Country Club Caper
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Danny: What’s up, Wes?
Nishan: Yeah, I got a text to meet you here at your hangout... ...which seems somehow bigger than the last time I saw it.
Wes: I called everyone here because we need a plan. Brigette has invited everyone to her birthday at the Millbrook Hills Country Club.
Sakura: But right now, Brigette is our prime suspects for Pandora. You want us to waltz right into the lion’s den?
Mia: Hey! Brigette’s my cousin, and she’s a good person. She is NOT Pandora!
Danny: I don’t want to think it could be Brigette, but we don’t know for sure.
Wes: That’s why we’re all going to this party. I’ve got a plan to find out once and for all.
Nishan: Whoa! Do I really have to go all Admiral Ackbar here? Obviously it’s a trap!
Wes: But if we’re prepared, we can play the trap to our advantage. I say we give Brigette a gift outfitted with a bug.
Payton: Ewwwww!
Wes: I mean a listening device. Afterward, if Brigette’s really up to something, we’ll know.
Julian: I’m in. I’m tired of Pandora’s games.
Mia: Fine. I’ll help. But only because I know it’ll clear Brigette’s name.
Danny: Thanks, Mia.
Mia: Don’t thank me yet. If we do this, we’re going to do it right. You can’t go to a country club if you don’t look the part.
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Berry and Alexandra emerge from the shop in their new outfits.
Berry: Well? How do we look?
Alexandra: Mine feels a little stiff. Does it look stiff? It seems stiff...
Mia: Hmmmmmm.
Berry: Hmmmmm what? ‘Hmmm, you look great’? ‘Hmmmm, you look like my grandma’?
Mia: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Payton: I’ve gone shopping with Mia before. This might take a while.
Time - 7 hours
Mia: After some extensive consideration...
Danny: Really, REALLY, extensive...
Mia: I’ve decided your outfits look great!
Alexandra: Yay!
Berry: So we’ll fit in at the country club?
Mia: Perfectly! You’ll blend right in! You look like the cream of the crop! The upper crust!
Julian: Why do all rich-people terms have to do with delicious-sounding food?
Danny: Now what do we do?
Wes: If we’re good to go to the club, we just need to buy Brigette a gift! It should be big enough to fit a recording device in... but not so big that it’ll make her suspicious...
Mia: And fancy! And beautiful! And rare! And expensive! So, so expensive!
Wes: Yeah, that too.
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You, Mia, and Wes browse an upscale mall...
Mia: Now then, shopping for someone with taste as refined as Brigette can be tricky. She’s not like you, Wes. You can’t just slap a candle in a rusty bucked and call it a birthday gift.
Wes: Is that what you think I do?
Mia: If we’re going to give Brigette a gift that she doesn’t immediately throw away, it has to be something luxurious... something elegant... something truly one-of-a-kind!
Danny: Hmmm... in that case... let’s buy her a ritzy designer purse.
Mia: Ooo! That’s a great idea! Brigette loves fancy accessories!
You duck into an expensive leather store...
Mia: How about this one? Imported straight from Italy, hand-crafted by one of the world’s top designers! Plus, it’s got a thick custom handle for us to hide the recording device in!
Later on, you regroup back on campus with Nishan...
Nishan: There! I’ve installed a tiny recording device in the handle of the purse...
Danny: So we’ve got clothes, and we’ve got a gift...
Mia: And the party is about to start! Let’s go to the country club!
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A little while later, Mia drives towards the club in a town car packed full of students from your school.
Mia: Now I don’t want anyone getting all sloppy and casual. This isn’t some average everyday party we’re going to. This is a birthday party for one of the richest families in town, held at the nicest country club in town! And you know what that means?
Maya: Really good cake?
Mia: No! Well, yes. But more than that, it means you need to be on your most proper manners! That means no dirty jokes, goofing off, or making out in public! Looking at you, Payton!
Payton: But what if someone there is really cute?
Mia: Ugh. This is going to be a loooooong drive.
Time - 16 hours
One etiquette-packed car ride later, you pull into the parking lot of the country club...
Mia: Okay! Final drill! Maya... silverware order!
Maya: Start from the outside, and work in!
Mia: Good! Maya! Acceptable sports?
Maya: Tennis, polo, and croquet!
Mia: Perfect!
Nishan: Is croquet the one where you use flamingos as mallets?
All of you stroll into the gorgeous country club. Lavish tables sit covered in delicious catered food. A classical band strums Vivaldi. Waiters in white tie bustle around, serving around.
Maya: Whoa...
Payton: This is amazing...
Wes: Now I get why people Occupy Wall Street.
Julian: Yeah, well, I’m about to occupy that buffet table!
A few girls from Athena walk over to you...
Lacey: Good to see you out here!
Katherine: Yeah... good to see you...
Katherine pulls you aside.
Katherine: What’s going on? Do you still think Brigette is Pandora?
Danny: Well, that’s what we’re here to investig--
You’re cut off by Brigette’s squeal of delight.
Brigette: Ah! My new friends! I’m absolutely delighted!
She hugs you all and gives Mia a kiss on the cheek.
Danny: Happy birthday, Brigette! This place is really nice.
Brigette: Why thank you! It IS quite lovely! And so many people turned out! The whole family’s here!
Mia: Wait... the WHOLE family?
Just then, you spin around... and see Max and Kara standing behind you!
Max: Hello, Danny.
Kara: Long time no see.
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Kara: You’ve got a lot of nerve showing up here.
Danny: Max, Kara... we don’t want any trouble.
Max: Then you shouldn’t have come.
Julian: Hey, man, back off...
Max shoves Julian in the chest, sending him backwards!
Max: Oh yeah? And what are you going to do if I don’t?
Mia: Back off, Max. Brigette’s MY cousin too!
Kara: Yeah, and that’s the only reason you’re here, traitor. If Brigette wasn’t related to you, she wouldn’t even give you the time of the day!
Mia: That’s... that’s not true...
Julian: Okay, this ends NOW.
Max and Julian step towards each other...
Time - 11 hours
Suddenly, Brigette interjects!
Brigette: What’s going on here? Max? Mia? Is there a problem? You promised no drama! No fighting!
Max stifles his anger, cracking his knuckles as he back away. Meanwhile, you and Mia hold Julian back.
