All the luck roll was about if you could avoid the trio interrupt and head down to the janitor uninterrupted.
As the luck roll failed, well... you get the trio interrupt.
The next vote options will be interesting though. There will be an option to try and slip by them and head down to the janitor though like this winning vote stated.
Winning vote:
[X]Stifle your curiosity and leave the locker closed and go see the janitor and get him to open it. (fated encounter)
--[X] Try to get someone to record what's found inside. Maybe janitor has a cellphone with a camera? While not producing identities of the bullies, it would at least be an irrefutable proof that there's bullying going on.
When I was about to put my combination in the lock I stopped myself with a force of will. While it was temping to see the damage done, there was a problem with choosing to see it now.
It would've either fell on me, or gave me a concentrated blast of the that god awful smell and therefore would have probably made me throw up, creating more of a mess. One that I would probably be forced to clean.
So with a sigh, I let go of the lock and turned around and started walking away. I ignored how some people in the crowd that gather seemed disappointed and decided to get a janitor, so he can open up my locker.
That way I could still see what the bitch Trio did, and not have to clean up the mess.
'I should probably ask the janitor if he could take a picture or something of whatever is in my locker.' I thought moving past the crowd. Some of them grumbled and decided to move on as well. 'That way I would get evidence that can't be ignored by the Principle and get a witness on my side; as I doubt the Janitor would appreciate being given a higher workload due to a "harmless" prank.' My lips thinned as I narrowed my eyes; knowing full well that could be what the locker would be classified as. ' While it wont prove that the Trio did it, it will make it undeniable that something is going on.'
Suddenly I felt myself getting pushed into a wall. Looking up towards my assailant, I found myself face to face with one of my tormentors. Sophia Hess, the physical one and school track-star. She had a growth spurt recently as she used to be shorter than me when we first met a year ago; now she's nearly as tall as me and still wearing the same smug, predatory, smile that she always has when she manages to push me around. Like she thinks she won something by being nothing but a thug at Emma's becking call. Nearly made me feel sorry for her; I wondered what villain she will end up working for when she grows up? Or if she would finally piss off the wrong person and end up dead in a ditch somewhere alone and forgotten.
'Ok...' I thought grimacing; which just made her smirk widen, showing a hint of her pearly white teeth. 'Seeing Emma breaking our friendship because of her again might have just made me a tad bit more upset at Sophia.' She looked like she was finally going to say something to me as she held me against the wall; Of course no one would be on my side if I report this, even if there are dozens of people near by. 'Which isn't good... getting angry wouldn't solve this.'
Which is one of the reasons why I never told dad about the bullying, or Emma's betrayal. He would have got angry again and tried to help; maybe even calling Emma's father, Alan, and try and make him do something about Emma... but I know how that would end. One word: Lawsuit, and we wouldn't be able to afford going to court. Going to court would just end up with us bankrupt anyway; whether we win the trial or not.
"Going somewhere Herbert?" Sophia asked challengingly. Just daring me to speak up.
'Getting my name wrong on purpose now?' I thought, stopping myself from twitching. 'If this is her new bullying tactic, it's pathetic.'
I opened my mouth to answer her, possibly to say something in the spirit of go fuck yourself; which would probably surprise her. But before I could I heard a sickly sweet voice call out. "My I wonder what that stench is?"
I turned my head to look at the new arrival: an adorable, petite, brunette girl that still had hints of baby fat on her cheeks which were accented with freckles; She was looking at me with a sickly sweet smile that managed to convey the words "fuck you" and "I'm innocent and can't do no wrong" at the same time. Madison, Emma's patsy, the one that would probably kill her own kitten with a smile at Emma's say so; if it would keep her up in the schools social hierarchy. Out of all my bullies, I actually pitied her. It's hard for me to even remember she exists sometimes; considering that all her pranks were just grade school kid stuff: Like breaking my pencils, putting gum on my seat, or just shooting spitballs at the back of my head. Made me wonder if she ever matured at all, or if her childishness is just an act that became real. I still hated her, since she's a part of the reason the other two were getting away with their shit. Afterall, who would suspect innocent little Madison to be a big, mean, old bully?
"Taylor probably just had a little accident," A hauntingly familiar voice called out. "I wonder what smells worse though? Her or her locker?" She giggled and my mind went blank,
"Hello! What's your name?" A little red head girl called out to me and I tried to hide behind a tree. "I'm Emma!" She exclaimed with childish excitement.
