for Billie

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while she's off doing the time, without the crime.

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Hurry up. Tell them where we are.

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Uh, I was just about to.

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We're backstage at the school's presidential introductions.

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Django is looking at the rest of the CCTV footage from the cameras

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that weren't turned off.

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When he comes back with proof that Blake framed Billie,

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it should make for some pretty interesting speeches.

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Have you come to hear my speech?

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So sweet.

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See, guys, even associates of convicted felons

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are smart enough to vote Blake.

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We are not supporting you, dufus.

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We'll be voting for Echo.

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-Sorry, who?

-You know...

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Gemma, or is it Bella?

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I think it might be Stella.

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Hold up, you don't mean Emo Mute?

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She's running for president?

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What's she going to do, mime her policies with finger puppets?

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Laugh it up, snake boy. Echo is super awesome.

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After today, everybody's going to wake up

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and really take notice of her. You know...

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-Ouch, my toes!

-Sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there.

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-Enjoy this cupcake and vote Blake.

-What's with the cupcake infestation?

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Blake's crew have been dishing them out,

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basically bribing his way to victory.

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That is so wrong.

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-But so right.

-Bubs!

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What? I still think the guy is slime, but I'm a sucker for

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pink frosting.

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So, Echo, are you all set to take on the big crowd?

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The... The what?!

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Billie said it was just a chat with Miss Malik.

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It is.

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Miss Malik and a few hundred students.

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I hope you've got a speech.

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Why didn't she tell me?

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I am not in my happy place.

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Internet, fine.

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Face-to-face, we have a problem.

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OK, everyone. We're live in five.

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Where's the other candidate? Sasha, no, Helga?

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-Dude, it's Echo!

-Oh, I didn't see you there.

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This way. The voters require your voices.

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You must not deny them.

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Go on, go.

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CHEERING

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It is my happiness and my honour...

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-I really think we should bail.

-No way.

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We promised Billie we'd record what happened.

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I hope Django gets here soon.

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..must we continue to waste vital funds on so-called arts clubs?

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Why not redistribute the wealth to vital areas?

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Like school prom.

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CHEERING

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Elect me as your president, and I won't rest until

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Drew Fletcher Academy is too cool to be school.

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Thank you, Blake.

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And now his opposition...

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Uh...

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Her!

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CLEARS THROAT

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MICROPHONE SCREECHES

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-Um, hello, there.

-Oh, this is actually painful.

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Tell me about it.

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My teeth still hurt from all the lovely cupcakes.

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I honestly think that...

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That maybe perhaps we've pumped enough money into prom?

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CROWD MURMURING

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Echo, stay away from prom. The crowd will turn on you.

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Not that I'm saying that prom is a waste of time or anything.

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She just said that prom's a waste of time.

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CROWD BOOS

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CHANTING

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Free cupcakes for all!

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-Was it seriously that bad?

-For reals.

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Echo got obliterated.

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No, she needs to beat Blake.

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We can't have a super villain for president.

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Django, finally. What took you?

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Possibly the fact that the corridor to Miss Malik's office is the

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most popular route from the hall to the playground.

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Approximately 800 people go down that corridor every day.

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It was virtually impossible to pick out anyone specific.

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You mean, we've got nothing?

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On the contrary, I did painstakingly manage to find footage of

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-Blake going into the corridor on the morning of the attack.

-Yes!

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But, he comes out the other end a few seconds later,

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and doesn't show up again.

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Not enough time for him to have trashed the office.

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The CCTV actually proves his innocence.

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Blake couldn't have done it.

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You mean, Blake isn't The Shredder?

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The Eraser, and no.

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But it has to be him.

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That means there's someone else out there who hates me

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enough to frame me.

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And I've got no idea who it is.

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Ugh! Bad times.

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You're right, dancedoodlesuperstar.

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Blake is very annoying.

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But it turns out he's innocent.

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We are back to square one on The Shredder's identity.

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Still, there is some good news.

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Me and Selene are finally free.

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Don't do that.

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I'm not going to lie, morale was low,

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Echo bombed at the elections,

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Blake was cleared as a number one suspect,

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but today, no more oppression.

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-No more Green House.

-No more rambling.

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-Just tell them what happened.

-OK.

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Here's how it went down.

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HARMONICA WHISTLING

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Another average day in the slammer when suddenly,

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we're under attack from evil Dr Transbot Wolfenstein.

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MANIACALLY LAUGHS

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It was down to me and Super Selene to...

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OMD, tell it properly.

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Fine, OK.

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There we were, grafting away at Gumageddon,

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scraping chewing gum off of desks.

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-IMITATING MISS MALIK:

-Girls, I need you to put the chisels down.

