The Yearbook
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My Classmates
My Classmates
- Danny - Main Character - Nerd Guy
- Alex - Jock Guy
- Calivin - Jock Guy
- Carlos - Actor Guy
- Channing - Cheerleader Guy
- Emily - Jock Girl
- James - Gamer Guy
- London - Glee Girl
- Maddie - Student Gov Girl
- Maya - Prep Girl
- Uma - Cheerleader Girl
- Zayn - Nerd Guy
Attention, players. A new quest, ‘The Yearbook’, contains a story that includes some details about body image issues and eating disorders. If you feel uncomfortable reading about these subjects, you can choose to not play this quest. Otherwise, we hope that by showing you this story, we will help raise awareness about these issues.
Payton: Danny, thank you SO much!
Autumn: This is perfect!
Danny: Happy to help. But what do you need the money for?
Payton: The yearbook’s coming out, and we need more pictures to fill it! I talked it over with Autumn, and one thing let to another...
Autumn: So now we’re going to do a bunch of photo shoots!
Payton: We’re going to use the money you gave us to get some awesome camera equipment and backdrops!
Danny: So exciting!
Danny: So what’s next?
Autumn: Well, I want to do several photo shoots to show off all the diverse groups we have at the school...
Payton: We could showcase different Hangouts!
Danny: I like that. Let’s round up everyone at the Prep Hangout!
You gather Maya, London, and Carlos at the Prep Hangout!
Danny: I found some people for the photo shoot!
Autumn: Awesome!
Payton: Squee! So exciting! So, guys, what should we do for our Prep Hangout yearbook photo?
Maya: Something that shows off our impeccable fashion sense...
London: Our incredible stage presence...
Carlos: And our flair for the dramatic!
Payton: Hmmm, this might take some work... let’s see...
Maya: You know what we need to do to figure this all out? A brainstorm brunch!
London: Brainstorm brunch?
Carlos: BRAINSTORM BRUNCH!
Danny: What’s a brainstorm brunch?
A short time later... Autumn finds you, Maya, London, and Carlos finishing lattes and croissants at the Prep Hangout cafe!
Autumn: I’ve got the camera equipment all set up. How’s your ‘brainstorm brunch’ going? Did you figure out what you wanted to do for the photo shoot?
London: We were just discussing that... we want to go all out with props!
Maya: I have some party poppers and gigantic balloons from the last dance...
Carlos: And I have some humongous life-sized letters from our last theater production that we can use to spell something out!
Payton: This is going to be so much fun!
Autumn: Let’s get started! Get your props, and head out to the croquet lawn!
On the lawn...
Autumn: Places, everyone!
Carlos: All right, everyone... grab your letters!
London: But... what should we spell out? Any ideas, Danny?
Danny: Awesome!
London: I like it! Straight to the point!
Maya: Ha ha, yeah! That about sums us up!
Autumn: You guys ready?
Maya: Yep! Let’s do this!
The preps pose together! Maya and London launch the party poppers and release the balloons!
Carlos: Lift your letters!
Everyone lifts their letters proudly as confetti and balloons float around! Autumn snaps away with her camera!
Autumn: Perfect!
Payton: How’d the pictures turn out?
Autumn: I haven’t looked through all of them, but the few I did see look fantastic!
Payton: Yay! I knew they would be!
Danny: So what are we photographing next?
Payton: Let’s go to the Nerd Hangout!
You head over to the Nerd Hangout. Autumn sets up the equipment while you explain what the photo shoot is about.
Danny: ...so we’ll take a few photos for the yearbook that really show off what being part of the Nerd Hangout is all about!
Maddie: Wonderful!
Nishan: I find it an excellent idea!
James: Yeah! I say we put up a distinctive backdrop for out photo shoot... and it should obviously be sci-fi themed! We want our picture to be epic!
Zayn: You clearly are working with a different definition of ‘epic’. What we need is a fantasy theme! Swords and sorcery! Magic and monsters!
Zayn and James launch into a tirade of bickering!
Maddie: This mediation may take a while...
Zayn and James continue arguing as Maddie attempts to keep the peace.
James: No way we’re taking a picture next to some elves and fairies!
Zayn: Oh right, like spacemen and little green aliens are cooler!
Maddie: Whoa, whoa! Perhaps we need a tiebreaker vote...
