Greek Holiday
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Katherine: Danny! I’ve got something I want to share with you!
Danny: Is it related to that surprise you mentioned back when we caught Pandora?
Katherine: Yes! I bet you can’t guess what I’ve got in store for your school...
Danny: It is... a plaque?
Katherine: No, much bigger...
Danny: A pony?
Katherine: You can think bigger than that!
Time - 8 hours
Danny: Is it a fancy jet? Or a limo?
Katherine: Okay, okay, I can’t stand it anymore! Athena Academy takes a trip every year to visit our parent school in Greece for a theatrical festival! Since Pandora went after your school during the CAT exams and since you worked hard to help us catch her... I’d like to officially invite your school to come with us to Greece as special thanks! You’ll have to put on a play to participate, but I can help you with that.
Danny: That sounds like fun! I’ll talk to everyone about it, but I’m sure they’re in!
You meet up with your friends to tell them Katherine’s news.
Danny: Guys! Katherine invited us to go with her school to Greece!
Katherine: What do you guys think? Are you in?
Autumn: Oh wow! Of course we’re going! Think about all the ruins I could photograph!
Nishan: And the mythology! Greece is basically the undisputed winner of ‘awesome mythological creatures’.
Julian: Isn’t that where that movie 300 happened? I’m in!
Payton: Does that mean you’re going to wear one of those outfits that totally shows off your abs? I’m just asking!
Danny: The only caveat is that we’ll have to perform our own play.
Mia: Ooo! I just saw this great adaption of the Odyssey! I’ll go grab some scripts! We’ll need props... not to mention some space to practice...
Danny: I’ll take care of it.
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With the decorations set up and the props handed out, you begin rehearsing. Mia quickly takes point as director...
Mia: All right, so we’re going to rehearse a scene of the play. Julian, you’re Odysseus...
Julian: Lame.
Mia: You’re going to wield this sword and fight the cyclops...
Julian: Did I saw lame? This is going to be awesome!
Mia: The cyclops will be played by Nishan...
Nishan: Do I get an eyepatch? Please, please, please tell me I get an eyepatch...
Mia: Let’s all just get through this, okay?
You and your friends rehearse all afternoon. By the end of the day, the play is starting to take shape!
Mia: Hmmm... not entirely terrible. We might be able to put on a decent play yet!
Autumn: Yeah, well, it’s time for us to wrap it up here. The plane is leaving in 2 hours!
You and all of your friends drive to the airport. You meet Katherine there.
Katherine: Danny, I’m so glad to see you! It’s your lucky day! I have three extra seats with me in first class. Why don’t you and two of your friends and come sit with me?
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You, Berry, and Rin join Katherine in first-class seating.
Katherine: Please make yourselves comfortable...
Danny: This looks pretty cushy...
Berry: They have a list of things to do for first-class fliers. We could get anything! Food, drinks, video games, you name it!
Danny: Hmmm... let me think about that...
Time - 10 hours
Berry: So? What do you want to do, Danny?
Danny: Everything!
You eat fancy finger-foods like shrimp kebabs and tartare chips, while sipping fizzy pomegranate drinks in fluted goblets.
Berry: Who knew rich foods would be so rich?
Rin: These drinks are delicious!
You play video games with each other on the monitors attached to your seats.
Berry: Okay, I don’t know who’s sitting in 12D, but they have GOT to be cheating at trivia...
And finally, you get to enjoy a stand-up comedy routine live!
Rin: Ha ha! That IS the deal with airline food!
A few hours later, you and you friends arrive in Greece! You ride in fancy buses to the hotel.
Katherine: You’ll all be staying together in the hotel with a roommate. They were picked randomly, but I’m sure you’ll all get along fine!
Payton: Wait, what?
Katherine: We have a very big day ahead of us tomorrow. Make sure that you get some rest.
After getting your keys, yo head upstairs to your room and throw open the door.
Danny: Wow, this is beautiful. We’re so close to the ocean! What do you think, roomie?
Julian: It’s real nice, but I want to get out on the water! I feel like I can see the bottom of the ocean from here.
Suddenly, Julian’s phone beeps.
Danny: What’s up?
Julian: We’ve got some trouble down the hall. Some of our friends aren’t getting along. Let’s check it out...
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You and Julian walk to Wes and Nishan’s room, where you can hear then talking. You knock on the door, and Nishan throws it open.
Nishan: What? What do you want? Ah, Danny, Julian. Come on in. It’s not like I’m going to get any sleep around here with all the noise.
You step inside the room to discover that Wes has set up a work station on the desk. On it is a messy conspiracy board covered in pictures connected by strings. Clothes are strewn everywhere. A half-dozen cellphones lie on the table, each with a different name written on it. Wes barely looks up as you come in. He’s too busy flitting between his laptop, the board, and a notebook.
Danny: What seems to be the problem?
Nishan: The problem is Captain Conman over there won’t let me sleep! He’s hopped up on a dozen Red Bulls and won’t turn the lights off!
Wes: I’m sorry, but I was in the middle of a bunch of jobs when this trip came up! I can’t just put them on hold because His Highness needs to nap every half hour!
Nishan: It’s called the Ubermensch sleep schedule, and it’s been scientifically proven to improve your mental capacity!
One of the cell phones rings, and Wes picks it up...
Wes: Hello? Yes, this is Superintendant Miller. Why don’t you send those personal files over this afternoon? Thanks, Barry! See you on the golf course!
Nishan: See? Not only is he messing up my sleep, I’m pretty sure I’ve become an accomplice to a half-dozen crimes!
Danny: I’m guessing we can work out some kind of compromise... Wes, can you take your calls in the bathroom so you don’t bother Nishan? And Nishan, could you maybe just sleep at night, like a normal person? At least for the trip?
Wes: ...Fine.
Nishan: ...Fine.
Julian: Dang, Danny! You’re like a hostage negotiator!
Danny: I think they’ve got this sorted out. Let’s go back to our room.
You leave their room, but a shout from the other end of the hallway grabs your attention.
Danny: What now?
Time - 12 hours
You walk to another room to find Mia and Payton arguing.
Mia: Geez, Payton, you don’t have to get so mad about it. You still have some space.
Payton: SOME space?! You have bags everywhere! It’s like invasion of the bed snatchers over here. How many bags did you take with you? You have enough clothing to live here for a month!
Mia: It’s not that much! There’s just beach-wear... dinner-wear... party-wear... gala-wear... museum-wear... wedding-wear...
Payton: Wedding-wear?! We’re not going to any weddings!
Mia: You never know what’ll happen!
Danny: I think we can settle this pretty easily. You guys are both sharing the room which means that half of the room belongs to each of you. So we’re going to draw an imaginary line down the middle of the room. Everything to THIS side is Payton’s, and everything to the other side is Mia’s. Can we agree on that?
Payton: Yeah...
Mia: I guess I’ll have to stack my bags up really tall...
Payton: Ooo! Like a fort!
Mia: Heh... wanna help?
You and Julian head back to your room.
