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CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#1: Mar 25th 2014 at 1:25:39 PM

Book 1, Scene 1: Detentionvergent
Room 101, Namco High

It's the end of the first day of the school year and you are in detention. Go you.

Principal Dig Dug stands at the front of the room, shadowed by the hulking presence that is King.

"Students, I am appalled, and in some cases mildly impressed, that you managed to earn detention after one day. However, all is not lost - there are currently two ways for you to earn redemption and spend your afternoons some place that is not this room. Firstly, you can show school spirit by joining a club. (Not right now, obviously.) That will get you...accelerated parole.

The alternative...is to allow King to try out his new wrestling move! He's retired the Student Body Reformer; his new one is known as 'Crime and Punishment' and I assure you it has nothing to do with why there's a student-shaped hole in the floor of room 305.

It is said that Hell is other people. I intend to see if it is true. As a result, for a period we will be testing DETENTION LEVEL π - OTHER PEOPLE DETENTION!

Go around and talk to some of these other reprobates. Hopefully a talk with them will put you back on the straight and narrow! I mean, doesn't the prospect of regular conversations with Taira make the path of delinquency seem less appealing?

Go on! Get talking!"

And we have commenced!

I'm expecting the first couple of scenes to be fairly gentle, so that everyone can get the hang of the rules. I'm not going to hard-ban using miracles, but at this stage I think they're probably overkill.

Also, discussion thread.

edited 3rd Apr '14 1:19:34 PM by CountDorku

Inari2600 BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI! from Los Cherubes, Calibornia Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
#2: Mar 25th 2014 at 2:29:06 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

Meowkie sits at her little wooden desk when detention starts. It is the first day of school, and though she might've hoped (just a little) that things would go differently at the turn of the year, it has been the first day of school, and she is in detention. Not that she's upset about that! It's just, y'know. The way things are. Even if she happens to be the school's very own hall monitor.

Suddenly, the words come out of the principal's mouth: "Go around and talk to some of these other reprobates. Hopefully a talk with them will put you back on the straight and narrow!"

Meowkie blinks. Then she pauses. Then she blinks again.

Oh. She thinks. She examined the ideas further, thought of the prospect of talking up the other people in her class, and then gave her next thought: Oh. She had been a hall monitor for a long time now, and she had been in detention a long time now, but she had never heard anything like this. She smiles nervously. She wasn't exactly accustomed to talking with other people for more than a quick, hall monitor-y order. In fact, a lot of people (not that she blamed them!) seemed to sort of dislike her.

She arches her back. She straightens herself out. Well! Maybe it wouldn't be so bad! Maybe she might even strike up some sort of conversation that lasts over thirty seconds with another student! Meowkie scans through the room: there's the usual people like that girl Lolo, the pixie Magic Maxine, Nidia, Al B. Tross; really, a lot of familiar faces. She makes up her mind, very cautiously. Then, she gets up from her desk, carefully tiptoes over to Lolo's desk, and gives a sort of timid grin. "U-Um. Hiya! Principal Dig Dug said we should talk each other up, an' all, so I was thinkin', maybe you'd want to talk? Um. I'm Meowkie! I... well, I'm the hall monitor, so maybe you've seen me before. I mean, maybe not! But uh... well, hi!" She extends her hand (paw?) out to Lolo. It is shaking.

There's my first post!

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

edited 25th Mar '14 9:51:30 PM by Inari2600

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#3: Mar 25th 2014 at 3:30:32 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

Mandated socialization. Excellent. This would provide the perfect excuse to gain the confidence of these miscreants and pump them for the evidence needed to see them safely behind bars. It would need to be an operation as delicate as it was carefully designed.

Al leaned over to Nidia and muttered, "What are you in for?"

Nailed it.

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#4: Mar 25th 2014 at 10:41:37 PM

Lolo (Wince in sympathy / Aww)

Lolo sits at her desk, leaning her head on one hand and looking straight past Principal Dig Dug and King. It is the pose of someone used to pretending to care about the things someone else is saying. Being in detention doesn't seem a particularly different prospect from going to class in some respects. She can't muster much energy to follow any lessons at any particular time, so ignoring the Principal here is not really that different from ignoring other teachers, right?

