To yours and Elisa’s mutual surprise, Lydia returns with a suitcase full of money. “Hubba what?” asks Elisa in surprise as she drops her jaw and exposes her enormous teeth. Lydia gives a laugh and shakes the suitcase. “Surprised?” she asks. “Yeah, we’re surprised,” you say in a skeptical tone. “How on Earth did you manage to get that much money so fast. How can we be sure that stuff isn’t counterfeit that you just magicked up.” Lydia gave a scoff. “You sound just like that moron, Helga. It’s real money. That you can be sure of. And from the looks of it, it’s enough to cover my debts. Hee, hee, hee.” With that, the obese weasel giantess walks away as you and Elisa follow her in disbelief. “There’s no way she could get 100,000 skulls that fast,” said Elisa. “Something’s up.” You nod your head in agreement. It seemed too fast.
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Soon, Lydia returns to the lodge and hands the money to Azure as Helga looks on in absolute shock. “What the?!” asks Helga. “How did...!? What ha..!?” Azure flips through the suitcase and counts all the money as Vernon sits on her shoulder. “Well I’ll be dipped,” says Azure. “It’s all here. Exactly 100,000 skulls. That’s remarkable and unbelievable.” Lydia gives a smug smirk. “And I covered it all myself while a certain troll was slacking off.” Helga gives a glare because she’s clearly suspicious. “How did you earn all that money in so little time? I’d bet 100,000 skulls that your 100,000 skulls is fake.” Vernon climbs down onto Azure’s large belly and looks over the money. “No,” he says. “This is definitely real money. Non of the serial numbers are the same so it can’t be counterfeit.” Lydia gives a laugh as Helga is incensed. “And you didn’t do anything to help pay off the damage that YOUR machines did to the hotel. If I were you, I’d be looking for another place to live.” Lydia laughs and walks away as Helga jumps up and down in rage.
Roxy is just as surprised. “You say that you took your eyes off her for only half an hour and she earned 100,000 skulls?” Elisa gives a grunt as she stuffs her face with pretzels. “That’s exactly what happened. It doesn’t sit well with me.” “Then where did she get the money?” asks Roxy. “It doesn’t make any sense.” You let out a sigh. “Well,” you say. “Azure had to send the guests home and give the staff time off until the place is back in order. Maybe we shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” Roxy lets out a sigh. “I guess.” She says.
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Much later, Azure, Felicia and Vernon have returned to their house in the city and Felicia is busy playing a video game while Azure is fixing herself a sandwich in the kitchen. “How long until the lodge is back in order, Mom?” asks Felicia. Azure chops some salami before she answers her werejaguar daughter. “It will be 3 weeks,” says the werecoyote giantess. “But at least Lydia came through with the money.” “Well,” says Vernon. “It’s the least she can do after she and Helga let half the lodge burn down with their bickering. Things are really looking up.” Azure nods her head before she starts to walk into the living room with her lunch. It was at that moment there was a knock on the door.
Felicia puts her video game on pause and answers the door before giving a look of shock. “Uh... Mom.” Into the room walked a policewomen. She was a red-furred and haired obese werecheetah woman with speckles all over her body. “Is there a problem officer?” asks Azure. The policewoman lowers her sunglasses and glares at Azure. “Azure and Vernon Skinwalker, you are under arrest for robbing the Terrordale 1st National Bank.” Azure and Vernon give looks of shock as Felicia gasps and drops her game controller. “There has to be some sort of mistake,” says Azure. “I was nowhere near the bank.” “No mistake,” says the cheetah woman. “100,000 skulls mysteriously disappeared from the bank and the Vulcan construction company reports that you paid the exact amount to them for reparations to the Grimmsly Lodge owner by you. In addition to the bank staff, your fingerprints were found all over the money.
Azure’s eyes pop and she realizes what happened. “Great Wankatanka!” Azure thinks to herself. “Lydia must’ve robbed the bank. Note to self: when I get out of this, I’m going to KILL that weasel. “Officer,” says Felicia. “There’s some mistake. My mom’s no criminal. She wasn’t anywhere near the bank. One of her tenants....” But unfortunately, the policewoman isn’t willing to listen and slams the cuffs on Azure before hauling her away as Felicia can only watch in horror.
The next day...
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