The Activity Club

The saga of the Greyscaled Figure of Absolute Mystery (GFAM) continues as they slip a piece of paper into Max's pocket.

My bet is it's PJ due to the whole conversation he overheard between Max and Isabel at the beginning of the chapter, about friends having each other's backs, and all that.

Also, Max and Johnny continue to be adorable not-enemies.

Johnny promising to learn something from this and feeling obligated towards Max sounds a lot like Forge.

How is Johnny being a spectral going to conflict with his relationship to his friends? I mean, it's almost certain at this point that he's going to join the Activity Club, but won't he have to keep this spectral stuff secret from RJ, Ollie, and Stephen? He's supposed to tell everything to them. All of the sudden he gets more secretive and starts hanging with Max's gang more, and it looks like he's given them up for the new kid.

And how is this going to affect Activity Club dynamics? Furthering the divide between Ed and Isabel, or Isaac and the club in general? I can see two ways for it to go for both. The first one is more likely, the second one is just "possible."

Johnny + Ed:

• Isabel starts dealing with Johnny more because he has the same "devil may care" attitude towards fighting; Ed, feeling rejected, starts losing his feel for fighting as a result.
  
• Or, Johnny packs with Ed more because he has a strong sense of companionship and loyalty and we get some character development for both on that front.

Johnny + Isaac:

• Johnny and Isaac bond over being outcasted for something they don't know about, they figure out why through their common traits (being possessed). I can see Johnny being understanding about it and Isaac being violent and brooding about it.
  
• Or, Johnny considers Isaac weird and pushy and drives a further wedge in the club by hanging with the rest of the team more.

of course I'm expecting Johnny and Max to hang out a bit. I just randomly thought of the possibility of Ed and Isaac maybe getting closer. They are both starting to feel out casted, and thrown away by Isabelle. It doesn't even need to be that big of a growth between them, maybe more along the lines of Isaac recognizing that Ed is being pushed aside and trying to get Ed to spill some beans or something that Ed may not feel comfortable about. And Ed refusing to cooperate with Isaac as Isaac would like, furthering the wedge between Isaac and the club.
Of course, now that we're pretty certain that Dimitri is a Spectral, maybe they'll be able to find out and try to get him to join the club as well. Or maybe he knows perfectly well about the club, but is keeping his distance, but now that Max and possibly Johnny join it, he may be a little more interested.

Of course, these speculations will take months to be confirmed or denied.

I kinda feel that Dimitri was the member of the club that left before Max came in, though. The one that Isaac did something bad to. So yeah, as long as Isaac is in the club, I don't feel Dimitri is up for joining.

It'd be an interesting dynamic between him and Suzy once Suzy starts figuring out about the club, though. She's listening in to Max's conversations right now, so she just heard the words "spirit controlling Jeff," which is more than enough to write ten articles about for her. Dimitri is gonna have to keep her in check if they want to keep all the spectral stuff secret.

I do think this chapter is gearing up for more Ed development, though. (Edvelopment? :V) How he interacts with characters other than Isabel will be a huge indicator on what kind of a person he is or wants to be, and Isaac is a perfect foil for him to play off with on that.

The question is will two broken bones be enough to get out of leaving town?