The Show Must Go On DIXI

Me and Mimi have split up to track down Ms Malik.

I never even suspected her until she started looking on people's work

and despairing, the same words the Nameless One always uses.

But why would she want to bring down the showcase?

Oh, hey, Eve!

Shh! Eve and Addie are finally talking.

It's taken me forever to get them in the same room.

Did you guys patch things up?

Nuh-uh. My question first.

Why did you tell me Addie were still angry at me at in Lazer Maze?

-What? I didn't say that.

-Er, yeah, you did.

"Addie's here. FYI, she's still TIY." Totally ignoring you.

Er, no! "TIY" stands for "totally into you"!

Oh, come on, Eve, that's basic TS.

-Taylor Swift?

-Text speak. Not everything's Taylor Swift.

OK, someone needs to stop you from using abbreviations and I would be

really angry with you, except Addie said yes to a date.

So, yes. We did patch things up.

Oh, Eve, I'm so happy for you.

Yeah, at least one romance is working out

and isn't just a brain mutiny.

'Miss, wait up, I need to ask you something!'

Ms Malik, when you said "look on our works and despair,"

-what exactly did you mean?

-Not now, Mimi.

Is everyone here?

Listen up, please. I have a grave proclamation to declare.

In all my...year as a teacher, I have never known anything like it.

First, our lead actress drops out.

-Everyone wanted...

-Then our replacement drops out.

I can't work with Ryan or Benny.

-Benedict.

-We lose our main singer.

I was hounded off backstage!

Silence! I've been thinking about it since this morning,

and I have decided since you cannot work together,

the final curtain cannot rise.

The showcase is cancelled.

-ALL: No!

-What?

But we've all worked so hard. You can't cancel the showcase.

I can. And I will.

Oh, and Mimi, that line you were asking about,

"Look on my works and despair" is from Ozymandias,

a very famous poem by Shelley,

which any of my poetic analysis students could have told you.

Why didn't I notice this before?

Who else is really into poetry?

Who organised the Take Back Dixi campaign?

And got me and Mimi cyber-mobbed?

And set everyone against each other so that the showcase fell apart?

ALL: Sofi-Jade!

Oh, and she had the ultimate cover as anti-bullying campaigner.

We were just her Jenga pieces and she sent us crashing down.

Sofi-Jade is the Nameless One,

but I have a plan to catch her and you...

You are going to save the showcase!

Don't despair, Hippo. I've got a brilliant idea.

Hey, it's Shari and this is Operation Save Our Showcase.

Everyone, just follow my lead.

-Ready?

-ALL:

-Ready!

OK, perfect. Oh, and Chloe...

I know what I'm doing, I just need a laptop and five minutes.

Let's get this done already.

I hate musicals.

# The show must go on

# So we can celebrate

# All the great stuff that we all create

# And the show must go on

# Though we can't get along

# We can't just blame the Nameless One

# And the show must go on

# Though we've been too uptight

# Slow to listen and too quick to fight

# But we're willing to try

# Which is why the show must go on

# And the show must go on

# So that we get to shine

# Cos every side is my best side

# And the show must go on

# Because when we're a team

# No chore's a match for you and me

# And the show must go on

# Cos I've dreamed of this part

# Made mistakes, but I've still got a heart

# Which I want you to know

# And so the show must go on

# On with the, on with the show

# On with the, on with the show

# On with the, on with the show

# On with the, on with the show

# And the show must go on

# Cos I rigged up the lights

# And I won't take them down without a fight

# And the show must go on

# Cos we must see it through

# We know it's the right thing to do

# And the show must go on

# Cos we'd be so upset

# If we couldn't forgive and forget

# There can be no regrets, so get set

# The show must go on

# On with the, on with the show

# On with the, on with the show

# On with the, on with the show

# On with the, on with the show

# Check your lines

# Check your lines

# Cue the lights

# Cue the lights

# That's right where it belongs

-# Where it belongs

-The show must go on

# On with the, on with the show

# On with the, on with the show. #

Oh.

You've snatched a glittering phoenix from the jaws of defeat.

