Day 207

## Story

Lily, Luke, and Regina travel to West Philadelphia with Lucy to prepare for a festival. Later on, Lily receives a phone call from Juan-Miguel about the missing artifacts.

## New Characters

*No new characters are introduced on this day.*

## Tasks

Players must earn 42 stars to complete the tasks of this day.

* Enlighten Me
* Shadow Gardeners
* Art of herbage
* Florals & Murals
* Fortune and Glory
* Fountain Framers
* Munchkin Update
* Next Expo
* Mummers Parade
* The Professional
* In West Philadelphia
* Natural Gritty
* Doom Spirals
* Art History
* Shadowboxers
* DJ Jazzy Luke
* Juan-Miguel's Hunch

## Dialogue

#### Enlighten Me

> **Lily**We're not the first people to investigate these missing artifacts.
> Juan-Miguel and his secret society of gardeners have been on their trail for a while now.**Regina**Ooo, spicy.**Lily**According to him, it's this age-old tradition by some other secret group...
> ...and they've been rounding up artifacts for decades. Maybe even centuries!**Luke**Two secret societies?! This all sounds a bit too Dan Brown-ish.**Lily**I know. But I trust Juan-Miguel. Maybe reality and fiction are colliding.**Regina**Speaking of reality, we still have a job to do here.**Lily**Totally!
> Let's fix up the streetlights before I tell you anymore.

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> **Regina**Stellar. But there's something else I want you to shed some light on...

#### Shadow Gardeners

> **Lily**I'm happy to answer any questions. But can we finish the streetlamps first?

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> **Lily**Okay. All set. Ask away!**Regina**Juan-Miguel mentioned a secret gardener society, right?
> But if he told you the secret, does that mean you're in it?**Lily**Sort of. I'm a prospective member, but I have to prove myself first.**Luke**Prove yourself? What do you have to do? Save an extinct flower?
> I don't know, Lils. This is all sounds way too made up for me.
> Probably some pyramid scheme or something. Do not give him any money, okay?**Lily**I'm telling you, Luke. This is all legit.**Luke**Sure, it's a bit Dan Brown-ish... but it's also pretty cool, right?

#### Art of herbage

> **Lucy**Hello, hello! How's everyone doing this morning?**Lily**Just having a normal, totally normal day. Talking about normal stuff.**Lucy**Ugh! Me too. Whitney and Isabel are at FBI HQ and where am I?
> Back at my normal job doing normal work.**Lily**Awww, it can't be that bad. Your ordinary job is pretty extraordinary.**Lucy**You're right. You're right. Besides it gives me more time to focus on the festival.**Regina**The festival? What festival?**Lucy**Oh! I'm organizing a mural festival with a bunch of local artists. It's gonna be a blast.**Regina**Wow! You have to tell me more.**Lily**You two keep chatting! I've got some foliage that needs foliaging.

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#### Florals & Murals

> **Lily**Look how happy Regina is! Lucy gets Regina really fired up!
> But nothing fires me up quite like the smell of freshly-planted bushes.
> \*sniff\* \*sniff\* Oh yeah! That's the stuff.**Regina**So what's this 'mural festival' all about?**Lucy**I'm trying to bridge the gap between traditional museums and street art.
> I know there's an audience for both. I just gotta give 'em a place to convene.**Regina**Amazing! Our friend Justin did a mural for a bakery we worked on a little while ago.
> I've been wanting to try it out myself. Something about the magnitude of it all.**Lucy**Well, we could definitely use more hands. You should stop by when you're done!
> Look at the time. I need to get doing. But I'll see you later?**Regina**Yep. You definitely will.

#### Fortune and Glory

> **Lily**Let's get these weeds cleared away from the fountain. This is our last part of the museum!**Luke**Hmmmmm.**Lily**Luke, what is it?**Luke**If this shady group of artifact hunters ISN'T the Dan Brown of Bernie Madoffs...

> **Luke**Then they have to be out to steal history itself. Right? Historical treasure thieves!**Lily**Wow. Like a reverse Indiana Jones!**Luke**Exactly! They're stealing stuff that belongs in a museum! They're stealing history!**Regina**You realize history is an inanimate concept, not an object. You can't steal it.**Luke**But if you could, this is how you'd do it!**Regina**Honestly, I can't tell if he's brilliant or completely deluded. As usual.

#### Fountain Framers

> [Lily's phone rings.]**Lily**Ooo! Whitney's calling me. Can you guys get started on the fountain without me?**Luke**Sure, babes. It may not be a new Liberty Bell, but no job's too small for me.**Regina**Hey bellboy, quit yapping and help me set up a new fountain already.

