Our Stories: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Another Red Fish § The Amanda Project

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Another Red Fish

First off, AwesomeAnna93...awesome is right. You've broken this one wide open. And not a moment too soon.

Everybody is going nuts around here. This morning in English, I saw two kids, Tamara and Ana, accusing each other of being the Spirit. Those two have been BFFs forever but Ms. Felton had to separate them with a threat of being sent to the office like they were still in kindergarten. Each was convinced the other was going to spill a lifelong secret.

We started to look into AwesomeAnna93's idea and found out that the school's PA (like the file room, the library card catalog, and most of the teachers) is way old school (no pun intended). We thought you guys were totally right that the Spirit is digitally hijacking the system, but with evidence against us, we went with Willow's suggestion and decided to check out the microphone in the office.

Hal went into the office and sweet-talked the assistants into letting him poke around. After "clumsily" knocking a pencil behind Ms. Leong's desk, he was able to find out that the microphone wire runs through the wall and out into the hall. We followed it along the ceiling and into the a/v room which, of course, was locked. And thus we were thwarted, at least temporarily.

Anyhow, the three of us were standing outside the room, with Nia fuming about how typical it is that nobody in charge had even thought to try such an obvious solution (I think she's just mad because she got written up for being in the halls when the last message went out) when we heard the chimes. And then:

"Me again, Endeavor. A certain sophomore class officer carries a cooler bag with him everywhere. That's not so unusual. What's unusual is that inside, he keeps a pet goldfish that has been his good luck charm since he was ten. Can't go anywhere without Homer.

"But the thing is that goldfish just don't live that long. When his fish dies, his parents wait until he's asleep and replace the dead goldfish with a new one. Until now, he's never known."

We could hear an agonized groan down the hall. It must have been the classroom that Sam Kahn was in. I felt really bad for him. As big of an arrogant jerk as the ever-swaggering Sammy is, this Spirit was far worse.

"What don't you know, Endeavor? Maybe you'll find out tomorrow."

Believe me, we waited outside that room as long as possible, but no one ever came out.

The Spirit’s device must be in the room but how did the Spirit get in and out with the door locked? It’s not really a Spirit, is it?

21 responses

dem_94 08.28.2009

Do you think there might yet another passage way in/out of the school. We already found one. Who’s to say there isn’t another? We need to find one the of the A/V guys and convince them to let us in the room. (or perhaps Hal could pull some strings and get us a key of our own?)
RagDollEyez 08.28.2009

Oh No! Maybe He Or She Disappeared Through The Vents. Did You Hear Any Banging Going On Around Up There? Dem_94 Is Sooo Right! We Have To Find A Way Into That Room. If Not, Anyone Up For A Late Night Stake-Out?? By The Way, Could this “Spirit” Be Related To Sam?? How Does He/She Know What’s Going On At His House After He’s Gone To Bed?? Hmmmm…
urban_hippie 08.28.2009

Now, that is just below the belt. That’s really messed up. Sides, how would the “Spirit” even know that? Geez. Psycho banana head much.
CheekyMonkey 08.29.2009

I agree with all three of you guys. This Sprit is a psycho stalker sorta person. I mean who finds out this stuff? Why? And there has to be another way in and out. Absolutely.

Maybe the (Spirit) is a teacher. Maybe Sam’s parents told all his teachers about his tendency to carry around a goldfish as a security blanket thing and the teacher didn’t end up liking Sam. So this is some cruel and unusual punishment. That still doesn’t explain about Drew and Ginger though, unless there is a teacher who has a grudge against them too.
ScarletRose 08.29.2009

I think CheekyMonkey has a good point. Although I doubt the Spirit is a teacher, he/she could be getting his information from one. After all, a teacher could probably learn a lot of embarrassing secrets from talking to parents. Perhaps the Spirit is a teacher’s pet or is close friends with one of the teachers.
themidnighter 08.29.2009

This is just an idea but don’t you think the spirit’s announcement isn’t live? I mean maybe it’s recorded? Like what Callie,Nia and Hal said they didn’t see anyone go in or out… so maybe the “spirit” just records his/her voice? You know what I mean? The spirit is -like everybody says- is good in technology and all…
aGirlLikeMe 08.29.2009

