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Mar-18-2009 18:11

He knew it would happen someday, but maybe not quite so soon. There was the itch, but the itch had been there from the day he'd walked into City Hall and handed in his badge. Then there were the withdrawal symptoms. They weren't too bad at first. The folkes at Shady Acres Rest Home for the Elderly and Infirm had helped him ease into the transition, and the lazy days spent playing backgammon and eating apple sauce were quite fun, but that quickly died, just like a lot of the residents. The parking spaces were too small also, and the dents and scrapes down the side of the almost new Cadillac made it look more like it had served in the Great War than the pottering around town it usually did. Slowly, the itch took over. No more chases down dark alleys. No more sitting in cars, sometimes for days at a time, drinking bad coffee and waiting for a lead. No more clinking of handcuffs as another murderer is brought to justice.

It was no good. The itch was too strong, and only a shiny new detective badge could scratch it.


After taking the Cadillac back to the dealer, and losing half the new price for the damage, a trip to the local City Hall was at hand. Almost as soon as he stepped inside, Adam felt he was home.

Standing on the steps of City Hall, new detective badge in hand, Adam thought about what lay ahead of him. He wasn't as fit as he was in the old days, and even then he struggled to keep up with short women in high heels. Maybe a bicycle would be a good start. Maybe a diet would be a good start more like. Both of those suggestions were laughable though. The only diet he could think of was the See-food diet, and that only seemed to help him gain weight.Anyhow, the only rational thing to do now was come up with a witty and pointless name for his new detective agency. But even that was a strain.

Before he could give it any thought, a small boy approached him with an envelope and a big grin.

Mar-18-2009 18:32

Nic headed to Adam Carter's office and when she reached the door a maniacal-looking woman jumped out from behind the dark alley and disappeared into the shadows. "What the...." she said aloud, "That was weird."

Nic noticed the door was unlocked and decided to let herself in. She wasn't sure everything was OK upstairs. She heard some really strange noises coming from a window above, and thought this was all the just cause she needed to let herself in and have a peak around.

Mar-18-2009 18:38

She located the source of the weird sounds and realized that it was coming from the office of the one and only Adam Carter. She slowly opened the door and stuck her head in.

Nic did a double-take in surprise upon seeing a shabby-looking man seated at his desk with his feet up wearing nothing but a pair of boxers with holes in the most unseemly places. It almost appeared as if they had been destroyed in some sort of accident. This man also had the radio turned up to the highest volume, and what was being broadcast could be described as nothing other than the rantings of a madman.

So perturbed by this spectacle, Nic started and fell forward through the door to Adam Carter's office. Adam immediately sat up looking utterly mortified. "Can I help you?" he stammered as he rushed to get his trench coat to cover himself.

"Oh I apologize," Nic replied trying to avert her eyes, "I was looking for an Adam Carter... and old Sleuth I had heard a lot about... and I heard some strange noises...and I'm sorry. I should have knocked.

Mar-18-2009 18:50

After Adam struggled into his coat, he sat down again and said, "Please come in..."

Nic moved toward the empty chair at Adam's desk and took a seat. "Hello Adam, my name is Nic Nic. I know.... don't ask... my parents were a bit weird. I have wanted to meet you for a while and I heard you had a problem with a rash or something and well I wanted to offer some help. Oh and by the way, do you know there is a crazy woman hanging around downstairs outside your office?"

"Don't pay attention to her," Adam replied, "That's just my landlady."

"Well anyway here is some ointment for your problem," Nic said as she handed him the container of cream, "And I would like to get to know you. What IS that coming from your radio. It's aweful!"

"That's Crazytown Dave," Adam responded, "I've solved a few cases on his behalf in the past. I was just listening for some evidence that might clue me in on a strange letter he sent me."

Nic perked up at this. A strange letter? A case perhaps? Things had been pretty dry for her lately and was always looking to steal a little work from her competition. She looked down at the desk and saw the envelope that Adam was most likely referring to and grabbed it before he could stop her.

"What is this? Is this the letter?" she asked coyly. As she picked up the envelope she noticed the scrawling handwriting that no doubt came from the pen of the lunatic who was spewing nonsense on the radio. She pulled the letter out of the envelope and when she did, a small balloon fell out. She picked it up to inspect it and noticed there was some dried blood on it. Adam quickly wrestled it from her grasp. "I didn't see this before," he said.

