▷ The Spider Cliff Mysteries
▷ Story 2: The Mayor Misplaced
▷ Chapter 11: Background Information
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crystal: Barlow, walk up. I've got to talk to you about something.barlow: I'm awake... I'm awake...
barlow: I'm waking up... in... no, not in... love...
crystal: Barlow?
crystal: Barlow, this is important!
crystal: Barlow!
crystal: WAKE UP, YOU IDIOT!
crystal: Barlow, I know who took the urn!
crystal: Well, I see you're happy to hear about it.
crystal: Yep, it looks like this case is solved. We just need to pick up the urn.
crystal: Don't get so excited, Barlow.
crystal: Poor kid. He hasn't had any sleep in days. I guess I'm partly to blame.
crystal: Oh, look. The bridge is back up.
barlow: What? WHAT?! It is?
crystal: No. Sorry.
barlow: That was a mean thing to do. Just for that, I'm going to... go back to sleep.
crystal: No! I need you to help me.
barlow: Okay, okay. What do you need?
crystal: We need to get the urn back, and I know who has it!
barlow: You do? Who?
crystal: Eliza took it.
barlow: Eliza... Eliza Blake? Why would she have it?
crystal: She wants to destroy the town!
barlow: So you two have something in common.
crystal: Shut up! We have nothing in common! She doesn't even believe that I'm a demon.
barlow: Yeah, she never went in for that local demonology stuff. She's more of the rational type.
crystal: What else do you know about her?
barlow: What do you need to know?
crystal: On second thought, maybe I should take you back home to rest.
barlow: That would be... wait! No, I want to help you.
crystal: Are you sure? I have to stop by our house anyway for some-
barlow: No! Let's no go back there. We should be searching for the mayor... No time to lose.
crystal: Okay...
crystal: Why do you want to stay away from our house? Is there something you're not telling me?
barlow: Goodness... no! Heh... It's just a normal house with rooms we rent.
crystal: The Sheriff is searching my room, isn't he?
barlow: Yeah.
crystal: Well, let him. I have nothing to hide.
crystal: How well do you know her?
barlow: Oh, pretty well. She's some years older than me, and she went to university to study biology, I think.
barlow: Oh, yeah... when I was little, she was my baby-sitter.
crystal: Where is the rest of her family?
barlow: She was an only child. Her mother and father raised her here in Spider Cliff, but they moved to Sprawling-Mossville a few years ago.
crystal: Did your parents know her parents?
barlow: Well... not my parents. I was raised by my great aunt. She was good friends with the Blakes and most other people in Spider Cliff.
barlow: When my great aunt died about three years ago, a lot of people started to move away. She really tied the town together. That's about the time that her parents left.
crystal: Has she always been so hostile towards the town?
barlow: She was fine when she left for university. I guess the town seems a lot smaller once you've seen better places.
crystal: Don't be so sure of that.
crystal: Do you know what's in that box she's guarding?
barlow: I dunno. Treasure?
crystal: It's the remains of the mayor. She all but told me so herself.
crystal: Did Eliza leave for school before your great aunt died?
barlow: Yeah. Eliza left in the late summer some years back. My great passed away the following January. That's when I moved into that rented room.
crystal: I know this doesn't really relate to our case, but where did you live before that?
barlow: I lived in the Bean House, up on the hill. It's mine now, but it's really run-down and completely uninhabitable.
barlow: My great aunt Vedalia made me stay there while she made me go through all that demon-hunter training.
crystal: We need to get that box!
barlow: What do you need me to do?
crystal: I need you to lure her away from her campsite, so I get check out the box. Let's go.