Game of Life
Sakura Help Quest
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At lunch, you and Sakura walk over to where your friends are sitting in a circle. At the center, Payton reads from a magazine.
Payton: Okay, guys, here’s the next question: have you ever sung in front of a large audience?
Autumn: I don’t know... does ninety THOUSAND people count as large? ‘Cause it just so happens that I got yanked on-stage at Lollapalooza to sing the chorus to ‘Radioactive’ with Imagine Dragons.
Julian: Whoa... you did? Sing it for us now!
Autumn: Heh... I didn’t say I sang it WELL.
Payton: Doesn’t matter! That’s worth at least 10 points!
Sakura: Ahem... What was this about POINTS?
Payton: Hey, Sakura, Danny, I’m asking everyone questions to see how well they score on this High School Experience quiz. Do you want to play?
Sakura: I’m in. Prepare to be destroyed.
Payton: That’s not how it... you know what? Never mind. I’m just going to ask the next question: have you ever stayed up all-night at a raging party?
Julian: Duh... obviously! Nobody can sleep the night after a big game!
Nishan: Payton, that was too easy. Who HASN’T done that?
Sakura: Well... I haven’t...
Nishan: What are you talking about, Sakura? You were at an all-night party. It was the night before Comic-Con, and everybody was-- Oh, I remember now... you went home early to compete in a LoL grudge match.
Sakura: Yeah...
Payton: Okay, so that’s 5 points for Julian and Nishan.
Payton marks the scores in the magazine.
Payton: I’m sure you’ll get points for this next one, Sakura. Have you ever made out DURING class?
Sakura: Uh... I made out with a Quarian on the eve of the battle of Rannoch.
Mia: We’re talking about REAL life, Sakura. It doesn’t count if you did it in a game.
Payton: How about you, Danny? Have YOU ever made out DURING class?
Danny: Um... no comment.
Mia: What? Don’t be a tease! Everybody else spilled all the gushy details.
Danny: A gentleman never kisses and tells.
Julian: ...so if you didn’t kiss, then you WOULD tell, right?
Danny: Julian, don’t overthink it.
Payton marks the scores, and then the class bell rings.
Payton: Oops, that’s it for now! Thanks for playing, everyone!
The group disperses. As you’re walking away, Sakura jogs up alongside you.
Sakura: Hey, Danny, got a second to talk?
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Danny: Sure, Sakura, what’s up?
Sakura: I wanted to talk to you about the game we were just playing.
Danny: You mean Payton’s High School Experience quiz? What about it?
Sakura: In case you weren’t paying attention, I was losing. Badly. Everybody else has had a TON of amazing high school experiences, and I haven’t had any.
Danny: ...Really? ...NONE?
Sakura: Do not mock me, Danny. I’m in no mood.
Danny: Right. What I was trying to say is... it’s never too late to do something new.
Sakura: I agree, and I accept your offer of assistance.
Danny: Wait... what?
Sakura: Together, we will ensure that my high school experiences reign above all others! Now what achievements were on that list?
Time - 6 hours
Sakura pulls out her phone and taps through to a task manager app.
Sakura: I jotted down all the quiz questions Payton was asking, and I re-organized them to minimize total time to completion. It’ll be just like speed-running through Pony Princess: Warbender for max gamerscore points!
Danny: Yes, it will be... just like that thing you said... I think?
Sakura: Now first thing’s first... I need to go on a spontaneous date!
Danny: Okay! Great! But... how can I help with that?
Sakura: First, I’ll need your help finding someone suitable. And then I may need you to vouch to Payton that the date was ‘quality’...
Danny: ...sure, but what exactly does ‘quality’ mean in this context?
Sakura: Was it steamy enough to fog up the screens of my 3DS?
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Sakura: The date went perfectly, Danny! We were so effortless! So carefree! Like two padawans in a pod race.
Danny: You sure seemed like you were having a wonderful time!
