Shady Business
My School Story Series Side Quest
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Payton: Hey guys, have you heard about Bigfoot in the Park?
Julian: Bigfoot? Here?! But he’d be too exposed in a park!
Payton: No, not like, ACTUAL Bigfoot! Bigfoot in the Park is the name of an outdoor music festival!
Koh: I’ve never heard of it before...
Payton: Well, I don’t know too much about it, but it sounds like just the thing Wes or Ezra would like! AND maybe they could write a post on it for My School Story!
Julian: You’re expecting Wes to write a blog post? Sounds like a Hail Mary play!
Payton: It doesn’t hurt to ask! The festival’s free, so what’ve they got to lose?
Danny: Let’s go find ‘em!
Time - 12 hours
You and your friend search the school for Wes and Ezra.
Payton: Where could they be?
Julian: Who knows? Ezra and Wes are always disappearing these days.
Koh: And they’re always ditching the rest of us! It makes me want to knock their heads together... or break Ezra’s guitar... or break Wes’s guitar!
Danny: Koh, what’s with you and breaking guitars?
Koh: I find it relaxing, all right?
Autumn: It IS kinda strange that they always seem to miss the same things...
Julian: And have the worst excuses ever...
Payton: You don’t think that--
Koh: There they are!
You see Wes and Ezra at the end of a long, empty hallway.
Julian: What are they doing?
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Koh, Autumn, Julian, Payton, and you slow down as you approach Wes and Ezra. They don’t seem to have noticed you yet...
Payton: What’s Wes pulling out of his backpack?
Julian: I think it’s a bright red paper bag... looks kinda familiar...
Koh: Shh! We don’t want them to hear us!
Autumn: I don’t know how I feel about spying on them...
Koh: Do you want answers or not, Sandra Dee? Now stay behind the lockers!
Julian: Come on! Let’s get a little closer!
Everyone quietly inches forward as Ezra pulls something out of the red bag.
Payton: Is that... cash?
Ezra quickly counts the large stack of money before slipping it in his backpack.
Wes: And next time, don’t forget to wear gloves. You know how messy it can get.
Ezra: That was just the one time!
Suddenly, Autumn stops moving forward, and Payton runs into her from behind!
Payton: Oomf!
Autumn: Ouch.
Wes: Who’s there?
Time - 16 hours
Wes: Who’s there?
You, Koh, Autumn, Julian, and Payton reveal yourselves from behind a row of lockers. Ezra quickly pulls the red bag behind his back.
Ezra: What’re you guys doing here?
Autumn: We’re, uh...
Payton: We’re looking for you guys! Have you heard of the Bigfoot in the Park music festival?
Ezra: BITP? I love Bigfoot!
Wes: What’s that?
Payton: It’s an annual outdoor festival. I saw the flyer and thought of you guys. Plus, it’d be an awesome subject for a blog post!
Ezra: It HAS been a while since I wrote a post... this could be fun!
Payton: I knew it’d be perfect for the two of you!
Wes: The two of us? I didn’t agree to anything.
Payton: But reviewing things is right up your alley! Surveilling a location, finding out what people do well, what their weaknesses are... it’s just like planning one of your heists!
Wes: I know what you’re doing, Payton. You can’t manipulate the manipulator.
Ezra: Come on, Wes. I think it could be kinda fun!
Wes: ...
Payton: Please?
Autumn: You should give it a try. You might even enjoy it!
Wes: Fine. I guess I can try to go.
Payton: Yay!
Payton: So the festival starts on Friday night and--
Ezra: THIS Friday?
Payton: Yeah, this Friday, and--
Ezra: Oh.
Payton: What’s wrong?
Ezra: I, uh, I can’t make it on Friday night.
Autumn: Why not?
Ezra: Uh...
Wes: We have a group project to work on for class, right Ezra?
Ezra: Yeah! A group project. Well, I guess we’d better get started on that right now. See you guys later.
Wes: Later.
Wes and Ezra quickly walk away. Ezra crumples up the red bag and tosses it into a nearby trash can before the two of them disappear around a corner.
Julian: What just happened?
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Payton: Is it just me, or were Wes and Ezra acting SUPER suspicious?
Koh: It was definitely not just you. I mean, what class could they possibly have a group project for that the rest of us haven’t even heard of?
