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CAR WASH

AT THE CAR WASH, WOAH

The door leading into the car wash is locked. You all know that, of course. You've likely tried it yourself, or watched someone make a fool out of themselves trying to break in. (Man, this is going to age poorly if you've all decided to surprise us and just leave the locked door alone.)

But today... well, call it a feeling. A gut instinct, maybe, that leads you to the doorway. This time, you put your hand on the doorknob - and it turns fully, the door swinging open so that you can enter. As you draw your hand back, you'll spot a bloody handprint on the knob - but then you blink, and it's gone.

The inside of the car wash is rather industrial looking, albeit mostly powered down. The lights are dim to begin with, and flicker ominously from time to time; occasionally, they even go out entirely, and it may be several minutes or several hours before they come back on. None of the machinery seems to be working, though there's a faint electronic hum coming from a shelf built into the wall, upon which a radio sits. Strangely, no matter how tall you are or how you conspire to stack things up and climb up to get it, it always seems to be just out of reach - there won't be any changing the channel for you.

It's hard to tell what you're meant to do here, now that you've gotten in. But since you couldn't get in until now, there must be some reason... right?

...only time will tell.

NAVIGATION

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Sure. I think I've got two, but one is kinda weirder than the other one.

Maybe I say ... um. Hey Squeak-ee, why are you being so creepy? What is it that we're supposed to be doing here? Should we kill more people or is that bad?

Uh-huh! And I think we should ask Squeak-ee if there's a way we can go home!

Where you counting? How many words do I have left?

I don't know how many words you have?

... Me either! I guess I'll just say all the important stuff first.

Okay, so we should just to get it really compact. Maybe we could say the words really fast so they're like one word.

HeySqueakeeIt'sJesterpleasetelluswhatthismememeansandwhywehavetokillanywaycanwegohomesoonistheresomethingweresupposedtobedoingokaybye!

That's really good! But what if you said Hey Squeak-ee it's Jester kill? kill? kill? die? how many?

It's too many kills I think ...

I want to be sure we're really emphasizing that, though.

[after a second:]

Oh, it's 10! I only have 10 ...

That's so few! Okay, what's the most important part? Killing? Going home?

Hey Squeak-ee! It's Jester! What do? Why kill? Go home?

Oh! That's perfect!

Someone needs to count when I start sending it okay, because I don't want to mess up!

I'll count!

[just listening in...]

You could also try "What's this mean? Why killing? How do we go home?"

That should be ten, right?

[he's rude, squeak-ee can live without pleasantries maybe.]

But how will Squeak-ee know who's asking?

Do you think that part really matters? If Jester was the only one who got a way to talk to him, maybe he'd already know.

I've just got a coupon thing, but I don't know that he'll know it's me.

Okay, okay, I think I got it.

Ready?

Ready!

[She's counting on her fingers.]

[Okay, she pulls out her coupon!]

H-[OH SHE ALREADY MESSED UP.] Squeak-ee! It-- Jester! [she didn't mean to say it and it just came out automatically!] Fuck! Note confusing! Why kill? How [OH FUCK ONLY ONE MORE WORD] home?

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Perfect!]

Edited 2022-01-06 02:40 (UTC)

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Let's hear it.

I did it!

[did you jester.]

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