"Is She Weird"

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**"Is She Weird"** is the sixth episode of KOllOK 1991: Bleach

## Synopsis

Laura and Mallory try to make sense of the Mayoral Debate. Billy confronts Mickey. Daddy receives a rude awakening.

## Plot

August 8th, 1991. Kollok, Washington. 9:05 PM. The episode starts where the previous one left off. Empegg is grounded due to her friends being "bad influences", and was unable to attend the Mayoral Debate. Laura and Mallory recently escaped the now burning VFD banquet hall where the Mayoral Debate was held. Neither of them remember how they arrived in a field, hundreds of yards from the banquet hall. Cheese is missing, as is Mallory's jacket. Neither remember how that happened either. They hear sirens in the distance, and the sounds of someone running. They obviously have a gap in their memories.

Laura realizes that the gap in their memories is like what happened in the tunnels, when Mallory was away from the group and being filmed by Kenny, the reporter. Laura vaguely explains what happened in the tunnels to Mallory.

As a helicopter flies over head, Laura and Mallory decide to move on and find the rest of the Radar. Mallory knows that Empegg's house is the closest. He also recalls Lexi Noff at the Mayoral Debate, and that she was probably responsible for the fire.

The two Radar members arrive at the garage of the Pegg house, and Mallory politely knocks on the door. Jay Pegg and his daughter are playing D&D as they hear the knock. Jay reminds his daughter that she is grounded. Because she was grounded, Empegg explains, she hasn't been able to call anyone. Her friends came over on their own. Her father is upset; the game he had planned was for one person and he doesn't have anything arranged for more people. He opens the door and greets Laura and Mallory. He hears the sirens.

The conversation devolves into a discussion about Mallory's Mayoral Campaign,who the campaign manager is, and whether or not Mallory would make a good Mayor. Finally, Jay Pegg allows them to come inside. He explains that Empegg is grounded because of Tibby's powers, and because Empegg did not inform her parents of other people with powers.

Laura thinks it's strange how Empegg's parents have reacted to her, and other people, having powers. Mallory starts to explain the situation, but when Cheese is mentioned Laura is confounded by Jay's reaction to how Cheese melted into a pile of flesh.

Mallory continues his explanation, making himself out to be a masterful debater. He tells how everything was going fine until they found out that someone put drugs, the some drug that Cheese took, into the chili. He says that half the people melted like Cheese. Laura again gets upset and swears in front of Jay Pegg. Jay demands that Empegg get the swear jar. While Empegg is gone, Jay expresses his desire to go help at the VFD, but they convince him that people are already attending the situation.

Empegg comes back to the room, while Laura and Mallory try to explain how Jay's reaction to the drug is strange. But Jay doesn't see it as unusual. They change tactic and try to convince Empegg's father to let her come with them. Jay agrees and asks if she can be back by 10PM. Mallory tries to extend the time and winks at Jay. Jay has a momentary laps, grabs Mallory, and kisses him on the lips. Jay seems shocked by his own actions and tells everyone to leave, and lets Laura takes the swear jar. Jay quickly leaves the room.

Mallory denies winking at Empegg's dad, as they discuss the kiss. Empegg is grossed out by the situation. Empegg asks if it was Mallory's first kiss. Mallory's first kiss was when he was four, on the playground, with Katie Smith. Empegg is still convinced that it was his first kiss. Laura threatens to blackmail them both.

Laura comes back to the issue of how Empegg's parents do not react normally. As they discuss, Bobby Midnight comes on the radio and discusses the fire at the VFD and the drug. Laura uses this as proof that people in town are not reacting normally.

They call Billy's house, so they can get the rest of the Radar together. Billy's mom answers the phone. Gemma Baker calls Billy, but he doesn't matter. Billy's siblings say that Billy locked the door and is playing with himself, Gemma yells that he's not supposed to lock the door because it's Thursday. Meanwhile, is in his room. He tries to grab a cassette tape and put it in his boombox, but he misses. He starts singing "Private Eyes". He takes his shirt off and looks in the mirror. Then starts doing push-ups. He then pulls out some shaving cream, a razor, and a mannequin head. He starts shaving the head. Gemma comes into the room and catches him covered in shaving cream. She doesn't believe that he was shaving.

