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rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#76: May 7th 2014 at 7:40:22 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

"Cooking Club." Ingenious.

They'd have a perfectly innocent reason to keep bringing supplies in from outside. One can't cook very well with no ingredients, after all. And if some of Miller's smuggled goods happened to find their way in concealed in the flour and eggs, well, that was just the way the fresh-baked cookie crumbled. But there are yet more sinister possibilities. Poisoned sweets, too tempting to resist, left anonymously. Homemade explosives, made from just the right mix of condiments. Razor-edged dwarf bread. And the diabolical mastermind had the steely nerve to set up his blood-soaked operation on Club Day, most wholesome of occasions.

Al was going in there. He might not come out. If he didn't, he was trusting Agent Condor to use the evidence he'd gathered to see justice done. He strode up to sign up for Cooking Club, with the air of a man going to his own death or public speaking. He'd probably have to sign up in blood.

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

edited 7th May '14 7:53:36 PM by rikalous

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#77: May 13th 2014 at 10:54:33 AM

Nidia (Facepalm)

"Criminal Justice Club, heh?" Nidia thought to herself as she wandered towards the booth for the club of the same name. The girl gazed from side to side, and then fixed her attention at the student inside the booth. "Hello, I'm Nidia. I take it you're Terezi?" Her greeting (and only slightly ankward) tone became more serious for her next sentence. "I'd like your help. I have found out two students commiting seemingly... Unlawful actions, and I'd like help to discover the true owner of an item and return it for them."

7/8 Will
5/5 MP

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!
#78: May 16th 2014 at 3:20:19 PM

Meowkie

Lolo doesn't respond. In fact, she seems frozen, as does everyone around you.

"she won't answer yoU."

You spin around at the voice to see a short figure in a white hood.

"i am not sUre how long this device will last. yoU need to know a few - cUrse this thing!" She flickers a couple of times. "beware the iron crown!" She vanishes, and time seems to start moving again.

Al

Miller squints at you suspiciously before fishing out his notebook. "Let's see...hm...I may permit you to join, but only on probation and certainly not just to keep an eye on you."

Nidia

The grey-skinned girl sniffs.

"1 C4N D3T3CT...HMM...BY TH3 SM3LLS OF 1T, 1T 1S...[SN1FF] SCR4P 1RON W1TH POORLY DON3 COPP3R PL4T1NG, H4NDL3D BY YOU, SOM3 G1RL WHO SM3LLS OF ROS3 W4T3R, 4ND [SN1FF] Y3CCH! SOM3ON3 WHO SM3LLS L1K3 4SP4R4GUS. B3LOW TH4T, TH3R3'S...W41T. TWO SC3NTS: ON3 1S L1K3 FORG3T-M3-NOTS M1X3D W1TH SW34T 4ND MOTOR O1L, TH3 OTH3R 1S L1K3 ST33L, 1NC3NS3 4ND D3C4Y."

She thinks for a moment.

"1 DON'T TH1NK TH3R3'S 4NYON3 1N TH1S SCHOOL WHO SM3LLS L1K3 TH4T. 1 US3D TO KNOW SOM3ON3 W1TH 4 SC3NT L1K3 ON3 OF TH3M, BUT 1 H4V3N'T S33N H1M 1N Y34RS."

edited 16th May '14 3:21:01 PM by CountDorku

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#79: May 16th 2014 at 3:57:02 PM

Nidia (Facepalm)

She glanced over to both sides. "Would you be willing to help me track this mysterious person then? You seem as if you'd do a much better job than me."

7/8 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!
#80: May 17th 2014 at 7:04:18 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

...Huh? What... what in the world just happened? Everyone just froze in place and... something about an iron crown? Meowkie clutches her head. Too many things were happening lately... things were just getting too lively for a regular old hall monitor like her!

Okay, maybe... maybe it didn't mean anything! It was just, y'know, some weird occurance, like maybe she ate too much tuna before going to bed. Yeah. That was probably it. ...She keeps the words down in her head anyways.

She shakes her head, walking up to the Criminal Justice club booth. She asks, "Uh... hi! S-Sorry to bother you guys, but I'm interested in applying to Criminal Justice club! So uh... if it's not a lotta trouble, what's it all about?

5/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous 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
#81: May 17th 2014 at 11:31:46 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

Al nods, slowly, not breaking his gaze. "Yes. I will certainly not be joining just to keep an eye on you in turn." The coming battle of wits with a criminal mastermind would be like a chess game played with aggrieved hedgehogs as pieces. He was looking forward to it.

