Predators and Prey

[Thrashy]

His disquiet wasn't helped by Louise twitching and giggles (and low mutters of 'Soon it will be beer time').
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So after a few minutes of consideration, he finally bought some cake and ate it.
He noticed an odd taste.

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[Skittles]

It tasted of mead and stale beer.

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[Thrashy]

But as he knew, that he can just buy better beer from a factory at Skunk Hollow, he didn't care.

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[Groggy]

So Jeffrey bought 10 of those cakes to supply his cake needs for the month. Afterwards, he asked Joe to take him to the brewery at Skunk Hollow to buy some fresh beer to wash the taste of mead and stale beer down.
Joe agreed. He was running late for his shift at Savings Skunk, so he had to sprint, or he would get a spanking.

 

[DRGN Juno]

By the time the two arrived at the brewery, all of the water had splashed out of Jeffrey's tank, leaving only a puddle just barely taller than he was.

 

[Ravofox]

Jeffrey was worried, but Joe had an idea: 'I know; I'll fill your tank with beer!'

(This is really fun)

 

[Thrashy]

Jeffrey was worried, but Joe had an idea: 'I know; I'll fill your tank with beer!'

So Joe ordered a beer from a guinea-pig-waiter, and filled the glass with beer. A hyena, that was standing at the entrance, had shaken his head.

 

[WXYZ]

The hyena, whose name was Alistair, ordered a glass of expensive brandy. Joe paid no heed to the snobbish hyena, and drank the beer.

 

[TR273]

Jeffrey, swimming in his 'tank 'O Booze', was starting to feel strange and see many many strange and wonderful things.

 

[WXYZ]

Jeffrey was hallucinating. He thought he was a mouse from Scotland with a fondness for fruit-shaped cars.

 

[DRGN Juno]

He couldn't tell whether this strange vision was because of the alcohol, or asphyxiation from the CO2 in the beer (it was the CO2).

 

[Breyo]

The guinea pig waiter, knowing full well that no one (except @Thrashy) can survive in a tank fully comprised of beer, diluted the beer a tad with some water. Now Jeffrey can hallucinate AND not die!
*tosses the empty water bottle at the reset button*
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[DRGN Juno]

The bottle ricocheted off the button and landed at Alistair's feet. He picked up the bottle, examining the faded writing. On a partially torn label, he could see (scrawled in faded Sharpie) the words NOT WATER. Meanwhile, Jeffrey began seeing some really weird shit.

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[Groggy]

Alistair ran to aid Jeffrey (Joe had already left the bar, since he was late for work) and had no clue of what he could do to help.
That's when he saw a bag lying next to him, labeled "PEPPERMINT". He thought that would somehow neutralize the mysterious "NOT WATER" solution and help Jeffrey; so he poured all of the bag's contents inside the tank.
Unfortunately for Jeffrey, there was no peppermint inside the bag, only peppers.

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[TR273]

Jeff floated in the beer/not water/ pepper mix and saw a vision of A mysterious Queen telling him he had been chosen as champion to represent LPW at the World Heavyweight Tiddlywinks Championship to be held in Toronto this year.

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[DRGN Juno]

Alistair stared as Jeffrey sat in his bowl, tipped over at a 45 degree angle and occasionally twitching. He went back to frantically searching the bar for anything that might help.

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[Simo]

It was just then that he noted a book on the bar: A first edition of Frank Norris' McTeague, published in 1899, a turbulent tale of an unlicensed dentist, fond of drink, and his wife, who becomes consumed by an insane greed and stinginess; At once, Jeffry is gripped by the way in which the book paints such a tawdry, violent parody of the gilded age, and decides that he should spend all he has straightaway, and live while he can. And, he can also sell the book...

 

[DRGN Juno]

While impressively true to the original source material, the book was no more than another hallucination. Nevertheless, with this newfound drive, Jeffrey charged onwards, vowing to live his life for all it was worth. Meanwhile, Alistair noticed that Jeffrey was now furiously swimming headfirst into the walls of his tank.

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[Thrashy]

The only thing that could help Jeffrey would be water, but such a thing didn't exist at the bar.
So Joe took the next thing that looked like water:
The bar owner's Bätziwasser. So joe pours it into the tank, but sadly, this Bätziwasser contains 80% alcohol!
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[TR273]

Jeff now realises he has to win the tiddlywinks championship to have any hope of wealth and power. He knows he must travel to the Australian outback to find the guru of Tiddlywinks so he can learn the secrets of the tiddlywink masters.

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[Ravofox]

All the protagonists were so caught up in the fiasco that none had realised they had just entered the 20th century. A new dawn awaited, as well as the dark ages of prohibition.

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[Pygmepatl]

A lonely spotted skunk sitting at the bar notices all the commotion, the poor fish suffering from the mistreatment of all these guys. He decides to save Jeffrey and takes him to his table, where he changes all that nasty stuff from his tank for fresh water. The spotted skunk then has a nice talk with the fish. After a long night at the bar, he finally says goodbye to him and wishes him good luck in his journey.

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[DRGN Juno]

Jeffrey trekked day and night, travelling foreign lands and meeting new people. He crossed the outback until he saw a gleaming spot in the distance...Could it be the guru of Tiddlywinks? Or was it the cumulative result of his ongoing trauma? Either way, Alistair wouldn't know since all he saw was Jeffrey doing barrel rolls.

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[Simo]

And so Jeffry explored the outback, only to end up up at an AA meeting, where, perched from his bowl, he delivered a long monologue about the perils of drinking, and issued many admonitions and words of advice, gleaned from the slippery slopes he had just traversed. "But let me say now. I shall only swim in Perrier, and as the guru of Tiddlywinks will attest to, all who so much as think of beer, booze or Bourbon, such as Alistair, are doomed!"

 

[Thrashy]

In the meanwhile, the prohibition hits PvP-Kingdom hard. The only exception was Skunk Hollow, which was able to keep his anarchistic ruling of the people. Alcohol tourism became so big in Skunk Hollow, that it was a challenge for the little state.

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