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My name is Jasper. I’ll start this off by saying, I’m a bit of a rascal at my school. I sneak into places I shouldn’t be and rarely get caught. Attics, rooftops, boiler rooms, all of it. I have a knack for getting around without eyes being drawn, and have always slipped under the radar easily. On top of that, I’m a decent lock picker and have experience getting around in the dark as a tagger.

When I found these records, I was snooping around as usual, far too late to still be in the school. It was around 7 pm, I’d been hiding in the bathroom for hours just so I could find a cool place to throw up some art (and maybe have a look at anything off-limits that caught my eye). I made my way to the front desk, then to the back of the office, and then the counsellors wing. One of our school’s shrinks had just quit his job, and being the nosy little bitch that I am, I beelined straight to his office. To my surprise, old student files had been left there in one of the cabinets. He was the type of guy to really obsess over trying to stay analog. I understand it to a point, but it’s all just out there for anybody to read. Anyway, I scrolled through each file, reading names and opening up the ones of kids I vaguely knew, until I found this one.

Sidney Brampton-Rutherford. I had spoken to him a couple times, he was a skinny fucker. Tall as hell too, maybe 6’4. He was in the 12th grade while I was in 11th (it’s summer break now, so technically I am still in 11th grade). Sidney was the weird type, he was always alone. Everyone said he was schizophrenic, but I’m not sure that’s true.

He had weekly scheduled visits with a counsellor, Mr. Marion. That’s how everyone knew he was fucked up. Our school doesn’t do scheduled visits, Marion set that up on his own. Anyway, apparently his Dad is a real redneck type and his Mom’s not quite in the picture. Sidney was bullied heavily, and he swung back. This usually made it all worse for him, but he kept doing it. He was a violent guy, he’d start a lot of fights. Beat up some of the most royalty students here, which threw his already dead reputation straight into a roaring bonfire. By grad he was pretty hated. I always felt a little bad for him. Not like I’m the peak of popularity either, you know?

That’s all I know about Sidney personally. The following is I’m pretty sure, a record of Mr. Marion’s first counselling session with Sid. I skimmed through it as well as the entire file, and from the snippets I read, the entirety of it is morbidly fascinating. I’m copying the words down into this journal post from the physical file.

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December 4th, 2024

Brampton-Rutherford, Sidney

Session 1 notes

-Sidney is clearly not the biggest fan of these little meetings I’ve arranged. He’s looking angry.

-I can’t help but notice how deep the bags under his eyes are. His response to my question about his sleep schedule is “sleeping is too hard.” Possible insomnia?

-very apathetic towards life in general. His foot keeps tapping. He fidgets quite a bit, I’ve noticed, look into that. Arms are crossed, body language is dismissive. Need to get to the root of his indifference and adversity to discipline.

(Unrelated to mental wellbeing, but he is coughing every few minutes. Ask him about it if this is recurring next week.)

-Sidney is staring into a corner. Every time I ask him what he’s looking at, he says “nothing”. I think I’m overthinking it. He’s a very sarcastic kid.

Post-session notes

Sidney barely looked at me through our hour long session. I asked him a few questions, the basics. His home life is fine. At least that’s what he tells me, but I don’t believe the kid. He’s too skinny, he looks malnourished. I know the school isn’t going to do anything and neither will the cops, so I’ll do it myself. I’m going to help him.

He’s standoffish and clearly dislikes people in general. He hasn’t shown much guilt about the Mason boy he assaulted today, I think following sessions should be spent trying to get to the bottom of his violent tendencies. His aggression comes from somewhere. My main suspect is his father, I’ve found reports from parent-teacher interviews where his parental unit has failed to show entirely, and a few where he’s just noted to be generally unhelpful. I’ve seen him around, and I know he hunts for sport. Something bad is going on in Sidney’s house, I can tell by the sunken look in poor Sid’s face.

Goals for following sessions include: building trust, holding a conversation, focusing on the positives in his life, maybe start to get into childhood living if possible.

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Jasper again. That’s where the first session record ends off. I haven’t fully read through the second entry yet, but I think I’ll post that on here too. Very interesting stuff.