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Jesse watched with narrowed eyes and flattened ears as his trusted allies debated the truth. "Don't know nothin' about the 'Krampus Cane' bein' candy or otherwise, but the full name of the item as given to me by the sacrificial turtle dove was 'The Cane that Killed the Krampus.' I'm not so...

"Jeez, son, will ya fuckin' relax? We've confirmed Palkia's innocence twice now already. We're fine. Anyway, that's a funny form of 'protection' ya got there but I see what you meant before."

"I appreciate the protection. And Abigail was a good choice to protect, we've made a lot of use of her ability. You did good, kid." Would've done better by protecting someone every night, but it was no sure thing he'd guess right anyway. The question now was... who would the killers go for now...

Jesse nodded. "Then it was brave of you to draw attention to yerself like that, son. By any chance, would you mind tellin' us who you protected on the nights where nobody vanished? Might be a clue."

Jesse grinned. "I'm willin' to bet you've used it on yerself more'n once, huh? By any chance was that why you were so insistent the Naughty guests ought to have it out fer you? Were you hopin' you'd attract their fire, get away clean, prevent any further vanishings?"

Jesse nodded, cocked his head. "Oh yeah? Guessin' it has a special property besides the cultural association with gettin' folks to kiss each other, huh? What's it do?"

"Sure thing, kid." Huh. Was Gen finally gonna open up?

Jesse walked to the Seviper Soupery, with Lee and Gen in tow, where he did his best to obtain some Seviper Egg Soup.

"If ya like, partner. I'm used to Escarpa clanners goin' about with scarce more than a neckerchief, so it don't bother me none."

"Hang on, partner, that teleportation trick doesn't work here any more. Lemme just nip to my room and get a coat and hat on..."

Jesse sighed. When the poor lil' fella wasn't terrified, he was forlorn. "Don't worry about it, kid. Wanna help me get some soup?" He turned to his odd, lupine friend. "How 'bout yourself, Lee?"

"Nah, son, you've not got it right. Abigail cleared Lee the second I found her out, the bingo thing was about determinin' how accurate Lee's powers are, and we don't even know if that's possible." "I got a direct quote here as evidence." Jesse raised a brow. What a time to be without his...

"Yeah? How's that, son?" He stopped in his tracks and looked around, scratching his cheek fur. Gods, it was starting to feel empty. Where were Lee and Tabitha, anyway?

Click-clic-click-click-click. Done. "There we go. Satisfyin' little thing, really." Jesse hummed for a moment, then his ear flicked in irritation. "We're runnin' outta time. We need to get a move on and figure out our goddamn situation. I trust our friend on the fuckin' screen will keep doin'...

Jesse nodded. "Figured. Ain't easy, is it? And I'm guessin' you ain't used to it yet. Don't worry, son, it'll be alright." Jesse continued to rotate and progress the puzzle cube, drawing nearer to success. "Things can seem mighty confusin' when you're wrapped up in them, but in my experience...

"Is that so? I ain't had one of these since I was a kid. Before I became a pokémon." It still felt weird, twenty five years later. "Know anythin' about humans, son?" asked Jesse, with a wink. "I ain't been one for awhile, but I know one when I see one."

"Hey there, kid. Doin' okay?" Jesse pause his puzzle-solving and put an arm around the oshawott. Tiny little fucker oughtn't to be here. Jesse deserved weird purgatorial bullshit, but Gen was just a boy. Why the hell was he suffering through this kind of situation? That fucking committee was...

Jesse sat down heavily in the couch. "Okay, so, anyone have any ideas about where to take this? Elbert? Anyone? In the meantime, I need literally anything else to focus on. Maybe a puzzle that makes sense, something genuinely solvable with no hidden information. Actually..." He reached into...

Jesse waved a paw flippantly at Palkia. "Like I said, the person whose alignment I learned was random. Give over, you great lunk. Anyway... Since we started I've received one bingo card, two doves (both of which I've now used), a secret bingo number, and an upgrade to my power which still ain't...

Jesse blearily raised a paw for more silence. "One more thing afore I take another nap... I used my second sacrificial dove to identify another random guest's alignment." He levelled a claw at Palkia. "Ya may be fuckin' mischievous, but yer Nice. We already knew that if we trusted Abigail's...