villainy commenced [[1x1 w/ the-nug-king & hexspecs!]]

[the-nug-king]

"Right. Well. That's a lot. I don't think you can just... make it into an antagonist item though, it's a recognised holy symbol of like, a very good god, and they will recognise it, and they might recognise my sister as a hero because she's doing that now. Could we ask DarkBoard? I have a magical negation field with me so they can't hear because they would totally report me but maybe you could convince them? If they like you? Would Three help us? Three doesn't usually help me with things."

((I am glad!! Like let me know if you want clarification on anything!))

[grey matter]

"...Maybe Three might? Three helped me, and if it has a chance of getting me into... disaster, maybe they and/or DarkBoard could help... I have no idea how much DarkBoard likes me, I would have to ask. Maybe I could convince Lucas to whip me up a last second bonus void for mysterious purposes. I don't know. This is... hard..."

[the-nug-king]

"Right, yes! Ask Lucas for a bonus void, and then ask Three, and then we can tell them that you and Lucas will be in danger too, so they have to help! Oooh, I bet I can implicate Aurion in this too! That's another thing to make Three help, and it puts Aurion in danger! That's perfect!"

[grey matter]

"That sounds kind of horrible. But... If we're going to save ourselves, we do what we must in an entirely selfish manner! ...And this is a preemptive apology to Three even if they aren't hearing me directly. Sorry, Three. I'll double apologize later on." He got off his bed. "Onward to Lucas! Unless... Do we have to sneak?"

[the-nug-king]

"Uh, the important thing is to not look suspicious. So we can sneak, but it has to be in a "going to do something nefarious" way, not a "scared of being caught" way.

[grey matter]

"Alright. So... Confidence is key! We will be moving with power, to... Uh... Hm. We need a backup description in case anyone not in the plan asks. Do we... Have any miscellaneous scheme ideas? I'm thinking we're... hm. Do you know if there are any vending machines anywhere? It'd be a lame yet plausible plan... if we were just... stealing from vending machines."

[the-nug-king]

((wait quick question what dorm are Laz and Lucas currently in?))

[grey matter]

[[gOOD QUESTION UM. heck id. I'd assume that they're still fantasy because they're Negotiating The Rest Of This Duel Out because I Suck At Deciding.]]

[the-nug-king]

Uh, not in Fantasy, no. Maybe in Thriller. Let's just say we're kidnapping Lucas. Or actually kidnap Lucas. I guess if you want vending machines involved, we could stick him inside one, but that doesn't seem particularly stylish."

[grey matter]

"Oh boy, my first kidnapping of my rival... Kind of. I don't really know if he'll like being kidnapped. Or if he'll even do it if he knows it's to convince Three... But, then again... Uh, okay, we do what we must and I don't know if I actually want to... Intense kidnap him, but maybe... Half kidnap him. I don't- okay, let's just go with 'Say we're kidnapping Lucas' and maybe actually kidnap him if... It comes to that."