Concrete Canvas
Street Artist Help Quest
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In the parking lot, you walk past Jacob, who is down on all fours working on a detailed chalk drawing.
Danny: Hey, that looks like Julian in a varsity jacket! Standing next to Autumn! And Wes is leaning against a signpost behind them!
Jacob: So... you like it?
Danny: Are you kidding? This is amazing! You even captured the exact look of our buildings in the background!
Jacob: Thanks, Danny!
Overhead, dark clouds loom...
Danny: Uh, I hate to break it to you, Jacob, but I think it’s going to rain soon.
Jacob: That’s no big deal.
Danny: Aren’t you worried about the rain destroying your work?
Jacob: Not really. ‘Temporary’ kind of defines street art.
A moment later, it starts raining.
Jacob: Want to name the piece for me? Before it goes away?
Danny: Uh, sure! Let’s call it High School Story!
Jacob: ‘High School Story’? That has a certain ring to it.
Danny: Yeah, I’m not quite sure how I came up with that...
The rain comes down even harder. You and Jacob step back and watch as the drawing’s colors run together, the image less and less recognizable.
Danny: I’m sorry, Jacob...
Jacob: There’s nothing to be sorry for. Street artists expect their work to be temporary. If rain doesn’t erase it, then eventually someone will come along and scrub it away. You think Banksy would be famous if he just quit the first time someone painted over his work?
Danny: I guess not... I just don’t understand how you can spend so much time creating something beautiful only to have it wiped from existence like that. Doesn’t it get frustrating?
Jacob: Sometimes, but it’s the nature of the beast. Street art isn’t about forever. And it’s not about hanging on a wall in some museum... ...it’s about taking the ugly wall you have to look at everyday and turning it into something you can’t wait to see... even if it’s only for a few days, a few hours, or a few moments.
Danny: Well, when you put it that way, it sounds pretty cool! Wait... so are you saying the school parking lot is ugly?
Jacob: No. Everything at this school is frustratingly beautiful...
Just then, someone calls out to Jacob from across the parking lot.
Danny: Who’s that?
Jacob: A old dancer friend of mine.
Danny: He looks upset...
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William comes running up to you and Jacob!
William: Ohmygosh! You’re never going to believe this, Jacob!
Jacob: What is it? What’s happened?
William: I... I wanted to sign up for some dance classes at the old community center... But when I got there, I saw that... that...
Danny: What’d you see?
William: I can’t even say it!
Time - 5 hours
Danny: It’s going to be okay, William.
Jacob: Now breathe, calm down, and spit it out. Tell us what you saw at the community center.
William breathes deeply and calms down...
William: There’s a sign on the doors that says that the community center... is going to be demolished!
Jacob: Oh no. Really?
William: Yeah... they’re tearing it down and replacing it with some fancy new condominiums...
Jacob: That’s sad...
Danny: I’m so sorry... it seems like this community center is REALLY special.
William: It is. It’s where I would practice my dancing when I was younger...
Jacob: And where I was encouraged to keep working on my art...
Just then, Wes approaches you.
Wes: Did I just eavesdrop what I thought I eavesdropped? The community center’s being torn down?!
Danny: You used to go there too, Wes? How did I never hear about it?
Jacob: It had already started to go downhill before you showed up...
Wes: It might have gotten worse over the years, but that doesn’t mean it got any less special! Whoever’s planning to tear it down isn’t getting away with this!
Wes rushes off!
Jacob: I can’t believe this is happening! I have to go see for myself. Would you come with me, Danny?
Danny: Sure. I could see what makes this place so special. Speaking of, maybe you’d like to bring along some people who used to go to the community center...
Jacob: Good idea...
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You, Jacob, Olivia, and Kat are heading over to the community center...
Kat: I remember the community center was one of the only places where I could practice my violin. According to my parents, my early playing sounded like ‘a cat being dragged across a chalkboard.’
Danny: Really? You play so well I just assumed your first note was perfect. I can’t imagine you stinking.
Kat: Thanks?
Jacob: What about you, Olivia?
Olivia: Well, not to brag, but I was going to the community center before all of you.
Danny: Not surprised.
Olivia: They let me make artisan pickles there.
Danny: Let’s all just let that sentence sit for a while.
A moment later, you arrive at the community center... ...and everyone gasps!
Jacob: I can’t believe it...
