Day 25

## Story

Luke arrives to help with the quarry. While working on the area, Lily and Luke discover a vintage photo of Mary, Arthur, and Leonard Ricci. At Holly's urging, Lily calls Philip to ask about Mary's hidden accounts.

## New Characters

*No new characters are introduced on this day.*

## Locations

New places unlocked on this day:

* Quarry

## Tasks

Players need to get 41 to complete the tasks of this day.

* Explore New Area
* Clear Area
* Choose Bus Stop Bench
* Choose Bus Stop Shelter
* Repair Walkway
* Decorate Bus Stop

* Repair Sign
* Choose Decoration
* Make Route 66 Flower Bed
* Open Hood
* Make Car Flower Bed
* Repaint Car
* Remake Car Interior
* Call Philip
* Repair Road
* Repaint Road Markings
* Make Roadside Flower Bed
* Choose Area Vegetation
* Start New Day

## Dialogue

#### Opening Scene

> [In front of the house]**Luke**Mornin', princess.**Lily**Oh! I'm a princess now!**Luke**Well, I mean, not to brag, but I DID rescue you from a thorny fate.
> Which, in my humble opinion, means: prince material.
> Aaand who do princes rescue?**Lily**Ah, yeah, you've got me there. That's just basic math.
> Okay, now if you could just show me to your royal treasury...**Luke**It's, uhhh...under construction.**Lily**Hmmm. Okay. Welllll, I suppose I can still stick around.**Luke**Gracious of you. Hey, I thought I could help with the quarry. It's kinda my scene, you know?**Lily**I'd love the help. I have no idea what to do with that place.
> Escort me there?**Luke**This way, Your Highness.**Lily**Thank you, Your Highness.[In the quarry]

#### Explore New Area

> [In the quarry]**Luke**Hoooo boy, there is some METAL here!
> All this time I've been goin' to the junkyard and I coulda been comin' here instead...**Lily**Kinda wish you had. Now I gotta clean it all up...
> It's so weird. Why is there just a little bit of paved road here?**Luke**Ah, yeah. I was just noticin' that...maybe it was supposed to be a driveway or somethin'?**Lily**A driveway to where??**Luke**Okay, well, got me there. Anyway, let's start cleanin' up so I can check out your junk.**Lily**...**Luke**What?**Lily**\*snnrrk\***Luke**What??
> Ah, jeez...like, your metal junk. Scrap metal. That kinda--you're trying to rile me up again!**Lily**Is it working?**Luke**Yeah.**Lily**Good. Then again, I guess it's only fair you get to check out my junk...I went over to your place and checked yours out...**Luke**I'm never gonna hear the end of this one am I?**Lily**Literally never.

#### Clear Area

> [In the quarry]**Luke**Let's get this place cleaned up.**Lily**Ugh, what am I even gonna do with this place? It's a hole in the ground and like 100 feet of road.**Luke**You've gotten pretty good at improvisin'. I'm sure you'll figure it out.**Lily**It'd help if I could even figure out what Aunt Mary was doing here...**Holly**Oh, it was a sort of...theme park.[Lily notices Holly sitting on the deck chair]**Lily**Oh, hey Mom.**Luke**Miss Roberts.**Holly**Yes yes, we all know each other. But like I was saying...
> Aunt Mary set this up to commemorate the place she and Uncle Arthur fell in love: Route 66.**Lily**That's so romantic!
> Isn't that so romantic, Luke?**Luke**It's beautiful...**Lily**Yeah...[Luke notices a car]**Luke**That car...it's so beautiful...**Lily**Oh.

#### Choose Bus Stop Bench

> [In the quarry]**Luke**Bench could use some fixin' up.**Lily**EVERYTHING could use some fixing up.
> But. Yeah. Let's do it.

*Player selects an option*

> **Luke**Found a li'l photo here.[Luke gives the photo to Lily]

> **Lily**...
> That's Aunt Mary and Uncle Arthur!**Luke**And that beautiful car! And...some other guy!**Holly**Let me see.[Holly stands up and walks towards Lily and Luke]**Holly**Ah, yeah, that's Leonard Ricci. His car, too.
> Definitely not Uncle Arthur's. He had the most boring cars...not even worth joyriding...
> Not that I let that stop me!

#### Choose Bus Stop Shelter

> [In the quarry]**Luke**So then this is supposed to be, what, a bus stop?**Lily**Seems like. Let's fix it up.

*Player selects an option*

> **Luke**Well, it's lookin' better, but...what's it doin' here in the first place?**Lily**What do you know about it, Mom?**Holly**Well, to hear Aunt Mary tell it, her car had broken down on Route 66.
> Mr. Ricci happened to be driving by in his fancy car and offered to give her a ride south.
> Leonard brought her to the Hot Rod Diner, where he was supposed to meet up with a friend of his.
> That friend was Uncle Arthur, and for SOME reason, it was love at first sight.**Lily**Oh, that's right! It wasn't first sight! They'd met before, during the war!**Holly**News to me...
> Still picked the wrong guy, if you ask me. Ricci's richer than buttermilk now.

