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Oh yeah. That’ll fool him.
jencil
Anonymous asked:
How do Daniel and Prudence find Wretch??? And does Prudence's lady love (if she has one at this point) react in any particular way?
glumshoe
I haven’t decided yet… I just want an excuse to give them a horrible cat at some point, because I think horrible cats are funny. I don’t want the stories to be too slapstick, but levity is good and well within the norms of noir (like that terrible Sam Spade story with the kid eating a roast turkey from the inside out… gdi).
I don’t imagine Crane to be the sort of person who’d take in a nasty cat just out of the goodness of his heart. More accurately, Crane wouldn’t imagine himself that way… he’d justify it with some impersonal excuse. I’m toying with the idea that Wretch compulsively eats things it shouldn’t, including a clue or object vital to a case - like a priceless stolen ring Crane was hired to return to its owner. Maybe he takes it in for safekeeping until it, ah, passes the jewelry… and then reasons that his crap apartment could use a good mouser. Wretch isn’t a pet. It’s an official employee of Crane Investigations, paid in cans of tuna.
I imagine Prudence having a series of short-term girlfriends, all of whom react differently to both the shitty cat and its owner. Wretch would probably enter the picture before Prudence and Daniel get married, so they’d probably be living separately and be more of a “wow, Pru, your boss is fucking weird, you sure about this?” I’ve been playing with ideas for her eventual True Love, but I think it’s safe to say that this mystery lady will have cared for many stranger creatures than a mangy housecat.
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