The Ambush
Level 7 Time-Sensitive Quest.
Previous TSQ: The Perfect Prank
Next TSQ: Slumber Party
Parent Storyline Quest: School Overnight
Next Storyline Quest: The Mystery
Previous TSQ: The Perfect Prank
Next TSQ: Slumber Party
Parent Storyline Quest: School Overnight
Next Storyline Quest: The Mystery
Main Characters / Extra Characters
My Classmates
- Autumn - Artist Girl
- Julian - Jock Guy
- Max - Hearst High
- Nishan - Nerd Guy
My Classmates
- Danny - Main Character - Nerd Guy
- Carlos - Actor Guy
- James - Gamer Guy
- Zayn - Nerd Guy
Julian: Danny! I need your help, now! You’re not going to believe the text I just got!
Julian hands you his phone. It shows a photo of a shiny, gold trophy... and someone standing over it with a baseball bat!
Danny: Is that...
Julian: That’s our Homecoming trophy!
Danny: ‘Show up at Hearst Quarry before sundown... or say goodbye to your trophy.’
Autumn: Oh no! They must have broken in while we were setting up the overnight!
Nishan: They really bothered to break in just to steal a hunk of polished, non-radioactive metal? Talk about misplaced priorities...
Julian: ‘Hunk of metal?’ You’ve got no idea what you’re talking about!
Danny: Calm down, Julian! Nishan had nothing to do with this!
Julian: Hfff... you’re right. You’re right. It’s Max... and I am taking him down!
Payton: Look, Julian, I know this trophy is important to you... but tearing out there alone, into some shady quarry... don’t you think this is exactly what Max wants?
Julian: You’re right. I shouldn’t go alone. Danny... you got my back?
Payton: That’s not what I meant. Maybe the best thing is to let it go and just focus on the overnight? People are starting to show up, and we need to entertain them...
Julian: Danny... what do you think?
Danny: Stealing someone’s trophy is seriously messed up. Whatever happens... I’ve got your back.
Julian: ...thanks, Danny. That means a lot.
Nishan: I just don’t understand why you care so much about some hollow, commemorative symbol... I mean, I can build you a new trophy if you want, with robot arms!
Julian: You just don’t get it. You couldn’t. Now come on, Danny. Let’s go get that trophy back and show Max just who he’s messing with!
Danny: Hold on there, cowboy. I don’t think we can just go storming down to the quarry.
Julian: Why not?
Danny: Because I think it’s a trap. Come on... the ransom note... the shady quarry... the specific time... this thing reeks. It’s a setup. I bet you Max is going to have backup with him.
Autumn: That’s a good point...
Julian: So what, we should just give up?
Danny: No. We get that trophy back. But we do it smart. Step one... let’s scout out this quarry and see just what Max has planned.
Julian: Sounds good.
Danny: We’ll need someone good at deception... and someone who’s good at scouting... plus one more person to complete the crew.
Julian: All right? You ready?
Carlos: You seem like a cool guy, Julian. If you need my help, you’ve got it.
James: I don’t usually do stuff like this... but I figure, if I’m going to play a rogue in World of Mithrael, I need to know how to scout an ambush!
Julian: All right. Let’s go check this quarry out. I’ll drive.
James: Do you drive a cool car? You seem like to kind of guy who’d drive a cool car...
Zayn: Jeez, James, keep it together...
Autumn: There you guys are! How’d it go?
Julian: Danny was right. This whole thing’s a setup.
Carlos: I went into the quarry pretending to be lost. Max was down there all right... and I have to say, he wasn’t very helpful!
Autumn: So he was there alone? He just wanted a fair fight?
James: Not exactly. While Carlos was busy chatting Max up, I scouted the surrounding foliage with a ranger’s expertise...
Zayn: James crept around in some bushes.
James: I was incredibly sly and cunning...
Julian: James stepped on a badger. It got ugly.
James: The point is, I saw two of Max’s guys hiding in the bushes!
Danny: So that’s their plan... lure Julian out by taking his trophy, then jump him in the quarry.
Julian: Max was never really the creative type... or the type to fight fair.
Danny: Yeah, well, fair or not, it sounds like there’s no way we can face him without getting ambushed...
Nishan: So... I realize no one asked my opinion... but if you guys really care so much about the trophy... then maybe it’s time the ambushers became the... ambushees...
Julian: What are you talking about?
Nishan: I’m saying, turn the tables! Flip the chairs! Do other violent acts to furniture!