Max: Nah, no problem at all.
Mia: Yeah. Everything’s peachy. Come on, Danny. Let’s go.
You part ways with Max and Kara... but they stare you down.
Danny: Let’s just focus on our plan and get this present to the gift table.
You make your way to the long, lavish table stacked high with birthday gifts, when Autumn stops you in your tracks, her eyes growing wide.
Autumn: Wait a minute... not all of these gifts are for Brigette. Look!
Autumn points to a particular present at the end of the table... with the tag addressed ‘To Danny’!
Danny: For me?
Autumn: It has to be a box from Pandora! Only she would do this. This size and shape match her boxes!
Nishan: It’s a trap! IT’S A TRAP!
Wes: Trap or not, I don’t think we can just ignore it. Danny, grab the box.
Mia: Uh, maybe at your birthday parties the gift tables are some kind of socialist free-for-all, but around here, we can’t just grab gifts off the table. Not if we don’t want to get kicked out.
Danny: What do you propose?
Mia: We’ll need a distraction first...
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You nod to Yangchen and Kyle as they step out onto the main clubhouse’s dance floor.
Yangchen: Hey, DJ! What’s a party animal gotta do to get some dubstep up in here? Some trap? Electro-pop? ‘80s glam metal? Carrie Underwood?
Kyle: Who left this perfectly good bearskin costume by the fireplace like a rug? If no one else will wear it, I will. It’s the least I can do.
Yangchen: What’s the acceptable level of popping and locking at a black tie event? Is it zero? That seems low.
Kyle: These hors d’ourves are FREE? Oh ho, big mistake, country club! I will eat my WEIGHT in prawns. Don’t think I won’t.
Every guest in the room turns toward the class clowns, either gasping in shock or doubling over with laughter!
Danny: Perfect! Everyone’s distracted! Now’s my chance!
Time - 18 hours
With everyone distracted by Yangchen and Kyle, you sneak over to the gift table and snatch the box with your name on it!
Danny: Got it!
You step outside with the box, where the other wait for you.
Payton: The suspense is killing me! Open it, open it!
You carefully open the box... revealing a small, unmarked key!
Autumn: What does it say?
Danny: Nothing! There’s no note. There’s nothing but this key. It doesn’t even say what it opens...
Payton: Well, THAT’S creepy.
Just then, a voice calls over to you! You hide the key in your pocket!
Max: Hey! What were you weirdos doing by the gift table?
Danny: I... uh...
You look to Julian, desperate for a distraction...
Julian: We were just... uh... talking about how I’m gonna take you down!
Mia: Julian! We promised Brigette no fighting!
Julian: Not literally... I meant I’ll beat you at... uh... sports!
Max: Sports? Really? You’d beat me at sports?
Julian: Well, yeah. Everyone knows you only got your spot on the football team because your daddy made the coach put you in...
Max: You don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m twice the athlete you’ll ever be!
Julian: Yeah? Then prove it, here and now.
Julian searches around for the closest object and picks up... a tennis racket.
Julian: Tennis! I challenge you to a tennis match! You and Kara versus me and Danny. What do you say?
Max: You’re on!
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You pick up a racket and take the baseline. Julian joins you, and you motion for him to go to the service line instead.
Julian: Right. Yeah. I knew that.
Max: Heh. This is gonna be a piece of cake.
Max winds up and serves to you! You hit it back with a forehand! You slam a forehand right back at them!
Julian: Nice!
Kara fumbles for it and misses!
Danny: We score! Love-fifteen!
Julian: What am I loving?
Danny: Don’t worry about it.
Max winds up and serves another! You knock it back with a forehand... Kara lobs it back... Julian smashes it back at them...
Julian: Yeah!
Max dives and barely catches it! It whistles towards you, and you hit it back with a backhand! You nail a hard backhand across the court! Kara dives for it and misses!
Kara: Arrrrggh!
Danny: Point for us!
Julian: Yo, this game is pretty fun...
Max: We’re just getting started!
Max winds up and serves the ball to you! You knock it back at a hard diagonal! Kara dives for it to the left and misses! Max runs to the right and knocks it back! You run forward and smash the ball left. You knock it to the left, straight to Kara!
Kara: Hfff!
Kara hits it right back at you! You dive and miss, and the ball bounces off your line and flies away!
Kara: Ha! Point to us.
You lean over to Julian and grin...
Danny: I think we got this!
Julian: Oh, we are gonna crush it!
A fierce, fast-paced match plays out! You and Julian act like a great team, covering each other, keeping Max and Kara on their toes... And soon enough, it’s down to the last point...
Julian: Here we go, Danny! If we get this point, we win!
Max smashes the ball to you... You slam it back... Kara hits a savage backhand... And Julian catches it with an incredibly powerful volley, knocking it right past Max and Kara!
Julian: Yeah! That’s how we do! Match, set, point, touchdown!
Julian does a victory dance! You run over and high-five him!
Max: That was ridiculous! You only won because of brute force!
Danny: More like brute skill!
You and Julian put the tennis rackets back. You glance back at the gift table, where your friends have run off with the box...
Danny: (Nice!)
Max: Hey! Where are you going?! You didn’t explain what you were doing by the gift table!
You lean over and whisper to Julian...
Danny: It’s going to be impossible to investigate Pandora with Max constantly on our backs.
Julian: Don’t worry. I’ll distract him.
Julian turns towards Max.
Julian: Uh... you know what, Max? Tennis is a game for chumps! Real men play... Golf?
Max: Oh, you wanna play golf? Seriously? You’re on!
Julian winks as he, Max, and Kara run off towards the golf course...
Danny: Well, I guess he’ll keep them distracted. I just wonder where Brigette is...
You look over and see that tea is being served. Brigette sits at an elegant table, taking tea with several of her friends from Athena...
Mia: I can go talk to her and try to get the truth. I’ll need some friends for support...
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Mia: Afternoon tea is our chance to sit down and get some info out of Brigette!
Emily: So, what info are we looking for?
Mia: Anything that links her to Pandora, Katherine, or Zero!
Sarah: Got it!
Time - 15 hours
Mia, Emily, and Sarah make their way to the patio where some of the guests have gathered for tea. They take a seat at Brigette’s table.
