Rad Subplot C2
Rad is looking for a job or another source of income. He should try to
come up with his own ideas but here are some suggestions:
Package delivery service
Commercial endorsements (Fizzy Cola)
"Tell All" book deal
Flying tours of Hawaii
Super-hero escort service
Entertainment at Kids' parties
Awards:
+1/2 for coming up with an idea or two
+1/2 if it's a high-paying yet embarassing job
Ghost Girl Subplot B2
Ghost Girl
"You've been regularly checking out books and reading up on the art of
writing. The one book you've been yearning to check out is one of the
rare copies of 'The Art of Mystery Writing' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Unfortunately, it's been overdue for three years, last checked out by
one Cliff McKnight."
Penelope's objective is to find Cliff and get him to return his overdue
book.
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- Cliff's registered address with the library is an old
apartment that he moved out of 5 years ago. [Red herring]
- Cliff's address with the Hawaii DMV is a small house,
recently abandoned.
- Neighbors say that Cliff kept to himself, always
working on his "big
mystery novel". They haven't seen him for a few months and assumed he
went back to the mainland when the war started.
- Inside the house is Cliff's unfinished manuscript
"Death of a Big
Shooter". It's about an inveterate billiards gambler who ends up owing
the mob a bunch of money.
- Also in the house is a pool table, fancy cues, and
various receipts from "The Cue Ball", a local pool bar.
- Patrons at The Cue Ball remember Cliff. Say that he
owed a lot of money
to Slim Domino. Slim says he sold the markers to Tony Lucerno.
- Tony Lucerno says that Cliff's markers were a bad
investment. One that
he had to... bury... in IRS paperwork of course. "Haven't heard from
him in a while, not that I'm keeping track or anything."
- If reminded that he sort of owes Penelope, he will
end the
conversation. Later on, she will get an anonymous note pointing to
Cliff's burial site.
- Cliff had been tied up and buried alive in the
cemetary, where he died. But on his body is the missing library book.
- If Penelope reports the crime and mentions the
library book, it will be taken by the police as material evidence.
Awards:
+1/2 for tracking down the book
+1/2 for notifying the police
-1/2 if police take the book
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