1/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/21(Sat)10:01 No. 879793 ID: 15a025
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Tuesday Morning, 11 A.M.
Icy Pines Police Department, Front Desk.

Candy: "Thanks for holding on to that for me Officer Freeze"

I put my earring back on.

Officer Freeze: "Ready to hear your results?"

Candy: "Yeah!"

2/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/21(Sat)10:02 No. 879794 ID: 15a025
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Officer Nibbles moves the computer mouse around and brings up my test on the computer.

Officer Nibbles: "Way to go Candy, you barely passed it!"

Candy: "Nice! Wait, barely?"

Officer Nibbles: "If you would have got two more questions wrong you would have failed it!"

Officer Freeze gives me a nervous look.

Candy: "Hey come on now, I only two days to study! Anyway, does this mean you can give me a-"

3/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/21(Sat)10:03 No. 879795 ID: 15a025
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Officer Nibbles: "Yes, but also no. You need to go through a training course with one of us first!"

Candy: "So in other words another test I need to study for?"

Officer Freeze: "Oh no, it's a hands on course."

Officer Nibbles: "There's a problem with it though!"

Candy: "And what would that be?"

Officer Freeze: "Our uh...testing site is a little bit away from town."

Candy: "How far away from town?"

Officer Nibbles: "A two hours drive to get there far!"

Officer Freeze: "If you really want, we can head out today. Otherwise you'll have to schedule another time to go."

Officer Nibbles: "If you're busy or don't feel like it today, I could put you to work and have you do some investigating!"

DO IT

>>879794
>Barley passed the test.
Yeah, that’s what I expected would happen when you were only given 2 days to study. But still, you passed, so congratulations!

>>879795
>Need to take a training course before you can get a permit.
That’s to be expected. They’ve gotta make sure you can properly use enchantments without hurting yourself or others before they can give you a permit and an enchantment.

>Testing site is 2 hours drive out of town.
Is there a reason it’s that far away?

>Head to testing site now or schedule it for some other time?
I think you might as well go to the testing site now instead of waiting until later!

1/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)09:35 No. 879980 ID: 15a025
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>Is there a reason it’s that far away?
Candy: "Is there a reason it's so far away?"

Officer Freeze: "To keep it somewhat hidden from the public, and to make sure nothing strays off and burns everything down. "

Candy: "Seems a little over the top, but understandable."

>I think you might as well go to the testing site now instead of waiting until later!
>DO IT!
Candy: "Alright, I guess I better go today then."

Officer Nibbles: "Officer Freeze, get going on those calls. Let the officers know what's going on! After that, grab some gear. Candy, stuff me in your sweater and head to the garage!"

Candy: "Why?"

Officer Nibbles: "Because I don't really feel like walking all the way over there with these tiny little legs! Plus it looks cozy...

2/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)09:35 No. 879981 ID: 15a025
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After waiting in the car for a little bit, Officer Freeze shows up and we hit the road in the cop car. It feels really weird riding shot gun in one of these. The few times I've rode in one, it's always been in the back seat. It's a pretty long and boring ride other than that. I have to sit quietly while both of them send out and listen for messages on the radio.

3/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)09:36 No. 879982 ID: 15a025
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Officer Freeze passes up a small cabin and heads through a path into a clearing in the woods where she drops us off.

Candy: "So, your testing place is just a lake way out in the woods?"

Officer Freeze: "It's a very peaceful and calm area. It's proven to be our most successful area for testing and training. More importantly, there's lots out here to run more extreme and involved training exercises."

Candy: "Like?"

Officer Freeze: "We've used the lake to help train others to survive under water using water enchantments."

Officer Nibbles: "Speaking of. Officer Breeze, break out the case!"

4/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)09:37 No. 879983 ID: 15a025
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Officer Breeze heads back to the car and comes back with a metal suit case and some kind of ring or collar?

Officer Nibbles: "Alright Candy you've got a couple choices. Since your earring doesn't really have any enchantments we can use to test you, we brought one of each element out of storage to lend you."

Candy: "Cool, but that kind of means I'd have to take off my earring to use one then."

Officer Nibbles: "That's where the collar comes in. We call an enchantment limiter. It's a very expensive experimental device we've been testing."

Candy: "Okay, so what's it do?"

Officer Nibbles: "It basically lets you use two enchantment stones of the same element without them breaking each other."

Candy: "Where's the limiter part fit into this?"

Officer Nibbles: "It weakens both the enchantments so they can't fight for control over all your energy and shatter each other. Which also doubles as a cautionary thing for training. You won't have to worry about burning down the forest with it on."

Candy: "Do I have to wear it?"

Officer Nibbles: "No, but then you'd have to take off your earring."

Candy: "What kind of enchantments did you bring?"

Officer Freeze: "We've got one that shoots fire balls, one that fires beams of light, one that coats the ground with slippery ice, and one that can make small pits in the ground."

Officer Nibbles: "You can pick whatever you'd like. Make sure you're going to stick with what you pick though. Learning how to use these isn't easy and takes a lot of time."

>Candy, stuff me in your sweater
Pfffffffff

>limiter versus taking off earring
I don't suppose we could just turn ourselves off every time you go to fire off an offensive spell?

Oh. Hmmm. What element were we again? The blindar worked off soul-sight, the advice or talking is probably the same element, but Rainy picked up an earth spike spell. I forget if that was enchanted through us or if she learned that naturally.

>"We've got one that shoots fire balls, one that fires beams of light, one that coats the ground with slippery ice, and one that can make small pits in the ground."
Hmm. I feel like ice has limited utility in the middle of winter, although as a plus, it's easy to cover up / use covertly / has deniability ("that ice patch was there the whole time I swear!").

Earth pits have some utility, but we already went that route with Rainy.

Light is pretty much the go-to anti chimera element, but so far all we have are suspicions, not an actual sighting.

I really think you wanna go with fireballs. Fire's a lot of fun as an element, and there are bonus applications in the current environment (keep people warm, melt snow or ice that's in the way, shoot upwards for signal flares).

>>879983
Jeez, if you have to take us off every time you need to cast a spell, then everyone that knows how enchantments work will know that we’re a magic earring, which pretty much includes everyone that lives in Sugar’s mansion.

This would be an easier decision if we knew what element we were. I mean, Rainy had pretty much the same enchantment for us voices on her necklace, which she called her “spooky guide spirits”, and she picked up earth magic easily. But I’m not sure if that means us voices are an earth enchantment or if that means that we can easily be paired with any 1 element without any draw backs.

>What element?
I’d say pick fire. If anything, you could at least be able to warm yourself up a little.

>>879995
Oh yeah! Ask them if they have the key for the collar so it can be taken off. Because it would really suck if it accidentally got stuck on you and you’d be unable to take it off!

1/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)12:39 No. 880000 ID: 15a025
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>Jeez, if you have to take us off every time you need to cast a spell, then everyone that knows how enchantments work will know that we’re a magic earring, which pretty much includes everyone that lives in Sugar’s mansion.
This is might be more of short term problem though. If I can find a jeweler somewhere in town and another enchantment stone, I can have them fuse you with it and gain it's enchantment. Problem is most stones can only be enchanted with four or five things, and I don't know what else your enchanted with?

>What element were we again?
>This would be an easier decision if we knew what element we were
Oh, you're in a fire enchantment stone. Sorry if I forgot to mention that earlier.

>[what element are the voices?]
I should just ask Officer Nibbles this actually.

Candy: "Quick question Officer Nibbles. My earring is a fire enchantment stone, so does that mean all the enchantments I have in it are considered fire based enchantments?"

Officer Nibbles: "Normally yes. However, all the enchantments your earring has are actually neutral. You could find them on any type of stone."

>Ask them if they have the key for the collar so it can be taken off.
Candy: "Another question, you've got the key to that collar right?"

Officer Freeze: "It doesn't need one. It's got a neat little buckle system on the back."

2/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)12:39 No. 880001 ID: 15a025
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>I really think you wanna go with fireballs. Fire's a lot of fun as an element, and there are bonus applications in the current environment (keep people warm, melt snow or ice that's in the way, shoot upwards for signal flares).
>I’d say pick fire. If anything, you could at least be able to warm yourself up a little.
Candy: "Alright give me the collar, I'll go with fire."

Officer Freeze helps me put the collar on and sticks the enchantment stone in the slot. It's a lot more heavy than it looks!

Candy: "What is this made out of, lead or something?"

Officer Freeze: "Sorry! I should have mentioned it'll feel weird for a couple minutes while the enchantments balance out."

Candy: "No kidding!"

3/3 (animated, forgot pic) Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)12:41 No. 880003 ID: 15a025
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After waiting for this thing to get its act together, it lightens up a little. That or I'm just getting used to hauling this thing on my neck.

Officer Nibbles: "Alright we're going to take this a little slow at first. Let's see if you can just cast the fire ball on your own."

I take quick step forward and jut out my hoof and-

Wow, a whole tiny little spark of fire. Some fireball alright.

>Problem is most stones can only be enchanted with four or five things, and I don't know what else your enchanted with?
Oooh, secret powers waiting to be unlocked, maybe. Can anyone appraise what enchantments might be hidden, or are we stuck with trial and error?

>collar
Huh that's pretty noticeable. Maybe you need a turtleneck sweater.

>Wow, a whole tiny little spark of fire. Some fireball alright.
Hey you just made fire out of nothing, that's not nothing!

You can do it, Candy!

>>880000
>Oh, you're in a fire enchantment stone. Sorry if I forgot to mention that earlier.
>all the enchantments your earring has are actually neutral.
I wonder how many enchantments are already on us? If we have room for one more, you could get a fireball enchantment for us. Then you wouldn’t have to take us off if you need to cast a spell!

>>880003
>Wow, a whole tiny little spark of fire. Some fireball alright.
Hey, look on the bright side, at least you did something instead of not doing anything at all! And you didn’t set yourself or the officers on fire! So I’d say that’s a pretty good start!

Don’t be afraid to ask for some tips on what to do and how to improve. Remember, this is your first time, so don’t let that tiny little spark discourage you!

1/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)17:37 No. 880076 ID: 15a025
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>Huh that's pretty noticeable. Maybe you need a turtleneck sweater.
It's pretty ugly too. I'll have to find a better sweater or scarf to cover it up with if I have to wear this long term.

>I wonder how many enchantments are already on us? If we have room for one more, you could get a fireball enchantment for us.
>Can anyone appraise what enchantments might be hidden, or are we stuck with trial and error?
Candy: "Sorry, more questions Officer Nibbles. Other than these earring ghosts here, what enchantments does my earring have?"

Officer Nibbles: "I...you don't even know what your earring is enchanted with Candy!"

Candy: "No...?"

Officer Nibbles: "I ought to dock you points for that. Didn't you read in those books it's dangerous to walk around and use unknown enchanted items?"

Candy: "I must of missed that part."

She lets out a sigh.

Officer Nibbles: "You've got two other enchantments, one that can give you a telepathic radar in you lose your sight, and some soul scanner? I'm not too familiar with this one actually. You've also got open space for two more enchantments as well."

>you just made fire out of nothing, that's not nothing!
>Hey, look on the bright side, at least you did something instead of not doing anything at all! And you didn’t set yourself or the officers on fire! So I’d say that’s a pretty good start!
Yeah, I just feel kind of stupid diving into this head first like that.
>Don’t be afraid to ask for some tips on what to do and how to improve. Remember, this is your first time, so don’t let that tiny little spark discourage you!
Candy: "Got any tips for this Officer Nibbles?"

Officer Nibbles: "Yeah, don't do that again. It doesn't work like that."

Candy: "Wow that sure is real helpful."

Officer Nibbles: "Alright I'll give you a little push here. Try actually focusing a little and charging up the fire some. Don't even think of launching or throwing it anywhere yet. Just focus on charging it up and making a half-way decent fireball."

2/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)17:38 No. 880077 ID: 15a025
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I take a deep breath and close my eyes. I stick out my arms and imagine I'm holding a ball of fire.

3/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/22(Sun)17:38 No. 880078 ID: 15a025
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I open my eyes to technical success. It's not just a spark of fire, it's a small collection of sparks balled up towards each other now.

Okay now think of it being hotter, denser. Like a miniature sun.

>>880076
>”I...you don't even know what your earring is enchanted with Candy!"
Tell her that you got your earring from a nurse when you had an accident in your AP Chemistry class that caused you to go blind for a day. The nurse never really explained what was on the earring and just said it would help you until your sight came back.

>”You've got two other enchantments, one that can give you a telepathic radar if you lose your sight, and some soul scanner? I'm not too familiar with this one actually. You've also got open space for two more enchantments as well."
Oh, that’s why those other enchantments aren’t working, they only activate if you lose your sight!

