>>5181180>>5181194>>5181206>>5181266>>5181312>GO TRY TO SCOUT OUT THE DEFENSES.You donned the SLUDGE BROKER’S FEZ you stole earlier and followed a REEDY ATTENDANT back to the lodge.
The building itself was a GAUDY MONUMENT to the accomplishments of the SLUDGE BROKER CABAL. Like many of the other buildings of Heedsnog, it was an old refurbished structure with walls of FULLERENE CONCRETE and CHROME REVETMENTS; unlike similar buildings, however, colorful REEF SLAG had been dragged from LAKE PODPOD’S TOXIC SHORES and hammered into TECHNICOLOR FILIGREE and SNEERING GARGOYLES. As the SICKLY, GREENISH DAYLIGHT caught the building, it erupted into a BLINDING DISPLAY OF COLORS.
Though you had no personal interest, you gave your meatman and pet crab ample time to appreciate the EXPENSIVE REFURBISHMENTS before entering. With your FEZ on, none of the brokers barred your entry, let alone broke stride. You were free to wander, so long as you didn’t interrupt the INDUSTRIOUS BUSINESSMEN of ALL SORTS; there were brokers of GREAT, WOBBLING GIRTH as well as EXTREME DIMINUTIVE SIZE. Some bulged with MUSCLE, while others whizzed by on WHEELED PAPASAN CHAIRS. Occasionally you saw other INVESTORS or SPECULATORS from outside of the SLUDGE BROKER NETWORK enraptured in conversations about DIVIDENDS. You saw a JACKBOOTED (both in terms of his apparel and demeanor) INQUISITOR and his retinue of TORTURE CONSULTS readying a set of THUMBSCREWS. You definitely didn’t envy the BROKER who squandered that man’s investment.
Like most of Heedsnog, the demographic was varied enough for you to not STAND OUT in particular; at least on the TRADING FLOOR. You weren’t sure how well you would manage in the more PRIVATE areas of the lodge, but your FEZ did offer some means of disguise. Taking an inconspicuous seat in an OPULENT PLUSH CHAIR stuffed with what could only be the finest AUK FEATHERS, you panned your gaze around in search of any indication of where the bazaar master’s BUNKER might be.
>ASK THE INQUISITOR WHAT HE KNOWS.>ASK A BROKER WHAT THEY KNOW.>FOLLOW SOMEONE IMPORTANT LOOKING.>SNEAK INTO THE PRIVATE QUARTERS.>SOMETHING ELSE? WRITE-IN? 