Brigette: Thank you all for coming!
Lacey: I’d prefer a dancefloor and a club beat, but hey, the tea is pretty good...
Sarah: Yes it is! I’d like to send some to a friend, but I’m not sure what package to send it in...
Brigette: Oh, you must visit the parlor on Third Avenue! They have the most darling tea BOXES!
Emily: ‘Boxes’?
Brigette: But enough talk about tea! I was expecting gossip!
Mia: Well, nothing new on the dating front... but what about you, Brigette? Been seeing anyone lately?
Brigette: No, not really... I had a bad breakup a little while back, and haven’t dated anyone since... I still never found out why he broke up with me...
Sarah: Oh no! What happened? Was there... someone else in the picture?
Brigette: I would certainly hope not! If there were, I’d definitely have a MESSAGE to send to her.
Emily: A ‘message’?
Mia: That’s an... interesting choice of words...
Mia: That is so wrong! If someone dumped me for another girl, I don’t know WHAT I’d do to them! What would YOU do, Brigette? You know... hypothetically?
Brigette begins to answer, but stops when a man from the clubhouse approaches and whispers something in his ear.
Brigette: All this talk can wait ‘til later. Now it’s time for more pleasant things. The horses are being saddled!
Mia: Horses?
Brigette: Of course! It’s time for polo!
You head towards the polo field. As you get there, Julian and Max walk over, arguing as they come off the golf course...
Max: Just admit it! I won fair and square!
Julian: Yeah, whatever. That game is like the worst. It’s ‘Walking on Grass: The Sport’.
Max: You want another rematch? Fine! Let’s play polo!
Julian: You’re on!
Julian stomps over to you.
Julian: I’m doing this, Danny. It’s polo-time.
Danny: Do you even know how to play polo?
Julian: I own a polo shirt?
Danny: Well, for starters, we get on these horses.
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You, Julian, and Berry sit astride horses on one end of a polo field, holding mallets.
Julian: We can do this, guys. We just have to whack the ball through the goal. With these hammers. While riding horses. Man, rich people are weird...
Across from you are Max, Kara, and Brigette, on their own horses, protecting their goal.
Max: Pathetic! You’re not even gripping your mallets correctly! We’ll have this wrapped up by the end of the first chukker!
Julian: I don’t know what a chukker is, but I know I don’t need a fancy mallet grip to beat you!
Berry: Here we go!
The whistle blows, and the match starts! The umpire tosses in the ball, and you race forward on your horses towards it!
Time - 20 hours
Despite your inexperience, the game is surprisingly close... In the first chukker, you ride deftly, beating Max to the ball and scoring a goal.
Danny: Tally-ho!
Max: That’s not something you say in polo!
Danny: It is now!
Max responds in the fifth chukker with a goal of his own.
Max: Get off my field!
By the final chukker, the score is tied.
Julian: We’ve got this! Just one more goal before time expires, and we win this stupid game!
Berry: Let’s do it!
The umpire tosses the ball in! Julian blocks Max, giving you a clear shot at it!
Danny: Stay on target... stay on target...
You wind up your mallet and hit the ball right towards the goal! You hit the ball straight into the goal as time expires! A perfect shot!
Danny: Yes!
Max: No!
Berry: Awesome! We win! We win!
Kara: Ugh! This is so stupid! I hate this game!
Julian: Well, I guess we can all agree that our school is officially better at everything, ever!
Max: You got lucky! I demand we play another game!
Kara: Like what? We’ve already played tennis, croquet, golf, and polo...
Julian: How about golf-cart racing?
Kara: That’s not a thing!
Julian: Sure it is! First one to make three laps around the club wins! This’ll prove who’s the better athlete, once and for all!
Max: Oh, I’m in!
Max rushes off to the golf carts. Julian pulls you aside...
Danny: ...golf-cart racing?
Julian: I was out of ideas, okay? Now quick! Find some people with good twitch skills...
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Julian, Nishan, and James climb into a golf cart. Opposite them, Max and Kara approach theirs...
Kara: I said no, Max! This is stupid! I’m not doing it!
Max: Fine! Then I’ll do it alone!
Max hops into his cart and revs the engine. Julian does the same for his.
James: Uh, this might be a bad time to ask, but are we actually allowed to do this?
Julian: Do you really want to know the answer to that?
James: it’s probably better if I don’t.
Nishan: I’ve calculated the logistics of winning this race, and I think the odds are in our favor, as long as you do precisely what I--
Max cuts Nishan off by racing away! Julian puts the pedal to the metal and speeds after him!
Nishan: Ahhhhh!
Time - 17 hours
Max flies around the country club in his golf cart, with Julian, James, and Nishan in hot pursuit!
Julian: Grrrr! He’s beating us!
James: Quick! Do we have any turtle shells or banana peels?
Julian: Why would we have that, James?! Why would we have that?
Max’s cart zips around a corner! Julian’s barely makes it!
Nishan: Our cart’s too heavy! We need to find a way to lose some weight! What is we--
Nishan is cut off by Julian shoving him out of the cart and into a sand pit!
Nishan: Yep, that’d do it.
Julian’s cart speeds up and slams into the back of Max’s!
Max: Ahhh!
Both carts spin out wildly and go careening across the golf course! They flip over and plunge right into the lake! Moments later, a dripping wet Max, Julian, and James emerge from the lake... Only to find the furious club security staff waiting for them!
Max: Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me!
As the staff throws them out, Julian shoots you a big grin!
Danny: Well... I guess that’s one way to get Max off our back...
Just then, a bell rings! It’s time go in and eat cake.
Danny: Guess we should head over to the dining area...
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You gather on the green around a row of tables as an incredible, scrumptious cake is wheeled out. You all sing...
Lacey: Happy birthday to you...
Katherine: Happy birthday to you...
Mia: Happy birthday, dear Brigette...
Danny: Happy birthday...
Kara: To you!
Danny: Wait a minute... something’s wrong here...
Nishan: You’re right... where’s Payton?
Autumn: There’s no way Payton would miss cake!
Just then, your phone vibrates in your pocket!
Danny: I’ve got a text... from Pandora! It says, ‘It’s a shame Payton won’t be back in time for cake. She shouldn’t have been HORSING around...’
