So, based on feedback from Space Jawa...
ROOK: I recruited Leaf...
ROOK: Welcome to the team!
LEAF: What's up, people?! Are we ready to rock...LEAF STYLE?
ROOK: ...and Roger.
ROOK: Welcome to the team!
ROGER: Good to be here! Let's sweat!
ROOK: I sent Leaf to deal with the fire beast, Roger to stake out the warehouse, and Travis to figure out the blue thing, for fair chances all around. I put on a green parka, white mittens—
—or gloves. Sim hand structure makes the distinction practically nil.
ROOK: —BLUE PANTS, and white and light gray boots. I went up to the hangar on the roof.
I saved because I knew the dialogue might take a few passes.
ROOK: Buddy, Evelyn, and I got in the jet and took off for the mountains.
BUDDY: I can't believe we're flying in our very own jet! Hey, I should draw us flying in a super-cool jet!
ROOK: I landed in the parking lot, and we got out of the plane.
BUDDY: Wow, it's cold up here!
ROOK: Well, hopefully this won't take very long, Buddy.
EVELYN: Yes, we should find "P.W." quickly and find out what he knows. I hope we're not too late!
ROOK: Just then, we heard a voice from the chalet ahead.
BEEBEE: PRESTON! Where are you, sweetie?! PREEEESTON!!!
ROOK: We ran in the direction of the source of the voice.
AGENT ROSALYN: Um, Beebee, how is that going to help us find your missing boyfriend?
BEEBEE: You said I should try calling Preston.
AGENT ROSALYN: Yeah, I meant on his phone. Have you tried that yet?
BEEBEE: Oh. No, I haven't. I always just leave my phone with Preston.
AGENT ROSALYN: Okay, maybe you should just leave this to us. We're professionals.
AGENT VIC: I think he was kidnapped by a yeti! Ordinarily I'd say aliens, but given the snowy terrain, we can't ignore the yeti factor.
AGENT ROSALYN: Except that yes, we can, because that's completely illogical.
AGENT VIC: Life's illogical! I'm filing this case under "Y" for yeti!
BEEBEE: I should have known the yeti was real! The lodge owner won't stop talking about it!
AGENT VIC: I know! She claims she's actually seen the yeti using her hot tub on cold mountain nights...
AGENT ROSALYN: For once, let's try to solve this case using facts instead of ghost stories, okay? We're doing this one by the book, Agent Vic.
AGENT VIC: Alright, Agent Rosalyn.
BUDDY: Hey, pal! This guy who's missing—they said his name was "Preston!"
ROOK: Right. Starts with "P". This might be worth investigating, Buddy.
Yeah, whereas if his name started with some other letter, y'know, why bother?
ROOK: ...That's not what I meant and you know it.
ROOK: Hello. I might be able to assist you with your case. I'm Special Agent Rook.
AGENT ROSALYN: Ooh, a "Special" Agent. I'm afraid we're just plain old, regular agents. We're with the government.
You'd think she thought they were called "special" just to make them feel better about the fact that they were amateur detectives just two days prior.
ROOK: Yeah! I know! ... Heyyy...
AGENT VIC: I've never met a real special agent before! Hey, maybe you could help!
AGENT ROSALYN: Yes, well, Miss Beebee here—
Awwwwwwwwwww...
ROOK: ...What?
She's... so... cuuuuute!
ROOK: Well, yeah, sure. ...You okay out there?
Yeah... I'm okay. But the view is focused on her, and... well... *melts*
AGENT ROSALYN: Ahem... if I may continue... Miss Beebee here called us to find Preston Winthrop, so we'll just leave it as a government matter for now. Agent Vector, let's speak to the owner of the lodge again.
AGENT VIC: The old lady? I like her. She's nutty!
BEEBEE: Please, please find my boyfriend. I just want to know he's okay!
AGENT VIC: We'll do everything we can, Beebee, But I think it's only fair to tell you that no human has ever survived a yeti attack.
BEEBEE: EEEK!
AGENT ROSALYN: 'VIC!
AGENT VIC: What? Look it up! It's true.
ROOK: The agents left.
ROOK: Don't worry, Beebee. I'm sure Preston is fine. We'll do everything we can to find him.
BEEBEE: Then you have to find the yeti! Those agents won't even try as long as Rosalyn is in charge. I just know that bearded guy is right. The yeti has my poor Prezzy-Wezzy!
ROOK: If there's a yeti on this mountain, we'll track him down. It's important for us to find Preston, too.
BUDDY: But if he was mauled by the yeti, you'd want the remains, right?
BEEBEE: I would.
ROOK: Okay, Beebee's scaring me with how... how happy she looks, considering we're talking about potentially finding his dead body.
BUDDY: I'll run back to the jet and grab some big, plastic bags.
ROOK: Let's not cross that bridge just yet, Buddy. Beebee, where did you last see Preston?
BEEBEE: Right through there, by the path going up the mountain.
ROOK: Every second counts, now. Let's get over there and see if we can pick up the yeti's trail...
ROOK: We headed over to the mid-mountain slopes. I decided to look for clues connected to Preston's disappearance. I also pried open a crate with music players in it.