Sadly, such things cannot be. The Principal's words cut right to her, surprisingly. Other people are hell, to some degree. Lolo grimaces slightly. This development is precisely the sort of thing she does not want. Can't people just leave each other alone?

Then Meowkie approaches her.

"...I'm Lolo," she reluctantly says. "I don't have any particular hobbies or things that I like to do." She stares at the outstretched hand. She looks back and forth from the hand to Meowkie's face. Fine, fine. Enough to get the charade over with. She shakes Meowkie's hand a bit awkwardly.

"Pretty boring place, huh?" She looks back at the front of the class. "I'm almost tempted to take the 'new wrestling move' option."

8/8 Will
8/8 MP

edited 25th Mar '14 10:42:49 PM by Crinias

Inari2600 BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI! from Los Cherubes, Calibornia Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
#5: Mar 25th 2014 at 11:15:46 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

Meowkie takes a quiet moment to look at her hand, eyes making a silent look of wonder. Then, she snaps back into reality! "Er, I think it'd be a bad idea to try an' take on King! I hang 'round him lots, so I know he's real strong!" She thinks quietly to herself, unmoving. "Um. B-But anyways... I don't think it's too borin', yknow?" Her smile is back. "I mean, that's just me. Um... there's always tuna on the menu and King's always real nice to me! And uh, there's my hall monitor duties of course... that's always great! You ever tried anythin' like it? It's like... um, imagine something really cool, 'kay? It's probably better than that!" Meowkie takes a moment to think. "H-Heh, I guess that ain't really very descriptive." She muses on how best to put it for a moment. "It's like... tuna! You ever had tuna? If tuna could be an action, that's kinda like what hall monitorin's like!"

She closes her lips. Inside her head, there is a little Meowkie voice stomping around her skull, telling her the many, many ways she has currently screwed up. "S-So! I think I've been runnin' my mouth way too long! Anythin' you wanna say?"

I'm unsure of when I should start doing things with the sytem, so if you guys see an opportunity, contact me?

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

edited 26th Mar '14 12:38:02 AM by Inari2600

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#6: Mar 26th 2014 at 5:37:50 PM

Nidia (Facepalm)

Nidia stared at Principal Dig Dug during all of his speech, writing down each word he said on her notebook. Once he was done with, so was she. Looking down at her notes, she smiled and took to light her Prophecy Book. "I got on Detention on my first day... But Principal's Dig Dug's words were very meaningful. Maybe instead of being a bad fate, this is where I get to understand more of the Prophecy."

The girl compared what was written on both the notebook and the book. "Principal Dig Dug mentioned "Hell is other people", but he also told us to talk with each other. Maybe... Other people are evil, and they are the demons who are going to damn me to Hell... But maybe I need to go to Hell and... Do something there?" Groaning, Nidia furiously started searching her book of prophecies for one that seemed to fit on this situation. That was when someone snuck up in front of he wooden desk.

"What are you in for?"

Nidia raised her head from the pages and faced a tall, blonde, shirtless man exposing his bare chest while at the same time wearing a tie and a jacket. After noticing that fact, her cheecks sported a very light red color. "Handsome and has good points on Charisma... He... He must be... An envoy of the evil forces to tempt me!" From blushing her expression turned angry. "Hello." She said, trying to sound as menacing as possible. "Shouldn't you tell me who you are first?"

Am I doing this right?

8/8 Will
5/5 MP

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#7: Mar 26th 2014 at 6:33:27 PM

Al B. Tross

Damn, forgot to include "wears a damn shirt" in my list of changes. :P

"Cagey, eh? I respect that. The name's Tross. Al B. Tross. And I could tell you what I'm in for but," and he swept his hair back, "the bell'd be ringing before I was done.

"Now then, fair's fair. What's your rap sheet look like?"

You're doing fine, don't worry. About the only way to not do fine in a play-by-post is to start narrating other people's characters for them.

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#8: Mar 27th 2014 at 12:42:39 PM

Nidia (Facepalm)

"My... Rap sheet?" She stared confusedly at the man before her. "I... You didn't tell me what you did, and we're going to stay here for a long time." Nidia clenched her hand around the pen she was holding and said, fiercely: "You may start."