Time - 9 hours
Jacob: The community center’s been completely vandalized!
Danny: I’m guessing it wasn’t always filled with trash.
Jacob: No... it also wasn’t decorated with overturned tables and chairs.
Olivia: Or so much broken glass...
Kat: The pool’s been drained too.
Jacob: And this graffiti doesn’t even say anything worthwhile.
Danny: With no one looking after it, some jerks must have figured it doesn’t matter what happens to it...
Jacob: That’s it, Danny!
Danny: What’s it?
Jacob: You’ve just given me the idea for my next project... beautifying the community center!
Olivia: But it’s going to be torn down...
Kat: Yeah, why would you beautify something that’s going to get destroyed?
Jacob: Because it’ll be awesome! We’ll have a big farewell party the day before and everything. Will you help me out, Danny?
Danny: I’m not sure I see what’s awesome about turning the community center into art right before it’s demolished... ...but of course I’ll help!
Jacob: You’re the best, Danny! And I promise you’ll see what I’m talking about. The awesomeness is coming!
Danny: I do look forward to awesomeness!
Danny: So, what do we need to do first to beautify this place?
Jacob: We definitely need someone to clear out all this overturned furniture.
Jacob looks at Olivia and Kat.
Kat: Uh, the heaviest thing I lift is my violin.
Olivia: I’m not a lifter, per se. But if we’re talking furniture, I know someone who makes the BEST footstools.
Danny: I’ll, uh, keep that in mind. In the meantime, we’re probably going to need to bring in some muscle.
Kat walks over to a couch that’s been flipped on its side and tries to lift it. It barely budges.
Danny: Big muscle.
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Soon, Emily and Alex are easily lugging away some of the bigger pieces of furniture...
Emily: It’s like I’m helping people AND working my glutes at the same time!
Alex: Don’t make me laugh! I don’t want to drop this table on my foot!
Danny: Thanks for helping us out!
Jacob: Yeah, it would’ve taken us forever to clear all this heavy stuff.
Emily: No problem! It’s just too bad the community center’s going away.
Alex: Seriously. This used to be the best place to swim laps!
A moment later, Wes arrives, agitated.
Wes: Stupid, dumb, idiotic--
Danny: --Whoa! Wes, what’s going on?!
Time - 7 hours
Wes: You want to know why I’m so angry?! I’ll tell you! No one cares about the little guy anymore!
Danny: Uh... can you be more specific?
Wes: I went and paid out little condo-creator a visit to see if she’d reconsider...
Jacob: I suspect your plea didn’t work.
Wes: It totally failed! Apparently, the city needs more places for people to live!
Emily: That actually sounds pretty reasonable.
Wes: I know, I know! She even said she understood that the community center meant a lot to everyone! Her compassion is making it really hard to hate her!
Danny: I’m sorry, Wes...
Wes: You say that like it’s over. Well, it’s not over! Not by a long shot!
Alex: On an unrelated note, Emily and I have finished clearing out all the debris for the beautification project.
Wes: Beautification project?
Danny: Jacob thinks it’ll be awesome if we turn the condemned center into an art piece and throw a farewell party for it.
Wes: What?! That’s just a waste of time! There’s no reason for a farewell party, because it isn’t going to be torn down!
Wes storms off again!
Danny: I’ve... I’ve never seen Wes like this before... he’s really upset.
Jacob: I’m not surprised. Back then, Wes didn’t really have a stellar home life. So this place kind of WAS his home.
Danny: I had no idea...
Jacob: What can we do?
Emily: Nothing, honestly.
Alex: I saw on the internet that the land’s been sold, the city’s granted the permit for construction, and the ground-breaking ceremony is in two days. It’s against our code as jocks to ever say that something is completely, positively, absolute over, but...
Emily: It’s kinda over.
Danny: I see... I guess since we can’t stop it from being torn down, we can still give it a proper goodbye!
Jacob: What about Wes?
Danny: I think if we do this right, we can make it a special night for him.
Jacob: Then let’s do this right.
Danny: So... what’s next?
Jacob: Supplies. Lots and lots of art supplies.
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After a trip to the art supply store...
Danny: Think we’ve got enough supplies for your community center project?
Jacob: Oh yeah! We’ve got more than enough! Thanks so much, Danny!
Danny: So... we’ve cleared up the center, and we’ve gotten art supplies. What’s next?