Nishan: From you?
Maddie: No! From someone besides me of course! I’d hate to compromise my standing as an impartial mediator. Danny, what do you think?
Danny: I think you should go with both! Think of it! Armored medieval warriors clashing on the battlefield... against high-tech space marines!
James: Actually... that DOES sound cool!
Zayn: It’s the best of multiple worlds!
After a few minutes of Photoshopping, Zayn rigs a projector to display the image on the Nerd Hangout’s wall... ...a mural of knights locked in combat with space marines as dragons battle starfighters against a blood-red sky!
Nishan: There it is! This backdrop’s primed and ready to go!
Danny: This. Is. Epic.
Autumn: Perfect! All right, places everyone!
You and the nerds get into place, posing in front of the backdrop!
Nishan: Say ‘Soylent green’!
Danny: Soylent green!
Autumn: These pictures came out great! They really capture the personality of the Nerd Hangout!
Danny: Definitely. So what’s next on our list?
Autumn: We have to include the jocks and cheerleaders!
Payton: Yeah, I have Mia a heads-up earlier. I’m sure they’d be thrilled to get their photos in the yearbook! Let’s go!
You arrive at the Jock Hangout, where Emily, Alex, and Channing are ready and raring to go!
Emily: I’m so pumped for this photo shoot! It’s gonna be awesome!
Alex: Game faces, people! It’s go time!
Channing: Can’t wait!
Mia and Julian check the test shots on Autumn’s camera.
Mia: Hmmm... are you SURE about this angle, Autumn?
Autumn: Angle looks fine to me!
Julian: Come on, Mia! Autumn knows what she’s doing. Let’s get this show on the road!
Mia: Seriously, I think the lighting’s a little off... what if it’s casting some weird shadows on our faces?
Autumn: Trust me, it looks great!
Danny: All right, I think we’re ready to shoot! Cheerleaders and jocks, let’s go!
Payton: Everyone know the plan?
Emily: Yup! We wait for Autumn’s signal...
Alex: ...then Emily and I will toss Channing into the air!
Channing: I’ll do an awesome mid air toe-touch...
Julian: ...and I’ll lift Mia up for a pose!
Mia: Great! Let’s get going!
Autumn: All right people! Places! And one... two... three... ...GO!
Emily and Alex set their hands... and launch Channing high into the air!
Channing: Woo!
Mia: Now, Julian!
Julian hoists Mia into the air, where she grabs her ankle and lifts it into a perfect Heel Stretch pose!
Autumn: Nice!
Autumn’s camera flashes rapidly, capturing the action!
Julian: Okay, did you get the shot?
Autumn: Let me just snap a few more...
Julian: Urg... can you hurry? I can’t keep this pose up much longer... Mia’s heavier than she looks!
Mia: Hey! What is that supposed to mean?
Julian: What is what supposed to mean?
Autumn: Got it!
Channing and Mia are let down safely as you all gather to see the pics.
Mia: If we’re all done, I’m out of here. I’ve got things to do.
Mia strides off as the others crowd around Autumn’s camera.
Danny: It’s a shame Mia’s missing this. I think these look great!
Autumn: The shots turned out awesome! Thanks everyone!
Later, you meet up with Payton, who arrives with Nishan in tow.
Payton: Danny! Good news! Autumn’s taken all the photos we need!
Danny: That’s great! What’s the next step?
Payton: Well, we need to arrange and edit them... so I called in some reinforcements!
Nishan: That’s where I come in! ‘Photoshop Ninja and International Man of Mystery’, at your service!
Payton: He’s not kidding. That’s literally on his business card.
Requirements
You, Payton, and Nishan meet up at the computer lab to look over the photos.
Danny: So what do we have to do?
Nishan: Well, first, I just have to upload these photos from Autumn’s camera, and then we’ll find the template pages the yearbook team made for their clubs and activities pages... And then we’re golden! We just have to arrange them in a manner pleasing to the eye.
Danny: Well, I always aim to please...
Payton: Yay, so exciting!
Mia: Hello?
Mia pokes her head inside the door of the computer lab.
Payton: Hey, Mia!
Danny: Are you doing okay? You seemed a little upset earlier... did you want to talk?
Mia: ...No. It was... nothing. I was just coming in to see if you needed some help...
Danny: I wouldn’t say no... it’d help to get an extra set of eyes on all these pictures...