8/8 Will
5/5 MP

edited 27th Mar '14 12:43:01 PM by Victin

Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#9: Mar 27th 2014 at 1:33:56 PM

Lolo (Wince in sympathy / Aww)

"Tuna as an action? Uh..." Lolo tries to imagine it as such, and fails. "I dunno. Tuna's not really my thing. And I guess I don't have much to talk about, either."

This is probably a distinct enough answer to stop the conversation. The lack of a proper discussion subject should help in that regard. Although the subject of their punishment is to talk with one another, Lolo would rather delay it than continue it willingly.

8/8 Will
8/8 MP

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#10: Mar 27th 2014 at 3:30:15 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

A tough nut, this one. Maybe not the big fish, but definitely someone to keep an eye on. "Let's just say I might have been involved with something designed to make things a little easier, if you follow me. Lower the difficulty of school a bit." Yeah, that should do it. A real cheat code dealer wouldn't admit it up front. Criminal scum were subtle like that.

"Not sure I wanna say more to someone whose name I don't even know."

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#11: Mar 27th 2014 at 3:54:53 PM

Nidia (Facepalm)

"Well, you wanted to know as much about me without telling your name first." Nidia eyed him both carefully and suspiciously. "Lower the difficulty of school a bit... What does he mean by that? Was he setting the tone of the campaign for something less epic, or could he... Be stealing the answers for the exams and tests!" She slammed her fist on the table, accidentally retracting the tip of the pen inside its body. She dully stared at the pen and clicked its button to release the tip again. Noting down whatever came to mind, the girl spent enough time with her pen swinging from side to side like a blur to forget what she was doing before.

At last, she looked up, and saw again the tall, blonde, shirtless man. "Uh... I'm Nidia," she told him, trying to remember what was the last thing he had said.

8/8 Will
5/5 MP

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#12: Mar 27th 2014 at 8:53:23 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

"Nidia, yes." Al whipped out his notebook and jotted down the name. "We're not so different, you and I. Both in detention. Both writing things down. Both definitely current students with no hidden agenda."

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

Inari2600 BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI! from Los Cherubes, Calibornia Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
#13: Mar 27th 2014 at 9:27:37 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

"Oh. Um. Okay!" Meowkie replies. She stands in place, the chatter from the room settling into the pause in their conversation. She shuffles around a little. A silence looms uncomfortably over her, a silence that could only be described as awkward. "S-So, um, it's kinda funny, how Principal Dig Dug's makin' us all talk each other up for our punishment, huh? H-Hehe!"

(But secretly, she doesn't find it funny at all! This, she privately berates herself over in her brain.)

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

edited 28th Mar '14 1:21:27 AM by Inari2600

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Behold my legal acumen!
#14: Mar 28th 2014 at 1:09:58 PM

Okay, guys. I think we can start bringing in actual mechanics. For example, if you want to make your discussion an Honest And Sincere Attempt To Connect (TM), feel free to declare it a [P] Shared Reaction XP Action, although do bear in mind that you only get two XP Actions per chapter.

Also, don't forget that Emotion XP is your business, not mine - I can't hand it out - so if you feel sufficiently moved to emotion by a post, feel free to just put in spoiler-text something along the lines of "Facepalm XP to Nidia/Al" or "Offering You Comfort to Meowkie/Maxine".

Meowkie, Lolo

As the awkwardness begins to thicken and curdle in the air, Aki heads toward you...before her ringtone goes off and she vanishes like smoke on the wind.

Nidia, Al

You gradually become aware that there seems to be a third pen scritching nearby. It sounds like it's coming from under a nearby table.

Maxine

Taira lumbers over with an expression of acute bewilderment on his face. You'd think someone had asked him to do calculus. Or spell his own name.

"So...y'know...Principal Not Radical over there wants us to, like, talk to people. And, y'know, nobody here is radical enough to make it worthwhile, except, like, that exchange student, but she kinda scares me. So...uh...do you still have any money on you? 'Cause I don't think lunchtime's donation to the Keep You Out Of Hospital Fund was big enough."

