Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Get your mind back on the case, Buzz.

Mark makes it back to the safe side of the lake and meets back up with Buzz (who has decided that he's going to go with this new white-haired look). It is then that he learns that Senator Wallace isn't the only one who's buying meat from the Parkers, though he seems to buy the most and even happens to own the camp. (I hope it isn't an election year. Something like that might really hurt your chances. Or maybe not. People are weird sometimes.) I guess it's a good thing then, that Mark made friends with those beavers. All he has to do is give the word and they'll knock out the dam and flood the Parker camp (and if the Parkers happen to vanish because maybe a dangerous animal or two got a little panicky and feared for their lives, well, no one is going to say anything, right?). Hey Mark, you know who should know about this? Senator Hatcher and your buddy, Tim.
Returning back to the city in their canoe (and apparently deciding to take another shot at Devil's Pass), Mark and Buzz chat about this, that, and the other, but mostly not about the poor poached animals. Oh my, looks like Buzz is more than a little smitten with Jan, Ben's daughter, and since he doesn't want to upset his future girlfriend, he's also beginning to think that maybe, just maybe, there's a way that everyone can live in peace and harmony in the Paradise Lake area. Mark, tired of hearing Buzz moon over Jan, and getting pretty darn antsy to leave this area and get back to the tranquility of Lost Forest, agrees that maybe there is a way (just so long as they don't run into those rocks).
Back in the city, Mark and Buzz meet back up with Tim (at least, I think it's Tim), who seems to have aged in the time it took to go explore the Parker camp. (Gee Mark, maybe you should leave. Everyone seems to be aging a lot faster than normal. Kind of reminds me of that Star Trek episode.) They tell him everything they've found out, and have even enlisted the help of a friendly white rabbit, who gives a little more information about the Parkers and Senator Wallace. Still, Tim isn't about to just go pointing fingers without proof, so I hope you remembered to get that film developed, Mark.

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