[AQ] Candy Stash?? Heck Yes. (Shun/Akemi)

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{Candy Crusher}
+ Description: One of the first year teachers is a heavy confiscator... whenever she sees sweets in class, she takes them, and they all get stored in the storage closet on the second floor. If anyone ever wanted to raid the stash... they know where to look.
+ Go and raid the stash--you'll take the risk of getting caught!: -2 Guardians, -1 Faberge, +3 Roost
+ Go and find the closet... you just want to look: +1 Guardians, +2 Faberge, -2 Roost
+ Stop someone else from going to raid the closet; that's against the rules, right?!: -1 Guardians, +3 Faberge, -2 Roost
+ Raid the stash to give out (or sell?!) all of the candy back to other students: +3 Guardians, -2 Faberge -1 Roost
+ Requirements: Seiyo Key Card is needed to begin from at least one participant.
+ Submitted by Pai

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So there's a rumor circulating that one of the first year teachers confiscated candy and stashes them somewhere. Of course, normally, Shun wouldn't care to make any trouble, but this time, he's actually intrigued. Some people say she confiscated some very expensive sweets from some students. It's not so much the notoriety or popularity he wants, but it's to taste that legendary sweets. What is it like? He's sure to set some trends and be able to tell great stories if he does get his hands on it. He doesn't quite want ALL the candy. Just that one chocolate. And if he doesn't find it, he'll leave.

The rumors got even more exciting as it was apparently some expensive Belgian chocolates that one of the richer students had brought in. Well, it doesn't look like they'll get it back now. He KNOWS he isn't supposed to abuse the key card the teachers gave him, but this is different. He HAS to get a hold of that chocolate if it exists. Scurrying to the storage closet, he isn't exactly the best at hiding. But he wouldn't be surprised to be caught by another student or teacher. "Leo, Shura. Watch out for anyone heading this way." He told both his guardian characters to watch his back. Somehow he managed to convince BOTH of them that this is worth something big. They'll all get their share, he promised.

Now when did he turn into such a troublemaker? Even he doesn't know when exactly. But expensive chocolate from Europe, and HE has one of the keys to the loot? Who could say no?

Akemi

[Akemi]

Soon as Akemi finished some errands for one of her teachers she decided to wander through the corridors of the second floor, looking around at the windows while her newborn Chara chattered nonstop about her new surroundings.

“So many classrooms.. No wonder you get lost so often. But don’t worry, I’ll take care of the guidance from now on. I’ll make sure to lead you to the right way every time and — what are they doing?” With the question Akemi looked at the direction her guardian was pointing at and noticed a boy not too far away, with two charas floating nearby, rummaging inside the storage closet.

“I’m not—”
“Are they thieves? If so we should find a way to stop them.” Beni said quietly as if orchestrating a plan inside her head, tapping her chin in thought.
“I’m pretty sure is not that…” Akemi said, trying to prevent her guardian from doing something regrettable. “Let’s just talk to them, I’m pretty sure they’re just doing some chores.” She said as she walked towards the trio. When she was near enough Akemi let out a friendly ‘hi’ while her Chara complained about how she threw away their stealthy advantage.

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Alright. Time to commence the plan. But before he even got to the loot, his cover was blown. Crap. Well, he was never really good at hiding or snooping around, so what's the point. His guardian characters didn't even try to look out for him, knowing it'll end up as a failure anyway. "Hello! Can I help you?" A smile and a wave as usual, nothing out of the ordinary here. Leo and Shura both observed the event, but they can see that this girl has a guardian character of her own. Welp, no point in pretending they're not there.

What's she looking at and why is she here? For all he knows, there should be nobody around at this time. "I was just...You know...Getting stuff from the storage closet for a teacher." There's two problems that contradict each other in that sentence. One, the location is off limits to students, but two, he has been entrusted with a key card to get to these places. And he's making use of the chance. And the only time he thought about doing something rather criminal in nature, he got caught.