Julian: That’s right! But if they aren’t working on a group project together, then what ARE they doing? You don’t think that... I mean, they couldn’t be...
Danny: What?
Julian: Well, you don’t think Wes is up to his old tricks, do you?
Danny: What old tricks?
Payton: You mean like, stealing and selling phones on the black market or something? I was just kidding when I brought up heists and stuff!
Julian: That’s exactly what I mean. Except this time, Ezra’s involved somehow. How else did they get their hands on that much cash?
Autumn: Guys, I don’t think we should be jumping to conclusions like this. We have no idea what’s going on. We shouldn’t judge them until we have some answers.
Danny: Autumn’s right. Wes and Ezra are our friends, and they deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Koh: Then let’s go get some answers!
Time - 10 hours
Koh marches to the nearby trashcan and searches through it.
Payton: Ew! Koh, what are you doing?
Koh: Looking... for... this!
Koh triumphantly raises the red bag that Wes had given to Ezra above her head.
Payton: A clue!
Koh smooths the wrinkles out of the bag.
Autumn: What’s this logo?
Autumn points to the picture of a giant chicken breathing fire!
Koh: I’d know that logo anywhere! It’s Wings Atomica!
Payton: So... Wes gave Ezra a Wings Atomica takeout bag full of cash... what does that even mean?
Julian: Where’s Nishan when you need him?
Autumn: Well, what would Nishan do if he were here?
Payton: He would follow the clues!
Julian: Guess this means we’re going to Wings Atomica!
Koh: I’ll drive!
Danny: But... we can’t all ride on your motorcycle...
Koh: I didn’t offer anyone a ride. I just said I’d drive.
Autumn: ...I’ll drive the rest of us.
You and your friends head over to Wings Atomica and meet in the parking lot. Together, you walk into the fast food joint and see bright red everywhere! Red tables, red chairs, red fire-breathing chicken logos...
Autumn: Whoa. Guess they really like the red aesthetic.
Danny: All right, we’re here... now what?
Koh: First things first. We order some wings!
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You consider all the items on Wings Atomica’s menu.
Danny: Hmm... I’m not sure what to get. What do you usually get here, Koh?
Koh: I usually get the HELP ME MY MOUTH IS ON FIRE CALL 911 Hot Wings, but sometimes I just get the Hawaiian wings.
Danny: Oh, wow. Well, in that case, I think I’ll get buffalo!
Koh: Classic choice. I can respect that.
Danny: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Am I right?
After you all put your orders in, you pile into a booth and wait for a server to bring you your wings. Soon, a server backs out of the kitchen carrying a tray loaded with wings.
Julian: Oh good, are those ours? I’m starving!
Koh: Julian! Don’t forget why we’re here! We’re trying to find out what Ezra and Wes are-- No way!
Danny: What?
You follow Koh’s gaze to the waiter carrying your food. Dressed in a bright red Wings Atomica t-shirt is...
Danny: Ezra!
Julian: Ezra?
Ezra: ...
Ezra comes over to your table and hands out four baskets of wings.
Ezra: Uh, hey guys...
Payton: Ezra, is this where you’ve been this whole time?
Ezra: Yeah, pretty much. I’ve been really busy.
Autumn: Why didn’t you tell us you had a job?
Ezra: Well... it’s kinda stupid. I mean, working at Wings Atomica isn’t a very rockstar thing to do, is it?
Koh: Are you kidding? This is so awesome!
Ezra: What do you mean?
Koh: Rock is all about fighting the man, right? And how can you sing about fighting the man if you’ve never worked for him?
Autumn: Koh!
Ezra: Oh, I guess that makes sense...
Autumn: It’s not just that, Ezra. Having a job is really impressive!
Ezra: Thanks, Autumn.
Julian: Hold on a second... if you’ve been working here this whole time, then why’ve you and Wes been--
Julian is interrupted by a customer in a nearby booth shouting for the waiter!
Ezra: Oops. Duty calls...
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Ezra: Coming!
Ezra trudges over to another booth filled with a group of guys.
Jack Carver: Garçon! Garçon!
Ezra: Yeah, that’s me.
Jack Carver: Heh. I heard you were slinging wings, Ezra. Guess the whole ‘rockstar’ thing didn’t quite work out, eh?
