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As more people arrived, Majolica invited them over so she could announce them as well. It wouldn't do if members didn't get announced! They were all a team now.

First, Majolica approached Luna and called out to everyone.

"Hehehehe, since more people have arrived, I'll continue with my introduction announcements!"

Grabbing Luna's arm and holding it up like she had just won a boxing match, Majolica continued.

"Hehe, here we have new recruit, Luna! Hehehe, Luna is a master level beast tamer! She's also good at a lot of things, hehe, like arcanamancy, cleave, and as some of us already saw, hehehe, she has a powerful, strong, and cool beast form! Hehehehe! The beast form is neat! I didn't even know people could do that, hehehe, but apparently they can! She has a tiger! I said that right? Hehehe, well she does! Hehehe, Luna's codename is... Orchid! Hehehehe, very pretty!"

Okay, next is... Kepler! Hehehe, Kepler is a tinkerer and that's it! Just makes and builds things using science! Hehehehe, she's made some cool devices already, and from the looks of it, hehehe, Ivan might have to watch out or she'll surpass him in science and engineering capabilities! Hehehehe, I have chosen Kepler to be our lead mad scientist! And soon, we'll be building her a lab under my witch cottage where lots of new and exciting things will be made! Heheheh, now that's she's a member, she'll also be helping Ivan and I on our prison construction project! Hehehehhe! Kepler's new codename is.... Axiom Control!

My final introduction for right now will be... Corvella aka Titan! Corvella is a front light fighter and illusionist! Hehehe, she's like a swiss army knife of abilities but when we work together, she's usually out in front protecting everyone! Hehehehe, but now she won't have to do all the work with Hanno around! Hehe, Corvella is an expert at berserk attacks along with illusions, hehe like I said before, and shield techniques! Hehehehe!

Well, that's all for now! Hehehe, let's continue with the party! Also, don't forget there's food if you want it! Hehehehe!"

Majolica turned to Kepler.

"Hehehehe, so you came through! Good, that's what I expect out of Witch Ops new mad scientist! Hehehehe, and also ask you to make me one of those fun buggy things, hehehe, but I have Broomstick so it's not necessarily. What is necessary though, hehehe, is trying the flavor machine! Hehehehehe, also since you're now officially a Witch Ops member, I'll be needed your help on the prison project. Ask Ivan a bit more about it later, hehehehe, but we're off to a good start. We could use some help digging though, if you have an idea for a machine, hehehe. Also, we're working on designs and materials for the project. We also need to figure out ways to lock in people that are normal, and can use magic! Hehehe. Our idea was to use both physical cells, and magic technology. Hehehehe, basically, I figured out a way to seal criminals in crystallized dark energy. That way, hehe, they don't have to eat or poop! I don't want to clean up poop, and cooking and bathrooms are expensive. Hehehehe, this is much better! Plus we'll have Witch Frogs as wardens!

Majolica drooled a bit as she eyed Kepler's machine.

Hehe, talk to Ivan more about ideas and plans on technical stuff. Hehehe, I can handle the magic myself, but for now... hehe, I want to try your machine thingy! Hehehehe!"

Happily trotting over to Kepler's flavor machine, Majolica looked over the settings.

"Hehehehe, luck favors the bold!"

With an air of pride and bravery, Majolica chose to double reckless the flavors.

Hidden: Keplato Roll

Thrown dice:

6

99

64

64

 

Kepler was still totally passed out, but somehow, her brain was still running like a zombie as she deftly held up a conversation with her commander.

"Oyooooh~~ I have some....yes....should...be....yes.........whoop..."

It went something like that as she languidly nodded from where she was positioned with her new----quite literal----beach body. There were a number of ways to enjoy a vacation, and maybe for a girl such as Kepler, sleeping through the entire thing was a viable option----only----the girl's eyes popped wide open only thirty minutes later...

"Huh~?! Oyo~!? Uhm----! Hello~~~~?"

Kepler attempted to look around, but she may as well have been a volleyball forgotten on the beach.

"This isn't one of those dramatic movie scene turning points where it turns out that I'm a quadriplegic is it~? I'm not gonna unite the team by being unable to play in the big game am I~? Uhmmmm~~~~Right...?"

Kepler wiggled some more as she crinkled her nose.

"Oyo...."

Kepler was very much stuck.

 

Hitting the button, Majolica watched as the machine whirred to life.