Julian: I don’t know much about this Greece place, except what I’ve learned from 300. Do you have any idea what we’re doing tomorrow?
Danny: Katherine has an entire itinerary set out for us. I think we’re shopping and then going to the Parthenon and Thermopylae.
Julian: Is that where the wars happened?
Danny: Er... I don’t know what they are. Cities maybe? I’m sure we’ll figure it out tomorrow.
Julian: Yep. Cool. Night.
The next morning...
Katherine: Rise and shine! Our first stop is going to be the downtown marketplace! It’ll have something for everyone. Clothes... electronics... shoes...
Payton: She had me at ‘clothes’.
Mia: Yeah, really. Come on, ladies, let’s shop!
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Kimia: Greek shops are nothing like American malls.
Emily: That’s half the fun!
Payton: And buying awesome souvenirs is the other! Think my mom wants some fancy olive oil?
Payton, Emily, and Kimia continue to browse the shops, searching through beautiful scarves, bright flowers, and fantastic foods. Payton stops at one clothing stall, stunned, her mouth open.
Payton: Oh. Em. Gee. Are you guys SEEING this?
Time - 16 hours
Payton holds up a shiny golden sweater. It sparkles brilliantly in the sunlight.
Payton: This is the shiniest, sparkliest, most golden fleece that I’ve ever seen! I HAVE to have it!
Payton: Ooh! This is so much fun! I love Greek culture and shop-ology!
Autumn: I think you mean mythology!
Payton: What, like there’s a myth about a golden fleece?
Nishan: Actually...
Mia: Hey guys! Katherine’s back!
Katherine: I’m so glad I found you! The tour bus is ready to take us to the ruins for the afternoon. The tour guide’s going to let us choose where to go first. Make sure you have enough money for the tickets to see the attractions!
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Your group arrives at Thermopylae.
Mia: So what are we here for? I don’t see any ruins...
Nishan: Thermopylae is a place that’s known for its sulfurous hot springs...
Payton: Ooh! I could go for a soak!
Mia: Yeah, if you want to smell like a cartoon of rotten eggs after.
Payton: Awww...
Nishan: Thermopylae is also where the Spartans met the Persians in an epic battle.
Julian: So this is where the movie 300 was filmed? Awesome!
Nishan: I’m pretty sure it was filmed in front of a green screen.
Julian: I don’t care. This is awesome. Who’s brave enough to stand against a Spartan warrior?!
Julian moves around as if in slow motion...
Julian: This... is... Sparta!
Julian kicks out, nearly knocking Nishan over!
Nishan: I yield! I yield!
Danny: Heh!
Your group arrives at the base of the Parthenon.
Nishan: This is so awesome! The Parthenon was built here thousands of years ago! Just think about how much history happened here!
You climb the steep steps up to the Parthenon.
Danny: It is so much bigger than I expected. The pictures never do monuments justice.
Julian: No wonder the ancient warriors were so inspired to fight.
Autumn: I’m going to take some photos. Let’s get some group shots!
Julian: Can we make it an action shot?
Autumn: Sure! What should we pose as?
Danny: Let’s pose as ferocious warriors engaged in a great battle.
Julian: Yeah!
Julian jumps on top of a rock and pumps his fist, while the others arrange themselves as if fighting in a battle.
Julian: Look angry, people!
Wes: We’re going to take you down!
Payton: Grrrr! I’m going to stab you with my triple-sword pokey thing!
Julian: You mean a trident!
Payton: Yeah! I always thought those were cool!
Autumn: Hee hee! Very fearsome, guys!
Autumn snaps the picture.
Autumn: This will be perfect for the yearbook!
Your group climbs further, and Autumn leads you to a flag. Down below, you can see the city of Athens sprawl far beneath you.
Autumn: Just think about how old the structure is. We are walking where Greeks of old used to walk. It’s like we’re breathing the same air.
Mia: Gross.
Payton: It’s kind of cool, if you think about how many years have passed. Do you think someday, a thousand years from now, people will look at our school ruins and wonder who we were?
Nishan: And that’s exactly why we all need giant monuments of our faces...
Julian: Visiting ruins is awesome! Did you see the way I jumped off that pillar?
Nishan: Yeah, so did that guard... that’s why he was yelling at you.
Julian: Oh, I thought he was cheering me on. That was confusing...
Nishan: You mean what he was saying was Greek to you? Eh? Eh?
Katherine: I hope everyone had fun at the ruins. Now we’re here at Delphi!
Payton: I feel like that’s a place where dolphins should be, but what is it actually?
Katherine: Delphi used to be place where the great oracle lived. She old all kinds of prophecies. We’re here to see the ruins and the Temple of Apollo!
Katherine finds their tour guide, who leads the group towards the sites.
Mia: Pst! Hey, Danny, Payton, I saw a fortune teller near the temple. Let’s go get our fortunes read! Don’t you [this part is missing]
Payton: How are we going to sneak away from the group?
Mia: I already thought about that. We just need someone to distract the tour guide, and you grab whoever you want to come with us.
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Yangchen steps up to the tour guide and distracts her with questions.
Yangchen: Tell me everything you know about Apollo... was he the one with the thunderbolts or the one with the wings? And which one dated Zeus again?
While Yangchen continues to ask annoying questions, you, Mia, and Berry run the other way. You enter a building through some colorful curtains and sit at a table with a fortune teller.
Berry: Tell me, wise Oracle of Delphi, what does my future hold?
The fortuneteller closes her eyes, and when she opens them, her pupils are milky white...
Mia: WHOA!
Time - 16 hours
The fortuneteller spreads out her sacred cup and cards. She reads them silently, then writes with a quill on a piece of parchment. Berry reads it...
Berry: ‘I see fumbling in darkness... a heated kiss...’
Mia: Looks like there’s a major make out session in your future!
You are next. The oracle turns to you, seeing you and not seeing you at the same time. She makes a gesture, and you somehow know that you can choose what kind of fortune you want...
Danny: I want to hear about my love life.
She again consults her cards, and hands you a piece of paper...
Danny: ‘I see happiness with your loved one... A row of roses... slowly filling up...’ I guess we’ll be together for a while then.
Mia: Do me next! What’s my fortune?
The fortuneteller hands Mia an exceptionally long note...
Mia: ‘I see a gathering storm, and when I reach out my hand, I touch a droplet of blood. Bad times are coming to those who are tied to you’... I think something bad is going to happen between me and my brother...
You all rejoin the group and finish out the rest of the tour. Afterwards...
Katherine: I hope everyone’s hungry! Before our play tonight, I booked a reservation at this really nice restaurant near the Acropolis...
Julian: Spartans! Ready your stomachs, for tonight, we dine near the heavens!
Autumn: I don’t think that’s the exact quote...
Katherine: Anyway, Danny, I know you’re going to love it up there! Make sure you bring your special someone!
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Danny: What do you say, Berry? Up for a dinner at one of Athen’s finest restaurants?
Berry: Would this happen to be a romantic dinner?
