2024-12-07 - Stuck

[TXT to Fin] Trace: So, I got stuck in a storage closet with Enzo at the castle today.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: I'm out now, though. Back in my office.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Wait, stuck? In a closet? Was it a cramped closet that made you feel claustrophobic and pushed you way too close to Enzo or did you have like, some room to be like, you stay over by the stinky mop, Enzo. I'll be over here by the... whatever?

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Okay well maybe it was more of a storage room than a closet. There was plenty of room to move around. Some aisles of shelves. We probably could have sat on opposite sides of it and not even seen each other if we wanted to. I did not send him to sit next to the stinky mop. 😆

[TXT to Trace] Fin: You are very nice to your sworn enemy. Frenemy? Foe? Person-you-try-to-avoid?

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Did you both survive the ordeal? Did you find out why he is here? Was Snoopy the Snoopy Sleuth Sleuthing?

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Nicer than I ought to be. But he did wriggle out through the air ducts like some kind of cartoon villain and told Maintenance I was down there to let me out.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: He dropped a photograph while he was down there.. and I picked it up for a second. It was of the islands before they were developed and there were some notes on it but I didn't get to read them before he took it back.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Okay, he gets points for not letting you sit there and rot until someone needed more cotton swabs or whatever was stored there.

Ooh. Pictures. He just carries them with him? IN a pocket or his wallet? A snooping girl has to know.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Yeah, I gave him credit. I texted him thanks. He then decided to tell me I wouldn't know anything about taking initiative because I was fine with waiting for security to come by.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: They fell out of a map he was carrying around with some other pictures.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: And mostly it's electrical stuff. Control stuff for the fireworks. Parts. Lots and lots of lightbulbs. So many lightbulbs.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: That's why I was in there. I needed a part for the control panel I was working on and the box of parts was down there.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Okay. I have questions.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: First... I am going to give him a dirty look for saying that you wouldn't know about taking initiative! How dare he!

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Okay, so, Map with pictures. I will be on the lookout. See if maybe I can catch a glimpse of these mysterious photos and the map, because probably they go together.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Yeah.. I kinda let him get under my skin with that one, snapped back at him. Shoulda just ignored it.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Lightbulbs I assume for not firework stuff? Or is there something about lightbulbs and fireworks I don't know about?

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Whatever he's looking for, he's trying to figure out where it might be in relation to the old pictures and the current park map?

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Side note: I hope it's not weird but I love the way you smell when you get home from work.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Lightbulbs for the castle and the amphitheatre lights.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: And.... why was he in there? You being there has an obvious reason

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Hahah.. I mean, that's better than "You reek, don't come into the apartment until you've changed"... I'll take it 😆

[TXT to Fin] Trace: I don't know. He was down there wandering around in the halls.. I presume looking for.. whatever it is that he's looking for.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: How he ended up coming into that particular storage room and letting that particular door close is anyone's guess. But he locked himself in, too, so I'm pretty sure he didn't know that was going to happen.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: You? Was he looking for you? Is he stalking you? Is he trying to snoop you while we try to snoop him???

[TXT to Fin] Trace: No, pretty sure he was just as disappointed to find me there as he looked.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Anyway... how are YOU doing? Are you going to the karaoke thing?

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Just makes me wonder what he was looking for there then, if not you.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: 🤔

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Maybe something that was on the island before everything was built?

[TXT to Trace] Fin: I am doing good! Been really busy, but everything is going well so far. Not going to this karaoke though. Hopefully someone posts some stuff so I can peep it

[TXT to Fin] Trace: And he thinks it's under the castle?

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Maybe! Maybe it's a treasure map. Some secret... french fur trader... treasure map?

[TXT to Fin] Trace: I think I might go. It'd be a good opportunity to meet people, you think?

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Maybe. I did call him a pirate.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Absolutely! I went to the last one. Did NOT sing. I decided to spare them the horror. I had fun though!

[TXT to Trace] Fin: Can I call him Pirate Enzo when I see him?

[TXT to Fin] Trace: Sure. I'm sure he'd love that. He asked how my pretty roommate was doing.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: I told him he better be nice to you.

[TXT to Trace] Fin: I'll be sure to let you know if he isn't. I will try to not be overly flattered that he called me pretty.

[TXT to Fin] Trace: At least he called you something flattering. 😆