Case 49 - Turnabout Aftermath

[thief_of_truth]

[Well, it's Thursday and Kay's finally back from Westport.  After more glasses of water than a human being should be able to hold, a stack of pancakes, and a long nap, she gets on the phones.]

That was really weird.  Was it the town's fault this time?  There were no hazmats or anything over there, and all the street signs were gone.  I mean, I'm

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[a_gentle_boy]

[The voice that answers sounds pretty weak.]

You were there, too, Kay?! I didn't even see you . . . But weren't you attacked by one of those statues, too?

[thief_of_truth]

Well, yeah, but why did the town put them here in the first place? Usually there would at least be some phone calls from the Mayor or Lucy Smith or something before or after something like this.

[a_gentle_boy]

That person who came to save us had something to do with it, right . . . ? I don't know. I wasn't paying that much attention when he talked . . .

[thief_of_truth]

I don't really know either. I was pretty hungry, so all I could think about was food by the time he showed up.

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . I know.

[Lucas sighs a little.]

I ate so much my stomach hurts too badly to move.

[thief_of_truth]

Pancakes have never tasted this good before.

[a_gentle_boy]

Actually, the thought of bacon and eggs is making me kind of ill now . . .

[thief_of_truth]

Really? I'm still hungry.

[a_gentle_boy]

Maybe you'd better go eat some more then. Don't let me keep you.

[thief_of_truth]

Ahh, it's okay, I'm gonna make Takeshi make me some sushi later tonight.

[a_gentle_boy]

Oh, I've heard of that before! . . . I don't know. It didn't taste very good, though.

[Hot dog sushi probably wouldn't.]

[thief_of_truth]

Really? Are you sure they were making it right?

[a_gentle_boy]

I'm not sure. It was the first time I'd ever seen anything like it . . . New Pork City had a lot of strange things like that.

[thief_of_truth]

New Pork City?

[Kay actually has to stifle a laugh at how terrible a pun that is.]

That's kind of a weird name for a city.

[a_gentle_boy]

Isn't it? Who wants to live in a city named after meat? He should have just gone ahead and named it Porky City if he wanted to include his name.

[Lucas clearly hasn't heard of New York City yet.]

[thief_of_truth]

Wait... the mayor's name was actually Porky? Really?