Now having access to the Sim Quarter, the girls sat at their table (each sipping occasionally from a smoothie they had) to go over their future plans.
Rainbow Dash spoke up. "Okay. We're making progress. We have new quests to begin." she turned to Fluttershy. "You have the second best luck among us, and are the most unassuming of the lot of us by far. You should do the next mission. We'll probably receive a call from Detective Dan that tells you to go to Old Salty's boat and play Moogoo Monkey. The rest will unfold from there."
She then looked at Applejack next. "There's a small dock in Glasstown that houses what will be the next game, but it was shut down at the time because the game there was kind of... lame. Either way, Lily gates is looking to buy it up for her boss. If you talk to Dusty about reviving the Bumper Boats franchise, he'll be willing to listen."
Sunset was next. "You're the best planner among us aside from Twilight and have a charisma akin to Pinkie's. Bring Rares there with you. You might see a bald guy called Luthor wandering around town. Talk to him about the museum. It's peanuts, really, so he'll say, but it'll help us."
Then to Twilight. "Mister Coleman will want someone to take tickets at the Club Zydeco. You're a late nighter; I guess it comes with the name." she teased at the end. "Anyway, he doesn't care for Richies, so if they're a Richie, you'll have to deny them entry. NO MATTER WHO IT IS." She said the last part with something of a deadpan. "Think you're up to it?"
Twilight took a deep breath and nodded.
"Then you should probably catch some Zs while you can." Rainbow Dash said, then looked at Pinkie. "Pinkie,, you and I are going to need to do some guard duty for Gramma Hattie. Her group is meeting in the graveyard. We need to keep Daddy B's fingers out of that particular pie, if you catch my drift."
Pinkie nodded. "Just tell me when. If that jerk comes anywhere near us..." she made one hand into a fist and smacked her outstretched hand.(1)
Rainbow Dash smiled. "Good attitude. In the meantime, I suggest that you get us a woodworking table. It'll be necessary later, trust me. Also keep an eye out for any logs that might make for good material."
With that, they went about their tasks.
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(Fluttershy)
Arriving at the boat Old Salty called home, she went up to the Moogoo Monkey table. She thought to herself, 'Let's see... I'm to play one game and my contact will come over with my next instructions.'
Putting her first ante down, she sat at the table...
(2)
After the game wass done with, Fluttershy turned out to be the second place winner. Suddenly, a suspicious looking man came up to her. "Not bad for a first timer." he said. "Giuseppi Mezzoalto, by the way. Call me Gus."
"It's an... interesting game, anyway." she replied.
"I noticed that you only played... one game." Gus said, raising an eyebrow.
'This must be my contact.', Fluttershy thought quickly. 'Better try to be innocuous.' "Oh, I'm just... waiting for someone. That's all." she said, finally.
He smiled. "Well, after you "find" them, you might want to stop by the news office."
"That's it?" she queried.
"That's it." Gus said, turning to walk away as silently as he'd come.
'Smooth as silk, 'Shy.' Fluttershy thought to herself with a small smirk.
Entering the news office, Fluttershy saw several messages on the board. One of them said,
Look in the hedges for the next instruction."
-BC
Remembering that she saw some hedges in The Sim Quarter, Fluttershy walked took out her grav-board for this one. Zooming along, she quickly made it to the aforementioned hedges. A quick look inside revealed another message.
The answer you seek lies beyond the graves.
'Oh, dear!' she thought for a moment, but then pondered the wording of the message. 'An answer from beyond the graves I think I understand.'
With that was another message.
Bring it to me first.
-Det. DdM
The next stop, naturally, was the cemetary. Though she was slightly afraid, Fluittershy summoned what courage she could. "I've got to do this. For everyone." she said aloud, then began looking around the area. Sure enough, past the first few graves, behind aanother larger one was a briefcase. On that was another message.
To have this would be another feather in his cap.
Fluttershy sourly thought to herself, 'Mister Clodd. Has to be. Better get this to the detective first.'
Putting thoughts to actions, she went to the police station, handing the detective the briefcase.
"Excellent! I knew I could count on you girls!" the man praised, placing what looked like a steel ladybug on one of the feet of the briefcase. "Give this back to Giuseppi. He'll do the rest for us." he said, smiling.
Finding the shifty youth wasn't easy, but Fluttershy managed. She then handed the briefcase to him. "Bring this to Mister Clodd. He'll do the rest." she said evenly.
Gus nodded. "Alright. Anything strange about this?"
"Nah, nah." she said. "I'm on the level." keeping her poker face up admirably.
Gus smiled and said, "Yes. Yes you are."
With that cryptic statement, he practically faded into the shadows.
Fluttershy only broke her poker face for a smile as she headed back home. 'Like I said before: Smooth. As. Silk. I hope the others are doing just as well.'
Quest Completed