Inari2600 BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI! from Los Cherubes, Calibornia Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
#15: Mar 28th 2014 at 1:51:06 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

I think I'm gonna save my XP Action for later.

"D-Didja see that, Lolo?!" Meowkie shouts, her arm shaking wildly as she points at an Aki shaped puff of air where the student once was. "A-Aki just committed a Code 78986U, and a 3773434F!! That's "Disappearin' Mysteriously and Suddenly, Preferably On Some Audio Cue" and "Leavin' Detention Unattended!!"

Meowkie sniffs the air frantically. "I think she went over that way!! C'mon!" She says, waving her arm to the direction of the hall.

Okay, using 1 Miraclous Will + Superior Cat-Speaker for Intention 4: Sniff Out Aki! EDIT: I'm sustaining the action until some closure, at which point, I'll get Will back.

8/8 Will
2/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

edited 28th Mar '14 2:03:01 PM by Inari2600

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#16: Mar 28th 2014 at 2:20:52 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

Al blinked and went completely still for a moment, then dove to the ground to stare the mysterious writing person right in the eyes.

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#17: Mar 28th 2014 at 6:35:10 PM

Lolo (Wince in sympathy / Aww)

Lolo opens her mouth to protest, then closes it. She doesn't particularly like Aki (her enthusiasm is disturbing), and frankly it's almost relieving that she suddenly and mysteriously disappeared...

But on the other hand, going with Meowkie would be a good excuse to actually go and do something other than just sit in awkward silence. It would mean going away from the others, and Lolo is certain that she can easily tolerate Meowkie without the presence of Principal Dig Dug, King and everyone else.

Not that she would really care about being stuck here, of course. But since the opportunity has shown itself...

"Yeah, that was quite surprising and worrying," says Lolo is what many would say is a remarkable tone of concern. "We should probably go and investigate. Principal," she calls out towards the front of the class, "we're going to go look for Aki. I hope it's not too much of a problem. I'm certain that we can continue talking while looking for her."

Having said that, Lolo quickly follows Meowkie out of the room.

I'm going along with it! Not for any honest reason, but you can count it towards your quest. Also to spend 2 Will + Deceit for Intention 4: "Feign concern to fool Dig Dug." I'll recover 1 Will whether I succeed or fail.

Also also going to pick up an XP for my Shuttered Lantern Quest.

7/8 Will
8/8 MP

Inari2600 BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI! from Los Cherubes, Calibornia Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
#18: Mar 28th 2014 at 7:13:40 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

She eyes Lolo for a second, and then speaks as she wears a big smile on her pink face. "D-Don't ya guys worry yourselves one bit! Hall Monitor Meowkie and," she pauses for a millisecond. "Lolo are on the case!"

Frantically, she scurries out from the room and out into the hall. Her head cocks left and right, her nose twitching in the air. She glimpses at Lolo again, just to make sure she's still there. "O-Okay! So, looks like we got a runner on the loose! I got a hunch she's..." she sniffs around. "somewhere 'round here! Keep an eye out for her, 'kay? ...I mean, if ya really want to, I don't mean to pressure you or nothin'!"

As she turns a corner, her mouth runs on. "Um... to tell ya the truth, nobody's ever gone with me before! For... really anythin', I guess. So I can't tell ya what this means to me!"

Her nose twitches. "Aw, jeez, I guess I sound pretty desperate there, don't I? Heh... sorry. I'm sniffin' her out!"

Taking XP towards my Cowboy Cop Quest by, "dragging [Lolo] somewhere she shouldn't be." Also, nothing Meowkie's doing is particularly specific, so the HG can do whatever about the results of where she is.

