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You’ve had your fill of loose ends today. Granted, two of said loose ends resulted in Pepper and Moose being alive, but you get the idea! Drawing your <span class="mu-s">MEAT CLEAVER</span> from your pocket, you wait for a moment to slip between Foamy’s flailing claws and <span class="mu-s">STRIKE!</span>
The fish is tough–surprisingly durable despite her bubbly attitude. You got lucky with the garlic-rich pizza–lord help you if you had to fight more of these things! A few good ‘<span class="mu-i">thwacks</span>’ are all you need, though, and once you get a good hit in on her neck her head soon follows!
All things considered, you made out like a bandit here: a <span class="mu-s">RESEARCHER’S LAB COAT,</span> loss of power to… well, a <span class="mu-i">bunch</span> of stuff, and you found out that some critters just can’t stand garlic! Not bad!
Risking suffocation for a little longer, you carve yourself a piece of <span class="mu-s">MERMAID HAIR</span> and one of <span class="mu-s">FOAMY’S TEETH</span>--you’re betting someone would pay a boatload to analyze this stuff… and at the very least Pepper might wanna see it some time.
Her fear of the water makes a <span class="mu-i">lot</span> more sense now, that’s for damn sure.
Your <span class="mu-s">FLIPPERS</span> guarantee you a speedy return to the surface, and as you breach the pool and gasp for air, you find the rest of your team waiting for you with varying degrees of confusion in their eyes!
“Good call, dude! Nothin’ like a night swim to wake ya’ up!”
… okay, everyone <span class="mu-i">except</span> for Raj. Crawling back onto land like some kind of lungfish, you take a moment to regain your breath as Pepper regards you with a grave look in her eyes.
“... thought you were never gonna come back up, sandcrab…”
You’re fine, you reassure her, rising to your feet so that it doesn’t look like you’re trying to peek under her skirt again, you just… had a little run in with something nasty…
Pepper doesn’t even have to ask–you can see it in her eyes. She knows <span class="mu-i">exactly</span> what you’re talking about.
“There are reasons folk don’t swim around this island…” Adds Chuck in a wary tone, “You’re luckier than most, kid.”
Yea, you nod as you spit some seawater onto the rock floor, <span class="mu-i">real</span> lucky… what’s the deal with the-
“Demolished!” Reports Raj as he swings his <span class="mu-s">FIRE AX</span> to drive the point home! “Even if power comes back it ain’t gonna be working right!”
Which means Rivka isn’t going anywhere, you reply in a solemn voice.
“Not <span class="mu-i">yet</span>...” Corrects Pepper, “Which means we can keep looking for a cu-sorry, can we… Can we step away from here please?”
Sure thing–you’re not going for a swim again any time soon, that’s for damn sure!
>CONTD.