"Hehehehe! Very fun!"

Getting her drink, The Grand Witch took a sip. Her face lit up.

"Hehehehe! I win, I win! White chocolate, mixed berry, hehehe and double peach! Hehehehehe! Very delicious!"

Turning to the sort of semi-conscious @Kepler Majolica gave a thumbs up.

"Hehehe, it's a very good machine! Any machine that understand what it's commander likes is very good!"

Majolica turned to the machine not quite knowing or caring whether or not it was sentient or not.

"That's right machine, hehehe, you're property of the Witch Ops! It's good you know this and understood that it was your job to give me, Dissonant Hero, Warden Grand Witch Majolica the very best and sweetest kind of treat! Hehehehe! You'll go far in this battalion treat machine! Hehehehe!"

Happily sipping her drink, Majolica spotted @Hanno Futaba and approached.

"Hehe, I see you're still wearing your fun horn! Hehehe, I guess that means you really liked it. I thought it would be good to taunt the dissonant boar if everyone would have had to fight it, but I guess that didn't really happen. Hehehehe, still, I'm glad you kept it as a memento! Hopefully, it comes handy sometime. Hehehehe. Since we're on the topic of fun things, by the way, hehehe, where did you find a bathing suit for the shield? Did you make it yourself? Hehe did... did the shield make it? Hehe, I'm very curious."

Majolica looked at the shield and cautiously waved not exactly knowing if she should try talking to it or not.

"Hehehe, it's a nice shield right? Hehe, it's not going to try and lay squid eggs in your brain at night or anything like that is it? Hehehe, I got my new broomstick staff from that monster as well, hehehe, but I know hot to use anti-magic so I'm not worried, hehe. Hehehe, not to ask so many questions, just like I said... hehe... I'm very curious."

 

"Beach Party...Beach Party..." the words kept echoing in her head as she started logging into the game, she was rather late for the mission due to some problems she had in real life but now that everything was dealed with Rias was ready to show up again! The new...mission...sounded interesting because of the location, maybe they would fight a sea monster or something of that sort...but with a swimsuit? Guess the Witch likes some fashion into the action.

Rias barely had time to find a decent swimwear that would suit her so she just ended up with a normal plain one which she got recommended by the shop owner. Not to mention the quick watermelon frosties she had to make for the sake of the party and literally look for someone who was able to frost her watermelon for as long as it needed until someone started eating them.

Hidden: Rias Swimsuit

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Approaching the big group of people gathered on the beach she was slowly seeing more and more familiar faces, they were talking, eating, playing...having fun is the right word to use and it did look like she was late.
"Eeeppp! Hello everyone and I apologise for being late! I hope I got here on time...and" as she spoke her hands went inside her backpack and she pulled out a bowl of frozen watermelon, of course what kept it cool was magic but definitely not hers. "This is what I brought...sorry if it's not a big variety but there's definitely loads of pieces for everyone!" A smile rose on her lips as she would place the bowl on the table turning around to check the things happening around herself. Seeing all the new members made her wonder if they were still secretly on a trial...she did recruit all of the participants except one so who knows...

 

Sean watched as his Keplato slowly melted, not noticing Futaba offering to exchange them until after his was already a liquid on the sand. "Oh... Sorry..." He gave the person an apologetic grin and decided to go check on the others. I haven't really talked much, let's fix that.

As Sean walked to the others, he felt something odd beneath his feet. Looking down, Sean noticed he had accidentally stepped on Kepler. "Agh, sorry!" He quickly got off the mound she was under and began digging her out. "Say... I really liked that soda you gave me. Would you mind teaching me how to make my own soda?" He gave a semi-joking grin.

 

The Faerin helplessly watched both Sean and the boy's Keplato going away... "Aah..." Hanno frowned, slowly looking away to the horizon. 'Ah... I'm screwed.' He gave a silly smile to his fate of being alone in the kitchen with his gorgeous gargantuan shield.

Staring blankly at nothing, he slowly tried to figure out what he did wrong. Hanno held his chin in a thoughtful way. 'Maybe I should have bought trunks to my shield instead of bikini tops?' He pondered deeply, looking at Ghast, that just stared him back with a happy expression. 'But it wanted bikini tops, there's nothing I can do about it' The Faerin sighed.