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No chance, we're 30 scrapes from setting a Green House record.

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Punishment's over.

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You're free to go.

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We are? Yay!

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But the record. We were so close.

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All that was left was to say our goodbyes...

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I'm taking that as a thank you?

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..and collect up our belongings.

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This had five pieces of gum when I got here. Now there's only four.

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And we were out.

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Sipping on the sweet, sweet taste of freedom.

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But why did they let us go?

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It's all thanks to our very own Tony Stark,

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techno wiz himself, Django.

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Well, it was actually pretty simple.

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Miss Malik's door utilises a keycode lock system.

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I simply accessed the time code of the break-in.

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Thereby proving the vandalism happened before me and Selene

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-even got to school.

-And so it ends.

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The living nightmare.

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Django, you are a total ledge.

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Um, yeah, don't mention it.

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So, this is goodbye.

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I guess it is.

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You know, until double French.

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Wait up. "Don't mention it."

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Either you've installed a modesty chip,

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or you're hiding something.

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Pfft. Of course not.

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OK, I may have had slight assistance with the whole time code idea.

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Assistance from who?

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It was an anonymous tip-off on Dixi.

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It was pretty hard to figure out who they meant.

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I mean, me and you, we're hardly friends.

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Wow! None taken.

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So that means that whoever sent you that message,

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must know who vandalised Miss M's office.

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Or it's come straight from The Shredder.

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Um, if we're going with names, my vote goes to The Eraser.

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Djangs, do you realise what this means?

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I thought we'd hit a dead end once we realised Blake isn't our baddie,

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but now we get back on the case.

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We've got ourselves a shining new lead.

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Who in Gotham could it be?

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Literally anybody could be the shredder.

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OMD! Great thought, TopazHyperEchidna.

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Alessandro is definitely going on the list of suspects.

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Can you smell that, Amani?

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Yeah, I can actually, but I didn't want to say anything.

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What? I'm talking about the smell of freedom.

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-Freedom smells a lot like crusty old netball socks.

-Hey!

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Sorry, I wasn't really listening.

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I was just replying to Alessandro.

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He just sent me this dancing kitten GIF.

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He's so sweet. Always messaging me cute love faces.

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Adorbs. I can't wait to meet him.

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-Is he coming to prom.

-Yeah, he's definitely coming if he can make it.

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But who are you going with? Are going to ask Bubs?

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SNICKERS

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Bubs? To prom? No.

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No, that's not our thing.

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And anyway, he's planning an Anti-Prom Anime Night.

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Wait, but they're going to read out the election results.

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-We have to be there for that.

-Yeah, although if Blake wins,

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I think we should all transfer to Astor Rathbone with Abi.

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I don't want to move schools again.

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Well, if we fix Echo's campaign, we won't have to.

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Blake might not be The Shredder,

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but we still can't have him as president. Echo has to beat him.

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Good luck with that. You didn't see her speech, yesterday.

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Hey, the Bubbanator.

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Live and in-person.

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Anyway, now that you're back on the streets,

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does this mean we can sit together in chemistry again?

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Because Dr Swinla put me in charge of the Bunsen burner on Thursday,

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and I nearly burnt off my eyebrows.

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And I have great eyebrows.

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PHONE CHIMES

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OMD. Look at this Dixi message.

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-But who's it from?

-It's anonymous.

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Just like the message that cleared me and Selene.

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-It must be The Shredder.

-Deleter!

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How about Vanisher?

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PHONE RINGS

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Incoming call. Maybe it's them!

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Oh, it's Selene. Howdy, partner.

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We're not partners.

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Bubs, hello.

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Uh, and Amani. How convenient.

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Couldn't stay away, Selene?

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Sure. Tell yourself that.

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I want to talk to you about a message I received,

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an anonymous message.

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You got one too? Who's yours from?

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It's anonymous. But I think I've worked it all out.

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Perhaps Amani could enlighten us.

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What? Why me?

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Still playing the innocent, Amani. Fine.

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It's Alessandro.

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Why do you think it's Alessandro?

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He's behind this whole thing.

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He got us sent down.

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Alessandro is The Eraser, Billie. I'm telling you.

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Shredder, and anyway, where's your evidence?

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You can't just go accusing Amani's boyfriend.

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-Boyfriend?

-Yeah.

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You should probably check Dixi.

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There's a new post.

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VIDEO ENDS

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Log on here.

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1. Invisible

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1. Story of my life

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1. Like a ghost

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1. Ignored and out of sight

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1. You make me feel like I'm not there

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1. That I'm see through

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1. But now I'm finding strength

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1. So I can see through you

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1. Invisible

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1. I'm invisible

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1. To you and all your friends

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1. You and all of them. #