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An egg appears in Pyre’s hotel shower, and after he’s gotten help from his friendly rival Shanks, the thing hatches to reveal a baby Ancient Evil, both cuddly and horrible. For better or worse they have to deal with it, name it, nurture it so it stops eating people as a stress response. They head into Outer Space on their quest for answers, but not everyone is looking to help the weird little family unit, and some of them would like to use the Ancient Evil for their own nefarious means.
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The bar is a bit empty for this time of day, but then again, most of the regular customers are probably still at home watching television. Marvin Pyre takes a mouthful of his beer. Swishes it around in his mouth a bit. Calmly leans to the side and spits it out onto the floor."You're cleaning that up," the bartender shouts from across the room.Pyre waves a majestic long-fingered hand in his direction, which could mean many different things, the top three being:one: I'll do as you say momentarily,two: I…-
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chapter two
The egg is still there, rolling around the shower drain and vibrating, making a loud hummmmmmm against the tiles.Shanks stubs out his cigarette in the sink while he inspects it from afar."Did you touch it?"Pyre has elected to stay outside the room. If it grows teeth and claws and decides it's hungry, he won't be the first in line, no sir. "Twice," he answers. "It felt spongy.""Egg shells are just hardened membranes anyway," Shanks mutters. He takes a step closer to the shower. His bare feet make no noise…-
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chapter three
The backroom of the Geraldine Rosemary Titty Showcase is dusty and full of cardboard boxes stacked along the walls. Most are marked "HOLIDAY: LEPRE-ASSES" and "HOLIDAY: SAINT FANNY'S DAY". Pyre would be heavily offended by his surroundings if he wasn't busy staring at the creature from his hotel room shower. It's still attached to his front, wiggling around but clinging fast to his shirt.The mouth part hasn't opened again, at least. Hopefully if he doesn't frighten it or offend it or make any sudden…-
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