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

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!
#82: May 18th 2014 at 1:17:31 PM

Al

He meets your unflinching stare with one of his own, a little squintier but still a stare.

After thirty seconds or so, a voice from the crowd yells ":33 just kiss pawready!" and Miller breaks your gaze to start scribbling in his notebook again.

"First meeting will happen at the end of the club selection event, assuming it's not simply an exercise in getting us out in the open so satellites can see us more easily. Next!"

Meowkie, Nidia

Terezi grins from ear to ear. It's a little unnerving.

"W3LL, F1RST W3 4R3 GO1NG TO B3 TR4CK1NG DOWN TH3 TRU3 OWN3R OF TH1S M3D4LL1ON. 1F YOU'R3 UP FOR TH4T, L3T'S G3T ST4RT3D!"

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#83: May 20th 2014 at 3:02:48 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

Well, that was dealt with, but the day was young. Where students gather, a bustle of chaos ensues. He would save them all, if he could. For now, he needed information. And the best way to get information in a high school was by drinking the wine of the gossip grapevine.

Secret Agent 3 + Will 2 for Intention 5 "Unearth useful gossip."

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

edited 23rd May '14 12:15:31 AM by rikalous

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!
#84: May 20th 2014 at 8:25:00 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

"Uh... well, that's a little different I guess! But I'm sure, as long as we stay all careful and we don't get too wild or anythin', we'll be fine Hey, I betcha there'll barely be any fuss or trouble at all, in that case!" Meowkie signs up the for lub. "Okay! So... how're we gonna look for it?

I'm setting up for "trouble starts in a well staged way" on my Questhere, so hopefully she will get horribly dragged into disaster.

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

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#85: May 21st 2014 at 6:02:44 AM

Nidia (Facepalm)

She eyed the newcomer suspiciously. "Hello. I'm Nidia, you are?" The girl said, with her best pokerface, and given the fact she doesn't play poker you might say that's just her normal face.

7/8 Will
5/5 MP

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!
#86: May 22nd 2014 at 2:25:19 PM

Al

You gather the following pieces of information.

  • There's been unusual activity at Evil Namco High lately. Well, more unusual than usual. Unusually unusual, even.
  • A lot of people are talking about whether or not a mysterious superhero named "Amazona" is real or just a hoax. Most think she's just a publicity stunt for some movie.
  • There's a lot of buzz about the new students, including you.
  • A lot of experimental high-tech equipment has gone missing around the school lately. Tomari just didn't want to involve the Hall Monitors for reasons he wasn't entirely willing to discuss, involving phrases like "might have been technically illegal" and "but we didn't really need that smoke detector anyway".
  • Namco High seems to have a mysterious matchmaker who is less-than-impressive at her chosen profession. The notes she leaves, presented as being from the other participant(s), tend to contain too many cat-related puns to be mistaken for anyone else's work.
  • A couple of siblings never seem to attend school on the same day. It's almost as if they alternate. This has netted them one of the worst truancy records of all time.
  • Someone seems to have stolen Jane Crocker's prototype head-mounted smartphone, her so-called "Tiaratop". Nobody has investigated because Crocker insists it was stolen from something called a "Sylladex", and nobody you've asked has any idea what this actually means.
  • A few books have vanished from the library, mostly related to the mythology of Namco Land.

Meowkie, Nidia

Terezi takes a moment to sniff each of you. It's kind of creepy.

"W3LL. 1'M GO1NG TO C4LL YOU (Nidia) 'S4LMON' 4ND YOU (Meowkie) 'M4RSHM4LLOW'. SH4LL W3 G3T ST4RT3D?"

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#87: May 23rd 2014 at 12:27:42 AM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

Two thefts of advanced technology at the same time? It couldn't possibly be coincidence. And if some of that technology was "technically illegal," that was just one of the more nefarious kinds of evil. Not that Al was entirely sure there were less nefarious kinds of evil. He was an agent, not a philosopher.

In any case, Tomari's club was closer. He'd hit there, first.

6/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

edited 23rd May '14 12:28:08 AM by rikalous

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!
#88: May 24th 2014 at 7:56:32 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

"Hello. I'm Nidia, you are?"

Meowkie stops. Her eyes turn back slowly to the direction of the words, her head swiveling back to the girl. "O-Oh..." She says. Oh no! People! Talking to her! "Me? Oh, I'm... I'm..."

