Picnics and Panics

Summary: Picnic Dates and Karaoke!

Evie's Notes: Happy Tuesday! I hope you all are having a wonderful week . Thank you so much your support of this story, it truly means the world to me 💜! I hope that you all enjoy the this new update 🌺.


After almost a week of non-stop rain, the good weather had finally returned. This led to most of the student body taking to the grounds to hang out and study. Fabian and Nina joined in the fun, deciding to pack a picnic for their date down by the lake.

"I found something really interesting in one of Sarah's diaries," shared Nina as she took a bite of her apple.

"Really? What does the great Miss Frobisher Smythe have to share today?" asked Fabian, shifting into a more comfortable position on their picnic blanket.

"One of her journal entries from a trip she took with Rufus mentioned a vault that her parents hid on the property. Sarah hints that Robert and Louisa made off with a lot more than the Cup of Ankh and the Mask of Anubis".

"Well that certainly seems plausible. If they went through the trouble of stealing those two items, why not take more treasure as well. At this point it's shocking that anything made it to the British Museum… not that the museum is a much better option".

"Yeah, Sarah kept a ledger in another one of her notebooks showing that she and Rufus took after her parents in the Artifact Trafficking game. Sarah mentions how upset Rufus was that they were never able to uncover the location of the stash. Apparently there is a lot of valuable stuff locked away in there. Which has me thinking… Amneris says that she can sense the objects we need are all within the bounds of this town. She can't pinpoint their exact location, but if there is any place where Amneris' crown and or the pharaoh's scepter were hidden, I'd bet good money that they are this vault".

"Well look at you Miss Nancy Drew" praised Fabian. "Did Sarah give us any clues as to where she thinks this vault could be?"

"Uh, sorta? She recorded places that they already searched and some vague hints her parents told her before they died".

"Well at least we have a jumping off point. Take a photo of the pages and send them in the group chat, that way we can get the whole group working on it" suggested Fabian.

"That's a great idea" praised Nina, pulling out her phone and doing as her boyfriend suggested.

"How is your paper for Metaphysics coming along?" asked Fabian. The pair's conversation shifted then towards school and their non-mystery based plans for the rest of the week.

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It was strange to be celebrating the birthday of an Anubis House resident somewhere other than the sitting room; yet the early evening of October 24th found the Anubis students and their friends partying in a private room at the local Sushi and Karaoke bar in town. Mick's football team members decided to go all out for the lovable jock's 18th birthday. Joy was grateful for the break in party planning, she loved Mick but she was more than willing to pass off the handling of the event to Mick's favorite teammate Daniel.

The students spent several enjoyable hours celebrating their newly returned friend's birthday. Several different pairings had taken the karaoke stage by storm throughout the night. Eddie, Jerome, Alfie, Jude, and Matthew had smashed a hilarious rendition of the Spice Girls 'Wannabe', resulting in deafening cheers and applause. Marissa and Natasha delivered a fun version of 'Call Me Maybe', while Josie, Thomas, Luke and Willie knocked their performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' out of the park!

Adrian suggested blindly assigning song choices, leading to K.T. and Joy performing a beautiful duet of 'A Whole New World' from Disney's Aladdin which they pulled from a hat. Nina sang a sweet version of 'How Far I'll Go' from Moana. Liliana performed a silly version of 'So Much Better' from Legally Blonde. Amber touched everyone's hearts with her choice of 'Numb Little Bug', and also had many people asking if she needed help afterwards. Mara was one of the last performances of the night and sang 'Icon' by Shuba.

Unfortunately given that it was a Tuesday night, the party had to be cut short rather early due to classes the next day. Bidding their friends goodnight, the Anubis Residents all stumbled home together to get some rest before returning to the grind of classes.

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"Psst Eddie! Wake up!" urged Fabian, shaking the American boy.

"Ugh, Fabian… what do you want?" whined Eddie.

"Shhh, listen!" the dark haired boy directed.

Now that Eddie was paying attention he could pick up what sounded like muffled chanting? "What on earth? Is somebody holding a magic ritual at two in the morning… well someone other than us?"

"I don't know but it sounds like it's coming from next door," explained Fabian. Eddie gratefully accepted the offered flashlight and followed his roommate out into the hall.

The pair's search led them to Alfie and Jerome's room. Cracking open the door, Eddie and Fabian found the boys sitting upright in their beds repeating the same ominous and nonsensical line over and over "slobmys eht wollof…".

"Uh you guys are hilarious, but you can stop now" chuckled Eddie, hoping desperately that this was all just an elaborate prank crafted by the tricksters.

Fabian tried snapping his fingers under Alfie's nose but received no reaction from the boy. "Eddie! I don't think this is a joke. I think something is happening".

Eddie did his best to try and awaken his friend, shaking Jerome and calling his name over and over. Unfortunately his efforts yielded no results, looking over at Fabian he saw his roommate had fared no better.

"This is not really the time to make a call, Fabian" scolded Eddie when he saw the boy's phone out. They needed to work together to awaken their friends.

"No! I'm recording what they're saying. It might be important, you know, like a message or a sign".

The pair's efforts to wake the sleeptalking pair were interrupted when Victor's voice came echoing through the house. "Who is making all this racket?".

Luckily, it was at that moment Alfie and Jerome decided to go back to sleep, allowing Eddie and Fabian the opportunity to hurry back to their own room and dive under the covers. They made it not a moment too soon, for as soon as Eddie pulled the covers up to his chin, the door to the trio's room creaked open and Eddie could just make out their caretaker's imposing form in the doorway. Eddie held his breath praying that Victor would move on to the next room in search of the supposed disturbance. His prayers were answered in the next breath as Victor pulled the door closed behind him muttering disparaging remarks about the room's occupants as he went. Locking eyes with Fabian, Eddie signed a quick "goodnight" before rolling over to try and get a couple more hours of sleep.


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