>>6098734You have a feeling that Leon here isn't that loyal to Stuart Co., nor is he that involved with the cult, if at all - he was a vagrant for some time. Safe to assume you can ask him about the incidents and pick up any disrepancies, see if there's any lies or new info he could let slip.
"Tell me more about the incidents. What do you do when one happens? What's your role?"
He starts looking left and right, checking if the guild hall is empty - which it currently is.
"Well... can you be discreet, eh? I know Jed hired you, but you can keep your secrets, eh?"
Well now that's kinda skeezy, but let's go along.
"Yeah, sure?"
"Okay then... these incidents, they started happening back when I was still an employee, when Chainsaw Inc. opened up shop."
Yeah, that fits what you found out before.
"Go on?"
"Jed told me to investigate, turns out there's some kinda cult using that cave as some kind of base. Turns out Walter, the previous overseer, was in cahoots with the cult, somehow, along with some folks in the Funny Wood Products."
Now this is juicy stuff! What else-
"So Walter went missing, and I got chosen as overseer, and then I was sent to negotiate with the cult. Stuart Co. had to pay the cult some money off the books and in return, the cult wouldn't instigate more accidents. Which did keep the peace, that is until the two clown kids went missing. Which is why Jed hired you, to find out if it's the cult or not that's behind the recent string of incidents and missing people."
Woooah that's a ton of stuff.
"So, basically, you've been playing the middleman between Stuart Co. and the cult?"
"Not just Stuart Co., I've also set up backdoor connections with Funny Wood Products and Chainsaw Inc. I think Jed thinks the cult's been a thorn in the three companies' side for too long."
"Uh, thanks for the info! I'm sure we'll find something out real soon."
This whole situation is getting complicated very fast. You're itching to go to the cave and investigate, but Millie's reinforcements are still on their way. What do you want to do next, in the meantime?
>CHOOSE ONE>□ Get Leon to get you to talk to the other companies' spokesmen, check if their story also adds up>□ Ask Millie when her reinforcements will come - and who are they, exactly?>□ Maybe go to that burlesque theater's auditions? You got nothing else to do.>□ Maybe you could survey the cave yourself... without reinforcements>□ Just take some time off resting, maybe play with Craig and Millie>□ Other (fill in)