Danny: I don’t know... do you think candlelight, roses, and a table overlooking the ocean are romantic?
Berry: You know, I just might.
Time - 16 hours
Danny and Berry arrive at Demeter’s, a beautiful restaurant located on a towering cliff right on the coast. Gentle waves lap below, and stars light up a beautiful night sky overhead.
Berry: Wow, Danny... this is amazing!
Danny: It’s something else...
Katherine comes running over, excited.
Katherine: Oh, there you are! I’m so glad you could make it! Your table’s over here.
Danny and Berry take a seat. Soon enough, you’re eating an incredible Mediterranean spread...
Berry: Mmmmm... lamb with eggplant polenta...
Danny: This feta is so good... how can cheese be soooooo good...
Afterwards, the two of you walk hand-in-hand along the beach, the stars sparkling overhead...
Berry: This is perfect, Danny. Utterly perfect.
Danny: No...
You lean over and kiss Berry tenderly, holding them in your arms as waves crash below.
Danny: Now it’s perfect.
Berry: Can we stay here forever?
Danny: We can try.
Katherine: Okay, everyone! It’s time for our play!
At a nearby theater, you watch the Athena girls perform Oedipus Rex...
Katherine: ‘Well argued; but no living man can hope to force the gods to speak against their will.’
Brigette: ‘May I then say what seems next best to me?’
You meet up afterwards...
Payton: For a play called Oedipus Rex, I was expecting a lot more dinosaurs...
Mia: Yeah, well, now it’s time to rehearse for our play! They set the bar really high!
Danny: How can I help?
Mia: We’ve got a bunch of people playing the Greek chorus. They’re going to be recounting the events of of The Odyssey, the classic Greek epic about the journey of Odysseus to get back home...
Danny: Sounds good.
Mia: But unfortunately, they keep having a hard time remembering the order of Odysseus’s adventures! Can you lead them through a quick practice run to get the order down? I would, but I have to focus on helping the leads rehearse!
Danny: Sure, I’ll try...
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Mia: So, do you know the order of Odysseus’ obstacles?
Danny: A refresher would be nice.
Mia: Okay, so first, Odysseus encountered the Island of the Lotus-Eaters, who fed his men fruit that clouded their memories... Then he encountered Polyphemus, this giant, horrific Cyclops, who he blinded... After that, he met the sorceress Circe, who turned men to pigs. She’s pretty awesome, if you ask me. And finally, he had to cross a chasm guarded by these two monsters, Scylla and Charybdis. You got all that?
Danny: I think so...
Mia: Then lead away!
You step up to the chorus, who wait for you to guide them through their practice...
Danny: Okay... let’s see here... The first adventure Odysseus had was the Island of the Lotus-Eaters!
The chorus nods, recounting the tale of the doomed sailors who lost their will to go home...
Danny: Nice, nice... After that, Odysseus met Polyphemus the Cyclops.
The chorus nods, acting out the blinding of the Cyclops by Odysseus and his men...
Danny: Gross... but right... Next, Odysseus met Circe the Sorceress.
The chorus nods, running around, transformed into pigs...
Danny: Heh... kind of funny, actually... And finally, Odysseus had to brave the two monsters... The twin monsters... uh... Pacific and Rim? Were those their names?
The group look at each other confused. It was most certainly not ‘Pacific and Rim’.
Danny: Did not get that one right. Well? How’d we do?
Mia looks up from where she was practicing her script...
Mia: That was pretty good... not perfect, but good...
Danny: I’m thinking it’ll be good enough.
Danny: Well, I think they’re ready... ready as they can be...
Mia: All thanks to your help!
Your phone rings... You pick up...
Danny: Hello?
Nishan: Hi! Danny! How’s it going? How’s the play? Rehearsing? Running lines? Yup, that sure is a thing! Listen, funny story. I saw that they’d built a huge recreation of the Minotaur’s Maze downtown and wanted to check it out. Bt it was closed, so I kind of, maybe, snuck in. And then... well... see... it really is a funny story... I kind of... well...
Danny: Nishan, are you lost in the maze?
Nishan: ...would that be so wrong? I think I’m somewhere near the center. Also, fun fact, my phone’s just about out of batter--
The line goes dead. You put your phone away and turn to your friends.
Danny: So... who wants to go rescue Nishan?
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You, Wes, Sakura, and Payton arrive at the entrance to the recreation of the Maze of Knossos. It’s massive, a labyrinth of concrete and stone, sprawling out into the darkness.
Payton: I thought this would be a fun maze, like in a cornfield, but this is a scary maze, like the parking garage at the mall!
Wes: So Nishan managed to get himself lost in a huge, locked maze, after dark, right before we have to put on our play? Isn’t he supposed to be the brains around here?
Sakura: Hey, you don’t have to be a jerk about it! It could’ve happened to anyone!
Wes: Anyone who broke into a maze at night without a plan to get out... which is to say, almost no one.
Sakura: you know what I think? I think you’re scared. You don’t want to go in, and you’re upset Nishan was braver than you!
Wes: Well if you’re so brave, Warrior Princess, why don’t YOU go marching in?
Danny: Uh, guys? Could we maybe stop fighting and instead focus on finding Nishan?
Payton: Also, um, how do we know that we won’t just get lost and need someone to rescue US?
Danny: We’ll need some kind of a way to retrace our steps... like a trail of crumbs or a long rope or...
Wes: A huge thread of bright, golden yarn?
You all turn and stare at Payton’s golden fleece sweater.
Payton: What? No! No way!
Danny: You’d get to stay out here and hold one end while we looked for Nishan...
Payton: Argh... fine! But when we get back home, you’re letting me throw 50 parties!
Danny: Deal.
You grab a thread of Payton’s sweater. You, Wes, and Sakura turn to the maze...
Danny: Let’s do this.
Time - 20 hours
You, Wes, and Sakura make your way through the maze, navigating its endless twists and turns...
Danny: You know, I never really thought mazes were that bad... but this is really creepy...
Sakura: There’s a map just like this in B.A.N.G... except that one is full of horrifying, blood-sucking ghouls, lurking behind every corner...
Just then, you hear a low, rumbling, animal growl...
Wes: You just HAD to mention the ghouls, didn’t you?!
Sakura: We should follow the noise... see what’s making it...
Wes: Have you NEVER seen a horror movie? We should go as far away from it as possible!
Sakura: What do you think, Danny?
Danny: Hmm... I think we should check the noise out.
Wes: Fine, but if we get eaten by a maze monster, I’m totally blaming you.
You make your way towards the noise... it grows louder... you round a corner... And run right into a hulking minotaur!
Sakura: Ahhh!
Wes: Relax, Princess. It’s just a statue.
Wes is right. Standing in front of you is an imposing stone statue of a minotaur... with a speaker in its base playing growling noises!
Sakura: I told you we should check the noise out!
Just then, you hear Nishan’s voice nearby!
Nishan: Danny? Wes? Sakura? Is that you?
Wes: I hear him! He’s on the other side of that statue!
Wes tugs on it...
