Chapter 86

Big breakthrough in the case! I feel like we are back in hot pursuit!

Dr Manz isn't really friendly with Glendennig, and he mentions to Hugo that he has helped people in past who want to hide out from Glendennig. Such as the file-thrower!!! And he calls the file-thrower a "her." So Hugo wants to explore that information and find out from the doctor, but the doctor wants to hear more about the fish that bit Hugo when he was drowning. Apparently the fish had a note attached to it, from Rustic Industries, a competitor of Feddema Globals'. So here we are: Hugo wants more info about the file-thrower-outer, Dr M wants more info about the biting note fish. A regular Mexican stand-off.

Chapter 85

So now we're inside Dr Manz's room/house/laboratory/whatever. It's very messy. They go to a ballroom filled with just a ton of crap. Hugo asks the good doc to take off the metal cuff that is still attached to his leg. Dr M uses a special saw to cut it, then a robot named NUMBER EIGHT actually bends it back and pulls it off. Then Hugo reminds the doc that he also has the fish bite that needs looking at. Dr Manz stabs it with a knife. Gently, I guess. then gives him two things to drink, whiskey and something yellow. Hugo has to take a sip but make sure not to swallow. Hugo asks where he should spit it out. Dr Manz is not specific but tells him not to spit on any books or papers. I guess we should stay tuned to the exciting conclusion in Chapter 86: Where Hugo Decides To Spit, After Carefully Weighing All The Options.

And might I add there was NOTHING in this chapter about Hugo having to find that lost piece of paper which I thought was the whole point of the story! WTH!

Chapter 84

A robot answers the door! His name is CHAMP. Then we quickly meet KARL MANZ, who has Hugo come in. The end!

So, yeah.

Chapter 83

Well it sure did not take me long to fall completely behind. No wonder it stills says that this website is by Leona Pankey up above. I'm sure she'll give me what-for if she sobers up at all today.

Now we meet JANE, the receptionist. Hugo tells her that he got bit by something in the ocean (did we already learn this? or is it new? I admit I'm getting a bit confused on account of the dribs and drabs nature of this endeavour).

Jane sends Hugo directs him to the office of Dr Manz. To get there you go down through a trap door and then through a glass tunnel under the ocean. Hugo seems to enjoy this and just stays there for a while and fantasizes about taking Jane on a date there. Keep dreaming, buddy, even in this briefest of character sketches we can tell she's out of your league! Then he continues on and comes to a metal door with a, I'll just quote it and click the "i" button: NEVER MIND! basically there's a design on the door of a few triangles :

I have nothing else to say about this chapter. Wait not true. The title of this chapter is "Door Four." and in college I worked at an off-brand sub shop called Door Four Subs. Because it was in a round building that had 7 doors, and our store was located inside the fourth door. So that reminded me of that. A special closeness with this chapter, I guess.

Chapter 82

Oooooooh, ok! I get it now. So all the last however many flashback chapters were all part of what Hugo was telling Herman Kim, the guy in the fish store. That all makes sense now. Not too shab!

So now we're back to the present, and Hugo wraps it all up, and Herman seems to buy it. There's some notes about parts of the story that Hugo may have exaggerated or not actually told to Herman. And then Herman presses his thumb on Hugo's head and says "I took something from you." Uh? Back into weirds-ville with that one, but we're back on track with the story. Phew! And I'm all caught up! I'm not purposefully trying to make any other writers on this website look bad, but goodness that is was sure seems to be happening! j/k

Chapter 81

This chapter has a talking fish that saves Hugo from drowning. And there's a sentence in the first chapter that's highly grammatically suspect. It goes gerund, past-tense, past-tense, gerund when talking about the chain. It was confusing and I know I'm not a writer but I'm pretty sure you can't do that.

Um what else. The fish tells a long story about how a statue of a hand came to exist at the bottom of the ocean. Not sure it's that important.

Also I looked up pitures of oarfish on Google and can I just say gross?!?!