"Well, obviously. I think we all knew that when we came here," Roshan muttered, looking annoyed. A few others, including Asryn and Fitz, muttered their agreement.

"Okay, okay. Fine. But you guys will keep quiet about this, right?" Damien paced, peering around at the group.

As the entire group obliged, Damien's mouth slowly curled into a smile.

"Okay, let's get started, shall we?"

After Damien explained what he was planning, he heard a voice from the back of the group exclaim, "That's it?"

"Um, excuse me?" Damien responded.

Pelo, a guy Damien knew as the "local artist", rushed to defend himself. "I just, I mean, I expected there to be..." Pelo peered around at the group before looking back at Damien. "More?"

Damien's plan sure wasn't the most extravagant—they could admit that themselves—but they sure didn't expect this kind of feedback.

"Okay, then," Damien started, "If you think there should be more to my brilliantly thought out plan, then why don't you give me a suggestion?"

Pelo blushed, looking startled. "Well... I don't really—"

"Why don't you leave him alone, Damien?" Meg said, defending him. "I'm sure he's not the only one thinking it."

Lilith nodded. "It's true, Damien..." she stepped forward, towards him. "Your plan might need some work."

"A lot of work," Asryn said with an attempt to cover the words up with a cough.

Lilith glared at him for a moment. "But we can help, right?"

"Yep!" JJ smiled, and the already-bright area from the summer sun seemed to glow a little brighter.

"I have an idea," Roshan volunteered. "Why don't we just ignore Damien's plan and start a new one from scratch—"

"No," Lilith, Damien, Orion, and JJ scolded before faun could finish fauns sentence.

Roshan shrugged. "Worth a shot."

"Why not," Orion suggested, "We all split into groups of two or three and work together, then meet back here in a few days or so to share ideas?"

Lilith beamed. "That's a great idea!"

"I love that!" JJ smiled and clapped their hands together.

"As long as it's okay with Damien," Alanna offered.

Damien looked around at his rather peculiar group of prank buddies, and sighed.

"Fine."

—𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙨!

hey! sorry, i'm late updating this, but here you go! i'm also sorry for the short chapter, but longer ones are coming!

things are going to start getting... interesting soon. heheh.

ok, bye! hope you like the chapter!