Wes: ‘Horsing’? It’s a clue! She’s at the stables! We’ve got to get to her, quick!
You all rush over to the stables... only to find the heavy wooden doors held shut with a chain and padlock! You can hear someone pounding on the door from the other side!
Autumn: Oh no! Payton must be trapped inside! We’ve got to get that chain off!
Danny: Wait a minute! They key!
You pull out the key you found in Pandora’s box and put it in the padlock... with a twist, the lock comes undone!
Danny: Got it!
Pulling the chains off, you pull open the stable doors... ...and a stampede of horses comes running out, surging at you! You hurl yourself to the side, just in time!
Danny: Ooof!
When the dust clears, you find Payton alone in the stables!
Autumn: Payton! Are you all right?!
Payton: Yeah! I just came in here to pet the horses... and MAYBE started brushing all their silky manes. When I turned to leave, the door was locked! Then there was this really loud air-horn noise that spooked all the horses!
Mia: Pandora must have unlocked all of the horses’ pens, so they would come rushing out with the stable doors opened.
Danny: Let’s worry about that later! Right now we need to round those horses up before they cause damage!
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The horses charge across the country club grounds, hooves thundering!
Mia: Oh no! They’re headed for the picnic tables!
Autumn: No!
The party guests scatter as the herd barrels across the lawn, knocking over all the picnic tables! The cake goes flying! It splatters on the ground, sending flecks of frosting and red velvet cake everywhere as the horses trample it!
Brigette: Aah! My party! It’s ruined!
Lacey alone is stuck back at the tables, her dress caught on a bench! The horses charge towards her! She throws up her hands in terror... And then Julian comes out from around the corner, astride a beautiful black stallion!
Julian: Hya! HYA!
He outraces the other horses and pulls Lacey up out of harm’s way, just as the other tear by! Lacey drapes her arms around him.
Lacey: You saved me! And in, like, the hottest way possible!
Julian: No one’s getting hurt on my watch.
He rides up to Danny and lets Lacey down tenderly.
Danny: Nice save, Julian. But I thought you got kicked out of the club.
Julian: Yeah, well, I’ve never been really good at following rules. Now then, we should probably get those horses rounded up...
Mia: I’m on it!
Time - 22 hours
After strenuous chasing, you gently take the reins of the last wayward horse, calming it as you lead it back to the stables.
Danny: This is the last one!
Sakura: Glad to have THAT under control.
Brigette: What a nightmare! I’m so embarrassed!
Danny: No need to let it ruin the celebration. Let’s just head back to the clubhouse.
You and all the guests follow Brigette back to the main room of the clubhouse... and a collective gasp sounds as you open the door!
Brigette: The presents! They’re all GONE!
Payton: The horses were just a distraction! How is Pandora so good?!
Brigette: You... you think Pandora was behind this?
While Mia comforts Brigette, Wes pulls you aside.
Danny: Well, I’m guessing Brigette’s not Pandora after all. Which puts us back at square one.
Wes: Not at all! If Pandora took the gifts, she also took the hidden microphone! I just need to focus... working this thing can be tricky...
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Wes fiddles with the device, making fine adjustments until...
Wes: Ha! Got it!
A static-laden audio feed blares from the listening device!
Danny: I... I hear someone!
Wes: What can you hear?
A female voice, hushed and desperate, can be heard over the microphone... ‘...if you’re getting this message, pick up the phone! I’ve got the gifts, and I’m loading them into the car. I’ll meet you at the location we agreed on!’
Danny: The thief is still here! We have to catch her before she escapes!
Wes: I can hear the freeway in the background... she must be in the parking lot by the south entrance!
Payton: That’s all the way across the property!
Wes: Then take the fastest people you can... and RUN!
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You speed across the rolling green lawns of the country club, with Alex and Emily at your heels.
Danny: We can still catch this thief! But we’ll have to corner her!
Alex: Then I’ll circle around to the left!
Emily: And I’ll go the other way and cut off the exit!
The three of you split up, sprinting with all your might... and converge on the parking lot! You spot the thief hurriedly shoveling gifts into the trunk of a car...
Danny: You! Stop right there!
She freezes and turns toward you... revealing her face!
Danny: ...YOU?!
Time - 1 day
The thief turns around, revealing her face...
Kara: Well, this isn’t good.
Kara looks for a way out, but you, Alex and Emily have her trapped! Soon, Brigette and all her guests come running down to the parking lot!
Danny: It’s you! You were Pandora all along!
Brigette: K... Kara?! How could you do this to me?
Sakura: I should’ve known! She just wanted to drive us and Athena against each other!
Kara: Wait a minute! None of you know what you’re talking about! This isn’t how it looks!
Wes: You mean, you aren’t trying to steal all of Brigette’s gifts?
Kara: Well, okay, yes, I am doing that, but--
Brigette: How could you do this to me, Kara? How could you ruin my birthday? I thought we were friends!
Katherine: All this time, manipulating us, humiliating us... it was you!
Lacey: Not cool. Seriously not cool.
Kara: Wait! You have to listen to me! I’m not--
Before Kara can finish, security from the club takes her away. Everyone watches her go.
Mia: I just can’t believe Kara would do it...
Payton: Why does everyone seem so serious? We just defeated Pandora! No more creepy boxes, no more embarrassing tasks, no more blackmail! Let’s celebrate!
Nishan: Payton’s right! Pandora’s reign of terror is over!
Wes: Hmm...
As everyone walks off, Wes doesn’t move, just staring at where Kara was...
Danny: What’s wrong, Wes?
Wes: Something about this feels off... I can’t put my finger on it... but something doesn’t add up...
Payton: You’re just being paranoid, Wes! Come party!
Wes: Yeah... okay...
Was Pandora really Kara? Or is there more here than meets the eye? Find out soon!
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Danny: What’s up, Wes?
Nishan: Yeah, I got a text to meet you here at your hangout... ...which seems somehow bigger than the last time I saw it.
Wes: I called everyone here because we need a plan. Brigette has invited everyone to her birthday at the Millbrook Hills Country Club.
Sakura: But right now, Brigette is our prime suspects for Pandora. You want us to waltz right into the lion’s den?
Mia: Hey! Brigette’s my cousin, and she’s a good person. She is NOT Pandora!
