“It’s just an optical illusion,” said Ella as she went back to eating her salad. “He’s just pointing at something.

“But, there’s something red there,” replied Jason. “And what do you mean, why would he use a knife to point at something?”

“Better question: why would Goofy have a knife at all?” said Greg.

“For murder, obviously,” said David. “This ain't a cartoon. This is the real world, baby, and someone probably owed Goofy money.” He sat back in his chair and took a long sip of his Diet Coke while staring at the rest of the group.

Kelly was taken aback by how indifferent Ella seemed to be about the whole thing; just sitting there eating salad like any other Tuesday. “I’m not as confident as David is about the reason, but that looks like a knife inside a bloody throat to me,” she said. “Maybe it’s an accident?”

“I didn’t see any alert or update on my phone,” said Ella between salad bites.

“There’d be an alert?” asked Greg.

“Well, for Ella and me at least,” said Kelly. “We get notified if there’s any accident or emergency since we might have to fill in, especially for other characters.”

“What about if the stomach flu is going around or something?” asked David.

“Oh yeah, that too,” replied Kelly. She pulled out her phone and started showing it to David. “Basically, anything that we need to know to avoid or that we might be getting an extra shift or cut out of something. Really pretty nice to be honest. My favorite feature is-”

“Guys,” said Jason pretty loudly, “we’re talking about a possible murder here!”

A bunch of tables around them all stopped eating and looked over at Jason and the group. Some of them started asking each other, “Did that guy just say murder?” “Is he serious?” “Is this part of a skit or something?” The group all exchanged glances with one another.

“Maybe we should take this convo to our room,” said Greg.