PICKLE INSPECTOR: I'm having a bit of trouble making things out (He's drunk, I'm drunk, we're both drunk hahaaaa-makes things difficult. My ogling powers aren't what the used to be either...).
PICKLE INSPECTOR: He's asleep, his mind is only loosely connected to his body.
PICKLE INSPECTOR: I think (if I was forced to hazard a guess which I am) he's on the top floor maybe a floor below. Observation area, perhaps?
PICKLE INSPECTOR: I couldn't tell you which room he's in in his (and my) current state.
HYSTERICAL DAME: dealin with a drunk sleuth is easier than dealin with no sleuth
HYSTERICAL DAME: observation deck huh okay i can get there pretty easy
HYSTERICAL DAME: thanks pi even tho ya almost didnt help me
HYSTERICAL DAME: and thanks d
HYSTERICAL DAME: death
HYSTERICAL DAME: death is the one i meant again by d
HYSTERICAL DAME: sorry die
HYSTERICAL DAME: really dont know ya good nough to give ya a sweet as heck nickname
DIE: y eah it
DIE: its uhh
DIE: ffinne
HYSTERICAL DAME: ....ight
HYSTERICAL DAME: welp im gonna go find my bae you all........uh....
HYSTERICAL DAME: keep on keepin on i guess
HYSTERICAL DAME: see ya
PICKLE INSPECTOR: (Bye.)
DEATH: |farewell|
HYSTERICAL DAME: hey howdy boys
PICKLE INSPECTOR: (Hello Dame...do you need something?)
HYSTERICAL DAME: um
PICKLE INSPECTOR: *ahem* Sorry do you uh, do you need something?
HYSTERICAL DAME: oh yea have any a you seen sleuth dude is straight up bailin on me
PICKLE INSPECTOR: (Oh dear.)
HYSTERICAL DAME: dude i cant hear ya when ya whisper like that
PICKLE INSPECTOR: Hahaa...sorry I was just thinking of something. Don't mind me. No, he hasn't been here.
PICKLE INSPECTOR: I am sure he's around if you keep looking elsewhere and not here.
HYSTERICAL DAME: ...
PICKLE INSPECTOR: (...)
HYSTERICAL DAME: is he
HYSTERICAL DAME: avoidin me here or smthn
PICKLE INSPECTOR: What? What gave you that idea? No. No he's not and he wasn't here.
HYSTERICAL DAME: see but
PICKLE INSPECTOR: I will tell you if I see him.
PICKLE INSPECTOR: I have very good vision. What would I gain from not telling you?
HYSTERICAL DAME: ...
HYSTERICAL DAME: ...
HYSTERICAL DAME: ...
HYSTERICAL DAME: yo d
HYSTERICAL DAME: er
HYSTERICAL DAME: death i mean you seen him
DEATH: ...
DEATH: ...|perhaps|
HYSTERICAL DAME: dude for real??? where
DEATH: ...|here|
HYSTERICAL DAME: so he is here pi what the fuck
PICKLE INSPECTOR: (Death......)
DEATH: ...|sorry|
PICKLE INSPECTOR: He and Itchy might have come in here earlier and asked for some of my moonshine.
PICKLE INSPECTOR: (And before you say anything.) Itchy said he wouldn't stop bothering us until we gave some to him and sleuth.
PICKLE INSPECTOR: I like having my liquor to myself and my close friends as much as the next man.
HYSTERICAL DAME: i dont care if hes drunk or not i just need to know where he is
PICKLE INSPECTOR: (Oh.)
PICKLE INSPECTOR: I suppose I could try and find them, but couldn't you have asked Broad?
HYSTERICAL DAME: she ran off earlier cause i got all kinds a caught up in some discussions look can you or not
It seems you've reached a decision to make! You could check on Doze and see what's up with him since he might be coming toward you anyways or you could go into Pickle Inspector's rec room and ask if they've seen Problem Sleuth anywhere. Trace didn't say who Sleuth ran into after all, just where he was at some point today!
Hysterical Dame: Go ask the trio. You can help Doze reach the room in a little bit, but you'll prefer an answer more quickly than he can give one!
You heave a sigh of relief, no babes and bimbos. You love babes, but there is something about the fantasies of some dude coming to almost reality that really skeeves you out. Pickle Inspector didn't even bother imagining up fancy chairs and tables. Beanbag chairs...you kind of want in on that.
More importantly it seems Problem Sleuth isn't with this gang. Maybe PI knows where Sleuth is.
