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Now, here's chapter 8, Breaking the Dress Code.
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Previously in our story, the mysterious stranger who has come to Middling Fair looking for
Danny Hillcrest continued gathering intel.
He spoke with Cindy and learned that Danny had been fired from his job as social media
director for the Cine-Round-a-Dome Drive-In Theater.
Danny had promised that the artist Banksy would appear at an event without ever speaking
with Banksy. As this chapter begins, the stranger is walking back to the Venus Arms Hotel and Towers.
Okay, you have to stop.
Who? Me? Sorry, just doing my job. Well do it somewhere else.
Isn't there a PBS documentary or a Honda commercial somewhere that needs narrating? Well, I never.
Okay, what have I got?
I know that Hillcrest was in the hotel restaurant this morning and that he was fired from the
drive-in, which means he has no money. He also wrote down the words,
a ram sang, but no one knows what that means.
Oh, come on Hillcrest, where are you? I just need a minute and bang, all done.
The stranger reaches the Venus Arms and prepares to go through the persnickety revolving door.
If he can... Hey, hey, hey, hey, didn't I tell you to take a hike?
Well, yes, but I thought you meant- Ah, shh, shh, shh, shh. Listen. Listen.
Get lost. Humphf. You wouldn't treat Paul Frees this way.
So does your bell captain live in that chair? At least that way I can be sure he's still breathing.
How can I help you? Mr.
Blaine Hendricks? Any sign of Hillcrest? No, and I must confess. I'm confused,
Because that both delights and concerns me you're worried about him
Yes, the rent on his room is overdue, and if I have to toss him out, I want to do it in person!
I just can't seem to figure out where he's hiding.
I'm sorry, hiding? What makes you think he's hiding? Just a figure of speech. Can I have the key to my room?
About that, your room isn't quite ready yet. What? I've been gone for hours! What's the holdup?
My apologies, but as I told you before, most of the staff is away until the end of the month.
And you also told me that Rumpelstiltskin over there would take care of the room.
I did, didn't I?
Cap! Wake up, Cap! Rabbit season! Huh? What? Oh, it's you, Giles! Yes, it is.
I want you to take Mr. Hendricks and his luggage up to his room on the 10th floor,
and be sure that everything is in order before you leave.
Can we skip all that? If you just give me the room key, I can- No, no, no. The Venus Arms has standards. Since when? Cap?
Oh, right, I'm going.
Uh, Cap, didn't you forget something? Huh, did I forget to put my pants on again?
I meant the luggage. Oh, right.
Straining noises.
Now we'll pick up the luggage. Come on, let's get this over with.
And try not to fall asleep in the elevator this time.
Your pants?
See? Wide awake the whole trip. Yeah, mostly. Let's get you to your room.
Cap and the stranger step out of the elevator. Why are you back?
Who the heck are you talking to?
That voice that comes out of nowhere. Oh, sure, you can get away with that.
But me, I say I hear Georgia O'Keeffe one time, and they tell me to stop eating flowers before bedtime.
Which room is mine? I don't know, pick one. There's no one else in the hotel.
Okay, how about that one down at the end of the hall? I need to keep an eye out for Hillcrest,
then that room probably has a good view of the street.
Here's your room right here. Lovely view of the dumpster. You smart guy, I outta...
Okay, your room looks fine. There's the bed, the bathroom, the TV,
the standard Venus de Milo statuette, the closet, and the bathroom.
Yeah, you mentioned the bathroom twice. Hey, priorities.
OK, I'm going back to the lobby.
My comfy chair is calling. And that's long distance. Let me know if you need anything. Thanks, Cap.
Say, maybe you can help me. I was afraid you'd take me up on that.
While Danny Hillcrest was in the hotel restaurant, he scribbled something on the placemat.
A ram sang. What does that mean to you? Usually that I've had another stroke.
Don't take this the wrong way, but that Hillcrest kid is a few shingles shy of a sharp toolbox.
If you know what I mean. No.
I could certainly tell you stories. So far nothing has helped, but I have time to kill, so shoot.
It all started last week. No, wait, it was five years ago, I think.
Which year had a two in it? Maybe this was a bad idea.
Could this be the story that gives the Stranger the information he needs?
Will it be the key to decoding Danny's cryptic note?
And of the utmost concern to everyone, what does the Stranger have against multi-talented voiceover artists?
To find out, be sure to come back for Chapter 9, Playing the Game!
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In this episode, as The Stranger, Grant Johnson, voicegranted.com,
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Additional voices, as well as story and music, by Clinton Alvord,
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See you in the next one. But for now, that's it. We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye bye.
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