Well he seems friendly enough, go over and take a look to see if anyone else is there. And also to see what happened to the car.

>>993823
It looks like the front axle is busted, so replacing the tire and messing around under the hood isn't going to fix it. This guy needs to be towed to an auto repair shop!

I don't think our car can tow his car, even if we do shrink him down to normal. We might need to talk him into carrying his car into town.

His tongue is to big for his mouth and he has troubles speaking obviously.

His car broke down and two nice dudes stopped to lend him a hand. That or he saw Gallsby and think you two are more monsters come along to help him wreck up more things.

Wander over and find out.

Did his screeching sound like the "ghost" at the Mayor's residence?

>>993825
Go up to them and say hello. Ask them to respond with nods or shakes of the head since you are having a hard time with their accent.

Anyone who's giving you a thumbs up cannot possibly be bad. Go over and see what's wrong.

>>993825
That's good enough for me. See if you can help with his car, if not you can give him a lift that probably won't end in double teaming a giant monster cock.

I think a thumbs up means we're in the clear to check out the car.

Woop yoop yoop yoop yoop yoop

RIP

1/3 Frillsby 2021/10/18(Mon)19:15 No. 1013137 ID: 5fc3a0
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"I think I hear your name in there, Gallsby. Do you know any 12 foot terrifying beasts?"
>"Hell yeah I do, it lives under my 'hood'!" He thrusts his hips at me to make sure I still know he means under his pants.
"Prove it."

"Wait no don't. Don't actually prove it." I turn to the actual 12 foot man, since no bad guy has ever given me a thumbs up. "Alright, guy! My name's Frillsby, we're the Dorb Smash Club and we can't understand a word you're saying."

I put my hand out to shake his. He looks pretty puzzled for someone who just said QUAZZLAOGUKHGA, but he shakes my hand back. If he was magically transformed then he would turn back to his original form, but he stays the same. This is just how he is, and if I cut off any ongoing magic effects by touching him, then no one seems to notice. That line down his eyes is definitely just a fur pattern, not a single tear is on this fellow.

>"SKAAAHJJJKAA, SSSHHHHHCKAAAAA?" I could hear an upward inflection, so maybe that was a question. I pull my still intact hand back to myself.

"Yeah, no good. Hey Gallsby do we own a pen and paper?"
>"What are we, in the stone age?"
I turn to the stranger. "Do you have a pen and paper? Nod or shake your head please."

He shakes his head, but then he steps to the side and starts drawing in the dirt. While Gallsby looks over that, I step over to look inside the car.

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I don't see any terrified passengers or anything, and it looks like the back seats were stripped out just to make room for him. There's a tuxedo hanging from the passenger door that looks shaped for him. I also see a folder on the passenger seat with some loose papers, but I can't see what any of the text on it says without just crawling inside and rummaging through his stone age literature.

Now that I think about it, those noises I once heard at Mayor's mansion kind of sounded like this guy's screeching.

The stranger is coming back to the car, so I head back to Gallsby.

"What did he write in the dirt?"
>"Actually, I don't know how to read."
"Gallsby you know how to - "



"I'm pretty sure I've seen you read before!"
>"Then why can't I read this, huh?"

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Maybe I don't know how to read either. It looks like he just rolled his finger around in the dirt.

Time to play 20 Questions. Do you need to go someplace? Meet someone? Get something? Is it Mayor? Ceo?

Alright, signs point to this guy being a foreigner. He's speaking a language, and writing one too, but it's not your language.

>JOBS
Hmm, the Mayor was trying to get him employed? Ask him if he knows the Mayor. Also if you can look at the paper in his car.
I'm guessing the Mayor was driving, the car broke down, and she went on foot to get stuff to fix it. Can you take a look at the car to see what's wrong with the wheel?

This is probably going to end with him directing you to which direction the Mayor went, and you catching up to her then giving her a lift to... wait why didn't she just call for a tow truck? Whatever, just do some basic investigation then ask where Mayor went.

Are you the mayor? Or the mayors secret lover? Sibling? We should take the monster to the mayor.

There hasw to be someone that can help us with him? Is it a him? Doeas it have a dick?

Lament the fact you've lost the ability to appreciate literatur- oh wait, you read 'Jobs' on that folder. You're still good, this is just an unknown language or terrible handwriting or something.

>>1013143
Although he appears to be at least a little fluent in yours, given his apparent understanding of you and the fact that his paperwork folder is listed in yours.

In fact, given the Tux and the Jobs folder, it appears he might be travelling to get interviewed for a job? In which case the delay due to the car breaking down is unfortunate - you generally don't want to make a poor impression to your prospective new boss by arriving late for a meeting!

That must be why he seemed so enthused to see you - he must not have a phone or anything on him.

Can we call a mechanic for his car, and maybe a van taxi that can accommodate his size? A peek at the job folder might give some indication of where he was going, too. Otherwise, well, you have nowhere to send the taxi to (although maybe you could show him a map or something for him to point at, or start listing places until he starts sqrawking positively).