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

edited 28th Mar '14 7:51:23 PM by Inari2600

neopie Cessant Sinner in Red from The Land of Heat and Rednecks Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Cessant Sinner in Red
#19: Mar 29th 2014 at 1:31:22 PM

Magic Maxine (Offering You Comfort)

Maxine winces as Taira approaches, trying to hide, almost seeming to shrink smaller, if that was possible. "N... No, I don't have any more m-money... Come on, man, just leave me alone... p-please?" She whimpered and cowered, staring up at Taira, fright evident in her eyes... Of course, she did have a bit of money, but she couldn't let Taira know that...
Taira stares at Maxine for a little while, with a suspicious expression
<Taira> Darn.
<Taira> Guess I'm gonna have to take revenge on you for that!
<Maxine> 'Yes, he bought- CRAP, he bought that!' "Uh... are you sure you want to do that? She blinked, mind racing as she tried to figure out any possible way she could get out of this... "O... oh! King's still nearby, um, and you sound like /just the kind of person/ that might volunteer to try to survive his wrestling! You don't want K-king to F-find out you want to wrestle him, right?"
Maxine looks up at Taira, face obviously showing pretty much nothing besides 'Please, pleeeease buy my crappy bluff...' She's obviously not expecting it to work, but looks up hopefully anyways.. And then, hope arrived.
Terezi has joined the conversation.
<Terezi> 4ND WH4T 4R3 YOU UP TO, 4V4C4DO-SM3LL1NG P3RSON?
<Taira> Uh...hey radical exchange student!
Maxine blinks... and quickly sccoots towards the edge of her desk. "H... Hey, Tarazzi?" ... Maxine really hoped that was her name. But at least /someone/ was here, now... maybe she wouldn't get pummeled alone, at least...
<Terezi> H3H3H3
<Terezi> 1T'S T3R3Z1
<Terezi> 1S TH1S CR1M1N4L UP TO SOM3TH1NG?
<Maxine> "Er, yeah! Um, Terezi, he's... He's trying to take my lunch money! And he's a butt! And he's horrible shoves me in lockers and cages and things!" Holy crap, at least someone /else/ would be the punching bag this time... she twirled her wand, smiling. "Yeah... so... so beat him up, please?"
Terezi gives Taira her biggest, sharpest grin. You can't help but notice that those teeth are not herbivore teeth.
<Maxine> ... Maybe the punching bag would even be Taira...
<Maxine> "Um... " She stands up, flitting her wings to hide behind Terezi's back... thank god... This... this lady was helping her! ... Even if she's almost more frightening than Taira.
<Maxine> "T...thanks?"
<Terezi> B3TT3R G3T RUNN1NG, L4WBR34K3R.
<Terezi> 1T WON'T H3LP YOU.
<Terezi> BUT 1T'S GOOD 3X3RC1S3.
<Terezi> H3H3H3 &gt;:]
Taira is clearly not used to people smaller than he is looking at him so scarily.
<Taira> F...fine! But you've made an enemy today, radical grey girl. I'll avenge this...some other time.
Taira scurries away with a face like a thundercloud.
Terezi turns to Maxine.
<Terezi> TH4T W4S P4TH3T1C.
<Terezi> W3R3 YOU 3V3N TRY1NG?
Maxine flits up towards Terezi's face... her own expression showing surprise and joy, her wide eyes and smile showing... a rare moment of happiness, for the girl. "Oh my god... you... you saved my life, probably!... Uh... It... it was?"
Maxine blinks, backing away from her... "I... what can I do? I mean, he's like fourty times my size!"
<Terezi> YOU GOTT4 TOUGH3N UP 1F YOU'RE GONN4 D34L W1TH TH1S STUFF.
<Terezi> H3'S THR33 T1M3S L4RG3R TH4N M3, 4ND *1* GOT H1M TO B4CK DOWN.
Maxine blinks, looking up with Terezi... almost scared. "Er... I guess you're right, yeah..."
<Maxine> "But.. but I don't know how to do any of that stuff! I mean, he wouldn't be scared of me now, he's been picking on me for years!"
<Terezi> TH3N H3 WON'T 3XP3CT 1T WH3N YOU SUDD3NLY T4K3 H1M DOWN, W1LL H3?
<Maxine> "Er... I guess that's technically true..."
<Terezi> 1 H4V3 4 BR1LL14NT 1D3A!
<Terezi> 1 W1LL T34CH YOU TO B3 L3SS...*TH4T*.
<Terezi> H3H3H3
Maxine freezes in confusion... and a minute later, remembers that 'hey, you need to beat your wings to fly', luckily before she hit the ground... and flies back up, embarassed. "ER... ... I guess we could?"
<Terezi> COM3 ON! WH4T 4RE YOU 4FR41D OF?
<Maxine> "Er... Taira? You a bit? Trees falling on me? The end of days? A lot of things, really."
<Terezi> 1 C4N S33 TH1S 1S NOT GO1NG TO B3 4N 34SY JOB.
<Maxine> "Er... yeah, sorry..."
<Terezi> 1 L1K3 4 CH4LL3NG3.
<Maxine> "Er... yay? Er, I haven't introduced myself, have I? I'm.. I'm Maxine! But my friends call me /MAGIC/ Maxine." She offers a tiny, tiiny hand to Terezi, smiling... you know, maybe this might work out.
Terezi gives another terrifying grin.
<Terezi> N1C3 TO M33T YOU, M4X1N3.
<Terezi> 1 C4NNOT PROM1S3 TH4T YOU W1LL 3NJOY TH1S.
<Terezi> BUT 1T W1LL B3 GOOD FOR YOU.
Maxine nods... "Er... all... alright! Let's do this!"
<Terezi> 1 JUST N33D TO F1ND TR41N1NG TOOLS TH4T WORK FOR SUCH 4 SM4LL P3RSON.
<Maxine> "Er... I can help with that, actually! Um, I'm pretty good at making things... well, small things, at least... I make models and stuff in my spare time."
<Terezi> 1NT3R3ST1NG...
Maxine nods. "Yeah! I'm a stage magician! Er, I want to be, anyways..."
<Terezi> 1 H4D 4 FR13ND WHO R34LLY L1K3D TH4T STUFF.
<Terezi> 1 TH1NK H3'S D34D NOW; 1T G3TS 4 L1TTL3 H4RD TO K33P TR4CK OF TH1S STUFF SOM3T1M3S!
<Terezi> BUT TH4T'S NOT 1MPORT4NT R1GHT NOW!
Maxine blinks... ... She didn't kill him... right? Probably didn't. "Er... neat?" A tiny sweat drop rolls down her cheek..
<Terezi> R1GHT!
<Terezi> D3T3NT1ON TOMORROW.
<Terezi> 1 W1LL PR3P4R3.
<Terezi> YOU, 1T W1LL PROB4BLY B3 MOR3 FUN 1F YOU DON'T.
<Terezi> H3H3H3
<Maxine> "Er... I gotcha."
<Terezi> R1GHT!
<Terezi> S33 YOU, L1TTL3 L1QUOR1C3!
<Maxine> "Right!"
<Maxine> "Er, see you too... Cool lady?"\\=]