Oh hey! Doze is at the end of the hallway. It'll take him a few minutes or um...more to reach this room if that's even his destination. You're not really sure if he's friends with any of these guys but you lose track of all the relationships going on with the leprechauns pretty often -platonic or romantic frankly.
You are now Hysterical Dame. You take Trace's lead and head toward Pickle Inspector's rec room down three floors. You don't like interrupting him while he's in his rec room, it's always so awkward. He's either busy entertaining imaginareal babes and bimbos or hanging out with Death and Die. Plus, you don't really know PI like Broad does. You tried in vain to connect with him while you were in your session but it just did not work. You get along fine in small talk, anything on a more meaningful level is simply inaccessible to you.
FIN: Yeah....5ure...okay...
FIN: 5moooooooooth trace. You too big boy, you both played that reeaaal 5mooth.
CANS: MAN 5HUT UP L1KE YOU'VE BEEN ACT1NG ANY BETTER W1TH
FIN: 55555hut your mouth.
CANS: COME ON
TRACE: man sh3s a fox
FIN: Are you 5traightening out on me bro? That i5 three ladie5 5ince we got here.
TRACE: no and it could b3 wors3
TRACE: i could hav3 fall3n for snow
FIN: I will count my ble55ing5.
ACE DICK: THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH SNOW
CANS: 5HE 5CARE5 THE FUCK OUT OF ME
FIN: 5ame.
TRACE: y3ah
ACE DICK: SHES AN ANGEL
TRACE: mayb3 a fall3n on3
ACE DICK: EY
ACE DICK: EY DAME WANT TO PLAY A ROUND OF HUNK RUMP
HYSTERICAL DAME: lmao no
HYSTERICAL DAME: have you guys seen sleuth around anywhere
ACE DICK: DRUNK AGAIN
HYSTERICAL DAME: shut yer mouth
TRACE: i think h3
ACE DICK: COME ON DAME LIKE THAT WASNT YOUR FIRST GUESS WHEN HE WENT MISSING
HYSTERICAL DAME: dont matter what my first guess was
HYSTERICAL DAME: i think you should be more concerned over my first instincts pal
TRACE: i think
ACE DICK: OOOOOOH SO SCARY WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO PUNCH ME
HYSTERICAL DAME: that was where that was headed yah but now im thinkin somethin sharper
ACE DICK: WOOOOOOO IM SHAKIN IN MY SHOES
ACE DICK: SO SCARED WOOOOO OH NOOOO OH OH UH
ACE DICK: OKAY UH
ACE DICK: IT WAS A JOKE
ACE DICK: PLEASE PUT THE CHAINSAW DOWN
ACE DICK: DAME PLEASE
FIN: Yo D Trace know5 where your boy toy i5 at.
HYSTERICAL DAME: scaredy cat
HYSTERICAL DAME: like id off ya haha
HYSTERICAL DAME: trace bby you never disappoint mama
HYSTERICAL DAME: wheres he at
TRACE: w3ll i didnt actually say i kn3w wh3r3 h3 was
TRACE: just a g3n3ral id3a
HYSTERICAL DAME: better than nothin!
TRACE: last i sm3ll3d his trail h3 was down thr33 floors
HYSTERICAL DAME: thats near pis place idnt it
TRACE: i dont know i gu3ss
FIN: It i5.
HYSTERICAL DAME: suhweet thanks guys
HYSTERICAL DAME: remind me i owe you a favor sometime trace <3 byyeeee
TRACE: y3ah
TRACE: sur3
TRACE: okay
ACE DICK: ...
TRACE: ...
FIN: ...
CANS: ...
ACE DICK: THAT GUYS A REAL CHARMER HUH
CANS: HE'5 NOT 5O BAD ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW H1M
ACE DICK: MEH
ACE DICK: YOU GUYS IN FOR ANOTHER ROUND
CANS: MAYBE QUART5 WA5 R1GHT 1N BA1L1NG
CANS: 1 DON'T TH1NK 1 CAN 5TOMACH ANOTHER ROUND OF LO51NG
FIN: Yeah.
HYSTERICAL DAME: hey assholes
QUARTERS: 1'm done.
ACE DICK: AH WHAT
CANS: COME ON QUART5 1T'5 ONLY ONE MORE ROUND
FIN: Yeah 5tay and play, you might even beat him for u5. You would be legendary.
CANS: HA1LED BY THE WHOLE ROOM TRACE 1NCLUDED AS
CANS: UM
FIN: 5avior of our dignity.