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> **Lily**Another training session? But you're already a crime-fighting expert!**Whitney**That's what I'm saying! I hate being a rookie...
> But I still have a few minutes of break time. Tell me more about Juan-Miguel!**Lily**Where was I? Oh yeah! He told me about his investigation into the artifacts!**Whitney**That's when you really knew you could trust him, right? Ugh! I wish I could talk to him.**Lily**I know but it seems like he doesn't trust the government too much.**Whitney**It makes sense. Imagine the things he's seen while working at the White House.
> But he can trust me! He's a friend. Well, friend of a friend. But that's a friend!**Lily**I can try to tell him. But I don't know if he'll go for it.**Whitney**Fine. All I know is, if we want to get to the bottom of this, we have to work together.

#### Munchkin Update

> **Luke**The mechanism on this fountain needs some love. I doubt it'd even work right.**Regina**Good eye, Lorenzo. Let's get the waterworks going again.

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> **Regina**How come we haven't had a surprise Karen visit? Philly seems like her kinda town.**Luke**Ahhh yeah. Actually, Rachel called me last night.
> Karen got onto this crazy competitive youth soccer team!
> It's like one of these teams that can get you to the Olympics some day, you know?**Regina**Wow! Go Karen! That's amazing.**Luke**Yeah. But she's got practice so many nights a week...
> Makes the most sense for her to stay with her Mom for the season.
> I'm super proud of her though! My little munchkin is growing up to be a beast!

#### Next Expo

> **Lucy**Whew, I'm back! Y'all have made amazing progress!**Lily**This museum was intimidating, at first, but I think we've got its number now.**Lucy**Well, would you like to help me set up the expo ads?
> We have a super exciting exhibition coming up soon!
> It's a retrospective on early Colonial art intersecting with Indigenous art.
> I think it's brilliant, even though VP Dan was not as excited as he was about last year's.**Luke**What was last year's?**Lucy**Washington Remembered. All our George Washington collection was on display.**Lily**Well, I'm excited for your new exhibition. Let's get those ad displays up!

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> **Regina**This definitely makes me want to get my art on.

#### Mummers Parade

> **Luke**Well, can't do an expo without updating these pots, huh?**Lily**Way to expoooose a flaw in the plan, hon!
> Shall we?

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> **Lily**There are more over here!

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> [BRAMP! Sprash! Snickt! Sprash! Snickt!]**Luke**Hear that?? Is that music?? Oooh!
> Is that a...band?

> **Lucy**Oh that's the local mummers club. They're practicing!
> They perform in the New Year's Day parade every year. It's huge! A Philly tradition!**Regina**Those are some seriously unserious outfits.**Lucy**In Philadelphia, the more chaotic, the better.

#### The Professional

> **Luke**It's time to turn the lights on! Better let a professional do it.**Regina**A professional what?**Lily**Go ahead, Luke. All you.

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> **Luke**Boom! Lights up!
> I'm just saying, Lucy, next time you need someone to exhibit, I'm your man.**Lucy**Well, this museum usually exhibits older works, not modern works...**Luke**I could dig up some of my old stuff, no problem!**Regina**No, Luke, she means...
> never mind.**Lucy**I have to head to the mural festival and start prepping there. Do you guys want to come?**Regina**Heck yeah we do!

#### In West Philadelphia

*A zippy drive down Broad Street later...*

> **Luke**Wow, this is...uh, nice.**Lucy**This is West Philly.
> Not the best area, but there are a lot of young people out here looking for purpose.
> There are lots of murals in other parts of Philadelphia.
> The mural movement started here in the 80s to combat graffiti.
> I think West Philly deserves them too. I grew up in this neighborhood, you know.**Regina**This is an incredible way to give back to where you came from! I'm pumped.**Lily**Let's get rid of these weeds and see what we're dealing with!**Lucy**See, in West Philadelphia, there are so many opportunities to build the community!**Luke**Is it just me...
> Or does anyone else just... every time she says "in West Philadelphia..."**Lily**Feel the unhinged urge to start rapping?
> It's not just you.

#### Natural Gritty

> **Regina**First we should lay down some floor for the festival itself.**Lucy**It's so nice to have some professionals around!
> Usually it's just me, some plywood, and the natural grit all Philadelphians are born with.

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> [Luke's phone rings.]**Luke**It's Karen, I'll be right back!
> What's up coolest kid that ever lived?**Karen**Dad! I know you and Lily are doing shady stuff up there.
> Some like MI6 CIA NSA and other acronyms type stuff. But don't worry! I won't rat.**Luke**... Okay, munchkin. Glad to hear it. I'm crazy proud of you, by the way!**Karen**Thanks. It means we'll have to reschedule dinner with Grandpa Marco again, though.**Luke**True, yeah. He'll understand. Hey, maybe you could videochat with him instead?**Karen**Uhhh...nah. Any time we try, I end up vidchatting exclusively with his nose hairs.**Luke**Oof. Okay. I'll talk to him about camera angles.