Jacob: Well, a couple things need to happen. First, I need to work on my part of the beautification project.
Danny: Got something special planned?
Jacob: Something like that. Second, I need a team of two to go through and paint everything else. They should be efficient... and it would help if they were also able to campaign for the farewell party.
Danny: Real go-getters?
Jacob: Exactly. Know anyone like that?
Danny: I know exactly who to get!
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Maddie and Brandon arrive fully decked out in painter gear.
Maddie: Condemned building painters for hire!
Brandon: Yep! Yep! At your service! Efficiency’s our game, extravagant tips our aim!
Danny: You realize no one’s paying you for this, right?
Brandon: It was worth a shot! Come on, Maddie, let’s get started on--
Maddie: --painting the drained pool?
Brandon: Same page as always!
As Maddie and Brandon begin painting the pool, Jacob approaches you, looking concerned...
Danny: Everything okay, Jacob?
Time - 10 hours
Jacob: I want everyone at the farewell party to be able to contribute to the art project by painting this blank wall over here. I’ve narrowed it down to two choices, but I can’t decide...
Danny: What are they?
Jacob: Either everyone puts their handprints on the wall OR each person gets a bucket of paint to throw at it! Which one would you choose, Danny?
Danny: Paint-throwing!
Jacob: Why that one?
Danny: I feel like everyone will have a lot of built-up anger knowing the center’s being torn down. ...throwing paint will be a great way of releasing that anger. Plus, when everyone’s done, the wall will look like a Jackson Pollock painting.
Jacob: Okay, I’m sold! You’ve convinced me, Danny!
Later, Maddie and Brandon come up to you and Jacob, their clothes now splattered with flecks of paint!
Maddie: Consider the center painted...
Brandon: ...and beautified!
Jacob: Well, Danny, I think that means we’re ready for the farewell party!
Maddie: I already sent out the E-vite!
Brandon: Which I proofread! Guess what?
Maddie: What?
Brandon: It didn’t have any mistakes in it!
Danny: You guys are my favorite.
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Music reverberates off the freshly painted, newly renovated walls of the community center while students dance at the bottom of the drained pool! Jacob stands in front of a big curtain and addresses your classmates.
Jacob: Everyone! Your attention, please! May I present... the community center art piece!
Jacob tugs on a rope, and the curtains part, revealing an astonishingly beautiful piece of art! In it, your classmates are doing all the things they love about the art center... practicing music, swimming laps, and hanging out. But behind them, a dark pair of eyes looms in the shadows, the pupils blood-red dollar signs. Everyone marvels at Jacob’s work.
Autumn: It’s such a poignant commentary on the futileness of positivity on the wake of man’s greed.
Julian: Totally.
Autumn: You got that from this piece too, Julian?
Julian: For sure. Plus, uh, it’s really pretty.
Payton: I’ll second that! Great work, Jacob!
Jacob: Glad you like it! More importantly, who’s ready to contribute their OWN artwork?!
Autumn: Ooh, I am!
Jacob gathers everyone in front of a blank wall.
Jacob: Danny and I thought we’d have all of you throw paint on the wall!
Julian: Awesome! I’ve always wanted to do that!
Jacob: Here’s the paint! Go for it!
A moment later, all your classmates are throwing paint against the wall!
Julian: Ha ha! It’s even cooler than I thought!
Autumn: This is pretty fun!
Payton: Paint party!
As the party continues on, Wes arrives.
Wes: Hey, Danny. Hey, Jacob.
Danny: Hey, Wes. Are you feeling okay?
Wes: Not really. I guess I finally realized there’s nothing I can do to save this place. It’s getting torn down, and that’s that.
Wes suddenly notices the people partying and celebrating all around him.
Wes: I just don’t get it. This is supposed to be a sad time. We’re losing something special. Why is everyone so happy?
Jacob: I’ll show you.
Jacob takes Wes over to the art piece everyone worked on.
Jacob: Beautiful, isn’t it?
Wes: Wow... This is stunning... but it all... it all feels like a big waste. The building is still getting destroyed tomorrow. This art piece too. Why put all this energy in?
Jacob: Because it’s important to celebrate what we have while we have it. It’s important to see the beauty in what’s temporary. We’re not going to have our community center for much longer, but we’ll always have tonight. Does that make sense?
Wes: It does. I think you just made me a fan of street art.