Maxine sighed, and landed back on her desk. At least... at least she had some help, now.. ... If the help didn't turn out to be worse than the bullying itself, that is.

At least she got through with the socializing that Dig Dug wanted...

This was played out on IRC with our Hollyhock God.

edited 29th Mar '14 2:03:15 PM by neopie

I ship it.
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Behold my legal acumen!
#20: Mar 29th 2014 at 2:15:58 PM

Al, Nidia

To nobody's great surprise, the scritching noise is Richard Miller.

"Hm...both very suspicious..." He looks up. "Uh. Hi. I'm taking notes on, uh, Cousin and Davesprite." He turns back to his notes and begins scribbling again. You can read it easily, even with his poor handwriting:

"I think I have managed to allay their suspicions."

Meowkie, Lolo

The trail goes dead at Aki's locker, which has been left open. A spare uniform is hanging inside, and a picture of Bravoman with a heart scrawled around it adorns the inside of the door. About the only thing that appears unusual is a strange gadget that doesn't look like anything you've ever seen before.

"Excuse me, citizens!"

A mysterious figure races in and grabs the gadget out of Aki's locker! You don't recognise the person, but they have blonde hair and a strange purple outfit with a bared midriff and a face-concealing reflective purple visor.

"There is evil afoot! I must be off! ...Aki gave me permission to take this!"

With this insight, she sprints away. You probably won't be able to *catch* her, but you might be able to keep at least close enough to see where she's going...

Maxine

Taira glares at you from across the room, but appears to be keeping his anger in check for a change.