In fact, if you include us, all 3 of those are the exact same enchantments that Rainy has on her necklace!

Which is kinda weird that Nibbles would say she’s not familiar with the soul scanner, since she’s met Rainy.

>>880078
That’s actually an improvement! Good job!

Just keep focusing on it like that and you’ll get a fireball!

>You've got two other enchantments, one that can give you a telepathic radar in you lose your sight, and some soul scanner?
Oh, so it's the same as before. When we were with Rainy we kinda lumped those two functions together.

Too bad closing your eyes doesn't seem to let the blindar work for you. Hopefully there's a trick to using it besides going blind fo' reals.

>It's not just a spark of fire, it's a small collection of sparks balled up towards each other now.
Well, see if you can combine or focus them into one? Or fill in the blank spots?

That you can make a bunch of discrete sparks is encouraging for keeping a thing (or person) warm applications. Spread them fine enough and you're more creating heat than fire.

1/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/23(Mon)10:01 No. 880201 ID: 15a025
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>Oh, that’s why those other enchantments aren’t working, they only activate if you lose your sight!
>Hopefully there's a trick to using it besides going blind fo' reals.
Well, at least I'm prepared in case I ever lose my sight. Hopefully I won't need to use those.

>if you include us, all 3 of those are the exact same enchantments that Rainy has on her necklace!
>Which is kinda weird that Nibbles would say she’s not familiar with the soul scanner, since she’s met Rainy.
Candy: "Hey wait a second, how are you not familiar with one those enchantments? You've met and worked with my friend who had the same one before!"

As soon as I say that my little ball of sparks disappears.

Officer Nibbles: "Candy, don't shift focus like this while you're casting. Especially something dangerous like a fireball. That could of blown up in your face!"

Whops.

Officer Nibbles: "Anyway, to answer your question. Your radar and soul search are different."
Candy: "How are they different?"

Officer Nibbles: "I guess the easiest way to explain it is they're like an off-brand or knock off? It's recognizable enough that I can tell what it is, but I'm not familiar with this version of the enchantment."

Candy: "Well that's not alarming or worrying at all."

Officer Nibbles: "See? This is why we don't use unknown enchanted items! Where did you even get this anyway?"

>Tell her that you got your earring from a nurse when you had an accident in your AP Chemistry class that caused you to go blind for a day.
Candy: "A few years ago in college. Messed up a chemistry project and went blind for a bit. One of the nurses gave it to me to help me out till I got my sight back."

Officer Nibbles: "They were just handing out en- never mind. Now you're distracting me too. Come on, let's get some magic going!"

2/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/23(Mon)10:02 No. 880202 ID: 15a025
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>think of it being hotter, denser. Like a miniature sun.
>Just keep focusing on it like that and you’ll get a fireball!
Let's try this again then. Still holding my arms out, I close my eyes and just try to picture I'm holding a little sun. I try to imagine I'm nice and warm, not freezing cold by some lake out in- nope. Focus. Nice and warm. I'm holding the sun. I can feel it's warmth.

3/3 animated Buckwheat 2018/04/23(Mon)10:02 No. 880203 ID: 15a025
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I open my eyes and see I'm doing a little better. I can't really feel any heat coming from it, but it's more than just a spark at least.

Hmm, maybe instead of a miniature sun, imagine you're holding the sun itself. An OVERWHELMING heat.

BIGGER

1/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/23(Mon)13:56 No. 880225 ID: 15a025
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>Hmm, maybe instead of a miniature sun, imagine you're holding the sun itself. An OVERWHELMING heat.
>BIGGER

Still focusing, I close my eyes and start thinking about the sun again. It's not some small speck of fire like this. It's a giant ball of fire that should be keeping me warm. So warm I ought to be sweating from it, even in this weather!

2/4 (animated) Buckwheat 2018/04/23(Mon)13:57 No. 880226 ID: 15a025
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Candy: "Hey now we're getting-"

3/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/23(Mon)13:57 No. 880227 ID: 15a025
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It drops down and burns up the ground a little.

Officer Nibbles: "Way to go, you dropped it."

Candy: "You're a tough one to please."

Officer Nibbles: "I know it's all exciting making a big ball of fire for the first time but you need to keep your thoughts on the ball until you toss it somewhere like the lake or carefully extinguish it. Speaking of tossing, let's see you try that next."

4/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/23(Mon)13:57 No. 880228 ID: 15a025
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I try to power up another fireball, but I'm getting nothing but cold air now!

>>880228
You’re not feeling tired or anything, right? If you start to feel weird, make sure you let the officers know.

Maybe instead of trying to brute force it with thoughts of the sun, try just thinking of things that make you feel all warm and happy on the inside.

Try thinking about that day when you, Rainy, and Jill arrived at Rainy’s new home. You and Rainy went out into the backyard to start a little campfire and make s’mores. That was a pretty fun and happy moment, right?

Are you out of mana? Or do we have to help you cast it every time?

>"I guess the easiest way to explain it is they're like an off-brand or knock off? It's recognizable enough that I can tell what it is, but I'm not familiar with this version of the enchantment."
Well that's worrying.

I had assumed the earrings were somehow ancillary to Rainy's enchanted object, but they're actually separate enchantments. I suppose the good thing there is that means the earring isn't us, we just connect to it. So we can theoretically make contact again if the earring is ever lost or destroyed.

>I try to power up another fireball, but I'm getting nothing but cold air now!
Did you run out of juice already? That's going to make practice challenging.

Hmmm. It is fire. Maybe you're not concentrating on the right things. Maybe it needs... racy thoughts?

Maybe it has to do with your emotional state, like those mages that were with Rainy back when you were helping her fight the chimeras. Buddy was a light mage and seemed mostly happy and positive, Oscar was a water mage and seemed to be the most calm, and Don was an angry ball of passion who used fire based counter magic. Perhaps if you focus on the fireball, but try to channel feelings of anger or passion, it will help?
Try envisioning someone you care about being attacked, and you have no other option but to burn away your enemies. You have no time to think, you have to just do it or someone you love dearly will die, and you can't let your friends down. You want to see them smile again and take away all the pain that is weighing them down and burn it to ashes. You know you have the strength to do what's necessary, so just ball up all that desire to be there for them and let it burst forth in a torrential blaze of vehement destruction, and chuck it forward like a projection of the feelings you want the world to understand, preferably in the direction of the lake.

1/2 Buckwheat 2018/04/23(Mon)18:44 No. 880335 ID: 15a025
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>You’re not feeling tired or anything, right? If you start to feel weird, make sure you let the officers know.
No, I'm feeling alright.

>Did you run out of juice already? That's going to make practice challenging.
Candy: "What gives, is this thing already out of power or something?"

Officer Nibbles: "Oh right, forgot to mention that enchantment has few second cool-down after every few castings. Your enchantment stone should light back up again when it's re-charged itself."

Guess I'm going to have to make each one of these fireballs count then. Which means I'm going to need a better strategy for focus and control.

2/2 (animate) Buckwheat 2018/04/23(Mon)18:45 No. 880336 ID: 15a025
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>Maybe instead of trying to brute force it with thoughts of the sun, try just thinking of things that make you feel all warm and happy on the inside.
I face myself towards the lake and get in a better position to throw the fireball for when I do get it out. I try to think of some easier warm feelings than just the sun. I think about the campfires I've had with my best friend, eating some s'mores, and having a good time. I try to stay calm and keep my thoughts focused when I see the fire ball this time. At the same time, I wanna see this thing fly!

>Try envisioning someone you care about being attacked, and you have no other option but to burn away your enemies. You have no time to think, you have to just do it or someone you love dearly will die, and you can't let your friends down.

I quickly go for a wind up and whip this fireball at whoever had the guts to try and hurt my friends!

After chucking it and hearing the steam sizzle as it hits the lake I feel a little better about all this.

Success! Okay now you gotta practice that some more I guess.

>>880336
Do a jump for victory!

Then ask the experts how well you did, and see if they have any further pointers.

>>880336
Alright! Way to go!

Buckwheat 2018/04/25(Wed)17:50 No. 880719 ID: 15a025
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>Success!
>Alright! Way to go!
Woo!

>Okay now you gotta practice that some more I guess.
>Then ask the experts how well you did, and see if they have any further pointers.
Candy: "Alright, how'd I do that time?"

Officer Nibbles: "It looks like you're getting the hang of it now. Distance could use some work, but you're doing alright."

Candy: "Got any pointers?"

Officer Nibbles: "Once you feel you've got the hang of casting it consistently, try doing it without closing your eyes. Other than that, I think you're ready to move on."

Candy: "Move onto what?"

Officer Nibbles: "Utility. There's a lot of things you can do with a ball of fire, which goes in part with why they're banned. I could give you something specific to try, but I'd like to see how creative you get with it."

Obvious uses: tone down the heat and just use it for warmth, try to amp up the light to use it as a lantern, just use it to light a campfire...

Hm. Well if you have really fine control over it you could turn it into a flamethrower or a blowtorch.

>>880719
Ask Nibbles if she wants you to list off ideas or if she wants you to demonstrate?

Because if she wants you to demonstrate, then you could gather some sticks, put them in a pile, and then light them to make a campfire.

>>880719
More cool idea, use the sparks of the flame to make a ring around yourself then lower it o the ground and melt the ice around you without burning the grass, slowly expand the ring of heat keeping it at a sustainably safe temperature for contact.
Essentially warm up the area enough that it melts the ice and warms the others around you in a showy way.

>>880768
You really expect a beginner like Candy to be able to do something that complicated and not mess up by accident?

Could we please try to stick to simple things for now?

>>880719
>Officer Nibbles: "Utility. There's a lot of things you can do with a ball of fire, which goes in part with why they're banned. I could give you something specific to try, but I'd like to see how creative you get with it."
Oh cool, I wasn't sure how flexible we could be with a premade enchantment.

Possible applications:
-go for heat, not flame, to keep yourself (or someone / something else) warm
-focus on light over heat, make a light source
-focus on a burst of light (fast, and as strong as you can make it), make a flashbang
-focus on a bright light and stability or staying distance, now you have a single flare to shoot straight up
-focus on precision and finesse, make shapes in flame, now you have a 3D holographic display.
-focus on sympathetic connections to sense heat or fire around you, now you have a magic heat-detection radar.
-stealthily half-form a fireball on some snow- melt, stop, let it freeze. Now you can create patches of slippery ice at need.

Make a candy cane out of fire and drop it in the snow to make a snow candy cane.

1/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/28(Sat)16:40 No. 881376 ID: 15a025
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Whoa! That's a lot of ideas. You ghosts are pretty creative. I should probably keep things simple for now, though there's a few ideas I'd like to try and work towards as I get better here though.

>stick to simple things for now?
>Obvious uses: tone down the heat and just use it for warmth, try to amp up the light to use it as a lantern, just use it to light a campfire.
Candy: "Got any sticks?"

Officer Freeze: "I can go forage for some. What are you using them for?"

Candy: "Start up a little camp fire."

Officer Nibbles: "That's pretty...no actually that might be a good challenge for you."

Candy: "A challenge?"

Officer Nibbles: "Yeah, if you're going to start a small camp fire with some sticks, you need to control the flame and heat enough so that it won't burn out or incinerate the sticks instantly."

Officer Freeze: "It might take bit to forage around for some sticks. While I'm gone you could practice controlling the flame more."

2/4 (Animated) Buckwheat 2018/04/28(Sat)16:41 No. 881377 ID: 15a025
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Officer Freeze heads off, and I do just that. Officer Nibbles has me try and just hold the flame and keeping it going for as long as the enchantment allows me. The longest I could hold it is for about ten seconds. At that point it smokes up and I lose my focus.

Officer Nibbles: "Okay I think you found a limit here. Let's stop making it blow up into smoke before it blows up into something worse!"

I let out a nasty cough and have to try and catch my breath for a second.

Candy: Agreed.

3/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/28(Sat)16:41 No. 881379 ID: 15a025
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After a few more attempts at making a fireball, Officer Freeze comes back with a big pile of sticks.

Officer Freeze: "I tried to bring back as many as I- hey. Does something smell like smoke?"

Candy: "Don't ask."

Officer: "As long as it's not a forest fire."

4/4 (Animated) Buckwheat 2018/04/28(Sat)16:42 No. 881380 ID: 15a025
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I grab some sticks, sit down, and try to get another flame going. When I light the sticks up and let go of the flame, it just disappears into some lighter smoke.

>>881380
Wait, can you extinguish fires with fire magic? Maybe that's what you're accidentally doing here.

>>881380
Usually it's easier to light some kindling than to light larger stuff. It doesn't help that this wood is probably wet, too, if it was gathered after snow's on the ground.

