pullsneedles | New Pork City

New Pork City

With a great KSSSSSSSSH! the limo lands at the entrance of Master Porky's neon haven, New Pork City. The streets are lined with lively distractions and familiar faces, the people of Tazmily bustling about at the cinema or the arcade.

Boney nudges his owner's hand with his nose, giving him a comforting lick. Kumatora puts a hand near her eyes, scanning the area. Duster fiddles with a wall staple, itching to move but wanting to stay still.

Lucas soaks it all in, frowning faintly.

Where to?

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The Pigmask outside of the movie theater catches the group's attention.

"Lucas? You're Master Porky's guest?" says a muffled, familiar voice. "It's me, Isaac. I've become a big shot now."

"Oh," Lucas mutters. "I'm...m'real happy for you, Isaac."

Isaac tilts his head, looking over the group. He does have to keep the peace, especially in Master Porky's city.

With Boney stuck somewhere in the sewer and everyone else too big to go through, Lucas leads everyone back out, following the muffled sound of his dog.

"In there!" he calls, pointing out the arcade.

"Yes. It's me, Leder, the bell-ringer."

His rusty voice croaks like the frog downstairs at his feet, the impossibly tall and once mute bell-ringer speaking for the first time since Lucas met him.

"It must be a real shock to hear me speaking for once. It wasn't that I couldn't talk all this time. I simply chose not to. As I rang that Cross Road bell, deep inside my heart I had decided I would speak to no one. But the secrets I've been guarding are now starting to leak out."

"Secrets?" Lucas queries.

Leder nods once.

"Lucas. The time has come to tell you everything. What I'm about to tell you, you might not want to know. Even so, you absolutely must hear it. It will be a long story, but please listen to it all."

At Leder's instruction, the group stands before the terrifyingly tall Empire Pork Building. The skyscraper disappears straight into the clouds, hiding the top from view even outside of the dark city.

Somehow it's not as imposing once they're inside, the plush yellow carpet oddly inviting.

"Guess we gotta go up," Lucas muses.

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The Cinema

The Arcade

The Story

The Empire Pork Building