Julian: Uh, yeah, big talk, little man, but how are we gonna do that?
Nishan: Are you familiar with the Battle of Thermopylae?
Julian: Is that the metal band where they punch the pigs?
Nishan: Ah, the benefits of a classical education. Let’s just say I think I can help you get your trophy back...
Julian: And why would you help us? I thought you didn’t care about ‘some dumb trophy’.
Nishan: I don’t. But you do. And if Hearst High messes with one of us, they mess with all of us! ...well, mathematically, still one of us. But in a non-mathematical way, ALL of us! Thing is, though... I’m going to need a little... ahem... upfront capital...
Danny: Will that work?
Nishan: Do polar bears run at 25 miles an hour? ...they do.
Julian: I gotta say, I was a little skeptical at first... but then Nerd-herder here told me his plan, and I figure it’s worth a shot. I still don’t really trust him... but it’s better than just giving up.
Nishan: Well, I’m glad I’m better than abject defeat...
Danny: Do what is this mysterious plan, anyway?
Julian: Maybe it’s better that you don’t know just yet. You might not approve...
Danny: Oh, THAT makes me confident...
Julian: Come on, let’s go get my trophy back and show Max that he can’t mess with us. You still got my back?
Danny: You know it.
Julian: Good... we’ll also need some brains and some brawn.
Julian: All right... you guys ready?
Nishan: Ready as I’ll ever be...
Danny: Let’s do this thing! Wait... what are we doing again?
Julian: Just roll with it, okay? You and I are going to go down into the quarry and get that trophy back. Then, when Max and his goon squad strike... Nishan hits them with his little surprise. You try anything funny, Nishan... ANYTHING... and I will make sure every bone in your body regrets it.
Nishan: Even my scapula? Because I honestly don’t think my scapula is capable of regret...
Danny: Come on, guys. Are we doing this or not?
Julian: Let’s go.
You and Julian creep towards a quarry at the edge of town...
Julian: Just follow my lead down there... act cool... and if you get a chance to grab that trophy, you take it.
Max: Hey! Is that you out there, Julian? Why don’t you quit skulking around and come out and fight?
Julian: ‘Skulking’? That’s a fancy word, Max! Been hitting the books?
Max: Not as hard as I’ll be hitting you. And it looks like you brought your new best friend with you... This isn’t your fight, Danny. Back down.
Danny: Give us our trophy. Then we’ll talk.
Max: What... this thing?
Max reaches behind his back and holds up the shiny Homecoming trophy!
Max: You want it? Come and get it!
Julian: Grrrr!
Danny: Julian, wait! Stop! Don’t you remember what you told me? Stay cool! It’s a trap!
Julian: Hff... you’re right... and you know what, Max? I’m not falling for it.
Max: Heh. Guess you figured out I’d bring a little backup.
Max waves his hand and two burly football players walk out from the bushes behind him...
Julian: So much for a fair fight, huh?
Max: Oh, I think this is more than fair. You beat my team in front of my dad! You humiliated me! The way I see it, I owe you some payback...
Julian: Yeah, well, the funny thing about that is... You’re gonna owe me a lot more. NOW!
Behind you, Nishan bursts out of the bushes with a state-of-the-art paintball gun!
Max: What the?!
Julian: Down!
Nishan: Say hello to my appropriately-sized friend!
You and Julian duck down as a volley of paintballs streaks across the quarry, peppering Max and his friends!
Max: Ahhhh!
Max falls back, and the trophy flies out of his hands, arcing through the air!
Danny: I got it!
Julian: Nice!
At the far end of the field, Max’s friends have taken shelter behind some rocks! Max stands alone, indifferent to the paintballs splattering off him!
Max: Get back here, you cowards! Get them!
Danny: Uh, guys? Now seems like a pretty good time to run!
The three of you turn and sprint off into the woods!
Julian: Nishan, you’re... huff... really fast...
Nishan: When it comes to running from fights, I’m an expert! I might even be able to teach you a thing or two!
The three of you burst out of the woods and come to a stop in a nearby parking lot. You’ve lost them.
Julian: Now THAT was satisfying.
Danny: And look! We got your trophy!
Julian: And in perfect condition!
Danny: I said I had your back, right? I wasn’t kidding.
Julian: I gotta say, when people mess with me, I usually go tearing off after them on my own. I’m like a long wold, or like, a lone gorilla. I never had friends watching my back before. It’s pretty cool. Thanks, Danny. Seriously. And you... Nerditron... ...you’re not bad.