Sakura: Exactly. That had to be a perfect High School Experience. No way Payton could even THINK about awarding partial points.
Danny: ...wait. You were just doing that for points?
Sakura: ...why else?
Sakura: Next on the list: ‘Get Involved in Some Crazy Drama’. That doesn’t sound too difficult...
Danny: Um, drama is something that just happens. You can’t really force it.
Sakura: I don’t have to. This is a high school. Couples are making up and breaking up all the time. I just need to be in the right place when a relationship hits DEFCON 1.
Danny: You want to butt in WHILE a couple is breaking up?
Sakura: It’s not THAT big a deal. I do it to my Sims all the time.
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Sakura: Did you see the breakup? That was SO dramatic!
Danny: I can’t believe you’re so happy. There were real hurt feelings.
Sakura: Obviously! It wouldn’t have fulfilled the quiz requirements otherwise.
Sakura: The important thing is that we can cross ‘Get Involved in Some Crazy Drama’ off the list.
Sakura consults her task manager app.
Sakura: No, no... too easy... we’ve been breezing through these challenges. It’s time we cranked the difficulty to Insanity!
Danny: ...uh, why?
Sakura: Because we’re not lame!
Danny: Okay then... HOW?
Sakura: By executing the next three High School Experiences simultaneously. Specifically, I need to perform in a dance number, learn to do a skateboard tick, and make a Vine video that goes viral... ALL at the same time.
Danny: That sounds like we’re going to need some help.
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William: ...you want us to choreograph a dance?
John: ...do skateboard tricks?
Contessa: ...and film a viral video all at the SAME TIME?
Sakura: What’s the matter? Too tough? I’d HEARD that you guys were the best.
John: We ARE the best. We just need a few seconds to talk things over.
Time - 14 hours
The three friends break from their huddle
William: ...okay, we’ve got an idea, but it’s kind of crazy.
Contessa: What do you think of filming... the Harlem Skate?
Sakura: ZOMG! I love it!
After a few quick minutes of preparation, the stage is set.
Contessa: ...and ACTION!
Sakura dances alone on a skateboard as the music revs up.
Sakura: ...
The beat drops, and you, William, and John appear behind her dancing crazily on skateboards!
Danny: ...
William: ...
John: ...
Contessa: ...and CUT! Got it in one, everybody! Now we just need to upload the Vine and start counting our views.
The video uploads, and within a few seconds, the views start to tick up sharply.
Sakura: Five hundred views! Soon, we’ll rule the Vine-space with an iron fist!
William, John, and Contessa cheer! As they celebrate, you pull Sakura aside.
Danny: So we’re all done with the High School Experience quiz, right?
Sakura: Almost. Just one more event left... We’re going to throw a raging, all-night party to commemorate my supremacy... and there’s someone I’d like to invite personally.
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Sakura: Hey Payton, wait up! I’d like a word.
Payton: Sure, Sakura, Danny... what’s up?
Sakura: Danny and I have been raising my score in your High School Experience quiz all day...
Payton: ...you have?
Sakura: All that’s left is to throw a raging, all-night party! And as the main event, I’d like you there to verify my triumph through your own calculations.
Payton: ...uh, calculations? Sakura, what are you talking about?
Sakura: While you were asking questions, I saw you tallying scores in the magazine. Where is it?
Payton: I tossed it out after third period.
Sakura: You... you WHAT?! How will I know when I’ve won?
Payton: Won? The quiz wasn’t about winning.
Sakura: Maybe not for you.
Sakura pivots and thunders away.
Payton: ...what was THAT all about?
Danny: I don’t know, but I think we’d better find out.
Time - 8 hours
Danny: Sakura, there you are! We’ve been looking for you everywhere!
Sakura stands at a video game cabinet at the back of an old arcade. She blasts multicolored UFOs as they swoop down from the top of the screen.
Sakura: Shh... can’t you see I’m a little busy incinerating alien scum?