"Sparkling Snow", 2 Nature. I forget what this is called, 2 Athletic. Music-type space concerns. ...I'll explain later.
ROOK: You'd better. I examined the picnic blanket. Good a place as any to start. I started finding what looked like they could be yeti prints nearby. Near the trail, I found Preston's journal. The latest entry said "Stupid snow picnic. It's so cold and lame and OH NO A YETI ARRRRGH!" I followed the trail up the path to the ski lift gate. I can't use the ski lift, however. I decided to check out that other gate I saw. It was locked, so I approached Rosalyn.
ROOK: Hey Rosalyn! Do you have the key to this gate?
AGENT ROSALYN: Yes, I've been entrusted with it and I can't just go around giving it to anyone who asks. That includes you.
ROOK: We're just trying to help with the investigation!
AGENT ROSALYN: If you can show me some sort of official documentation, then maybe I would consider letting you borrow it.
ROOK: Official documentation...? Fine, I'll be back with the proper documents.
ROOK: I wondered where I'd be able to get them. Just then...
PATRICK: Hey, sport, thanks for sending your team, but I don't feel completely comfortable having them go up against the beast. They don't seem like experts on this stuff.
ROOK: I shrugged. Leaf was the best I had at the moment. He'd just have to do.
WALKER: The team is in place. Unfortunately, they don't look like the sharpest knives in the drawer. Oh well, let's scope this warehouse out. Morcu Corp will never see it coming... I hope.
ROOK: I had chosen him for his athleticism, not his smarts.
PINKY: The team you sent hasn't really made me feel too blue. All they're doing is poking at the blue thing, and I don't think it likes it!
ROOK: I couldn't help but notice that all three clients referred to the agent they received in the plural. Huh. I decided to talk to Vic.
ROOK: Rosalyn says she needs documentation before I can get through that gate.
AGENT VIC: Abominable!
Ba-dum-tish!
AGENT VIC: Thank you, I'll be here all day. I'll help you find your documents, and furthermore, the yeti!
ROOK: I could probably get an official warrant from HQ, but how can I contact them from out here?
AGENT VIC: We're living in the future, man! I'm sure you could get a warrant if you could just find a computer around here.
ROOK: A computer! I think there's one in the lodge... I mean, I haven't been inside, but it seems logical...
Ba-dum-tish!
ROOK: ...Oh no, now you've got me doing it!
ROOK: I headed for the lodge and went inside. Indeed, there was a computer there! However, the satellite signal was too weak. I'd need to supercharge it, but I'd need to find some spare parts first. The snowcone machine and cash register were good sources, but I'd need more. I went back to the mid-mountain slopes and got parts from the air conditioning unit and snowblower. I estimated that one more source would do the trick. The drink machine turned out to be that source. I'd need to get up on the roof and—
PATRICK: The team is about to go underground. I've equipped them well, but I'm nervous. I'll wait here and let you know as soon as I know anything.
TRAVIS: I used the new app on my phone - Bluething - and took a picture of it. Now the whole internet is trying to identify it!
ROGER: How long are we watching this place for? Think anyone will notice if I just run in place for a few hours?
ROOK: Well, that's done for now. As I was saying, I'd need to get up on the roof and soup up the satellite. I didn't see a ladder, but some crates, a vehicle, and two large stumps would make a suitable path. Once up there, I opened a chest with a moose head inside.
1 Nature. Needs a wall.
ROOK: Yyyyeah. I used a nearby crate to get up there and began repair work.
(Now you have wires to work with. Straight wires, elbow wires, and T-wires.)
ROOK: I finished quickly enough, and got off the roof. And, uh, thanks for not simply dropping me off the roof, even though I would've gotten to the door more quickly that way.
You're welcome.
ROOK: I went inside and headed for the computer. I got my warrant, but would Rosalyn accept it? I headed back to find out.
ROOK: OK, Rosalyn. Here's your document. Can I have the key now?
AGENT ROSALYN: Hm...well, this looks official enough. According to the agency guidlines on verbal agreement, I need to give you this key.
ROOK: She did so reluctantly.
ROOK: Thanks, Rosalyn. I hope to work with you again in the future.
AGENT ROSALYN: Likewise. In the distant future.
ROOK: ... I opened up the gate, and walked through, the agents following.
LEAF: This mission is a true quest for a true elf! I will provide ranged protection for the team and we shall celebrate by going hot tubbing later!
ROOK: I pondered this. I sent him out alone. Who's he going to hot tub with? Patrick?
PINKY: We've determined that the blue thing can move! Your team is going to try talking to it.
WALKER: Things are going pretty slow — so far we've monitored a few dozen shipments of paper towels. I'm sure they're critically important paper towels, though!
ROOK: I saw a snow dozer. It seemed to have skated on some thin ice mid-plow. I'll bet someone got fired for that one! I balanced and jumped my way over to a chest with a soda machine...
One Athletic.
ROOK: ...and a refrigerator.
One Smarts, one Athletic.