#### Doom Spirals

> **Regina**Gotta tidy up the canvas some more before you can start painting.**Lucy**That's code for weeding! I'm part of the team!
> So much better already.[Regina's phone vibrates.]**Regina**Oh, it's Whit! Gather round, y'all. I've been waiting for this update.**Whitney**This is Axebeak, do you copy, Stormcrow?**Regina**Whit, you literally called my number, we don't have to do nicknames.**Whitney**But they're so cute!
> Anyway. I've done some digging and holy Buddy Holly, did I hit oil.
> Juan-Miguel talked about a group that has been stealing artifacts for centuries.
> Which honestly kept me up all night thinking about all the history we may have lost!
> What if everything we think is real is a lie!**Lily**That turned into a doom spiral real quick.**Lucy**No, she's right. So much of history gets told by what survives over time...
> We could have whole historical events wrong! Historical persons! Everything!**Whitney**But, the good news is that nobody can keep a secret for very long.
> People will have spilled about this group in letters, diaries...in art! I know it.
> Okay, I have to get back to work, but more soon guys! Promise!

#### Art History

> **Lucy**Your girlfriend is right about art. Since prehistoric items...
> Humans have needed to put their stories, their histories, their selves...out there.
> Murals are the earliest form of art we have. They're primal and alive in that way.
> And they always tell the story of where you find them.
> Because a mural must be painted directly on a permanent surface.
> Graffiti and murals are really similar in form in a lot of ways.
> I think that's why Philly has embraced street as much as much as it has.**Lily**Gosh, I love murals. That's so beautiful and inspiring!**Regina**You know what I love? Flooring. Stand back.

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> **Regina**That is a pernament surface on which I have told my OWN story. And it will be here in Philadelphia telling your story for who knows how long!

#### Shadowboxers

> **Whitney**All right, I promised them I'd have more them soon.**Isabel**Wells, we have nothing. Nothing!**Whitney**We have this crazy long list of artifacts that are all probably fake...**Isabel**A...group? Society? Organization? That has been stealing stuff for, maybe, centuries?
> But we have no connections between the artifacts.
> And no clues leading us to members of this group.**Whitney**We're in the darkest dark.**Isabel**I hate to say it, but this is over our heads, Wells. We're still rookies.**Whitney**What! We can't pass it up the chain, Isabel! This is our case!**Whitney**Remember what Rocky says! Every champion was once a contender who didn't give up!**Isabel**But we're not even in the ring yet, Wells. We're swinging at shadows.

#### DJ Jazzy Luke

> **Lucy**Now, this floor is going to be the base for our poetry corner.**Lily**Poetry corner! Oooh, that's so artsy!**Lucy**In West Philadelphia, poetry could be anything from slam to classical to straight-up rap.**Regina**Love that. It's all art, all expression! And we get to give them the ground to stand on.

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> **Lily**I can't take it anymore! Luke, hit it!**Regina**Lils, no--**Luke**Iiiiiiin West Philadelphia, born and raised--**Lily**The mural festival is where I spent most of my days!**Luke**Chillin' out max 'n relaxin' all cool and all--**Lily**Plantin' some flowers outside of the school!**Luke**When a secret society up to no good--**Lily**Stated stealin' history from our neighborhoods!**Lucy**WOW, you guys really know...all the words...to that jawn.**Regina**And you made up your own.**Lily**We can keep going!**Lucy**Nope! It's all good. Thanks, though. You killed it.**Lily**That was honestly everything I've ever wanted.

#### Juan-Miguel's Hunch

> **Lily**West Philly might be my favorite part of Philly now.**Lucy**I'm glad you love it. I love it too. I've spent my life trying to build it up.**Regina**Well, let's get this spot some fences so we can keep going tomorrow!

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> **Lucy**Over here, too. I want to be able to protect some art once we've got everything ready.

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> **Lucy**Great work, you guys! Lemme treat y'all to cheesesteaks to say thank you.**Luke**I've been waiting for this moment!**Lily**That's my phone, hang on...**Juan-Miguel**Lily, I've been trying to reach you. I'm at the White House and I don't have much time.**Lily**Juan-Miguel! Are you okay? How are you? Where are you? What's going on?**Juan-Miguel**I'm picking up my things since I can't work during the investigation.
> I had a hunch, so I did some digging while I was here...
> And my suspicions have been confirmed.**Lily**What is it??**Juan-Miguel**I know who's behind all of this!