Hanno stayed like that until a voice called his attention. @Grand Witch Majolica was talking to him, the Faerin's eyes sparkled, someone was actually talking to him! 'Majolicaaaaa' He was almost glomping his commander, but he maintained his calm, besides he didn't want to turn into a frog.

"Ah yeah! I really liked it, it sounds funny too-" He held it giving a small shake. "Well, Ghast didn't make it, but he choose what swimsuit he wanted. We found this in a very weird shop in Pormont. Uh, believe it or not it sells Troll items, so naturally it had those enormous bikinis that for some reason my Shield loved. It also had this weird Cyclops sunglass, that. I don't even know how that NPC made sunglasses unless... could it be that he was a player?" Hanno pondered for a while, but decided to continue.

"And no- Ghast don't lay eggs in me, right?" The Faerin gave a quick glance with a smile at the Shield, that simply looked away in a nervous expression. "Oi. What's that supposed to mean?!" He frowned, and the Shield looked back in a playful way. "Ah, it was a joke, what a horrible joke to do." Hanno crosses his arms. "But I see, you also got a weapon from that aberration. It's quite ironic how we are using tools to do good deeds that were made by something that did so many evil deeds." He gave a weak smile, that slowly turned into a more serious and sorrow expression. "By the way Ma-... Grand Witch Majolica, I will need to talk to you about something in another time-"

Suddenly, @Rias appeared offering watermelons. "Oh! Thank you a lot, Rias." He grabbed the watermelon and raised it. "This watermelon is so biiiig. It's probably super sweet too." The Faerin wrapped his arm around the huge fruit, smiling brightly at the Scout girl.

 

@Sean Poteitoku

Thanks to Sean, Kepler was now free to unleash all of her considerable evils upon the world. Dusting (sanding?) herself off, Kepler put her hands on her hips and grinned wickedly at the red-haired swordsman.

"Oyoooo~~~? Hm~~? Really~? Well, I suppose I could~ you did free me from my prison after all, but revealing state secrets to anyone to beyond Witch Ops could be construed as high treason okay~~~~?"

Kepler winked. She was acting awfully smug, clearly Kepler was having her fun. Taking her share of delectables from Rias, the young artificer thanked the girl earnestly.

"Whoop~! This is perfect Rias, thank you~! I'm like, super happy to you could make it too, we would've been totally lost without you during the trial, okay~?"

Waving, Kepler ushered Sean away from the party and over behind the frog bar. With a dapper bow, the Frogtender made room for the two as he twirled his pencil thin mustache.

"Okay~!"

Kepler leaned in close and handed Sean a green crystal as she whispered.

"It's actually super easy... just use a wind crystal in reverse polarity like this----it'll pull in the air. Then, you just pull the crystal out with these tongs, close it up, and pressurize it. That jumbles the ingredients to more or less get what you're going for."

Leaning back, Kepler nodded.

"There's also the 'real' way of using baking soda and vinegar, but that's both expensive and impractical in our current setting. Yup, I don't think it's economically feasible yet. What you're holding, Ingredient X, if you will, while rare, is completely reusable. So it's like an investment or something, okay~? You can hang onto that, I can already mass produce this recipe. Yup, just keep it secret, okay~? Kepler's little present to commemorate us passing the trial~"

With that, Kepler walked around the counter to the customer side and hopped onto a stool. Kepler had placed the treats that Rias had given her on the bar counter as she did so.

"----Everything else is just basic cooking. Which means you'll have to figure out the ratios yourself. Use what our mutual ranger comrade gave us and make me something to drink, okay~? I'll be your taste tester, so borrow some of the bar's sugar and fixings until you get it right. Chop~Chop~Muhuhuhu~"

Pushing her and Sean's shares of Rias' frozen watermelon across the bar counter, Kepler handed Sean a large Seltzer Bottle from her inventory. With that done, Kepler rested her chin on the steeple of her hands and watched her apprentice with a cat-like smile.

"Mind the pressure okay~? If you overdo things, it'll explode."

 

Sean followed Kepler away from the rest of the people, behind the bar. He was told that he couldn't tell anybody about how to make the soda, which he simply nodded at. As he listened to the instructions, he made mental notes in his head. So, reverse polarity wind crystal... pressurize air after its out... Right measurements. He nodded, thinking he got it as he took the seltzer bottle and crystal.