Wes steps over to one of the buckets of paint, picks it up, and hurls the paint at the wall!
Wes: Okay, that felt awesome!
As the party winds down, you pull Jacob aside.
Jacob: What’s up, Danny?
Danny: I definitely had my doubts about this plan. But now that I see it in action, I got to admit, this is truly awesome.
Jacob: Glad you came around.
Danny: You’ve really done a good thing for everyone. You’ve really given them a night they’ll remember.
Jacob: Then I’ve done my job.
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The next day you, Jacob, and Wes are standing across the street from the community center, watching as a bulldozer smashes into it.
Wes: Gee, guys, I really appreciate the invite. So glad I came here and didn’t miss the destruction of my childhood.
Danny: We didn’t invite you here just to watch this.
Wes: You didn’t?
Jacob: Nope. We’ve got a surprise for you!
Time - 8 hours
Wes: What’s the surprise? Is my actual home about to be bulldozed too?
Jacob: Ha ha. No, come with me.
Jacob leads you and Wes over to a sign in front of the now bulldozed community center.
Wes: What’s this?
Jacob: The plans for the new condos.
Wes: Washer and dryer units, Pergo floors, whatever those are...
Jacob: Keep reading...
Wes: ...And a state-of-the-art public community center!
Wes: There’s going to be a community center inside the condo complex?! I didn’t even know that was possible!
Jacob: It’s all thanks to you, Wes! Whatever you said to the developer must have had an impact!
Wes: I’m pretty sure this is your doing, Jacob! You raised so much awareness with the art project and the party!
Danny: Or, crazy idea... both of you made this happen!
Jacob: I can get behind that.
Wes: Me too.
Danny: So, Jacob, what are you going to do for your next project?
Jacob: I don’t know... maybe I’ll go pay a visit to Hearst High. I’m sure their ugly buildings could use some ‘beautifying’.
Wes: I like the way this guy thinks.
Danny: Me too, Wes. Me too.
- Have a Street Artist
In the parking lot, you walk past Jacob, who is down on all fours working on a detailed chalk drawing.
Danny: Hey, that looks like Julian in a varsity jacket! Standing next to Autumn! And Wes is leaning against a signpost behind them!
Jacob: So... you like it?
Danny: Are you kidding? This is amazing! You even captured the exact look of our buildings in the background!
Jacob: Thanks, Danny!
Overhead, dark clouds loom...
Danny: Uh, I hate to break it to you, Jacob, but I think it’s going to rain soon.
Jacob: That’s no big deal.
Danny: Aren’t you worried about the rain destroying your work?
Jacob: Not really. ‘Temporary’ kind of defines street art.
A moment later, it starts raining.
Jacob: Want to name the piece for me? Before it goes away?
Danny: Uh, sure! Let’s call it High School Story!
Jacob: ‘High School Story’? That has a certain ring to it.
Danny: Yeah, I’m not quite sure how I came up with that...
The rain comes down even harder. You and Jacob step back and watch as the drawing’s colors run together, the image less and less recognizable.
Danny: I’m sorry, Jacob...
Jacob: There’s nothing to be sorry for. Street artists expect their work to be temporary. If rain doesn’t erase it, then eventually someone will come along and scrub it away. You think Banksy would be famous if he just quit the first time someone painted over his work?
Danny: I guess not... I just don’t understand how you can spend so much time creating something beautiful only to have it wiped from existence like that. Doesn’t it get frustrating?
Jacob: Sometimes, but it’s the nature of the beast. Street art isn’t about forever. And it’s not about hanging on a wall in some museum... ...it’s about taking the ugly wall you have to look at everyday and turning it into something you can’t wait to see... even if it’s only for a few days, a few hours, or a few moments.
Danny: Well, when you put it that way, it sounds pretty cool! Wait... so are you saying the school parking lot is ugly?
Jacob: No. Everything at this school is frustratingly beautiful...
Just then, someone calls out to Jacob from across the parking lot.
Danny: Who’s that?
Jacob: A old dancer friend of mine.
Danny: He looks upset...
Requirements
- Jacob
- A Guy Dancer (William)
William comes running up to you and Jacob!
William: Ohmygosh! You’re never going to believe this, Jacob!
Jacob: What is it? What’s happened?
William: I... I wanted to sign up for some dance classes at the old community center... But when I got there, I saw that... that...