#### Repair Walkway

> [In the quarry]**Holly**This place is NOT made for heels.**Lily**We can repair the walkway, I'm sure.

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**See? Heel-worthy.
> Oh, Mom, what do you know about Leonard Ricci? I feel like I've been hearing his name a lot lately.**Holly**Oh, not too much, I don't think...
> Leonard and Arthur were best friends, ever since they were kids. Their parents were business partners, but the boys were more like brothers.
> Anyway, clearly they had some kind of falling out. But around the time of this photo they were still friends.**Lily**It seems like you know quite a bit about him.**Holly**Ehhh...

#### Decorate Bus Stop

> [In the quarry Holly sits back on the deck chair]**Lily**A little decoration and the bus stop is done, I think.**Luke**Decoratin's your thing, so you just take the lead.

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**Oh, I love it!
> It's so romantic, isn't it?**Luke**I dunno if I really consider bus stops romantic. Probably the opposite.
> Buuut waitin' for a bus with you doesn't sound so bad.**Holly**Don't do it, Lily. It's the bus to Loserville!

#### Repair Sign

> [In the quarry]**Lily**Well, I don't know anything about neon sign repair, so this one is all you.**Luke**Like I said: Luke City!
> Just need my tools...[Luke runs away and runs back]

*Player selects an option*

> **Luke**Well? How are we lookin'?**Lily**Retro as all heck!**Luke**I'm into it. Makes me wanna go on a road trip.**Lily**We could hit up Route 66 sometime.**Luke**Well...you kinda can't, since it doesn't exist anymore.**Lily**Oh. Well that's no fun.**Luke**But we could still hit up Route 80. That goes east-west from San Francisco to Newark.**Lily**That's not a very long interstate. That's only like a 45-minute drive! And not even into another state!**Luke**Newark, New Jersey. Not California.**Lily**Oh. That makes more sense.

#### Choose Decoration

{{Dialogue
action|In the quarry
I dunno, Luke. Is it cute enough?
}}
*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**Finally...it's cute.**Luke**Thank goodness you were here to save the day.**Lily**Heavy hangs the head that wears the tiara.

#### Make Route 66 Flower Bed

> [In the quarry]**Lily**You know what I think this needs?**Luke**Flowers?**Lily**No, fl--oh. Wait, yeah, that's actually what I was gonna say.
> So let's get to it!

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**There!
> so you knew I was gonna say "flowers", huh?
> Am I becoming predictable in my old age?**Holly**Your old age?
> If you're old, what does that make your mother?**Luke**Oh, are you her mother? I just kinda assumed you were her younger sister.**Holly**...
> I know what you're trying to do here, but I'll take it anyway.

#### Open Hood

> [In the quarry]**Lily**All right, all right, I can see you champing at the bit to check out that car.
> Go! Get thee hence! Pop that hood![Luke opens the hood]**Luke**Oh boy oh boy...
> Ah, man...**Lily**What's wrong?**Luke**Worst thing that can happen when you go check out an engine.**Lily**What's that?**Luke**No engine.**Lily**Well, it's part of the set piece, so I don't wanna get rid of it...
> Maybe we can make it into a huge planter!**Luke**That's so...us.

#### Make Car Flower Bed

> [In the quarry]**Lily**We need dirt!**Luke**Dirt we got.**Lily**And flowers!**Luke**Flowers we got.**Lily**And a big car!**Luke**Let's do this.

*Player selects an option*

> **Luke**Gotta say...wasn't totally sold on this idea when you first suggested it, but I dig it.
> You gotta let me paint the thing, though.**Lily**Hey, have at it. But make it glorious! Can't forget about the glory level!

#### Repaint Car

> [In the quarry]**Luke**What color you want the car?**Lily**You're the car guy. I trust you.**Luke**Then I'm gonna go with...

*Player selects an option*

> **Luke**Aw, yeah. That's the stuff.
> You know, I got a buncha parts I could use to do stuff with the backseat or the hood...
> Might be a nice way to cap the whole thing off.**Lily**Oh! Yeah, bring that backseat over here!**Luke**...**Lily**Not gonna live that one down, am I?**Luke**Literally never.

#### Remake Car Interior

> [In the quarry]**Luke**Okay. You just show me which of these you wanna use in the car.**Lily**Hmmm...

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**Yeah! That looks awesome!**Luke**Yeah, I think so too.
> Car really is a Luke & Lily joint, huh?**Lily**Feels like it.**Luke**Too bad it's not goin' anywhere.**Lily**Well, we can hop into a car any time we want.**Luke**Or a bus.**Lily**Ooorrr a car.**Luke**Yeah. Or a car.

Transition Dialogue

> [In the quarry]**Luke**This is lookin' pretty darn good so far, I think.**Lily**Still miles to go to before we sleep.**Luke**\*buzz buzz\*
> Oh, that's me...
> Hmm...don't know that number. One sec.[Luke walks away and Holly appears next to Lily]**Holly**Lily!**Lily**Gah!
> Jeez, Mom. You scared me.**Holly**Have you talked to Philip Jones about those accounts yet?
> You have a right to know the exact information.**Lily**...Yeah, I guess you're right. I'll give him a call.

