Quote Originally Posted by HorusMyDude View Post
Hmm, might be a good idea to interview Pakson the Crabominable.
Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Type (Fighting)
+ Intimidation (Fighting vs Ice)
+ Modesty (Bug vs Fighting)

You decide to head out and pay the white, wooly crab Pokémon a visit. You find him at his day job, "maintaining" the Rusty Shine Units. Or more like you find him napping after a game of Solitaire Stones just didn't keep his interest long enough to merit staying awake. His maintenance office is full of clutter, caked with dust, and speaks for itself about how concerned Pakson is for his job.

When you approach him, suddenly he wakes up, looking alarmed for a moment, but then he realizes you're not here to hurt him. He just chuckles and just welcomes you into his mess of an office.

"Huh, whoa, wasn't expecting anyone!" Pakson greets you, nearly falling back on his wooly butt. "But that's cool. Who're you?"

You introduce yourself as Old Lace the Buzzwole, and that you're trying to discern who the Stalkers are. You then follow-up by asking Pakson about things he's might have seen around town, or if he thinks he might know something about a particular Stalker.

"Well, nice to meet ya, Lacey!" he boasts. "You don't mind if I call you that, right? Ha, figured!"

"So, you're hunting Stalkers, huh?" Pakson asks despite knowing the answer already. "I'm totally sure I could fight a Stalker! Though I haven't heard of anyone encountering one and living to tell the tale! But I'm sure I'll be different! I know things a lot of those other folks didn't!"

"Okay, I hate to say it, but I'm totally sure there's a Stalker living in Rusty Shine," he tells you, trying to keep his voice down, although he barely pulls this off and proves he doesn't really master subtlety very well. "I did rounds the other day, kind of to... well, between you and me, pretend like I was working. Now, Rusty Shine is full of weird smells. You get used to them, but there's no mistaking... death smell stuff. Someone's been hiding corpses or something around here. Or their refrigerator stopped working! I haven't been able to track down which unit it is and too many of them are inhabited to just go knocking on every single door to see who's been keeping bodies in the closet! Plus really, who's going to say 'oh yeah, Pakson, check out my body collection! I have a few rare ones if you're interested!' Eh heh, yeah, I doubt that!"

"Now, I've managed to at least track down that it's somewhere here on the first floor," Pakson tells you, trying to provide as many details as possible. "I also think it's on the western side, but don't hold me to that! Sometimes I think I catch whiffs of that stuff on the eastern side, but they're not as strong there. Look, everyone knows me around here and they know I'm not exactly the most ambitious maintenance guy around, so I don't have the best reputation. You know, if you could somehow figure out what unit has the stinky stuff, you'd be doing me a big favor! Although no promises about me cleaning that stuff up right away. I might need to, well, muster up the courage for that! And things like that take time! You know how it is, don't you, Lacey! Yeah, you're a pro pal."

"Say, I wonder what's on TV," he talks to himself, grabbing the remote. "Hey, you're welcome to join me, Lacey, if you'd like! The Warriors and Typhoons game should be on! I've got a lot of Fantasy Thrashball points on the line with this one!"

You politely decline as you know you've got other things you need to do. But you do wonder about what might be going on about the smells that Pakson described...

Old Lace the Buzzwole (L: Bug/Fighting)
Health: 12/12 | Sanity: 8/8 | Purity: 8/8
Battle Stance: Fight
Perk: Diplomacy | Abilities: Escort/Protect, Rescue/Escape
Trait: Stealthy