Sean walked over to the ingredients and tried to remember the ratios. His mind wasn't really working well for him, as he put in a bit more sugar than normal. Putting the reverse polarity wind crystal into the bottle and waited a small bit. After he thought the ingredients mixed enough, he quickly removed the crystal using some tongs and sealed the lid. The ingredients mixed together into a liquid that looked mostly like soda except for a very slight red tint. "Huh..." Sean poured a small cup of it and tried it out. It tasted slightly sweet, but not too sweet for Sean, which was saying a lot due to him never being good at cooking. "Hey, I actually like this stuff." He poured a cup for Kepler and brought it to her. "I think I did good, even if it's a bit sweet!"

 

Swirling the result of Sean's efforts in her glass, Kepler regarded it with a sharp eye.

Fine color, a superior texture...

Kepler took a sip...

!

"...Have you done this before, Sean~? Or is my genius actually contagious~?"

Kepler asked, her eyebrows peaked at the very tippy top of her forehead. Her voice sounded distant, as if in a dream.

"This is a nine out of ten... and an eleven would've been if you'd ingeniously used the keplato machine to make us a pair of icecream floats..."

Tilting her head, Kepler poked her cheek as she continued thinking aloud.

"...even so... your potential astounds me. If you weren't my ally I might of had to eliminate you~"

Kepler mysteriously grinned as she closed one eye.

"That~~~ or lock you in a basement and force you to make me drinks forever~ muhuhuhu~ Dr. Kepler must have no equals after all~"

Regarding her drink once more, Kepler suddenly chugged the entire contents of her glass and handed it back to Sean.

"Serve me another, my pupil~! And tell no one of our secrets~!! Muhuhu~ I'm going to boss you around just a littttttle longer~ It isn't fair if you graduate so fast~<3~!"

 

Sean hadn’t quite expected the reaction from Kepler as she praised his soda. He was sure his taste was a lot different than everybody else’s, so he was prepared to get a barrage of criticism to help him. “Well, I’ll try-Wait, it’s good!?” His face lit up at the compliments. “I didn't know I had it in me! I never been the type to cook! I should make some with healing and buffing properties and shove them all into a magical bag to use later!” He went over to pour Kepler another cup before handing it to her. “So, due to the slightly red color, I’m going to call this Ember Cola. Because fire.” He chuckled. “On another note, I’ve been thinking of making a modified snowboard that uses my magical energy to propel myself forward to get around. Sound like a good idea?”

 

"Hehehe, a weird shop! Hmmm... hehe, I might have to make a visit! I like that kind of thing. So the shield is friendly and sentient? Hehehehe, that is interesting. I wonder if my broom would be? Hehe, I mean it is... but that's because of magic I used to make it do that. Hehe, I enchant my magic staffs with a special black magic ritual that turns them into magic broomsticks! Hehehehe, it wouldn't do for a witch to not use a broomstick after all! Heheheh. I don't think it's weird though, hehehe, using the enemies weapons against them is a part of being a dark hero after all! Hehehehe, for what it's worth, I believe power is power as long as it's turned against bad guys and never against innocent people! Hehehehe! And also, hehe, I'm an open book, hehe, to my allies at least... so feel free to come talk to me about anything at anytime! Hehehehe!"

While speaking to Hanno, Majolica noticed Rias had joined the party. She waved to Rias, then turned back to Hanno.

"Hehehehe, I need to go introduce Rias! We can continue this after or later! Hehehehe!"

Majolica waved bye bye to Hanno and trotted over to @Rias grinning.

"Hehehe, you made it! That's good. I like your swimsuit! Hehehehe, now for a second hold out your right hand. Hehehe, here we go."

Majolica lifted @Rias arm up as she had done before and called for everyone's attention.

"Hehehehe, okay everyone! Another new member has arrived, this is our new sniper and long-range attacker, hehehehe, Rias! Rias will now be our resident sniper, hunter, and tracker! She uses a bow, has a triple S rank in presence concealment, hehehe, and she did an awesome job leading everyone to the boar's cave in the trial! Hehehe, she's an excellent scout, long range attacker, and friend! Hehehe, Rias has chosen the Codename: Ghost Huntress! Give a big round of applause for Rias!"

After announcing, Majolica lowered Rias' hand and pointed to the table with food and drinks.

"Hehehe, there's candy, mushrooms, kabobs, and all sorts of things! Help yourself! Hehehehe, there's also the Keplato machine, hehe, if you're feeling lucky! Hehehe, also..."

