Well, we're back to Modelland. Tookie and her friends don't know what to do now that their clever plan of "climb over the wall and pray they don't die in the Diabolical Divide" is out of the question.
So, Tookie focuses on is the fact that their plan was ruined, and not that Desperada was aged 50 years? I know she's worried about being killed by Ci~L, but that's still a bit cold.
The girls have actually been doing something about their situation, with Piper sneaking around the Modelland grounds. She's created a bunch of different diagrams of the grounds, but hasn't been able to find any way to escape.
Tookie lies awake in bed, thinking of all the ways she might be tortured.
But Shiraz isn't the one who screamed. It's Zarpessa.
Zarpessa starts talking to no one, saying she won't hide them anymore.
Tookie realizes that Zarpessa is hallucinating about when she had fought with Lizzie over the dress she wore to T-DOD.
Nope, I just can't.
I actually agree with Tookie not trying to hug and comfort Zarpessa, but for different reasons. Hugging someone who is currently so caught up a hallucination that she isn't aware of her surroundings may not be a very smart move. The smart move would be to call for help.
Zarpessa runs out of the room and down the hallway. Her Lumière (that spotlight thing that some Bellas get during the night) is still shining on her.
"Well, I guess we found out what the double L's in Modelland stand for," Dylan joked to Bibiana. "L-L for ... Loony Lumière!"
Shiraz? Dylan? If your only reaction to someone having a psychotic break is to laugh and make fun of them, GO DIE.
Zarpessa runs to the kitchen and starts getting food, talking to people who aren't there, mainly her father. She talks about hiding from "that stupid lady" and asks her father to protect her.
Zarpessa then starts eating, talking about being starving and it being time for "Dumpster-dive dinner." Chaste is incredulous, saying that Zarpessa wouldn't Dumpster-dive since her family are rich.
A page ago, you were laughing at the situation. Seriously, Dylan. Go die.
Then Dr. Erica suddenly runs in and asks what's going on. (How did she know something was happening?)
Zarpessa then shuts herself in the fridge (presumably to hide from whatever she thinks is chasing her). She then shrieks while Dr. Erica taps on the fridge door and asks what her name is.
All of my hate, Dylan.
Tookie starts to snicker but stops herself, feeling "sort of bad" for Zarpessa.
Dr. Erica says that she's seen this kind of breakdown happen before.
You think the problem is low blood sugar? Where did you get your diploma? A box of Cracker Jacks?*
Zarpessa continues to rant, and Dr. Erica addresses the girls.
Piper points out that Tookie knows Zarpessa from home, and Dr. Erica asks if she knows anything about what Zarpessa is ranting about.
So Tookie has a moral dilemma. Zarpessa has been horrible to her, and Tookie has every reason to hate her. Does she expose Zarpessa's past and possibly help her, or keep it a secret and have a good chance of Zarpessa slipping into madness?
No. Hiding details about her past will hamper any attempts to see to her mental well-being. And you don't have to reveal the situation to the world. Just ask to talk to Dr. Erica in private and explain the situation.
So, a leader would withhold information that might help in someone's treatment? It’s compassionate to deliberately sabotage an attempt to help someone who is mentally ill?
What the hell is wrong with you, Tookie?
The worst part is that the text is treating this as if this is the moral thing to do. Even after Tookie was told that knowing the situation might help Dr. Erica treat Zarpessa. It's basically saying that it is better for Zarpessa to be insane than having to live with the shame of people knowing she lived on the streets.
Tookie? Go die.
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