>>6120917It’s the smell that leads you to the right warehouse this time. Feeling the damp, salty wood creak beneath your boots, the smell of low tide is overpowered by something between tar and burnt sugar… and as you and your pals rush to locate the source, you find it along with a growing crowd!
“I said <span class="mu-i">STEP BACK!</span>” Roars a guard clad in clanking armor! “We ain’t peelin’ anyone out of the muck, so stand clear!”
“But what about my <span class="mu-i">MERCH!?</span>” Groans a distraught-sounding Chytree! “If it seeps into my furs, I’ll-”
“We gotsta’ load up fifty crates by the end of da’ hour!” Snarls a dockworker flanked by a few cronies! “Is yaz’ gonna clean dis’ up or jus’ tell people ta’ stay away?”
“We’ve already called for assistance,” Replies a smaller guard–probably a Durher, “So just be patient--the Bellcounters have this under control provided everyone remains calm!”
“Uh-oh…” Groans Volka as she places Tzah-Tzie down next to you like a piece of luggage, “Don’t look now, Rook, but I think we’ve found our Scheck dealer…”
She can say <span class="mu-i">THAT</span> again, you gag, your nostrils practically folding in on themselves from the acrid smell!
“Don’t look now-”
It’s an expression, Volk. So, you huff, now what? How long will this take?
“Not that I don’t appreciate what they do,” Begins the Skog in a thoughtful tone, “But this miiiight take a while…”
“Unless we take a <span class="mu-i">shortcuuuuut~</span>”
Yea, not doing <span class="mu-i">that</span> again, you retort as you give the Spinner a hard stare! Although…
Your thoughts are cut short as a shrill shout rings out from within the ooze factory followed by something akin to a half-empty ketchup bottle being stomped on!
“Get back!”
The words make it halfway out of the guard’s mouth before the dock quakes with a fresh dollop of the foul-smelling fluid! There’s gotta be <span class="mu-i">SOMETHING</span> you can do, you remark as you listen to the water lap at the docks amidst the growing chaos around you!
What’s the plan?
>Come back later!>Speak to the guards!>Look for a high route into the factory thing!>There’s water… maybe you could swim inside?>Is this stuff flammable? >Write-In! 