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Cul-de-Sac

It's 11:47 PM in Whispering Pines Estates and the HOA group chat just blew up. Someone reported a "suspicious figure" in the cul-de-sac. Over the next two hours, four neighbors record themselves dealing with the situation. By 2 AM, somebody's mailbox is on fire. Nobody knows whose. The group chat has nine hundred unread messages.

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Whispering Pines Estates is a quiet, gated, four-house cul-de-sac with a community pool, an over-active Facebook page, and a group chat that nobody asked to be added to but everybody is in. At 11:47 PM tonight, someone posted: "There is a suspicious figure walking on Whispering Pines Court. Please confirm visual and report." Nobody knows who sent it. Nobody knows what the figure looks like. Everybody has a theory. The group chat has not stopped buzzing in twenty minutes. Four neighbors are about to make this everyone's problem. None of them is going to come out of this looking great.

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The HOA President ✓ taken

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Karen-coded HOA president. Has been waiting for a moment like this her entire life. Currently in her bathrobe, on her front porch, managing the situation from a folding chair she dragged outside.

The True Crime Wife ✓ taken

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Listens to four true-crime podcasts simultaneously while doing Pilates. Has been waiting her entire adult life for an opportunity to deploy what she has learned. The night is finally here. Recording from her kitchen island in matching pajama sets.

The Stoner Dad ✓ taken

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Was just trying to take out the trash. Got pulled into this against his will. Filming because his wife is making him. Currently in pajama pants and a Grateful Dead T-shirt, sitting on the curb.

The New Neighbor ✓ taken

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Moved in last Tuesday. Has not met anyone. Was unpacking when the group chat exploded. Has been silently following along on her phone in increasing panic. Filming from inside her unboxed living room.

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