Nishan: Wow, Julian, that’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.
Julian: Yeah, yeah. Don’t let it get to your head, nerd!
Danny: Now there’s the Julian we know and love!
Julian hands you his phone. It shows a photo of a shiny, gold trophy... and someone standing over it with a baseball bat!
Danny: Is that...
Julian: That’s our Homecoming trophy!
Danny: ‘Show up at Hearst Quarry before sundown... or say goodbye to your trophy.’
Autumn: Oh no! They must have broken in while we were setting up the overnight!
Nishan: They really bothered to break in just to steal a hunk of polished, non-radioactive metal? Talk about misplaced priorities...
Julian: ‘Hunk of metal?’ You’ve got no idea what you’re talking about!
Danny: Calm down, Julian! Nishan had nothing to do with this!
Julian: Hfff... you’re right. You’re right. It’s Max... and I am taking him down!
Payton: Look, Julian, I know this trophy is important to you... but tearing out there alone, into some shady quarry... don’t you think this is exactly what Max wants?
Julian: You’re right. I shouldn’t go alone. Danny... you got my back?
Payton: That’s not what I meant. Maybe the best thing is to let it go and just focus on the overnight? People are starting to show up, and we need to entertain them...
Julian: Danny... what do you think?
Danny: Stealing someone’s trophy is seriously messed up. Whatever happens... I’ve got your back.
Julian: ...thanks, Danny. That means a lot.
Nishan: I just don’t understand why you care so much about some hollow, commemorative symbol... I mean, I can build you a new trophy if you want, with robot arms!
Julian: You just don’t get it. You couldn’t. Now come on, Danny. Let’s go get that trophy back and show Max just who he’s messing with!
Danny: Hold on there, cowboy. I don’t think we can just go storming down to the quarry.
Julian: Why not?
Danny: Because I think it’s a trap. Come on... the ransom note... the shady quarry... the specific time... this thing reeks. It’s a setup. I bet you Max is going to have backup with him.
Autumn: That’s a good point...
Julian: So what, we should just give up?
Danny: No. We get that trophy back. But we do it smart. Step one... let’s scout out this quarry and see just what Max has planned.
Julian: Sounds good.
Danny: We’ll need someone good at deception... and someone who’s good at scouting... plus one more person to complete the crew.
Julian: All right? You ready?
Carlos: You seem like a cool guy, Julian. If you need my help, you’ve got it.
James: I don’t usually do stuff like this... but I figure, if I’m going to play a rogue in World of Mithrael, I need to know how to scout an ambush!
Julian: All right. Let’s go check this quarry out. I’ll drive.
James: Do you drive a cool car? You seem like to kind of guy who’d drive a cool car...
Zayn: Jeez, James, keep it together...
Autumn: There you guys are! How’d it go?
Julian: Danny was right. This whole thing’s a setup.
Carlos: I went into the quarry pretending to be lost. Max was down there all right... and I have to say, he wasn’t very helpful!
Autumn: So he was there alone? He just wanted a fair fight?
James: Not exactly. While Carlos was busy chatting Max up, I scouted the surrounding foliage with a ranger’s expertise...
Zayn: James crept around in some bushes.
James: I was incredibly sly and cunning...
Julian: James stepped on a badger. It got ugly.
James: The point is, I saw two of Max’s guys hiding in the bushes!
Danny: So that’s their plan... lure Julian out by taking his trophy, then jump him in the quarry.
Julian: Max was never really the creative type... or the type to fight fair.
Danny: Yeah, well, fair or not, it sounds like there’s no way we can face him without getting ambushed...
Nishan: So... I realize no one asked my opinion... but if you guys really care so much about the trophy... then maybe it’s time the ambushers became the... ambushees...
Julian: What are you talking about?
Nishan: I’m saying, turn the tables! Flip the chairs! Do other violent acts to furniture!
Julian: Uh, yeah, big talk, little man, but how are we gonna do that?
Nishan: Are you familiar with the Battle of Thermopylae?
Julian: Is that the metal band where they punch the pigs?
Nishan: Ah, the benefits of a classical education. Let’s just say I think I can help you get your trophy back...
Julian: And why would you help us? I thought you didn’t care about ‘some dumb trophy’.
Nishan: I don’t. But you do. And if Hearst High messes with one of us, they mess with all of us! ...well, mathematically, still one of us. But in a non-mathematical way, ALL of us! Thing is, though... I’m going to need a little... ahem... upfront capital...