Do tell him you're struggling to understand him - spoken and written - and apologize for the inconvenience, but you'll do your best to help out. Also, ask whether he's seen the Mayor, and describe her. Maybe sleeping in the side seat of another car driving by?

I'm starting to wonder if this guy usually relies on magic to be understood.

If that's the case fuckin' lol, and also would explain why he doesn't keep a phone, since the understanding magic thing might be proximity based.

Inform him you are anti-magic and see how he reacts.

>>1013173
Oh, that's a really good idea.

1/5 Frillsby 2021/10/20(Wed)17:43 No. 1013282 ID: 5fc3a0
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I walk over to him. He's propped up his car and is working on replacing the tire. The engine's stopped smoking but that seems like a problem. His snug pants tell me that he is in fact male. My brain tells me that's important, but not why.

"Hey, we're having trouble understanding you, written and spoken. We're anti magic, think that has anything to do with it?"
>"GRAHHHKKKH"

He's shaking his head slowly but he doesn't look sure about that.

"Nod or shake your head. Do you need to go someplace?" A nod, which maybe isn't surprising since people usually drive since they need to be somewhere. "Meet someone?" Another nod. "... Mayor?" He shakes his head. "Ceo?"

A nod! That was a wild guess.

"I've been trying to find Mayor, but I can't see her and I'm trying to get a hold of Ceo, but she's not answering her phone.

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He gets up and pantomimes holding a phone.

"Do you need a phone?" He nods. "Here, use mine."

I guess I'll find out if he can even use a phone. He reaches into his car to look through his binder, and I see a picture of both Ceo *and* Mayor.

It looks like he's calling a number that might belong to Ceo's company, rather than the personal number I called.

>"SQUAAA. KAGGHHHKS. KSSHAHHHHHH."

This continues for awhile, then he puts it on speaker.

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>"Hey, Gallsby, are you there?" It's Ceo's voice!
>"No!" Gallsby says. "How'd you know?"
>"He overheard your name. Frillsby with you?"
"Yep, I'm here. We've been looking for Mayor."
>"Haven't seen her, but she said she was going to see me today. I think she's got her yearly errands in town or something. So you met... sorry, what was your name again, prospective employee?"
>"VVRKKAKAAHHHHSHHH."
>"Got it, yeah I'll be around today. Just ask for me when you show up."

Okay, I can't believe that's just a foreign language.

"Ceo, this guy's speech..."
>"What language is he talking in?" Gallsby asks.
>"Huh?" Ceo's confused. The monster looks confused too.
"Does he communicate with magic? We can't understand his speech or writing at all, but he can understand us."
>"CAHHHHHVHHHHH"
>".... Well he's telling me, in perfect english, that he has no idea what you're talking about and he communicates like anyone else. Hold on, I have a recorder here. Hey, Vin, let Frillsby put his anti-magic hand on you then say something into the phone."

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"Got it. Go ahead."
>"KHAAAAAASHHHVKAHHK-"
>"Ahhhh!" says Ceo. "Here, let's see what the recording does when you spoke into it without magic."

She hits a button.

>"...KHAAAAAASHHHVKAHHK-"
>"..........Ahhhh!"

5/5 Frillsby 2021/10/20(Wed)17:44 No. 1013286 ID: 5fc3a0
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I'm beginning to think that this man didn't know.

Welp we can just talk through others then. Guess you have neat language magic powers of understanding?

>>1013286
Well you do communicate like anyone else, via mouth noises, that's true.

Oh, the poor dude
that's kinda tragic

It must affect himself too. I wonder, is it only english? He could be a polyglot and not know it.

Anyway, see if you can help him with the car, using Ceo as a translator. Then tell her to inform you if Mayor shows up.

Wait, what is happening? Is he like, talking with magic, but without magic he can't talk? That is wack. I'm confused.

In any case, we need someone to translate for us at some point we are to help him.

>His snug pants tell me that he is in fact male. My brain tells me that's important, but not why.
Beacouse that means he has a penis. That is very important.
But besides that i don't know. Hold on to that idea tho.

Well, anti-magic people are presumably rare, so it's possible he's just never met any. This doesn't need to be a life-shattering discovery, but it sure does make things inconvenient for you right now. Well, may as well see if you can help him fix his car, or just give him a lift.

>>1013286
well on the bright side, you get to be a universal translator for pretty much free, I hear that pays well.

Oh neat, so his magic gift does work on technology. And Mayor probably is fine, just out doing stuff? Without her phone...? Ah well. Another crime solved, thanks to the dedicated efforts of the Dorb Smash Club And Probably Police.

>Didn't know he was communicating via magic
Offer a few words of solace to this man's uncomfortable discovery - then find that Gallsby, with his own handicap of big claw-hands, is way better at being empathetic. Like, pointing out that being able to be understood is a wonderful gift to have for someone in their position, and a ton better than a lot of the magic bull that goes around and gets abused by idiots. If it works with every language, hey, that's even more impressive and now that he knows maybe he can take full advantage of it.

