>>5180435>>5180521>>5180618>>5180631>FIFTY TICKETS? FINE.>MITTENSAgainst your BETTER JUDGMENT, you gave your new CRAB COMPANION the name MITTENS. He snapped his claws contentedly at your declaration. “F-Fitting, I’d s-say!” the meatman added, who bent down to gently pat the crab on his HEAD AREA.
“Done playing with your pets? Finally ready to get back to ripping me off?” the gossipmonger said, adding a DISDAINFUL SIGH as he crossed his arms. You STARED HIM DOWN briefly, or at least until his attitude seemed to subside. He rolled his eyes and extended a gloved hand. “Fine.”
You fished around in your bag and handed him some CURRENCY. Mostly TICKETS, but you also had some GILDED GREGS; you were relatively eager to get rid of the heavy coins before the near-weightless tickets. You also had some SLUDGE, but it was rare enough to keep around for exchanges with MORE PARTICULAR individuals.
The gossipmonger stuffed the tickets and coins into his pockets. Of course he didn’t have to COUNT them; he was TELEPATHIC, and had a pretty good feeling you weren’t shorting him.
“The bazaar master lives in a compound under the sludge broker lodge. Guards, traps, false hallways, the works. They don’t meet with anyone except for a couple of Heedsnog’s biggest movers and shakers. The biggest news is that they’re planning to pull the sludge trade out of Sneedhog and move it somewhere else.” the gossipmonger said, telepathically; you had paid for the secrets, a PROPER SECRET SELLER like this one wouldn’t want to risk eavesdroppers getting them for FREE. “It’s hard enough breaking into the lodge alone, but trying to get into the bunker underneath is suicide. Good luck.”
You quietly RETOLD the information to your meatman, who nodded along understandingly. “W-Well... what’s t-the... the plan? What n-next?” he asked, holding Mittens up so he could hear as well.
>START KILLING UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH THE BUNKER.>GO TRY TO SCOUT OUT THE DEFENSES.>TRY TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL HELP TO BRING ONBOARD.>POKE AROUND SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR MORE INFO. (WHERE?)>FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE SOME MONEY.>SOMETHING ELSE? WRITE-IN? 