Billy finally answers the phone. Mallory relays everything that happened at the VFD to Billy. Billy asks if Mallory knows a Lucas Jenkins, but he does not. They agree to meet up at Mickey's house. They get to Mallory's car without being noticed. They drive to Mickey's apartment building and meet Billy there. Before they go see Mickey, Billy asks if Mickey has been acting weird. No one else has really noticed anything, but they all acknowledge that her new legs are weird.

As they stand outside the apartment,the town drunk, Hildred Justice,approaches them. She asks if any of them have a light. She asks what happened at the VFD. When drugs are brought up, she asks "did they sink or swim"? Mallory is confused by the question, so she asks "did they melt or did they rise?". They respond, "some of both." Hildred says that she can "swim". When they ask for a clarification, she beckons Mallory to come closer. She asks him if he's "ever felt what it's like to be trapped in the jaws of a crocodile." Mallory says "no", and asks if he would fight it or give up? Would he sleep or would he swim? She asks for a lighter again. Empegg pulls out a lighter, and Hildred snatches it, sucking in the butane gas of the lighter. Everyone in the Radar gets freaked out and tells her goodbye. She walks away, backwards.

They walk inside the apartment building and head to Mickey's apartment. Before they knock, Billy asks to talk to her alone at some point. Emily answers when they knock on the door. She tells Billy that he sucks and he should go home. She allows Empegg in because she likes her dresses, but Billy has to stay outside. Emily tells them that Mickey is in the back with some boy, whose playing the guitar, but it's not Tibby.

They head back to Mickey's room and hear giggling inside. They open the door and see Mickey and Kain Hyrson. Mickey says they went to a concert and came back to the apartment afterwards. Kain performed at an open mic night. Through code (fake song names) they let Mickey know what is going on, and Mickey asks Kain to leave. Once Kain is gone, they discuss what happened at the VFD, but Emily overhears. Emily refuses to leave. Mallory, once again, uses his charm to convince Emily to leave (only if they tell her about drugs later).

Mallory says all of them will compare ideas on how to break up the Jones parents later, and Emily smiles at him. Laura accuses him of trying to make out with Emily, which leads the conversation back to Jay Pegg kissing Mallory.

The Radar leave in Mallory's station wagon, the Flamethrower. They make their way to Tibby's house. As they travel, they're a little shocked by Mickey, who is wearing a dress. Mickey also hasn't sent Tibby for a week and has been hanging out with other men. Mickey says that she needed space from Tibby. Billy admits that he doesn't like the way Tibby acts when he's with Mickey.

They fill Mickey in on what happened, and tell Billy and Mickey that Lexi was at the VFD. They stop at Tibby's house and see white vans in the driveway, and a bunch of people in white shirts and pants in the area, stalking the grounds. Mickey seems reluctant to get Tibby, but goes along anyway. They talk about getting to Tibby by saying one of them needs to be healed. Billy shows the would he receives from the Man in Red. Laura punches Billy in the leg, attempting to make the wound look worse. Together, they move to the house.

They are immediately stopped as they approached. The person asks if they've accepted Jesus as their savior, and they say "yes". They say they need Tibby to heal Billy. The person asks if any of them are members of the council, and they say "no". Mallory says that he was part of the Mayoral Debate, trying to take them down from the inside. The person say that "they" (the men in white clothes) are D.A.D.D.Y. (Daily Accommodation of Delinquent Deity Youth).

They bring Tibby out, who runs to the Radar. Tibby has the Radar form a circle so they can talk in semi-privacy. Tibby tells the people in white to keep five paces away. Tibby tries to heal Billy, but it only heals a little. Tibby says that it's getting harder for him to heal people. Mickey says that he needs to stop using his powers so much. Tibby notices that Mickey is wearing a dress and make-up and wonders what is going on. They discuss Lexi and Tibby says they have to save her. Mickey searches for her, but finds that she is no longer living.

