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COIN TOSS

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You go back to the dining hall and to Smith.

"Oh, welcome back, sir," Smith says.

"Thank you, Smith," you say. "Do you have any root beer? And some vanilla ice cream?"

"Root beer floats, I see," Smith says. "Yes, and plenty of spoons and straws to go with them. Two of those coming right up."

Smith takes out ice cream from a freezer unit, cups from a cupboard and spoons from a drawer. He gives each glass a hefty scoop of vanilla ice cream and uses the soda fountain to pour in the root beer. The frosty reaction creates a thick layer of the carbinated foam that goes just above the glass. Smith then sticks in the long spoons and longer straws and serves them up.

"Thank you again, Smith," you say.

"You're welcome, sir," he smiles.

You take the glasses and hurry back to the home theater. You return in time to see Frederick, Igor and now the beautiful young female assistant, Inga, ride up to Frankenstein Castle. They are greeted by the mysterious housekeeper, Frau Blucher. Her name makes the horses whinny in fear, as "blucher" means "horse glue." Frau Blucher lets them into the castle, and Igor teases the horses with one more utterance of "Blucher!"

You laugh as you return to sit beside Raven.

"Here you are," you say.

"Thank you. Oh, a float! Nice."

Raven uses the spoon to scoop the foam and clear it out. You plunge through the foat with your straw to slurp the ice cold root beer.

As Frau Blucher helps Frederick move into the bedroom that was once Victor's, she tries to convince Frederick to have a drink. She suggests a Brandy, some warm milk, and even Ovaltine. Frederick refuses each suggestion, and is a bit exasperated. However, he notices that on her way out, Frau Blucher kisses the portrait of Victor good-night.

"Ooh~..." Raven says. "That's interesting."

You stay quite as you sip more chilled root beer.

During the night, Frederick starts to talk in his sleep. He is telling someone that he is not a Frankenstein, and will not do the same thing his grandfather did. But then they seem to intimidate him into conceding.

"Destiny! Destiny! No escaping, that's for me!" he shouts in an almost singing manner. "Destiny! Destiny! No escaping, that's for me!"

You and Raven chuckle as he tosses and turns while saying all that.

Frederick then wakes up, hearing violin music. He goes to investigate, and he encounters Inga doing the same. The two search together, and are led to a library. Frederick hopes this is his grandfather's infamous secret library, but it's not, as the books are too plain for the kind of research he was infamous for. But of course, there is the cliche of a library hiding a secret entrance to somewhere else. He checks the biggest bookcase, and Inga grabs a candle for light. But the candle is the switch, and the bookcase spins around!

"Put. The candle. Back," he tells her through the wall.

Inga does, but then the bookcase does a complete 360. Frederick then communicates to Inga that she'll remove the candle, and he'll block the rotation by getting between the bookcase and the wall. She does as instructed, but Frederick doesn't so much stop the rotation as get stuck between wall and bookcase.

"Now wisten to me vewy carefuwy," he says through his squished lips. "Do not pwut the candle back."

You and Raven chuckle more as he explains to Inga to push the bookcase from the other end. She does so with a running start, and naturally he is freed, but she is stuck on the other side now.

"Put. The candle. Back," she says through the wall.
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