Maybe try holding it a little further away and letting the heat do most of the work?

>>881380
Woah!

Ok, now I see why Nibbles said this would be a challenge. Since you incinerated the sticks, that means that the problem is your flame control, your control of the heat, or both.

1/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/29(Sun)12:53 No. 881533 ID: 15a025
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>Wait, can you extinguish fires with fire magic? Maybe that's what you're accidentally doing here.
I stand back up and brush the snow off my legs.

Candy: "Is fire magic able to extinguish fires?"

Officer Nibbles: "It's a fireball, it's supposed to make fire."

2/4 (animated) Buckwheat 2018/04/29(Sun)12:54 No. 881534 ID: 15a025
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>Maybe try holding it a little further away and letting the heat do most of the work?
>It doesn't help that this wood is probably wet, too, if it was gathered after snow's on the ground.
>Since you incinerated the sticks, that means that the problem is your flame control, your control of the heat, or both.

I grab some more sticks and set up for another attempt. I try to wipe them off a little with my sleeves. The sticks aren't soaking wet from the snow, but I wouldn't call them dry either. Since I pretty much incinerated the last pile of sticks, I'm assuming I had the flame way too hot.

I take a breath and light up another fireball. I hold it up a little higher this time and try to warm up the sticks a bit. While I do this, I slowly lower the flame a bit to try light the sticks without much direct contact.

3/4 Buckwheat 2018/04/29(Sun)12:54 No. 881535 ID: 15a025
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Candy: "Haha, Nice! Now, where's the crackers and marshmallows?"

Officer Freeze: "Oh...if I would have known we were going to making camp fires I would have brought some."

Officer Nibbles: "Alright Candy, put out the fire and let's move on."

4/4 (animated) Buckwheat 2018/04/29(Sun)12:56 No. 881537 ID: 15a025
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I flick some snow on my poor fire and put it out.

Candy: "So, what's next?"

Officer Nibbles: "Show me some other things you think you can do with that fireball. Just try not to go too overboard."

Hmm... going back to some other ideas you had:
>focus on a burst of light (fast, and as strong as you can make it), make a flashbang
>focus on a bright light and stability or staying distance, now you have a single flare to shoot straight up
>stealthily half-form a fireball on some snow- melt, stop, let it freeze. Now you can create patches of slippery ice at need.
These sound like some ideas I might be able to try now that I'm getting the hang of things a bit.

>if you have really fine control over it you could turn it into a flamethrower or a blowtorch.
This sounds pretty cool but tough. I could try practicing this and really re-fine my control over the fireball, but it might take me a lot of time.

I'm open to other ideas as well.

>Officer Nibbles: "It's a fireball, it's supposed to make fire."
Well, in real life firefighting, that might be useful in making a firebreak (burning fuel up so by the time a forest fire reaches a location there's nothing for it to consume so it stops spreading) or in a smaller setting, putting out a fire by consuming oxygen (assuming magical fire needs oxygen).

>I try to wipe them off a little with my sleeves
Helps less than you think. The problem with wet wood is it absorbs water, like a sponge. Usually that's why we stack wood in neat, covered piles to slowly dry out after cutting it. And why dead wood burns better than just-living wood, there's less to dry out.

>>881537
Those ideas are fine to try, but if you're gonna try for a flashbang you probably want to warn the others so they can look away.

>>881537
I think you should try the flare idea.

1/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/30(Mon)17:39 No. 881817 ID: 15a025
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>Helps less than you think. The problem with wet wood is it absorbs water, like a sponge.
Ah great, I got my sleeve all wet for nothing now.

>Well, in real life firefighting, that might be useful in making a firebreak
Candy: "How useful would this fireball be in making a firebreak?"

Officer Nibbles: "You're not think of starting a forest fire to test this are you?"

Candy: "..."

Officer Nibbles: "Candy!"

Candy: "I'm just messing with you, well kind of. I didn't plan on testing this, but I am curious. Does the fireball even need oxygen?"

Officer Nibbles: "That's both a yes and no. The fireball itself doesn't need oxygen, but works off the magic used to summon it instead. It'll go out as soon as it burns all that magic up. The flames it spreads however, do require oxygen. I'll have to say, I'm a little surprised to see the you think in that direction."

>I think you should try the flare idea.
Candy: "Is the range on the fire ball good enough to use it like a signal flare?"

Officer Nibbles: "It can. I'm not sure what kind of range you'll get with a limiter on though?"

Candy: "Let's find out then!"

Officer Nibbles: "How about let's use some smart safety! Throwing a fireball up into the air isn't exactly the best idea. Sure would suck it didn't go high up and landed on your head wouldn't it?"

Candy: "I'm not dumb, I know to look up and book it if things go bad. I'll even stand by the lake in case I miss up and end lands somewhere."

Officer Nibbles: "Yeah, and the lake will be close by for you to jump in if you get hit by it too."

Candy: "With a nice mouse in my sweater pocket to keep me company."

>if you're gonna try for a flashbang you probably want to warn the others so they can look away.
Candy: "I could try making a flash bang out of the fireball inst-"

Officer Nibbles: "Alright signal flare it is! Fire away!"

Candy: "Any tips for getting some decent height with it?"

Officer Nibbles: "Use your imagination a bit. Pretend you're holding onto a flare gun and that you're pulling the trigger as you toss it up in the air."

Officer Freeze: "It also helps if you give your enchantment a name. They say it gives you a closer connection to the magic inside the stone."

Huh. I'll have to give this a thing a name sometime then.

2/3 (animated) Buckwheat 2018/04/30(Mon)17:39 No. 881818 ID: 15a025
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For now though, it's time to heat things up! I try to cast the fire ball with one arm in place, ready to toss it after the ball forms. After that I picture I'm holding the gun and pull the trigger as I toss it!

3/3 Buckwheat 2018/04/30(Mon)17:40 No. 881819 ID: 15a025
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Sploosh


Well, it went a little further across the lake that time.

To get even more height you could imagine a rocket.

>>881817
>”It also helps if you give your enchantment a name. They say it gives you a closer connection to the magic inside the stone."
>Huh. I'll have to give this a thing a name sometime then.
.....can you give us a name too? Rainy called the voices in her necklace her “Spooky Spirits”, so maybe you can give us a similar name or something like that?

Oh! I’ve also heard that if you repeatedly use a spell, it’ll eventually become a stronger version of that spell! Which is actually how Rainy’s ability to “see” got so good. She kept using her necklace and eventually she got to the point where she could “see” through illusions.

So if you keep using that fireball, it’ll eventually get stronger! Not anytime soon though, so it’ll take a while. But.....I wonder if we’ll get stronger from you using us?

>Huh. I'll have to give this a thing a name sometime then.
Name the fire spell, or name individual techniques?

>>881818
What kind of height did you get there? Easily 3 times you height before it goes out of frame, at least. Did it clear the trees?

>>881838
I think we can still be spooky ghosts for Candy.

1/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/01(Tue)18:43 No. 882039 ID: 15a025
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>Name the fire spell, or name individual techniques?
Candy: "Officer Freeze, when you said to name enchantment. Did you mean spell or each of the techniques?"
Officer Freeze: "The fireball itself."

>can you give us a name too?
>I think we can still be spooky ghosts for Candy

Is there something else you'd like me to call you? I'm fine with calling you all anything long as it isn't anything profane or inappropriate. Otherwise I'm fine with spooky ghosts if you like.

>I’ve also heard that if you repeatedly use a spell, it’ll eventually become a stronger version of that spell!
Candy: "I've heard a spell also gets stronger the more you use it, is that true?"

Officer Freeze: "It's another theory, just like the naming thing. It hasn't been tested properly."

Officer Nibbles: "You know what they say too, practice makes perfect."

>What kind of height did you get there? Easily 3 times you height before it goes out of frame, at least. Did it clear the trees?

I saw it go a little bit over the trees before it started to plummet down into the lake.

2/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/01(Tue)18:43 No. 882040 ID: 15a025
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>To get even more height you could imagine a rocket.

Alright. Let's try this again. I hold the ball of fire and picture it's a giant rocket.

Officer Nibbles: "Candy, what are you-"

3/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/01(Tue)18:44 No. 882041 ID: 15a025
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Candy: "Blast off!"

4/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/01(Tue)18:44 No. 882042 ID: 15a025
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I toss it into the sky. It goes a little higher than my one, but not by much. It does look pretty neat though.

5/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/01(Tue)18:45 No. 882043 ID: 15a025
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sploosh

And down into the drink it goes.

>>882042
Imagine it as a firework, the big explosion at the end will make up for the short distance and airtime.

>>882043
Hey, where’s Officer Nibbles? Did she fall out of your pocket when you jumped?

Also, how many more things do the cops want you to do?

>>882046
Maybe we should ask the officers first before we try something like making the fireball explode mid flight.

Ah, that's better. I think it went above the treeline that time.
Yeah a firework framework to make it explode at the top could be nice.

Name us Spooks.

>anything long as it isn't anything profane or inappropriate
No tricking you into saying something you don't know is inappropriate, okay.~

>Otherwise I'm fine with spooky ghosts if you like.
Sounds good. Makes us easier to discus if we have one name.

>"The fireball itself."
Well that's sorta tricky, the name is already pretty distinctive and descriptive.

>>882054
>Name us Spooks.
Pls don't.

>>882039
>Otherwise I'm fine with spooky ghosts if you like.
Yeah, I’m fine with that.

And now that you’ve named us, I can already feel us forming a closer connection with you! I wonder how and/or when we’ll power up for you?

Nothing profane? Guess "Some Dickheads" is off the table, then.

1/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/04(Fri)10:15 No. 882494 ID: 15a025
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>[Spooky Ghosts]sounds good. Makes us easier to discus if we have one name.
>Yeah, I’m fine with that.
Alright, spooky ghosts it is then.

>Hey, where’s Officer Nibbles? Did she fall out of your pocket when you jumped?
I'm checking it right now to make sure she's still-

Officer Nibbles: "Hey watch it in here, what are you trying to do squish me or something!"

Yup. She's still in there.

Candy: "Just making sure you didn't fall out."

>Ah, that's better. I think it went above the treeline that time.
>Imagine it as a firework, the big explosion at the end will make up for the short distance and airtime.
>Maybe we should ask the officers first before we try something like making the fireball explode mid flight.
Candy: "Alright Officer Nibbles. I've got some decent air on that fireball. How can I make it explode a bit and have it be a better flare?"

Officer Nibbles: "You're going to keep trying even if I say it's dangerous, aren't you?"
Candy: Yup!"

Officer Nibbles: "You need to do some long range casting then. You'll have to keep charging it up after you toss it. Remember how it was blowing up into a ball of smoke earlier?"

Candy: "Yeah."

Officer Nibbles: "That was from either lack of control or over charging it. If you give the fireball more energy than it can handle, it could become dangerously un-stable. Same thing if you lose focus."

Candy: "Isn't this limiter thing supposed to prevent that?"

Officer Nibbles: "It's still being worked on, but It's been doing a decent job today. When your fireball exploded into smoke earlier, that could have been fiery explosion instead if it wasn't for the limiter."

2/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/04(Fri)10:16 No. 882495 ID: 15a025
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Candy: "So I shouldn't try exploding the fireball like that?"

Officer Nibbles: "I can see how it'd be useful and I like the flare idea, but you're not always going to have the limiter to say your skin if you mess up?"

I think about it for a second.

Candy: "Now's the safest time for me to be practicing this then Officer Nibbles. I'm not trying to mess up on purpose, but if I do goof up it'll be fine for now."

Officer Nibbles: "I can't argue that point. Alright, start slowly charging up a fire ball."

3/6 (animated) Buckwheat 2018/05/04(Fri)10:17 No. 882496 ID: 15a025
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I charge it up a little slower than normal.

Candy: "Like this?"

Officer Nibbles: "Yes. Now, while it's still small, chuck it and picture yourself as the fire ball itself!"

4/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/04(Fri)10:17 No. 882497 ID: 15a025
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I toss it and imagine myself as the fireball and-

Candy: "A-"

5/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/04(Fri)10:18 No. 882498 ID: 15a025
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Officer Nibbles: "Steady! Keep focusing! Picture you and the fireball growing bigger until-!"

6/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/04(Fri)10:18 No. 882499 ID: 15a025
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Candy: "Ah!!!"

The fireball bursts into a cloud of red hot smoke.

>>882499
Red smoke, huh? That’s not what I thought would happen.

So, how many more things do the officers want you to do?

>The fireball bursts into a cloud of red hot smoke.
Is... that good? I'm not sure if that's better or worse for a flare. I guess the unusual looking smoke might linger longer than a single flash of fire?

