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Baron · Sun 12/04/2015 02:34:55

Jimmy quickly grabs the gun and then carefully repositions one of the nest pillows to cushion the fall of the peeling mallard. Meanwhile Larry attempts to either interrogate or gorge upon the green lily-pad design on the carpet (nobody's really sure which). As an afterthought Jimmy rummages through the duck's luggage. Most of it is full of sales samples of waterproof stockings for web-footed fashion-forward-females, but there is also the usual traveller's burden of toiletries, soiled clothing and untouched reading material. Jimmy pockets a packet of waterproof stockings on the assumption that it won't be missed.

Frodo · Sun 12/04/2015 02:53:06

Love image of the duck peeling away from the wall

>> Larry put on a spare pair of waterproof stockings (not the ones in Jimmy's pocket)
>> Jimmy tickle\interragate duck, and ask if he knows where the runaway teenager is.

Mandle · Sun 12/04/2015 05:37:01

>>Jimmy helps Larry untangle himself from the blanket cocoon and smooths his hair back into a less caterpillar-like do...

Baron · Tue 14/04/2015 02:25:03

Jimmy assists Larry with the delicate molting process, and he emerges as a beautiful butterfly, complete with an extra pair of webbed and waterproof she-duck socks. Jimmy's efforts at interrogating the duck are less successful, however. It appears to have been knocked out cold for the time being.

Mandle · Tue 14/04/2015 05:54:33

>>Go back out to the hallway and have Larry sniff around out there

Baron · Wed 15/04/2015 04:01:03

The daunting duo return to the hallway where Larry sniffs about, taking in the odours of the stained carpet and peeling wallpaper, as well as the wafts and draughts of the atmosphere in general. Smells of note are: stale perfume (probably an Emaraude 1958), lead & algae, latex stockings, hint of vomit, birthday cake, onion breath, Earl Grey tea, pizza mould, cigarette smoke, cigar smoke, crack-cocaine smoke, and the unmistakable tang of cockroach droppings. Larry can not pick up a trace of the runaway teenager, suggesting he or she has not spent time on the top floor of the hotel outside of a haz-mat suit or an oversized gerbil bubble.

Frodo · Wed 15/04/2015 05:22:40

Well, we've been in Room 3A & 3B, so we may as well finish investigating this floor.

>> Jimmy climb on Larry's shoulders, and look through peephole into Room 3C

Gurok · Wed 15/04/2015 05:39:37

Is it Room 3C or... Room X (dum dum duuuuumm)?

(It's Room 3C, but squint a bit and it looks like an X. Work with me here!)

Mandle · Wed 15/04/2015 07:42:50

Quote from: Baron on Wed 15/04/2015 04:01:03

Smells of note are: stale perfume (probably an Emaraude 1958).

Quote from: Baron on Sat 28/03/2015 18:18:22

But he does oblige by sniffing the corpse (it smells of stale perfume -probably an Emaraude 1958)

Is this just Baron being very consistant with Larry's olfactory senses or is this an important clue we should take note of?

Frodo · Wed 15/04/2015 11:24:31

Quote from: Gurok on Wed 15/04/2015 05:39:37
Is it Room 3C or... Room X (dum dum duuuuumm)?

(It's Room 3C, but squint a bit and it looks like an X. Work with me here!)

I actually typed Room X at first, then realised it was 3C

Baron · Thu 16/04/2015 02:58:39

Battling both scale and perspective (not to mention visual continuity), the persistent pair try to peep into the confusingly labelled room closest to the stairwell. Is it Room 3C? Or a mysterious Door X that leads to parallel yet incomprehensible dimension made entirely of candy and giraffe tongues? Their proximity yields no clarification! Furthermore, upon close inspection Jimmy discovers that the peep-hole in the door only works in one direction: he can see nothing inside but a fuzzy darkness. Can our snooping sleuths be so easily stymied?

Frodo · Thu 16/04/2015 05:17:02

Ooh, giraffe tongues! My favourite!

>> Enter Door 3C\Door X\Incomprehensible Dimension.
>> Follow the Yellow Brick Road... ahem... I mean... see what's behing the door.

Baron · Sun 19/04/2015 04:09:16

My apologies for the delay....

The persistent pair barge into yet another hotel room, this one populated by older occupants. The one is an moustachioed gentleman with heavy eyebrows biting an unlit pipe, while the other is a tarted-up old granny clutching a fist-full of dollars. At the appearance of the two detectives the older gentleman just stares sullenly into space, while the tarted-up granny gives them a lustful leer. "Why hello, boys!" she cries in a cracking voice.

Mandle · Sun 19/04/2015 05:22:24

>>Jimmy asks Granny how much she'd pay for some sexy-time with Larry, while telling Larry that the woman in question is actually Miss Universe...

(Oh Baron...btw...that cracked me up to see that the shadow WAS actually a coat-rack and not a duck....VERY nice joke after the coat-rack-looking duck in the other room...I can see how this kind of organic game structure can really inspire a releasable game project in many unexpected ways...In other words: I'm totally stealing the joke!!!)

Spoiler

JK JK JK!!!

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Frodo · Sun 19/04/2015 08:53:37

>> Jimmy read note on cabinet

MiteWiseacreLives! · Sun 19/04/2015 13:43:26

>>talk to woman
>>tell them your looking for the two suspicious characters seen climbing the fire escape

Cassiebsg · Sun 19/04/2015 14:13:40

>> Larry feel and sniff the coat-rack and make sure it's not a duck in disguise.

Baron · Mon 20/04/2015 01:49:05

Jimmy sits down to read the note on the cabinet while Larry makes a thorough inspection of the old, gnarled and yet surprisingly supple coat-hook. He's pretty sure the coat-hook is not a duck in disguise, but based on its feel and smell it might just be a different animal in disguise. Possibly a shrivelled and starving walrus, or maybe even a giant monarch caterpillar. Whatever it is, it keeps saying "Oh, you!", and apparently calls itself "Magnificent Mable."
Jimmy discusses the details of the case with the older gentleman, who says he goes by the name of Phipps. He too has seen the silhouettes of mysterious prowlers on the fire escape, and wishes the detecting duo good luck in the apprehension of the villains. Sadly he can not help with the other case, as he is too short-sighted to notice runaways or indeed much else. His one hope is for him and his wife to pay off their vast gambling debts to Pepe Le BrÃ»te and then be done with this filthy sin-hole for ever.
While he is talking, Jimmy reads in the note that a meeting between Le BrÃ»te and the old couple is scheduled for tonight. Unfortunately Old Man Phipps claims not to have enough cash in hand to pay the debt. He and his wife were just brainstorming last-minute ways to raise a couple thousand when the dogged detectives had burst in.

Mandle · Tue 21/04/2015 00:02:04

>>Sell the old couple stock in the "Jimmy and Larry Detective Agency" telling them it will split at least seven thousand times by the time of tonight's meeting and take all their cash!!!

(jerk option ftw!!!)

Baron · Tue 21/04/2015 03:12:04

Jimmy pitches some stock-options in the holding company of Find & Seek PI to Old Man Phipps, on the understanding that they will be redeemable in stock as soon as tonight pending the successful conclusion of their case. Phipps replies that he is a compulsive gambler, not an certified idiot, before politely declining the offer.

Larry attempts to flee the greedy embrace of Magnificent Mable, who though feisty is fortunately slow in pursuit.

Time ticks on.