The Bacherloette: Prom Edition - Season Finale!

[cecaelian]

Who: Ursula de Luca & Ferdie Ayers
When: Friday evening, May 12th.
Where: Ribbonfin Junior boys' cabin.
What: Ursula and Ferdie play Clue for the thrilling conclusion of The Bachelorette: Prom Edition.
Warnings: Clueless players murder the rules of Clue. (In progress.)

With only two weeks left until prom, it was time to bring this competition to a close and what better way to select a final companion than to test their mettle in a game of Clue? Ferdie had successfully made it past the previous two challenges: ability to keep a shirt tucked in for more than thirty minutes and possession of a pleasingly complementary height and coloring. (There were photos to be considered, after all.) But this final round may have been the most important as there was sure to be a crown up for grabs and Ursula couldn't chance having a partner whose deductive reasoning was anything less than stellar.

Sitting cross-legged on the floor with the game board sprawled out in front of her, Ursula moved her little red piece into the conservatory and contemplated her next accusation. They'd been playing for some time now and she'd managed to cross a few of the usual suspects off her list: Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, and Mrs. White had all been exonerated, at least for today. But her own name had yet to be cleared. Was she a murderess? Should she accuse herself? Maybe not quite yet. She tapped her chin a few times as she put on her best eureka! face, "Perhaps it was Mrs. Peacock in the conservatory with the lead pipe!"

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[ferdie]

Ferdie hasn't played this game in forever, but as a prefect, he had a certain duty to oblige Ursula when she asked to stay away from death by beer. Of course, there aren't any parties around tonight, and she's still here. He hasn't bothered to break that down for anything into anything but face value tonight. Despite weird water splashes on Dyngus Day. Even after that May Day flower. Ursula teases people and wins crowns. He's cool with sitting here playing Clue.

At least this game's fun. He isn't sure how they're going to make a whole prom out of it, but that's Event Committee's problem, not his. Ferdie winces, because from what he can tell, she's very close, but picks up the Conservatory card in his hand and reveals it very slowly. "The most pointless room in the house would make a pretty great crime scene. But not this time." He takes his turn uneventfully, moving Colonel Mustard an obedient 4 places towards the ballroom.

[cecaelian]

Well, rats. Ursula scratches the conservatory off her list and then rolls the die, poorly, and moves Miss Scarlet 2 spaces towards the billiard room. "I've always thought the conservatory sounded quite fancy, even if I'm not entirely sure what its purpose is supposed to be. Is the ballroom more to your liking then?" She gestures towards his game piece with an amused smile, even though she's the only one in on the joke.

[ferdie]

"I've always thought they were conserving something there. Rich family with a room full of endangered species. Plant or animal, I don't know. That's probably not right." He takes his three spaces toward the ballroom, eyebrow slightly raised to answer her smile. "Tactical move. I can't reveal too much; I have a murder to solve." Come to think of it, he hasn't seen the billiard room in play, either, but it's too late to change. "Playing pool sounds fun too, though."

He has never sounded intimidating in his entire life, but he smiles a little like he possibly could.

[cecaelian]

Ursula's own smile widens, but then she checks her sheet again and oh no, he's right, she'd accidentally scratched off the ballroom earlier when she'd meant to remove the billiard room. The card was most likely sitting in the neat pile in front of her, but if she checked it now, he'd quickly realize her mistake. Ugh, if only she hadn't moved toward the billiard room, she would have been nearly into the ballroom. Not to worry, just roll a four and-- a one. She could either backtrack or continue on to the billiard room and then loop back on her next turn - maybe she could make him doubt his suspicions about the ballroom. Unfortunately, Ursula's poker face looks more like she's just sucked on a lemon as she loudly plunks her piece one space further along the board.

"It does, doesn't it? I should mention to event committee that we really ought to see about getting a table. You know, for prom."

[ferdie]

He is not sure what she plans to do, since the roll was a one. Ferdie winces a little at her bad luck, then passes her by only one, still four spaces away from the ballroom. Well. That's annoying, too. He waits patiently until his next turn and tries not to grin . "You almost have to, if it's going to be accurate." He pauses to hand Ursula the die. "While you're there, you should also suggest them rolling dice to move us around the house, for crowd control." He's joking. It's pretty clear from the way he nods far too sincerely.