1/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/05(Sat)22:10 No. 882783 ID: 15a025
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>Red smoke, huh? That’s not what I thought would happen.
Officer Nibbles made it sound like if I didn't have the limiter on that it would probably be an actual explosion instead of smoke.

>I'm not sure if that's better or worse for a flare. I guess the unusual looking smoke might linger longer than a single flash of fire?
It could draw more urgent attention to where ever it ends up going off. I'm sure if someone saw this in town they'd call the fire department?

>So, how many more things do the officers want you to do?
Candy: "So, how many more things do you two want me try here?"

Officer Nibbles: "After briefly hearing you mention making this into a flash bang, I think I'm fine for now."

Candy: "So does this mean-"

Officer Nibbles: "Yes you can have your license when we get back to the station. We've got other things to talk about when we get back as well."

Candy: "Like what?"

Officer Nibbles: "Your job."

2/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/05(Sat)22:10 No. 882784 ID: 15a025
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Officer Freeze takes the limiter off of me and packs everything up. We clean up a little bit before hopping back in the car and ride back to the station.

It still feels weird riding around in this thing.

3/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/05(Sat)22:11 No. 882785 ID: 15a025
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Icy Pines Police Department, Front Desk. 5:45 P.M.


Officer Freeze: "Alright Candy, say cheese!"

Candy: "Cheese!"

Click!

Officer Freeze: "It'll take me a bit to make your license and put you in the system, so why don't you and Nibbles go over some stuff in the back."

Candy: "Alright."

4/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/05(Sat)22:12 No. 882786 ID: 15a025
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Officer Nibbles yells directions and leads me back into that empty room.

Candy: "So, what kind of job stuff we talking about here?"

Officer Nibbles: "Some cases, investigations, and other stuff I feel you'd be perfect to help with."

Candy: "Okay, let me re-phrase that. What kind of cases and investigations?"

Officer Nibbles: "What sounds the most interesting? Bootleg movie sellers, a con artist, or a music ripper?"

Candy: "Can you be more specific here? Those all sound pretty vague."

Officer Nibbles: "I wish I could, but I can't really give you any more than that until you commit to one of them."

>>882786
Con artist. Gotta focus on the crimes that hurt the little guy.

>>882783
>Yes you can have your license when we get back to the station.
Yay!

>>882785
Aw, man, I blinked! Can we take the picture again? .....what? I’m allowed to make jokes!

But seriously, now that you’re getting your lisence, you can show it to Sugar. I can’t wait to see the look on her face, she’ll be so surprised! XD

Oh, yeah, she said you could pick out an enchantment from her big bag she had, but maaaaybe you shouldn’t take one of them after all? Since Officer Nibbles will question where you got it and all that.

>>882786
>”What sounds the most interesting? Bootleg movie sellers, a con artist, or a music ripper?"
Tell her, “I’m so glad one of those options wasn’t ‘Help solve a murder’! I’m not ready for that kind of police work!”

And then tell her that you’ll take the con artist because of this reason: >>882801 .

Buckwheat 2018/05/06(Sun)10:42 No. 882872 ID: 15a025
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>now that you’re getting your license, you can show it to Sugar. I can’t wait to see the look on her face, she’ll be so surprised!
Knowing how much of a sore loser she can be I'm looking forward to seeing how she takes the news.

>Oh, yeah, she said you could pick out an enchantment from her big bag she had, but maaaaybe you shouldn’t take one of them after all? Since Officer Nibbles will question where you got it and all that.
Yeah, I'm starting to think there's more reasons I shouldn't take one of them after all. Not knowing what any of them are is my biggest concern. Officer Nibbles asking questions on where it came from is like the icing on top.

>Tell her, “I’m so glad one of those options wasn’t ‘Help solve a murder’! I’m not ready for that kind of police work!”
Candy: "Well I'm glad one of the options wasn't about solving a murder. I doubt I'm ready to handle something like that."

Officer Nibbles: "Yeah don't worry, I'm not throwing anything dangerous your way. These are all less serious cases we don't exactly have the time or officers to look into. I mean, all crime is serious, but when you got a bunch of missing people reports, stabbings, and murders going on here you really don't have time to hunt down someone selling copied floppies and movies. So what case you do you want?"

> Con artist. Gotta focus on the crimes that hurt the little guy.
Candy: "I'll start by taking on the con artist."

Officer Nibbles: "Alright then. We don't a picture of the guy or his name, his file just referred to him as 'Con Artist Coon.'"

Candy: "Real original name there. Is that all I have to go off of, just an alias? Where does he usually hang out? What's he do?"

Officer Nibbles: "The reports we got came from the local bars and the mall. As for what he does, it'd probably be easier to ask what don't they do? From supposedly rigged gambling games to fast talking cashiers to giving him more change back to selling broken junk on the streets."

Candy: "So what do I to do with him here? Walk around with a little microphone and feed you info or something?"

Officer Nibbles: "Kind of. I need you to find him and then get evidence or catch him in the act of conning someone. Then try and stall him long enough for us to come and arrest him. Any other questions?"

>>882872
With a name like 'Con Artist Coon’, I’ve gotta ask if he’s really a raccoon? I mean, I know Nibbles said there isn’t a picture of him, but we can’t exactly accuse everyone that looks like a raccoon of being the con artist.

>The reports we got came from the local bars and the mall.
Hmm, maybe Marsh has run into this guy at her bar? Or maybe Vienna met him at that coffee place in the mall?

>Any other questions?
When she says “gather evidence” what does that mean exactly? Does she want you to take pictures of him doing something or what?

And how are you supposed to let the cops know that it’s time to come arrest him? You don’t have a cellphone or anything like that.

Also, stalling him, how do we do that? Talk to him until the cops arrive?

>From supposedly rigged gambling games to fast talking cashiers to giving him more change back to selling broken junk on the streets.
Pretty vague, I assume that's part of the reason they haven't been able to charge this guy.

>When she says “gather evidence” what does that mean exactly? Does she want you to take pictures of him doing something or what?
Good question, knowing what kind of evidence we need here is important. If they want us to be undercover, our eyewitness testimony that we saw it might not be the best evidence, since then we've outed ourselves on the first case.

1/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/07(Mon)11:37 No. 883000 ID: 15a025
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>With a name like 'Con Artist Coon’, I’ve gotta ask if he’s really a raccoon?
Candy: "Do you know if they're really a raccoon?"

Officer Nibbles: "Yes, though it mentions in the file they've used disguises several times."

Candy: "They must not be very at good disguises then."

I hear Officer Nibbles let out a little squeak of laughter.

>When she says “gather evidence” what does that mean exactly? Does she want you to take pictures of him doing something or what?
>Good question, knowing what kind of evidence we need here is important.
Candy: "So when you say gather evidence, what do you mean? You want some pictures of him in action? Eyewitness testimony?"
Officer Nibbles: "We'll be giving you a radio microphone to record conversations with him. You'll also get a camera to snap some pics with."

Candy: "You think he's going to confess to me or something?"

Officer Nibbles: "Well if you think you can get him to that'd be great! But, No. The biggest thing we could use is some audio evidence that he's running these 'shady' gambling games or scamming somebody. Maybe a recording of him fast talking those cashiers or pictures of him selling crud on the streets? Even just a photo of him to have on file would help out."

>And how are you supposed to let the cops know that it’s time to come arrest him? You don’t have a cell phone or anything like that.
Candy: "Okay so I find this guy and get some evidence, how am I going to let you know it's time to arrest him? I don't have a cell phone and I doubt he's going to wait for me to call you on a pay phone."

Officer Nibbles: "Yeah you do, or...yeah you will!"

Candy: "Huh?"

Officer Nibbles: "Everyone on the police force gets a private cell phone. Since you're technically on the force now, you get one too."

Candy: "Neat. What makes it private part though?"

Officer Nibbles: "It can only make and receive calls to and from other officer's phones and emergency services. It's what makes it affordable enough to be giving out."

Candy: "Sweet."

I hear something ding, followed by Officer Freeze's voice coming from somewhere.

Officer Freeze: "Candy, your license is all set for you to pick up at the front desk."

2/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/07(Mon)11:38 No. 883001 ID: 15a025
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I stuff Officer Nibbles back into my sweater and head on over to get my license.

3/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/07(Mon)11:39 No. 883002 ID: 15a025
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Officer Freeze: "Here you go. With this you're officially allowed to use any enchanted items and enchantments that we approve. Congrats!"

Candy: "Thank you!

Officer Nibbles: "Officer Freeze, we've got Candy assigned to case now as well. Can you go grab her a cell phone, a camera, and one of our radio microphones?"

Officer Freeze: "Sure thing!"

4/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/07(Mon)11:39 No. 883003 ID: 15a025
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She pulls all three out from under the desk.

Candy: "You just keep a box of that stuff under your desk?"

Officer Freeze: "Don't worry, it's locked up tight."

Officer Nibbles: "Now that you're all set, what are your plans?"

Candy: "Plans?"

Officer Nibbles: "Do you need a ride home or somewhere?"

5/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/07(Mon)11:40 No. 883004 ID: 15a025
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Shoot, I didn't think about this much at all. I forgot to arrange a time to meet up with Marsh somewhere. It's a little past six, so she's probably closed up the bar for the night. I could go to the coffee place and see if she's there. If she isn't though, I could be in trouble. The officers might be able to drive me to Sugar's place, but I can't see that ending well. I could ask about staying with them tonight and work on tracking down that con artist, but being late that could be dangerous now. What do spooky ghosts think?

>>883003
About that radio microphone, does it have an on/off switch?

That way we don’t waste tape by recording things that don’t involve the con artist.

>>883004
We’ve only known Marsh for a few days and I can already tell that she’s a person of habit. She works, goes to the coffee place to relax, does some random things for your sister, then goes home.

I think there’s a good chance that Marsh is at the coffee place.

Maybe call the coffee place and ask if she's there first, maybe, possibly?

>Officer Freeze
By brain keeps wanting to see this as a police officer telling us to freeze.

>Can you go grab her a cell phone, a camera, and one of our radio microphones?"
Just be careful when you have that turned on. There's a probably stuff you don't want showing up on an official record. Like the ithay andyay unray oryay ehicularvay anslaughtermay.

>What do spooky ghosts think?
Let's try the coffee shop. If she's not there, maybe you can crash in town somewhere?

1/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/09(Wed)10:42 No. 883444 ID: 15a025
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>About that radio microphone, does it have an on/off switch? That way we don’t waste tape by recording things that don’t involve the con artist.
Candy: "Hang on, quick question. Does that microphone have an on off switch? I'd hate to waste tape for stupid non-related conversations."

Officer Freeze: "How thoughtful! Yes, it does have an on and off switch. We've also got a push-to-listen model as well in-case you're a little forgetful."

Candy: "I'm fine with the power switch. It'd be my luck I forget to hold down the button."

>Just be careful when you have that turned on. There's a probably stuff you don't want showing up on an official record.

Yeah, no kidding. I'll have to be extra careful back home to make sure it's off.

>I think there’s a good chance that Marsh is at the coffee place.
>Maybe call the coffee place and ask if she's there first, maybe, possibly?
That's a good idea!
Candy: "Hey Officer Nibbles, do you have a public phone I can use?"

Officer Freeze just hands me a corded phone from behind the desk.

Officer Freeze: "What's the number?"

I- crap. I don't know their phone number.

Candy: "Do you know the phone number for the coffee place at the mall?"

Officer Freeze: "Yup! Dialing it right now."

I hear some weird turning, grindy sound come from the desk.
Officer Freeze: "Whops, hang on. Sorry, this rotary dial wasn't exactly made for someone with big paws."

Candy: "Wow, that's a pretty old phone to be using, even for here."

Officer Freeze: "It's one of the few things we still need to upgrade and replace here. It just hasn't been a priority yet."

I hear her turn the dial several more times before it finally starts ringing.
Vienna: "Hi, this is ---- --- How can I -elp?"

Ah! That static sound is hurting my ears!
Candy: "Hey Vienna, this is Candy calling. Is Marsh there?"

Vienna: "Y--h. Want me -- pu- -er on?"

Candy: "No that's fine. Can you just tell her to wait for me? I'll be there to meet up with her soon!"

The phone spits out a cacophony of static in my ear. I'll just assume he said "Yeah okay Candy!"

2/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/09(Wed)10:42 No. 883445 ID: 15a025
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I hand the phone back to Officer Freeze.
Candy: "Yeah, I'd say it's time to get a new phone. That interference on the line was horrid."

Officer Freeze: "Sorry for not giving you a heads up. It's usually not too bad though?"

Officer Nibbles: "I take it you want a ride to the mall again then?"

Candy: "Yes please!"

Officer Nibbles: "Alright, be on a look out for that con artist then. Give us a call if you see anything!"