Cousin strolls up to you. "Uh...Maxine? How well do you know that new exchange student who just helped you out?"

edited 29th Mar '14 2:16:51 PM by CountDorku

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#21: Mar 29th 2014 at 2:25:45 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

"Cousin and Davesprite, eh? They sound like interesting people. Care to share what you've got on them with a couple of fellow note aficionados?" Check, Mr. Miller. Your move.

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#22: Mar 29th 2014 at 2:47:09 PM

Nidia (Facepalm)

Nidia was a bit too distracted back on her own writing to notice Richard Miller under her table, but once he revealed himself, she was... Fazed by him. "Tall, dark and handsome..." She sighed of infatuation.

"Care to share what you've got on them with a couple of fellow note aficionados?" The girl heard Al B. Tross speak, and realizing she wasn't quite sure where the conversation train was, decided to simply take notes of what was going on and comparing it with her Prophecy Book.

8/8 Will
5/5 MP

Inari2600 BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI! from Los Cherubes, Calibornia Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
#23: Mar 31st 2014 at 2:06:20 AM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

I'll take back 1 Will for finishing that Intention, thank you.

It happens all too quickly: mysterious purple figure zips in, takes mysterious item from locker, mysterious purple figure zips out.

So quickly, in fact, that even Meowkie's hardened hall monitor mind can barely process it! But, she straightens herself out: "W-Who... wait, who the heck was that?!" Frantically, her paws flip through pages of rulebooks. "Aw jeez, this all just seems real fishy! It just ain't like Aki to leave her locker open, plus I dunno if that person can be trusted! I mean, just look at all the possible offences here: the purple person might not be a student, so that's trespassin'; I gotta check if that item's somethin' unsafe for school; and that outfit! That's gotta violate the dress code! Wait, do we even have a dress code? Am I even wearin' any clothes? Urgh, I should probably just follow Principal Dig Dug's code: 'If it looks guilty, seems guilty, smells guilty, or is vaguely connected with the abstract concept of guiltiness, it's probably completely guilty!'"

She turns around, wasting no time. "Plus, if there really is evil afoot like she says, or somethin' fishy really is goin' on... I gotta make sure all the students are safe. Looks like it's gonna be a good old fashioned chase! C'mon, Junior Hall Monitor Lolo!" Her lips purse. "...Um. If you're okay with it." She cocks her head away from Lolo. "Y-Ya... ya don't gotta tolerate me anymore than ya hafta, yknow! I'd be... totally okay with it! Heh!"

8/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#24: Apr 1st 2014 at 2:52:17 PM

Lolo (Wince in sympathy / Aww)

Lolo hesitates at Meowkie's offer. "Well, I don't know..."

On the one hand, she doesn't want to go and do something like that. That mysterious person seems like a bother, really. On the other hand, she feels reluctant to let Meowkie go by herself. Anyway, that person moved fast enough that they probably wouldn't be able to catch her unless they put some real effort into it. It would probably make the day less boring, too...

"Eh, sure," Lolo finally says, smirking a bit. "We better hurry or we won't catch her, though."

7/8 Will
8/8 MP

Inari2600 BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI! from Los Cherubes, Calibornia Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
BIG INARI, J.A.K.Q. DENGEKITAI!
#25: Apr 1st 2014 at 3:22:29 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

I'll toss Lolo an Aww! XP.

Meowkie gives Lolo a curious look, as if processing her words. Then, her face breaks out into a smile. "Th... Thanks... I really mean it!" Quickly, she turns around, readying for the chase. "O-Okay! There's no way anyone's gonna get away when Hall Monitor Meowkie and Junior Hall Monitor Lolo are on the case! Let's go!"

Meowkie readies herself, takes a moment to breathe... and runs!

Something in Meowkie changes as she scurries across the halls of the the school. She's in her element now; the world fades away into only her, Lolo, and her quarry. She knows the halls better than anyone: automatically, she turns corners, runs through hidden passages, finds shortcuts, all as her mind calculates every corridor and every distance from her to the stranger. Though not without a few glances back at her partner.

EDIT: Okay, using 3 Miraculous Will + 1 Will + Superior Hunter 1 for the intention, "Chase that mysterious stranger!" 5. Also, can I take an XP Action for Shared Action?

7/8 Will
0/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

edited 1st Apr '14 9:17:22 PM by Inari2600


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