"Maybe it's a clue. I love puzzles. And I got cheated out of winning a puzzle contest last week, this could be fun." Nic said with excitement.

"Now back off woman," Adam said as he jumped up from his chair, "This case is mine!"

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Mar-18-2009 19:20

Oops. Please delete triple posts SS. :-)

Mar-18-2009 20:37

After several years, Crazytown Dave was finally beginning to forget his past and he even shortened the name he would go to ctown. Nobody knew him here and he was beginning to get lonely. He decided what he needed was some friends. He headed to The Mother of Innocence Cathedral figuring that would be a good place to meet some nice people. People that wouldn't bring out his past demons, people that brought out the worst in him, people that laugh at him. Thats wehn problems began to arise, as he walk past The Tricky Mister, he met two young ladies standing outside. "Hey you look like a nice normal fella, why don't you come inside and buy a couple of girls a drink," one of them said to him. "Oh no, I couldn't do that," he explained, "I'm on my way to the church to get involved in some social clubs."

The two ladies looked at each other and then back at ctown, "Social clubs?" the other questioned him, "Well you are in luck, we are having a social gathering right inside. My name is Helen and this is my friend nic, c'mon inside." Before ctown knew what was going on, he was sitting at the bar, chit-chatting and having a wonderful time. Then the bar started to get busy, people were coming in left and right. Ctown was thinking how lucky he was, he was making some new friends and having a wonderful time. Then the jokes started, this would mark the beginning of his relapse.

Mar-19-2009 02:17

*a little earlier before ctown’s social encounter*


Joey was walking down an alley, hands in his pockets and no worry in the world. Suddenly then he noticed something in the shadows, somewhere behind an old smelly dumpster.

He took a closer step to throw an eye and suddenly…a dark woman appeared. She had black circles all around her eyes, black lips and of course a black dress. She came towards him slowly as if she was floating, looked in his eyes and started in a ghostly voice:

“Wouuuuld youuu liiike toooo reeent aaaaan oooooffiiice?”

Joey just froze for the beginning. After a couple of long moments he started shivering a bit and then some more until he ended up completely shaking all his bones. He took his hands out of his pockets and grabbed the sides of his hat brim, seeming he wanted to say something, but wasn’t capable of actually let it out. The woman looked a little startled by his reaction and took a step back.

Joey’s lips then started to tremble and he finally ended up shouting as loud as his lungs could:

“BATHROOOOOOOOOM!!!”

Mar-19-2009 02:18

He started then to run like crazy and jumped inside the first door he saw open. He climbed some stairs fast and finally entered a room, stumbling on the door step and thus ending up laying completely on the floor, face up.

He noticed thus that he was looking at 2 people who were, of course, staring back at him, probably startled by his sudden interruption. One was a man holding a small balloon and looking as if he was just about to blow it. The other was a woman with some kind of medicine into her hand. Joey narrowed his eyes to read the label and realized it was a scratching lotion.

“Now what the…” mumbled him as he got up, watching them both just to make sure that none of them comes any closer. “Now listen, guys…I don’t know what kinky joint you’re running here, but there’s a vampire downstairs.”

The man and woman threw a short look at each other and then the woman took a step towards him. Looking at her and then back at her itching lotion, Joey got startled once again and took a fast step back.

“Hold it right there woman! And keep that thing away from me! You’re giving me the chills…Damn!”

The woman smiled and took another step. At this Joey decided it was finally time to make his exit. He quickly rushed towards the door without saying one more word and left running fast down the stairs.

The two followed him with their eyes from the window as he was quickly running down the street, looking behind him every 2 seconds with a completely terrified expression.

Mar-19-2009 16:55

Nic turned to Adam, "What kinda place you running here? This is just outright bizarre."

Adam looked befuzzled, "I dunno, I just got here myself."

All of a sudden a metaphoric lightbulb went off in Nic's head. "Does this Crazytown Dave guy go by the name of 'ctown'?"

"Yes he does. But how did you know..."

"I don't even want to tell you, I don't know you that well. But let's just say my friend Helen and I were drinking at the Tricky Mister one night and had a very errr interesting experience with this ctown character. But that's all I wish to divulge. Honestly most of it is too disgusting for a lady to repeat." Nic replied and turned away.