Majolica pulled in Rias close and whispered.

"If you're late again.. hehe... you're grounded."

Pulling away, Majolica revealed a big smile.

"Heheheh, just kidding! By the way, hehe, did you get your swimsuit in Pormont to? That's where Hanno's shield got his... hers? Theirs. Hehehehe."


@Rias @Hanno Futaba

 

Madison watched as person after person made their way to the Witch Ops beach party. A lot of them seemed to be pretty loose considering the near hell Majolica put them through for the trial. Had one member of the recruiting class messed up, none of 'em would've survived to make it there.

And the druidess wouldn't be standing off to the side, awkward as hell in her beach wear. She probably had more skin covered than everyone else at the party combined.

Nope. Instead, she'd be back in her own little corner of Dunnstads, enjoying the view of the ocean from more rocky shores, a good book in one hand and a tumbler of whiskey in the other... the shrill screeching of gulls overhead instead of those from over-eager minors piercing her ears.

But, alas, it was probably for the good of her being the unofficial Big Sis of the Witch Ops that she showed up. Hanno playing in sand with that creepy-ass shield of his, Sean and Kepler fawning over the tinkerer's gelato machine...

Madison took a long sip of wine. These kids are going to die if I leave them.

Luna had been silent for some time, the arcanamancer's thoughts long since drifting elsewhere. So, the plagueslinger decided to pull up her big girl britches and go talk with some of the others.

The woman walked right past the archaic gelato machine (not wanting any for herself, as she disliked Ice Cream For Liars and hated the idea of randomized flavors--knowing her luck, she'd end up with Actual Dirt and Worms) and pulled up beside the latest arrival to the party.

"'Sup," she said to @Rias with a friendly nod. "You look pretty lonely over here. I brought drinks, if you want one. Wine or juice boxes."

 

Hanno looked back at Majolica, giving a nod to her words about how she is an open book, that was assuring to him that he could reveal something important to her... But maybe that needed a bit more thought. Before the Faerin could say any more words to the Witch, she said her goodbyes to him and flied away from him, making him have a stupid smile on his face.

'Alone again, eh?' He frowned at the talk that barely dured a few sentences. Ghast gave a small pat with his tentacle on the Faerin's back, and Hanno looked at the shield with an awkward expression. He wasn't used to get in so many socially awkward situations.

The Gargantuan Shield began wiggling it's tentacles and pointing at Hanno's backpack, while giving a few nods and winking twice. "But already?" He frowned raising his eyebrow. With a smug expression in it's eyes, Ghast waved a 'no no' with it's tentacles and clapped two tentacles together, pointing upwards.

The Faerin blinked in surprised, genuienely impressed, while giving a confident nod. "Yeah Ghast, you are right! It's never too early or too late for any type of food!" A grin covered his lips, and he blasted off to his backpack.

"Kukukuku!" The Shield's eyes widened while it chuckled in a positively way.

Getting to his backpack, Hanno began pulling out a few chunks of salt-cured meats, sausages, vegetables and shiitakes (Mushrooms). It was barbecue time... The Faerin grinned, setting up a BBQ grill and throwing coals inside of it to start up the meat fest!

After having everything set up, he pulled a cleave and a fork on each hand. His emerald eyes glinted with a huge sparkle of confidence, it was time to him show what true meat was supposed to taste!

CATERING OF GRANDCHEF!

Hanno threw all the meats and vegetables at the air, jumping and slicing all the ingredients smoothly while maintaining a detailed precision on every swing he did to slash the meat. The movements he was doing to prepare everything were so fast that someone could think the Faerin had more than two arms.

After finishing slashing everything with the cleaver, every food that was apparently intact and stopped midair suddenly collapsed and fell on the BBQ grill in several slices... Steaks, carrots, corns, peppers, sausages... Everything was now ready to be roast!

What just happened there was extremely hard to describe... It was a weird yet impressive mixture of a martial art presentation and a cooking mastery show off. But in the end, whatever that happened, the truth was that the results were completely amazing. Everything was separated and sliced with a surgical accuracy, something almost inhumane after all it was a Faerin that made it.

Ghast happily clapped his tentacles in amusement, making Hanno grin proudly. "Thanks, thank you very much." He bowed to his one-shield audience, giving a small chuckle and poking the meat sometimes with the fork. Now it was just a matter of time...

...