"Taylor." I muttered from behind the tree.
"Hi Taylor!" Emma exclaimed, her face suddenly infront of mine; causing me to jump back in surprise, uttering a small eep. "Let's play!"
Before I could get a word in she grabbed my arm and dragged me from the safety of my tree toward the playground.
My hands tightened into fists and I glared at the traitorous red headed bitch that decided to make her appearance.
"Taylor?" Emma called and I looked up from the book I was reading. She was sitting on her computer chair, smiling at me.
"Hmm?" I asked, setting my bookmark between the page I was on and closed the book. We were having a sleep over at her house today.
"Let's always be friends ok?" She asked causing me to raise an eyebrow; wondering what brought this on.
"Sure." I answered and gave her a big smile. "What brought this on?"
"Well..." Emma dawdled out and gained a mischievous smile that filled me with dread. "I just wanted to let you know if you ever decided to come out of the closet, I would be your friend regardless of your preference."
"What?!" I exclaimed, my cheeks burning from embarrassment. "What gave you that idea?"
"Oh... I don't know." She stated with a twinkle in her eye. "Maybe the way you always get flustered around Kim?"
"That's because I'm shy around new people, you know that!" I nearly yelled crossing my arms over my chest.
"Is it really?" She asked and got a face full of pillow for an answer. The pillow slide down from her face and fell onto her lap. She twitched and I snickered.
"Oh, it's on!" Emma exclaimed, picking up the pillow off from her lap.
"Bring it!" I yelled, arming myself with another pillow.
Soon the battle was joined, sending feathers flying everywhere and our laughter filled the room.
I never heard the sound of my cellphone vibrating.
My fists tightened so hard that I thought they would start bleeding. My eyes were hidden by my bangs as I rose up to my full height; no longer slouching.
'Something happened to Emma.' I thought with worry as I looked for her at Winslow. 'Her call was cut short.' I looked, trying to spot my friends bright red hair in the crowd; something that should have been easy. 'Her father said everything was ok and that Emma just needs sometime alone when I called... but that could have been a lie. I planned on going over to her house anyway to check and make sure; but I never managed too.'
I finally spotted her talking to a black girl and I started jogging towards her.
"Emma!" I yelled, causing her to turn and look at me. I never noticed the dark look she had before I glomped her. "Are you ok? I was worried! Did anything happen?" I bombarded her with questions, until I needed to breath.
She pushed me away and I staggered back in shock.
"Nothing you need to know, loser." Emma stated with menace lacing her tone.
"W-what?" I stuttered out, feeling tears build up on the corners of my eyes. I finally noticed the black girl looking at me in disgust; like she stepped on dog crap. I started to shyly draw into myself at her judging stare and turned back to Emma to find that she had the exact same look.
"We're not friends anymore Taylor... you're weak." Emma stated like she just said an undeniable truth of the world. Tears started to visibly run down my cheeks.
"Y-you don't m-mean that... right Emma?" I asked through quivering lips; not believing what Emma was saying.
She sneered at me.
"Of course I do you big baby!" She exclaimed and I felt my heart break. "I have a new friend that isn't a sniveling crybaby; now get lost!"
I stared at her hopping this was just one of her horrible jokes... but she wasn't joking. I then ran only to be tripped by the black girl; falling face first on the cold, hard ground. I looked back to see her smiling smugly with a superior look in her eyes. I just scrambled to get up and ran again; never looking back.
But that smug little smile would haunt me in the days to come.
"Emma." I snarled out the name like it was a curse; I was visibly shaking from the sheer rage I felt. Emma's eyes went wide and she took a step back; the other two bitches following her lead.
After watching and remembering how close we used to be; I never wanted to hurt the traitorous bitch more than I did now.
Ouch... looks like seeing her life go by in the dream made all of her bottle up anger spring a leak. Now, what shall Taylor do?
[]Damn the consequences and punch Emma in her face.
[]Visibly take a deep breath to try and calm down and then walk away. You have a Janitor to find, and the bitch isn't worth it.
[]Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; Hurt her with words, just like she hurt you.
[]Write-in; How do you want Taylor to handle this?
Exp gained: +7 for a successful social roll and the free exp gained per update.
Exp total: 23
You have enough exp to buy a rank 1 perk or raise some stats or excellencies!
[]Bank Exp
[]write-in; What stats you want to raise.