All it means, really, is that the two of you - and others like you who are anti - is gonna have to get real good at understanding pantomimed body language around him. Or have an interpreter on hand. Neither which should be that hard, so yeah, no big deal.

Frillsby, ask Ceo if she knows why there would be weird big tracks outside Mayor's house. Since she wasn't at home and her phone was still there you thought she'd been kidnapped or something equally silly (turned into her once-a-year were-monster non-hibernating form). Also ask Ceo if she can introduce you to the big fellow, so you can refer to him by proper name.

So he's applying for a job with her? Better get a car mechanic sent out here. And a taxi van.

You... apparently have communication magic of some kind! It's kinda hard to ascertain exactly what it is with 20 questions, and you seem to have places to be, but probably something to do with language.

Since he can talk to everyone else and his alibi checks out, see if you can help him with his car stuff

“So, good news is that we’re likely the only dudes nearby who are antimagic so this shouldn’t be a common issue, bad news is that if you’re gonna be working for Ceo then we might meet again and you will be at the mercy of us and our pranks.
Anyway, Ceo, do us a solid and play translator since I’m fairly certain we simply have no way of understanding him otherwise.”

>>1013286
Console the poor creature.

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That's pretty existential, so I pat him on the back.

"Don't worry buddy, that's a good magic ability. The magic lets you be understood by everyone, right, even written text? Except us anti-magic users. It's still better than Gallsby's magical ability to function without opposing thumbs."
>"SKRAAAAAA"
"You're right, he doesn't function." I ignore the 'hey!' from Gallsby "You've got to be our translator, Ceo. What did he say?"
>"I don't know, take your hand off him!"
"Oh yeah, say that again Vin."
>"SKRAAAAA"
>"He says that sounds right, but he's just as confused about it as anyone! But hey, Vin! If you're speaking to a room full of international members, it's perfect. Slap that on your resume on your way over."
>"SKRRAAAAGGA"
>"Haha no I'm serious. Did I hear something about it working with writing? If so who knows what markets we can corner with communication demands! Manuals written in every language! It's perfect."
"For people who aren't anti-magic."
>"Yeah but those are rare and I already have a monopoly on a commodity that every anti-magic person I know is into."
"Really? What is it?"
>"It's Villi!"
"I'd tell him you called him a commodity but he'd probably blush. I take it we're the only anti-magic people you know?"
>"That's true but I bet other ones would be into Villi too, he's a loveable dor - wait a second we're not all on the phone to hear me gush about my boyfriend. Vin, status report!"
>"KRAAAAAHHHH"
>"He says his car breaks down like this sometimes, but it's always fixable. He just needs a few minutes. He'll lead you to my place and you can meet up with Mayor there."
"Sure thing, Ceo."
>"Damn guy, you said all that with a single SKRAAA?" Gallsby asks. "You really put the 'magic' in 'magic'!"
"You're not wrong, Gallsby. Alright, Vin, if you get hired by Ceo then we'll get properly introduced and be seeing more of you. By the way, did you make tracks outside of Mayor's house?"

He nods. I start to ask him why, but Ceo's already hung up and I should leave him to repair his car.

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We wait while Vin fixes his car. Gallsby leans over.

>"Do we have to?"
"Have to what?"
>"Go driving all the way to the next town. Mayor's safe right? Why're we doing that when we could go home and move all the contents of our pantry into our mouths and then sleep for two days straight?"

>>1013444
they're your friends nerdlinger. besides you can get more pastry from Villi probably.

We don't know Mayor's ok, only probably. And besides, friendship and stuff. And if she does show up she'll be impressed by our diligence as cops.

Because then we can get stuff from Mayors and Ceo's pantries instead.

>>1013444
Mayor's safety has not been confirmed. She said she'd meet Ceo, so if that never happens then she's still a missing person.
However, considering she was supposed to go on a trip today, it's pretty safe to assume she's fine, and yeah we can just go home. All we wanted to talk to her about was some existential questions about what being "real police" means. We can call Ceo later to confirm Mayor showed up.

...I wonder why he's been hanging around Mayor's house. Maybe they're in a relationship? Oh, tell him that when he sees Mayor next, tell her that she left her phone in her room.

He makes a good point but you're already out of the house and you may as well see where the shenanigans you're already embroiled in go. Besides this dude's got a history with people and that's really interesting and you totally wanna know more and you'll probably learn more by being in the vicinity when those things are talked about.

What about making dreams real?

You had pressing existential questions to raise with Mayor about the existence of your police-ness as the newly-minted Dorb Smash Club CFB Division. Has he forgotten already? You had this major crisis only, like, two hours ago max.

“We probably don’t need to go but just think of it like a road trip or something. We haven’t actually been to Ceo’s town, that’s a whole new place that hasn’t gotten the Dorb Smash Club experience.”

Yes you big knifehanded dork you do have to go check and make sure she's okay.

There's a... shockingly probable chance that Mayor's sleeping in a ditch somewhere, which can't be good for her. We should do due diligence, at least.

We still need to make sure Mayor is okay.

>>1013444
Because finding Mayor is responsible and also Gallsby might get to ride the big monster man with the terrible voice.