Nidia (Facepalm)
Nidia puts away the Prophecy Book and her notebook, posing a thoughtful face.
"You had suggested we call King, right? Seems like a good idea for me. Davesprite can fly, maybe that'd be useful. That girl Aki, from before, she's good with sports, isn't she? If we need anyone else, we could call... uh," Nidia takes a moment before speaking carefully. "Taira?"
Given that I already know whom to look for, I suppose I don't need to maintain that intention, so I'm taking back 1 Will.
7/8 Will
5/5 MP
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
Well, that had been a fruitful interrogation, especially considering the suboptimal conditions. Although the acting had actually been quite fun, and Al flatters himself he has some degree of skill at it. Really, he should have done some last year.
But more importantly, Al now knew that Leorina was the mastermind behind this diabolical plot. Demanding the ring even when she knew it was the wrong color, claiming to have suspicious-pause "lost" it in the ransacked room, there could be no other explanation. Now, to go see how his associates had fared.
XP action, and proof that Al has no idea what a time commitment putting on a play is.
You folks mind if I barge into the scene?
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)
" I think that's a good idea! Um.... Taira's a little bit of a rule breaker... but well, I really do think he could be good at basketball and well, we should still give everyone a chance, right??"
"So yeah, I think that's good."
Rik, go for it!!
8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
Nidia, Meowkie
Taira is, as it happens, already in the Home Economics rooms.
Al
The weather seems to be getting worse. On the bright side, you're not far from the basketball courts to check on Nidia and Meowkie oh hey there they are.
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
Hm. It didn't look like either of them were interrogating witnesses or other suspicious characters, nor were they visibly poring over evidence or looking for clues.
"Your investigations concluded, ladies?"
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
"Well, uh, about that..." Meowkie proceeds to explain the entire situation to Al. "So uh... How's your basketball skills, Al?"
8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 Mp
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
"...How hard can some schoolyard game be?"
Good thing I've got two arcs of the Ace, no?
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
Once you reach the Home Ec rooms, Taira can be seen tenderising meat. It is a sight you will not soon forget.
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
After taking a moment to recover from the sight, Al dramatically proclaims, "Taira! I offer you a chance for glory on the field of honor! Have you the courage to accept?"
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
Taira cracks his knuckles.
"If you wanna fight, let's just do it in here!"
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
"This is no field of honor. This is Home Ec. The field of honor has hoops and basketballs.
"And you will be finding alongside us, not against us."
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
Taira's face scrunches up as he considers his options.
"...Sure, what the hey. Basketball is like wrestleball with higher goals, right?"
Nidia (Facepalm)
"I think so. We're gonna be playing against Seedy, Slick, Pencil, Rocks and... Uh... How many players are in a basketball team? Four?"
7/8 Will
5/5 MP
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
"That sounds right. Yes, I distinctly remember seeing games with eight players.
"Say Taira, do you know anything about this gang? Any intel could be useful."
Here, Gossip Sentinel XP, c'mere boy.
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
The big guy thinks for a moment.
"Nobody knows much about 'em. They turned up a while back, like hats 'n' old music, and Rocks keeps trying to change his nickname to Ice for some reason."
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
"Excellent, tell me more. How did they even get these nicknames in the first place?"
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
Taira shrugs. "Beats me. They just keep callin' each other the names, everyone picked 'em up, you know?"
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
Al dutifully scribbles this information down. "Nicknames self-derived but unchangeable. Strange, and therefor suspicious," he murmurs.
"Now then, is there any other business we need to take care of before the game?"
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
Nidia (Facepalm)
Nidia also wrote down the information on her notebook. Better safe than sorry, and if she decided again to not keep a file about each other student all she would have to do is to stop doing it.
"We have four players, they have four player as far as we know..." She was sure they were forgetting something, though. Why were they going to basketball-it-out in the Home Economics class again?
"Oh! Weren't we supposed to interrogate someone here?"
7/8 Will
5/5 MP
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)
Feeling the pressure of her peers, Meowkie decides to pull out her own notepad and start writing down a report. She couldn't just be the odd one out. Imagine a hall monitor next to two dutiful, busy people, doing absolutely nothing! So for a few seconds, she stands there, trying to figure out what to write down, details to detail, suspects to suspect, etc. It's tough work, and she draws a few doodles to fill in the page, but it made her grin just thinking about how official she must look to everyone.
Suddenly, Nidia shouts: ""Oh! Weren't we supposed to interrogate someone here?"
"Nyaa! Of course! I forgot, we're s'pposed to question Tat, right?"
8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
I feel like someone could do a Shared Action here. Or maybe I can fish for a Basic Quest point?
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
"Ah, of course. To work, fellow agents of hall-monitorship! No secrets can stand against all of us together."
I think that works? Al's trying to make a connection, he's just being weird about it.
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
There's a splat sound. A very surprised, and now very embarrassed, Tat has flung some kind of unbaked baked goods into the air and gotten the mixture all over the ceiling.
"Uh......hi?"
World's Cutest Direwolf
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
"You seem troubled, my friend. Overexcited, perhaps. Tormented by a guilty conscience, one might say."
Hey, I just realized that people started acting goofy because Al was taking notes. XP get?
4/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP
XP get confirmed.
"I...was just surprised, that's all!"
Meowkie, Nidia
The patchy cloud above intensifies into a shower, although you're able to get into cover before it starts. "Pencils" appears most disgruntled that his hat has gotten wet.
Nidia's scan for good potential basketball players reveals that Taira, Aki, King and Davesprite are all vaguely acceptable as recruits - Taira and King have the raw physical strength, Aki is good at everything and Davesprite...well, you're pretty sure they haven't gotten around to patching that loophole when it comes to people who float.
Al
Well, you've finished the interrogation. That's great. The question is what to do about it, or possibly whether Meowkie and Nidia have finished theirs.