3/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/09(Wed)10:43 No. 883446 ID: 15a025
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Officer Freeze drives me over to the mall real quick, and I scramble into the coffee place.

Vienna: "You can head on in, Marsh paid for you as soon as I told her you were coming."

4/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/09(Wed)10:44 No. 883447 ID: 15a025
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Looks like Marsh is sitting in the usual spot again. Seems like she even ordered me a peppermint tea too.
Marsh: "So what's up?"

Candy: "I passed my thing today."

Marsh: "Well let's drink to that!"

We take a little sip out of drinks.

5/5 Buckwheat 2018/05/09(Wed)10:44 No. 883448 ID: 15a025
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>maybe Marsh has run into this guy at her bar?
Candy: "Hey Marsh, you ever run into this 'Con Artist Coon' guy before?"

Marsh: "No, but it sounds faintly familiar? I might have heard it from a customer or someone at the bar, why? You get ripped off or something by him?"

Tell her you heard about him while taking your exam and you think you're gonna do some investigating.

>>883448
Tell Marsh that you just heard about that guy while you were taking your test and heard he was spotted somewhere in the area. You just wanted to warn her to watch out for that guy.

Don’t say anything about investigating him to Marsh. You’re supposed to be undercover, don’t go telling everyone that you’re helping the cops.

Especially, since your closest friends all seem to be doing shady things. They might even kick you outta of the mansion if they think you’re gonna turn them in.

>>883448
Nah, they got mentioned in passing when I was doing my exam.

Might want to ask Marsh how her day's been.

Buckwheat 2018/05/12(Sat)22:38 No. 884077 ID: 15a025
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>Tell her you heard about him while taking your exam and you think you're gonna do some investigating.
>Don’t say anything about investigating him to Marsh. You’re supposed to be undercover, don’t go telling everyone that you’re helping the cops. You just wanted to warn her to watch out for that guy.
>Nah, they got mentioned in passing when I was doing my exam.
Candy: "Nah, just heard about them on my out of the exam. Thought he might be worth mentioning so you can be on the watch out."

Marsh: "I know all the tricks in the book, ain't no con artist pulling a fast one on me anytime."

>Might want to ask Marsh how her day's been.
Candy: "Anyway, how's your day been?"

Marsh: "It was alright. Had to break up only one fight at the bar today, so that was at least decent."

Candy: "What happened?"

Marsh: "Couple of sports guys or whatever got in fist fight over their team losing a game on the radio or something. Probably a bet or something, I don't know."

Candy: "How'd you break it up? Did you kick'em out?"

Marsh: "Nah, I usually only kick people out if I see blood or they don't chill it. I just shut the radio off and told'em it comes back on when they quite down. About the whole bar turned round and shot some pretty angry faces at them."

Candy: "I take it everyone who comes to the bar is a big sports fan then?"

Marsh: "No, tonight was just the night of a big hockey game. I'm not a sports fan myself, but I make sure to mark the nights of big games, those are always the busiest. Can just imagine what that sports bar on the other side of town is like on those nights."

Candy: "Sports bar?"

Marsh: "Yeah, there's sports bar ways away on the opposite end of town. Sugar took me there once to check out the competition. It's nothing super fancy, but they've got a special back room where you can watch games on live cable. Costs like twenty bucks a person to get in though."

>>884077
>"I know all the tricks in the book, ain't no con artist pulling a fast one on me anytime."
Then she better hope the 'Con Artist Coon' didn’t write anything new in the book!

>Sports bar
Sounds like a good place to rig a few bets or something.

Hey, Candy, I know Officer Nibbles wanted you to look into this con artist guy, but that doesn’t mean that you have to immediately find him. Officer Nibbles is probably expecting you to find him in about a week or something, not a few hours after you’ve been given you’re assignment. Besides, you’re undercover, it’ll look kinda weird if you go looking for him.

So just try to relax and go about your day like you normally do. He’ll eventually show up on his own and that’s when we’ll catch him!

.....hey I bet Marsh would love to see the look on your sister’s face when you show off your license and win that bet you made with her. Why don’t you ask if Marsh if she’d like to be there to see that when you guys go home later?

I’m sure there’s still a few thing to do in town before we head home though. Let’s ask Marsh and see if she needs help with any errands?

1/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/17(Thu)16:53 No. 884798 ID: 15a025
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>Sports bar sounds like a good place to rig a few bets or something.
I'd probably be more surprised if there weren't a few rigged up bets were going on there. Reminds me a little bit of this one guy I used to drink with back in college. He used talk about recording games and then making bets with everyone the next day. Never could tell if he was just joking or if people were really that dumb to fall for something like that.

> I know Officer Nibbles wanted you to look into this con artist guy, but that doesn’t mean that you have to immediately find him. Officer Nibbles is probably expecting you to find him in about a week or something, not a few hours after you’ve been given you’re assignment. Besides, you’re undercover, it’ll look kinda weird if you go looking for him.
Going right after them would seem weird since I'm supposed to be undercover. It'll be hard to find anything out though if I don't ask around though? Maybe if I had some other excuse to be looking for him?

>try to relax and go about your day like you normally do. He’ll eventually show up on his own and that’s when we’ll catch him!
It's been a long enough day for me though. I should give it a few days and see what happens before making some kind of game plan.
>hey I bet Marsh would love to see the look on your sister’s face when you show off your license and win that bet you made with her. Why don’t you ask if Marsh if she’d like to be there to see that when you guys go home later? I’m sure there’s still a few thing to do in town before we head home though. Let’s ask Marsh and see if she needs help with any errands?
Candy: "Twenty bucks sounds like a rip off. Speaking of places, there any errands or running around you need help with?"

Marsh: "Nah, errands went to Roxie tonight. Something about some punks selling on her street?"

I stick my hoof in my pocket to make sure the recorder is turned off, it thankfully is.
Candy: "Then wanna head home and see her reaction to me getting my license?"

Marsh: "Is that the thing you went to the cops for today?"

Candy: "Yeah?"

Marsh: "You sure that's a good idea?"

Candy: "I made a bet with her on it, it'll be fine."

Marsh: "I'm still playing it safe and keeping my distance from both of you tonight."

2/6 (animated) Buckwheat 2018/05/17(Thu)16:53 No. 884799 ID: 15a025
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Marsh pays Vienna for our drinks and then we make for our way back home.

3/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/17(Thu)16:54 No. 884800 ID: 15a025
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We walk through the front door and-
Marsh: "Oh boy my favorite. Empty flavored. Stingy jerk probably didn't even save one for me."

Candy: "Sugar, you home?!"

I hear loud belch echo from upstairs. She responds back sounding pretty hammered.
Sugar: "Does that an-answer your question?"

Marsh: "How many times did you miss the bin out here, seriously!"

Sugar: "All of the times cause there is no biiiin!"

Marsh: "Did you at least save some for me?!"

Sugar: "Noooope! You got yer own drinks at the baaaaawr."

Marsh: Tight-wad

Candy: "Hey Sugar, can you come down. I've got something to show you!"

Sugar: "You're gonna make your sis tumble all the way down there? Why don'tcha come- nevermind I'm coming, I'm coming. Yeah, I'll be back up in a second!"

4/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/17(Thu)16:55 No. 884801 ID: 15a025
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As she comes down the stairs the pungent smell of alcohol follows with, getting stronger with each step.

Sugar: "Was I hearing things? I coulda swore I was talking to Marsh down here?"
Candy: "Yeah she's-"

left me alone, great.

Candy: "She's in her room I think?"

Sugar: "Wadever. What's so important I has to climb down here to see?"

I pull my card out of my sweater pocket.

Candy: "I got my license!"

Sugar: "Let me see that then."

5/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/17(Thu)16:56 No. 884802 ID: 15a025
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She gives it a long funny stare before saying anything.

Sugar: "Aaah screw you ya little dork. What'd you do, bribe'm er something? You know someone at the place and have'em hack ya in or what?"

Candy: "Nope. Just took a test and passed it."

Sugar: "Can't even at least ham it up or sometihg, or you just keeping secrets from me?"

Candy: "Nope to both."

Sugar: "Buzzzkilll... Well whatever."

6/6 Buckwheat 2018/05/17(Thu)16:57 No. 884804 ID: 15a025
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As soon as she hands me back my license, I hear someone up stairs.

???: "Sugar, you coming back-"

Sugar: "In a second! There anything else you need or want? I ain't coming back down here again tonight. Shoot, I might even need help getting back up there?"

Ask her to keep some Light stones around just in case you get attacked by chimeras. Might even be nice to practice a little with one of them.

>It'll be hard to find anything out though if I don't ask around though? Maybe if I had some other excuse to be looking for him?
Maybe we need to think of another topic we can bring up with people that will lead to them talking about Con Artist Coon instead of asking everyone about him directly. Then word won't get back to him someone is asking about him all over town.

>There anything else you need or want?
Nah, I'm good. How was your day?

>Shoot, I might even need help getting back up there?
Help your sister up the stairs.

1/2 Buckwheat 2018/05/18(Fri)10:31 No. 884875 ID: 15a025
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>Ask her to keep some Light stones around just in case you get attacked by chimeras. Might even be nice to practice a little with one of them.
Candy: "Yeah hey, can you keep some of those light enchantment stones for me?"

Sugar: "Yeah whatever."

>Nah, I'm good. How was your day?
Candy: "How was your day today Sugar?"

She lets out a few hiccups before answering.
Sugar: "Was going real great t-till [i]someone] dragged me down here to show off."

>Help your sister up the stairs.
Candy: "Alright, I'll help you up the stairs and get back to whatever it is you were doing."

She hiccups again.
Sugar: "I thought you'd neeever offer."

I walk her up the stairs and she goes off down the hallway past her office. After I see she makes it to her room fine I head back downstairs to mine.

2/2 Buckwheat 2018/05/18(Fri)10:34 No. 884877 ID: 15a025
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I plop myself up on my bed and start thinking about that raccoon again.

>Maybe we need to think of another topic we can bring up with people that will lead to them talking about Con Artist Coon instead of asking everyone about him directly. Then word won't get back to him someone is asking about him all over town.

I remember Officer Nibbles mentioned they sell stuff on the street? I could try going around asking where some rummage or street sales happen. She also mentioned something about him being a gambler? I could take a risk and try to get a name for myself as one and maybe challenge him or something? As fun as it sounds, I feel like it'd be equally risky. I could come out with extra cash though?

What are you spooky spirits thinking? Got any ideas or plans for cracking this con artist?

Doesn't your cousin own the local casino? You could always ask her if some coon's been hustling her customers.

>>885176
We might have to wait until she’s sober for that.

>rummage or street sales
That might work.

1/2 Buckwheat 2018/05/22(Tue)13:28 No. 885558 ID: 15a025
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>Doesn't your cousin own the local casino? You could always ask her if some coon's been hustling her customers.
Oh yeah, Sugar did mention my cousin owned a casino here or something? I could have Marsh drive me over there tomorrow and see if I can't find her.

>rummage or street sales might work.
I'll go for the rummage sales in the mean time. Knowing how "busy" my cousin claims to be, it might take a few days to get a hold of her.

I get up and head over to Marsh's room to okay the plan.

2/2 Buckwheat 2018/05/22(Tue)13:29 No. 885559 ID: 15a025
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I walk in and see she's in the middle of watching something.
Candy: "Whops, Sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt."

Marsh: "Nah your fine. What's up?"

Candy: "I was wondering if we could go hit up some rummage sales tomorrow?"

Marsh: "What's a rummage sale?"

Candy: "You know, like a street sale? People set up a little table somewhere and sell off some stuff they don't need any more for cheap."

Marsh: "You got any money in case you find something?"

Candy: "No. Not until Sugar decides to pay me at least."

Marsh: "Guess I'll have to float you s-"

She gets caught off by the sound of my sister getting sick up stairs.

???:Ugh man did you really have to get that all over the bed?"
Sugar: "Maaaarsh!"

Marsh: "Seriously! I'm in the middle of a movie here!"

Sugar: "Maaaarsh!"

Marsh: "I'm going have to go up there aren't I?"

Did your sister just wet the bed

>>885559
>"I'm going have to go up there aren't I?"
Candy, you can either go up there with Marsh or you can tell Marsh that she can stay here and you’ll go up there instead of her.

>>885586
No, she’s drunk, so she threw up in the bed.

>>885559
>Marsh: "I'm going have to go up there aren't I?"
*Sigh* No, I'll go. And I'll bully whoever's up there with her into helping me.

1/3 Buckwheat 2018/05/23(Wed)13:15 No. 885727 ID: 15a025
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>Did your sister just wet the bed
I hope those aren't sounds of her wetting the bed.

>she’s drunk, so she threw up in the bed.
Either way this is gonna suck.

