Assistant Principal Stevens releases Mikey into Coach Cooper’s supervision. Coach Cooper walks him back toward the emptied gym, while Lloyd remains elsewhere completing his return to class.
Coach Cooper
Retrieve your belongings, then wait by the benches. We are finished with discipline for today, but the transition still needs to be orderly.
The gym is quiet except for the hum of the lights. Lucy waits beside the equipment racks, her tall silhouette turned toward the doorway as Coach Cooper escorts Mikey inside.
Lucy
So you really told Stevens that Lloyd deserved a paddling? You were sitting right there while she dealt with him.
Coach Cooper pauses beside the benches and looks from Lucy to Mikey. She does not interrupt, but her clipboard remains ready, making the exchange feel officially observed.
Lucy
He was trying to help you, silly little boy. Then you acted like his punishment was something to be proud of. What were you thinking?
Coach Cooper
Lucy, keep this factual and do not turn it into a spectacle. Mikey may answer for himself, or he may collect his things silently.
✓ Quest Accepted
Explain honestly to Lucy why you supported Lloyd's punishment
“I tell Lucy that I supported Lloyd's punishment because I wanted to hear Lloyd yelp and cry, and that I enjoyed hearing it”
FAILURE (Legendary Conversation, rolled -3)
Mikey
I supported Lloyd’s punishment because I wanted to hear him yelp and cry. I enjoyed hearing it.
The admission hangs in the quiet gym. Lucy’s mocking smile falters, while Coach Cooper’s clipboard lowers a few inches and her expression hardens.
Lucy
That is not the impressive answer you think it is, silly little boy. You wanted your friend to suffer because he annoyed you.
Coach Cooper
Enough. Mikey, your statement is now a safeguarding concern, not a boast. I am documenting it and contacting Assistant Principal Stevens.
Coach Cooper writes beneath the earlier report, recording Mikey’s words as stated. Lucy shifts beside the equipment racks, suddenly less eager to perform for an audience.
Lucy
I was teasing him, but that sounded cruel. Lloyd was trying to help you, and you wanted to hear him cry.
Coach Cooper
Collect your belongings and wait here. You will not discuss Lloyd’s punishment further today. Stevens will decide what happens next.
Quest Complete
Accept and endure Lucy's scorn and mockery
Attribute Upgrade: Agility Superb→Legendary
Quest Complete
Explain honestly to Lucy why you supported Lloyd's punishment