Mia: It’d be my pleasure.
Time - 9 hours
You, Payton, Mia, and Nishan finish flipping through the hundreds of photos Autumn has taken of the various groups at school.
Mia: There. These four photos are perfect for the Prep Hangout pages. The confetti and party poppers really show up well in this series.
Danny: I agree with Mia.
Mia: As for the nerds, the backdrop they’re using is... well, interesting. It’s not what I would’ve chosen, but it IS very nerd-like.
Danny: I like it a lot.
Payton: I think it’s super cool.
Nishan: Yeah!
Danny: All we need is a good photo of the football and cheerleading teams, and we’re done... how about this one?
You show Mia a photo of her posing on Julian’s shoulders.
Mia: Uh, I guess that one’s okay...
Payton: Put it in the book! Put it in the book!
Nishan: Great! Looks like it’s time for me to put my Photoshop skills to the test!
Nishan manipulates the photos, putting them in place on the page.
Nishan: Now we’ll just adjust the light levels on the photos to make sure they all look consistent...
Nishan changes some settings on Photoshop, making the photos more vibrant.
Danny: Hey, that’s pretty cool... what else can you do with Photoshop?
Payton: Yeah, can you make that zit on my chin go away?
Nishan: I COULD airbrush it out...
Nishan plays with a few Photoshop tools, and seconds later, the pimple is gone.
Danny: That’s pretty cool!
Mia: Whoa, what else can you do, Nishan?
Nishan: Anything! Want to be a magical fantasy creature? I can give you horns! Want to travel? I could put you in outer space!
Mia: ...can you make my arms just a little thinner?
Nishan: Uh, okay...
Mia: It’s just that specific angle makes my upper arm look HUGE... and not in a good way...
Nishan makes the change.
Mia: Oh, wow, that looks great! What about slimming me a little here, here, and here?
She points to different parts of herself, and Nishan makes the changes...
Danny: Wow, Mia, you look...
Mia: Great? Well-balanced? Slightly happier?
Danny: ...kind of unreal.
Nishan: Yeah, Mia, the proportions we’ve got going here currently defy nature.
Mia: What are you saying?
Payton: It doesn’t really look like you. Do you really need to make all these fixes?
Mia: You just asked Nishan to take that zit off your face.
Payton: I know, but...
Mia: Never mind. Look, maybe it’s just something about this photo that I don’t like. Maybe there’s another one we can use.
Your sort through the jocks and cheerleaders photos, showing each one to Mia.
Danny: What about this one?
Mia: No, I don’t like that one... or that one... or that one...
Payton: Well, that’s all the photos...
Mia: Hmmm, really? I don’t like any of them...
Danny: Well, that’s okay. Let’s call everyone together again... we can do another photo shoot.
Mia: Yeah, that’s a great idea!
Danny: So we’ll grab everyone tomorrow?
Mia: Well... maybe not tomorrow. Give me a little time to get into shape!
Danny: Okay... I’ll talk with the jocks, and we’ll set up another date and let you know.
Mia: Great!
The next day at lunch, you spot Autumn, Payton, and Mia sitting at a table.
Payton: Hey, Danny!
Mia: Over here!
Autumn: Come sit next to us!
Requirements
You sit at the table with your friends and open your lunch bag. Payton and Autumn munch on sandwiches.
Autumn: So how was editing the yearbook with Nishan last night?
Danny: Good! We’re done with the preps and the nerds, but Mia wants to re-take the photos for the jocks.
Autumn: Oh, but why? The photos I saw yesterday looked great!
Mia: Well, maybe if you’d listened to me about the camera setup, I could find a photo of my good side that actually worked.
Autumn: ...
Payton: Photos can be pretty tricky though. No matter how good the angle is, I almost never like how round my face ends up looking in them... and somehow, I’m always breaking out!
Autumn: I’m sure that’s not true, Payton. And Mia, I’m sorry you didn’t like the pictures. I’d be happy to take some more. I’m pretty free this week...
Mia: Uh, maybe not right away. I’ll let you know... I want to make sure I look my absolute best.
Payton: Mia... is that why you’re not eating anything?
Mia: What?
Time - 10 hours
Mia looks down.
Mia: Oh, I already ate.
Payton: In the time between when I saw you at your locker and when we sat down? That was fast.