>you can either go up there with Marsh or you can tell Marsh that she can stay here and you’ll go up there instead of her.
>*Sigh* No, I'll go. And I'll bully whoever's up there with her into helping me
Candy: "Nah don't worry about it. I'll go up with you or just go myself. Maybe we can even bully whoever that is into helping us too."

That sure opens her eyes up
Marsh: "Ya know. I didn't want to go up there, but now I gotta see this."

She hits the pause button on the remote and gets up.

Marsh: "Let's go ruin her company's night then."

2/3 Buckwheat 2018/05/23(Wed)13:16 No. 885728 ID: 15a025
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We creak up the stairs carefully, making sure we don't trip on any beer bottles or empty cans. Marsh takes me down the hall and over to where Sugar's room is.

Marsh: "Ugh, carful. Butter...hooves? Butter hooves here musta dropped a couple of bottles. There's some broken glass on the floor here."

Huh. That's usually not like Sugar to drop her drinks like a klutz? At least not till there empty anyway...

Marsh pounds on the door.

Sugar: "No don't come in!"

I hear her let out a little growl.
Marsh: "Then what'd I come up here for!"

Sugar: "Just....hang on!"

I hear some fumbling and sheets shuffle around in there. Shortly after I hear the floor creak a couple times.
Marsh: "Are you seriously-"

Sugar: "Shut uup I'm jussst..."

I hear something go ploof by the door, followed by some more creaking.
Sugar: "Alright just, just open the door quick and take the blanket and wash it please!"

Marsh: "With what!"

Sugar: "We gotta wash board thing downstairs in the kitchen."

Marsh: "Since w-"

There's that low growl again.

Marsh: "Never mind!"

3/3 Buckwheat 2018/05/23(Wed)13:18 No. 885729 ID: 15a025
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She opens the door and pulls out a disgusting balled up blanket.

Marsh: "She could have rolled it up so the... stains were inside and not on the outside. She's probably too drunk to think that smart though."

Candy: "Well, let's see if we can't get someone else to take care this. Let's see just how drunk she is."

I prep my throat and try to impersonate my mom's voice a little bit.

Candy "Sugar!!!"

I hear her mutter something inaudible.

Sugar: "Maaarsh! Go see what Candy needs! She sounds horrid!"

Shoot, the one time you wish she was totally hammered, she isn't. Though, she doesn't seem to be able to hear that I'm right in front of her door.

If we're going to get her friend out here to wash this blanket, I might need a tricky plan. I could just head down and help Marsh wash this thing and get it over with now too. Knowing our luck and judging by all these empty bottles and cans, her friend might be just as wasted and useless as Sugar right now.

I'm also up for any other ideas on how we could try and ruin their night?

Ruining might not be that high of a goal. I'd say just leave the dirty blanket in the way of the door, so they have to at least step over it once they want to leave, and go do whatever else. They might make a big enough of a fuss once they try to get out for you guys to be alerted that they are leaving the room.

>>885729
Ask Marsh why she puts up with this? You doubt Sugar is paying her enough for this.

>I'm also up for any other ideas on how we could try and ruin their night?
Think back to when you last saw her. Was there anything that could make Sugar drop everything she’s doing and focus her full attention on it? Doing something like that will make her rush outta the room and leave her buddy alone in there.

Or does Marsh know how to get into Sugar’s car? You could just throw that disgusting blanket in her car.

Then again, we could just stick with the classic plan of “making too much noise to do anything fun”. You guys bought power tools, right? Just start doing repairs around the house.....specifically, the ones closest to Sugar’s room and/or in the rooms on both sides of Sugar’s room. Marsh will hate having to do work, but if it’s for ruining Surgar’s evening, then she might enjoy doing it.

1/3 Buckwheat 2018/05/27(Sun)09:02 No. 886477 ID: 15a025
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>Think back to when you last saw her. Was there anything that could make Sugar drop everything she’s doing and focus her full attention on it?
Hard to think off the top of my head, it's been so long. Only thing she'd ever really care about enough to drop everything is back when we were in school. The second we heard our parent's truck pull in the yard we dropped everything and panicked to hide our stash. That or, her finding the stash went missing.

>Ruining might not be that high of a goal. I'd say just leave the dirty blanket in the way of the door, so they have to at least step over it once they want to leave, and go do whatever else.
Candy: "Never mind. I got another idea. Just toss the blanket on the ground by her door."

Marsh: "Okay?"

She plops it on the ground.

Candy: "Alright, let's head down stairs now."

2/4* Buckwheat 2018/05/27(Sun)09:03 No. 886478 ID: 15a025
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Marsh: "Alright, so what are we doing?"

>Then again, we could just stick with the classic plan of “making too much noise to do anything fun”. You guys bought power tools, right? Just start doing repairs around the house.....specifically, the ones closest to Sugar’s room and/or in the rooms on both sides of Sugar’s. Marsh will hate having to do work, but if it’s for ruining Surgar’s evening, then she might enjoy doing it.
Candy: "Where's that drill we bought, Marsh?"

Marsh: "Closest down the hall. Why?"

Candy: "Any re-pair work around the house we can do that'd involve the drill? More importantly around Sugar's room."

Marsh: "Why? You going to put me to work too?"

Candy: "Kind of. The idea here is, they can't do anything fun if there's too much noise interrupting."

Marsh: "Well in that case, who says we actually have to be doing any work? We could probably just run some stuff down here and say we're working on something."

Candy: "That work's until she comes out to see what's going on."

>They might make a big enough of a fuss once they try to get out for you guys to be alerted that they are leaving the room.
Candy: "We'll be able tell when she's coming and have plenty of time to hide though."

3/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/27(Sun)09:05 No. 886479 ID: 15a025
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Marsh rushes off and comes back with a drill and a hammer.
Marsh: "Here you can have the drill. I'm going to go vent a bit and pound on something with the hammer incase it isn't loud enough."

>Ask Marsh why she puts up with this? You doubt Sugar is paying her enough for this.
Candy: "Oh hang on, I've got question Marsh."

Marsh: "What's up?"

Candy: "Why do you put up with all this? She can't possibly be paying you enough to do all this work?"

Marsh: "Because I'd be on the streets, or... worse. She's the only person in town that even bothered to even think of hiring me. She can be a real pain in the neck sometimes and one of these nights I'd love to knock her upside the head, but, she's also the one letting me stay here for free."

Candy: "Never really thought of Sugar as the charitable one. Pepper maybe, but Sugar? I'm surprised she's not making you pay rent or doing something shady. At the same time, I doubt anyone would actually pay to-"

Marsh just starts pounding the hammer on the floor.
Marsh: "Well, you going to start making some noise or what?"

Guess that's my hint to zip it for now. I turn the drill on and "rev it up" a couple of times. It's not super loud, but I'm sure Sugar can hear it up there.

After a couple minutes of "hard work" I hear Sugar yell down at us.
Sugar: "Maaarsh keep it down!"

Marsh: "Can't, doing some important repair work here!"

Sugar: "What about washing my blanket!"

Marsh: "I can't wash it because...."

Candy: "We can't get in the kitchen because the door's stuck or something!"

Sugar: "Then fix it!"

Marsh: "What does it sound like we're doing!"

She doesn't say anything back.

We give her a few moments of peace before we go back to fixing this door.
Candy: "Alright Marsh I think we're going to have to just rip this thing out!"

Marsh: "You think so?!"

Candy: "Yup!"

Sugar: "I don't need your play by play commentary about the door down there you know! Keep it down!"

Marsh starts pounding on the wood a little harder while I lean over left and right a little to make the floor creak. As we go on I hear my sister let out a loud, annoyed groan.

Sugar: "That isn't keeping it down you two!"

4/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/27(Sun)09:06 No. 886480 ID: 15a025
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After some more pounding and drilling, I hear Sugar finally come out of her room.
Sugar: "I- Oh come on!"

I look over to see Marsh trying to hold her laughter in.

Marsh: "Oh no wait. Shoot. She's coming!"

The question now is do we go hide or confront her? Or something else?

Maybe one of you stay to confront Sugar (Marsh) and the other tries and sneak past her to go and see who's with her in her room (You).

Marsh can tell Sugar that you guys were working on repairs. Seems more important than cleaning Sugar's mess at the time and you can say that you guys were totally gonna clean that sheet after the repairs... If there was time afterwards. Marsh can lie and say you got some glasses of water from the kitchen (especially if that's in the opposite direction from the stairs up to her room, allowing Marsh to possibly join you).

>>886480
Quick, both of you hide!

1/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/29(Tue)11:26 No. 886786 ID: 15a025
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>Maybe one of you stay to confront Sugar (Marsh) and the other tries and sneak past her to go and see who's with her in her room (You).
Might be a bit of a challenge with how much the floor creaks, but I should be safe if I creep up slowly. I'll hide behind the stairs and go up after she comes down. How's Marsh going to keep her down here and out of her room though?

>Marsh can tell Sugar that you guys were working on repairs. Seems more important than cleaning Sugar's mess at the time and you can say that you guys were totally gonna clean that sheet after the repairs... If there was time afterwards. Marsh can lie and say you got some glasses of water from the kitchen (especially if that's in the opposite direction from the stairs up to her room, allowing Marsh to possibly join you).
Good idea, she might get curious as to where I'm at. I explain the plan to Marsh quickly while I go hide.

The floor boards creak as she comes down.

Sugar: "I though you were fixing the door."

Marsh: "I am, or was."

Sugar: "Now maaaybe I might have had a little too much to drink tonight, but I don't see a door here Marsh."

Marsh: "Why would the kitchen door be out here?"

Sugar: "Then why are you out here and not there fixing?"

Marsh: "I was just going to see if we had any more screws. We might of stripped some taking it out."

Sugar: "Oh. Well be more careful next time."

2/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/29(Tue)11:26 No. 886787 ID: 15a025
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Marsh looks up briefly and sees I'm only half way up the stairs.

Marsh: "Say, how bad would it be if I said we needed to just get a whole new door for the kitchen?"
Sugar: "March, don't tell you broke it ripping it out."

Marsh: "I didn't breaking it ripping it out, it was already broken!"

Sugar: "Oh, yeah. Guess you two wouldn't be tearing it out if wasn't- wait. Where's Candy at anyway?"

Marsh: "In the kitchen, getting some water. Hard works thirsty work."

Sugar: "How is she in the kitchen if the door won't open?"

Marsh: "I told you we just ripped it out."

Sugar: "I think I might need to ask Candy for a glass myself then."

I'll say.

3/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/29(Tue)11:27 No. 886788 ID: 15a025
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Once I'm up I head over to Sugar's room and- she locked her door. Guess I'm getting them out here the hard way. I fumble with the door knob a bit more before knocking on it.

???: "Door stuck or something?"

Luckily her voice is a little easier to impersonate.

Candy: "No I... dang it I musta locked it on my way out!"

???: "Well unlock it then?"

I try to make it sound like I'm looking for a key.

Candy: "Don't got it!"

???: "Guess I'll just have to let you-"

4/4 Buckwheat 2018/05/29(Tue)11:27 No. 886789 ID: 15a025
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They open up the door.
???: "You're not Sugar?"

Make sure the door can't be closed again if they try. I think we're trying to figure out who they are, right? Tell her you're Sugar's sister and ask them who they are in return.

Tell him you wanted to meet the guy who's dating your sister.

>>886789
Wait a second, is this guy even drunk? If not, then why is only your sister drunk?! You might want to question him about that!

>>886791
>>886798
Pretty much these.

Buckwheat 2018/06/01(Fri)09:55 No. 887204 ID: 15a025
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>Make sure the door can't be closed again if they try. I think we're trying to figure out who they are, right? Tell her you're Sugar's sister and ask them who they are in return.
>Tell him you wanted to meet the guy who's dating your sister.
I put my arm up on the door in case they try to shut it.

Candy: "No, I'm here sister Candy. You are?"

???: "Me? Oh yeah I'm uh..."

I notice him looking around when he stops at one of the beer cans.
???: "You can just call me uh, Baaaawsh."

I just roll my eyes.

Candy: "So what brings you out here?"

Bawsh: "Oh uh... business."

Candy: "What kind of business?"

Bawsh: "Some uh... candy sales. Ordered some stuff from her store in town and then she invited me over for a few drinks."
Candy: "I can see that."

He glances down at the blanket
Bawsh: "Yeah, your sister doesn't seem like she can hold it down that well."

>Wait a second, is this guy even drunk?
Candy: "Yeah speaking of, you sound a lot more sober than she does right now. How come?"

Bawsh: "She's she's kind of like, hogging it all to herself. I've had about three or four cans tonight."

