#worbyquest

[remeradventure]

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And so, Shædo and Shiné finally leave. You stand, alone, in your classroom. All of your crises averted, and all of your short term goals more or less accomplished. The only thing left to do is paperwork, or go home, maybe call some friends, maybe paint some pictures, it all depends. What matters, though, is that your STEM score was preserved! And thus, concludes our story. Thank you all for playing Worby Quest!

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We sent the confirmation to Mr. and Mrs. Merry. There's a bunch of paperwork involved with adoptions and trades anyway so it's not like we could just hand the children over to their respective new parents in just one day. It'll take two seasons of negotiations, but we've done all of the necessary steps to make sure that goes through! Assuming a Rock Paper Scissors duel between neither of the legal guardians of either child is legally binding, Heather and Freemont will be in their respective new homes by the end of Summer.

Wait hold on. Mika is definitely Heather's step sister... and Mika called Shædo Mom... But Shædo and Shiné are sisters... hold on wait wha-- Whatever! You don't have time to get into THAT discussion.

What a perfect final note to close on. You're a huge fan of Shædo after all! Shiné less so as you're both white mages so it would look silly if you asked her for her autograph. You pull out your official Malt Sidney Autograph Book! "Before you go, could you give me your autog--I-I mean! Um..."

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Suddenly, Shædo takes your book from you and signs it. It all happens so fast! She hands you back the book, and then holds out her own autograph book! You sign it back. She gives you a playful nudge in the arm. It hurts like crazy but not enough that would imply she was trying to hurt you.

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You draft up a message to Shædo and send it while she argues with Shiné over exactly which child's parents she killed. You ask her if you should switch to a black outfit to better match your hat or not.

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She doesn't reply right away. Instead she turns and asks, "So are we done here? We kinda gotta get going. Mika was supposed to be watching Heather, but it looks like instead she's pretending to be the Sewer Goddess, so I gotta get back." Shiné nods in agreement. "Yes, and I need to get back to work right now." Is there anything more you need of them before they go?

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"I'll take a replica," you say. "It's obvious you want to keep your hat, and I am nothing if not magnanimous."

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Shædo seems pretty happy to keep her hat. "You're pretty alright for a Paz fan, Worby," she says, jocularly about your hair style. She pulls out a replica hat that she apparently already had purchased from inside of her glove. You take it, saying, "Well, you look pretty goofy without your hat," with a wink. You both put on your respective hats and share a moment of enjoying hats together. "It's getting late," Shiné says. "I need to head back to work. I'm only here because Shædo killed Tyler's parents." Shiné must have Freemont and Tyler confused.

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Mika's expression falters for a moment as she realizes that this bit doesn't actually work all that well if you actually dropped a gold item in the first place.

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"I lost an axe," you say. "Not a golden or silver kazoo." Mika's eyes light up. She emerges from beneath the desk dressed like an angel. "Ah! I have finally found a truly honest woman! In return, I will give you both the gold kazoo, and the silver kazoo, to keep!" Mika gives both kazoos to you, and in addition, she gives you a beautiful blue electric guitar. After that, she waves, says, "Goodbye!" in absolute delight, and vanishes. Shædo snaps her fingers at you, getting you back on track. "I have to go. Do you want my hat or do you want me to buy you a nicer one that isn't as sentimental to me?"

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As you consider your options, you hear a hissing sound trying to get your attention under your desk. 

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You look under your desk and see Mika! How did she get in here without anybody noticing?

"Did you drop this silver kazoo? Or did you drop this golden kazoo?" she asks.

"What are you doing here?" asks Shædo.

"Only WORBY can see me, MOM!" Mika hisses.

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(( Translator's Note: People born in southern moncrefe speak and write with a slightly different regional dialect. I find it odious and choose not to write out accented pronunciation phonetically, but Worby says co-oh-din-eight. The Moncrefe school board considers both spellings of "coordinate" correct. ))

Man. Things are getting tense! You think you'd better put a close to this parent teacher conference so you can get off of school grounds and get home!

Nonsense! You walk over and pull Shiné off of Shædo. "Alright, you two. That is quite enough!" you scold. "Shiné! I'm surprised at your flagrant display of violence!"

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"I-I! I have Soft Tou--" she starts to backsass.

"Not another word." You assert.

Shiné looks down and away, embarrassed to be scolded like a child.

Shædo, rolls her eyes, smiles, and rises to her feet. She looks like she's finally ready to cooperate. Shædo takes off her hat and twirls it around her finger. "Do you want this hat, or do you want a replica that has posable fake cat ears instead of holes? Because they sell ones that are meant to look like mine. They're about ฿800. I could buy you one."

BLAST! You forgot that Shædo's cat ears are real. That hat would look stupid on you unless you had cat ears. Your mind races! Do you take Shædo's hat for the principle of the matter, or do you go for the win-win and get a better hat?

Or maybe you should ask her to give you the ฿800 so you can purchase a cinnamon roll.

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Shiné is just wearing the standard Estelle Evangate White Mage Field Nurse uniform. You used to own a hat just like that back when you worked for them, but yours was better quality because it was made before [The Restructuring].

No, we can't do any of that. We're in a Blue State, and as long as we're on board grounds, we can't do anything lewd. Blue states have laws forbidding "immoral" behavior on government property. Government board property includes places like libraries, universities, churches, transportation centers, courthouses, public service buildings, and so on. You live in Moncrefe. It's far more civilized here than in hot states like Alhambra, Fallenhal, or some poloidal city like Parthen or Fiveside.

In this economy?!

1. On it. 2. The party is always watching government employees on government grounds to make sure they aren't doing anything illegal. Believe it or not, we haven't done anything illegal. 

You turn to them and say, "I'd like my hat now."

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The two sisters wrestle over the hat.

In the meantime while Shædo and Shiné fight over the hat, you send a message to the Merrys to let them know that you won the rock paper scissors match and the trade is ready to go through! You'll coordinate with them later to settle all of the paperwork to trade Heather Arika with Freemont Merry. Shædo and Shiné's fight becomes a little bit raucous.