Jupiter stares at the goop splattered across the desk. Somebody better clean that up because she's not going to.
Just to prove how unlikely it is that she'll clean anything, she instead wanders over to the young Lionel and ruffles his hair. "Oh, do you think I should?" She doesn't wait for an answer. Even if she can't take him out of the memory, she tries to lift him up anyway. Jupiter has always suspected that she could free lift Lionel.
Lionel's physical form does not move, but his soul does rise up and leave his body. His glasses-less eyes, trained on the desk, have taken on a pleading quality.
Claudia pouts. Shoot. She really thought Jupiter was strong enough to pull that off. But Claudia's never dwelt on her mistakes before! So why start now?
"Well, let's just take a real quick selfie while we're all gathered," she suggests, digging into her clutch again for her camera and selfie stick. "Then we should start taking notes on the mystery we definitely have to solve."
Edited (i swear we're almost there) 2020-06-07 20:34 (UTC)
Jupiter poses, flashing a peace sign while smooching the still sort of goop-covered side of Lionel's face, and once the selfie is snapped she turns to examine the smear of gray goop.
"Oh, shit!" She shouts suddenly, and grabs the Zippy Dip gift certificate. "I think this is still valid!"
When Jupiter grabs the Zippy Dip gift certificate, she actually grabs a golden, glowing copy. Jupiter has found the linchpin. The memory suddenly resumes.
Confusion about Lesters and Lionels and Leons is forgotten at the sudden appearance of a smoking computer.
Lionel rushes over to it, bends under the table, and yanks out the plug. Then he stands, pulls the fire extinguisher off the wall, and sprays a cloud of foam onto the machine, producing a satisfying hiss that slowly dissipates.
“Very good, very good.” Lionel turns to see Mr. Qualls coming toward him, ghostly hands silently applauding. “And that is exactly why you’re going to make such a great TA next year,” he beams. Lionel pushes his gold-rimmed glasses back up his nose and can’t help but smile back.
“Now, go grab that Zippy Dip certificate off my desk and get yourself a milkshake. My treat. We’re celebrating!”
The door to the computer lab opens and Jupiter and Claudia can see it leads back to the auditorium, not the library.
Congrats!
However, (ROLLED 2) their selfie turned out like shit. If they want a proper memento, they should probably try again.
[MEMORY COMPLETE! Muck defeated. Linchpin located. You may continue to thread here or move back to Peckenpaugh through the portal.]
MEMORY: Lester
Just to prove how unlikely it is that she'll clean anything, she instead wanders over to the young Lionel and ruffles his hair. "Oh, do you think I should?" She doesn't wait for an answer. Even if she can't take him out of the memory, she tries to lift him up anyway. Jupiter has always suspected that she could free lift Lionel.
MEMORY: Lester
MEMORY: Lester
"Well, let's just take a real quick selfie while we're all gathered," she suggests, digging into her clutch again for her camera and selfie stick. "Then we should start taking notes on the mystery we definitely have to solve."
MEMORY: Lester
"Oh, shit!" She shouts suddenly, and grabs the Zippy Dip gift certificate. "I think this is still valid!"
MEMORY: Lester
Confusion about Lesters and Lionels and Leons is forgotten at the sudden appearance of a smoking computer.
Lionel rushes over to it, bends under the table, and yanks out the plug. Then he stands, pulls the fire extinguisher off the wall, and sprays a cloud of foam onto the machine, producing a satisfying hiss that slowly dissipates.
“Very good, very good.” Lionel turns to see Mr. Qualls coming toward him, ghostly hands silently applauding. “And that is exactly why you’re going to make such a great TA next year,” he beams. Lionel pushes his gold-rimmed glasses back up his nose and can’t help but smile back.
“Now, go grab that Zippy Dip certificate off my desk and get yourself a milkshake. My treat. We’re celebrating!”
The door to the computer lab opens and Jupiter and Claudia can see it leads back to the auditorium, not the library.
Congrats!
However, (ROLLED 2) their selfie turned out like shit. If they want a proper memento, they should probably try again.
[MEMORY COMPLETE! Muck defeated. Linchpin located. You may continue to thread here or move back to Peckenpaugh through the portal.]
MEMORY: Lester
She blows the hair out of her face and looks at Jupiter. "Let's go find him and make him take a new one."
MEMORY: Lester - TOKENS!
Upon emerging from the memory out into the auditorium, the portal snapped shut behind them.
At the base of the tree, Lionel Lovelace was freed! Elsewhere in the auditorium, lightning, a magimagicicada was freed!
You can check your token totals in Pouch's shop here, and maybe see if there's anything worth grabbing while you're there!