Danny: What’d you see?
William: I can’t even say it!
Time - 5 hours
Danny: It’s going to be okay, William.
Jacob: Now breathe, calm down, and spit it out. Tell us what you saw at the community center.
William breathes deeply and calms down...
William: There’s a sign on the doors that says that the community center... is going to be demolished!
Jacob: Oh no. Really?
William: Yeah... they’re tearing it down and replacing it with some fancy new condominiums...
Jacob: That’s sad...
Danny: I’m so sorry... it seems like this community center is REALLY special.
William: It is. It’s where I would practice my dancing when I was younger...
Jacob: And where I was encouraged to keep working on my art...
Just then, Wes approaches you.
Wes: Did I just eavesdrop what I thought I eavesdropped? The community center’s being torn down?!
Danny: You used to go there too, Wes? How did I never hear about it?
Jacob: It had already started to go downhill before you showed up...
Wes: It might have gotten worse over the years, but that doesn’t mean it got any less special! Whoever’s planning to tear it down isn’t getting away with this!
Wes rushes off!
Jacob: I can’t believe this is happening! I have to go see for myself. Would you come with me, Danny?
Danny: Sure. I could see what makes this place so special. Speaking of, maybe you’d like to bring along some people who used to go to the community center...
Jacob: Good idea...
Requirements
- Jacob
- A Hipster (Olivia)
- A Virtuoso (Kat)
You, Jacob, Olivia, and Kat are heading over to the community center...
Kat: I remember the community center was one of the only places where I could practice my violin. According to my parents, my early playing sounded like ‘a cat being dragged across a chalkboard.’
Danny: Really? You play so well I just assumed your first note was perfect. I can’t imagine you stinking.
Kat: Thanks?
Jacob: What about you, Olivia?
Olivia: Well, not to brag, but I was going to the community center before all of you.
Danny: Not surprised.
Olivia: They let me make artisan pickles there.
Danny: Let’s all just let that sentence sit for a while.
A moment later, you arrive at the community center... ...and everyone gasps!
Jacob: I can’t believe it...
Time - 9 hours
Jacob: The community center’s been completely vandalized!
Danny: I’m guessing it wasn’t always filled with trash.
Jacob: No... it also wasn’t decorated with overturned tables and chairs.
Olivia: Or so much broken glass...
Kat: The pool’s been drained too.
Jacob: And this graffiti doesn’t even say anything worthwhile.
Danny: With no one looking after it, some jerks must have figured it doesn’t matter what happens to it...
Jacob: That’s it, Danny!
Danny: What’s it?
Jacob: You’ve just given me the idea for my next project... beautifying the community center!
Olivia: But it’s going to be torn down...
Kat: Yeah, why would you beautify something that’s going to get destroyed?
Jacob: Because it’ll be awesome! We’ll have a big farewell party the day before and everything. Will you help me out, Danny?
Danny: I’m not sure I see what’s awesome about turning the community center into art right before it’s demolished... ...but of course I’ll help!
Jacob: You’re the best, Danny! And I promise you’ll see what I’m talking about. The awesomeness is coming!
Danny: I do look forward to awesomeness!
Danny: So, what do we need to do first to beautify this place?
Jacob: We definitely need someone to clear out all this overturned furniture.
Jacob looks at Olivia and Kat.
Kat: Uh, the heaviest thing I lift is my violin.
Olivia: I’m not a lifter, per se. But if we’re talking furniture, I know someone who makes the BEST footstools.
Danny: I’ll, uh, keep that in mind. In the meantime, we’re probably going to need to bring in some muscle.
Kat walks over to a couch that’s been flipped on its side and tries to lift it. It barely budges.
Danny: Big muscle.
Requirements
- A Level 8+ Jock Except Danny (Emily)
- A Level 8+ Jock Except Danny (Alex)
Soon, Emily and Alex are easily lugging away some of the bigger pieces of furniture...
Emily: It’s like I’m helping people AND working my glutes at the same time!
Alex: Don’t make me laugh! I don’t want to drop this table on my foot!
Danny: Thanks for helping us out!
Jacob: Yeah, it would’ve taken us forever to clear all this heavy stuff.
Emily: No problem! It’s just too bad the community center’s going away.
Alex: Seriously. This used to be the best place to swim laps!
A moment later, Wes arrives, agitated.
