The slouch in his shoulders tells you otherwise. He doesn't know how many more field expeditions he has left in him...
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Conversation · Morell, the Cryptozoologist
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Morell, the Cryptozoologist
Lena, the Cryptozoologist's wife
You
Interfacing
Kim Kitsuragi
Gary, the Cryptofascist
Authority
Drama- Composure
Logic
Inland Empire
Conceptualization
Electrochemistry
Rhetoric
Empathy
Encyclopedia
Physical Instrument
Half Light
Suggestion
Savoir Faire
Esprit de Corps
Pain Threshold
Perception (Sight)
Volition
Endurance
Reaction Speed
Shivers- Perception (Smell)
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"Thank you dear." She bows to the lieutenant -- then turns to you. "And you, detective Fox..." A sad smile. "You've been great company to an old lady and her stubborn husband."
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"You're right, Lena. The RCM is worth their salt -- more so than they say on the radio."
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- "Thank you dear." She bows to the lieutenant -- then turns to you. "And you, detective Fox..." A sad smile. "You've been great company to an old lady and her stubborn husband."
- "And you, detective." She turns to you with a sad smile. "You've been great company to an old lady and her stubborn husband. Thank you, truly."
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"Good bye." She smiles and they leave -- two old cryptozoologists and one gas-powered wheelchair.
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"You too -- Morell? Let's roll?" She smiles and they leave -- two old cryptozoologists and one gas-powered wheelchair.
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"And you, detective." She turns to you with a sad smile. "You've been great company to an old lady and her stubborn husband. Thank you, truly."
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"We've come too far to quit. I'm gonna restock the trap. Lets do this." (Accept enthusiastically.)
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"We're getting really carried away with this, aren't we?" He makes a show of suppressing a sigh. "Fine, it's better than having these people get pneumonia on the coast. But after this..."
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"Of course, sweetie, you've helped us so much already. Everyone would understand if you..."
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- "Damnit, maybe I can still restock the trap for you?" (Accept.)
- "I'd offer to help, but I have my own things to do." (Refuse.)
- "We've come too far to quit. I'm gonna restock the trap. Lets do this." (Accept enthusiastically.)
- "It's not worth risking your health. You should call it a day and go home." (Refuse.)
"He's right, dear Morell. Come now, we've waited so long, what's one more season?"
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"Thank you for telling us, sweetie." She turns to smile gently up at her husband. "This is good news, right? It means we can try again."
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"I found the locusts in a nearby shack. A kid called Cuno's built a city of them."
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A shadow of worry passes over the woman's face. "Oh, my dear Morell. You've been an old man for too long. Kids love to torment insects, almost as much as they love to torment old folks..."
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"I'll talk to the kids, ask them to stop. It's probably the two kids in the yard near the shack."
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"I'll talk to the little gremlin, ask him to stop taking them."
"Oh, you've been such a dear to us. Please, let us know. If the kids can stop hampering us... I have a feeling we're getting so close!"
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"Well..." He lowers his voice. "He's been a little unenthusiastic about the trip. More so than usual. But that's understandable. He just wants to get home and warm up."
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He doesn't want to say it, but this is unusual. Gary's been to the jungle with him -- to places way more challenging than the coast. Why so eager to go home?
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"Lets talk about cryptids some more."
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"It's time to return to your wöman, Morell."
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"By wöman you mean my wife, I assume. I will return to her -- but I can't leave before we've finished with these traps."
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"My wife understands that just as well as anyone." He looks south -- where Lena would be.
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"COME ON, MORELL. WE'VE BEEN SOAKING OUT HERE FOR DAYS. IT'S TIME TO GO BACK."
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"AND LEAVE THE TRAPS? ABSOLUTELY NOT!" he yells in response. "I won't let Lena down..."
"COME ON, SHE WANTS US BACK. I'M SOAKED UP TO MY NUTS OVER HERE. WE'LL BOTH CATCH REED CRABS IF WE DON'T DRY OUT SOON."
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Won't let Lena down? Sounds like the cryptozoologist's wife shares a special connection to the phasmid somehow...
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"Of course it's important to her, she's seen it. A verified sighting, on record, one of only four this century and it's hers."
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"Yes. That's... how we first came to know one another, in fact. But that's her story to tell, not mine." He coughs, then continues...
"Suffice to say, it's long been our dream to find proof of the Insulindian phasmid together. I can't abandon course now." Another cough, into his fist this time.
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His spirit may be willing, but his body might be too old to endure the rigours of the coast.
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"Good. A good quality to have -- both for a police officer and an experimental zoologist."
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"No, no, no. The traps need to be monitored on a regular schedule. What would we do if the phasmid were to starve while we were sipping tea at the hostel?"
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