We're currently responding to a shoplifting incident
which may or may not be paranormal in origin.
That's right. As my partner has pointed out, we're currently attending a shoplifting incident
that may or may not be paranormal in origin.
You just said word for word what I said.
As my partner has pointed out, I just repeated exactly what she said, so...
Um, so, just let us know - what happened, again? Right from the start.
The food from the shelves - it's gone.
Excuse me, sir? It's just like it, like, stole itself.
What kind of food was it? Just, like, chippies.
Two packs of chippies. Chippies. Two times chippies.
Yeah. I-So, when you say 'stole itself', what do you mean?
I would say just like, uh, floated off the shelves, just, like, out if the door.
When you say 'floated out of the door', do you mean you ate them? No. I was standing right here...
Right... and the chips were just right there, and just gone, like that.
Right. Cos I've had chippies before and they've been gone just like that,
but then it's turned out I've eaten them.
Yeah, but that's different to floating. We're just, obviously, trying to ascertain how
a packet of chippies could, in fact, float.
Oh, look-Look at the chips! Like, they're just floating.
Freeze! Oh, get 'em, O'Leary!
I'm pursuing the chippies! Chips are escaping.
In pursuit. In pursuit. Freeze. Freeze!
They're in the road.
Do you have a theory?
Tell him our theory. Is this the bird one? Yep.
OK, it's not our theory; It's his theory. So, there's a theory that
these birds have walked into the shop,
- they've gotten into chippie packets. - Their own chippie packets -
they've eaten the potato chips, they've been startled, and they've begun flying around in the dairy.
We talked about this theory. Yup. That wings would have to be
on the outside. But there's room in the empty chip packet,
because all of the chippies are gone.
It doesn't make any sense, Minogue. They're not in a vacuum any longer.
It's a work in progress, but it's a theory. It's not gonna work.
We should maybe think of another possible avenue.
- I thought maybe telekinesis. - Those guys are so annoying.
They always call when you're eating your dinner. Every time. That's, um, telemarketers.
Telekinesis, Minogue, or psychokinesis, is the ability to move objects with ones mind.
Wow.
Wh-What are you doing, Sarge? Uh, nothing.
Let's go see if we can enhance the CCTV footage.
All right, are you coming, Sarge? Yep. Yep.
Parker, we're in need of some of your IT expertise.
Can you enhance this footage?
Um, I can make it bigger. Yes, but can you enhance it?
Well, you just have to do this.
Good. Good. Enhance again.
And enhance. That's as far as it goes.
Ah, OK. Can you zoom it in for me? Um...
Yeah. Zooming. Mm-hm. And again.
Zooming. I'm zooming too, so-.
Back, back, back! Back, back. Back it up.
And freeze-frame. Have a look at this, guys.
Pan left.
Hang on. Look at that! Coconut yoghurt?
No, no, no, not that - in the reflection.
Somebody's there. I know that uniform. That's my old school uniform.
Well, how did they get it? That's just the same as my old school uniform.
It looks like O'Leary was right - telekinesis.
Also, you didn't hear any of this, Parker, all right?
Delete.
Let's go.
So, we're here at the school. Yeah, we've got a really solid lead on who stole the chippies.
Yeah, it could be one of the approximately 840 students that goes here.
That's right, so we're gonna meet with the principal and see if she can shed some light on the subject
and inform us if any of her students have been exhibiting telekinetic powers of late.
Was this an all-girls' school when you went? Yeah. Mm.
That must've been stink.
If this is about the library, everything's absolutely fine.
No problem at all, really. No, no, we're not here about that, ma'am.
Uh, what happened to the library?
Ah-Oh, just a little implosion, just in a very unpopular section of books,
and no students were harmed in any way, shape or form.
Don't you mean ex-plosion? Uh, no. No.
An explosion's big, damaging. This was just very self-contained -
a little pop, really. Just, um, something to really just keep under our hats.
This is the library, isn't it? I remember. Uh, yes,
b-but, um, do you really wanna go in there? Yep.
Phew. I'm taking it this is the site of the 'implosion',
as you called it. Yes, just a little pop. Just a little pop.
Well, I mean, I'd say maybe it's a bit more than that, wouldn't you? No. No, no, no.
No. Really. I mean, look, it's made quite a big mess.
I'd say it's definitely more of a bang than a pop, wouldn't you? A bang?
No. A pop. This kind of mess around, you should have the doors...
It's a pop... closed and locked as well. I said it's a pop.
Also, we'd, you know, appreciate it if you don't shout at us, OK?
We're just trying to ascertain what's been going on here, and-I'm the principal of this school.
