The economic crisis hits Eternia.

Robots, living mannequins, and pod people aside, the case continues and we learn a little more about Ringo, mainly that he hasn't been a ringmaster for very long (perhaps he was in some sort of rock band), and right now I'd even be tempted to say that he isn't a very good ringmaster either. It seems that in another life he was in the import business, probably jetting off around the world to look at one thing or another and trying to determine if it was worth the cost. Then fate stepped in and he saw his true calling as a ringmaster, well, maybe not. In fact, it would seem that the only reason he became a ringmaster was in order to acquire one thing in particular: a green and gold tiger, sometimes known as Cringer, other times known as Battle Cat, given up by a youth in a fuzzy vest who occasionally does battle with a man with a skull for a head who owns a giant purple panther. This case just keeps getting better and better. I can't wait to see who'll show up next.