As the TV shows would say, the Spirit must “be on the inside”. Or maybe, right?
alicewriter13 08.30.2009

i think the idea of it being pre-recorded is a good one! and there is definately a need to check out the a/v room!
crummyblaire 08.30.2009

i agree, but it has to be in the"spirits” voice right? My guess is that it is recorded and turned low so only the “spirit” could hear then repeated in the"spirits” own voice.
Willow 09.01.2009

I totally agree with themidnighter. My neighbours put their lights on timed devices when they leave town and that way at 6:00PM, the lights go on and at 6:00AM, they go off. Perhaps he/she has rigged up something similar in an inconspicuous corner of the AV room? At a certain time the recording plays. You wouldn’t have to be too too tech savvy to do that. I don’t think this is a real spirit. Just someone who has a lot of time on their hands and not too much of a life.

One other thing. Often, these pranksters have huge egos! So, what if we organized a little scheme where someone gets “caught” making an announcement or doing something that would incriminate them without a doubt as being the Spirit? If this spirit is as egotistical as I think he/she is, they would find a way to let people know that they hadn’t caught the real deal. He/she might even give away their true identity! I’m up for helping out in doing something like that. Anyone else?
tardisoutbrea 09.01.2009

It might be going back to the wizard of oz thing…she might be telling us not to pay attention to the man behind the curitain/door? So maybe like alot of you have said that the message is pre recorded…if the spirit is technical maybe they have their own personal equipment…so the main transmition isn’t from the a/v room at all its from where the spirit has it’s equipment room…i don’t think that you’ll find anything to much use even if you manage to get into the a/v room transmition-wise. I think the spirit is good at clean his/her trail.
LolaStar111 09.02.2009

Ummmm this might sound a bit weird, but what if we managed to Blow Up the PA system? Then we could have a computer technicion fix it and possibly barr access to it, other than the main microphone and the small hand helds ? Would that work ? So i think we’re deffinatley going to have to get into the a/v room anyway, who knows what we’ll find, but it’s deffinatley worth a try, just like the secret room was, Amanda was my friend, if she’d have been here i think she would be helping us plan our way into that room! I know that everyone would do anything to get this “Spirit” off air and to stop them causing mayhem throughout the school ...
luce 09.02.2009

i saw amanda the night she dissapeared she was at the train station i bumbed into her, she looked terrible, she dropped her bag a ticket fell out it said paris, who knows where she is now? she lookd like she had been crying though mascara down her face, i was on my way to london at the time :/ ?
stef_stone 09.04.2009

I’ve said it before, and I repeat: the vents. :) They’ve been used before, so they can be used again. That’s how the “Spirit” could be hearing the secrets, and that’s also how they could escape from the A/V room. Should we do shifts again?
Book16Worm 09.04.2009

I totally think we should all take turns doing shifts. The vents would definitely be an easy way to get in and out of the a/v room. But honestly, why is the spirit revealing all these secrets? What could they possibly gain from doing that? Do you think someone could be paying some tech nerd to make these announcements? And can someone ask Sam’s parents if they ever told anyone about the fish? We might be able to narrow down who would know that secret.
Gracie_Hayes 09.04.2009

I don’t really understand what the spirit has to do with Amanda, but I’m going to post what I think anyways. I think the spirit is an adult that knows/knew Sammy’s parents, and they probably told the spirit about this…I also think its really weird none of the office people noticed and kind of suspicious.
thaifoodtubby 10.11.2009

Maybe the spirit isn’t in that room, nobody can stay there forever, it could be just a device of some kind that plays into the PA or a recording.
Milana 10.22.2009

Is Slimester Stan still around? Did he turn in the keys? What’s up? Also, I think vents and maybe
Milana 10.22.2009

Red Herring in the photo!!!!! A deliberate attempt to divert attention!!!!!
Nickbro 11.03.2009

wtf
Nicolla 12.21.2009

ohk, so, I really think that there is some secret passageways in Endeavor High, and one of them leads to the room.