I understand that. I'm the one who's in charge here. Well, look, we're the police,
and actually, police are up here, see? But principals.
Well, they're not above the police, OK?
Police, teachers... I mean, we are the letter of the law.
I beg to disagree. Look, though - she's right, O'Leary.
Go again. Principals. Principals are there?
No, Minogue, that's- There. There. No, that's-.
We're under the principal. It's metaphorical. I just think... Students...
...you need to show more respect for-...teachers, police, principal.
I would put-The police are certainly up here, OK? Well, it's changed now.
That's different to what you had before. Yeah!
Well, I can't reach up that-You were there. Well, I'm not as tall as him, OK?
And that-Anyway-
I mean, should that book be doing that?
Like, flapping its pages like that?
Does get very breezy in here sometimes.
Let's be honest, Mrs Hopper, we're not really interested in libraries or in library books.
We're here because we're looking for a thief. What?
Possibly a bird. And O'Leary had her school uniform stolen.
OK, look, it wasn't literally my school uniform, but certainly, someone in a school uniform
that looked like it came from this school has been shoplifting in the area.
None of my girls would break the law, I can assure you, officers.
Everything is
totally fine! As it says on our award-winning school quilt.
Voila le quilt. As we've mentioned before,
the thieves that we are trying to find were wearing your school uniform.
Sorry, I can't hear you. Why can't you-?
She's saying that the person who committed the crime
was wearing the school uniforms from here.
Look, there seem to be a lot of injured students in your sick bay
at the moment. There are a lot.
I would appreciate it if you would just stay on topic -
or it's a detention for you, police officer or no.
I think the topic is that there are a lot of sick students in your sick bay.
I-I can't hear you.
Well, chop-chop. Time to go. Can I show you the door?
That'd be great. Thanks so much for coming.
Haere ra!
- She was absolutely... - ...lovely.
Really? Don't you think? Who were you listening to?
She was great. Antagonistic.
So, Zara Archer,
she called Anna Horton the B-word.
Is that right? Yeah, she did. Mm-hm. Yeah.
Yeah. And then Anna's retaliated, and she's called Zara
the E-word. Yeah.
Kia or a. Yo. Hi. Uh, we're just here, just asking a few questions of some of the students.
There's been a... you know, a little bit of shoplifting, and, um...
Heard of something about an implosion that maybe happened in your school library?
Not really. Um... Not... Not really?
Yeah. So, maybe, have you heard a little bit about it?
A lot of the books ruined -
um, burnt. Ruined? OK, right.
There was a few students quite smouldered - like, hair.
Smould-? Yeah, like... Smouldering hair?
Yeah, like-Smells terrible, doesn't it, that? Yeah.
Uh, were you in the library when the implosion happened? No.
OK, so you've just heard about it from other students? Yeah.
Have you heard anything else - about stealing things? Uh, not stealing things.
No? No.
There were a few things flying around in the, um, computer room yesterday -
just hovering. Like, some of the mouses and the keypads.
I-I think I've... I think I've said too much.
There's no such thing as too much talking to a police officer, OK? I-I...
I just-I need to go. OK, all right. Thank you. Bye.
See, when I was a student here and you wanted the real information, you came to the girls' toilets.
I'm not going in. Why not? Cos it's a girls' toilet,
not a boys' toilet. Well, there is no boys' toilets at a girls' school.
Come on. I'm not gonna start going into girls' toilets at my age.
I'll go and do recon, OK? I'll check it's clear.
You let me know. Yep.
Hello? Anyone in here?
Yeah, Minogue, the toilets are empty. Over.
That was too fast. Over. Have a better look.
Look, there's no one in here. Over, Minogue.
I can see someone in there.
That's me, Minogue. Just come into the toilet now, Minogue.
Travelling.
There's no urinal in here. It's a girls' toilet.
Look, this is what I'm talking about. 'Tash and Raz forever'?
I know Tash and Raz, and they've broken up. How do you know that?
Some of the girls were telling me about it. That needs updating. No. Wait, wait, wait.
What are you doing? You can't do that. That's graffitiing, OK? That's true.
It's illegal.
It's OK. Um...
We're just- We're the New Zealand Police.
What is that face?
Froze. Well, I know that. You freaked them out.
So, uh, we're just here in the cubicle, waiting for, hopefully, some people to come in...
...and we should get some...
we should get some good information.
Just a waiting game. It still feels wrong being in here.
Faulty wiring.
EERIE, SING-SONG VOICES: We know you're in there!
Told you. We can see you!
Radio me when it's over.
You better come and see this, Minogue.
What is that? Well,
'eht raef sannairb'? What is that?
'Eht'... What is that?
'Fear the Briannas.'
