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Elsey
Elsey

Aug-25-2004 12:46

Elsey walks into the local bar, The Tricky Mister, and asks her old buddy Cyrus to pour her a drink.
"Something girly," she asks him. "Something the boys will laugh at."
She smiles and looks around the room. She thinks about who else might walk into the room tonight. She turns back to her girly drink and waits for Sir James to arrive, as he undoubtedly will at some point.
Just then, the front door opens and in walks....

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DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

Jun-23-2005 19:39

DaRu realizes the place is finally empty, clean and silent. Not knowing where Cyrus went off to, and why notbody else has come in, she wrties and leaves Cyrus a note on the bar that says, "I've had enough thrills, spills, and chills to last me a life time. I think I need a break from it all. Here's $5000 to cover any damages I may be responsbile for, & the balance you can put on some of my buddie's tabs. Thanks! With that DaRu walks over to the door, turns the lock, and heads toward home, but when she reaches the end of the block she turns around and takes another look at the bar and whispers "Goodbye Tricky Mister & all my dear friends."

Llolly
Llolly
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Jun-24-2005 04:59

Llolly looks up from her bottle as she hears the lock click. She realises that she is alone in the inn, the only person left in the deathly quiet. She wobbles to her feet, exits the cellar and glances round the deserted room. Spying the still open entrance to the secret tunnel DaRu (I think) first entered by some 6 months or so ago she heads towards it, tossing the half full bottle over her shoulder as she leaves the scene...

*The bottles arcs gracefully across the room, catching the early morning light streaming in through the window. An interested observer would note that it is headed for a table in the corner, where a variety of tall handsome men had sat recently. Said observer would also note a small plume of smoke lifting from the abandoned ashtray on the table. Then he might have a sudden premonition and start running.....*

DaRu spun round as the world suddenly exploded behind her. The Tricky Mister was a huge mushroom of fire. DaRu gasped in amazement as staggering towards her she could see Llolly, coming from the fireball.

Llolly felt like a hero from a movie; emerging from the wreckage to triumphant music, a cheering crowd urging her on.....

What? She suddenly realises she set fire to the centre of the Sleuth community! She will be thrown out of town! How will the story continue now.....?

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

Jun-24-2005 17:40

As DaRu stands watching in horror as the fire spreading quickly to an adjacent empty warehouse bldg.,she sees 4 white horses run by pulling a small red fire wagon. Not far behind the wagon is running a black & White Dalmation. Not wanting to be seen, & possibly blamed for the fire, DaRu quickly turns and runs home.

Envy
Envy

Jun-24-2005 19:51

As Envy is out for an evening walk, pondering her earlier reasons for drinking and trying desperatly to make her head stop aching, she spots the smoke coming from the general direction of the bar. Her pounding head forgotten she runs toward the fire, desperatly hoping it's not really the bar.

As she skids to a halt in front of the flaming bar she looks around frantically for a way to help. Spotting a water hose carelessly left out by a neighboring business, she smiles to herself. Envy grabs the hose, turns on the water, and frantically, though ineffectively, begins hosing down a corner of the bar.

Soon a crowd of neighbors has gathered, all carrying buckets and more than willing to help save the bar they all love.

As the fire gets under control...

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

Jun-26-2005 15:59

Before DaRu reaches the edge of the estate where her and texan lives, she wheels around and heads off running back to town, while murmering to herself, "I can't believe I left and didn't try to help put out the fire, now what are my friends gonna think? Where are they gonna go to relax and have a drink? Will they think I set the fire and never speak to me again?" As DaRu turns the corner she can see that nearly the entire townspeople came out to help. Some busy runing back and forth with their pails and buckets, dashing water on the fire, another is using a blanet trying to smother it out, while different ones takes turn pumping the long handle to the old well to keep a steady gush of water going so they can fill them. DaRu quickly scans the crowd looking for Llolly, hoping she's alright.....when.....

Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Jun-26-2005 23:44

Makensie walks up ,with suspicious eyes, and says "What in the heck happened here?" Daru is looking around frantically, and Makensie asks again,firmly, "What happened to our beloved bar and is anyone hurt?"

Before Daru could answer, Llolly....

Llolly
Llolly
Well-Connected

Jun-30-2005 07:07

bounds out from behind a tree where she had been hiding and throws herself at Makensie.

"Oh you're alright!!" She gasps. "I thought those Piranhas had done for you! There was such a lot of blood!

"I set fire to the bar! I didn't mean to; someone left a cigarette in an ashtray and I dropped some alcohol on it!

Pulling herself together, she stands straighter. "I promise to rebuild this bar, as good as new!" She declares. My agency has some savings, we can afford a few million to make the place a palace! Shady can have his own offices......"

*A Few Months Later...*

*The sun is shining, glinting off two huge picture windows fronting a modern airy building. The building looks delicate (and expensive) but a closer look will reveal the 2" safety glass, the wire mesh embedded in the walls and doors to prevent piranha related attacks and the team of bloodhounds roaming around the grounds. The double doors to the Tricky Mister (for it is, of course, the rebuilt bar) have a number of signs and posters on them. Pride of place is given to the liquor licence, awarded to one Cyrus Tibby, landlord and Order of Socrates Initiate.

Slightly more sinister is a "Wanted for Questioning" list, featuring a number of sleuths who seem to have slipped away in the Great Fire and the subsequent months. Topping the list is The Mad One. The cops are quite interested in his devices and chocolate experiments. If the loyal sleuths in the bar know where he is, they're keeping quiet...

Three girls are sitting in the sun outside the pub, girly drinks infront of them, chatting idly about old times. The wide brimmed hat sported by one of them is keeping the sun off her and the table. The second has a thin scar running across her throat, and the third is idly stroking a daft looking dog with Snuffles on his name tag. It is a picture of calm and contentment.

What could possibly ruin such an idyllic setting.....?

The Mad One
The Mad One
Well-Connected

Jun-30-2005 16:58

.....The Mad One. He sneaks quietly in through the side door and is intercepted by a bouncer. He ducks the fast moving cricket ball and proceeds to the bar for a drink. Cyrus points at the sign that says "Please check your weird scientific experiments at the hat check counter. The Mad One grumbles and walks over to the counter where he empties his pockets, twice. Cyrus says "I thought you were arrested and held for questioning".
The Mad one replies, "Yes, but they had to let me go after I ate the evidence. The nice policemen kept bursting into tears while they questioned me. In the end they had to let me go while all the policemen got therapy. How about a beer?"
Cyrus serves The Mad One and sneaks off to phone the police.
The Mad One walks over to the table where the young ladies are sitting when the door opens and........

Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Jul-1-2005 06:37

in walks Makensie,checking out the newly built bar. "Wow", gleams Makensie, "this place looks GREAT!"

Makensie orders a drink and goes outside on the new patio and finds a table, and watches the bloodhounds running around, as one comes up for her to pet. Makensie stares off into space remembering a furry friend of hers that passed away, as she pets the bloodhound, and sips her drink.

Once again, the door opens, and.....

Larina Rhodes
Larina Rhodes

Jul-1-2005 16:37

Larina Rhodes decides to enter. She slips into the bar looking around.
"This place looks a whole lot better" she says taking a seat.

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