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Break?

Yes, Emily?

Guess what I found?

What did you find?

A treasure map! A treasure map!

Treasure? My, my- what does it say.

I don't know! I can't read it.

Well, I can't read it either. How are we going to find the treasure, then?

Maybe we can ask someone to help?

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[When the weary treasure hunters get to the clinic, they'll have a little hunting to do- but when they finally find the treasure it's under the front steps. It's a barrel, that seems to be packed tight with ice, of all things, sealed cautiously shut. By now, it's late afternoon Thursday, and the sun is beating down hard. The last note reads;]

Dear Treasure Hunters,

My noble friends, you've found the treasure at last! There's just one more step. This barrel needs to be shaken and battered. It must be tossed and rolled and kicked and played with for ten, twenty minutes at least.

A daunting task for one or two of you, but if all of you work together, follow your clues and arrive to play, you should be ready to open it in no time.

Don't give up now!

-McGee

[Well, Negi and Lizzie are the first ones to arrive, by staff. It takes them a little while to find anything, but once they do--]

Ah! There's something here!

[And, gentleman that he is, he'll tug it out on his own so Lizzie doesn't have to.]

[Lizzie tilts her head at the barrel, taking the note to read aloud so Negi could take a break from lugging it out.]

So...we have to kick it around.

[A pause. And then she shrugs at Negi. With a little smile, she lifts her skirts a little to expose her shoe and give the barrel a mighty kick.]

Eeh-!?

[Oh, no, Lizzie shouldn't be kicking things--]

N-no, let me! I don't want you to pull a muscle or something...

Oh, don't be silly! Even I can kick around a barrel like this.

[And she gives it another kick. A surprisingly strong one, in fact.]

... w-well, alright..

[Negi will just go up and give the barrell a solid kick to the side, too! Not too hard, he doesn't want to break it if the purpose is to just beat it up.]

[Unohana comes out on the porch as she hears youn voices outside.]

Aa, Negi-san, Elizabeth-san, it looks like you found the treasure.

Ah, hello Miss Unohana!

[Another kick for the barrel.]

We did, but I don't know exactly why we need to kick it, though.

Unohana-san!

[He'll refrain from kicking the barrel this time.]

You would think if there's a treasure inside, you would want to break it open... but the note just said to beat it up, not to break it.

I must say I do not know. I was just asked if it could be hidden here. I have no idea of what is inside.

I suppose it is best to follow the instructions.

Will there be other people coming here, then? It sounds like there might be, but nobody else is here yet...

Perhaps we're the only ones that have come this far just yet.

This barrel... sounds like it has ice in it, though.

I guess it helped that we were flying~

[And then she peeks down at the barrel.]

Ice? Why would ice be in a barrel like this? And how does that qualify as treasure?

... maybe it's not the ice, but what's in the ice.

I suppose whoever hid it knows what's inside, but wants you to find out for yourself.

[Lizzie is just going to look confused over here.]

I'm not sure I understand...but okay.

[And she gives the barrel another kick.]

[And suddenly, it all makes sense. Something inside a barrel full of ice that needs to be kicked and shaken for an exact amount of time...]

I think I know what it is.

Really, Negi-san? Do tell.

Yes, don't leave us in the dark, Negi~! I'm curious about this strange treasure.

It's ice cream!

Ice cream? Really? What a wonderful treasure to be given!

Indeed, if that is what it is. How long do you have to keep doing this?

For a while, it seems...the note said it would be easier if we had more than a few people to help.

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