Payton: Sakura, please... it’s important. We want to know what’s wrong.
Sakura: ...fine.
Sakura lowers the blaster. Several UFOs reach the bottom of the screen. The words ‘Game Over’ flash, and then the high scores appear. All twenty have the exact same name listed: SAKURA.
Payton: Wow! Sakura, you have every high score!
Sakura: Of course I do. I’ve got the high scores on every machine here.
Payton: All of them? That’s incredible!
Sakura: I’ve survived a zombie apocalypse, built a thriving metropolis, and even saved the galaxy from Reapers. But sometimes I wonder if I haven’t really LIVED... Then I saw how badly I did at your High School Experience quiz, and that just proved it. In here, I’m a winner, but out there...
Danny: Sakura, high school can’t be summed up in some stupid quiz, and there definitely aren’t any winners or losers...
Payton: Yeah, that quiz was just an excuse to have a good time hanging out with all my friends...
Sakura: I don’t know...
Danny: Just think about what you did today, Sakura. You went on a date, got involved in some crazy drama, and made a viral video... Memories like those are worth way MORE than points!
Payton: Now are we going to throw that party or not?
Sakura: ...which party?
Payton grabs Sakura’s phone and taps to the task manager. She points at the last item on the list.
Payton: ‘Throw a raging, all-night party’... if we do this last thing, then you’re all finished, right?
Sakura: Yeah, I guess so... but there’s still no way to compare scores...
Payton: Sigh... Sakura, like I said--
Sakura: Just kidding, Payton! I get it. The party is an excuse to hang out with our friends! Besides, I’m a completionist. I never finish a game until I’ve done every possible quest. Come on, Danny. Let’s go!
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Sakura’s party continues into the early morning hours. There are games...
Julian: I’ll admit I was wrong. Pin the Tail of Donkey-Kongkey is way awesomer than it sounds.
There is dancing...
Mia: Ooh! Sakura, I didn’t know you owned Just Twerk 2014!
And in the end, the party is a total success!
Danny: Sakura, look! The sun is coming up, and everyone is still here. That means you totally threw a raging, all-night party! You finished your list!
Sakura: I’m just happy that everyone had fun.
Payton rushes up, carrying a notebook pressed tightly to her chest.
Payton: Actually, Sakura, since keeping score matters to you, I went back and asked everyone to help me write a new High School Experience quiz. And don’t worry! It’s got tons of questions about games!
Sakura takes the notebook and flips through.
Sakura: There’s a question in here about ‘drawing up schematics for nuclear reactor’...
Nishan: 15 points! What what!
Sakura: And ‘winning a hotdog eating contest’...
Julian: I do enjoy food.
Mia: And I scored 20 points for being ‘fashionable in the face of adversity’!
Autumn: And I created an alternative scoring system of colors and musical tones that... proved very unpopular.
Payton: Aww... But you did get 10 points for ‘trying to fix something’.
Sakura: Fine, fine... but who WON?
Payton: Um, that’s actually hard to know. People keep adding new questions.
Nishan: The next question should be ‘mapped a constellation through a telescope’.
Julian: What about ‘spiked a football after scoring a winning touchdown’?
Everyone crowds in around the notebook, offering up more and more suggestions. Sakura clenches her fist.
Sakura: I see now. There’s only one way to emerge victorious...
Sakura grabs the notebook and dashes off!
Julian: Hey... I bet ‘cause a commotion at a party’ is worth some points.
Mia: I just KNOW ‘swiping stuff’ is.
Danny: Come on, guys. Ease up. It doesn’t really matter who wins the High School Experience quiz? ...does it?
Julian, Mia, Nishan, and the rest of your friends size each other up... and then everyone dashes off after Sakura!
Danny: Guys? ...GUYS?
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At lunch, you and Sakura walk over to where your friends are sitting in a circle. At the center, Payton reads from a magazine.