Danny: I don’t want to think it could be Brigette, but we don’t know for sure.
Wes: That’s why we’re all going to this party. I’ve got a plan to find out once and for all.
Nishan: Whoa! Do I really have to go all Admiral Ackbar here? Obviously it’s a trap!
Wes: But if we’re prepared, we can play the trap to our advantage. I say we give Brigette a gift outfitted with a bug.
Payton: Ewwwww!
Wes: I mean a listening device. Afterward, if Brigette’s really up to something, we’ll know.
Julian: I’m in. I’m tired of Pandora’s games.
Mia: Fine. I’ll help. But only because I know it’ll clear Brigette’s name.
Danny: Thanks, Mia.
Mia: Don’t thank me yet. If we do this, we’re going to do it right. You can’t go to a country club if you don’t look the part.
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- A Guy Classmate wearing a The Brad Outfit (Berry)
- A Girl Classmate wearing an Intern Chic Outfit (Alexandra)
Berry and Alexandra emerge from the shop in their new outfits.
Berry: Well? How do we look?
Alexandra: Mine feels a little stiff. Does it look stiff? It seems stiff...
Mia: Hmmmmmm.
Berry: Hmmmmm what? ‘Hmmm, you look great’? ‘Hmmmm, you look like my grandma’?
Mia: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Payton: I’ve gone shopping with Mia before. This might take a while.
Time - 7 hours
Mia: After some extensive consideration...
Danny: Really, REALLY, extensive...
Mia: I’ve decided your outfits look great!
Alexandra: Yay!
Berry: So we’ll fit in at the country club?
Mia: Perfectly! You’ll blend right in! You look like the cream of the crop! The upper crust!
Julian: Why do all rich-people terms have to do with delicious-sounding food?
Danny: Now what do we do?
Wes: If we’re good to go to the club, we just need to buy Brigette a gift! It should be big enough to fit a recording device in... but not so big that it’ll make her suspicious...
Mia: And fancy! And beautiful! And rare! And expensive! So, so expensive!
Wes: Yeah, that too.
Requirements
- Spend 650,000 coins
You, Mia, and Wes browse an upscale mall...
Mia: Now then, shopping for someone with taste as refined as Brigette can be tricky. She’s not like you, Wes. You can’t just slap a candle in a rusty bucked and call it a birthday gift.
Wes: Is that what you think I do?
Mia: If we’re going to give Brigette a gift that she doesn’t immediately throw away, it has to be something luxurious... something elegant... something truly one-of-a-kind!
Danny: Hmmm... in that case... let’s buy her a ritzy designer purse.
Mia: Ooo! That’s a great idea! Brigette loves fancy accessories!
You duck into an expensive leather store...
Mia: How about this one? Imported straight from Italy, hand-crafted by one of the world’s top designers! Plus, it’s got a thick custom handle for us to hide the recording device in!
Later on, you regroup back on campus with Nishan...
Nishan: There! I’ve installed a tiny recording device in the handle of the purse...
Danny: So we’ve got clothes, and we’ve got a gift...
Mia: And the party is about to start! Let’s go to the country club!
Requirements
- Mia
- A Level 7+ Girl Classmate wearing and Intern Chic Outfit (Maya)
A little while later, Mia drives towards the club in a town car packed full of students from your school.
Mia: Now I don’t want anyone getting all sloppy and casual. This isn’t some average everyday party we’re going to. This is a birthday party for one of the richest families in town, held at the nicest country club in town! And you know what that means?
Maya: Really good cake?
Mia: No! Well, yes. But more than that, it means you need to be on your most proper manners! That means no dirty jokes, goofing off, or making out in public! Looking at you, Payton!
Payton: But what if someone there is really cute?
Mia: Ugh. This is going to be a loooooong drive.
Time - 16 hours
One etiquette-packed car ride later, you pull into the parking lot of the country club...
Mia: Okay! Final drill! Maya... silverware order!
Maya: Start from the outside, and work in!
Mia: Good! Maya! Acceptable sports?
Maya: Tennis, polo, and croquet!
Mia: Perfect!
Nishan: Is croquet the one where you use flamingos as mallets?
All of you stroll into the gorgeous country club. Lavish tables sit covered in delicious catered food. A classical band strums Vivaldi. Waiters in white tie bustle around, serving around.
Maya: Whoa...
Payton: This is amazing...
Wes: Now I get why people Occupy Wall Street.
Julian: Yeah, well, I’m about to occupy that buffet table!
A few girls from Athena walk over to you...
Lacey: Good to see you out here!
Katherine: Yeah... good to see you...
Katherine pulls you aside.
Katherine: What’s going on? Do you still think Brigette is Pandora?
Danny: Well, that’s what we’re here to investig--
You’re cut off by Brigette’s squeal of delight.
Brigette: Ah! My new friends! I’m absolutely delighted!
She hugs you all and gives Mia a kiss on the cheek.
Danny: Happy birthday, Brigette! This place is really nice.
Brigette: Why thank you! It IS quite lovely! And so many people turned out! The whole family’s here!
Mia: Wait... the WHOLE family?
Just then, you spin around... and see Max and Kara standing behind you!
Max: Hello, Danny.
Kara: Long time no see.
Requirements
- Danny
- Julian
- Mia
Kara: You’ve got a lot of nerve showing up here.
Danny: Max, Kara... we don’t want any trouble.
Max: Then you shouldn’t have come.
Julian: Hey, man, back off...
Max shoves Julian in the chest, sending him backwards!
Max: Oh yeah? And what are you going to do if I don’t?
Mia: Back off, Max. Brigette’s MY cousin too!
Kara: Yeah, and that’s the only reason you’re here, traitor. If Brigette wasn’t related to you, she wouldn’t even give you the time of the day!
Mia: That’s... that’s not true...
Julian: Okay, this ends NOW.
Max and Julian step towards each other...
Time - 11 hours
Suddenly, Brigette interjects!
Brigette: What’s going on here? Max? Mia? Is there a problem? You promised no drama! No fighting!
Max stifles his anger, cracking his knuckles as he back away. Meanwhile, you and Mia hold Julian back.
Max: Nah, no problem at all.
Mia: Yeah. Everything’s peachy. Come on, Danny. Let’s go.
You part ways with Max and Kara... but they stare you down.