ROOK: I hopped my way to another chest, this one with paints inspired by pigs. Then I hopped across a broken bridge and encountered... a wolf!
Oh no!
ROOK: ...Pfft. This one wasn't scary.
ROOK: Oh! Hey there, little guy!
WOLFAH: Yip yip!
ROOK: I saw a scarf on a nearby bench.
ROOK: Hey, can I see that, boy?
WOLFAH: Yip!
ROOK: I looked it over.
ROOK: Whoa, this scarf is monogrammed with the letters P.W.! Preston must have dropped this while being dragged off by the yeti!
WOLFAH: Yip!
ROOK: Can you get the scent for me, boy? Can you show me where Preston is?
ROOK: He sniffed.
WOLFAH: Yip!
ROOK: Wait up, little guy!
ROOK: To follow him, I'd have to get the ski lift working again. No salvaging, just straight to belt placement. Now I can get up and down the mountain without so much work! For now, my direction was up. At the end of the line, I saw my new pal trapped in a wooden cage!
PATRICK: Hm...it's been a while since I've seen your team. Should I go in after them, sport?
ROOK: I advised against it.
PINKY: The blue thing is responding! We're going to try to ask it something. But should we ask it where it came from or why it's here?
ROOK: I made like Number 6 and tried "Why?"
WALKER: We've reached a critical point in our stakeout! Someone at the warehouse seems to have ordered pizza. Should we stop the driver and check the delivery, or catch the driver on the way out to question him?
ROOK: I decided to have them check the driver. I approached the cage... Stop! Crowbar time!
ROOK: Hey, boy! so, where to?
WOLFAH: ...Woof...
ROOK: Hm...looks like you've lost the scent. Let's see if I can find something to help.
ROOK: I poked around and found a yeti doll in a pile of snow. I tested it on Wolfah, but no go. Same with an unidentified bone.
WALKER: Well, the bad news is that we may have blown our cover in order to investigate the pizza delivery guy. The good news: we know the warehouse like pepperoni!
PINKY: The blue thing seems to have shown up because it's looking for a new home. Or some kind of shelter?
ROOK: I found a ski suit in another pile. Farther along, a chest with a hot tub...
2 Charismatic.
ROOK: ...and a piano.
1 Nature, 1 Smarts.
ROOK: I found a tuft of fur in the snow.
ROOK: Roxie, can you analyze this? I think it may be fur.
ROXIE: Hm...I'm actually unsure what this is. I can tell you that it is not synthetic and it comes from no known animal.
ROOK: I guessed it was probably the yeti, and went back to Wolfah.
ROOK: Here's some fur! Can you follow the smell?
WOLFAH: <sniff> Ruff! Ruff!
ROOK: I guess so. Show me where this came from!
WOLFAH: Yip! Yip!
ROOK: He went up a cliff, howled, and dropped a ladder. A few hops, and I was near the mouth of the cave. A pile of snow yielded a television.
1 Charismatic.
The mouth of the cave was blocked by icicles. Which were easily removed. But before I got inside...
PATRICK: Hooray! We managed to vanquish the creature! I can go back to working on my building's foundation without worrying about random attacks! For now.
WALKER: Bad news, I'm afraid. Surveillance footage showed that our stakeout team was disorganized and let coverage slip for a few critical minutes. We'll have to start all over again!
PINKY: Your team figured it out! It's one of Dr. F's new blue immersion blenders! It somehow managed to damage one of its wings and landed in here to try to recover, but then went into hibernate mode. I think I'll just teach it to follow me around and blend things!
ROOK: So, two of the missions were accomplished, and one was failed. I decided to go back to HQ before plunging into the cave. Once back, I asked Jenny about the results.
JENNY: So, I hear the team figured out that some blue thing was apparently one of Dr. F's mysterious inventions. Well, I guess Pinky was happy.
ROOK: Pinky became available for recruiting. And I got more outfits!
JENNY: Looks like the team got a bit lazy on Agent Walker's stakeout. Me? I'd never sleep on the job. At least, not while my boss was watching. And whoa, the team defeated a fire beast? I'm impressed. Patrick sends his thanks, along with these rewards, and a promise not to drill too deep again.
ROOK: I got baggy pants and construction gear.
- Missions
- Legendary Cheese
- Assistant Librarian
- Morcu Corp Stakeout
- The Sadness Parade
Yes, folks, Morcu Corp Stakeout is back. I might be able to accomplish it by choosing the other choice, or by setting more than one agent with the needed skills to the mission. Or both! I'll probably try the other choice, anyway. I'll likely not retype the texts I've already received.
- Recruits and Recruitables
- Leaf
- Roger
- Travis
- Pinky (New!)
Yes, that's right, our first female recruitable!
PINKY: Hooray! I'm Pinky! I'm totally ready to combat evil. Also, I understand that agents are issued blue uniforms? Those would look great on me.
1 Paranormal, 4 Charismatic.
So now, we can assign agents to all four currently outstanding missions, if we wish. Or have two tackle one and one each tackle two. Or two each tackle two. Or three tackle one and one tackle another. Or whatever, as long as it falls within given parameters.