Mia: It’s called a grab-and-go lunch, Payton. Not a grab-and-gab lunch.
Payton: Sorry! It’s just... you must have eaten really quickly... or not that much.
Mia: I’m just trying not to overeat before the new photo shoot. This time, EVERY side is going to be my good side! I’m going to look great!
Danny: Aww, Mia, you always look great.
Mia: Well, I can always look better. Especially in yearbook photos. Everyone’s going to see them!
Danny: But you look good in those, too...
Mia: Blah, blah, blah, Danny... do you always have to be so positive all the time? When I look back at photos, I just want to remember that I looked good. Is that so hard to understand?
Mia walks away from the table angrily.
Danny: Mia, wait!
You rise from the table and catch up with her.
Mia: What is it?
Danny: It seems like I hit a nerve, and I didn’t mean to...
Mia: It’s just... something Julian said at the photo shoot... it kind of stirred up some old feelings. But it’s nothing, I swear.
Danny: You know you can talk to me about anything, right?
Mia: Yeah, I... I... never mind. Forget about it, okay?
Danny: Okay...
Mia: I’ll see you around, Danny.
A little while later... It’s time for the second photo shoot!
Danny: Autumn, Payton, you guys ready?
Autumn: Yeah, let’s just get all the jocks and cheerleaders together!
Requirements
Uma: Go, team, go!
Calivin: Woo hoo! Let’s huddle for the reshoot!
Emily: Yeah!
Autumn: I’ve got the camera set up. Places, everyone!
Uma: Wait, has anyone seen Mia?
Payton: I saw her this morning, and I reminded her about the photo shoot...
Danny: Huh... that’s weird. I’ll... go look for her...
Time - 11 hours
You find Mia in the school’s exercise room, running on a treadmill.
Danny: Mia! There you are!
Mia: Hey... huff... Danny... huff... what’s up?
Danny: We’ve set up the second photo shoot... and we’re all waiting on you...
Mia slows the treadmill.
Mia: Wait, really? What time is it? How long have I been running?
Danny: I don’t know... how long HAVE you been running? You’re looking a little pale... are you okay?
Mia: Yeah, yeah, I’m fine. Wow, I really lost track of time...
Danny: Well, it’s not too late! If you hurry, you can still meet us out there...
Mia: I don’t know, Danny. I don’t feel ready.
Danny: Mia, I know you’ve been self-conscious since the last photo shoot, but you don’t have to be. You look great! I’m sure the photos will turn out the way you want them to.
Mia looks back at the treadmill then to you again.
Mia: Okay... give me a minute... or twenty... and I’ll be out there.
A short time later, Mia walks out of the girls’ locker room, freshly made up and ready for photos!
Autumn: There you are!
Payton: Are you okay? You’re looking a little tired... and it’s not like you to forget something like this...
Mia: I’m just fine. In fact, I can’t wait to do this! Come on, it’s time for the cheerleading team to show off!
Requirements
Mia: Places everyone! And one... two... three... GO!
All the athletes move around the field! Mia and Uma flip onto the shoulders of two jocks.
Autumn: Yes! Hold that... and... got it!
The girls dismount, Mia landing a little shakily.
Danny: You okay, Mia?
Mia: Yeah, totally fine! Now get out of my way... it’s time for the toss and lift!
Uma gets launched high into the air, posing on the way up for Autumn!
Uma: Woo hoo!
Autumn: Nice one, Uma!
Finally, Julian hoists Mia up into the air! At the top, she has trouble holding the position and teeters dangerously to the side!
Julian: Whoa, Mia, pull it together!
Mia: I... don’t feel so... unh...
Autumn: Oh no!
Mia’s eyes close, and she starts to fall...
Time - 12 hours
Mia tumbles off Julian’s shoulders! You, Uma, and another cheerleader dive to help catch her. Together, you lay her gently on the ground.
Danny: Guys, give her room...
Payton and Autumn rush over and kneel down next to her.
Payton: Mia? MIA! Can you hear me?
She doesn’t respond.
Autumn: Something’s wrong... we need to get help! I’ll get a teacher...
Danny: ...and I’ll call an ambulance!
A few minutes later, an ambulance pulls into the school lot and whisks Mia away! Your friends turn to me.
Autumn: What happened to Mia? Did they say anything?