Payton: Okay, guys, here’s the next question: have you ever sung in front of a large audience?
Autumn: I don’t know... does ninety THOUSAND people count as large? ‘Cause it just so happens that I got yanked on-stage at Lollapalooza to sing the chorus to ‘Radioactive’ with Imagine Dragons.
Julian: Whoa... you did? Sing it for us now!
Autumn: Heh... I didn’t say I sang it WELL.
Payton: Doesn’t matter! That’s worth at least 10 points!
Sakura: Ahem... What was this about POINTS?
Payton: Hey, Sakura, Danny, I’m asking everyone questions to see how well they score on this High School Experience quiz. Do you want to play?
Sakura: I’m in. Prepare to be destroyed.
Payton: That’s not how it... you know what? Never mind. I’m just going to ask the next question: have you ever stayed up all-night at a raging party?
Julian: Duh... obviously! Nobody can sleep the night after a big game!
Nishan: Payton, that was too easy. Who HASN’T done that?
Sakura: Well... I haven’t...
Nishan: What are you talking about, Sakura? You were at an all-night party. It was the night before Comic-Con, and everybody was-- Oh, I remember now... you went home early to compete in a LoL grudge match.
Sakura: Yeah...
Payton: Okay, so that’s 5 points for Julian and Nishan.
Payton marks the scores in the magazine.
Payton: I’m sure you’ll get points for this next one, Sakura. Have you ever made out DURING class?
Sakura: Uh... I made out with a Quarian on the eve of the battle of Rannoch.
Mia: We’re talking about REAL life, Sakura. It doesn’t count if you did it in a game.
Payton: How about you, Danny? Have YOU ever made out DURING class?
Danny: Um... no comment.
Mia: What? Don’t be a tease! Everybody else spilled all the gushy details.
Danny: A gentleman never kisses and tells.
Julian: ...so if you didn’t kiss, then you WOULD tell, right?
Danny: Julian, don’t overthink it.
Payton marks the scores, and then the class bell rings.
Payton: Oops, that’s it for now! Thanks for playing, everyone!
The group disperses. As you’re walking away, Sakura jogs up alongside you.
Sakura: Hey, Danny, got a second to talk?
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- Danny
Danny: Sure, Sakura, what’s up?
Sakura: I wanted to talk to you about the game we were just playing.
Danny: You mean Payton’s High School Experience quiz? What about it?
Sakura: In case you weren’t paying attention, I was losing. Badly. Everybody else has had a TON of amazing high school experiences, and I haven’t had any.
Danny: ...Really? ...NONE?
Sakura: Do not mock me, Danny. I’m in no mood.
Danny: Right. What I was trying to say is... it’s never too late to do something new.
Sakura: I agree, and I accept your offer of assistance.
Danny: Wait... what?
Sakura: Together, we will ensure that my high school experiences reign above all others! Now what achievements were on that list?
Time - 6 hours
Sakura pulls out her phone and taps through to a task manager app.
Sakura: I jotted down all the quiz questions Payton was asking, and I re-organized them to minimize total time to completion. It’ll be just like speed-running through Pony Princess: Warbender for max gamerscore points!
Danny: Yes, it will be... just like that thing you said... I think?
Sakura: Now first thing’s first... I need to go on a spontaneous date!
Danny: Okay! Great! But... how can I help with that?
Sakura: First, I’ll need your help finding someone suitable. And then I may need you to vouch to Payton that the date was ‘quality’...
Danny: ...sure, but what exactly does ‘quality’ mean in this context?
Sakura: Was it steamy enough to fog up the screens of my 3DS?
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- Complete a Successful Date with Sakura
Sakura: The date went perfectly, Danny! We were so effortless! So carefree! Like two padawans in a pod race.
Danny: You sure seemed like you were having a wonderful time!
Sakura: Exactly. That had to be a perfect High School Experience. No way Payton could even THINK about awarding partial points.
