Here it is, the last roleplay of the mission!

It is, in the voter's words, "super goofy and lighthearted."

 
Nothing had ever packed Market Square quite like a sale, but sales were rare and the Market Places were usually packed anyway. Were there big sales going on? Becky Joy shrugged at the question. She could see the large crowd in the marketplace before she got there, even if it was sprinkling and starting to rain harder.

Two of her four Knob Goblins, Darson and Goblina, joined her, as did her old friend SpaghettiGirl and SGirl's obtuse angel, Bingo. SpaghettiGirl clutched a ordinary purse in her hands, shiny red and big enough to hold some purchases but it was already full. It had a small creature sticking out of it. Too furry for a rat and yapping at all the people around. Especially Darson who looked determined to ignore it although that determination was already starting to crack.

Along with the annoying yapping, having two Knob Goblins and an obtuse angel with them certainly meant the girls had room to walk, with the crowd mostly giving them as much space as possible, which wasn't much. Still, it was nice to get out with a friend and do something fun!

Tired of the crowd, yapping and rain, SGirl looked up at the closest store, "R U Catgirl?"

SGirl had a puzzled look on her face, but shrugged and turned to Becky. "Let's go in there so I can get some peace and quiet. Besides, it's a furry store and I need to pick up some fur boots and maybe a fur umbrella so it's perfect!"

"Umm.. I actually don't think that's what.." Becky started nervously but SGirl, not hearing Becky over the noise of the crowd and rain, had already started making her way into the furrys' store. Unfortunately, SpaghettiGirl arrived in the store only to find out it was pretty packed too, mostly with actual furries. "Now where are the fur boots? Do you see any, Becky Joy? Maybe I should ask someone around here, they sure have a lot of fur on."

"I don't think they're wearing fur," Darson pointed out, but SpaghettiGirl had already walked off to talk to someone.

"Oh look," Spaghettigirl exclaimed as she hurried away, "she has gorgeous fur boots, I think I will ask her where she found them."

She returned a few minutes later and stated, "I don't think they sell fur boots here, Becky." Spaghettigirl paused to laugh. "She gave me a blank look when I asked her where her boots came from."

"Yeah," Goblina answered with a grin. "That's what we were trying to tell you. This is a store for furries. The one you talked to was just barepaw."

Becky giggled. "How silly! What're we doing now?! Is it gonna rain out more?!"

"Yeah," Goblina said. "Still raining out. I wonder when it'll let up."

Spaghettigirl looked outside to see if it looked like it would stop raining soon and spotted Bingo. "What is he up to now?" she wondered.

"Why is he outside?" Darson wondered, arcing a leathery-like Goblin eyebrow. "How did he get outside?! He was right here a second ago!"

"Whoa!" Becky politely applauded. "He's quick!"

"Yes he is," Spaghettigirl said with a sigh. "I guess I better go find out what trouble he is getting into."

Becky giggled as SGirl let the crew outside. "Guess we'll find out."

Spaghettigirl saw Bingo darting around above the crowd, but it was hard to see what he was doing through the crowd. A handful of the larger stalls had set up a tent to help keep people out of the rain, which is where Spaghettigirl and Becky arrived.

Just in time to see Bingo putting a pot filled with water on top of a stack of pots filled with water.

They also saw a rather big Knob Goblin brute standing too close to the stack. Pippin, who was still in Spaghettigirl's purse, also saw Bingo and started barking excitedly. Even with the noise of the crowd, this started everyone nearby. Bingo had almost set the pot down but slipped and ended up dumping it on himself and knocked over the stack which fell on already agitated people nearby, including the Knob Goblin brute who looked decidedly unhappy about it... and ready to tear Bingo apart.

"I am so sorry," Spaghettigirl said to the dripping Goblin Brute. "Bingo, why can't you behave?" exclaimed Spaghettigirl, dismayed. "Look what you have done!"

Bingo scowled; getting wet was not part of his plan.

"Serves you right Bingo," Spaghettigirl said sternly. "Look at these people you splashed water on."

Bingo smirked, looking proud of himself. Meanwhile, people around her were yelling, "Why don't these people keep their familiars in a leash?" and "I'm glad my pet rock never does that to me. Who has a loser familiar now dad? HUH?!"

Becky giggled. "Bingo's so popular that everyone's talking about him."

"Urgh, I'm sopped!" A voice yelled out behind SGirl, even as Bingo raised his bow, looking smug after Becky's comments. "Young lady, you really need to.. ohh, wait is that you, SpaghettiGirl and Becky?"

Becky giggled. "We sure are them! Ohhh..."

Becky, SGirl and their travelling companions looked over to see an elderly lady, shorter than Becky or even SGirl by a few inches, dressed in a multicolored coat.

Spaghettigirl turned to apologise after swatting at Bingo to get him to put his bow down. "I am so sorry, oh it's you... Miss Merha!" Becky and SGirl both remembered her from their training in the desert. SGirl continued. "How are you, ah well, besides a bit wet?"

The elderly mentor smiled. "I'm so glad you remember me. What fine young ladies you've turned out to be, too! Are you still out there adventuring, or have you retired to engage in more ladylike activities?"

"Yup!" Becky smiled wider. "Our buddies come adventurin' with us! Bingo, and Darson, and Goblina, and SGirl's puppy. YAY PUPPY!"

Becky tried to pet SGirl's purse pet but it just yapped and snipped at her hand, so she stopped.

"Good to meet you," Goblina said, smiling and offering a handshake. "Yeah, the girls are actually pretty good adventurers. We're looking into the recent activity from the rats and bats next."

"Well," the ex-mentor responded. "I'm not crazy about the idea of you two going off on dangerous missions, but I might have a lead in town that someone should investigate before it gets out of hand."

"We can look into that, what is the lead?" Spaghettigirl asked.

The elderly woman frowned.

"It's okay!" Becky sounded excited. "Whatever it is.. we can handle it!"

Miss Merha didn't seem too sold on it but explained anyway. "It would seem the Somber Six have been under plans for quite a while now. However, we more recently discovered some of their members will need to be.. revived."

Darson raised a Goblin eyebrow. "Revived?"

"We have discovered that the rats and bats are trying to revive Lord Spookyraven. Even more concerning is that the Somber Six is behind it. We found out it is part of something they have been planning a long time," their mentor stated.

"I'm not sure I like the sound of that. Still it might not be any worse than bats and rats." Spaghettigirl shuddered as she spoke.

Pippin barked his agreement. Bingo was still looking smug over his "popularity" which made Becky giggle.

"I'll meet with one or both of you again soon," the elderly lady said, pulling her hood up as she turned to go. "But you'll have to stop them now. Your first step will be finding a key to get into Spookyraven Manor, but be careful. Spirits haunt the mansion. Spirits!"

It was especially creepy the way she said that, enough to get SGirl to shiver noticeably and her purse rat to stop yipping and fussing for a few moments.

"Well then I guess we'll just have to stop them!" Becky said, cheering as SGirl, Darson and Goblina agreed while Bingo kept posing and the purse dog started yipping again. "But first.. ice cream!"

Ichiro hopes to see more of these two and Sebastian Dash in the future.

Shelldor and Spaghettigirl, if you didn't notice, are two of the three KOL players I got for AIL when I started reviving it way back in Mission 10.5. So it's always a plus to have them both show up in a mission.

Next up is the Finale, and as you'll see, some of it had to be rushed due to me going on my oft-mentioned real life vacation with family to Maine. Trip was awesome by the way.