A True Lady's Quest

[X] "I broke his ribs, and it did nothing. What was that thing?"

 

[X] "I broke his ribs, and it did nothing. What was that thing?"

 

[X] "I broke his ribs, and it did nothing. What was that thing?"

 

[JK] "I’m twelve years old and what is this?"

Just checked the age of our character.

 

[X] "I broke his ribs, and it did nothing. What was that thing?"

He tells you.

You decide that, in the absence of any hard evidence one way or the other that you are the victim of an elaborate and cruel hazing prank (you remember well some of your aunt's less father-approved stories of St Trininans), you will refrain from either expressing shock or declaring him mad; rather, you maintain a façade of polite interest, even as your heart pounds and your thoughts turn to running home to Abney Park and never leaving your comfy library ever again.

Vampires. Cognizant vampires. Father's never mentioned such a thing!

Well, too late now. It's nine o'clock in a foreign country where you don't speak the language

Upon your return to the limestone building with the massive windows, you are surprised to discover a pair of identical twins in sailor-suits sitting on the front steps in the dark, staring guiltily up at you with icing at the corners of their mouths. Across their laps is part of a cake with -LCOM- written across it. The edge of the E at the end of the original word is still visible.

"Lucy's idea," the thinner of the two mumbles.

"I'm sure it was," Professor de Owen says drily, "but the kind thing to do would be to accompany your sister on her punishment detail. Wouldn't you agree?"

"Yes, sir," she grumbles.

"Sorry, firstie," 'Lucy' says, licking the last of the cake from her fingers and getting to her feet, "guess you and the others'll have to make do with Victoria sponge and pound cake tomorrow."

The twins run up the steps and back into the school, still carrying the remains of the cake between them.

"Given your recent ordeal," de Owen says, as though the cake interlude never occurred, "Headmistress Manu has informed me that in light of your recent ordeal, there's no need for you to have your introductory interview until tomorrow morning."

[X] Rubbish! You're sound as a bell! It would be unpardonably rude to... wait. Headmistress Manu?

[X] Bed sounds like the best idea anyone has had today. Lay on, de Owen.

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I hope everyone had a good Solstice.

 

[X] Rubbish! You're sound as a bell! It would be unpardonably rude to... wait. Headmistress Manu?

 

[X] Rubbish! You're sound as a bell! It would be unpardonably rude to... wait. Headmistress Manu?

 

[X] Rubbish! You're sound as a bell! It would be unpardonably rude to... wait. Headmistress Manu?

 

So. I need to cut down on the number of quests I'm doing, probably all the way down to one. So if you could only have one Furiko quest, which one would you want? Red Rose, NEIOU, True Lady or Cosmos Quest?