Danny: ...wait. You were just doing that for points?
Sakura: ...why else?
Sakura: Next on the list: ‘Get Involved in Some Crazy Drama’. That doesn’t sound too difficult...
Danny: Um, drama is something that just happens. You can’t really force it.
Sakura: I don’t have to. This is a high school. Couples are making up and breaking up all the time. I just need to be in the right place when a relationship hits DEFCON 1.
Danny: You want to butt in WHILE a couple is breaking up?
Sakura: It’s not THAT big a deal. I do it to my Sims all the time.
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- Break a Couple Up
Sakura: Did you see the breakup? That was SO dramatic!
Danny: I can’t believe you’re so happy. There were real hurt feelings.
Sakura: Obviously! It wouldn’t have fulfilled the quiz requirements otherwise.
Sakura: The important thing is that we can cross ‘Get Involved in Some Crazy Drama’ off the list.
Sakura consults her task manager app.
Sakura: No, no... too easy... we’ve been breezing through these challenges. It’s time we cranked the difficulty to Insanity!
Danny: ...uh, why?
Sakura: Because we’re not lame!
Danny: Okay then... HOW?
Sakura: By executing the next three High School Experiences simultaneously. Specifically, I need to perform in a dance number, learn to do a skateboard tick, and make a Vine video that goes viral... ALL at the same time.
Danny: That sounds like we’re going to need some help.
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- A Level 5+ Dancer (William)
- A Level 5+ Skater (John)
- A Level 5+ Filmmaker (Contessa)
William: ...you want us to choreograph a dance?
John: ...do skateboard tricks?
Contessa: ...and film a viral video all at the SAME TIME?
Sakura: What’s the matter? Too tough? I’d HEARD that you guys were the best.
John: We ARE the best. We just need a few seconds to talk things over.
Time - 14 hours
The three friends break from their huddle
William: ...okay, we’ve got an idea, but it’s kind of crazy.
Contessa: What do you think of filming... the Harlem Skate?
Sakura: ZOMG! I love it!
After a few quick minutes of preparation, the stage is set.
Contessa: ...and ACTION!
Sakura dances alone on a skateboard as the music revs up.
Sakura: ...
The beat drops, and you, William, and John appear behind her dancing crazily on skateboards!
Danny: ...
William: ...
John: ...
Contessa: ...and CUT! Got it in one, everybody! Now we just need to upload the Vine and start counting our views.
The video uploads, and within a few seconds, the views start to tick up sharply.
Sakura: Five hundred views! Soon, we’ll rule the Vine-space with an iron fist!
William, John, and Contessa cheer! As they celebrate, you pull Sakura aside.
Danny: So we’re all done with the High School Experience quiz, right?
Sakura: Almost. Just one more event left... We’re going to throw a raging, all-night party to commemorate my supremacy... and there’s someone I’d like to invite personally.
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- Payton
Sakura: Hey Payton, wait up! I’d like a word.
Payton: Sure, Sakura, Danny... what’s up?
Sakura: Danny and I have been raising my score in your High School Experience quiz all day...
Payton: ...you have?
Sakura: All that’s left is to throw a raging, all-night party! And as the main event, I’d like you there to verify my triumph through your own calculations.
Payton: ...uh, calculations? Sakura, what are you talking about?
Sakura: While you were asking questions, I saw you tallying scores in the magazine. Where is it?
Payton: I tossed it out after third period.
Sakura: You... you WHAT?! How will I know when I’ve won?
Payton: Won? The quiz wasn’t about winning.
Sakura: Maybe not for you.
Sakura pivots and thunders away.
Payton: ...what was THAT all about?
Danny: I don’t know, but I think we’d better find out.
Time - 8 hours
Danny: Sakura, there you are! We’ve been looking for you everywhere!
Sakura stands at a video game cabinet at the back of an old arcade. She blasts multicolored UFOs as they swoop down from the top of the screen.