So, we have a source who claims they have evidence in this case.
I commend all people, especially young women, for coming forward to assist in police inquiries.
I think it shows bravery and a strong sense of citizenship.
'Scuse me. Stop! Stop. No need to run in here, OK?
Sorry. Thank you. Walking.
When I used to be a prefect when I was here, that kind of thing wouldn't fly.
So, Mr Cross is the most intimidating teacher? Yes.
But you'd say that, hands down, Mrs Carol - she is the scariest? Yeah.
Uh, so, I'm interviewing one of the students from St Carrietta's.
She doesn't want to be identified, but she does have some important information pertaining to the case.
Um, this is... this is what happened to the last person who asked too many questions.
Is that, sort of, some weird phone thing, where that girl's upside down?
No, she's really upside down. Turn it around this way, is that...?
Now she's still upside down. Is it-? Yeah. How does this-?
So that was happening to her in real life? You should be more careful.
Ma'am, you don't have to worry about me. As a member of the New Zealand police force,
my training means that I'm ready for any situation, and fear is not an option.
Oh, shit. Oh.
Sorry. Sorry. Shouldn't have said that.
Look, those Briannas - they don't scare me, OK?
I'm the police. I'm here to help.
Changed the bell since I was at school.
Ooh, O'Leary. Minogue.
Do you remember where the staff room is? Why?
It's Mr Cross' birthday, and Anita's making her famous carrot cake, which I hear is yum-o.
That doesn't pertain to the case at hand. Look, I've got proof that the Briannas are our shoplifters...
Mm... and we need to find them before someone...
Down here. Come on.
'Snitches get stitches.'
I prefer the old motto. Hmm.
'Scuse me! 'Scuse me. 'Scu-'Scuse me.
Police! 'Scuse me.
No running in the corridor! You're only allowed to walk. We're the police!
The sewing machine! Which one? OK, just sit down.
This one? Ooh!
O'Leary! Here.
Confuse it! How? Use the cloth as a cover.
What? No, not yourself!
I need to stop its power!
Yes!
Got it, O'Leary.
So, the sewing machine is no longer a threat,
but we, uh... we are gonna need a quick unpick.
Seems the 'cool girls' have been picking on the other girls,
which is both unfair and not particularly cool.
No, that's wrong. The Briannas aren't cool at all.
Yeah, so, there's the Briannas at the end of last term. Mm.
Um, it appears that they were actually in the library on the night of the implosion/explosion.
They came to school the next day with very similar blonde-type hairdos.
That's right. They sort of look like three, um, Sias. What?
She's a singer. Well, pop star, really. OK. What does she sing?
Her biggest hit is Chandelier.
She's got a really good voice at the high end.
And, so, yeah, they came to school with the blonde hairdo and some apparent powers.
We don't know if they've got the singing voices of Sia... It's not really-
...but definitely got the haircuts. Doesn't have much to do with the case. Um, but they also now
have been getting revenge on anyone who was ever mean to them. Mm.
So, what's the next move, Sarge? I mean, the Briannas might be malevolent entities...
Mm... but, I mean, they're still minors.
Did either of you investigate that burnt-out library?
No. No. I mean, it does seem like quite an obvious... No. No, that's right, we didn't.
Luckily, the school's website has a Dewey Decimal System layout of their library,
and I worked out that the epicentre of the implosion was the witchcraft and folklore section.
That seems like a needlessly dangerous section to have
at an all-girls' high school.
I suspect that the girls were dabbling in the dark arts and cast a powerful spell,
granting them powerful... powers.
Do we need to find some sort of counter-spell? Mm. We do.
Or we could drown them. If they survive we know they're witches. Then we burn them.
Minogue. Minogue, we don't do that-we don't do that to women any more. Yeah, you're right.
What you should definitely do is head over to that school
and check out that library while no students are there.
Dismissed.
And please, no drowning or burning.
OK, so, we're just making our way to the library now,
where, hopefully, we can find some sort of counter-spell - in the witchcraft section, we presume.
Our theory is that if we find that book, then the girls should lose their powers.
We just gotta be... We gotta be really careful.
You gotta be quiet, OK?
You're gonna have to take your shoes off. Are they steel-caps?
We have footwear for this kind of-we're police. Take 'em off!
My sources tell me that Brianna with two N's, Briannah with an H
and Bree-hyphen-Anna are all on a school ball committee,
which means we expect they're gonna be in the school hall decorating tonight,
so we should be safe.
Wait, wait, wait, wait. There's someone in the library.
It's them! I think they're holding a book.
One of us is gonna have to attract their attention,
and the other person just can quickly grab the book.