That seems about right. I think I've only seen four cans laying around. The only thing odd here is Sugar doesn't drink anything out of a can. She's kind of snob and only drinks from those glass bottles.

Are there any other questions I should ask "Bawsh" here, or should I just get to the point and tell them to start helping clean up this dump?

>>887204
>beer cans, no glass bottles
So either she got smashed before she came home with this guy and gave up her glass bottle habit because she was suddenly self-conscious about it, or she's been drugged. Either way he's lying. Suspicious. What are the chances Sugar tried to make herself look less like a snob in front of this guy? If that's approximately zero, call him out on his lies.

She probably shouldn't be drunk alone with a stranger in her bedroom regardless. Strongarm him into helping clean up since this is at least partly his fault.
While cleaning up you gotta ask Sugar how drunk she was before she got here. Then ask how much she's been drinking here, and where all the glass bottles are.

1/6 Buckwheat 2018/06/02(Sat)21:20 No. 887331 ID: 15a025
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>beer cans, no glass bottles. So either she got smashed before she came home with this guy and gave up her glass bottle habit because she was suddenly self-conscious about it, or she's been drugged. Either way he's lying. Suspicious. What are the chances Sugar tried to make herself look less like a snob in front of this guy? If that's approximately zero, call him out on his lies.
I might have mis-spoke. I've seen only four cans laying around. There's glass bottles all over the place. I even had to be real careful walking up here with that broken one still laying around. What I'm curious about is why she'd have cans of beer here. Or, well I guess he could have brought his own to drink? He still doesn't exactly rub me in trust worthy way.

>She probably shouldn't be drunk alone with a stranger in her bedroom regardless. Strongarm him into helping clean up since this is at least partly his fault.
Candy: "Well, I hate to be tonight's buzz kill but you two made quite the mess out there and if you think I'm cleaning this up myself you're mistaken."

Bawsh: "Hey I'm sure Sugar will help out."

Candy: "She's so wasted I had to help her back up the stairs earlier. You'd really make her help clean up?"

Bawsh: "Well obviously not now. Just do it in the morning."

Candy: "When she's got a horrible hangover from all this?"

Bawsh: "Hey I'm not the one who made this giant mess."

Candy: "You made part of it. I'm assuming those beer cans laying around are yours."

He's eying up the door.

Candy: "Just remember we finished ripping out a door from the kitchen to get a wash board for that crusty blanket laying there."

Bawsh: "Wouldn't that be more work than just cleaning up the mess? Plus-"

Candy: "Plus we'd be making you clean everything up yourself then."

Bawsh: "...Fine, I'll help out."

Candy: "Good, you can start out by washing that blanket then."

Bawsh: "Oh what! No way! Besides she asked you to do first."

Candy: "And as the carrier of scrubbing duty, I pass it down to you. Marsh will show where all the cleaning supplies are at."

Bawsh: "Man this sucks."

2/6 Buckwheat 2018/06/02(Sat)21:21 No. 887332 ID: 15a025
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He comes out of the room and picks up the blanket.

Candy: "Alright let's- what's with the backpack?"

He gags a bit trying to reply.

Bawsh: "Ju- just my bag. Gonna stash those bottles and cans for returns later."

Candy: "Whatever gets you to help out I guess."

3/6 Buckwheat 2018/06/02(Sat)21:21 No. 887333 ID: 15a025
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We head downstairs where we see Marsh picking up bottles already.
Marsh: "So who's this?"

Candy: "Our honorary helper of the night. You got that wash board and some water?"

Marsh: "Nice. It's filling up in the kitchen right now."

Candy: "And where's Sugar?"

Marsh: "Sleeping on the kitchen table."

Candy: "She okay?"

Marsh: "Yeah, I wouldn't be standing around here picking up bottles if she wasn't. Just left her there for a bit while we get her bed made."

Candy: "Alright, you two go in the kitchen and take care of her. I'll take over bottle duty."

Bawsh groans as Marsh drags him off into the kitchen.

4/6 Buckwheat 2018/06/02(Sat)21:22 No. 887334 ID: 15a025
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I start picking up some bottles and notice there's something in a few of them? I take a closer look and see she's been using them as ash trays too. Real cute, sis.

5/6 Buckwheat 2018/06/02(Sat)21:23 No. 887335 ID: 15a025
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After cleaning up a bit, hauling Sugar into bed, and making Bawsh finish picking things up, we're faced with another problem.

Bawsh: "I don't got a ride home."

Marsh: "Well I ain't making another trip into town tonight. That's another two hours worth the gas out the tubes."

Bawsh: "Can't I stay here tonight?"

Marsh: "I don't know about her, but if it was up to me you'd be sleeping in a snow bank."

Bawsh: "Now is that how you treat a customer and your boss' guest?"

6/6 Buckwheat 2018/06/02(Sat)21:26 No. 887336 ID: 15a025
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I can hear that nasty low growl coming from Marsh again.

I hear her mutter something to me.

Marsh: "Candy, help me out here."

Candy: "We can't throw him out -"

The louder growling coming from Marsh makes me stop that sentence.

Candy: "Okay, Bawsh. I'm sure if you give Marsh some gas money I'm sure she'd bring you home."

Marsh: "Candy. No one could pay me enough to drive this guy into town. Alone. At night."
Bawsh: "Guess I'm staying here tonight then?"

Marsh: "Candy..."

I get the feeling Marsh is slowly losing her self-control here. I'm not sure what to do here, but I gotta do something before she does!

Tell him you won't even consider letting him stay unless he empties out that backpack first.

>>887332
>He gags a bit trying to reply.
>Bawsh: "Ju- just my bag. Gonna stash those bottles and cans for returns later."
Either he’s got his own private things he’s afraid of you stealing in his bag or he’s got a bunch of stuff that he stole from Sugar’s bedroom.

.....hang on, just to be sure, does he vaguely look kinda like a raccoon? Just in case this guy happens to be the con artist.

But if he doesn’t look like a raccoon, then just forget I said anything about it.

>>887336
>"Candy. No one could pay me enough to drive this guy into town. Alone. At night."
Who said anything about her going alone? You’d go with her because, you know, safety in numbers and all that.

But she’s right, we can’t go out at night.

Hmmm, I guess it all depends on if there’s anything he stole from us in his bag or not. If there isn’t anything he stole from us, then I guess maaaybe he can stay for the night.

All you know is this guy is a con artist. seems kinda strange he has a backpack. I would make sure to keep a eye on him. never know if he will back stab you.

1/5 Buckwheat 2018/06/03(Sun)11:06 No. 887419 ID: 15a025
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>hang on, just to be sure, does he vaguely look kinda like a raccoon? Just in case this guy happens to be the con artist.
Nah, his ears are too big and floppy. If anything I'd say he looks just a hair bit more like a goat than a sheep honestly. If a goat could grow wool that is.

>All you know is this guy is a con artist. seems kinda strange he has a backpack.
>Tell him you won't even consider letting him stay unless he empties out that backpack first.
>Hmmm, I guess it all depends on if there’s anything he stole from us in his bag or not.
Candy: "Okay, before we even make a decision on him staying or going, he needs to empty that backpack out."

Bawsh: "Sure, no problem. Just got my beer cans and some bottles in it."

Marsh: "Do it slowly too. One thing at a time."

Bawsh: "Yeah. Yeah. Sure."

He does so, and it goes fine till he starts pulling something out and then puts it back in...

2/5 (animated Buckwheat 2018/06/03(Sun)11:08 No. 887420 ID: 15a025
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Bawsh: "Crap! "

Marsh: "What was that?"

Bawsh: "Uh...just ah... magazine."

Marsh: "Why are you packing ammo in there?!"

Bawsh: "What?! No! No! Not that kind of magazine! I'm talking like a magazine! A book!"

Marsh: "Pull it out anyway."

Bawsh: "D.. do I really have to?"

Marsh: "Yes!"

Bawsh: Ah man...

He pulls it out and Marsh snatches it to take a look. She then quickly tosses it back at him.

Marsh: "Okay I didn't want him staying here before, now I really don't want him staying here."

Bawsh: "Hey I tried to hint at what that was!"

Marsh: "Zip it and keep emptying it out."

Bawsh: "That was it. See?"

3/5 Buckwheat 2018/06/03(Sun)11:08 No. 887421 ID: 15a025
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He opens it up and shows that it is in fact empty.

4/5 Buckwheat 2018/06/03(Sun)11:08 No. 887422 ID: 15a025
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>Who said anything about her going alone? You’d go with her because, you know, safety in numbers and all that. But she’s right, we can’t go out at night.

Candy: "Well Marsh, driving alone isn't the safest, so I'm willing to come with you, but it's also night. I can't really do anything to change that or make it any safer. Come on he emptied out his bag and doesn't have anything we need to really worry about. I think it's best if we just let him stay here tonight."

Marsh: "Fine. He stays in your room though and you get my couch tonight."

Candy: "I'm fine with that. Bawsh?"

Bawsh: "Yeah sure. Cool."

Marsh: "Alright then. Be ready early in the morning then cause were leaving at seven."

Bawsh just sighs and has me show him where my room is.

5/5 Buckwheat 2018/06/03(Sun)11:09 No. 887423 ID: 15a025
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After that I head into Marsh's room.

>>887423
Ask if there's a reason she's so hostile towards the guy. Is she expecting him to rob the place while we sleep?

We might regret it, but what kind of magazine was it? Just to make sure we are all on the same page.
Pun not intended

1/2 Buckwheat 2018/06/04(Mon)09:24 No. 887551 ID: 15a025
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>Ask if there's a reason she's so hostile towards the guy. Is she expecting him to rob the place while we sleep?
Candy: "How come you were so aggressive towards Bawsh? You kind of have me worried a little."

Marsh: "I wasn't being aggressive, I'm just angry and tired."

Candy: "Marsh, you looked like you were ready to pound him through the floor early."

Marsh: "He'd be lucky if that was it..."

Candy: "Marsh!"

Marsh: "Come on the guy is dancing around with a sign saying 'I'm hiding something'!"

Candy: "Okay yeah, he's a little suspicious but he didn't have anything on dangerous on him."

Marsh: "Did you miss that part where I said he's hiding something?"

Candy: "Alright, what's he hiding then?"

Marsh: "Okay, let's take a few steps back here and remember why he was here. He said he was a customer right?"

Candy: "Yeah?"

Marsh: "And what does your sister sell again?"

Candy: "Drugs."

Marsh: "And did he have in his bag?"

Candy: "No. He could have smoked them all already? Actually they might have. Sugar was using some of the beer bottles as ash trays."

Marsh: "Come on he barely looked like he had anything at all tonight compared to Sugar. Not to mention those were just plain cigarettes in those bottles."

Candy: "So maybe he's lying about buying drugs? Why though?"

Marsh: "He's trying to cover up why he's really here."

Candy: "You think he's here to rob us tonight? There's nothing here really wor-"

Nothing other than some enchantment stones...
Candy: "Okay yeah, he might be here to rob us."

Marsh: "Huh? Oh yeah, that's possible too but not where I was going. I'm locking the door just to be safe."

Candy: "So where are you going with this?"

Marsh: "I think he was here trying to fish for some info or something."

Candy: "What led you to that conclusion?"

Marsh: "What really tipped me off here is when he called Sugar our boss."

Candy: "What's wrong with that?"

Marsh: "Nobody ever calls her 'the boss' or 'our boss' Candy. She's just Sugar to everyone. Then there's how he just dropped that line like he was trying to black mail us or something."

Candy: "I'm not seeing how that makes him some kind of 'spy' Marsh."

Marsh: "This is totally a spy situation or worse Candy. He just shows up here with Sugar while we're gone, she gets wasted, and he doesn't."

2/2 Buckwheat 2018/06/04(Mon)09:25 No. 887552 ID: 15a025
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> We might regret it, but what kind of magazine was it? Just to make sure we are all on the same page.
Pun not intended
Candy: "Going off topic here, but what about that magazine he had? What was that?"

Marsh replies with the most disgusted tone I've heard from her yet.

Marsh: "It was Fiiiillllllth."

Well, I think we're on the same page there at least. I'm not quite sure I'm with Marsh about Bawsh though.

>>887551
>Nothing other than some enchantment stones...
Does Marsh know where those are at? Because that’s something you should at least keep in the same room with you!

Hell, ask if Marsh knows where any of the valuables are!

And you said Bawsh had wool, right? Could he have something hidden under there?

I would worry about this later. I got a feeling that Marsh will be a big part. Might want to tell her about us...

Never know with the church being attacked, and stabbing that happened a some time ago. make sure you tell her in private, Trust is earned not giving... Hey don't look at me like that I am as worried about our life as yours.
off topic I am not going to lie to you. Time is hard to tell when your in a magical prison of beyond the grave...

and please lets wait until tomorrow before we do anything else.

