To continue the true version of this tale which you will NOT
hear from Becky, let me start again where we left off in week
two. We left the two friendly village ladies,
Helpful Butzi & Sweet Brat Lady wondering how to help
the Pseudo Princess out of her jam with the Wizardess who
lives in the Cave of  Codes
and her wicked sidekick,
the bat known only as *K*....and also wondering how to help
themselves to not only the secrets of the magic flash which
are controlled by the Pseudo-Princess, but also the secrets
of the Cave of Codes which the Wizardess guards so carefully
and which the bat known only as *K* is determined to obtain
even if it means snuffing out our crazy Pseudo-Princess.
Kind hearted Butzi and Brat Lady do not wish to harm the Pseudo-Princess
or the Wizardess. They simply want to know all their
secrets and grab all their toys. And they are not above
some serious snooping to find the best way to go about making
a success of their plan. They fussed and they fidgeted.
They could not decide on the best way to go about obtaining
the information they sought. Brat Lady insisted that
they must hire PI Pamelia to ferret out useful information,
but Butzi complained [quite logically as she has an engineering
style brain despite that pink outfit] that PI Pamelia's fees
were much too high considering that she had never received
her certificate of completion from the online school of private
investigation where she had been spending so much time, but
evidently not learning enough to graduate. Brat Lady
commented that she had heard that PI Pamelia had been seen
in the company of a seasoned, but rather shady investigator
of late who seemed to have become her mentor in the field
of obtaining information ...legally or not. She though
in giving PI Pamelia her first official job assignment they
might actually get two investigators for the price of one
since the shady mentor would be happy that PI Pamelia finally
had a real job and would stop eating all her cheese.
Butzi reluctantly agreed to at least speak to them about the
assignment. They both decided that since no one really
knew the level to which the Pseudo-Princess' madness had progressed
and everyone in the village lived in fear of the Wizardess
of the Cave of Codes, their choices might be a bit limited.
| Bubba daMouse &
PI Pamelia |
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Meanwhile back in the village, PI Pamelia and Bubba daMouse
were laying around Bubba's well littered office smoking strange
smelling cigars and drinking some imported brew called Pepsi.
Bubba was drilling Pamelia on the rules of investigation and
what she should write & say when she went to take her
exam for the twelfth [or is it thirteenth?] time in hopes
that she will pass. The main problem with Bubba's tutorial
style was that she would then go on to tell Pamelia how, out
in the real world of the village she should really bend and
twist all these rules like some sort of warm pretzel.
Poor old Pamelia kept confusing the shady methods of Bubba
daMouse with the proper ones when was supposed to write on
the exam, so every time, she ended up failing miserably.
Bubba just stomped her foot in disgust every time that poor
Pamelia failed once again, convinced that she would never
learn how to fib properly and remember what was the truth and
what was the twisted pretzel , therefore, never make a very
sneaking private investigator.
Just at the time when Bubba daMouse was starting to roar
because Pamelia had confused the issues once again, the phone
rang. It was Butzi and the Brat Lady on the other end
of the line asking for PI Pamelia and inquiring as to her
rates. Bubba daMouse quickly grabbed her agent/manager
hat off of the peg on the wall and began quoting outrageous
fees for the rookie investigator's services. Butzi and
Brat Lady could be heard gasping across the lines. They
began to argue and bargain with the shady mouse manager and
finally agreed on a slightly reduced fee, only if they could
guarantee that they could at least be assured of receiving
the information needed to master the magic of the flash.
[At the reduced rate, Bubba daMouse refused to also guarantee
the secrets of the Cave of Codes would be revealed, but she
promised that PI Pamelia would do her best....which the mouse
was thinking wasn't all that great at this point. ;^]
PI Pamelia was listening to the entire conversation with
a rather astonished look on her face. She was totally
amazed at the fee that the Bubba daMouse had demanded and
received. She was also in such deep fear of the crazy Pseudo-Princess
and the wicked Wizardess that she began to shake so uncontrollably
that she knocked over the precious Pepsi and it began to form
a sticky puddle on the floor below her. She hardly noticed
the mess because she was shaking so hard.
Bubba daMouse explained to her in a patronizing voice that
she wanted PI Pamelia to stay put in the office and not touch
a think while she, Bubba daMouse, went and infiltrated the castle
on her own. She said she could be in and out in record
time with the goods on the Pseudo-Princess so the silly ladies
of the village would be happy and they would decide later
if they would even bother with going to the Cave of the Codes
since they had made no promises or guarantees about the secrets
it contained.
Unbeknownst to PI Pamelia, Bubba had decided that since Pamelia
would probably never earn her certificate of completion from
the online PI school, she should help her by establishing
her reputation [even if Pamelia did none of the legwork
at first]. Once people believed Pamelia was worth the
ridiculous fees, then she could earn enough to get her out
of Bubba's rathole and her hair.
Click here or on
the folder tab link to Pamelia's report to find out what
the official report said....and what really
happened.
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