Dead Shuffle

METROPOLIS CENTRAL is a city plagued with problems. Crime is abundant, a sinister group of thugs known as the TWILIGHT SCOUNDRELS rule the streets, and the city's police force, the FUZZ, are corrupt and useless. In this city, there is a detective agency. They call themselves the MEDDLESOME COMPANY. Their aim? To put the criminals of the city behind bars--starting with the Twilight Scoundrels. They don't expect it to be easy. It's no fun if the stakes aren't high. (This blog is run by Selan Pike.)

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This story now has a sequel.

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Scofflaw chuckles.

He says, I thought you'd never ask.

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Let's play a game.

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The coffee pot is put away. In its place, a deck of cards appears.

Well then, he says.

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The second voice says that might just be right.

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The first one says he doesn't believe for a second that he'd be content to just leave it there.

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The second voice says he did, it's true. He couldn't have done better if he'd planned it.

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The first voice says, you wanted to go out in a blaze of glory.

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Coffee is poured.

Another voice says yeah, he's proud of it.

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> Somewhere else...

Someone speaks.

That was one hell of a show, he says.

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> Somewhere else...

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He has a point.

Detective says come on, there's no point in standing around. Let's see if any evidence survived the fire.

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We can just keep going like normal, he says.

Normal, you say. Right.

With no mayor, a weakened police force, and no Peccant Scofflaw.

Well, Detective says. Turmoil is a normal state of affairs here.

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