Ezra: Do you actually need something or are you just trying to give me a hard time?
Jack Carver: Whoa! Watch the attitude, young man. I’d hate to get your manager involved.
Ezra: My apologies. What seems to be the trouble, sir?
Time - 14 hours
Jack gestures at eight baskets of wings spread across the table.
Jack Carver: Would you care to explain this? I ordered the Fire and Brimstone Game Day Galore, but there’s only five of each flavor!
Ezra: That’s correct. The Fire and Brimstone Game Day Galore gives you five wings in each of our delicious eight flavor varieties, for a total of forty wings.
Jack Carver: What?! I thought we got forty of each wing! Now my boys and I are gonna starve!
Ezra: Forty of each flavor? That’s... three hundred and twenty wings. Why would you ever want that many wings?
Jack Carver: You think you know what I want?! I’ll tell you what I want! I want to speak to your manager!
Ezra: Fine. I’ll go get him.
As Ezra heads into the back of the restaurant, you and your friends approach Jack and his goons.
Jack Carver: Well, well, well, if it isn’t my favorite bunch of losers.
Danny: Shut up, Jack. And while you’re at it, lay off Ezra. He’s just trying to do his job.
Jack Carver: Oh, he won’t have to worry about that job much longer.
Julian: Oh yeah? Why’s that?
Jack Carver: Because I’m going to get him FIRED.
Ezra comes back leading someone wearing a Wings Atomica shirt and a manager’s visor...
Jack Carver: Oh, good, the manager. Finally someone with some sense around here!
The manager sweeps the visor off his head and looks down at Jack Carver and his friends.
Wes: What seems to be the problem?
Julian: What?! Wes is Ezra’s manager?!
Payton: NO. WAY.
Danny: (This is NOT what I expected...)
Whoa, hold up! Is Wes REALLY Ezra’s manager at Wings Atomica? What’s it like for Ezra to work for a classmate? When did this happen, and why? And who exactly thought it would be a good idea to put WES in charge of a restaurant? Find out in the next entry in the My School Story saga - The Pecking Order!
- Payton
Payton: Hey guys, have you heard about Bigfoot in the Park?
Julian: Bigfoot? Here?! But he’d be too exposed in a park!
Payton: No, not like, ACTUAL Bigfoot! Bigfoot in the Park is the name of an outdoor music festival!
Koh: I’ve never heard of it before...
Payton: Well, I don’t know too much about it, but it sounds like just the thing Wes or Ezra would like! AND maybe they could write a post on it for My School Story!
Julian: You’re expecting Wes to write a blog post? Sounds like a Hail Mary play!
Payton: It doesn’t hurt to ask! The festival’s free, so what’ve they got to lose?
Danny: Let’s go find ‘em!
Time - 12 hours
You and your friend search the school for Wes and Ezra.
Payton: Where could they be?
Julian: Who knows? Ezra and Wes are always disappearing these days.
Koh: And they’re always ditching the rest of us! It makes me want to knock their heads together... or break Ezra’s guitar... or break Wes’s guitar!
Danny: Koh, what’s with you and breaking guitars?
Koh: I find it relaxing, all right?
Autumn: It IS kinda strange that they always seem to miss the same things...
Julian: And have the worst excuses ever...
Payton: You don’t think that--
Koh: There they are!
You see Wes and Ezra at the end of a long, empty hallway.
Julian: What are they doing?
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- Wes
- Ezra
Koh, Autumn, Julian, Payton, and you slow down as you approach Wes and Ezra. They don’t seem to have noticed you yet...
Payton: What’s Wes pulling out of his backpack?
Julian: I think it’s a bright red paper bag... looks kinda familiar...
Koh: Shh! We don’t want them to hear us!
Autumn: I don’t know how I feel about spying on them...
Koh: Do you want answers or not, Sandra Dee? Now stay behind the lockers!
Julian: Come on! Let’s get a little closer!
Everyone quietly inches forward as Ezra pulls something out of the red bag.
Payton: Is that... cash?
Ezra quickly counts the large stack of money before slipping it in his backpack.
Wes: And next time, don’t forget to wear gloves. You know how messy it can get.
Ezra: That was just the one time!
Suddenly, Autumn stops moving forward, and Payton runs into her from behind!