[]write-in; What excellencies you want to raise
[]write-in: what rank 1 perk you want to buy
So, I found out my sleep scheduled is still pretty fucked up and I could get back to sleep when I tried to again. So I decided to write, and thus this was born.
I think I hinted at something like this happening, if not I'm sorry. That was my bad. A bit of me might have leaked into the characterization as well.
Anyway, I'm sorry if this chapter turns you off the quest, or if it's hard to read with the flash back scenes after all. I was going to offer to rewrite it if it received a lot of negative feedback but well, I thought about it and yeah... that's not going to happen. More due to the fact that I rather not lose the momentum I've been having for this quest. Rewriting things would kill that pretty damn quickly and then it would be back to irregular updates as I work up the motivation to write the story again.
That being said I don't mind any criticism for any of my works. Especially if it would actually help me improve my writing. So you wont need to worry about me losing motivation because of that.
Btw, before I receive some flak for the scene. Chibi!Emma was just teasing Chibi!Taylor, Taylor really was just that shy around new people at that time... before she grew cynical and depressed from the constant bullying.
Also, apparently I lied about this being a rather short chapter. My muse apparently wanted to try and add some backstory into Taylor's and Emma's friendship with eachother before you decide what actions Taylor would take.
[X]Damn the consequences and punch Emma in her face.
[X]write-in: what rank 1 perk you want to buy
-[X] Live day by day
Live day by day doubles our update XP and pays for itself in just 10 updates. The other XP boosters aren't really worth it but this one absolutely is.
As for punching Emma; well that was an incredibly satisfying scene in canon, we (kinda) have evidence* of the bullying that is going on, and it gives us an early start to Befriendingpeople.
Edit:
*Assuming they don't somehow clean out our locker before we all get pulled up into the Principal's office.
Also for anyone who doesn't know/remember Nanoha's very first befriending was of Arisa who was bullying (?) Suzuka so Nanoha came in and slapped her.
[X]Visibly take a deep breath to try and calm down and then walk away. You have a Janitor to find, and the bitch isn't worth it. [X]write-in: what rank 1 perk you want to buy
-[X] Live day by day
We don't have any real evidence to use, all it does is that Taylor hit somebody in front of witnesses.
[X]Visibly take a deep breath to try and calm down and then walk away. You have a Janitor to find, and the bitch isn't worth it.
[X]write-in: what rank 1 perk you want to buy
-[X] Live day by day
About the exp perks. Honestly I've been debating how to make the later ones more worth while. So I might change those eventually.
Possibly to add a exp bonus to successful rolls or something. I don't know. I've been trying to make them not OP enough to where you would be able to buy everything after a few updates.
[X]Damn the consequences and punch Emma in her face.
[X]write-in: what rank 1 perk you want to buy
-[X] Live day by day
To be honest, usually? I wouldn't pick damn the consequences, but now? Taylor kinda needs this or she's gonna build up that anger till she explodes if she doesn't get this out. And that won't be a good thing her having Nanohaverse powers.
[x]Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; Hurt her with words, just like she hurt you.
[X]write-in; What excellencies you want to raise
-[X] Social skills level 2
-[X] Social skills level 3
Physical violence isn't going to help our case right now, but we can't let this go unchallenged.
[x]Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; Hurt her with words, just like she hurt you.
[X]write-in: what rank 1 perk you want to buy
-[X] Live day by day
remember guys the reason of the bulliying was because Emma wanted to get a rise out of Taylor, to make her a predator instead of prey(bullshit i know), by punching and maybe fighting off Sofia, maybe the bullying will stop, or better we will be suspended, and stop coming to this hellhole of school, then we try asking Danny to change school
[X]Visibly take a deep breath to try and calm down and then walk away. You have a Janitor to find, and the bitch isn't worth it.
[X]write-in: what rank 1 perk you want to buy
-[X] Live day by day
[X] Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; Hurt her with words, just like she hurt you.
[X]write-in: what rank 1 perk you want to buy
-[X] Live day by day
remember guys the reason of the bulliying was because Emma wanted to get a rise out of Taylor, to make her a predator instead of prey(bullshit i know), by punching and maybe fighting off Sofia, maybe the bullying will stop, or better we will be suspended, and stop coming to this hellhole of school, then we try asking Danny to change school
[X] Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; Hurt her with words, just like she hurt you.
[X]write-in: what rank 1 perk you want to buy
-[X] Live day by day