After a few minutes, the barbecue food was pretty much done, all you needed to do was grab the meat and eat. Hanno placed a few variety of self-made sauces, just in case someone wanted to give a different spice to their food. The Faerin forked a small steak, shoving it inside his mouth to feel it's taste... The meat slowly melting in his mouth, while the pepper did a wonderful after-effect taste in his mouth answered everything-

Hidden: Barbecue

"-It's ready!" He gave a nod, grabbing the watermellow that Rias gave to him and opening it in the middle, pulling out a big spoon and carving some of the fruit to eat while keeping the barbecue fresh on the grill. 'Aah- First Keplato. Now watermelon and barbecue...' Hanno blinked with a frown.

"Wait... Something is missing-" The Faerin reached out for his backpack, grabbing a small crate of 'grape flavored Dr Kepler' from his personal supply, opening a bottle and gulping half of it in one shot. "Aah~ That's the stuff!" He sighed relaxed, laying down on a portable beach chair he had set up.

 

As soon as the @Grand Witch Majolica mentioned food being on a table, the unmasked illusionist immediately made his way to said table, high-fiving some of the Witch Frogs along the way. Although he was already stuffing his face with shish kabobs, Iván continued to listen to his Commander, especially when she started introducing everyone to everyone else. On his cue, Iván waved at everyone else, a little surprised that the Grand Witch introduced him as the leader of the Lightning Ironworks.

He was a tinkerer, as he’d always been, especially from that point in time when he first introduced himself to the Witch Ops, but the leader of the Lightning Ironworks? Was he? That place, that collective was founded by Emerath Katou, but along with another of his protégés, Tetsunosuke, what was essentially the Ironworks’ leadership had vanished into thin air. But the place, the collective, has since survived. For reasons unbeknownst even to Iván. As the only one who had survived both Emerath and Tetsu, was Iván truly the leader of Ironworks now? That question, he would have to find an answer for. Sooner than later. For now, it wasn’t his priority. He was the last man standing, the surviving head of the hydra. He would do his best, no matter how terrible he viewed himself as leader was.

Iván kept to the table of food, his table, as others arrived and were introduced. He was glad to find familiar faces in @Corvella and @Janet Reilly, who were, along with him, part of the original ops. The newer generation seemed to be an impressive bunch as well, especially the tinkerer called @Kepler. The thing that she brought… She should be valuable to the development of the prison. “Gimme,” Iván tried out the machine for himself, downplaying the excitement he had for getting a free surprise (flan tropical punch?!), and immediately made a beeline for @Hanno Futaba 's barbecue thing. “Gimme.”

Thrown dice:

54

38

 

After @Iván Carl finished scaring her half to death with his latest deadpan ambush, this time with a stakeout and Witch Frog co-conspirator, Janet retreated to plan her revenge. Iván was always startling her, she was determined to get the better of him for once! The problem was that she lacked creativity or stealth, both necessary ingredients. Maybe I could ask one of the new recruits for help. Majolica had just introduced them, after all, so it wasn’t as if they were strangers.

Who should she ask? Her first thought was the little man with the tentacle shield, which she certainly found terrifying and even Iván might grimace at. It was so large (and its accessories were so outlandish) that it was easy to see coming, however. Janet decided to ask the “ex-goblin” black magic user, which certainly sounded intimidating to her. “Ahem. Briar, right? O-oh, and you must be— Orchid? What lovely codenames! I’m, um, sorry for interrupting.” Janet found herself stammering a little when she realized @Madison Freebird was already in conversation with @Luna Avalbane .

“That wine looks lovely. What kind is it?” The brown-haired teen gave a little cough, hinting that she would like to be invited to have wine but still bearing her larger purpose in mind. “Oh, @Rias ! Good, you’re here too, you can join in... I was hoping to get some help from you ladies in playing a—oh, what do you call it, a practical joke. On Iván, over there. He’s always scaring me!” Her voice dropped to a stage whisper and she nodded towards the shish-kebab muncher.

Janet started to relax a little, pulling her light shawl closer around herself and straightening her shoulders indignantly. “You all seem… reasonable…” By that she meant they were the only people not guzzling ice cream, which was dangerously unhealthy and full of saturated fats even if Janet dearly, dearly wanted some, “S-so I was hoping we could… hatch a plan!” Just a team of girls getting back at a silly boy! It was like John Tucker Must Die, but wholesome and not at all inappropriate.