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It was all Black Sheep’s fault. And definitely Coach Brunt’s too. They had led them into this mess. Professor Maelstrom watched with growing annoyance while Dr. Bellum tackled Cleo, while Coach Brunt was laughing her ass off with Black Sheep sitting in her lap. Shadowsan just looked on and groaned. Maelstrom thought back to just 30 minutes ago, when things were peaceful.
30 minutes earlier…
Black Sheep had come skipping up to the Faculty table. At twelve years old, she loved to cause trouble. Maelstrom remembered stifling a groan at the sight of her. “What is it, Black Sheep?” He sighed. Obviously she was not discouraged, because she said, “I wanna play Mono Poly with you!!” At this Coach Brunt started laughing so hard small tears came to her eyes. “It’s pronounced ‘Monopoly” Sugar Pie. And of course we’ll play with you. Ain’t that right mAeLsTrOm?!” She said before he could refuse. His only response was another groan.
Timeskip to 20 minutes earlier.
All the faculty members had been forced to play by Coach Brunt, while Black Sheep looked on happily. Now came the hard part… choosing their board pieces. It was a simple task. But when you live with a Dr. Bellum, nothing is ever simple. “I want the cat! WHY IS THERE NO CAT!!!!” Bellum yelled. They ended up having to wait 5 more minutes for Dr. Bellum to find some kinetic sand, make a mold of her favorite cat figure, and pour some liquid metal into it, and THEN wait for it to dry. Cleo nearly quit right then and there, but after the look Coach Brunt sent her, she closed her mouth. Finally, after another 10 minutes, everyone had their pieces and money and were ready to play. Lamkins, of course, went first. She rolled a 2 and a 5 and landed on the community chest. She read the card aloud. “You have been elected mayor of the town, have each player pay you $50.” She squealed. Everyone else groaned. This was going to be a long game.
Timeskip cause i'm lazy
Everyone had gone twice. Lambkins had been extremely lucky and had Boardwalk and 2 of the 4 railroads from bartering. Cleo had one green and one cyan estate card. Brunt had a pink card and water works. Shadowsan had a railroad card and electric company. He (Maelstrom) had one purple and a get out of jail free card. He sighed. If only it worked in real life. Bellum, on the other hand, had horrible luck, landing on boardwalk after Black Sheep bought it. She was currently ranting to Cleo about how she had the worst luck. Maelstrom groaned, something he had done a lot in the past 12 years.
Trouble had struck. Bellum, unlucky as she was, had landed on boardwalk AGAIN, but this time it had a HOTEL on it. She had to pay $2050 to Cleo, ( Who had bought it from Black Sheep in exchange for immunity from all her estate,) and only had a fistful of $5’s and $1’s. Needless to say, Saira was NOT happy. ( “ I can’t believe you would do this! After everything we’ve done together, you betray me like this!!")
So here he was, listening to Saira scream at Cleo, with Brunt and Black Sheep crying tears of laughter next to him and Shadowsan shaking his head in disgust. Cleo ended up winning the game. But at least Lamkins was happy.