"Woohoooooo~ Look at this loot, Shun. I got a bunch of honey flavored candy." Without even waiting for him to give the go ahead, Shura helped himself to the stash. And in front of the girl and her guardian character, too. Shun only now noticed the guardian character with the girl. "Ummmm....I can explain." Then Leo came out of the closet and already munching on some jellybeans. "Popcorn flavored jellybeans. What kind of monsters came up with that stupid flavor profile anyway?" Oh gods. Oh no. He just stood there motionless as his guardian characters had their way with the loot. "Y-you see...Candy?" Eh. No. He can't explain.

[Akemi]

“AH-HA!” Beni exclaimed with an accusative finger towards the trio. “I knew they were thieves! They’re stealing candy, a very lame crime if you ask me, but a crime nonetheless!” She turned to look back at Akemi with a serious expression “We should report them to the teachers, or maybe even to the principal…” she tapped her chin once again as she pondered which option was more appealing.

Akemi, who up until the moment was dumbfounded by the fact the boy had two guardians characters, finally reacted at her own guardian’s threat. “Ah, what?! Wait a minute,” the girl waved her hands in front of her guardian, “don’t jump on conclusions. I’m sure there’s an explanation for all this. I mean, a teacher could have asked for a student to get... candy... for them?” Realizing the contradiction of the boy’s excuse, Akemi turned to look at him with a nervous smile, “You… you weren’t stealing it.. right?”

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"I...Okay. I was stealing a few pieces of candy." Well that was quick, he didn't even try to rebut the statement made against him. "But come on. I can't exactly resist. I'm looking for a really expensive Belgian chocolate in this stash. There's been rumors that she confiscated it from a student. Aren't you...You know, interested in tasting that?" Ah man, usually tears would start welling in his eyes, but not today. He's gone through so much change over the past few months that crying about his problems just won't cut it anymore.

"Oh dear. To be accused as a thief. Are you sure you don't want some yourself? There are some A grade stuff in there." Now Shura is just tempting the other two. Hey, if you can't beat them, make them join you, that's the saying, right? "Shura, no. We went in here to steal the candy. A little bit. But, you know what, might as well take a couple before turning myself in. Now, where's the chocolate?" He pushed Shura aside while Leo continues to munch on his snack. He even offered some to the new guardian character he met. More like handed it over to Beni. He then tried to see if he could rummage some more.

"You can turn me in for stealing, but PLEAAAAASE just let me see if I can find the chocolate! I can share it if you like? I mean, it's a box of chocolate worth 100 american dollars. Don't tell me you're not interested." He's not trying to bait her to join. He's not. He's not trying to bait her to join. Just repeat it.

[Akemi]

“Uh…” Akemi pondered the offer for a while. Yes, she had a sweet tooth and wouldn’t deny some candy in other circumstances but that was wrong, right? Even if the teachers didn’t care about the stolen candies, the candies were still not hers or his, they belonged to someone else and she couldn’t possibly eat someone else’s candies. But then again, would anyone really care if she did?

“Like we would accept bribes from you.” While Akemi dealt with her inner monologue, Beni decided to answer for both of them, placing the candies received on top of the closet and then floating back to Akemi. “I say we should take them to the principal immediately.”

Akemi looked between her guardian character and the boy, uncertain, until she took a deep breath and turned to completely face the boy. “I will not turn you in.” Loud complaints came from Beni. “As long as you return the candies to their rightful owners.” She smiled contently as Beni went silent. “If we don’t find the owners, then fine, you can keep all the candies you guys took. But you have to at least try to find it’s owners, I’m pretty sure none of the students wanted their candies to be confiscated and they would be happy to have it back.” She finished, trying to be convincing. “So happy they may share it with us.”

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"That...Doesn't sound like a bad idea. I thought about just taking some for myself and then leaving, but when you put it that way, you're not wrong." Poor students having their candy taken from them. It's a shame, really. The teacher did seem like either having an extreme case of sweet tooth or just plain overly strict.

"Whoa there. Taking it to the principal over candies? Surely the big boss himself got other things to worry about." Shura decided to butt in while Beni tries to convince her human to go and tattle on them. "Come on, you sure YOU don't got a sweet tooth yourself?" Hey, if at first you don't succeed, try asking again.

"Only problem is, I don't know WHO the rightful owners of these candies are, and they most likely forgot about it. It's not like you can't find candy anywhere." He rummaged through the stash and surely enough, the so called 'legend' was true. "Oh! Jackpot!" A tiny, nicely wrapped box of three individual chocolates. It looks pretty lavish. "I mean...Do I REALLY have to give this one back?" To find a treasure, only to have to return it? Well, they can have the others in the stash, but THIS right here. Seems like a bit of a waste to just give it back.