They discuss what to do, but ultimately realize they need to leave the area to talk. They decide to move towards the car, as if Tibby was seeing them off. Then, Tibby will say that he's having a vision. Finally, Empegg will use her power to move Tibby to the car. As they try to finalize the plan, Mallory drops that Mickey is cheating on Tibby. Mickey asks if they can talk about it later. Mallory gets into the car to start it. Laura grabs Billy and drags him to the car. Empegg stays behind, saying she needs to talk to him. Tibby acts like something is happening to him in a monotone way, passive aggressively dropping allusions to Mickey and her cheating on him. Em uses her power to run Tibby to the car and dive into the car with him.

They men dressed in white are distressed by Tibby's disappearance, and Mallory drives off.

Tibby wants to discuss Mickey cheating on him, but sees something in the street. Mallory manages to swerve at of the way and miss a lone woman in the street. The back right tire pops,and a hubcap goes flying off. The woman, Rebecca, asks for Tibby's forgiveness. They tell her to fix the flat tire. But Billy, instead, says that he'll fix it and Rebecca can move along. She seems obsessed with Tibby. She says that she was at the hospital when Tibby did his miracle. She doesn't understand why the men were keeping Tibby isolated when so many people need to be healed.

Billy changes the tire as they join eyes to pray with Rebecca. She prays for God to restore Tibby's power. Rebecca refers to herself as one of the apostles, but Billy says that Daddy has "Children". They convince Rebecca to go to Tibby's house and convince Tibby's false worshipers. Tibby tells her that he needs to take the Radar on a "vision quest". She leaves for Tibby's house.

The discuss the weirdness around town and how everyone thinks it's normal, and realize that it's because of Billy trying to make the town normal. Tibby mentions that Empegg's parents aren't really okay with her powers; it's just a side effect of what Billy did. Billy, Mickey, and Tibby go to talk separately. Billy asks who Mickey is. He says that she isn't Mickey. He asks why she is wearing a dress, and Mickey says that she just wanted to wear a dress. Billy says that he saw that Mickey isn't herself when he used his powers. Mickey gets angry and very defensive.

Mickey says that she was getting tired of Tibby and needed a break. Tibby says that doesn't sound like her. Mickey officially breaks up with Tibby. Mickey decides to walk home. Billy tries to stop here, but Tibby tells him to let her go. Billy tells everyone that he used his power to reveal that she's not Mickey. They realize that Marcus wouldn't have given Mickey's legs if he's doing what he did to Mallory.

Mickey B is in her cell. She's tired and confused. Bobby Whitney is patching up holes as water comes through. He says that they have a little bit of a problem. Bobby Whitney says that she's on her own, as he fades away. Mickey hears voices from beyond. She hears herself arguing with Tibby. The wall collapses down. The water flows into the room. She closes her eyes, and relaxes. Mickey sinks.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Aabria Iynegar as Laura Bennett
* Lucas Eubank as Billy Baker
* Matt Sohinki as Mallory Jenkins
* Mika Midgett as Embeth Pegg
* Shelby "Shubble" Grace as Mickey Jones
* Zac Lim Eubank as The Driver

## Rumors

1. There are men in white hazmat suits up at the fracking site.
2. There is a strange glow coming from the woods over the lake. (winner)
3. There is a blind man who has not left the diner in a week. He is there from opening to close. He never gets up.
4. The man with the briefcase has been going door to door asking for signatures on something. (winner)

## Notes

Tibby: "I didn't think puberty changed your heart."

**Footnotes**

1. ↑ Sohinki has to make a Charm roll with a Difficulty of 19. His d4 keeps exploding,and he gets a 21.
2. ↑ Lucas rolls an 18 on his Grit and does 11 push-ups.