Meowkie, Nidia
The cry, it turns out, came from Princess Francesca.
"Oh. It's you." She turns to Meowkie. "Hall monitor cat! A gemstone that has been in my family for twenty generations was stolen by some ne'er-do-well in a ridiculous hat!"
Al
"You've never read Macbeth, kid? Here
. Start with 'But wherefore could I not pronounce 'Amen'?'"
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
Al accepts the script with a muttered "Thanks," feeling a little affronted. It wasn't on the curriculum, okay? He didn't have the spare time to go around memorizing the complete works of the Bard as was apparently standard.
Well, at least he could knock them dead. Calling upon all his training in maintaining a persona - in this case, an ambitious but guilt-ridden Scottish lord - he intones, "But wherefore could not I pronounce 'Amen'? I had most need of blessing, and 'Amen' stuck in my throat."
4 Will + 3 Undercover Agent for Intention 7: Give a performance of MacBeth that would make the angels weep and the Light take heed.
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Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)
Meowkie skids to a halt. "Nyaa!" She nearly skids right on her face, but very narrowly gets back on her feet. "G-Gemstone? By a person in a ridiculous hat?" She says, already jotting the details "Okay... Well, I'm kinda thinking we should get a move on, but... it is a hall monitor's duty to handle these things! Um... Got any other descriptions, boss?"
claiming an XP for my basic quest.
8/8 Will
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Nidia (Facepalm)
Nidia pulls Meowkie back, then turns her around and whispers to her "That's the same girl who claimed ownership of the amulet whose owner we were searching for yesterday!" She glares at Princess Francesca over her shoulder. "Last time, she had someone smuggle the amulet to her under a disguise, at the same time defending it was a family heirloom. I don't know what's actually happening, but I worry it's something fishy."
8/8 Will
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Al
Leorina strikes a pose. "These deeds must not be thought after these ways, so, it will make us mad!"
She appears to be playing Lady Macbeth under the impression that her secret identity is the Wicked Witch of the West.
She moves closer and hisses under her breath, "What is it you want?"
Meowkie, Nidia
Princess Francesca doesn't appear to hear Nidia. "They were about so tall," (she indicates quite a short height), "but they had the most absurd top hat I have ever seen - it came up past my face and appeared to have been sat on at some point."
That narrows it down a lot. To one. There's only one student who'd willingly wear a hat like that. Nobody knows his real name, so everyone just calls him "Seedy".
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
"Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast," Al says.
In a considerably lower voice, he adds, "We need to talk about a ring."
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Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)
"Nidia... ya really think so?" She turns her head confused at the floor. "Y'know, I can't ignore the feelin' that it might be fishy... still, I think, everyone's gotta have a chance. It'd be rude if I just assumed she was bein' dishonest and went away from it. Right? Still..." Meowkie shakes her head. "Anyways, that student she's talkin' about is definitely Seedy. He's the only kind around these parts to wear somethin' like that. Problem is, we've still got a duty on our hands, and I can't abandon that, but I don't like lettin' these other things go on either!"
"So... maybe, maybe we gotta keep 'em together? Maybe— we should somehow bring Seedy to cookin' class." The hall monitor part of Meowkie's brain hums and whirs and grinds. "Any ideas, Nidia? I-I mean, if ya wanna, ya know."
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edited 1st Jul '15 12:15:07 AM by Inari2600
Nidia (Facepalm)
"I can't prove the amulet isn't hers, but I can't prove it's hers either. If anything, it's really strange needing someone else to smuggle the amulet for you." Nidia tightly held the Book of Prophecy, as if she could squeeze an answer out of it. "Principal Dig Dug allowed me to stay with the amulet until I discover its true owner, and he also gave us the mission to investigate these unusual events and their connection to Evil Namco High..."
"Hmm... Perhaps... It's all connected? This amulet very similar to the one I possess, my visions about steel and fire, the robot attack, and the thefts... Maybe, maybe..."
Then, Nidia remembers she was still talking to Meowkie. "Oh, uh... Sure. Let's do both things at once. That... could be a good idea."
I wonder if that counts XP toward Unprophetable.
8/8 Will
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Al
"What do you mean? No, really, what?"
Meowkie, Nidia
Yes, it counts.
"Seedy" and his gang - "Slick", "Pencil" and "Rocks" - generally hang out near the basketball courts. The other three are some hardcore delinquents, and nobody's quite sure what a nice if weird kid like "Seedy" is doing with them.
edited 1st Jul '15 6:19:35 PM by CountDorku
Al
"Who was it that thus cried? Why, worthy thane, You do unbend your noble strength, to think so brainsickly of things. Then give it to me. Go get some water, and wash this filthy witness from your hand. Why did you bring these daggers from the place? Where did you find it, anyway? They must lie there: go carry them; and smear the sleepy grooms with blood."
Meowkie, Nidia
Just kind of fast-tracking you.