Danny: Let’s just focus on our plan and get this present to the gift table.
You make your way to the long, lavish table stacked high with birthday gifts, when Autumn stops you in your tracks, her eyes growing wide.
Autumn: Wait a minute... not all of these gifts are for Brigette. Look!
Autumn points to a particular present at the end of the table... with the tag addressed ‘To Danny’!
Danny: For me?
Autumn: It has to be a box from Pandora! Only she would do this. This size and shape match her boxes!
Nishan: It’s a trap! IT’S A TRAP!
Wes: Trap or not, I don’t think we can just ignore it. Danny, grab the box.
Mia: Uh, maybe at your birthday parties the gift tables are some kind of socialist free-for-all, but around here, we can’t just grab gifts off the table. Not if we don’t want to get kicked out.
Danny: What do you propose?
Mia: We’ll need a distraction first...
Requirement
- A Class Clown (Yangchen)
- A Class Clown (Kyle)
You nod to Yangchen and Kyle as they step out onto the main clubhouse’s dance floor.
Yangchen: Hey, DJ! What’s a party animal gotta do to get some dubstep up in here? Some trap? Electro-pop? ‘80s glam metal? Carrie Underwood?
Kyle: Who left this perfectly good bearskin costume by the fireplace like a rug? If no one else will wear it, I will. It’s the least I can do.
Yangchen: What’s the acceptable level of popping and locking at a black tie event? Is it zero? That seems low.
Kyle: These hors d’ourves are FREE? Oh ho, big mistake, country club! I will eat my WEIGHT in prawns. Don’t think I won’t.
Every guest in the room turns toward the class clowns, either gasping in shock or doubling over with laughter!
Danny: Perfect! Everyone’s distracted! Now’s my chance!
Time - 18 hours
With everyone distracted by Yangchen and Kyle, you sneak over to the gift table and snatch the box with your name on it!
Danny: Got it!
You step outside with the box, where the other wait for you.
Payton: The suspense is killing me! Open it, open it!
You carefully open the box... revealing a small, unmarked key!
Autumn: What does it say?
Danny: Nothing! There’s no note. There’s nothing but this key. It doesn’t even say what it opens...
Payton: Well, THAT’S creepy.
Just then, a voice calls over to you! You hide the key in your pocket!
Max: Hey! What were you weirdos doing by the gift table?
Danny: I... uh...
You look to Julian, desperate for a distraction...
Julian: We were just... uh... talking about how I’m gonna take you down!
Mia: Julian! We promised Brigette no fighting!
Julian: Not literally... I meant I’ll beat you at... uh... sports!
Max: Sports? Really? You’d beat me at sports?
Julian: Well, yeah. Everyone knows you only got your spot on the football team because your daddy made the coach put you in...
Max: You don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m twice the athlete you’ll ever be!
Julian: Yeah? Then prove it, here and now.
Julian searches around for the closest object and picks up... a tennis racket.
Julian: Tennis! I challenge you to a tennis match! You and Kara versus me and Danny. What do you say?
Max: You’re on!
Requirements
- Spend 200,000 coins
- Play!
You pick up a racket and take the baseline. Julian joins you, and you motion for him to go to the service line instead.
Julian: Right. Yeah. I knew that.
Max: Heh. This is gonna be a piece of cake.
Max winds up and serves to you! You hit it back with a forehand! You slam a forehand right back at them!
Julian: Nice!
Kara fumbles for it and misses!
Danny: We score! Love-fifteen!
Julian: What am I loving?
Danny: Don’t worry about it.
Max winds up and serves another! You knock it back with a forehand... Kara lobs it back... Julian smashes it back at them...
Julian: Yeah!
Max dives and barely catches it! It whistles towards you, and you hit it back with a backhand! You nail a hard backhand across the court! Kara dives for it and misses!
Kara: Arrrrggh!
Danny: Point for us!
Julian: Yo, this game is pretty fun...
Max: We’re just getting started!
Max winds up and serves the ball to you! You knock it back at a hard diagonal! Kara dives for it to the left and misses! Max runs to the right and knocks it back! You run forward and smash the ball left. You knock it to the left, straight to Kara!
Kara: Hfff!
Kara hits it right back at you! You dive and miss, and the ball bounces off your line and flies away!
Kara: Ha! Point to us.
You lean over to Julian and grin...
Danny: I think we got this!
Julian: Oh, we are gonna crush it!
A fierce, fast-paced match plays out! You and Julian act like a great team, covering each other, keeping Max and Kara on their toes... And soon enough, it’s down to the last point...
Julian: Here we go, Danny! If we get this point, we win!
Max smashes the ball to you... You slam it back... Kara hits a savage backhand... And Julian catches it with an incredibly powerful volley, knocking it right past Max and Kara!
Julian: Yeah! That’s how we do! Match, set, point, touchdown!
Julian does a victory dance! You run over and high-five him!
Max: That was ridiculous! You only won because of brute force!
Danny: More like brute skill!
You and Julian put the tennis rackets back. You glance back at the gift table, where your friends have run off with the box...
Danny: (Nice!)
Max: Hey! Where are you going?! You didn’t explain what you were doing by the gift table!
You lean over and whisper to Julian...
Danny: It’s going to be impossible to investigate Pandora with Max constantly on our backs.
Julian: Don’t worry. I’ll distract him.
Julian turns towards Max.
Julian: Uh... you know what, Max? Tennis is a game for chumps! Real men play... Golf?
Max: Oh, you wanna play golf? Seriously? You’re on!
Julian winks as he, Max, and Kara run off towards the golf course...
Danny: Well, I guess he’ll keep them distracted. I just wonder where Brigette is...
You look over and see that tea is being served. Brigette sits at an elegant table, taking tea with several of her friends from Athena...
Mia: I can go talk to her and try to get the truth. I’ll need some friends for support...
Requirements
- Mia
- A Level 8+ Girl Classmate (Emily)
- A Level 8+ Girl Classmate (Sarah)
Mia: Afternoon tea is our chance to sit down and get some info out of Brigette!
Emily: So, what info are we looking for?
Mia: Anything that links her to Pandora, Katherine, or Zero!
Sarah: Got it!
