AUTUMN: Hey, Addison? Do we have 15 students yet? If we do, I have kind of a neat idea…
[ Have 15 Classmates | None | 2550xp ]
ADDISON: That’s fifteen students! Now there’s no way they can shut our school down!
AUTUMN: We should celebrate! Have you ever heard of a school overnight? We get all the students together and camp out at the school!
ADDISON: Sounds fun! Let’s do it!
NISHAN: Hey, Addison. Autumn just told me that you’re having an overnight campout at the school!
ADDISON: Wow, word does travel fast…
NISHAN: If we’re going to have a campout, we should really get farther away from the ambient lights of the school and maximize our star-gazing potential! I’ll bring my automated telescope!
ADDISON: Into astronomy, huh?
NISHAN: Just a side project. When I’m bored, I’ll search suspicious quadrants of the night sky for earthbound asteroids big enough to cause an extinction level event.
ADDISON: You think it’ll ever happen?
NISHAN: Statistically speaking, I would be shocked if it NEVER happened.
[ Add a plot of land | None | 1250c, 2550xp ]
NISHAN: This is phenomenal! If there’s anything speeding towards us to wipe out all life on earth, I’ll be the one to find it!
ADDISON: And then you’d be known as the guy who saved the world.
NISHAN: Save it? I just want some advance warning… do you know how much money I’ll make selling safe passage in my Mars-colonizing spaceship?!
JULIAN: Hey! I heard about the campout you and Autumn are organizing. I could, y’know, help out if you want.l My dad’s big on camping. He takes me out to the woods every summer for two weeks. No big deal, but I know a thing or two about the outdoors… hunting wild game… building a shelter out of sticks and mud… fighting off coyotes…
ADDISON: Okay, okay, you can help.
JULIAN: Awesome! So, what kind of tents are we working with? Are they rated for below zero temperatures, or do you think we need to bring in some insulation?
ADDISON: Um, I don’t think it’s going to get THAT cold… but we could have a bonfire to stay warm.
JULIAN: A bonfire? Now you’re talking! We’re going to need some supplies…
ADDISON: Don’t you just need some matches?
JULIAN: Don’t insult me. I could start a fire with a piece of string and a crumpled newspaper. But to have a bonfire like you’re talking about… we’re going to want a stone pit and something to sit on!
[ Have 1 Fire Pit | None | 2550xp ]
JULIAN: This bonfire is perfect! It should scare off any coyotes in the area…
ADDISON: You do realize we’re just sleeping on school grounds…
JULIAN: Always be prepared for the worst.
PAYTON: Nice! I see the bonfire’s raging, and the tents are up.
JULIAN: We’re all set.
PAYTON: Awesometastic! Because people are starting to arrive, and they’re bringing a lot of stuff! We’d better figure out a way to split up the space!
ADDISON: Let’s get some people from the different groups together and talk to them about what they want to do…
JULIAN: Addison! I need your help, now! You’re not gonna believe the text I just got!
Julian hands you his phone. It shows a photo of a shiny, gold trophy… and someone standing over it with a baseball bat!
ADDISON: Is that…
JULIAN: That’s our Homecoming trophy!
ADDISON: ‘Show up at Hearst Quarry before sundown… or say goodbye to your trophy.’
AUTUMN: Oh no! They must have broken in while we were setting up the overnight!
NISHAN: They really bothered to break in just to steal a hunk of polished, non-radioactive metal? Talk about misplaced priorities…
JULIAN: ‘Hunk of metal?’ You’ve got no idea what you’re talking about!
ADDISON: Calm down, Julian! Nishan had nothing to do with this!
JULIAN: Hfff… you’re right. You’re right. It’s Max… and I am taking him down!
PAYTON: Look, Julian, I know this trophy is important to you… but tearing out there alone, into some shady quarry… don’t you think this is exactly what Max wants?
JULIAN: You’re right. I shouldn’t go alone. Addison… you got my back?
PAYTON: That’s not what I meant. Maybe the best thing is to let it go and just focus on the overnight? People are starting to show up, and we need to entertain them…
JULIAN: Addison… what do you think?
[ A Level 3+ Gamer, A Level 4+ Jock except Julian and Addison, A Level 4+ Prep except Addison (Kennedy, Finley, Dale) | 1h | 2550xp ]
KENNEDY: Where can we set up our projector?
ADDISON: Right over there.
FINLEY: The jocks want to start a bonfire! Where can we do that?
ADDISON: Hmm… how about in that corner, away from anything flammable?
DALE: Where should I set up the snacks?
ADDISON: There’s a table over by the tents.
DALE: Wow, you’ve got an answer for everything…
ADDISON: Heh, thanks.
AUTUMN: Hey, Addison! Looks like everything’s all set up! The preps set up all the food…
ADDISON: Nice! S’mores, chips, salsa, and cookies… who brought those cupcakes? They look incredible.
AUTUMN: Hm, you know, I’m not sure who brought those. But we should save them for dessert!
Autumn leads you along.
AUTUMN: And over here, the gamers set up a projector and are busy taking down zombies with ninja stars!
KENNEDY: This. Is. Awesome. Nature is the best! There’s no way this screen could fit in my house!
AUTUMN: I think you’re kind of missing the point…
FINLEY: Hey, Autumn, watch this!
Finley tosses a burning branch from the fire up in the air and catches it!
ADDISON: They are LITERALLY playing with fire.
AUTUMN: Ha ha. And over here, a safe distance away from the fire, Nishan and Dale have set up some telescopes.
NISHAN: And that constellation to your right? That’s Taurus.
DALE: I see it! Fun fact… I’M a Taurus!