[Akemi]

“No.” Beni growled at the Guardian that tried to convince her to side with them (again). “It doesn’t matter if I have a sweet tooth or not, I wouldn’t accept stolen candies either way.” She crossed her arms, looking away from Shura. “I have my priorities straight you know? I wouldn’t do anything out of selfishness like that.” She finished smugly.

While her Chara “chatted” with one of the boy’s Guardians, Akemi stared at the chocolate box. “I didn’t thought those were actually real…” She thought out loud before considering the question made. “Ah, but if it’s as expensive as you said don’t you think the owner wants it back even more?” She played with her fingers for a moment, thinking cautiously. “I mean, if they spent so much on those chocolates I think it’s because they really like it and would be glad to have it back, right?” She smiled, hoping that for now she would convince the boy to at least give a chance to her plan and then later she’ll think about the details (such as finding said person).

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"Embracing chaos can often lead to excellent outcomes. Providing you don't sink into despair." Ah yes, Shura never runs out of 'wise words' to say, does he? "It's good to be selfish. Sometimes." Leo butts in and started waving candy in front of Beni. Of course, they're really only around to bother her about this, simply because her reaction of 'not budging' to temptation is entertaining. For some odd reason.

"Ummm that works, but..." How could anyone resist eating some expensive chocolates? He certainly couldn't. But what was it about growing up and having self control? He certainly started with none of that when it came to sweets and good food. "Fine, but I'm still taking some of the stash." He picked up a piece of candy, some gum and some cheaper chocolates. He only grabbed very little of it. "I guess we can give this one back. But I'm not sure about the entire stash. The teacher, you know...She's going to look in here and suspect something." He pulled out a pile of papers from his bag and crumpled them up, flipping the container over and putting them in there and restacking the candy on top of it. It really did look like it's still full.

"Oh, a slow revolution. Isn't that lovely?" Shura clapped his hands slowly in response. "I agree with that plan. Taking the entire stash to give away will only cause suspicion." Shun sighed. "If anyone is getting in trouble, it's me. So I'd rather not make a big scene. A small scene is okay!" He grinned, putting the stolen candy inside his bag and giving the expensive chocolate to Akemi. "Maybe you should keep this to give back. I don't trust myself. I can tear through one of those in a few seconds, you know?"

[Akemi]

Beni frowned at the ministrations of the two guardians that were becoming more bothersome by the minute. “Those who act out of selfishness are bound to end up alone.” She quoted, retorting Shura’s wise words with her own.

Akemi watched as the boy moved stuff inside the locker and explained his doings. Meanwhile Beni made comments such as “that’s smart”, “well planned” and “not so dumb” that Akemi wished to not be heard by the boy. Even though she loved her guardian very dearly Beni could be… painfully direct sometimes.

At the word ‘revolution’, Beni lighten up instantly. “Yes! A revolution indeed. Showing those ruthless teachers how children, when united, can change the system!” She kept babbling about rights, doing the right thing and fighting for the oppressed while Akemi took the bag of sweets, a little insecure of having to take care of such expensive treats, but she didn’t deny the task. “Ok then! I guess I can take care of it.” Strengthening her grip on the bag she finally realized the consequences of her proposal. How would they find the owner? She hadn’t thought this far ahead on her plan.

Tapping her feet frantically, Akemi considered the options. Asking every student would take too long, making pamphlets like some lost and found would be too toilsome, they couldn’t ask the teacher from whom she took the candies. She was starting to freak out with their lack of possibilities before Beni floated next to her. “Calm down, we will find the owner.” She reassured her. “The story about the expensive chocolate became popular after someone complained about it online didn’t it? We could use that site to find the person owned it.” Akemi beamed at Beni before reaching her clothes to get her cell phone before stopping midway. She had forgotten it. Again.

“You wouldn’t happen to have your cell phone, would you?” She asked a little embarassed to the boy, her hand still mid-air leaving her in a funny position.

Sorry for the late reply, my internet wasn't working those last weeks....