Alright, I expect a comprehensive analysis on climate change. Five pages, no less. Understood?
..._understood without spoken words_...
Good. It's expected tomorrow at nine. Make sure to proofread your work thoroughly because I won't tolerate any excuses when it comes to grades.
...If i might say so myself, your idea of considering original research via personal data collection physical samples or experiments would be ground breaking for a teaching setting, but sadly this is impossible given the current course outline constraints should have specified that earlier, apology extended. The individual here attempting to impersonate me is scaring my cat by the way, another issue.
Huh? What's going on here? Who's impersonating you? looks over to see someone dressed like ForestRhapsody holding the cat
What on earth?! rushes to the imposter Hi, you there! What are you doing dressed like my student? Put down the cat!
Give back "Ye Olde Original Me" on the double, Susie!!! š” š¹
Fine, fine. puts ForestRhapsody back and takes off the fake Now, who are you? And why did you decide to dress up like my student?
This is outrageous, I will report you to the rector if you keep this up!
glares How dare you threaten me! If you don't complete this assignment, you'll be facing much worse than a rector. Don't test me, child.
interrupting Alright alright... one could simply just put more homework, or perhaps even Failure as punishment, we wouldn't want that now, would we?
"Don't get smart with me young man, do the assignment, I gave and everything will be fine, unless you prefer a big fat, āF-ā
Now wait... \Susie & imposter share a passionate kiss\ My deepest apologies, dear Soul within the Flesh Masked one. Would you like to make this relationship (Public, hmm? \Expects an enthusiastic yes, then proceeds to invite to go out on a date\
\Looks at both of them dumbfounded\ Excuse me? Are you insane?
...Dumbfounded by my charm, are we?
I've seen a lot in my years as a teacher, but this is the first time I've seen someone try to seduce me. It's certainly unexpected.
Are you saying that you wouldn't like that? A bit uncomfortable I can understand, but you must admit that in the grand scheme of things, that's merely a blip on the radar of existence, a mere speck, one may even consider it "tiny".
I guess you're right. I mean it is a tiny part of my life, so why not give it a shot?
...Okay then, looks like we got ourselves an Item Check! Everyone good? We're gonna find everyone's lost items real quick, cool? Real cool. Okay what's next, Mister Treehouse!?
\Gives a smile\ There is something I haven't told you all yet. Something big.
As a certain someone once said, āThe truth is rarely pure and often dangerous.ā I don't think anyone here needs to know it though.
...And who said that exactly? One of your exes?
giggles No, that's actually a famous line from one of my favorite novels. Anyway, let's focus on our problem at hand. The truth doesn't matter right now. What matters is that we need to figure out where everyone's items went. I'll start looking for clues while you two do the same. I'm sure we'll find the answers soon enough.
Just a moment ago you were about to confess to us.
I was just kidding! \Laughs\ I meant what I said about focusing on finding the items.
Oop, I see the confession got lost in the shuffle. Well alright then, it can wait. All good here, nothing else to say on that front.
Good, then let's get back to business. As Forest mentioned earlier, there's many different places where the items could've gone. They could've been stolen, lost, hidden, or even destroyed. The list of possibilities goes on and on. So, let's split up into groups and start searching.
Oh this reminds me of middle school field trips, only with better scenery and less risk of major injury. Heh. Wait hold on, how did we determine who should be in which group anyways?
Well, since you're so eager to explore, you and Forest can be one of the groups. The other group will consist of me and whomever wants to join me. Does that sound fair?
In short you're adding some free quality time with yourself. Doesn't that sound like heaven? Only issue is how you'd prevent yourself from getting too carried away? But hey, to each their own.
You guys sure love teasing me. You know what? Fine. I'll just say it now so we don't waste time later. I like you. I mean, if you're okay with dating me, I wouldn't mind that at all.
We'd be fools to deny such an offer. Or are we?
\pulls ForestRhapsody into a passionate kiss and hugs him tightly\ You're right, they would be fools. But not anymore. From now on, we'll explore everything together. We're not wasting another second.
Ah, if there's anything I've learned recently, it's not to question these things. Shall we? The three proceed to leave in unison
takes the others' hands and begins walking Now, where shall we go first?
Is the schedule somewhere nearby? Shouldn't be too far, probably attached to a big whiteboard around here somewhere, all schedules are. Heh, ah here it is! Almost forgot about it entirely. Lets see... Lots of today is not really devoted to studying, hmm. Great day for a mini hike then, heh!
Sounds great! Let's do a mini hike. We'll start by going up that hill over there, where we can get a great view of the entire town. I'm sure it'll be a perfect place to enjoy the sunset later on.
...I feel like you had the perfect outcome in mind all along. I'll follow your lead.
The plan's always been to create the perfect evening. Now, let's get going. We have a beautiful sunset to witness. holds ForestRhapsody's hand tightly and starts going towards the hill
It feels like we knew each other our whole lives. Can't believe we didn't meet sooner.
Well, I guess it was just destiny that brought us together. Now, shall we keep moving? We're almost there. \holds ForestRhapsody's other hand and walks faster\ As they reach the top of the hill, Susan Estes can't help but feel overwhelmed with happiness, realizing that finding love wasn't so hard after all.