With the circus caper neatly wrapped up (though with a surprisingly few number of casualties), Dick heads home to a relaxing evening with Tess. But wait! Tess has an idea! But wait, there's more! A possibly far more interesting mysterious figure, shrouded in shadow, with great piercing eyes, is making a call to the police station. Seems that the poor fellow has lost someone, or actually some
thing, and he really, really wants it back (oh, and if you could find the guy, that'd be good too, I guess). You can tell that the operator really cares about this potential new case from his glazed over eyes and expression of sheer boredom. Must be a slow day at the station. Too bad he forgot to bring his crossword or Sudoku book today, but at least the phone call means that there's the potential for something interesting to happen.
Back at the Tracy household, all Dick wants to do is take off his tie and relax, maybe have a drink, watch a little TV (I hear there's a good game on tonight). Tess, on the other hand, has been stuck in that darn house since Dick sent her home from the circus with Bonnie (say, what happened to Bonnie anyway?) and she wants to go out on the town, or at least to a concert. Dick doesn't seem to be too keen on that idea and wants to know if it's going to be some of that long hair stuff that the kids are all listening to now, but before Tess can give us an answer, the story switches back to that exciting phone call, where the mysterious figure, who is mysterious no more (well, he still doesn't have a name or anything, but at least he's no longer in the shadows), is describing the person who's gone missing with the even more important missing mystery object. (Oh Tracy, it looks like you'll be seeing some long hair after all.) Maybe we'll even learn what it is one of these days.
Meanwhile, back at the Tracy's, Dick seems in much better spirits now that he's found out that Tess wants to go to the symphony. I mean, what could go wrong at the symphony? What could go wrong indeed. Dick is already taking the initiative, after mentioning Tess's propensity for getting him into cases, and has donned his detective outfit because we all know that this quiet night at the symphony is going to turn into a case faster than you can duh duh duh duuuuuuuh. But back to the phone call, our wild-haired caller who just wants to get his son back (oh, and that thing that his son took with him, and really, if you only find the son, just leave him alone, but if you find the thing, get it back here as soon as possible) isn't too happy with what the operator had to say. Probably something about how difficult it is to find missing persons, or how he has to wait twenty-four hours before his son can be considered a missing person, or how his son being in his twenties means that he can leave the house and go wherever he pleases because he's an adult. I can't wait to see how these two stories will collide (I mean, I think I already know, but I just want to see if I'm right).
With the circus caper neatly wrapped up (though with a surprisingly few number of casualties), Dick heads home to a relaxing evening with Tess. But wait! Tess has an idea! But wait, there's more! A possibly far more interesting mysterious figure, shrouded in shadow, with great piercing eyes, is making a call to the police station. Seems that the poor fellow has lost someone, or actually some thing, and he really, really wants it back (oh, and if you could find the guy, that'd be good too, I guess). You can tell that the operator really cares about this potential new case from his glazed over eyes and expression of sheer boredom. Must be a slow day at the station. Too bad he forgot to bring his crossword or Sudoku book today, but at least the phone call means that there's the potential for something interesting to happen.
Back at the Tracy household, all Dick wants to do is take off his tie and relax, maybe have a drink, watch a little TV (I hear there's a good game on tonight). Tess, on the other hand, has been stuck in that darn house since Dick sent her home from the circus with Bonnie (say, what happened to Bonnie anyway?) and she wants to go out on the town, or at least to a concert. Dick doesn't seem to be too keen on that idea and wants to know if it's going to be some of that long hair stuff that the kids are all listening to now, but before Tess can give us an answer, the story switches back to that exciting phone call, where the mysterious figure, who is mysterious no more (well, he still doesn't have a name or anything, but at least he's no longer in the shadows), is describing the person who's gone missing with the even more important missing mystery object. (Oh Tracy, it looks like you'll be seeing some long hair after all.) Maybe we'll even learn what it is one of these days.
Meanwhile, back at the Tracy's, Dick seems in much better spirits now that he's found out that Tess wants to go to the symphony. I mean, what could go wrong at the symphony? What could go wrong indeed. Dick is already taking the initiative, after mentioning Tess's propensity for getting him into cases, and has donned his detective outfit because we all know that this quiet night at the symphony is going to turn into a case faster than you can duh duh duh duuuuuuuh. But back to the phone call, our wild-haired caller who just wants to get his son back (oh, and that thing that his son took with him, and really, if you only find the son, just leave him alone, but if you find the thing, get it back here as soon as possible) isn't too happy with what the operator had to say. Probably something about how difficult it is to find missing persons, or how he has to wait twenty-four hours before his son can be considered a missing person, or how his son being in his twenties means that he can leave the house and go wherever he pleases because he's an adult. I can't wait to see how these two stories will collide (I mean, I think I already know, but I just want to see if I'm right).
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