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Previously in our story, Detective Haartte was the latest Middlingfair resident to share a Danny Hillcrest story with a mysterious stranger.
The stranger came to town to find Danny.
But just before the stranger arrived, Danny had rushed out of the hotel after briefly speaking with Giles and Miss Abby Falmacher.
I had to borrow an awful lot to send out these scripts.
I'm not sure certain people will be happy if things don't work out and I can't repay them.
Now, after two days of searching, the Stranger is returning to the Venus Arms, determined
to find Danny once and for all.
As our chapter begins, the Stranger storms back to the Venus Arms Hotel and Towers, entering
through the back door, looking for a place Danny could be hiding.
But the pool is padlocked, the doors to the main function hall are fastened, and even
the on-site pack-and-ship store is sealed shut, with just a sign on the door stating,
back next month. Soon enough, the stranger finds himself walking towards the lobby.
And I'm back at the restaurant. Le restaurant mal allumé, messieurs.
How can one person be so hard to find?
Mr. Ralston isn't going to accept this.
And neither will I.
Excuse me, Mr. Blaine Hendricks, excuse me! Ah, I hope you have some good news for me.
Actually, I do. Danny Hillcrest has returned.
Uh, sort of. What do you mean? Well, he did come back, but before I could give him your message, he left again.
You just missed him. If you hurry, I think you can catch him.
A stranger rushes across the lobby and into the revolving door.
But the doors suddenly lock up, trapping him inside. Oh, great.
Ha! I knew it would happen sooner or later.
You know, but really, you should fix that thing. Ms. Falmacher comes out of her office and the Maitre D also rushes to the scene.
What is going on with this?
Oh, ha, good. Listen, uh, if you could just push the door, I need to get out so that I can catch Danny. Good work, Cap.
And everyone thought I was crazy when I said we needed this emergency stop button. What? Let me out!
I don't think so. You'll just keep looking for Danny, and we can't let you find him.
It's my job!
Monsieur, that idiot may be the Notre Dame of Buffinerie, the Arc d'Tragedy, but that
is no reason to put the contract on him. Wait a minute.
Weren't you ranting to me about how he destroyed your restaurant?
Oui, and now the entire staff is quit, but that means I am now in charge of the entire eatery.
My first act will be to rename it Le Nouveau Restemalle Éclairé.
The New Poorly Lit Restaurant. And you, goth hippie, he promised you Banksy would show up. Like, yeah.
And he did. Last night. Total stealth. He like stenciled a medieval suit of armor, kneeling
beside the word princess right there, unlike the back of the bus, like way cool.
And it's totally staying right there. This is insane.
Miss Falmacher, Danny cost you thousands, and he's constantly bothering Giles.
And Cap, what about you? Hillcrest kept you awake all that time he was playing the arcade game.
Yep, Danny annoyed the heck out of me.
He still does. But look what I get out of the deal.
Miss Falmacher bought me this nice, comfy chair, so now I can catch up on...
Maybe it's a bit too comfy.
Good, you nabbed him. Nice work, everyone. Detective Haartte, explain this to me. You just got through telling me how Hillcrest got you,
stuck with that truckload of Venus de Milo junk.
Turned out not to be a problem at all.
Look around. The stranger looks into the lobby. There are Venus de Milo items scattered throughout the room.
Miss Falmacher was happy to take everything off my hands.
You should pardon the expression. It doesn't matter. This is ridiculous.
I'm getting out of here. And when I do, I'm going to find Danny Hillcrest. I have to.
Hi, Danny Hillcrest here. Danny?
Abby quickly pulls Danny out of sight of the stranger. Wow! When did you get here?
Never mind. You need to go. Run! I lovingly enjoy a good marathon,
but first, I needingly have to give you this heavy box.
Oh!
Copy paper?
When I was outputtingly printing my scripts, I used some of the hotel's supply.
How much? All of it.
I knew you wouldn't be happy if you found out, so I bought you more. Danny,
If you had the money to buy that, why didn't you do it before you used up all the hotel's paper?
I didn't have the money until I sold a bunch of my DVDs in Pleasant View.
But I think I left one package of them here. Danny, that's very nice of you, but I'm sorry you had to sell them.
Oh, don't fretfully worry. I never even open them.
I just read the description on the back. Wait a minute.
If this is what you were in debt about, then... what is that stranger...?
Is somebody gonna let me out of here? Can do.
As soon as the police get here. Even so, I'm still gonna give Danny exactly what he has coming.
Ooh, something for me? Danny rushes towards the revolving door. Danny, don't!
Watch out! He's reaching for something in his jacket!
Has Danny Hillcrest come to the end of the road, even though he is inside a building?
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In this episode, as the stranger, Grant Johnson, voicegranted.com,
as the maitre d', Nathan Alvord,
as Abby Fallmacher and Cindy, Bondi Kenderdine, and the narrator was played by Gary J. Chambers.
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Additional voices, as well as story and music, by Clinton Alvord.
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