You have been appointed by Governor William Phipps to determine the veracity (truth) of charges against the alleged Salem witches. Please write a report to the governor describing your findings (either pro or con).

To: phipps@mass.gov
From: Joe Schmizzle@missionhill.com

Witches ain't shit. Burn, baby burn!

Kristin, I got nothing for you on that topic.

I also have a question for the hive mind: The cat Harvey seems to have lost most of the hair on the backs of his ears. Instead of having the nice velvety covering that I would expect, his ears feel like bat wings. Part of me is highly intrigued to note that the skin is dark grey to match his fur. The rest of me is pondering WTF? I can see wrinkles in his skin at places where the ears bend. I am not seeing any signs of irritation or wounds, and neither me nor Daniel recall observing him scratching in any notable way. Any clues?

To: phips@mass.gov From: witchsmeller@pursuivant.com

Believe we are closer to the reported Weapons of Mass Damnation. Found reputed broom closets but no brooms. Intercepted report that mandrakes have been imported from Niger. Will report again as soon as I have news from our operatives besieging the caves in Rhode Island.

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Hivemind question: What should I expect from muscle relaxers? I just took a 500 mg tablet of the generic form of "Robaxin" and am wondering what comes next.

Sleep. Sleep comes next, if I take Robaxin. Mmmm, sleeeeeep.

To: elizabeth.parris@hottmaile.com
From: abigail.williams@hottmaile.com

Subject: OMG!!

Can u believe everyone believes us?! Why didn't we think of this b4? No stupid chores for us LOL!

BWAH!

Jilli's was the best.

I am jealous of Jilli. For a brand-new reason now.

Andi, I just checked kittenish's ears and there is a fine fur on the backs. No idea why Harvey's ears aren't. But the bat wing thing is interesting if not something I understand.

Apparantly what follows for me is that my muscles relax just enough to hurt like hell. Fucking ow.

Cass, is it possible the cat is rubbing its head on something inanimate? If it regular rubs somewhere, kinda obsessively, I suppose that could rub some fur off. (note that I own no pets and no nuzzing about nuzzing)

Sorry to hear that Kristin. Maybe Vicodin would be an improvement. I'm not fond of it since what it does is make you not care about being in pain rather than actually getting rid of the pain. But if the muscle relaxants aren't working? Ice isn't fun to nuzzle next to, but it does take care of inflammation and numbs the pain.

Ouch, Kristin. Sorry to hear you didn't get the sleepies.

My head is pounding. Still. Drugs are being annoyingly ineffectual, even the ones that generally work.

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Also my laptop's screen hinges just perished. Well the left one. The right one committed suicide a while back. I have a very horizontal computer at the moment.

I swear this thing is going to be up on blocks in the front yard soon. And I will be sitting on the lawn, possibly with a 40, typing away.