Fourth Investigation

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well good news for everyone, when you wake up this morning the elephants are gone. And even better news, everything on the first floor seems completely normal! Still, even the most optimistic of those living might be uncertain that nothing at all is awry.

But who knows! Maybe Randy decided to give you a break this week because you're all his friends!

Want to Investigate anyway?]

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[stanbyme]

...Well...

[Oh sweet, sweet Soos. There's plenty of ways to make an explosion.]

You gonna be okay for the trial, kid?

[sorrydoods]

I...I think so...

If it turns out to be Negaduck, can we beat him up before he dies?

[We all know the fucker would deserve it]

[stanbyme]

We'll send him off to hell with broken arms and broken legs so he can't hurt anyone else when he gets there.

[The hug concludes with a manly elbow nudge.]

[sorrydoods]

...thanks.

[Soos nudges back, though there's still not much energy in it.]

[stanbyme]

[He's doing??? his best???

He offers a handkerchief.]

We'll get through this, Soos.

[sorrydoods]

[He takes the handkerchief, but he just wipes his eyes with it. He doesn't want it getting dirty with snot.]

I know...I just...I don't know how much more of this I can take. The other day, I...I talked to Rémy, and...he was so worried, and wondering how long it was going to take for the others to find us, and thinking he might get forgotten, and I...I promised him I'd get him out of here. I promised he'd live and-

[Soos can't even finish before he dissolves into sobs again. He hates this, God almighty he hates this so much.]

[stanbyme]

[Aw jeez here we go again-

Stan hesitates when Soos starts bawling again, but then he pulls him into another hug.]

Hey- hey. You're still gonna keep that promise. We're gonna get out of here and meet up with Ford and Wendy. I bet Ford's gonna have some kinda great big hell-piercing drill all scienced up and ready to go, and we're gonna be able to just go right down and get 'em.

[sorrydoods]

[Deep breaths...deep, deep breaths...okay, Soos might be able to talk now.]

O-okay, right. We'll...we'll get out of here, a-and we'll get them back. A-and we'll beat the jerk who set all this up.

We...we won't lose.

[stanbyme]

There you go. Just like we did last time.

[sorrydoods]

Yeah...just like last time.