As you wander off the Strip in search of loot, Fidget and Vermin start getting nervous and suggest getting some weapons first, "just in case." You are hesitant, but you figure better safe than sorry. As you near the gun shop, you spot some police cars pulling into the parking lot. Curious, you walk in and look around. There is no one at the counter, but through a door you can see into a back room. You see a mousy looking man standing next to an old 12-inch disc cutter/player with an album of records in his hand, being interrogated by the cops (Looks like someone's been pressing unauthorized recordings as a side business...). On the floor, someone has dropped a stapled packet of paper.
Unheureux & Lapin Psychiatrists, LLP
Dr. MiloSpecializing in a Jungian Approach March 5, 1977 Sid Touchwood's Final Interview: Transcript
Album #4, Side B, Track #3 Doctor's note: Sid's drug habit seems to be getting worse: since his last visit in January, a number of track marks, I suspect from heroin usage, have appeard on both sides of his arms, not just the front side as before. As usual, he has worn a t-shirt to the interview, supporting a sort of rock band, I gather by the name. [Begin Reel #2]
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There's something intriguing about all of this. Following your intuition has been pretty fruitful so far, so you decide to figure out this kid's story. On your way out the door, you overhear one of the policemen saying that Sid visited an attorney before leaving the city, and the offices of Ginn & Rollins are your next stop. After leafing through a five month old Time and an odd, two-sided stamp album some kid must have left behind, you are greeted by a paralegal. After a well-timed bribe, she returns from the records room holding a mimeograph:
Las Vegas, Reno, and Carson City
March 6, 1977
I, Sidney Sheldon Touchwood, do hereby request that the executor(s) of my estate, upon my passing, secure for me the following epitaph:
Signed:
Once you sort out all the 1's and 2's through the a's and b's and find the kid, he'd better have something nice and shiny for you for all your trouble.