Wes: Grrrr... come on...
The statue budges... tips... and then abruptly breaks free, falling onto Wes!
Wes: Ahhhh!
Wes staggers back, but trips! The statue lurches towards him... And at the last second, Sakura dives forward, tackling him out of the way! The statue slams into the earth with a crash! Wes hits the ground, and Sakura collapses on top of him. They lie for a second like that, stunned, panting...
Wes: ...thanks. I think you might have just saved my life.
Sakura: Guess you owe me one.
Nishan: Sakura?
Sakura looks up to see Nishan standing where the statue was, staring at her and Wes in disbelief. She scrambles off Wes, and he dusts himself off.
Sakura: You okay, Nishan?
Nishan: Yeah, I’m all right. I’m sorry for dragging you guys out here like this. I really didn’t think it’d be possible for me to get lost...
Danny: It’s fine, Nishan. We’re just happy you’re safe.
You all arrive back at the campus, where Mia is waiting...
Mia: Come on! It’s time to start out play! We’ll need a guy and a girl to lead the chorus...
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Carlos and Sarah emerge onto the stage, turning dramatically as they spout their lines...
Carlos: Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy!
Sarah: Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted...
Carlos: Moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home...
As they talk, two more of your Classmates wheel out a huge wooden horse...
Time - 19 hours
Sarah: And so, Odysseus began his journey home!
As Sarah finishes speaking, Julian bursts out of the wooden horse, dressed like a classical Greek hero!
Julian: Yeah! That’s right. I’m going home. And I’m saving my wife Penelope from all those suitors!
Payton and Mia watch from the side...
Mia: He does know how to make an entrance...
Payton: Yeah... and how to look good doing it!
The play continues, as Julian braves Nishan the Cyclops...
Nishan: I’ve been blinded by ‘Nobody!’ Nobody blinded me! My grasp on linguistic trickery is limited at best!
Then Mia the Sorceress...
Mia: Ha ha! I’ve turned all your men into pigs! Not that they weren’t pigs already, am I right, ladies?
And you and Payton as Scylla and Charybdis...
Danny: Grrrr... hiss...
Payton: Blarrrrghh... I’m a sea monster... blarggggh...
And soon enough, it’s time for the climax! Mia pulls you aside...
Mia: Okay! Julian’s back on his home island, and ready to save his wife, Penelope! Wes is going to play the sleazy suitor... and wait ‘til you see who’s playing Penelope!
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Alexandra stands on the stage, weaving on a loom...
Alexandra: Oh when will my dear husband Odysseus return?
Wes: Not soon enough!
Wes creeps over to Alexandra, draping his arm around her shoulders...
Alexandra: Oh my!
Wes: I mean, come on, baby. It’s been ten years. Your man is dead and gone, rotting at the bottom of the ocean. It’s time you moved on... found someone new... someone like me...
Wes leans it to kiss Alexandra... when the door flies open, and Julian storms in!
Julian: You! Get away from my wife!
Time - 21 hours
Julian storms across the stage as the play continues...
Wes: Odysseus? No! It can’t be! You’re dead!
Julian: Let’s just say those rumors were greatly exaggerated!
Wes: Penelope will be mine! MINE!
Wes draws a sword and charges Julian! Julian deftly dodges his swipe, grabs his wrist, and flips him over! Wes lands on the edge of the stage, where he throws up his hands, cowering...
Wes: No! Please! Wait! I--
Julian: This! Is! SPARTA!!!
Julian kicks Wes in the chest, sending him flying off the stage!
Alexandra: Oh, Odysseus!
Alexandra runs over to Julian! He grabs her, dipping her back...
Julian: I’m home. And I’m never leaving your side again.
Julian and Alexandra kiss, as the whole audience applauds!
Mia: That was phenomenal, Danny! Just phenomenal!
Alexandra glances down, blushing...
Alexandra: It was... something else alright...
Julian helps Wes up to his feet.
Julian: I didn’t kick you too hard, did I?
Wes: You kidding? That was nothing.
Katherine comes running over.
Katherine: Oh, you guys! That was wonderful! Funny and charming and romantic, all at once!
Danny: So what do we do now?
Katherine: We throw an after-party!
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Danny: Wow! This party is crazy!
Autumn: It really is wild!
Just then, the Trojan horse from the play flies by! Julian rides the top, while Wes and Sakura push it!
Julian: Whooooooooooo!
They zip around a corner, racing down to the beach!
Payton: Looks like they’re having fun...
Nishan: Um, Payton? I don’t want to interrupt but... I got you this.
Payton: Is that... a new golden fleece sweater?!
Nishan: I felt so bad your old one got unravelled saving me from the maze... I just had to get you another!
Payton grabs Nishan in a big hug.
Payton: Thanks, Nishan! You’re the best!
Soon enough, it’s sunrise. You sit with your friends on the beach by the remains of a bonfire.
Danny: This was a great trip.
Wes: Seriously.
Mia: Thanks so much for inviting us, Katherine!
Katherine: Of course! After everything you did for us, it’s the least I could do!
Sakura: I hate to ruin the snugglefest, but our flight’s leaving soon.
Danny: Oh, that’s right!
Katherine: Make sure to join me in first class, Danny... there’s something exciting I want to talk to you about!
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Danny, Berry, and Rin sit together in first class on the plane. The plane takes off, and you gaze out the window at the Greek peninsula as it recedes into the distance...
Danny: Bye, Greece...
Berry: Bye, honey and lamb and feta...
Rin: Bye, best vacation ever...
Katherine: Do you have a moment, Danny? I’d like to discuss an opportunity...
Time - 23 hours
Danny: What’s up?
Katherine: Since our schools are getting along so well, I wanted to invite you to the regional mock trial tournament!
Danny: Regional mock trial tournament?
Katherine: It’s really fun... the schools here go all out... and there’s a great cash prize at the end!
Danny: I’ll ask around and see if anyone’s interested! After this flight is over that is...
Two movies, a poker game, a short nap, and a Netflix-binge later, you arrive back in the US.
Danny: Ohhhh, it feels good to stretch my legs...
Rin: Yeah... and to get away from Berry’s snoring!
Berry: What? Naw! That was the old lady behind me, I swear!
Julian: Heh... it’s good to be home.
Danny: Yeah... now let’s go talk to Katherine about that mock trial tournament!
The rock trial tournament should be fun... but in that tense environment, dark secrets could come up! How will it go? Find out in the next quest!
- Danny
Katherine: Danny! I’ve got something I want to share with you!
Danny: Is it related to that surprise you mentioned back when we caught Pandora?
Katherine: Yes! I bet you can’t guess what I’ve got in store for your school...
Danny: It is... a plaque?
Katherine: No, much bigger...
Danny: A pony?
Katherine: You can think bigger than that!
Time - 8 hours
Danny: Is it a fancy jet? Or a limo?
Katherine: Okay, okay, I can’t stand it anymore! Athena Academy takes a trip every year to visit our parent school in Greece for a theatrical festival! Since Pandora went after your school during the CAT exams and since you worked hard to help us catch her... I’d like to officially invite your school to come with us to Greece as special thanks! You’ll have to put on a play to participate, but I can help you with that.