Payton: Oomf!
Autumn: Ouch.
Wes: Who’s there?
Time - 16 hours
Wes: Who’s there?
You, Koh, Autumn, Julian, and Payton reveal yourselves from behind a row of lockers. Ezra quickly pulls the red bag behind his back.
Ezra: What’re you guys doing here?
Autumn: We’re, uh...
Payton: We’re looking for you guys! Have you heard of the Bigfoot in the Park music festival?
Ezra: BITP? I love Bigfoot!
Wes: What’s that?
Payton: It’s an annual outdoor festival. I saw the flyer and thought of you guys. Plus, it’d be an awesome subject for a blog post!
Ezra: It HAS been a while since I wrote a post... this could be fun!
Payton: I knew it’d be perfect for the two of you!
Wes: The two of us? I didn’t agree to anything.
Payton: But reviewing things is right up your alley! Surveilling a location, finding out what people do well, what their weaknesses are... it’s just like planning one of your heists!
Wes: I know what you’re doing, Payton. You can’t manipulate the manipulator.
Ezra: Come on, Wes. I think it could be kinda fun!
Wes: ...
Payton: Please?
Autumn: You should give it a try. You might even enjoy it!
Wes: Fine. I guess I can try to go.
Payton: Yay!
Payton: So the festival starts on Friday night and--
Ezra: THIS Friday?
Payton: Yeah, this Friday, and--
Ezra: Oh.
Payton: What’s wrong?
Ezra: I, uh, I can’t make it on Friday night.
Autumn: Why not?
Ezra: Uh...
Wes: We have a group project to work on for class, right Ezra?
Ezra: Yeah! A group project. Well, I guess we’d better get started on that right now. See you guys later.
Wes: Later.
Wes and Ezra quickly walk away. Ezra crumples up the red bag and tosses it into a nearby trash can before the two of them disappear around a corner.
Julian: What just happened?
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- Koh
- Payton
- Julian
Payton: Is it just me, or were Wes and Ezra acting SUPER suspicious?
Koh: It was definitely not just you. I mean, what class could they possibly have a group project for that the rest of us haven’t even heard of?
Julian: That’s right! But if they aren’t working on a group project together, then what ARE they doing? You don’t think that... I mean, they couldn’t be...
Danny: What?
Julian: Well, you don’t think Wes is up to his old tricks, do you?
Danny: What old tricks?
Payton: You mean like, stealing and selling phones on the black market or something? I was just kidding when I brought up heists and stuff!
Julian: That’s exactly what I mean. Except this time, Ezra’s involved somehow. How else did they get their hands on that much cash?
Autumn: Guys, I don’t think we should be jumping to conclusions like this. We have no idea what’s going on. We shouldn’t judge them until we have some answers.
Danny: Autumn’s right. Wes and Ezra are our friends, and they deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Koh: Then let’s go get some answers!
Time - 10 hours
Koh marches to the nearby trashcan and searches through it.
Payton: Ew! Koh, what are you doing?
Koh: Looking... for... this!
Koh triumphantly raises the red bag that Wes had given to Ezra above her head.
Payton: A clue!
Koh smooths the wrinkles out of the bag.
Autumn: What’s this logo?
Autumn points to the picture of a giant chicken breathing fire!
Koh: I’d know that logo anywhere! It’s Wings Atomica!
Payton: So... Wes gave Ezra a Wings Atomica takeout bag full of cash... what does that even mean?
Julian: Where’s Nishan when you need him?
Autumn: Well, what would Nishan do if he were here?
Payton: He would follow the clues!
Julian: Guess this means we’re going to Wings Atomica!
Koh: I’ll drive!
Danny: But... we can’t all ride on your motorcycle...
Koh: I didn’t offer anyone a ride. I just said I’d drive.
Autumn: ...I’ll drive the rest of us.
You and your friends head over to Wings Atomica and meet in the parking lot. Together, you walk into the fast food joint and see bright red everywhere! Red tables, red chairs, red fire-breathing chicken logos...
Autumn: Whoa. Guess they really like the red aesthetic.
Danny: All right, we’re here... now what?
Koh: First things first. We order some wings!
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- Spend 150,000 coins
You consider all the items on Wings Atomica’s menu.