Danny: They said they’re taking her to the Mohsenin Medical Center...
Payton: Then what are we waiting for? We have to find out what happened!
Danny: Yeah... you’re right... Let’s go!
What happened to Mia? Find out in the next part!
Payton: Danny, thank you SO much!
Autumn: This is perfect!
Danny: Happy to help. But what do you need the money for?
Payton: The yearbook’s coming out, and we need more pictures to fill it! I talked it over with Autumn, and one thing let to another...
Autumn: So now we’re going to do a bunch of photo shoots!
Payton: We’re going to use the money you gave us to get some awesome camera equipment and backdrops!
Danny: So exciting!
Danny: So what’s next?
Autumn: Well, I want to do several photo shoots to show off all the diverse groups we have at the school...
Payton: We could showcase different Hangouts!
Danny: I like that. Let’s round up everyone at the Prep Hangout!
You gather Maya, London, and Carlos at the Prep Hangout!
Danny: I found some people for the photo shoot!
Autumn: Awesome!
Payton: Squee! So exciting! So, guys, what should we do for our Prep Hangout yearbook photo?
Maya: Something that shows off our impeccable fashion sense...
London: Our incredible stage presence...
Carlos: And our flair for the dramatic!
Payton: Hmmm, this might take some work... let’s see...
Maya: You know what we need to do to figure this all out? A brainstorm brunch!
London: Brainstorm brunch?
Carlos: BRAINSTORM BRUNCH!
Danny: What’s a brainstorm brunch?
A short time later... Autumn finds you, Maya, London, and Carlos finishing lattes and croissants at the Prep Hangout cafe!
Autumn: I’ve got the camera equipment all set up. How’s your ‘brainstorm brunch’ going? Did you figure out what you wanted to do for the photo shoot?
London: We were just discussing that... we want to go all out with props!
Maya: I have some party poppers and gigantic balloons from the last dance...
Carlos: And I have some humongous life-sized letters from our last theater production that we can use to spell something out!
Payton: This is going to be so much fun!
Autumn: Let’s get started! Get your props, and head out to the croquet lawn!
On the lawn...
Autumn: Places, everyone!
Carlos: All right, everyone... grab your letters!
London: But... what should we spell out? Any ideas, Danny?
Danny: Awesome!
London: I like it! Straight to the point!
Maya: Ha ha, yeah! That about sums us up!
Autumn: You guys ready?
Maya: Yep! Let’s do this!
The preps pose together! Maya and London launch the party poppers and release the balloons!
Carlos: Lift your letters!
Everyone lifts their letters proudly as confetti and balloons float around! Autumn snaps away with her camera!
Autumn: Perfect!
Payton: How’d the pictures turn out?
Autumn: I haven’t looked through all of them, but the few I did see look fantastic!
Payton: Yay! I knew they would be!
Danny: So what are we photographing next?
Payton: Let’s go to the Nerd Hangout!
You head over to the Nerd Hangout. Autumn sets up the equipment while you explain what the photo shoot is about.
Danny: ...so we’ll take a few photos for the yearbook that really show off what being part of the Nerd Hangout is all about!
Maddie: Wonderful!
Nishan: I find it an excellent idea!
James: Yeah! I say we put up a distinctive backdrop for out photo shoot... and it should obviously be sci-fi themed! We want our picture to be epic!
Zayn: You clearly are working with a different definition of ‘epic’. What we need is a fantasy theme! Swords and sorcery! Magic and monsters!
Zayn and James launch into a tirade of bickering!
Maddie: This mediation may take a while...
Zayn and James continue arguing as Maddie attempts to keep the peace.
James: No way we’re taking a picture next to some elves and fairies!
Zayn: Oh right, like spacemen and little green aliens are cooler!
Maddie: Whoa, whoa! Perhaps we need a tiebreaker vote...
Nishan: From you?
Maddie: No! From someone besides me of course! I’d hate to compromise my standing as an impartial mediator. Danny, what do you think?
Danny: I think you should go with both! Think of it! Armored medieval warriors clashing on the battlefield... against high-tech space marines!
James: Actually... that DOES sound cool!
Zayn: It’s the best of multiple worlds!
After a few minutes of Photoshopping, Zayn rigs a projector to display the image on the Nerd Hangout’s wall... ...a mural of knights locked in combat with space marines as dragons battle starfighters against a blood-red sky!
