Hiya guys, it's CRSWoodferns, back with another scary riddle. I'm not really sure I should call this story 'scary' anymore, the last few chapters have been progressively getting more and more pathetic. This one is no exception. (...or maybe that's just my case; I know the answer even before writing this) The thing that made me update is your, uhh... persistence
Well then, here we go on with the answer for the previous riddle:
Wait, what was the riddle, again?
Oh, yeah, I got it. Here, Voltaire didn't say he will start Kevin next to the BOX containing the prize money. The former put the latter inside the box, and since it's virtually indestructible, Kevin dies of asphyxiation. Poor Kevin :(
AND, the people who got this correct are: Subha, Devi, Rock the road, Blue shadow of sky. You guys nailed it!
And the detectives who had almost cracked the mystery: Cutetyhil and Droplets of blue rain! You were soo close!
Before we move on to the next mystery, I would like to make it clear that this is a texting story, between Kai and Ray. And I've made it extra long, so as to compensate for the delay :)
There, settled. Now, grab onto some popcorn or perhaps some coffee, and-
GO READ!
Livurlyf: 'Sup, Kai?
Hvalyf: ...
Livurlyf: What? You still haven't gotten over the fact that I made you choose this username?
Hvalyf: Seriously, Ray? Have-A-Life and Live-your-life? What the hell?
Livurlyf: Ha, whatever. Guess where I am?
Hvalyf: Prison?
Livurlyf: NO! Let me give you a hint: The happiest place on earth.
Hvalyf: ...places aren't happy, Ray. What do you mean?
Livurlyf: You know what I mean, Kai. Stop playing dumb!
Hvalyf: ...
Livurlyf: HAPPYLAND!
Hvalyf: Now this is what I call moronic...
Livurlyf: No, seriously. I am here.
Livurlyf: *sends a snapshot of his surroundings*
Hvalyf: What you there for, anyway? The park is for kids, right?
Livurlyf: Guard dutyy :)
Hvalyf: You used to work at a restaurant, right?
Livurlyf: I quit my job last week.
Hvalyf: And ended up in an amusement park.
Livurlyf: Yeah, pretty much.
Hvalyf: Is this just a temporary one?
Livurlyf: Yeah.
Livurlyf: Hey, hang on, I've got a call.
Livurlyf: You won't believe this, Kai.
Hvalyf: What?
Livurlyf: Max Tate is here.
Hvalyf: You mean- THE Max Tate? The serial killer and kidnapper Max Tate?
Livurlyf: Yeah. I'm with two other guards patrolling undercover. We can't let him kidnap anyone.
Hvalyf: But wait, how do you know he's there?
Livurlyf: A man selling sticky notes came up to the front desk and told them. The Security confirmed it, they did see Max Tate in one of the cameras.
Hvalyf: But surely he can't get away, you've got tight security at the main gates, right?
Livurlyf: Yeah...
Hvalyf: And wait, they didn't arrest him?
Livurlyf: No. They let him off for giving us the information. And- hey, I think I see him.
Hvalyf: What?
Livurlyf: A man in an alien costume. He's dragging away a girl.
Livurlyf: She's crying.
Livurlyf: They went into one of the underground tunnels.
Hvalyf: Tunnels?
Livurlyf: The underground systems. Characters use them to move from one end of park to other without being seen.
Hvalyf: So it connects the entire park?
Livurlyf: Yeah.
Hvalyf: So he could easily hide anywhere!
Livurlyf: I know. I'm following them.
Hvalyf: Be careful, okay?
Livurlyf: Okay... Shit! He saw me!
Hvalyf: Hide somewhere, Ray.
Livurlyf: He's walking faster, he's getting away.
Livurlyf: Yes! The Security people are here! They've just entered the tunnel, I can hear them. But we're quite a distance from them.
Livurlyf: We won't let Tate get away.
Hvalyf: Thank heavens!
