▷ The Spider Cliff Mysteries
▷ Story 1: Bridging the Gap
▷ Chapter 12: The combination of random objects
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Transcript of this chapter:
barlow: Well, here's the place that Rebecca mentioned... storage bay twelve.barlow: Wow, just look at all this junk!
barlow: Why would I need a magnet? I don't even understand why I considered it.
barlow: Okay, so now I have some library paste...
barlow: I really don't know why I picked this up.
barlow: Someone filled this door-shaped gap with bricks. I wonder why.
barlow: Hmm... this spot on the floor without dust tells me that someone has been here recently.
barlow: This large circus cannon must've been one of the weapons captured during the Circus War...
barlow: Hey! This is what Rebecca was talking about! I can use this cannon to shoot myself over the chasm!
barlow: Barlow, you ARE leaving!
barlow: Hey, I can see the other side of the chasm from here.
barlow: What am I thinking?! Am I really thinking that I can use two random objects to get past some problem?
barlow: The world just doesn't work that way. The bricks would sooner fall on their own than...
barlow: Ooh-kay...
barlow: That's a... I know what that is!
barlow: It's a silly device I learned about in my demon-hunter training. It uses power from an incapacitated demon to create a powerful field of positive energy to keep evil forces away.
barlow: What a bunch of hogwash! But if I can convince Alex that it works, maybe they won't think they need me here anymore.
barlow: These are the gunpowder charges that make the cannon work. There appears to only be one left. Oh, well, one is all I'll need.
barlow: Hmmm... the cage appears to be locked. It looks like the standard Spider Cliff lock, so I bet the Sheriff's skeleton key will open it.
barlow: He'll never let me fire a cannon, especially with me inside. Wait... he'll be leaving his key in his office when he goes to play board games with Rebecca tonight.
barlow: I'll just go over my plan...
barlow: I'll wait until the Sheriff is busy, take his key, unlock the cage, and use the cannon to blast myself out of town! Perfect!
barlow: I don't even need to worry about who cut down the bridge. I can leave that waitress to deal with it!
barlow: Very clever, Barlow.