Time - 15 hours
Mia, Emily, and Sarah make their way to the patio where some of the guests have gathered for tea. They take a seat at Brigette’s table.
Brigette: Thank you all for coming!
Lacey: I’d prefer a dancefloor and a club beat, but hey, the tea is pretty good...
Sarah: Yes it is! I’d like to send some to a friend, but I’m not sure what package to send it in...
Brigette: Oh, you must visit the parlor on Third Avenue! They have the most darling tea BOXES!
Emily: ‘Boxes’?
Brigette: But enough talk about tea! I was expecting gossip!
Mia: Well, nothing new on the dating front... but what about you, Brigette? Been seeing anyone lately?
Brigette: No, not really... I had a bad breakup a little while back, and haven’t dated anyone since... I still never found out why he broke up with me...
Sarah: Oh no! What happened? Was there... someone else in the picture?
Brigette: I would certainly hope not! If there were, I’d definitely have a MESSAGE to send to her.
Emily: A ‘message’?
Mia: That’s an... interesting choice of words...
Mia: That is so wrong! If someone dumped me for another girl, I don’t know WHAT I’d do to them! What would YOU do, Brigette? You know... hypothetically?
Brigette begins to answer, but stops when a man from the clubhouse approaches and whispers something in his ear.
Brigette: All this talk can wait ‘til later. Now it’s time for more pleasant things. The horses are being saddled!
Mia: Horses?
Brigette: Of course! It’s time for polo!
You head towards the polo field. As you get there, Julian and Max walk over, arguing as they come off the golf course...
Max: Just admit it! I won fair and square!
Julian: Yeah, whatever. That game is like the worst. It’s ‘Walking on Grass: The Sport’.
Max: You want another rematch? Fine! Let’s play polo!
Julian: You’re on!
Julian stomps over to you.
Julian: I’m doing this, Danny. It’s polo-time.
Danny: Do you even know how to play polo?
Julian: I own a polo shirt?
Danny: Well, for starters, we get on these horses.
Requirements
- Danny
- Julian
- A Classmate (Berry)
You, Julian, and Berry sit astride horses on one end of a polo field, holding mallets.
Julian: We can do this, guys. We just have to whack the ball through the goal. With these hammers. While riding horses. Man, rich people are weird...
Across from you are Max, Kara, and Brigette, on their own horses, protecting their goal.
Max: Pathetic! You’re not even gripping your mallets correctly! We’ll have this wrapped up by the end of the first chukker!
Julian: I don’t know what a chukker is, but I know I don’t need a fancy mallet grip to beat you!
Berry: Here we go!
The whistle blows, and the match starts! The umpire tosses in the ball, and you race forward on your horses towards it!
Time - 20 hours
Despite your inexperience, the game is surprisingly close... In the first chukker, you ride deftly, beating Max to the ball and scoring a goal.
Danny: Tally-ho!
Max: That’s not something you say in polo!
Danny: It is now!
Max responds in the fifth chukker with a goal of his own.
Max: Get off my field!
By the final chukker, the score is tied.
Julian: We’ve got this! Just one more goal before time expires, and we win this stupid game!
Berry: Let’s do it!
The umpire tosses the ball in! Julian blocks Max, giving you a clear shot at it!
Danny: Stay on target... stay on target...
You wind up your mallet and hit the ball right towards the goal! You hit the ball straight into the goal as time expires! A perfect shot!
Danny: Yes!
Max: No!
Berry: Awesome! We win! We win!
Kara: Ugh! This is so stupid! I hate this game!
Julian: Well, I guess we can all agree that our school is officially better at everything, ever!
Max: You got lucky! I demand we play another game!
Kara: Like what? We’ve already played tennis, croquet, golf, and polo...
Julian: How about golf-cart racing?
Kara: That’s not a thing!
Julian: Sure it is! First one to make three laps around the club wins! This’ll prove who’s the better athlete, once and for all!
Max: Oh, I’m in!
Max rushes off to the golf carts. Julian pulls you aside...
Danny: ...golf-cart racing?
Julian: I was out of ideas, okay? Now quick! Find some people with good twitch skills...
Requirements
- Julian
- Nishan
- A Level 8+ Gamer (James)
Julian, Nishan, and James climb into a golf cart. Opposite them, Max and Kara approach theirs...
Kara: I said no, Max! This is stupid! I’m not doing it!
Max: Fine! Then I’ll do it alone!
Max hops into his cart and revs the engine. Julian does the same for his.
James: Uh, this might be a bad time to ask, but are we actually allowed to do this?
Julian: Do you really want to know the answer to that?
James: it’s probably better if I don’t.
Nishan: I’ve calculated the logistics of winning this race, and I think the odds are in our favor, as long as you do precisely what I--
Max cuts Nishan off by racing away! Julian puts the pedal to the metal and speeds after him!
Nishan: Ahhhhh!
Time - 17 hours
Max flies around the country club in his golf cart, with Julian, James, and Nishan in hot pursuit!
Julian: Grrrr! He’s beating us!
James: Quick! Do we have any turtle shells or banana peels?
Julian: Why would we have that, James?! Why would we have that?
Max’s cart zips around a corner! Julian’s barely makes it!
Nishan: Our cart’s too heavy! We need to find a way to lose some weight! What is we--
Nishan is cut off by Julian shoving him out of the cart and into a sand pit!
Nishan: Yep, that’d do it.
Julian’s cart speeds up and slams into the back of Max’s!
Max: Ahhh!
Both carts spin out wildly and go careening across the golf course! They flip over and plunge right into the lake! Moments later, a dripping wet Max, Julian, and James emerge from the lake... Only to find the furious club security staff waiting for them!
Max: Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me!
As the staff throws them out, Julian shoots you a big grin!
Danny: Well... I guess that’s one way to get Max off our back...
Just then, a bell rings! It’s time go in and eat cake.
Danny: Guess we should head over to the dining area...
Requirements
- Have 3 Picnic Tables
You gather on the green around a row of tables as an incredible, scrumptious cake is wheeled out. You all sing...
Lacey: Happy birthday to you...
Katherine: Happy birthday to you...
Mia: Happy birthday, dear Brigette...
Danny: Happy birthday...
Kara: To you!
Danny: Wait a minute... something’s wrong here...
Nishan: You’re right... where’s Payton?
