“We head back to the thus far unburned-down hotel.”
“So what do you think about investment properties in this area?”
“I don’t.”
“You should ask the accountant, next time he bothers to show up.”
“Do you have Chinese at all?”
“No, I heard it on a fortune cookie!”
“She looks at you like a dog looks at a high-pitch noise.”
“You remember when we got here, I suggested we should get a guide and translator…?”
“Old people are doctors too! Even women!”
“Not in this time.”
“Is it suspicious when I walk with both hands behind my coat?”
“Thac0 Thursday? Where all of your rolls go one way, except the to hit roll, which goes the other way?”
“Actually, I don’t remember that you attacked very much.”
“I threw a maggot at something.”
“And the ritualistic altar?”
“Upstairs.”
“If he wants to think of himself as a short Chinese woman, who are you to say he’s not?”
“We do. We have a master list of books. It’s with the accountant.”
“Good. We needed a mastermind.”
“Let’s keep him this time. Not brain him with a shovel.”
“Can it be my criminal network?”
“Do you speak Chinese.”
“No. But that’s not insurmountable.”
“You don’t know about the history of Chinese furniture? Are you sure you’re ready to run this game?”
“I think in the 20s, almost everything is flammible.”
“I like that one: Cult of Burning Shit. Not Burning *Shit*…”
“That’s a schism.”
“Dr. Mu works at the museum and gives us access to stuff… that we’re not supposed to burn…”
“So you are heading for the Shanghai Museum. And you are looking for…?”
“The Shanghai Museum.”
“Is there a Spot Obvious?”
“We’ll shoot most them, then the survivors can take us to the island.”
“I didn’t play the rat game; I merely observed. I played the eye game.”
“But you would have.”
“…Yes.”
“It’s all just… jumbled lines.”
“Now that you’ve handled it, the mother won’t take it back.”
“Did he die of mysterious causes?”
“He was hacked to pieces and his arms removed.”
“That’s pretty mysterious!”
“Not at all. The cult got him.”
“Of course, zombies with arms aren’t quite the same as other zombies.”
“Why are you waving tasty brains around?”
“Hey, Min? Can they go… wait on my junk? Those two. For safety. For later…”
“We never did talk to him, but Alice got a date…”
“What’s your appearance?”
“Bobbed dark blonde hair, trim, slim build, very fashion forward.”
“I think he means this number here…”