Danny: That sounds like fun! I’ll talk to everyone about it, but I’m sure they’re in!
You meet up with your friends to tell them Katherine’s news.
Danny: Guys! Katherine invited us to go with her school to Greece!
Katherine: What do you guys think? Are you in?
Autumn: Oh wow! Of course we’re going! Think about all the ruins I could photograph!
Nishan: And the mythology! Greece is basically the undisputed winner of ‘awesome mythological creatures’.
Julian: Isn’t that where that movie 300 happened? I’m in!
Payton: Does that mean you’re going to wear one of those outfits that totally shows off your abs? I’m just asking!
Danny: The only caveat is that we’ll have to perform our own play.
Mia: Ooo! I just saw this great adaption of the Odyssey! I’ll go grab some scripts! We’ll need props... not to mention some space to practice...
Danny: I’ll take care of it.
Requirements
- Spend 22,000 coins
- Have 31 unlocked Plots
With the decorations set up and the props handed out, you begin rehearsing. Mia quickly takes point as director...
Mia: All right, so we’re going to rehearse a scene of the play. Julian, you’re Odysseus...
Julian: Lame.
Mia: You’re going to wield this sword and fight the cyclops...
Julian: Did I saw lame? This is going to be awesome!
Mia: The cyclops will be played by Nishan...
Nishan: Do I get an eyepatch? Please, please, please tell me I get an eyepatch...
Mia: Let’s all just get through this, okay?
You and your friends rehearse all afternoon. By the end of the day, the play is starting to take shape!
Mia: Hmmm... not entirely terrible. We might be able to put on a decent play yet!
Autumn: Yeah, well, it’s time for us to wrap it up here. The plane is leaving in 2 hours!
You and all of your friends drive to the airport. You meet Katherine there.
Katherine: Danny, I’m so glad to see you! It’s your lucky day! I have three extra seats with me in first class. Why don’t you and two of your friends and come sit with me?
Requirements
- Danny
- A Classmate (Berry)
- A Classmate (Rin)
You, Berry, and Rin join Katherine in first-class seating.
Katherine: Please make yourselves comfortable...
Danny: This looks pretty cushy...
Berry: They have a list of things to do for first-class fliers. We could get anything! Food, drinks, video games, you name it!
Danny: Hmmm... let me think about that...
Time - 10 hours
Berry: So? What do you want to do, Danny?
Danny: Everything!
You eat fancy finger-foods like shrimp kebabs and tartare chips, while sipping fizzy pomegranate drinks in fluted goblets.
Berry: Who knew rich foods would be so rich?
Rin: These drinks are delicious!
You play video games with each other on the monitors attached to your seats.
Berry: Okay, I don’t know who’s sitting in 12D, but they have GOT to be cheating at trivia...
And finally, you get to enjoy a stand-up comedy routine live!
Rin: Ha ha! That IS the deal with airline food!
A few hours later, you and you friends arrive in Greece! You ride in fancy buses to the hotel.
Katherine: You’ll all be staying together in the hotel with a roommate. They were picked randomly, but I’m sure you’ll all get along fine!
Payton: Wait, what?
Katherine: We have a very big day ahead of us tomorrow. Make sure that you get some rest.
After getting your keys, yo head upstairs to your room and throw open the door.
Danny: Wow, this is beautiful. We’re so close to the ocean! What do you think, roomie?
Julian: It’s real nice, but I want to get out on the water! I feel like I can see the bottom of the ocean from here.
Suddenly, Julian’s phone beeps.
Danny: What’s up?
Julian: We’ve got some trouble down the hall. Some of our friends aren’t getting along. Let’s check it out...
Requirements
- Wes
- Nishan
- Mia
You and Julian walk to Wes and Nishan’s room, where you can hear then talking. You knock on the door, and Nishan throws it open.
Nishan: What? What do you want? Ah, Danny, Julian. Come on in. It’s not like I’m going to get any sleep around here with all the noise.
You step inside the room to discover that Wes has set up a work station on the desk. On it is a messy conspiracy board covered in pictures connected by strings. Clothes are strewn everywhere. A half-dozen cellphones lie on the table, each with a different name written on it. Wes barely looks up as you come in. He’s too busy flitting between his laptop, the board, and a notebook.
Danny: What seems to be the problem?
Nishan: The problem is Captain Conman over there won’t let me sleep! He’s hopped up on a dozen Red Bulls and won’t turn the lights off!
Wes: I’m sorry, but I was in the middle of a bunch of jobs when this trip came up! I can’t just put them on hold because His Highness needs to nap every half hour!
Nishan: It’s called the Ubermensch sleep schedule, and it’s been scientifically proven to improve your mental capacity!
One of the cell phones rings, and Wes picks it up...
Wes: Hello? Yes, this is Superintendant Miller. Why don’t you send those personal files over this afternoon? Thanks, Barry! See you on the golf course!
Nishan: See? Not only is he messing up my sleep, I’m pretty sure I’ve become an accomplice to a half-dozen crimes!
Danny: I’m guessing we can work out some kind of compromise... Wes, can you take your calls in the bathroom so you don’t bother Nishan? And Nishan, could you maybe just sleep at night, like a normal person? At least for the trip?
Wes: ...Fine.
Nishan: ...Fine.
Julian: Dang, Danny! You’re like a hostage negotiator!
Danny: I think they’ve got this sorted out. Let’s go back to our room.
You leave their room, but a shout from the other end of the hallway grabs your attention.
Danny: What now?
Time - 12 hours
You walk to another room to find Mia and Payton arguing.
Mia: Geez, Payton, you don’t have to get so mad about it. You still have some space.
Payton: SOME space?! You have bags everywhere! It’s like invasion of the bed snatchers over here. How many bags did you take with you? You have enough clothing to live here for a month!
Mia: It’s not that much! There’s just beach-wear... dinner-wear... party-wear... gala-wear... museum-wear... wedding-wear...
Payton: Wedding-wear?! We’re not going to any weddings!
Mia: You never know what’ll happen!
Danny: I think we can settle this pretty easily. You guys are both sharing the room which means that half of the room belongs to each of you. So we’re going to draw an imaginary line down the middle of the room. Everything to THIS side is Payton’s, and everything to the other side is Mia’s. Can we agree on that?
Payton: Yeah...
Mia: I guess I’ll have to stack my bags up really tall...
Payton: Ooo! Like a fort!
Mia: Heh... wanna help?
You and Julian head back to your room.
Julian: I don’t know much about this Greece place, except what I’ve learned from 300. Do you have any idea what we’re doing tomorrow?
Danny: Katherine has an entire itinerary set out for us. I think we’re shopping and then going to the Parthenon and Thermopylae.
Julian: Is that where the wars happened?
Danny: Er... I don’t know what they are. Cities maybe? I’m sure we’ll figure it out tomorrow.
Julian: Yep. Cool. Night.
