Paige

* C&A
* Fanart by Shyranno

Paige Deckle is one of the pricklier members of the Noble Gases Club in London. Paige is intelligent, critical, sarcastic, and able to repair a torn book binding within moments. Having keen observational skills and a decidedly cynical attitude, she enjoys picking strangers apart. She finds ethos-based arguments tiresome. She is usually reading. She does not abide dog-eared pages, and she hates grammatical errors. Paige describes herself as "aloof like a long-quiet volcano is aloof."

Speaking of the Noble Gases, she says, "We are like a school of fish all swimming in different directions, banging into one another, getting caught in clam shells. Some of us are convinced we are in fact birds, and some of us are convinced we are seaweed. The only thing we have in common is that nobody cares whether anyone has anything in common."

## Cakes and Ale

### Chapter 2

Paige sits in a leather chair in the library, reading a mystery novel and eating a croissant. If the Jolly Good Person is trying to compose a poem in the library, she tolerates their literary endeavors but remains focused on her book. When Pilcrow recommends holding a meeting to discuss the club's financial situation, Paige reminds her that the next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday next.

### Chapter 3

At the emergency meeting, Paige wants to discuss the club's crushing debt first, but President Ernie insists on starting with the Old Problems.

### Chapter 4

The Jolly Good Person may encounter Paige's half-uncle Franklin in the Greek restaurant *Polytropos.* Half-uncle Franklin may be persuaded to donate money to the Noble Gases Club.

Paige accepts Gloves' wager that he has the softest hands of anyone in the club and admonishes the Jolly Good Person if they inadvertently lyric-shame Duddles. If the Jolly Good Person has recruited four new members, Paige casts the single "nay" vote in the spirit of contrariness. If the Jolly Good Person asks everyone to dig a little deeper to pay the bank, Duddles reveals that Paige keeps emergency money on page one hundred of *She Stoops to Conquer* in the library.

### Chapter 5

(You must choose the "punch someone at a political rally" scandal to encounter Paige.)

Paige encounters the Jolly Good Person just opposite Jekyll Green. The two walk to the center of Jekyll Green and listen to speaker who wants to abolish proper nouns. The pair also encounters a man named Bart Chestnut, who derides London social clubs as "cesspools of moral decay." In response to his abuse, Paige tells the Jolly Good Person to punch him.

She may choose to administer a hot foot to Bart Chestnut.

### Chapter 6

Paige is present at the arena. She escorts Gloves out onto the balcony to throw up. If the Jolly Good Person and Vyv are out on the balcony, Paige and Gloves interrupt them. If the Jolly Good Person is in a state of undress, Paige is put off. Vyv sticks around to help take Paige take care of Gloves. She participates in the dining competition.

### Chapter 7

Paige protests if she sees the Jolly Good Person and their love interest engaging in PDA and declares that she detests nuzzling in all of its forms. If the Noblest Gas has received a participation ribbon in dining, Paige adds the ribbon to the bookmark pile. She notes any errors in the newspaper article.

Paige may be found reading *The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire* in the pool. She may mention a thrice-weekly 4 A.M. swim challenge that awakens the brain and "does things to the skin."

If the sponsor is Spud Nuggets, she comments that she doesn't like it. She prefers the mysterious benefactor.

### Chapter 8

If the Jolly Good Person is elected president, then Toppers and Paige toast them at the bar when they arrive at the club. Although Paige declares the Spud Nuggets disgusting, she cannot stop eating them and takes at least three helpings.