Hvalyf: Ray?
Hvalyf: You're not dead Ray, are you?
Hvalyf: Kon
an hour later...
Livurlyf: Kai, you won't believe what happened!
Hvalyf: You're safe!
Livurlyf: Yeah :)
Hvalyf: I thought you had been kidnapped as well.
Livurlyf: Now that's just silly... now let me tell you my story.
Hvalyf: What story?
Livurlyf: I went running up to him and got the child. She started crying even harder.
Livurlyf: The Security people came and they all beat me up. Oww...
Hvalyf: Why?
Livurlyf: I'm coming to that. They took me to the reception, and the woman recognised me. She told them that I was the new employee who was supposed to come for guard duty and supposedly, hadn't shown up.
Hvalyf: What?!
Livurlyf: I arrived an hour late. I was told to start my shift as soon as I'd arrived.
Livurlyf: Turns out, the alien-costume man was a Happyland employee. The girl was his daughter.
Hvalyf: No way!
Livurlyf: Yes way! And I'm sitting in the infirmary, applying an ice pack onto my black eye.
Hvalyf: Is there anyone else?
Livurlyf: Oh yes. Everyone who was present inside the tunnel's here.
Hvalyf: Alien-man?
Livurlyf: Haha, yes. And a boy. His name is Kevin, he says. Waiting for an ambulance to pick him up.
Hvalyf: An ambulance?
Livurlyf: He's got a skinned knee. It's bleeding, though it doesn't look really bad.
Livurlyf: Kevin says hi.
Hvalyf: Hey :)
Livurlyf: There it is!
Hvalyf: The ambulance?
Livurlyf: Yep.
Livurlyf: Springfield hospital. That's quite far from here, yeah?
Hvalyf: Yeah..?
Livurlyf: The doctor got out and is writing something on the counter. A note, it seems. Maybe for his parents to contact the hospital.
Livurlyf: I feel bad for Kevin, though. Poor kid. People come to Happyland thinking it would be the best day ever, and leaving in an ambulance.
Hvalyf: Must be horrible for him...
Livurlyf: I'm running out of ice. My eye's still swollen.
Hvalyf: They got you pretty bad.
Livurlyf: At least now I'm sure that if they caught Max Tate and beat him, he's not going to be well and walking right after.
Hvalyf: Are you?
Livurlyf: Fine, mostly. There's a mirror here, and judging by my reflection, even with bruises and a black eye, I look handsome enough to make Julia swoon. Also, I'm limping, but hey, I can walk, and text, and I seem to be fully capable of nursing my own wounds, so yeah.
Hvalyf: You sound just like Tala.
Livurlyf: Arrogant?
Hvalyf: I was going for overconfident and narcissistic, but yeah, that too.
Livurlyf: Of course..
Hvalyf: No one uses underlining as a form of sarcasm while texting, Ray.
Livurlyf: Yeah, no one.
Hvalyf: STOP IT!
Livurlyf: Yeah, yeah, okay ;p
Livurlyf: Hey, hold on... Something terrible's happened.
Hvalyf: ?
Livurlyf: A boy's been kidnapped!
Hvalyf: What? How do you know?
Livurlyf: There's a sticky note on the front desk. A boy's been kidnapped. He came with his aunt and she's frantic!
Livurlyf: We have a reason to believe it's Tate, but nobody knows his whereabouts!
Hvalyf: Ray...
Hvalyf: I think y'all have a chance at catching Tate and saving the kidnapped boy...
*insert psychopathic laughter* Have you figured this out, yet?
It's easy, really easy. About as easy as narrating all the digits of pi. And if you still do get through, congratulations!
Well, I got through on the first attempt, judging by the fact that I already knew the answer and actually wrote this such that I would leave clues leading to the answer. I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!
*random spurge of insanity passes*
Oops, sorry, hehe...
You'll get through this one. Go on, detective, solve the mystery!
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