The next morning...
Katherine: Rise and shine! Our first stop is going to be the downtown marketplace! It’ll have something for everyone. Clothes... electronics... shoes...
Payton: She had me at ‘clothes’.
Mia: Yeah, really. Come on, ladies, let’s shop!
Requirements
- Payton
- A Level 9+ Girl Classmate (Emily)
- A Level 9+ Girl Classmate (Kimia)
Kimia: Greek shops are nothing like American malls.
Emily: That’s half the fun!
Payton: And buying awesome souvenirs is the other! Think my mom wants some fancy olive oil?
Payton, Emily, and Kimia continue to browse the shops, searching through beautiful scarves, bright flowers, and fantastic foods. Payton stops at one clothing stall, stunned, her mouth open.
Payton: Oh. Em. Gee. Are you guys SEEING this?
Time - 16 hours
Payton holds up a shiny golden sweater. It sparkles brilliantly in the sunlight.
Payton: This is the shiniest, sparkliest, most golden fleece that I’ve ever seen! I HAVE to have it!
Payton: Ooh! This is so much fun! I love Greek culture and shop-ology!
Autumn: I think you mean mythology!
Payton: What, like there’s a myth about a golden fleece?
Nishan: Actually...
Mia: Hey guys! Katherine’s back!
Katherine: I’m so glad I found you! The tour bus is ready to take us to the ruins for the afternoon. The tour guide’s going to let us choose where to go first. Make sure you have enough money for the tickets to see the attractions!
Requirements
- Spend 36,000 coins
- Thermopylae
- Parthenon
Your group arrives at Thermopylae.
Mia: So what are we here for? I don’t see any ruins...
Nishan: Thermopylae is a place that’s known for its sulfurous hot springs...
Payton: Ooh! I could go for a soak!
Mia: Yeah, if you want to smell like a cartoon of rotten eggs after.
Payton: Awww...
Nishan: Thermopylae is also where the Spartans met the Persians in an epic battle.
Julian: So this is where the movie 300 was filmed? Awesome!
Nishan: I’m pretty sure it was filmed in front of a green screen.
Julian: I don’t care. This is awesome. Who’s brave enough to stand against a Spartan warrior?!
Julian moves around as if in slow motion...
Julian: This... is... Sparta!
Julian kicks out, nearly knocking Nishan over!
Nishan: I yield! I yield!
Danny: Heh!
Your group arrives at the base of the Parthenon.
Nishan: This is so awesome! The Parthenon was built here thousands of years ago! Just think about how much history happened here!
You climb the steep steps up to the Parthenon.
Danny: It is so much bigger than I expected. The pictures never do monuments justice.
Julian: No wonder the ancient warriors were so inspired to fight.
Autumn: I’m going to take some photos. Let’s get some group shots!
Julian: Can we make it an action shot?
Autumn: Sure! What should we pose as?
Danny: Let’s pose as ferocious warriors engaged in a great battle.
Julian: Yeah!
Julian jumps on top of a rock and pumps his fist, while the others arrange themselves as if fighting in a battle.
Julian: Look angry, people!
Wes: We’re going to take you down!
Payton: Grrrr! I’m going to stab you with my triple-sword pokey thing!
Julian: You mean a trident!
Payton: Yeah! I always thought those were cool!
Autumn: Hee hee! Very fearsome, guys!
Autumn snaps the picture.
Autumn: This will be perfect for the yearbook!
Your group climbs further, and Autumn leads you to a flag. Down below, you can see the city of Athens sprawl far beneath you.
Autumn: Just think about how old the structure is. We are walking where Greeks of old used to walk. It’s like we’re breathing the same air.
Mia: Gross.
Payton: It’s kind of cool, if you think about how many years have passed. Do you think someday, a thousand years from now, people will look at our school ruins and wonder who we were?
Nishan: And that’s exactly why we all need giant monuments of our faces...
Julian: Visiting ruins is awesome! Did you see the way I jumped off that pillar?
Nishan: Yeah, so did that guard... that’s why he was yelling at you.
Julian: Oh, I thought he was cheering me on. That was confusing...
Nishan: You mean what he was saying was Greek to you? Eh? Eh?
Katherine: I hope everyone had fun at the ruins. Now we’re here at Delphi!
Payton: I feel like that’s a place where dolphins should be, but what is it actually?
Katherine: Delphi used to be place where the great oracle lived. She old all kinds of prophecies. We’re here to see the ruins and the Temple of Apollo!
Katherine finds their tour guide, who leads the group towards the sites.
Mia: Pst! Hey, Danny, Payton, I saw a fortune teller near the temple. Let’s go get our fortunes read! Don’t you [this part is missing]
Payton: How are we going to sneak away from the group?
Mia: I already thought about that. We just need someone to distract the tour guide, and you grab whoever you want to come with us.
Requirements
- Mia
- A Level 7+ Class Clown (Yangchen)
- A Classmate Except Danny (Berry)
Yangchen steps up to the tour guide and distracts her with questions.
Yangchen: Tell me everything you know about Apollo... was he the one with the thunderbolts or the one with the wings? And which one dated Zeus again?
While Yangchen continues to ask annoying questions, you, Mia, and Berry run the other way. You enter a building through some colorful curtains and sit at a table with a fortune teller.
Berry: Tell me, wise Oracle of Delphi, what does my future hold?
The fortuneteller closes her eyes, and when she opens them, her pupils are milky white...
Mia: WHOA!
Time - 16 hours
The fortuneteller spreads out her sacred cup and cards. She reads them silently, then writes with a quill on a piece of parchment. Berry reads it...
Berry: ‘I see fumbling in darkness... a heated kiss...’
Mia: Looks like there’s a major make out session in your future!
You are next. The oracle turns to you, seeing you and not seeing you at the same time. She makes a gesture, and you somehow know that you can choose what kind of fortune you want...
Danny: I want to hear about my love life.
She again consults her cards, and hands you a piece of paper...
Danny: ‘I see happiness with your loved one... A row of roses... slowly filling up...’ I guess we’ll be together for a while then.
Mia: Do me next! What’s my fortune?
The fortuneteller hands Mia an exceptionally long note...
Mia: ‘I see a gathering storm, and when I reach out my hand, I touch a droplet of blood. Bad times are coming to those who are tied to you’... I think something bad is going to happen between me and my brother...
You all rejoin the group and finish out the rest of the tour. Afterwards...
Katherine: I hope everyone’s hungry! Before our play tonight, I booked a reservation at this really nice restaurant near the Acropolis...
Julian: Spartans! Ready your stomachs, for tonight, we dine near the heavens!
Autumn: I don’t think that’s the exact quote...
Katherine: Anyway, Danny, I know you’re going to love it up there! Make sure you bring your special someone!
Requirements
- Danny
- A Classmate (Berry)
Danny: What do you say, Berry? Up for a dinner at one of Athen’s finest restaurants?
Berry: Would this happen to be a romantic dinner?
Danny: I don’t know... do you think candlelight, roses, and a table overlooking the ocean are romantic?