>>887573
>Might want to tell her about us...
I’m not entirely sure about doing that. At least, not yet anyways.

Sure, she seems to be pretty reliable, but there’s a lot that we don’t know about her. She might not be as trustworthy as she looks!

Is there any way you can lock him in the room, or maybe sleep right outside the door or something so that he can't physically leave without alerting you?

Jeez, Marsh noticed all that stuff? She's a better detective than both you and us combined it seems. Or maybe she was just more on guard.

1/3 Buckwheat 2018/06/04(Mon)19:53 No. 887643 ID: 15a025
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>tell her about us...
>I’m not entirely sure about doing that. At least, not yet anyways.
I'll keep you guys a secret for now then. Marsh is probably the most trustworthy person here to tell, but I still don't know her all that well.

>Jeez, Marsh noticed all that stuff? She's a better detective than both you and us combined it seems. Or maybe she was just more on guard.
It might be I just don't have as much experience around here with people as she does. I still don't understand the whole calling Sugar "the boss" or whatever that was about. I think what I'm more confused on is the drugs. Why would he lie about that?

>you said Bawsh had wool, right? Could he have something hidden under there?
He might be able to hide something small in his wool? Maybe that's where he's keeping his drugs?

>Does Marsh know where those [enchantment stones] are at? Because that’s something you should at least keep in the same room with you!
I don't think she even knows about them? I forget if I even told her or not.
Candy: "Marsh, do you about the bag of enchantment stones Sugar got recently?"

Marsh: "She mentioned something about them the other day to me."

Candy: "Where are they?"

Marsh: "I don't know, she didn't tell me. If they're worth anything, she's probably got them locked up tighter than a knot."

>Is there any way you can lock him in the room, or maybe sleep right outside the door or something so that he can't physically leave without alerting you?
Candy: "If you really think he's up to something Marsh, we could try and lock him in my room or put something that'd make noise if he left?"

Marsh: "Hmm, well the extreme idea would be moving my couch into the hallway and put it in front of his door. We crash out on the couch and he ain't getting out."

Candy: "That seems like a lot of effort and I doubt both of us could sleep on that couch."

Marsh: "Okay, idea two. We just stay up all night."

Candy: "We've got work tomorrow Marsh."

Marsh: "Alright, well hmmm. I might have a bell or something we could tie onto the door?"

Candy: "The bell will work great, unfortunately."

Marsh: "Unfortunately?"

Candy: "I can't stand the sound of bells chiming and ringing. It'll probably wake me up tonight if it starts jingling."
Marsh: "You too?"

Candy: "Guess that's our plan then."

Marsh: "I'll go dig up what I've got and string them up on the door."

I'll have to remember to rip those down later when Bawsh leaves.

2/3 Buckwheat 2018/06/04(Mon)19:54 No. 887644 ID: 15a025
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It takes Marsh a bit to find some, and soon she's running off with a string of'em, jingling away a nasty cacophony of sounds. There's no way I could miss hearing those dead in the night.

3/3 Buckwheat 2018/06/04(Mon)19:54 No. 887645 ID: 15a025
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After she comes back she plops herself on the couch and resumes her movie from earlier.
Marsh: "Mind if finish watching this while you doze off on the couch here?"

I let out a little yawn.
Candy: "Go for it. Just turn the volume down a little."

I lay down on the couch and fall asleep to the sounds of cheesy gun shots and monster noises. Night spooky ghosts. See you all in the morning.

Hey candy, Remember how you said we were ghost? if there is a heaven and hell, would we be angles or demons? I mean if we are dead we had to die, right?

Sleep well wooly gal.

Goodnight, Candy Cane. I hope you have sweet dreams... I would see myself out.

>>887645
Don’t worry, as long as you’re wearing us while you’re sleeping, we’ll wake you up if something or someone sneaks into the room with you and Marsh!

1/5 Buckwheat 2018/06/05(Tue)12:48 No. 887754 ID: 15a025
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Marsh: "You almost ready Candy!"

Ah there you are!
Candy: "Yup, just a second!"

I'm so sorry spooky ghosts. I forgot to stash you all in my pocket before going to bed. I guess you all fell off and rolled under the couch on me?
>Hey candy, Remember how you said we were ghost? if there is a heaven and hell, would we be angles or demons? I mean if we are dead we had to die, right?
I don't think demons or chimeras would be willing to throw helpful advice out to a random sheep, or for free at least. So I'd have to say guardian angels or something like that. Speaking of what you all are, I wonder if Officer Nibbles would know that?

Marsh: "Car's running Candy!"

Candy: "Coming!"

2/5 Buckwheat 2018/06/05(Tue)12:49 No. 887755 ID: 15a025
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Marsh: "Alright. Candy you're sitting behind me. Bawsh, you're sitting next to her. Got it?"

Candy: "I'm fine with that."

Bawsh: "Yeah, yeah."

3/5 Buckwheat 2018/06/05(Tue)12:51 No. 887756 ID: 15a025
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We hop in the car and take off.
Marsh: "Alright, so where in town do you live Bawsh?"

Bawsh:" Huh? Oh yeah you can just drop me off at the mall."

Marsh: "You live at the mall?"

Bawsh: "No, but I got some stocking up to do."

Marsh: "I ain't a taxi driver here you know."

Bawsh: "I do know, that's why I said you can just drop me off there. I got cash to call taxi afterwards."

Marsh: "Alright, the mall it is then."

4/5 Buckwheat 2018/06/05(Tue)12:51 No. 887757 ID: 15a025
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It's a pretty quite ride until we get to the mall. Marsh pulls up the car to the drop off spot and Bawsh gets out.

Bawsh: "Hey, thanks again for the-"

Buckwheat 2018/06/05(Tue)12:52 No. 887758 ID: 15a025
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Someone familiar dressed in purple cuts Bawsh off and shoves him out of their way.

>>887754
We are what you would have call a Human or homo sapiens if you like a more scientific term.... Basically a hairless ape. were we came from magic does not exist... But hey we lived in a technology centered world.

>>887758
Save him, as much as we would like to leave and you know. I am pretty sure Sugar would be less inclined on him being the next one to join the land of the dead. hey if needed drop him off somewhere else.

>>887765
>Save him
Save him from what? Being shoved? Well, too late, he already got shoved!

And he’s not dying! He was only shoved out of the way, he wasn’t stabbed or anything like that!

Although, he might’ve gotten something stolen from his bag when he got shoved.

>>887758
I kindof want to follow that guy.

...Raccoon. Purple robes. Uh. Is this the con artist or one of the creepy cultists or BOTH?

...Also did Bawsh just get mugged

>>887758
By “familiar” do you mean the same guy that attacked us and then Marsh ran him over with her car?

Are they running? If so chase them!
If they are walking, tail them!

Also ask Bawsh to check his person to see if he's missing any objects from his pockets and whatnot.

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>Raccoon. Purple robes. Uh. Is this the con artist or one of the creepy cultists or BOTH?
>By “familiar” do you mean the same guy that attacked us and then Marsh ran him over with her car?
I doubt it's the same guy Marsh ran over. They do look similar to the group of them that chased us that night. As for if it's the raccoon, I'm not sure. I couldn't really tell what species they were.

>he might’ve gotten something stolen from his bag when he got shoved.
>ask Bawsh to check his person to see if he's missing any objects from his pockets and whatnot.
Candy: "Bawsh check your bag and make sure nothing got stolen."

Bawsh: "Nothing much to steal in there. Just those empty bottles and cans."

Marsh: "Oh no, what if he, stole your magazine!"

I giggle a bit, but Bawsh opens up his bag and gives a sigh of relief when he finds it's still there.

Bawsh: "Wew, still there."

Marsh "Seriously?"

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Just then, a dog comes running towards us.
???: "Hey, did you see someone dressed in purple robes run by here?"

Marsh: "Yeah he just ran off towards that way. Why?"

???: "Thanks!"

>I kindof want to follow that guy.
>Are they running? If so chase them!
Candy: "Hey wait, are you going after them?"

???: "Yes!"

Candy: "Then hop in, it'll be faster!"

Marsh: "Candy!"

???: "Thanks, again!"

He jumps over the door and buckles up.
???: "Alright, after them!"

Marsh just groans and speeds off.

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Candy: "So... who are you?"

???: "Name's Cliff. Mall security."

Marsh: "Got a badge or- oh wait I kind of know you? You're in that little coffee shop every now and then right?"

Cliff: "Yup. I've seen you in there a couple of- hang on I'm getting buzzed."

I hear some radio static before Cliff starts talking into a little radio.
Cliff: "This is Cliff. Yup! I'm in hot pursuit of the thief right now!"

Candy: "What'd he steal?"

Cliff: "A lot of tapes from the movie store."

Marsh: "All this is over some movies?"

Cliff: "No, we're after him for stabbing several customers and the clerk!"

Candy: "What is it with these jerks and stabbing everyone!"

Cliff: "Wait, you know this guy?"

Candy: "Not really. There's just been a lot of these purple creeps going around stab-"

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Marsh makes a sharp turn into the parking lot and chases him all the way to the back end. Once we get to an empty spot she speeds up, turns around, and cuts the guy off. Cliff hurries up and jumps out of the car.

Cliff: "Stop right-!"

The thief tosses a knife, just barely missing Cliff and hitting Marsh's door instead.

Marsh: "You're gonna pay for that you purple little freak!"

>>887905
You got your fireball stone right? Get out and lend aid if you can, by blocking off the criminal's escape.

It boogie time! Time to uses your special gift... or at least get it ready for combat... Grab the knife from the door if possible.

>>887908
>You got your fireball stone right?
>>887909
>Time to uses your special gift.
Guys, Candy doesn't have that fireball enchantment stone with her!

It was only given to her so that she could use it for her test to get her enchantment stone license. After the test was over, she gave it back to the cops.

We are the only enchantment stone she has right now and last time I checked, we don’t have a fireball enchantment on us!

>no stone
Well... we should try to block the cultist's path anyway.

Start throwing Bawsh's empties at the cultist.

1/2 Buckwheat 2018/06/06(Wed)15:32 No. 887935 ID: 15a025
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>You got your fireball stone right? Get out and lend aid if you can, by blocking off the criminal's escape.
I wish I had it right now! Officer Nibbles and Officer Freeze took the collar and stone back when we left yesterday.

>Grab the knife from the door if possible.
Well, at least I'm prepared with my own knife already! Marsh or Cliff can grab it if they want.

>Start throwing Bawsh's empties at the cultist.

Candy: "Bawsh ha-"
Dang it, we left him by the drop off!

>It boogie time!
>Well... we should try to block the cultist's path anyway.

I sneak my knife from my pocket get out from the car. I hurry up and try to run to the thief's other side.

2/2 Buckwheat 2018/06/06(Wed)15:33 No. 887936 ID: 15a025
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The thief's got another knife and tries to stab me, but misses!

>>887936
Good!

And I say this because, according to the law, you’re now allowed to stab him with your knife to try and subdue him! If you end up killing him by accident, then it counts as self defense and you won’t be arrested for killing him!

So fight back with your knife!

I suggest NOT getting into a knife fight without some serious martial arts training. You are going to get stabbed if you try to get within range to attack, there is almost no way to avoid it. Focus on staying out of his reach.

You're the distraction. The mall cop is the one who's going to nab him. Just try to keep his attention on you and focus on defense, but if he turns to focus on mall cop, try to stab his arm.

Go for the neck. Nice quick cut should do nicely, That or go for the knee. I mean we can end it with him faster if he is dead. I mean I remember hearing if you stab a kidney someone goes into shock because of the pain... I mean if you want to go with the prison tactics we can go there. No I haven't been there.

Uh also definitely don't try to kill this guy, he needs to be interrogated so the whole cult can be taken down.

1/3 Buckwheat 2018/06/07(Thu)10:03 No. 888072 ID: 15a025
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>You're the distraction. The mall cop is the one who's going to nab him. Just try to keep his attention on you and focus on defense, but if he turns to focus on mall cop, try to stab his arm.
>Focus on staying out of his reach.
>definitely don't try to kill this guy, he needs to be interrogated so the whole cult can be taken down.

I try to stay light on my feet and start backing up a little, ready to run in case he charges or throws his knife at me. Best thing I can do to keep his attention on me is just trying to fake him out. I shift around a little bit and try to make it look like I'm ready to strike.

2/3 Buckwheat 2018/06/07(Thu)10:04 No. 888073 ID: 15a025
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Cliff bashes him in the head with something.

3/3 Buckwheat 2018/06/07(Thu)10:04 No. 888074 ID: 15a025
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The cultist is down!

Woo... now time to grab some sorta rope from the junk trunk!