Nishan: There it is! This backdrop’s primed and ready to go!
Danny: This. Is. Epic.
Autumn: Perfect! All right, places everyone!
You and the nerds get into place, posing in front of the backdrop!
Nishan: Say ‘Soylent green’!
Danny: Soylent green!
Autumn: These pictures came out great! They really capture the personality of the Nerd Hangout!
Danny: Definitely. So what’s next on our list?
Autumn: We have to include the jocks and cheerleaders!
Payton: Yeah, I have Mia a heads-up earlier. I’m sure they’d be thrilled to get their photos in the yearbook! Let’s go!
You arrive at the Jock Hangout, where Emily, Alex, and Channing are ready and raring to go!
Emily: I’m so pumped for this photo shoot! It’s gonna be awesome!
Alex: Game faces, people! It’s go time!
Channing: Can’t wait!
Mia and Julian check the test shots on Autumn’s camera.
Mia: Hmmm... are you SURE about this angle, Autumn?
Autumn: Angle looks fine to me!
Julian: Come on, Mia! Autumn knows what she’s doing. Let’s get this show on the road!
Mia: Seriously, I think the lighting’s a little off... what if it’s casting some weird shadows on our faces?
Autumn: Trust me, it looks great!
Danny: All right, I think we’re ready to shoot! Cheerleaders and jocks, let’s go!
Payton: Everyone know the plan?
Emily: Yup! We wait for Autumn’s signal...
Alex: ...then Emily and I will toss Channing into the air!
Channing: I’ll do an awesome mid air toe-touch...
Julian: ...and I’ll lift Mia up for a pose!
Mia: Great! Let’s get going!
Autumn: All right people! Places! And one... two... three... ...GO!
Emily and Alex set their hands... and launch Channing high into the air!
Channing: Woo!
Mia: Now, Julian!
Julian hoists Mia into the air, where she grabs her ankle and lifts it into a perfect Heel Stretch pose!
Autumn: Nice!
Autumn’s camera flashes rapidly, capturing the action!
Julian: Okay, did you get the shot?
Autumn: Let me just snap a few more...
Julian: Urg... can you hurry? I can’t keep this pose up much longer... Mia’s heavier than she looks!
Mia: Hey! What is that supposed to mean?
Julian: What is what supposed to mean?
Autumn: Got it!
Channing and Mia are let down safely as you all gather to see the pics.
Mia: If we’re all done, I’m out of here. I’ve got things to do.
Mia strides off as the others crowd around Autumn’s camera.
Danny: It’s a shame Mia’s missing this. I think these look great!
Autumn: The shots turned out awesome! Thanks everyone!
Later, you meet up with Payton, who arrives with Nishan in tow.
Payton: Danny! Good news! Autumn’s taken all the photos we need!
Danny: That’s great! What’s the next step?
Payton: Well, we need to arrange and edit them... so I called in some reinforcements!
Nishan: That’s where I come in! ‘Photoshop Ninja and International Man of Mystery’, at your service!
Payton: He’s not kidding. That’s literally on his business card.
Requirements
- Nishan
You, Payton, and Nishan meet up at the computer lab to look over the photos.
Danny: So what do we have to do?
Nishan: Well, first, I just have to upload these photos from Autumn’s camera, and then we’ll find the template pages the yearbook team made for their clubs and activities pages... And then we’re golden! We just have to arrange them in a manner pleasing to the eye.
Danny: Well, I always aim to please...
Payton: Yay, so exciting!
Mia: Hello?
Mia pokes her head inside the door of the computer lab.
Payton: Hey, Mia!
Danny: Are you doing okay? You seemed a little upset earlier... did you want to talk?
Mia: ...No. It was... nothing. I was just coming in to see if you needed some help...
Danny: I wouldn’t say no... it’d help to get an extra set of eyes on all these pictures...
Mia: It’d be my pleasure.
Time - 9 hours
You, Payton, Mia, and Nishan finish flipping through the hundreds of photos Autumn has taken of the various groups at school.
Mia: There. These four photos are perfect for the Prep Hangout pages. The confetti and party poppers really show up well in this series.
Danny: I agree with Mia.
Mia: As for the nerds, the backdrop they’re using is... well, interesting. It’s not what I would’ve chosen, but it IS very nerd-like.
