Book Return!
By: Ali
Difficulty: *
Oh dear...I have been so absorbed in my reading I have forgotten to return a book to the palace library and it's now overdue!
Someone, please deliver this book for me. I am too busy to go myself!
My house is in the Ant City Residential Area. Meet me there!
Ant Kingdom, Residential
[first talk]
Ali: Oh, hello there! Are you explorers?
Kabbu: Indeed, good sir. We've taken your request.
Ali: Oh, thank you! I really, really need you to return this book to the palace library for me.
Ali: It's...quite past the return date!
Vi: Huh? You're not an Ant though, right? How'd you take it out?
Ali: Oh, I asked Gen and Eri to get the book for me. They seem to be busy, so they can't return it.
Ali: Here's the book. You're really helping me out here!
Vi: Bleh, I hate being an errand Bee…
Ali: The reward will be quite worth it! So please make haste, for the sake of my record…
Ali: Oh, and, deliver it to Libren, ok? Brooke's scary enough without turning in late…
Leif: Sure thing. Leave it to us.
[talk holding book]
Ali: Please deliver it promptly! The wait worries me…
Ant Palace, Library
[talk Libren]
Libren: Welcome to the library! How can I help you today?
Kabbu: We have a book to return.
Libren: Oh? Thank you!
Libren: It is a bit overdue...but I will forgive you as explorers are always busy.
Libren: Thanks for your patronage!
Leif: Alright. Let's return to Ali and get our reward.
OR
[talk Brooke]
Brooke: Oh, hey. It's you. Did you find any books?
Brooke: Wait, that book is WAY overdue!
Kabbu: W-we apologize.
Brooke: Apologies won't cut it! Although Gen and Eri were the ones that picked it up, right?
Brooke: Ooooh… they're going to hear the END of it!
(minibubble) Vi: Eek!
Leif: Well, book's delivered. Let's go back and get our reward.
Ant Kingdom, Residential
[talk post-delivery]
Ali: Oh, you delivered it! Thank you!
Leif: It was a walk in the park.
Vi: Now you get to deliver our reward!
Ali: Of course. This should be enough, I think!
Vi: Nice! Hard, cold berries!
Ali: By the way...I-I do have another book I need returned... I kinda forgot…
(minibubble) Vi: Seriously!?
Vi: This is like, super inefficient! We're charging double!
Ali: S-sorry! I gave you all the spare berries I had, though…
Kabbu: It's alright, Vi. We can return it after a briefing!
Vi: That's not the point!
Leif: Just this once, Ali. We'll definitely charge next time.
Ali: T-Thank you... I'm very grateful!