Meowkie stands in awkward silence. That was becoming a really common thing lately! Luckily, Terezi breaks the silence. "W3LL. 1'M GO1NG TO C4LL YOU 'S4LMON' 4ND YOU 'M4RSHM4LLOW'. SH4LL W3 G3T ST4RT3D?"

She turns back quickly. "Um. S-Sure, Boss!" She turns back to Nidia. "I-I'm Marshmallow! Er, I mean, Meowkie. Namco High's very own hall monitor here... N-Nice to meetcha?!" She isn't sure whether to say that confidently or not, and ends up saying a sort of mix of both. "I guess we're club partners now or somethin'... so, uh. Hi?"

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

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#89: May 29th 2014 at 4:19:38 PM

Nidia (Facepalm)

"Hall monitor, eh?" She eyed the little cat very closely, when she noticed her badge. "Fine then. We're searching for the true owner of this medallion." Followed by Nidia showing Marshmellow said medallion. "Have you ever seen it? I found it with two very suspicious students, Miss Hall Monitor."

7/8 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!
#90: May 29th 2014 at 10:24:30 PM

Meowkie (Offering You Comfort)

Meowkie scratches her head. "...Huh. I think that's gotta be somethin' like the second or third mysterious artifact this week! I think... pretty soon, we gotta start making a little lost and found for all the missin' mystical junk out there! Heh..." Fastening on her hall monitor badge tighter, she continues speaking. "Anyways. I can't really say I've seen that, sorry. But if there's suspicious people and mysteries around school, well, it's my duty as a hall monitor to make sure everyone's nice an' safe. So count me in if we're goin' anywhere with this. I got some secret hall monitor info so... I won't be completely useless if anythin' happens!"

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

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#91: May 30th 2014 at 9:36:14 AM

Nidia (Facepalm)

"Secret hall monitor info, heh? That could be handy." Nidia turned to the exchange student. "What do we do now?"

7/8 Will
5/5 MP

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!
#92: May 30th 2014 at 2:32:07 PM

Al

Tomari seems to be off in his own little world, with a notepad open that he is filling with sketches of robots. One or two of them have been crossed out, then redrawn, with the text "It's too dangerous! Okay, maybe."

When awoken from his daydream, he leaps into action, pressing a complicated-looking tool into your hands. "At last someone has come! I need you to use this to reverse the capacitance duct while I depolarise the neutrino pulse manipulator..."

[You catch a few recognisable words before they drown in a sea of terms that you think you last heard on a Star Trek rerun or something.]

Meowkie, Nidia

"W3LL, W3 C4N 31TH3R ST4RT R1GHT NOW, OR W3 COULD G3T 4 FR13ND OF M1N3 1N ON TH1S - SH3 PR1D3S H3RS3LF ON H3R GUMSHO3 T4L3NTS. F41L1NG TH4T, W3 COULD TRY TH3 ST4ND4RD F4CT-F1ND1NG T3CHN1QU3S - H1T TH3 STR33T, H1T TH3 BR1CKS, H1T SOM3 P3OPL3, S33 WH4T W3 C4N F1ND."

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#93: Jun 2nd 2014 at 6:52:28 AM

Nidia (Facepalm)

"If you think she can help, sure. Otherwise I think we should start questing as soon as possible."

7/8 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!
#94: Jun 2nd 2014 at 6:32:27 PM

Meowkie stands awkwardly. She's really not sure what to do! It's very hard to figure out what to do sometimes, Meowkie thinks, especially when they involve talking. And even more so if the people you're talking to are an alien lawyer and magical warrior! "Um. I'm fine with whatever ya guys decide!" She says, more to say something than anything.

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

edited 2nd Jun '14 7:06:40 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
#95: Jun 2nd 2014 at 6:48:55 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

Ah. Al recognized this game. "How gullible is the new guy." It held no fear for him. The round from when he'd first joined the agency had stopped giving him cold-sweat nightmares days ago.

"Want me to invert the Pym particles first?" he said with sarcasm you could cut with a knife, if it didn't get stuck there.

6/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

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!
#96: Jun 2nd 2014 at 7:06:43 PM

Al

Tomari looks at you oddly. "I think you read too many comic books. This is not made-up fiction science. This is ENGINEERING!"

There's a sound like thunder that, when the flimsy-looking fabric at the back of the tent flaps loose, turns out to be a large number of complicated-looking pieces of metal falling off a table that appears to have been knocked over.