Sakura: Shh... can’t you see I’m a little busy incinerating alien scum?
Payton: Sakura, please... it’s important. We want to know what’s wrong.
Sakura: ...fine.
Sakura lowers the blaster. Several UFOs reach the bottom of the screen. The words ‘Game Over’ flash, and then the high scores appear. All twenty have the exact same name listed: SAKURA.
Payton: Wow! Sakura, you have every high score!
Sakura: Of course I do. I’ve got the high scores on every machine here.
Payton: All of them? That’s incredible!
Sakura: I’ve survived a zombie apocalypse, built a thriving metropolis, and even saved the galaxy from Reapers. But sometimes I wonder if I haven’t really LIVED... Then I saw how badly I did at your High School Experience quiz, and that just proved it. In here, I’m a winner, but out there...
Danny: Sakura, high school can’t be summed up in some stupid quiz, and there definitely aren’t any winners or losers...
Payton: Yeah, that quiz was just an excuse to have a good time hanging out with all my friends...
Sakura: I don’t know...
Danny: Just think about what you did today, Sakura. You went on a date, got involved in some crazy drama, and made a viral video... Memories like those are worth way MORE than points!
Payton: Now are we going to throw that party or not?
Sakura: ...which party?
Payton grabs Sakura’s phone and taps to the task manager. She points at the last item on the list.
Payton: ‘Throw a raging, all-night party’... if we do this last thing, then you’re all finished, right?
Sakura: Yeah, I guess so... but there’s still no way to compare scores...
Payton: Sigh... Sakura, like I said--
Sakura: Just kidding, Payton! I get it. The party is an excuse to hang out with our friends! Besides, I’m a completionist. I never finish a game until I’ve done every possible quest. Come on, Danny. Let’s go!
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- Complete a Party with Sakura
Sakura’s party continues into the early morning hours. There are games...
Julian: I’ll admit I was wrong. Pin the Tail of Donkey-Kongkey is way awesomer than it sounds.
There is dancing...
Mia: Ooh! Sakura, I didn’t know you owned Just Twerk 2014!
And in the end, the party is a total success!
Danny: Sakura, look! The sun is coming up, and everyone is still here. That means you totally threw a raging, all-night party! You finished your list!
Sakura: I’m just happy that everyone had fun.
Payton rushes up, carrying a notebook pressed tightly to her chest.
Payton: Actually, Sakura, since keeping score matters to you, I went back and asked everyone to help me write a new High School Experience quiz. And don’t worry! It’s got tons of questions about games!
Sakura takes the notebook and flips through.
Sakura: There’s a question in here about ‘drawing up schematics for nuclear reactor’...
Nishan: 15 points! What what!
Sakura: And ‘winning a hotdog eating contest’...
Julian: I do enjoy food.
Mia: And I scored 20 points for being ‘fashionable in the face of adversity’!
Autumn: And I created an alternative scoring system of colors and musical tones that... proved very unpopular.
Payton: Aww... But you did get 10 points for ‘trying to fix something’.
Sakura: Fine, fine... but who WON?
Payton: Um, that’s actually hard to know. People keep adding new questions.
Nishan: The next question should be ‘mapped a constellation through a telescope’.
Julian: What about ‘spiked a football after scoring a winning touchdown’?
Everyone crowds in around the notebook, offering up more and more suggestions. Sakura clenches her fist.
Sakura: I see now. There’s only one way to emerge victorious...
Sakura grabs the notebook and dashes off!
Julian: Hey... I bet ‘cause a commotion at a party’ is worth some points.
Mia: I just KNOW ‘swiping stuff’ is.
Danny: Come on, guys. Ease up. It doesn’t really matter who wins the High School Experience quiz? ...does it?
Julian, Mia, Nishan, and the rest of your friends size each other up... and then everyone dashes off after Sakura!
Danny: Guys? ...GUYS?