ADDISON: Looks like Nishan made a new friend… Well, I’d say your campout is going pretty well so far.
AUTUMN: It might have been my idea, but I couldn’t have done it without you!
PAYTON: Hey! Addison! There you are. I’m trying to get people gathered around the campfire for some good old spooooky stories. Want to come?
AUTUMN: I LOVE scary stories! I’m in!
[ Nishan, Payton, Autumn | 2h | 2500c, 2550xp ]
Julian sits by the fire with Autumn on one side and Payton on the other. Payton leans over, resting her head on Julian’s shoulder…
AUTUMN: …
PAYTON: I’ll tell the scary story first! Once upon a time, there was a girl getting ready for her Prom night. She tried on all of the dresses in every store… pink ones, blue ones, red ones, yellow ones--
NISHAN: Oh boy.
PAYTON: And she curled her hair and put on all her makeup and was all ready for her date to arrive. She went to sit by the door… and waited… and waited… and waited… The time came for the dance to start, and her date still wasn’t there! She waited another hour, then another, and finally she realized… He wasn’t coming!
NISHAN: What? That’s it?
PAYTON: Oh wait! There’s something about how the Prom was held in an old orphan insane asylum… but I forget how that part goes…
AUTUMN: So, who’s next? How about you, Addison? Think you can tell a better scary story?
ADDISON: I’ll give it my best shot… Okay, I’m ready to tell my ghost story. Once, there was a school just like this one… and one dark and cold night, they had a campout just like this one.
PAYTON: Ooo, spooky.
ADDISON: There was a group of people sitting around a campsite trying to get a fire going. Then a cloud passed over the moon, and it was pitch dark… When the sky cleared, and they could see again, all but three people were dead… torn to pieces by a mysterious assailant! The three left were… a preppy party girl… a nerdy mad scientist tech guy… and a sweet, artistic girl.
AUTUMN: I think I see where this is going.
PAYTON: I don’t…
Fifteen minutes later…
ADDISON: The last victim reached up. With their dying breath, they pulled off the killer’s mask, and saw the face of the… Prep!
PAYTON: No way! A prep would never go all psycho-murderer!
AUTUMN: Oh, really? What if someone at the mall swiped the last pair of fancy shoes out of your hands?
PAYTON: That’s not funny! Don’t even joke about shoes! Well, Addison, the night’s almost over!
ADDISON: Yeah, I hate to see it end, too.
PAYTON: It’s not just that. Overnights are supposed to end with heart-to-heart talks and late-night confessions! It just won’t be a success unless there’s a couple that REALLY clicks here.
ADDISON: I bet there’s a couple here that’s having a deep heart to heart right now.
[ Have 1 Couple that is at least Crushing | None | 2550xp ]
PAYTON: Aww, love… nothing quite like it, am I right?
ADDISON: Heh, yeah.
PAYTON: Well, I think we can just about officially call this campout a perfect success!
Everyone crowds around the jocks’ huge bonfire…
ADDISON: Thanks everyone for coming. This was a lot of fun!
PAYTON: This bonfire is A-MA-ZING!
NISHAN: Some would say unsafely huge… forest-fire-startingly huge… let’s see where this goes…
JULIAN: Yeah, I’m burning all of my homework.
AUTUMN: What?! That’s terrible!
JULIAN: Hey, it’s for a good cause… this fire is awesome, right?
AUTUMN: Well… I guess the bonfire IS kind of romantic…
JULIAN: Romantic?
AUTUMN: I mean, it’s artistic! It’s so, um… the lighting is just… I better take a picture! Smile, everyone! Say ‘Campout!’
ADDISON: Campout!
JULIAN: Hey! Addison! Remember that text I got from the blocked number?
ADDISON: The one warning you that Max was going to steal our plays? Yeah, I remember.
JULIAN: Well, I just got another text… and this one is about a box of cupcakes.
ADDISON: Huh?
JULIAN: According to this text, someone dropped off a box of cupcakes that were baked with something called ipecac… what is that, like, a special spice?
ADDISON: It’s a special spice, all right… one that makes you throw up!
PAYTON: That would explain why we didn’t see who brought the cupcakes…
ADDISON: Oh no! The cupcake box! It’s completely empty!
Looking around the campout, you can see cupcakes in students’ hands all around you, about to be eaten!
ADDISON: We’ve got to warn everyone!
PAYTON: We’ll need help! Quick, find a cheerleaders to borrow a megaphone!
[ Addison, A Level 3+ Cheerleader, A Level 5+ Jock (Emery, Finley) | 3h | 2700xp ]
ADDISON: Okay, people. We’ve got a cupcake emergency.
PAYTON: A cakemergency!
EMERY: I’m on it!
FINLEY: Let’s move!
EMERY: Attention everyone! Drop your cupcakes!
And over on the other side of the camp…
FINLEY: This is for your own good! Hand it over!
You look around. On one end of the camp, Autumn holds a cupcake. At the other, Nishan grabs another. You run towards… You turn towards Nishan and… You trip on a tree root and lurch forward, flopping on the ground with a yelp!
ADDISON: Ahhh!
NISHAN: Huh? Addison?
ADDISON: Don’t eat that cupcake!
NISHAN: Well, of course I won’t! It smells like ipecac!
ADDISON: Oh… so you figured it out on your own… that’s good. But that leaves… Autumn!
You spin around to see Autumn raise the cupcake to her lips… Just as Julian grabs her hand and stops her!
AUTUMN: Wha…?
JULIAN: Trust me. You don’t want to eat that cupcake.
PAYTON: Well, it looks like we got all of them!
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