Puzzle 005

[tapshoetomove]

[Getting kidnapped and trapped in a building filled with bombs was not how Luke expected to spend the last week before the new year. Even after being rescued, he's been avoiding his room like the plague. After all Mr. Many knew exactly where he was staying, so he didn't want to wait around to be caught again.

The downside to that is well, he doesn't exactly have a place to stay in the meantime. So this message will come late in the evening as Luke wanders the halls looking for a place to settle down.]

Does anyone know a good place to sleep? There's um...something wrong with my room.

I know it's getting late but would anyone like to hear a few puzzles? It's a good way to get our minds of this cold weather.

[Written.]

Who is Mr. Many?

Comments

[Luke]

[encryptedlock]

Glad you got out okay, kid.

Whoever it is, it's a pseudonym. There's no one even remotely similar to that name with a nameplate in the castle.

[Luke]

[tapshoetomove]

I'm glad too. That was pretty scary.

So he's using a fake name then.

[Luke]

[encryptedlock]

Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me at all.

Now are you looking for a temporary place to stay, or something a little more permanent?

[Luke]

[tapshoetomove]

Um, I dunno. I just don't want Mr. Many showing up at my doorstep.

[Luke]

[encryptedlock]

[It's times like this when York misses the TARDIS.]

Well, you could stay in one of the empty rooms, or even get a place in town. And I've got a spare room, if you need one. [Seeing as how he lives with his girlfriend now.]

[kryptonian]

You don't live with anyone, Luke?

[tapshoetomove]

No, it's just me.

[kryptonian]

Aren't you a bit young?

[tapshoetomove]

It wasn't my decision.

[If it was up to him, he wouldn't be living by himself. It was lonely.]

[kryptonian]

[That is so sad :(]

I'm going to ask my aunt if you can stay with us, okay?

Written

[jimfromit]

Maybe he's the Boogyman?

Written

[tapshoetomove]

Last I checked the Boogeyman doesn't have a building full of bombs.

Written

[jimfromit]

Boogeymen come in all different shapes and sizes bucko.

Some hide in the closet waiting to pounce...others use clever little explosives.

Written

[tapshoetomove]

In that case, I guess he is sort of like a boogeyman. He can't hide forever though, right?

Written

[jimfromit]

Well that depends how good he is doesn't it?

And of course how alert you are. There are quite a few big old closets in this castle.

[written]

[wantsiceland]

You think anybody knows?

[written]

[tapshoetomove]

[Considering he never got Shego's name or recognizes her handwriting, he doesn't realize who he's talking to.]

Someone might know something.

[written]

[wantsiceland]

Doubt it, kid. The guy's paranoid.

[written]

[tapshoetomove]

Well as paranoid as he might be, he's going to slip up eventually.

[written]

[wantsiceland]

I wouldn't cry if he did.

[granted, her reasons are different from Luke's]

/dictated

[theabjectauthor]

You can stay with me, if you're in need of proper accommodations... And I would be glad to see your puzzles.

/dictated

[tapshoetomove]

I think I might be staying with Supergirl, but until then um...would it be all right if I stayed a little while?

[Because he'd really like a bed 8C]

I-if that's all right, I mean. I've got plenty of puzzles I could share too!

[theabjectauthor]

That is perfectly fine! I live in the Gaudium tower, Room 1907. I'll make sure there's space here for you.

[he'll even wish up a little comfortable cot for the corner and clear off the card table for puzzle solving]

Have you eaten, today?

[tapshoetomove]

Thank you very much, sir! I'll be heading over there now.

Uhm, no. Not yet I haven't. I'm pretty hungry right now though.

[theabjectauthor]

Then I shall have something waiting. Chicken salad sandwiches, perhaps, and root beer floats?