If I'd had known you were doing this,

I would have lent you MY camera!

But! But...

I need more than a song.

I need to see you working in harmony.

And we will. I'm ready to go back on stage.

Singing is my thing!

We still need a lead. Unless Zoe's changed her mind.

Please, I'm so over acting. I'm doing this with Chloe.

I'll take back my resignation!

I'll rejoin the play.

In that case, you've convinced me.

The showcase shall go on!

I hope you're proud of yourself.

First you betrayed our campaign and now, you've resurrected a showcase

for bullies and trolls!

I can only see one troll from where I am, and that's you.

-What?

-You've done everything you can to sabotage the showcase.

I've spent so long looking for the real threat and it's been right in

front of me, attacking my friends, banning ME from Dixi...

You're the Nameless One!

No, she's not. I logged into her account, like we planned.

-Hey!

-Pick a better password next time, Rhyme Queen.

-Shari was wrong, she's not the Nameless One.

-What?!

She's next target. Bad luck.

Why is everyone talking about a new song on Dixi?

Never mind singing and dancing, Chloe said she had a new lead.

Greetings, orc fans and followers, LARPers and gamers,

join me as I continue my quest to...

Syd! Less talking, more lifting.

Wow, you look fierce, literally.

-Nice pose, Chloe.

-Not bad, Zoe.

Stop posing and help me!

But I thought you called me over because of a new Grim Griefer lead?

Oh. I logged into that Sofi-Jade's Dixi cos Shari said it was her.

But she was wrong. As usual.

The girl who got my sister kicked off Dixi?

-You sure it's not her?

-Positive.

She's the next victim.

Chloe! Chloe, I need to ask you...

How do you know Sofi-Jade's the next victim?

-Um, yeah, that.

-You Doyles are all "me, me, me."

Some of us have selfies to display.

There was nothing in her Dixi history

to suggest she made any of the troll posts.

But there was a new message in her inbox,

a picture from the Nameless One.

-I don't get it.

-It's a threat.

She deleted this comment right after she posted it.

But someone knows what she did and screen grabbed it first.

It's proof that Sofi-Jade has made a mean comment on Dixi!

If this gets posted,

her internet mob will rip her to shreds and will ruin her reputation!

Great, blah-blah, sad face.

Who cares? Now, will you carry?

Whoa!

We have to warn her.

Why are you trying to help her?

Because! I know she might be the world's biggest hypocrite,

but I saw what that mob did to Mimi and Isla and no-one deserves that.

I think we might be too late.

You've seen it, then.

The Nameless One posted my comment.

You have 83 new messages.

84!

And there's a petition to get me banned from Dixi.

You must think that's pretty funny.

No. No, not really.

Everyone hates me now.

No, they don't.

Not in this room.

Not even in this building, not in real life.

Look, I have been in a lot of Dixi storms.

And your real friends aren't going anywhere.

Addie, even Mimi and Isla.

They'll stick by you.

If you stick by them.

I thought you'd say it serves me right.

I would have deserved it.

Thank you, Shari.

Another dead end.

We'll never catch our cyber villain at this rate.

Speak for yourself. I'm going to know the truth tomorrow morning.

Check out my message to the Nameless One.

Amazing!

How did you get access? Was it the head, or the governors?

Duh, obviously, I didn't.

I'm not even a student here. I made it up.

How's that going to help us?

The tainted treasure gambit. Nice.

It's a classic gaming manoeuvre.

You tell the dwarf king there's treasure in the cave

and when he sneaks in to steal it, bam!

The Nameless One is going to do everything they can

to delete those records by tomorrow morning.

I leave my phone in the media room overnight.

Guess who's going to be caught on camera?

-It's a trap!

-It's a trap!

Oh, Syd!

Oh, off! Off! Shari, off now!

Sometimes, if you want to send someone an emoji,

but they're right in front of you,

you can do the emojis with your face!

Here are the basics. Smiley face.

Sad face.

Angry face.

And this one isn't one of my favourites,

but I end up using it all the time.

Confused face. "Huh?"