Water’s Edge Academy is back open and everyone’s going back to class like the school didn’t just get magically put back together by a deal with the Devil. Ah well, I’m sure everything will go back to normal, or whatever normal is supposed to be in Jupiter.

SNIKT! Like most things you get up to as teenagers when you don’t have school, our super seniors have nothing better to do than walk around a circle of hell helping a rat with telekinesis try to get his soul back. But all that glitters isn’t gold (or hellish baubles), as you need to watch your back for the Devil’s eyes when you’re walking his home turf.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! Who is rapping, rapping at my cabin door? “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— Only this and nothing more. Wait, we’re not supposed to be at this cabin and we’re literally in Hell. Oh no. Uh oh.”

So… uh… we can’t go to school if there is no school. Now what?

GADZOOKS! The Ooze is sitting contained in the Hard Light Briefcase, so nothing bad’s gonna happen, right? Just that guy, wigglign and wobbling in there, they can’t do nothing.

ARGHH BLOOOSH! That’s the sound of an angry ooze throwing itself against a Hard Light Containment Device!

TWOINNGG! Our super seniors have a lot of questions for the adults in their life. What is Dr. Ram doing under a bridge? What is Wordsmith doing to help the kidnapped students? And what unsuspecting boomer can Craft use close up magic on?

ZOOOOOOOMP! Let’s fast forward to the end of the Fall semester. The super seniors need to start a final project for Dr. Ram’s class… what could they tackle to show their growth?

BAM! CRACK! POW! The ground feels unstable and this is getting out of hand.

TWEET TWEET TWEEDLE-DEET. Everyone’s getting what they want: Miriam is at a place of learning, Rowan got to ask an adult for help, Craft gets to be left to her own devices, and no one is using Connor’s room for mischief anymore. It should all be fine now. Right?

RR-RRUMBLE! Who is this hiding in the woods? Why do they look like Rowan? And is she as powerful as Rowan is… or even more so?

PINNNGG! Let’s regroup with Miss Rita and get focused. And when you want to get focused, the best thing you can do is volunteer (or get volun-told) to help out your community.

WUB WUB WUB WUB. The Mad Scienists Meet Up 203X is on and rocking, so let’s just enjoy it. Stop worrying why it’s happening, who’re attending, and what they’re doing there; drink some glowing punch instead!

BLOOP! BLOOP! Let’s take some time to catch our breath after midterms. Luckily there’s a Good Job Surviving festival going down out on the main quad. You should come through!

CRACKLE! CRACKLE! Emily Slaughter isn’t messing around anymore with brunch and being nice to Shelly’s friends. She needs answers and she needs them now.