Berry: You know, I just might.
Time - 16 hours
Danny and Berry arrive at Demeter’s, a beautiful restaurant located on a towering cliff right on the coast. Gentle waves lap below, and stars light up a beautiful night sky overhead.
Berry: Wow, Danny... this is amazing!
Danny: It’s something else...
Katherine comes running over, excited.
Katherine: Oh, there you are! I’m so glad you could make it! Your table’s over here.
Danny and Berry take a seat. Soon enough, you’re eating an incredible Mediterranean spread...
Berry: Mmmmm... lamb with eggplant polenta...
Danny: This feta is so good... how can cheese be soooooo good...
Afterwards, the two of you walk hand-in-hand along the beach, the stars sparkling overhead...
Berry: This is perfect, Danny. Utterly perfect.
Danny: No...
You lean over and kiss Berry tenderly, holding them in your arms as waves crash below.
Danny: Now it’s perfect.
Berry: Can we stay here forever?
Danny: We can try.
Katherine: Okay, everyone! It’s time for our play!
At a nearby theater, you watch the Athena girls perform Oedipus Rex...
Katherine: ‘Well argued; but no living man can hope to force the gods to speak against their will.’
Brigette: ‘May I then say what seems next best to me?’
You meet up afterwards...
Payton: For a play called Oedipus Rex, I was expecting a lot more dinosaurs...
Mia: Yeah, well, now it’s time to rehearse for our play! They set the bar really high!
Danny: How can I help?
Mia: We’ve got a bunch of people playing the Greek chorus. They’re going to be recounting the events of of The Odyssey, the classic Greek epic about the journey of Odysseus to get back home...
Danny: Sounds good.
Mia: But unfortunately, they keep having a hard time remembering the order of Odysseus’s adventures! Can you lead them through a quick practice run to get the order down? I would, but I have to focus on helping the leads rehearse!
Danny: Sure, I’ll try...
Requirements
- Have 5 Girl Classmates wearing an Intern Chic Outfit
- Have 3 Actors at Level 5+
- Rehearse
Mia: So, do you know the order of Odysseus’ obstacles?
Danny: A refresher would be nice.
Mia: Okay, so first, Odysseus encountered the Island of the Lotus-Eaters, who fed his men fruit that clouded their memories... Then he encountered Polyphemus, this giant, horrific Cyclops, who he blinded... After that, he met the sorceress Circe, who turned men to pigs. She’s pretty awesome, if you ask me. And finally, he had to cross a chasm guarded by these two monsters, Scylla and Charybdis. You got all that?
Danny: I think so...
Mia: Then lead away!
You step up to the chorus, who wait for you to guide them through their practice...
Danny: Okay... let’s see here... The first adventure Odysseus had was the Island of the Lotus-Eaters!
The chorus nods, recounting the tale of the doomed sailors who lost their will to go home...
Danny: Nice, nice... After that, Odysseus met Polyphemus the Cyclops.
The chorus nods, acting out the blinding of the Cyclops by Odysseus and his men...
Danny: Gross... but right... Next, Odysseus met Circe the Sorceress.
The chorus nods, running around, transformed into pigs...
Danny: Heh... kind of funny, actually... And finally, Odysseus had to brave the two monsters... The twin monsters... uh... Pacific and Rim? Were those their names?
The group look at each other confused. It was most certainly not ‘Pacific and Rim’.
Danny: Did not get that one right. Well? How’d we do?
Mia looks up from where she was practicing her script...
Mia: That was pretty good... not perfect, but good...
Danny: I’m thinking it’ll be good enough.
Danny: Well, I think they’re ready... ready as they can be...
Mia: All thanks to your help!
Your phone rings... You pick up...
Danny: Hello?
Nishan: Hi! Danny! How’s it going? How’s the play? Rehearsing? Running lines? Yup, that sure is a thing! Listen, funny story. I saw that they’d built a huge recreation of the Minotaur’s Maze downtown and wanted to check it out. Bt it was closed, so I kind of, maybe, snuck in. And then... well... see... it really is a funny story... I kind of... well...
Danny: Nishan, are you lost in the maze?
Nishan: ...would that be so wrong? I think I’m somewhere near the center. Also, fun fact, my phone’s just about out of batter--
The line goes dead. You put your phone away and turn to your friends.
Danny: So... who wants to go rescue Nishan?
Requirements
- Danny
- Sakura
- Wes
You, Wes, Sakura, and Payton arrive at the entrance to the recreation of the Maze of Knossos. It’s massive, a labyrinth of concrete and stone, sprawling out into the darkness.
Payton: I thought this would be a fun maze, like in a cornfield, but this is a scary maze, like the parking garage at the mall!
Wes: So Nishan managed to get himself lost in a huge, locked maze, after dark, right before we have to put on our play? Isn’t he supposed to be the brains around here?
Sakura: Hey, you don’t have to be a jerk about it! It could’ve happened to anyone!
Wes: Anyone who broke into a maze at night without a plan to get out... which is to say, almost no one.
Sakura: you know what I think? I think you’re scared. You don’t want to go in, and you’re upset Nishan was braver than you!
Wes: Well if you’re so brave, Warrior Princess, why don’t YOU go marching in?
Danny: Uh, guys? Could we maybe stop fighting and instead focus on finding Nishan?
Payton: Also, um, how do we know that we won’t just get lost and need someone to rescue US?
Danny: We’ll need some kind of a way to retrace our steps... like a trail of crumbs or a long rope or...
Wes: A huge thread of bright, golden yarn?
You all turn and stare at Payton’s golden fleece sweater.
Payton: What? No! No way!
Danny: You’d get to stay out here and hold one end while we looked for Nishan...
Payton: Argh... fine! But when we get back home, you’re letting me throw 50 parties!
Danny: Deal.
You grab a thread of Payton’s sweater. You, Wes, and Sakura turn to the maze...
Danny: Let’s do this.
Time - 20 hours
You, Wes, and Sakura make your way through the maze, navigating its endless twists and turns...
Danny: You know, I never really thought mazes were that bad... but this is really creepy...
Sakura: There’s a map just like this in B.A.N.G... except that one is full of horrifying, blood-sucking ghouls, lurking behind every corner...
Just then, you hear a low, rumbling, animal growl...
Wes: You just HAD to mention the ghouls, didn’t you?!
Sakura: We should follow the noise... see what’s making it...
Wes: Have you NEVER seen a horror movie? We should go as far away from it as possible!
Sakura: What do you think, Danny?
Danny: Hmm... I think we should check the noise out.
Wes: Fine, but if we get eaten by a maze monster, I’m totally blaming you.
You make your way towards the noise... it grows louder... you round a corner... And run right into a hulking minotaur!
Sakura: Ahhh!
Wes: Relax, Princess. It’s just a statue.
Wes is right. Standing in front of you is an imposing stone statue of a minotaur... with a speaker in its base playing growling noises!
Sakura: I told you we should check the noise out!
Just then, you hear Nishan’s voice nearby!