"Very messy engineering, admittedly, but still engineering! Come on, help me clean this up. I needed to build a new receiver unit after some scoundrel purloined the last one. Also dumped cat hair all over the place! Truly, if I were not the only hope of Namco High, there are times I would abandon all of this and take up macrame instead!"

Meowkie, Nidia

Terezi thinks for a moment.

"J4N3'S PROB4BLY BUSY 4T TH3 MOM3NT 4NYW4Y."

She takes another deep sniff of the medallion, and even pokes it with her tongue for a second!

"ST33L 4ND 1NC3NS3...MOTOR O1L 4ND FLOW3RS...W3 SHOULD ST4RT 1N TH3 3NG1N33R1NG CLUB H4NGOUT! TH3Y'R3 BOUND TO H4V3 4 LOT OF ST33L 4ND O1L!"

[b34t]

"DO3S 31TH3R OF YOU KNOW WH3R3 TH3 3NG1N33R1NG CLUB H4NGS OUT?"

edited 2nd Jun '14 7:07:08 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!
#97: Jun 2nd 2014 at 7:18:43 PM

"Ah! Ah!" Goes Meowkie. "If ya just take Hall B down Classroom #235, you'll find it in no time! Or, er, actually! Hold on!" Quickly, Meowkie snatches up a pen and paper. Then, there's a furious mass scribbling of ink, a great commotion as she writes and rewrites sections of it within seconds, and then a last few swelling crescendos as she jots down the last of it.

"Here ya guys are!" Meowkie reveals an overly elegant, terrifyingly detailed map of the school, all lined with color coded streaks. "See, here's all the routes through the school that could lead back to Engineering Club, color coded in different inks and through a few floors." She blinks and grins. "Just warnin' ya, I mighta left a route or two out, sorry."

Using Hall Monitor 3 and her knowledge of the school + 1 Miraculous Will to form the Intention, "Create this horribly elaborate map that impresses and/or terrifies the others!" 4.

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

edited 3rd Jun '14 7:08:59 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
#98: Jun 2nd 2014 at 7:57:38 PM

Al B. Tross (Facepalm)

Ignoring the request for help, Al whipped out his notebook and jotted down the cat hair clue, along with some choice puns to try and squeeze in during a confrontation with the cat burglar. Are you feline the stern gaze of the Law? Bet you whisker you'd never left the straight and narrow. Oh-ho-ho.

But enough of that. There was more investigating to do. "This receiver unit you mentioned, how could be used in, say, nefarious criminal plots? Speaking strictly hypotheticaly, of course." He waited, breath bated and writing hand poised, for the answer.

6/8 Will
3/3 Miraculous Will
5/5 MP

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#99: Jun 3rd 2014 at 11:39:43 AM

Nidia (Facepalm)

Nidia takes the map in her hands. "Whoa, you really do know the school well. This will come in handy." She glances at it and at the corridor in front of them. "I guess we should start moving then. Down that corridor and to the right!" Nidia steps forwards become either Terezi or Marshmallow can react, and takes this moment to idly sweep the map into her notebook to guide her allies through the school.

7/8 Will
5/5 MP

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!
#100: Jun 3rd 2014 at 1:34:19 PM

Al

Tomari pauses, dropping a significant quantity of shaped metal in the process.

"Hmm. I suppose if you wished to build a giant robot and then rob banks with it, having the control unit would come in handy, but anyone with the experience to build a giant robot probably has the experience to build a control unit. Or you could use it to guide missiles. Or have a getaway car controlled remotely."

He reaches for his sketchbook, only to grab his wrist with his off-hand as if to prevent himself from taking it. "No, Tomari! You are supposed to be cleaning up this mess, not shaking the pillars of the world again!"

"I'm sure the engineering club could think up some other potential uses...wait, why would you be interested in what you could do with it unless you took it?"

He attempts to grab a wrench without looking at it, misses and ends up brandishing a slide rule threateningly instead.

Meowkie, Nidia

Terezi seems a little off-balance. "TH4T SM3LLS R34LLY D3T41L3D. 4LMOST UNN3RV1NGLY D3T41L3D."

She hangs a sign reading "GON3 F1SH1NG...FOR CLU3S!!! >:]" on the booth and hops over it, leaving what appears to be a plush toy dragon sitting on the table guarding it.

"NOW, PYR4LSPR1T3, K33P 4 G4ND3R BULB ON TH3 BOOTH UNT1L 1 G3T B4CK."

Coincidentally, the engineering club booth appears to be vacant. Of course, Hiromi getting bored with sitting still and just leaving is not unexpected.


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