'Entwickler and the Mince Pie Murder'
A Panzerfäuste Gamebook by Luke Passingham
Paragraph 31
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“Huh” he replies with a shrug. “Guess you know your stuff after all. Ok, I’ll spill the beans. Yeah, Vic had this real thing about panda bears. He told people it was due to a traumatic backstory, but the truth is he was creeped out by them - thought they looked like little Pokemon. That’s how I knew something was up last time I saw him.”
You raise a menacing eyebrow indicating he should continue.
“I lost contact with Vic when he moved out of the penal squad and into the bear boys, but he was in here last week and we shared a couple of pints. He had a few things to sell – under the table stuff, you know - gold, frankincense and so on - but also he gave me this.”
He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a stuffed red panda with a goofy expression.
“I can’t imagine Vic even picking this up himself. He musta been trying to tell me something - but what?”
You take the red panda from him as you do so it snags on the sharp edge of some sauerkraut a and accidentally tears in two with your massive claws. Felix sighs.
“Figures.” he says. “Look, I got places to be. Nice drinking with you, Hauptmann.”
After he leaves you begin the stuffing, when in the middle of the floor you find a single purple rubber ball with a number 4 on it. Did it come from within the toy?
This number seems significant, so you should make a note of it.
Regardless, you’re done here. Where next?
If you’d like to talk to Vince Pie (if you’ve not already done so) go to 41