Wes: Stupid, dumb, idiotic--
Danny: --Whoa! Wes, what’s going on?!
Time - 7 hours
Wes: You want to know why I’m so angry?! I’ll tell you! No one cares about the little guy anymore!
Danny: Uh... can you be more specific?
Wes: I went and paid out little condo-creator a visit to see if she’d reconsider...
Jacob: I suspect your plea didn’t work.
Wes: It totally failed! Apparently, the city needs more places for people to live!
Emily: That actually sounds pretty reasonable.
Wes: I know, I know! She even said she understood that the community center meant a lot to everyone! Her compassion is making it really hard to hate her!
Danny: I’m sorry, Wes...
Wes: You say that like it’s over. Well, it’s not over! Not by a long shot!
Alex: On an unrelated note, Emily and I have finished clearing out all the debris for the beautification project.
Wes: Beautification project?
Danny: Jacob thinks it’ll be awesome if we turn the condemned center into an art piece and throw a farewell party for it.
Wes: What?! That’s just a waste of time! There’s no reason for a farewell party, because it isn’t going to be torn down!
Wes storms off again!
Danny: I’ve... I’ve never seen Wes like this before... he’s really upset.
Jacob: I’m not surprised. Back then, Wes didn’t really have a stellar home life. So this place kind of WAS his home.
Danny: I had no idea...
Jacob: What can we do?
Emily: Nothing, honestly.
Alex: I saw on the internet that the land’s been sold, the city’s granted the permit for construction, and the ground-breaking ceremony is in two days. It’s against our code as jocks to ever say that something is completely, positively, absolute over, but...
Emily: It’s kinda over.
Danny: I see... I guess since we can’t stop it from being torn down, we can still give it a proper goodbye!
Jacob: What about Wes?
Danny: I think if we do this right, we can make it a special night for him.
Jacob: Then let’s do this right.
Danny: So... what’s next?
Jacob: Supplies. Lots and lots of art supplies.
Requirements
- Spend 50,000 coins
After a trip to the art supply store...
Danny: Think we’ve got enough supplies for your community center project?
Jacob: Oh yeah! We’ve got more than enough! Thanks so much, Danny!
Danny: So... we’ve cleared up the center, and we’ve gotten art supplies. What’s next?
Jacob: Well, a couple things need to happen. First, I need to work on my part of the beautification project.
Danny: Got something special planned?
Jacob: Something like that. Second, I need a team of two to go through and paint everything else. They should be efficient... and it would help if they were also able to campaign for the farewell party.
Danny: Real go-getters?
Jacob: Exactly. Know anyone like that?
Danny: I know exactly who to get!
Requirements
- Jacob
- A Student Gov (Maddie)
- A Student Gov (Brandon)
Maddie and Brandon arrive fully decked out in painter gear.
Maddie: Condemned building painters for hire!
Brandon: Yep! Yep! At your service! Efficiency’s our game, extravagant tips our aim!
Danny: You realize no one’s paying you for this, right?
Brandon: It was worth a shot! Come on, Maddie, let’s get started on--
Maddie: --painting the drained pool?
Brandon: Same page as always!
As Maddie and Brandon begin painting the pool, Jacob approaches you, looking concerned...
Danny: Everything okay, Jacob?
Time - 10 hours
Jacob: I want everyone at the farewell party to be able to contribute to the art project by painting this blank wall over here. I’ve narrowed it down to two choices, but I can’t decide...
Danny: What are they?
Jacob: Either everyone puts their handprints on the wall OR each person gets a bucket of paint to throw at it! Which one would you choose, Danny?
Danny: Paint-throwing!
Jacob: Why that one?
Danny: I feel like everyone will have a lot of built-up anger knowing the center’s being torn down. ...throwing paint will be a great way of releasing that anger. Plus, when everyone’s done, the wall will look like a Jackson Pollock painting.
Jacob: Okay, I’m sold! You’ve convinced me, Danny!
Later, Maddie and Brandon come up to you and Jacob, their clothes now splattered with flecks of paint!
Maddie: Consider the center painted...
Brandon: ...and beautified!
Jacob: Well, Danny, I think that means we’re ready for the farewell party!
Maddie: I already sent out the E-vite!
Brandon: Which I proofread! Guess what?
Maddie: What?
Brandon: It didn’t have any mistakes in it!
Danny: You guys are my favorite.
