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Upon waking up the next day, the group realises that Tara has gone missing, and their supplies have vanished. While looking for Tara, Dunnley also experiences hallucinations, and goes missing as well. Joy and Carmen try and fail to persuade Shaina that they should go to get help. Shaina tries to look
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