Trucs Bout à Bout Incident

Trucs Bout à Bout (ancient human for "Butt Stuff") is a brothel on Absalom station operated by Vivian Carpenter. Mrs. Mary Smalls, a rich old cat lady, moved into this establishment and was murdered.

Visiting the Scene

Mrs. Mary Smalls asked Theo to come to the retirement home she was living in. Theo had previously done work on Mrs. Smalls' Last Will and Testament, mainly to establish pet trust funds for her 38+ cats. The Spinach Inquisition quickly discovered that the "retirement home" was actually a brothel owned by her granddaughter.

When the Inquisition arrived, they were introduced to Vivian Carpenter by the secretary, Melinda. Vivian offered the Inquisition a 25% discount, and brought us to Mrs. Smalls' suite. Vivian's master keycard was unable to open the door, which concerned all parties. H4NZ was able to hack the door. Cats flooded out of the room, revealing a gruesome crime scene within.

Mrs. Mary Smalls had died from choking on a poisoned hotdog, and a large number of seemingly-identical cat corpses were strewn around the room. Bloody paw prints were everywhere. A single living cat remained, and it was eating a hotdog. It dies. Volkas is able to locate another identical cat under Mary's bed.

There are a number of food bowls for the cats, but one sticks out: a gigantic bowl labelled "Biscuit". Mrs. Smalls had mentioned this in her email to Theo; Biscuit had a ravenous appetite and had allegedly attempted to eat some of the other cats. The Spinach Inquisition immediately suspects Biscuit is somehow involved.

Junk decides to keep some of the dead cats as evidence and stores ten in his cheek pouches.

Investigation

cat cloning club, jrad, etc callback to trex dong ship

outcomes: junk has dead cats for months, bronzed dong, discount, later visit