TRACE: i will probably not call you that
FIN: Dude.
TRACE: ow
CANS: YEAH YEAH
CANS: COME ON
QUARTERS: no.
QUARTERS: crowb4r c4n r1de your 4sses 1f th4ts wh4t you w4nt-
QUARTERS: f4r be 1t from me to judge-
QUARTERS: but 1 h4ve to check up on-
CANS: OH COME ON MAN
CANS: 1'M PRETTY DAMN 5URE THAT A1MLE55 5ON OF A GUN CAN MAKE 1T W1THOUT YOUR CON5TANT
FIN: Unwavering and kind of annoying.
CANS: GU1DANCE
QUARTERS: he 4pprec14tes the help.
QUARTERS: but 4g41n th1s 1s me 4ttempt1ng to 4vo1d crowb4r be1ng...
TRACE: crowbar
QUARTERS: yes.
FIN: Crowbar i5 in charge of AR too.
QUARTERS: so?
FIN: 5o AR probably ha5 crowbar breathing down hi5 neck 24/7 anyway5!
FIN: It would not hurt to play one more game with u5.
ACE DICK: SEEMS YOURE A FAN FAVORITE QUARTERS
ACE DICK: ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO DISAPPOINT
QUARTERS: yes.
CANS: GOD FUCK1NG DAMN
FIN: Again with thi5 fucking 5hit how can you fucking win every time?!?!?
FIN: What?
FIN: Ahahahaa good one.
ACE DICK: WHAT
ACE DICK: WHAT HE SAY
FIN: Trace 5aid the only way 5omeone could be that lucky i5 if clover rubbed off on em.
FIN: Rubbed off.
FIN: Get it?
TRACE: th3y got it
FIN: I dont know man dick is preeeeetty 5tupid. He might not have.
ACE DICK: YEAH WELL THIS STUPID GUY JUST BEAT YOU AT HUNK RUMP
ACE DICK: FOR THE EIGTH TIME IN A ROW
CANS: THAT'S GOTTA BE 5OME 5ORTA RECORD A1NT 1T
QUARTERS: sure.
CANS: 1'M HONE5TLY TEMPTED TO CALL HOR5ESH1T ON TH15 ONE
FIN: Agreed. Thi5 i5 without a doubt a whole boatload of hor5e5hit.
ACE DICK: OH BOO HOO
ACE DICK: POOR LITTLE THINGS CANT HANDLE LOSING WITHOUT IT BEING CHEATING
ACE DICK: LOOK LETS PLAY ANOTHER ROUND HUH
ACE DICK: MAYBE YOULL BEAT ME THIS TIME
if anyone is ever interested in doing guest art for this fanventure feel free to send an ask. Art tends to be what stalls the fanventure from proceeding at a rapid pace because I am slow with this for some reason.
You hate this planet. At first you kind of liked it. LAND OF CARDS AND CELLS. The card motif was everwhere, spades galore. But the CELL part -yeah not so fun. One of the assholes told you the cell thing was supposed to be ironic (and also a punishment because quote "Ou7 of all 7he players presen7 you are the mos7 dangerous and belong behind bars 7he mos7" unquote -but honestly other than overthrowing the monarchy and trying to poison and stab some folks you don't see why you should be behind bars). You lean against the spire. Whenever you feel like escaping this mess there's always one guy you can count on to not be quite as stupid as the usual bunch.
Because Droog has gone MIA, you are now Spades Slick.
You can clearly see the aforementioned slab in your field of vision. It is on a large spire which has it's stairs winding around it. You have inspected the large structure before but have not made it all that far. There are jail cells all up the sides, you can't go three steps without seeing some dusty aftermath of mass incineration of this incarceration. It's actually pretty fucked up, you think. The outlines of the bodies are there -and sure you could not look at them, but it's a long way up and your eyes are bound to wander. Some of the time the jail cells dont bother you at all, but there are some outlines that seem too familiar for comfort and that's when you tend to bail.
Your plan for today was to make it to the top, but due to the fact that some asshole hasn't done ratshit in the past few months your plan is going to have to change. That slab at the top -which you are sure is there because not one, not two, but THREE idiots have told you it's there -is evidently extremely important. One idiot in particular said it was the key to unlocking something...powerful. Which is right up your alley. You love being powerful, having power, being in power: it's kind of your shtick. You guess you could sleep for a bit, check up on how things are going on horrible and shittier derse2 right now. You said you were going to do other things first -but you have been awake for...oh five days now. No big.