Danny: I like it a lot.
Payton: I think it’s super cool.
Nishan: Yeah!
Danny: All we need is a good photo of the football and cheerleading teams, and we’re done... how about this one?
You show Mia a photo of her posing on Julian’s shoulders.
Mia: Uh, I guess that one’s okay...
Payton: Put it in the book! Put it in the book!
Nishan: Great! Looks like it’s time for me to put my Photoshop skills to the test!
Nishan manipulates the photos, putting them in place on the page.
Nishan: Now we’ll just adjust the light levels on the photos to make sure they all look consistent...
Nishan changes some settings on Photoshop, making the photos more vibrant.
Danny: Hey, that’s pretty cool... what else can you do with Photoshop?
Payton: Yeah, can you make that zit on my chin go away?
Nishan: I COULD airbrush it out...
Nishan plays with a few Photoshop tools, and seconds later, the pimple is gone.
Danny: That’s pretty cool!
Mia: Whoa, what else can you do, Nishan?
Nishan: Anything! Want to be a magical fantasy creature? I can give you horns! Want to travel? I could put you in outer space!
Mia: ...can you make my arms just a little thinner?
Nishan: Uh, okay...
Mia: It’s just that specific angle makes my upper arm look HUGE... and not in a good way...
Nishan makes the change.
Mia: Oh, wow, that looks great! What about slimming me a little here, here, and here?
She points to different parts of herself, and Nishan makes the changes...
Danny: Wow, Mia, you look...
Mia: Great? Well-balanced? Slightly happier?
Danny: ...kind of unreal.
Nishan: Yeah, Mia, the proportions we’ve got going here currently defy nature.
Mia: What are you saying?
Payton: It doesn’t really look like you. Do you really need to make all these fixes?
Mia: You just asked Nishan to take that zit off your face.
Payton: I know, but...
Mia: Never mind. Look, maybe it’s just something about this photo that I don’t like. Maybe there’s another one we can use.
Your sort through the jocks and cheerleaders photos, showing each one to Mia.
Danny: What about this one?
Mia: No, I don’t like that one... or that one... or that one...
Payton: Well, that’s all the photos...
Mia: Hmmm, really? I don’t like any of them...
Danny: Well, that’s okay. Let’s call everyone together again... we can do another photo shoot.
Mia: Yeah, that’s a great idea!
Danny: So we’ll grab everyone tomorrow?
Mia: Well... maybe not tomorrow. Give me a little time to get into shape!
Danny: Okay... I’ll talk with the jocks, and we’ll set up another date and let you know.
Mia: Great!
The next day at lunch, you spot Autumn, Payton, and Mia sitting at a table.
Payton: Hey, Danny!
Mia: Over here!
Autumn: Come sit next to us!
Requirements
- Payton
- Mia
- Autumn
You sit at the table with your friends and open your lunch bag. Payton and Autumn munch on sandwiches.
Autumn: So how was editing the yearbook with Nishan last night?
Danny: Good! We’re done with the preps and the nerds, but Mia wants to re-take the photos for the jocks.
Autumn: Oh, but why? The photos I saw yesterday looked great!
Mia: Well, maybe if you’d listened to me about the camera setup, I could find a photo of my good side that actually worked.
Autumn: ...
Payton: Photos can be pretty tricky though. No matter how good the angle is, I almost never like how round my face ends up looking in them... and somehow, I’m always breaking out!
Autumn: I’m sure that’s not true, Payton. And Mia, I’m sorry you didn’t like the pictures. I’d be happy to take some more. I’m pretty free this week...
Mia: Uh, maybe not right away. I’ll let you know... I want to make sure I look my absolute best.
Payton: Mia... is that why you’re not eating anything?
Mia: What?
Time - 10 hours
Mia looks down.
Mia: Oh, I already ate.
Payton: In the time between when I saw you at your locker and when we sat down? That was fast.
Mia: It’s called a grab-and-go lunch, Payton. Not a grab-and-gab lunch.
Payton: Sorry! It’s just... you must have eaten really quickly... or not that much.
Mia: I’m just trying not to overeat before the new photo shoot. This time, EVERY side is going to be my good side! I’m going to look great!
Danny: Aww, Mia, you always look great.
Mia: Well, I can always look better. Especially in yearbook photos. Everyone’s going to see them!
Danny: But you look good in those, too...
