Chapter 5: Shattered Dreams

Nancy knocked on the door labeled "Lab" and a silly old man poked his head out.

"Yes, yes. What is it?" he asked

"Yeah, hi. I was wonder-"

"Oh my!" the man gasped. "You are finally here! My dream assistant is here!"

"But Mr. Helgason I just have a question. I'm not a new lab assistant"

"Please, in that dress you can be nothing but a new assistant. Now make these solutions using this very complicated and annoying minigame."

"May I ask a question first?"

"You may ask a question second. First you must make the solutions. Go. Go."

"Ok, I'll make the solutions. Gosh."

So she started making the solutions. Of course, like Helfdan had said, the minigame was long and complicated. But as Nancy would soon find out, it was only one of the many minigames to come. After a few minutes, Nancy finished.

"You have done a very good job," Helfdan congratulated, "I am grateful. So. Ask me your question. I assume it concerns your dress?"

"No." Nancy started to wonder if she needed to change her closet, "It concerns the green goo you found in the Jungle Room. I think it was meant to explode. Mr. Bleski told me about the 'construction accidents.'"

"As a matter of fact, when Mrs. Montague showed me it, I suspected it was some kind of explosive, so I carefully removed it and brought it back here to analyze. However, I found it to be useless. That is to say whoever wanted to use it as a gel bomb had an epic fail"

"Stinks to be them, am I right?" Nancy replied.

"…"

"Nothing"

Not very impressed, Helfdan changed the subject, "Well, I must get back to work…"

"Assistant Drew, towels need to be folded in Reception" Cassidy announced.

"Sounds like we both must get back to work, ya?"

"Now it stinks to be us," Nancy sighed.

Back in Reception, Cassidy gave Nancy another note.

"Got another note for you," he said.

"Well, at least we have nice music." Nancy said.

"It's on loop, but it sure helps pass the time."

The note said "Here's a sweet concoction I prepared for you." The setup was the same as before, but this time the clue was "I am the common link between a polar bear and coconut meat." The answer: White.

"Now what part of the spa is white?" Nancy wondered.

"Unless the men's room counts, how about the Ivory Room?" Cassidy suggested.

"Great idea, thanks." So Nancy went to the Ivory Room.