Nishan: Danny? Wes? Sakura? Is that you?
Wes: I hear him! He’s on the other side of that statue!
Wes tugs on it...
Wes: Grrrr... come on...
The statue budges... tips... and then abruptly breaks free, falling onto Wes!
Wes: Ahhhh!
Wes staggers back, but trips! The statue lurches towards him... And at the last second, Sakura dives forward, tackling him out of the way! The statue slams into the earth with a crash! Wes hits the ground, and Sakura collapses on top of him. They lie for a second like that, stunned, panting...
Wes: ...thanks. I think you might have just saved my life.
Sakura: Guess you owe me one.
Nishan: Sakura?
Sakura looks up to see Nishan standing where the statue was, staring at her and Wes in disbelief. She scrambles off Wes, and he dusts himself off.
Sakura: You okay, Nishan?
Nishan: Yeah, I’m all right. I’m sorry for dragging you guys out here like this. I really didn’t think it’d be possible for me to get lost...
Danny: It’s fine, Nishan. We’re just happy you’re safe.
You all arrive back at the campus, where Mia is waiting...
Mia: Come on! It’s time to start out play! We’ll need a guy and a girl to lead the chorus...
Requirements
- A Level 7+ Guy Actor wearing a Casually Classic Outfit (Carlos)
- A Level 8+ Girl Actor wearing an Intern Chic Outfit (Sarah)
Carlos and Sarah emerge onto the stage, turning dramatically as they spout their lines...
Carlos: Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy!
Sarah: Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted...
Carlos: Moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home...
As they talk, two more of your Classmates wheel out a huge wooden horse...
Time - 19 hours
Sarah: And so, Odysseus began his journey home!
As Sarah finishes speaking, Julian bursts out of the wooden horse, dressed like a classical Greek hero!
Julian: Yeah! That’s right. I’m going home. And I’m saving my wife Penelope from all those suitors!
Payton and Mia watch from the side...
Mia: He does know how to make an entrance...
Payton: Yeah... and how to look good doing it!
The play continues, as Julian braves Nishan the Cyclops...
Nishan: I’ve been blinded by ‘Nobody!’ Nobody blinded me! My grasp on linguistic trickery is limited at best!
Then Mia the Sorceress...
Mia: Ha ha! I’ve turned all your men into pigs! Not that they weren’t pigs already, am I right, ladies?
And you and Payton as Scylla and Charybdis...
Danny: Grrrr... hiss...
Payton: Blarrrrghh... I’m a sea monster... blarggggh...
And soon enough, it’s time for the climax! Mia pulls you aside...
Mia: Okay! Julian’s back on his home island, and ready to save his wife, Penelope! Wes is going to play the sleazy suitor... and wait ‘til you see who’s playing Penelope!
Requirements
- Julian
- Wes
- A Girl Classmate (Alexandra)
Alexandra stands on the stage, weaving on a loom...
Alexandra: Oh when will my dear husband Odysseus return?
Wes: Not soon enough!
Wes creeps over to Alexandra, draping his arm around her shoulders...
Alexandra: Oh my!
Wes: I mean, come on, baby. It’s been ten years. Your man is dead and gone, rotting at the bottom of the ocean. It’s time you moved on... found someone new... someone like me...
Wes leans it to kiss Alexandra... when the door flies open, and Julian storms in!
Julian: You! Get away from my wife!
Time - 21 hours
Julian storms across the stage as the play continues...
Wes: Odysseus? No! It can’t be! You’re dead!
Julian: Let’s just say those rumors were greatly exaggerated!
Wes: Penelope will be mine! MINE!
Wes draws a sword and charges Julian! Julian deftly dodges his swipe, grabs his wrist, and flips him over! Wes lands on the edge of the stage, where he throws up his hands, cowering...
Wes: No! Please! Wait! I--
Julian: This! Is! SPARTA!!!
Julian kicks Wes in the chest, sending him flying off the stage!
Alexandra: Oh, Odysseus!
Alexandra runs over to Julian! He grabs her, dipping her back...
Julian: I’m home. And I’m never leaving your side again.
Julian and Alexandra kiss, as the whole audience applauds!
Mia: That was phenomenal, Danny! Just phenomenal!
Alexandra glances down, blushing...
Alexandra: It was... something else alright...
Julian helps Wes up to his feet.
Julian: I didn’t kick you too hard, did I?
Wes: You kidding? That was nothing.
Katherine comes running over.
Katherine: Oh, you guys! That was wonderful! Funny and charming and romantic, all at once!
Danny: So what do we do now?
Katherine: We throw an after-party!
Requirements
- Complete a Party with a Guy Actor
- Complete a Party with a Girl Actor
Danny: Wow! This party is crazy!
Autumn: It really is wild!
Just then, the Trojan horse from the play flies by! Julian rides the top, while Wes and Sakura push it!
Julian: Whooooooooooo!
They zip around a corner, racing down to the beach!
Payton: Looks like they’re having fun...
Nishan: Um, Payton? I don’t want to interrupt but... I got you this.
Payton: Is that... a new golden fleece sweater?!
Nishan: I felt so bad your old one got unravelled saving me from the maze... I just had to get you another!
Payton grabs Nishan in a big hug.
Payton: Thanks, Nishan! You’re the best!
Soon enough, it’s sunrise. You sit with your friends on the beach by the remains of a bonfire.
Danny: This was a great trip.
Wes: Seriously.
Mia: Thanks so much for inviting us, Katherine!
Katherine: Of course! After everything you did for us, it’s the least I could do!
Sakura: I hate to ruin the snugglefest, but our flight’s leaving soon.
Danny: Oh, that’s right!
Katherine: Make sure to join me in first class, Danny... there’s something exciting I want to talk to you about!
Requirements
- Danny
- A Classmate (Berry)
- A Classmate (Rin)
Danny, Berry, and Rin sit together in first class on the plane. The plane takes off, and you gaze out the window at the Greek peninsula as it recedes into the distance...
Danny: Bye, Greece...
Berry: Bye, honey and lamb and feta...
Rin: Bye, best vacation ever...
Katherine: Do you have a moment, Danny? I’d like to discuss an opportunity...
Time - 23 hours
Danny: What’s up?
Katherine: Since our schools are getting along so well, I wanted to invite you to the regional mock trial tournament!
Danny: Regional mock trial tournament?
Katherine: It’s really fun... the schools here go all out... and there’s a great cash prize at the end!
Danny: I’ll ask around and see if anyone’s interested! After this flight is over that is...
Two movies, a poker game, a short nap, and a Netflix-binge later, you arrive back in the US.
Danny: Ohhhh, it feels good to stretch my legs...
Rin: Yeah... and to get away from Berry’s snoring!
Berry: What? Naw! That was the old lady behind me, I swear!
Julian: Heh... it’s good to be home.
Danny: Yeah... now let’s go talk to Katherine about that mock trial tournament!
The rock trial tournament should be fun... but in that tense environment, dark secrets could come up! How will it go? Find out in the next quest!