When you get to Seedy's little gang, they've taken refuge in an empty, yet surprisingly roomy equipment storage unit - or at least you infer this from "Pencil" sitting out the front with a stormy expression. He's a huge kid, with the strange skin condition that all of his little gang has. His hat is not silly at all.
He says he's not opening the door. Not even for someone like Meowkie, and especially not if that someone works for the Man. He says you might want to consider going somewhere else. Anywhere else.
Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)
"Well..." She says. "Looks like we gotta think of somethin' different. After all, they sure ain't lettin' me in! Maybe..." Meowkie puzzles over a solution. Suddenly, a look of epiphany rises on her face: "Wait! Maybe I have an idea! But— ahh, no, that's ridiculous... But maybe..." Meowkie grasps her head. "Ack! Uh, Boss? Willin' to listen to what may be a completely crackpot idea?"
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"Well... O-Okay. So uh... Seedy's gang is real into basketball right? And we want Seedy to come over to cooking and take care of two stones at once, yeah? So..." Meowkie takes a deep breath. "Maybe, maybe we could challenge Seedy's gang to a game of basketball AT cooking class??" Meowkie instantly turns red in embarrassment. "No, no no, that's a dumb idea, no, why did I even think of that?"
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edited 5th Nov '15 3:14:26 PM by Inari2600
Al
"Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers (and the ring): the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures: (I...lost a ring of mine in room 305 yesterday, I was worried it was taken) 'tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal; for it must seem their guilt."
Meowkie, Nidia
Slick's head pops out of the cupboard. He's kind of a scary one, with a scar over one eye and a hat. He says they can hear you. He also says challenge accepted.
Nidia (Facepalm)
"Would it work like... normal basketball? Or would it have special rules since we're not playing at a basketball... arena, to begin with? What about-"
"Challenge accepted."
Nidia's face turned pale, in contrast with the blood red from before. "Wait! I don't think we even have a team!" She turns to Meowkie, trying to recompose her expression. "Or do we?"
8/8 Will
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Al B Tross (Facepalm)
"Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appals me? Don't think I missed that ellipsis. What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes. What aren't you telling me? Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? And it's not even that ring. No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas in incarnadine, making the green one red. This one's red, not green."
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edited 15th Jul '15 4:26:09 PM by rikalous
Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)
"Nyaaaaaaaaa! Why did I even say that??" Meowkie yells. "Okay, okay! Maybe we can work with this! After all, a hall monitor's gotta be able to roll with anythin'! Let's see, who do I know... King, I guess?? He's one nice guy, maybe he can help. And uh... Anti-Bravoman? Valkyrie? Urghhh."
8/8 Will
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I'm guessing this is gonna lead to me getting my "Trouble starts or escalates in a well staged way"
edited 17th Jul '15 3:49:46 PM by Inari2600
Nidia (Facepalm)
"Right... I don't think I know anyone who can play basketball, so let's follow your suggestion, and see if they can help us." While waiting for Meowkie to give her directions, a question pops up on Nidia's mind. "Have you, uh, ever played basketball before? Because I haven't..."
8/8 Will
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Al
"My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white. They're a set of two - one red, one green. I hear a knocking at the south entry: retire we to our chamber; a little water clears us of this deed: how easy is it, then! Your constancy hath left you unattended. Just give me my ring! Hark! more knocking. Get on your nightgown, lest occasion call us, and show us to be watchers. Be not lost so poorly in your thoughts."
Meowkie, Nidia
Slick says that isn't his problem, and withdraws.
edited 24th Jul '15 1:21:20 PM by CountDorku
Al B Tross (Facepalm)
"To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself. You weren't even looking for this one! Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst! And you didn't answer about that ellipsis."
And with that, Al spins on his heel and exits at what very well may be the correct side of the stage.
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Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)
"Well... I can't say I've ever really played basketball. Or um. Y'know, watched it. But... I betcha it'll be simple! Ya just have to get the ball into the goal thingy and score some touch downs, right? ....Right?"
"Um. Yeah. Simple."
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edited 24th Jul '15 11:34:41 PM by Inari2600
Nidia (Facepalm)
"I know as much about basketball as you do, Meowkie," Nidia said, with a frown. "Hmmm... Maybe the Ancient Book of Prophecy can help us!" It appears in her hands, from the-Dragon-Gods-know-where she was keeping it. She starts flipping page after page, her eyes reading each one with lightning fast speed, in search of something, anything. From wherever that book came, Nidia also produced her notebook, and her glare was now bouncing from one item to another. "I knew I should have started keeping tabs on other students... That would be handy right now..."
0 MP to use The Scrying Game to search for basketball playing students, and Omen Weather 2 + 2 Will against Obstacle 1 to slightly intensify the current weather condition.
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Al B Tross (Facepalm)
Al coughs delicately. "I'll need at least a look at the script for that."
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