Danny: Will that work?
Nishan: Do polar bears run at 25 miles an hour? ...they do.
Julian: I gotta say, I was a little skeptical at first... but then Nerd-herder here told me his plan, and I figure it’s worth a shot. I still don’t really trust him... but it’s better than just giving up.
Nishan: Well, I’m glad I’m better than abject defeat...
Danny: Do what is this mysterious plan, anyway?
Julian: Maybe it’s better that you don’t know just yet. You might not approve...
Danny: Oh, THAT makes me confident...
Julian: Come on, let’s go get my trophy back and show Max that he can’t mess with us. You still got my back?
Danny: You know it.
Julian: Good... we’ll also need some brains and some brawn.
Julian: All right... you guys ready?
Nishan: Ready as I’ll ever be...
Danny: Let’s do this thing! Wait... what are we doing again?
Julian: Just roll with it, okay? You and I are going to go down into the quarry and get that trophy back. Then, when Max and his goon squad strike... Nishan hits them with his little surprise. You try anything funny, Nishan... ANYTHING... and I will make sure every bone in your body regrets it.
Nishan: Even my scapula? Because I honestly don’t think my scapula is capable of regret...
Danny: Come on, guys. Are we doing this or not?
Julian: Let’s go.
You and Julian creep towards a quarry at the edge of town...
Julian: Just follow my lead down there... act cool... and if you get a chance to grab that trophy, you take it.
Max: Hey! Is that you out there, Julian? Why don’t you quit skulking around and come out and fight?
Julian: ‘Skulking’? That’s a fancy word, Max! Been hitting the books?
Max: Not as hard as I’ll be hitting you. And it looks like you brought your new best friend with you... This isn’t your fight, Danny. Back down.
Danny: Give us our trophy. Then we’ll talk.
Max: What... this thing?
Max reaches behind his back and holds up the shiny Homecoming trophy!
Max: You want it? Come and get it!
Julian: Grrrr!
Danny: Julian, wait! Stop! Don’t you remember what you told me? Stay cool! It’s a trap!
Julian: Hff... you’re right... and you know what, Max? I’m not falling for it.
Max: Heh. Guess you figured out I’d bring a little backup.
Max waves his hand and two burly football players walk out from the bushes behind him...
Julian: So much for a fair fight, huh?
Max: Oh, I think this is more than fair. You beat my team in front of my dad! You humiliated me! The way I see it, I owe you some payback...
Julian: Yeah, well, the funny thing about that is... You’re gonna owe me a lot more. NOW!
Behind you, Nishan bursts out of the bushes with a state-of-the-art paintball gun!
Max: What the?!
Julian: Down!
Nishan: Say hello to my appropriately-sized friend!
You and Julian duck down as a volley of paintballs streaks across the quarry, peppering Max and his friends!
Max: Ahhhh!
Max falls back, and the trophy flies out of his hands, arcing through the air!
Danny: I got it!
Julian: Nice!
At the far end of the field, Max’s friends have taken shelter behind some rocks! Max stands alone, indifferent to the paintballs splattering off him!
Max: Get back here, you cowards! Get them!
Danny: Uh, guys? Now seems like a pretty good time to run!
The three of you turn and sprint off into the woods!
Julian: Nishan, you’re... huff... really fast...
Nishan: When it comes to running from fights, I’m an expert! I might even be able to teach you a thing or two!
The three of you burst out of the woods and come to a stop in a nearby parking lot. You’ve lost them.
Julian: Now THAT was satisfying.
Danny: And look! We got your trophy!
Julian: And in perfect condition!
Danny: I said I had your back, right? I wasn’t kidding.
Julian: I gotta say, when people mess with me, I usually go tearing off after them on my own. I’m like a long wold, or like, a lone gorilla. I never had friends watching my back before. It’s pretty cool. Thanks, Danny. Seriously. And you... Nerditron... ...you’re not bad.
Nishan: Wow, Julian, that’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.
Julian: Yeah, yeah. Don’t let it get to your head, nerd!
Danny: Now there’s the Julian we know and love!
Previous TSQ: The Perfect Prank
Next TSQ: Slumber Party
Parent Storyline Quest: School Overnight
Next Storyline Quest: The Mystery
Next TSQ: Slumber Party
Parent Storyline Quest: School Overnight
Next Storyline Quest: The Mystery