Autumn: There’s no way Payton would miss cake!
Just then, your phone vibrates in your pocket!
Danny: I’ve got a text... from Pandora! It says, ‘It’s a shame Payton won’t be back in time for cake. She shouldn’t have been HORSING around...’
Wes: ‘Horsing’? It’s a clue! She’s at the stables! We’ve got to get to her, quick!
You all rush over to the stables... only to find the heavy wooden doors held shut with a chain and padlock! You can hear someone pounding on the door from the other side!
Autumn: Oh no! Payton must be trapped inside! We’ve got to get that chain off!
Danny: Wait a minute! They key!
You pull out the key you found in Pandora’s box and put it in the padlock... with a twist, the lock comes undone!
Danny: Got it!
Pulling the chains off, you pull open the stable doors... ...and a stampede of horses comes running out, surging at you! You hurl yourself to the side, just in time!
Danny: Ooof!
When the dust clears, you find Payton alone in the stables!
Autumn: Payton! Are you all right?!
Payton: Yeah! I just came in here to pet the horses... and MAYBE started brushing all their silky manes. When I turned to leave, the door was locked! Then there was this really loud air-horn noise that spooked all the horses!
Mia: Pandora must have unlocked all of the horses’ pens, so they would come rushing out with the stable doors opened.
Danny: Let’s worry about that later! Right now we need to round those horses up before they cause damage!
Requirements
- Danny
- Autumn
- Mia
The horses charge across the country club grounds, hooves thundering!
Mia: Oh no! They’re headed for the picnic tables!
Autumn: No!
The party guests scatter as the herd barrels across the lawn, knocking over all the picnic tables! The cake goes flying! It splatters on the ground, sending flecks of frosting and red velvet cake everywhere as the horses trample it!
Brigette: Aah! My party! It’s ruined!
Lacey alone is stuck back at the tables, her dress caught on a bench! The horses charge towards her! She throws up her hands in terror... And then Julian comes out from around the corner, astride a beautiful black stallion!
Julian: Hya! HYA!
He outraces the other horses and pulls Lacey up out of harm’s way, just as the other tear by! Lacey drapes her arms around him.
Lacey: You saved me! And in, like, the hottest way possible!
Julian: No one’s getting hurt on my watch.
He rides up to Danny and lets Lacey down tenderly.
Danny: Nice save, Julian. But I thought you got kicked out of the club.
Julian: Yeah, well, I’ve never been really good at following rules. Now then, we should probably get those horses rounded up...
Mia: I’m on it!
Time - 22 hours
After strenuous chasing, you gently take the reins of the last wayward horse, calming it as you lead it back to the stables.
Danny: This is the last one!
Sakura: Glad to have THAT under control.
Brigette: What a nightmare! I’m so embarrassed!
Danny: No need to let it ruin the celebration. Let’s just head back to the clubhouse.
You and all the guests follow Brigette back to the main room of the clubhouse... and a collective gasp sounds as you open the door!
Brigette: The presents! They’re all GONE!
Payton: The horses were just a distraction! How is Pandora so good?!
Brigette: You... you think Pandora was behind this?
While Mia comforts Brigette, Wes pulls you aside.
Danny: Well, I’m guessing Brigette’s not Pandora after all. Which puts us back at square one.
Wes: Not at all! If Pandora took the gifts, she also took the hidden microphone! I just need to focus... working this thing can be tricky...
Requirements
- Level Wes
Wes fiddles with the device, making fine adjustments until...
Wes: Ha! Got it!
A static-laden audio feed blares from the listening device!
Danny: I... I hear someone!
Wes: What can you hear?
A female voice, hushed and desperate, can be heard over the microphone... ‘...if you’re getting this message, pick up the phone! I’ve got the gifts, and I’m loading them into the car. I’ll meet you at the location we agreed on!’
Danny: The thief is still here! We have to catch her before she escapes!
Wes: I can hear the freeway in the background... she must be in the parking lot by the south entrance!
Payton: That’s all the way across the property!
Wes: Then take the fastest people you can... and RUN!
Requirements
- Danny
- A Level 8+ Guy Jock Except Julian (Alex)
- A Level 8+ Girl Jock (Emily)
You speed across the rolling green lawns of the country club, with Alex and Emily at your heels.
Danny: We can still catch this thief! But we’ll have to corner her!
Alex: Then I’ll circle around to the left!
Emily: And I’ll go the other way and cut off the exit!
The three of you split up, sprinting with all your might... and converge on the parking lot! You spot the thief hurriedly shoveling gifts into the trunk of a car...
Danny: You! Stop right there!
She freezes and turns toward you... revealing her face!
Danny: ...YOU?!
Time - 1 day
The thief turns around, revealing her face...
Kara: Well, this isn’t good.
Kara looks for a way out, but you, Alex and Emily have her trapped! Soon, Brigette and all her guests come running down to the parking lot!
Danny: It’s you! You were Pandora all along!
Brigette: K... Kara?! How could you do this to me?
Sakura: I should’ve known! She just wanted to drive us and Athena against each other!
Kara: Wait a minute! None of you know what you’re talking about! This isn’t how it looks!
Wes: You mean, you aren’t trying to steal all of Brigette’s gifts?
Kara: Well, okay, yes, I am doing that, but--
Brigette: How could you do this to me, Kara? How could you ruin my birthday? I thought we were friends!
Katherine: All this time, manipulating us, humiliating us... it was you!
Lacey: Not cool. Seriously not cool.
Kara: Wait! You have to listen to me! I’m not--
Before Kara can finish, security from the club takes her away. Everyone watches her go.
Mia: I just can’t believe Kara would do it...
Payton: Why does everyone seem so serious? We just defeated Pandora! No more creepy boxes, no more embarrassing tasks, no more blackmail! Let’s celebrate!
Nishan: Payton’s right! Pandora’s reign of terror is over!
Wes: Hmm...
As everyone walks off, Wes doesn’t move, just staring at where Kara was...
Danny: What’s wrong, Wes?
Wes: Something about this feels off... I can’t put my finger on it... but something doesn’t add up...
Payton: You’re just being paranoid, Wes! Come party!
Wes: Yeah... okay...
Was Pandora really Kara? Or is there more here than meets the eye? Find out soon!