...recharge our powers. We need to, like, teach those who have wronged us a lesson.
Yeah! Which one do you wanna do?
I'm not bothered. You choose.
OK, look, I'll go grab the book; You attract their attention.
Dammit! Awesome book, recharge our powers.
We need to, like, teach those who have wronged us a lesson.
Awesome book, recharge our powers.
We need to, like, teach those
who have wronged us a lesson. Nice!
Awesome book, recharge our powers. We need to, like, teach those who have wronged us a lesson.
Awesome book-.
Hey.
Heard you guys like, um, magic.
You got any cards or a saw?
Leave us, Officer Minogue! No. No. I'm higher up in the hierarchy.
It goes police officers, and then there's a couple of others, and then it's students, so I'm above you.
I tell you what to do! Now, go home.
Got it! Ha! Who's got the power now?
Let's go! Let's go! They've still got the power. Go!
Go! Go, go, go! Come! Quick, quick, quick, run!
Go!
It won't open! It won't open! This way! Minogue!
Hey, Officer Kyle Minogue, you run weird.
I've got a swayback! It affects my gait!
Your legs are, like, too short to outrun us, Officer O'Dreary.
It's the hall. They must've decorated for the school ball. Need to find a way out.
It's really nicely done. Well, don't focus on that; Try and find a door.
I can't find a door. Where are you? I've got no idea.
I can't see anything. I can see your torch.
Where is-?
Minogue and O'Leary
up a tree,
D-Y-
I-N-G.
Dying. Well, better than kissing.
Oh, wow. Return our book!
We are literally like, 'What are you doing with our book, bitch?'
Just stall them while I'm trying to find a counter-spell. Obviously, the bullying
and the witchcraft aside, you guys have done a really great job of decorating-.
Return our book! Just give it to them.
I'm not giving it to them. You know what? One more step
and I'm gonna destroy the source of all your powers, OK?
Ah. The witchy shoe's on the other foot, isn't it?
What are you gonna do now?
Can you stop wrapping my partner up like that?
- It's a form of assault. - Please desist.
Give us the book! It is part of us!
- All right, that's it. - I'm ripping it.
It's actually way thicker than I anticipated. One page at a time, O'Leary.
I don't have time to do that. The weak don't survive high school!
OK, right, do you know what? That is about enough of this, OK? I know exactly what's going on here.
Yes, you've all been bullied, and that is not OK, but now, you're just repeating that negative behaviour.
You're trying to cover up your own insecurities, and you shouldn't have any of those.
Look at all of those badges! You guys are volunteering for library duty.
I'm sure you're doing all sorts of other things that are great things.
You've just fallen into this negative trap of trying to be like everybody else.
OK? You don't need to be maiming your peers, stealing chippies, that kind of thing - going into crime.
That's not what you are. Wrap it up, O'Leary. What-?
Be yourselves. Be unique. Be kind.
Be strong. Be a little bit nerdy.
Guys, I think she's right. Right?
But should we kill her anyway?
We totally should!
O'Leary, step back! Back!
Impressive shot, Officer Minogue. Excellent police work.
I was actually aiming for the witches, but... Hm. What?
Will you help me down still, though? Well, how?
You come under me there. Yeah. Yeah, but now you're just standing on me.
You gotta keep your spine straight.
There we go. That's it.
Huh. It's Sarge. Yeah, sorry I'm late. All the doors were locked.
Yeah. What's the situation here, Minogue?
Students became witches.
They started dabbling in the dark arts. Uh-huh.
One thing led to another.
Not witches any more. Good.
We'll tell you back at the station. All good.
Let's go. Out this way, please.
Uh, so, obviously, these students - been mucking around with the dark arts,
uh, which leads to dabbling,
and before you know it, you're full-on practising the dark arts.
So, what that order is is, uh, mucking around
to dabbling, and then full-on practising.
So, I think the moral of the story here is, uh, don't muck around with the dark arts.
Thank you.
Uh, also,
stay in school and, uh, don't do drugs. Kia or a.
So, the girls have been sentenced to community service, which, in our opinion, is a little bit light.
Well, it's not my opinion. I mean, they were certainly...
they were minors, so there was only so much we could do. Mm. That's right.
I mean, as my colleague says, when it comes to adult crimes,
you should really get an adult sentence, and that hasn't happened here today.
Yeah, well, I didn't actually say that. I think, obviously, our job as police
is to come in and try and help communities, and rehabilitation is very important.
That's right. On the one hand, you've got rehabilitation;
On the other side, you've got justice for the crimes committed,
and we haven't seen justice served here today.
I mean, the important thing is that we can leave here knowing that this will never, never happen again.
Yeah. Job well done.
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