Danny: Hmm... I’m not sure what to get. What do you usually get here, Koh?
Koh: I usually get the HELP ME MY MOUTH IS ON FIRE CALL 911 Hot Wings, but sometimes I just get the Hawaiian wings.
Danny: Oh, wow. Well, in that case, I think I’ll get buffalo!
Koh: Classic choice. I can respect that.
Danny: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Am I right?
After you all put your orders in, you pile into a booth and wait for a server to bring you your wings. Soon, a server backs out of the kitchen carrying a tray loaded with wings.
Julian: Oh good, are those ours? I’m starving!
Koh: Julian! Don’t forget why we’re here! We’re trying to find out what Ezra and Wes are-- No way!
Danny: What?
You follow Koh’s gaze to the waiter carrying your food. Dressed in a bright red Wings Atomica t-shirt is...
Danny: Ezra!
Julian: Ezra?
Ezra: ...
Ezra comes over to your table and hands out four baskets of wings.
Ezra: Uh, hey guys...
Payton: Ezra, is this where you’ve been this whole time?
Ezra: Yeah, pretty much. I’ve been really busy.
Autumn: Why didn’t you tell us you had a job?
Ezra: Well... it’s kinda stupid. I mean, working at Wings Atomica isn’t a very rockstar thing to do, is it?
Koh: Are you kidding? This is so awesome!
Ezra: What do you mean?
Koh: Rock is all about fighting the man, right? And how can you sing about fighting the man if you’ve never worked for him?
Autumn: Koh!
Ezra: Oh, I guess that makes sense...
Autumn: It’s not just that, Ezra. Having a job is really impressive!
Ezra: Thanks, Autumn.
Julian: Hold on a second... if you’ve been working here this whole time, then why’ve you and Wes been--
Julian is interrupted by a customer in a nearby booth shouting for the waiter!
Ezra: Oops. Duty calls...
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- Ezra
Ezra: Coming!
Ezra trudges over to another booth filled with a group of guys.
Jack Carver: Garçon! Garçon!
Ezra: Yeah, that’s me.
Jack Carver: Heh. I heard you were slinging wings, Ezra. Guess the whole ‘rockstar’ thing didn’t quite work out, eh?
Ezra: Do you actually need something or are you just trying to give me a hard time?
Jack Carver: Whoa! Watch the attitude, young man. I’d hate to get your manager involved.
Ezra: My apologies. What seems to be the trouble, sir?
Time - 14 hours
Jack gestures at eight baskets of wings spread across the table.
Jack Carver: Would you care to explain this? I ordered the Fire and Brimstone Game Day Galore, but there’s only five of each flavor!
Ezra: That’s correct. The Fire and Brimstone Game Day Galore gives you five wings in each of our delicious eight flavor varieties, for a total of forty wings.
Jack Carver: What?! I thought we got forty of each wing! Now my boys and I are gonna starve!
Ezra: Forty of each flavor? That’s... three hundred and twenty wings. Why would you ever want that many wings?
Jack Carver: You think you know what I want?! I’ll tell you what I want! I want to speak to your manager!
Ezra: Fine. I’ll go get him.
As Ezra heads into the back of the restaurant, you and your friends approach Jack and his goons.
Jack Carver: Well, well, well, if it isn’t my favorite bunch of losers.
Danny: Shut up, Jack. And while you’re at it, lay off Ezra. He’s just trying to do his job.
Jack Carver: Oh, he won’t have to worry about that job much longer.
Julian: Oh yeah? Why’s that?
Jack Carver: Because I’m going to get him FIRED.
Ezra comes back leading someone wearing a Wings Atomica shirt and a manager’s visor...
Jack Carver: Oh, good, the manager. Finally someone with some sense around here!
The manager sweeps the visor off his head and looks down at Jack Carver and his friends.
Wes: What seems to be the problem?
Julian: What?! Wes is Ezra’s manager?!
Payton: NO. WAY.
Danny: (This is NOT what I expected...)
Whoa, hold up! Is Wes REALLY Ezra’s manager at Wings Atomica? What’s it like for Ezra to work for a classmate? When did this happen, and why? And who exactly thought it would be a good idea to put WES in charge of a restaurant? Find out in the next entry in the My School Story saga - The Pecking Order!