Requirements
- Complete a Party with Jacob
Music reverberates off the freshly painted, newly renovated walls of the community center while students dance at the bottom of the drained pool! Jacob stands in front of a big curtain and addresses your classmates.
Jacob: Everyone! Your attention, please! May I present... the community center art piece!
Jacob tugs on a rope, and the curtains part, revealing an astonishingly beautiful piece of art! In it, your classmates are doing all the things they love about the art center... practicing music, swimming laps, and hanging out. But behind them, a dark pair of eyes looms in the shadows, the pupils blood-red dollar signs. Everyone marvels at Jacob’s work.
Autumn: It’s such a poignant commentary on the futileness of positivity on the wake of man’s greed.
Julian: Totally.
Autumn: You got that from this piece too, Julian?
Julian: For sure. Plus, uh, it’s really pretty.
Payton: I’ll second that! Great work, Jacob!
Jacob: Glad you like it! More importantly, who’s ready to contribute their OWN artwork?!
Autumn: Ooh, I am!
Jacob gathers everyone in front of a blank wall.
Jacob: Danny and I thought we’d have all of you throw paint on the wall!
Julian: Awesome! I’ve always wanted to do that!
Jacob: Here’s the paint! Go for it!
A moment later, all your classmates are throwing paint against the wall!
Julian: Ha ha! It’s even cooler than I thought!
Autumn: This is pretty fun!
Payton: Paint party!
As the party continues on, Wes arrives.
Wes: Hey, Danny. Hey, Jacob.
Danny: Hey, Wes. Are you feeling okay?
Wes: Not really. I guess I finally realized there’s nothing I can do to save this place. It’s getting torn down, and that’s that.
Wes suddenly notices the people partying and celebrating all around him.
Wes: I just don’t get it. This is supposed to be a sad time. We’re losing something special. Why is everyone so happy?
Jacob: I’ll show you.
Jacob takes Wes over to the art piece everyone worked on.
Jacob: Beautiful, isn’t it?
Wes: Wow... This is stunning... but it all... it all feels like a big waste. The building is still getting destroyed tomorrow. This art piece too. Why put all this energy in?
Jacob: Because it’s important to celebrate what we have while we have it. It’s important to see the beauty in what’s temporary. We’re not going to have our community center for much longer, but we’ll always have tonight. Does that make sense?
Wes: It does. I think you just made me a fan of street art.
Wes steps over to one of the buckets of paint, picks it up, and hurls the paint at the wall!
Wes: Okay, that felt awesome!
As the party winds down, you pull Jacob aside.
Jacob: What’s up, Danny?
Danny: I definitely had my doubts about this plan. But now that I see it in action, I got to admit, this is truly awesome.
Jacob: Glad you came around.
Danny: You’ve really done a good thing for everyone. You’ve really given them a night they’ll remember.
Jacob: Then I’ve done my job.
Requirements
- Jacob
- Wes
The next day you, Jacob, and Wes are standing across the street from the community center, watching as a bulldozer smashes into it.
Wes: Gee, guys, I really appreciate the invite. So glad I came here and didn’t miss the destruction of my childhood.
Danny: We didn’t invite you here just to watch this.
Wes: You didn’t?
Jacob: Nope. We’ve got a surprise for you!
Time - 8 hours
Wes: What’s the surprise? Is my actual home about to be bulldozed too?
Jacob: Ha ha. No, come with me.
Jacob leads you and Wes over to a sign in front of the now bulldozed community center.
Wes: What’s this?
Jacob: The plans for the new condos.
Wes: Washer and dryer units, Pergo floors, whatever those are...
Jacob: Keep reading...
Wes: ...And a state-of-the-art public community center!
Wes: There’s going to be a community center inside the condo complex?! I didn’t even know that was possible!
Jacob: It’s all thanks to you, Wes! Whatever you said to the developer must have had an impact!
Wes: I’m pretty sure this is your doing, Jacob! You raised so much awareness with the art project and the party!
Danny: Or, crazy idea... both of you made this happen!
Jacob: I can get behind that.
Wes: Me too.
Danny: So, Jacob, what are you going to do for your next project?
Jacob: I don’t know... maybe I’ll go pay a visit to Hearst High. I’m sure their ugly buildings could use some ‘beautifying’.
Wes: I like the way this guy thinks.
Danny: Me too, Wes. Me too.