#### Call Philip

> [In the quarry Lily calls Philip]**Lily**...**Philip Jones**Good afternoon, Miss Roberts!**Lily**Hi Philip. I was wondering if you could get me all the information on those hidden accounts Aunt Mary had?**Philip Jones**With so few days left, I really must insist you think only about the special condition of the inheritance.
> Without the inheritance, there is no estate, and there is no account.**Lily**I mean, I know that. I just...want to be sure I know everything.**Philip Jones**Well, I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, tomorrow is inspection day!
> Yes, I'm even giving you forewarning! Oh ho ho!**Lily**But--**Philip Jones**Ta-ta for now, Miss Roberts!
> \*click\*[The call ends]**Lily**Weird old Muppet...

#### Repair Road

> [In the quarry]**Lily**You're back.**Luke**Oh, yeah.**Lily**Who was the call from?**Luke**Oh, just...some guy. What are we workin' on?**Lily**Figured we could patch up the road.**Luke**Oh, all right. I still got some stuff from when I patched up my driveway. I'll grab it.[Luke runs away]

*A few hours later*

> **Lily**Our road to nowhere is looking quite nice.**Luke**Takes some dedication to just...decide to put a road in your yard. For the aesthetic.**Lily**It's romantic!**Luke**It's somethin'.**Holly**Looks terrible!

#### Repaint Road Markings

> [In the quarry]**Lily**You're awfully quiet.**Luke**Oh, I was just...thinkin' about paintin' the road lines.

*A few hours later*

> **Lily**Done.
> So terse!**Luke**What, you never felt like the person writin' your life got kinda tired towards the end of their workday and just...phoned it in for a while?**Lily**...
> ...
> .....
> Nah.**Holly**Me neither. Dump that loser, Lily!

#### Make Roadside Flower Bed

> [In the quarry]**Holly**So??**Lily**So what?**Holly**What did he say??**Lily**He didn't give me a straight answer. Like always.**Holly**That slippery old eel. I know he's hiding something.**Lily**If you're gonna be buzzing in my ear, at least plant some flowers with me, please.**Holly**Fine. Fine!

*Player selects an option*

> **Holly**I planted flowers. Are you happy?**Lily**Yes.**Holly**Great. Now press him harder! He's like a thousand years old! You can handle him!**Lily**He told me I have to worry about actually inheriting before anything else. And he's right, eel or not!
> Now help me get these plants picked out! Or go lay down!**Holly**The latter does sounds pretty tempting...

#### Choose Area Vegetation

> [In the quarry]**Lily**Just help me finish these plants up, would you?**Holly**I'm not engaging with this charade any further.
> This is all bunk, Lily!**Lily**Plants are real, and strong, and they're my friends, Mom.**Holly**You know I don't mean the plants!!**Lily**Speaking of...

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**Ahhhh, that's so much better.**Holly**You never listen to your mother.**Lily**A habit that's yet to steer me wrong.

Transition Dialogue

> [In the quarry]**Lily**See? This is what it's all about.
> Restoring the estate to its former glory.**Holly**"Former glory"?
> This place was built by one basically crazy person and one literally crazy person.
> It looks like a theme park built by committee, Lily! None of this stuff goes together.
> Maybe the way it used to be isn't worth bringing back. Just a thought!**Lily**Can you PLEASE let me enjoy the results of my hard work for even a second?![Luke walks towards Lily and Holly]**Lily**...**Luke**Hey, uh, I'm gonna head out.**Lily**Oh, okay...thanks for the help.**Luke**Yeah, sure. Later.[Luke leaves]**Holly**That man just can't take the heat.**Lily**Just...shut up, Mom.
> I'm going back to the house.[Lily sits on the house's porch]

#### Start New Day

*3:04 AM*

> **Lily**Was that the door again?
> That woman needs a sleeping pill...[In front of the house]**Holly**Yeah, of course. Bye.**Lily**Who was that?**Holly**Oh! Lily.
> Listen, I know you think I'm coming here and just stirring things up for no reason.**Lily**Oh, I don't think it's for no reason.**Holly**That's what I'm saying! I'm here to tell you to sell this place. As soon as Philip signs it over to you.
> I even know someone who wants to buy the place. For whatever price you ask!**Lily**I'm assuming this person is Mr. Rich, and that's who you were talking to?**Holly**Yes, he's been in contact with me. Nothing strange about that. Only known the man for decades.
> He told me you were set to inherit, and just...asked me to talk some sense into you.
> This is your big opportunity. I never got a chance like this. You know this.
> I'm doing this for YOU.**Lily**And I'm sure he didn't offer you any money if you convinced me?**Holly**Well, he did, but I wasn't going to TAKE it...even though I did fly halfway around the world...
> Okay, maybe I would've taken it. But what's so bad about that? It's a win for both of us.**Lily**You told me not to be a pawn in someone's game, Mom.
> So what about Mr. Rich's game? And yours?
> I'm going back to bed.