Mia: Blah, blah, blah, Danny... do you always have to be so positive all the time? When I look back at photos, I just want to remember that I looked good. Is that so hard to understand?
Mia walks away from the table angrily.
Danny: Mia, wait!
You rise from the table and catch up with her.
Mia: What is it?
Danny: It seems like I hit a nerve, and I didn’t mean to...
Mia: It’s just... something Julian said at the photo shoot... it kind of stirred up some old feelings. But it’s nothing, I swear.
Danny: You know you can talk to me about anything, right?
Mia: Yeah, I... I... never mind. Forget about it, okay?
Danny: Okay...
Mia: I’ll see you around, Danny.
A little while later... It’s time for the second photo shoot!
Danny: Autumn, Payton, you guys ready?
Autumn: Yeah, let’s just get all the jocks and cheerleaders together!
Requirements
- A Level 6+ Jock Except Danny (Emily)
- A Level 5+ Jock Except Danny (Calivin)
- A Level 6+ Cheerleader Except Mia (Uma)
Uma: Go, team, go!
Calivin: Woo hoo! Let’s huddle for the reshoot!
Emily: Yeah!
Autumn: I’ve got the camera set up. Places, everyone!
Uma: Wait, has anyone seen Mia?
Payton: I saw her this morning, and I reminded her about the photo shoot...
Danny: Huh... that’s weird. I’ll... go look for her...
Time - 11 hours
You find Mia in the school’s exercise room, running on a treadmill.
Danny: Mia! There you are!
Mia: Hey... huff... Danny... huff... what’s up?
Danny: We’ve set up the second photo shoot... and we’re all waiting on you...
Mia slows the treadmill.
Mia: Wait, really? What time is it? How long have I been running?
Danny: I don’t know... how long HAVE you been running? You’re looking a little pale... are you okay?
Mia: Yeah, yeah, I’m fine. Wow, I really lost track of time...
Danny: Well, it’s not too late! If you hurry, you can still meet us out there...
Mia: I don’t know, Danny. I don’t feel ready.
Danny: Mia, I know you’ve been self-conscious since the last photo shoot, but you don’t have to be. You look great! I’m sure the photos will turn out the way you want them to.
Mia looks back at the treadmill then to you again.
Mia: Okay... give me a minute... or twenty... and I’ll be out there.
A short time later, Mia walks out of the girls’ locker room, freshly made up and ready for photos!
Autumn: There you are!
Payton: Are you okay? You’re looking a little tired... and it’s not like you to forget something like this...
Mia: I’m just fine. In fact, I can’t wait to do this! Come on, it’s time for the cheerleading team to show off!
Requirements
- Julian
- Mia
- A Level 7+ Girl Cheerleader (Uma)
Mia: Places everyone! And one... two... three... GO!
All the athletes move around the field! Mia and Uma flip onto the shoulders of two jocks.
Autumn: Yes! Hold that... and... got it!
The girls dismount, Mia landing a little shakily.
Danny: You okay, Mia?
Mia: Yeah, totally fine! Now get out of my way... it’s time for the toss and lift!
Uma gets launched high into the air, posing on the way up for Autumn!
Uma: Woo hoo!
Autumn: Nice one, Uma!
Finally, Julian hoists Mia up into the air! At the top, she has trouble holding the position and teeters dangerously to the side!
Julian: Whoa, Mia, pull it together!
Mia: I... don’t feel so... unh...
Autumn: Oh no!
Mia’s eyes close, and she starts to fall...
Time - 12 hours
Mia tumbles off Julian’s shoulders! You, Uma, and another cheerleader dive to help catch her. Together, you lay her gently on the ground.
Danny: Guys, give her room...
Payton and Autumn rush over and kneel down next to her.
Payton: Mia? MIA! Can you hear me?
She doesn’t respond.
Autumn: Something’s wrong... we need to get help! I’ll get a teacher...
Danny: ...and I’ll call an ambulance!
A few minutes later, an ambulance pulls into the school lot and whisks Mia away! Your friends turn to me.
Autumn: What happened to Mia? Did they say anything?
Danny: They said they’re taking her to the Mohsenin Medical Center...
Payton: Then what are we waiting for? We have to find out what happened!
Danny: Yeah... you’re right... Let’s go!
What happened to Mia? Find out in the next part!
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