Just a little more to the right.

What they thought was the door to the nefarious Dr. Whittlestone's lair turned out to be something else entirely.

Never fear - I'm sure Dark Charity and Clever Jeanette will discover how to reverse the effects of the Catastrophic Ray any day now.

"I'll wager my steam conveyance machine can beat your saddled ostrich any day! We'll just see who can get the mail to Kansas City Faster! And I can carry more!" she said climbing into the cab.

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Dark Charity sensed that this was no ordinary fog.

On a quest to find the actual cask of rare Amontillado sherry immortalized by E. A. Poe (a priceless artifact!), they are disappointed to find only a mid-range chardonnay.

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Dark Charity faced a knotty problem.

Dark Charity was confident that she would be able to reverse the Cephalopodic Transmorgriphication Ray and restore Clever Jeanette to normal.

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Though their way appeared barred, Dark Charity and Clever Jeanette would not be so easily thwarted in their efforts to bring Georgiana the Giantess to justice.

Widdershins on the count of three, Sheets - or it shall be curtains for us all!

Inspecting the Juniperus grandidentata was delicate business, given that its bark was worse than its bite.

Once you're inside, don't waste any time - go straight for the mackerel.

 

 

Sheets McGee was suspiciously amused when confronted with the discovery of the severed anchor rope.

Put your back into it, Clever Jeanette...for we will not be bested by an inanimate object again!

 

The fans became necessary when they realized the mustache glue from their previous disguise was permanent.

 

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Clever Jeanette was certain she had found the hiding place of the missing clue. Now she just had to find the correct key...

 

 

They approached with caution, remembering the first rule of herbology - never trust a succulent.

How very odd, Clever Jeanette. I fully expected the door to be booby trapped.

 

Success was certain, for they knew the only thing Sheets McGee feared worse than revealing his sources was bathing.

 

Once exposed to sunlight, the parchment presented a quite different puzzle.