Page 25 of Shroom for Improvement

Prof. Daye,

This is excellent. I didn’t expect you to agree so readily. I don’t recall mentioning mushrooms, but it is indeed the problem I am faced with.

The property is Stinkhorn Manor. It is a seventeen-hour drive from Remy, but I have created the following travel itinerary for you, which you will hopefully find altogether more enjoyable. Please keep all your receipts and tickets, and I will reimburse you. We will also discuss your hourly rate when you arrive. Food and board will be provided. Breakfast, especially, is phenomenal. I do hope you enjoy eggs royale. I suspect the eggs benedict is also top-notch if that sort of thing floats your boat.

Yours,

C. Stinkhorn

Travel schedule:

10:15 a.m. Take the Borderlands Express Overground from Remy to the north-east border. The end of the line is The City of the Undead. Do not get off here, it’s full of vampires. Alight at Onyxshire instead. If the trains are on schedule, you will have a forty-minute layover here. I highly recommend the cafe just outside the station. They have wonderful chai tea and four floors of second-hand books.

4:00 p.m. Take the overnight CrossRealm from Onyxshire to Agaricus. The rooms are expensive, but as I’ve previously mentioned, I will recompense your travel costs. It has a glass-domed observation deck, and I’ve heard the views are spectacular. It is my dream, one day, to ride the CrossRealm over Borderlands, the Mythic Realms, and the Human Realms.

6:00 a.m. Alight the train in Agaricus. I will book a taxi to bring you to Stinkhorn Manor.

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From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Sat, April 11th, 9:10 p.m.

Claude,

I have given your proposal a lot of thought, and I’m now slightly concerned this is a practical joke to get back at me.

Also, I eat eggs, but not done royally or benedictally. I am vegetarian.

S

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From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Sat, April 11th, 9:13 p.m.

Prof. Daye,

Get back at you? Whatever for?

This is not a practical joke. I am in dire need of your assistance. I am fae, I cannot lie. Even in email.

C. Stinkhorn

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From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Sat, April 11th, 10:20 p.m.

Fine, okay, I’ll be there.

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