She agrees to come tomorrow.

Rivercrest was dangerous enough when she was in a GOOD mood. Texas wasn’t about to make things any worse than they already were by telling her no or doing something duplicitous that might upset Rivercrest. Instead, Texas tipped her hat and gave a nod. “Much obliged, Miss Gildegarden. A’hm gonna be there first thing tomorrow morning for this lil’ tour then.”

“Oh, it’s no trouble at all, dear. “ Said Rivercrest as Texas turned to leave. “After all, why shouldn’t I comply with your investigation? I have nothing to fear at all...and my management staff is oh so very eager to meet you. Alex, please rearm them once they are off the property.”

Texas was a bit stunned to see that the Raccoon maid had, at some point, swiped their weapons. Though Given Rivercrest herself, Texas supposed that she shouldn’t be too surprised that these fancy schmancy types had tricks up their sleeves. She and April were quickly led back the way they came and escorted off the property, earning another sneer from that rude hyena as they left. Texas was a bit concerned that April seemed a bit sad to be leaving when she should have been ecstatic to get away from that awful smelling businesswoman. Well, tomorrow she would finally get some answers...hopefully. The way Rivercrest said she had nothing to fear...was there nothing at the factory at all? Was it a trap? Either way, Texas mentally prepared herself for what was probably going to be a very, very long day tomorrow as she went home to get some uneasy sleep.

The next morning, Texas was at the factory entrance bright and early. She had expected to see April there waiting for her...but her loyal deputy was nowhere in sight! Maybe it was for the best though. She...didn’t seem like herself, and Texas didn’t want her getting hurt if this was a trap and April hesitated to respond.

The reception at the door was much friendlier than the one Texas had gotten at Rivercrest’s house yesterday. A duo of skunk girls stood at the door and waved Texas on over to them. “Sheriff Stanton, yes? Miss Gildegarden and the deputy are already inside. You can probably find them in the C.E.O.’s office. That’s the C.E.O.’s office, not the Plant Manager, Floor Manager, Human Resources Manager, or the Office of Resource Refinement. However, as it is of no concern to Miss Gildegarden whether you visit her before exploring the rest of the facility, do not be pressured to join them. The factory is yours to investigate as you please.”

Gah, Texas’ head was already spinning from all the corporate crap here. Whatever. It wouldn’t matter once she shut Rivercrest down. As she entered the factory, she was greeted with a series of signs, a hallway, and a staircase. Up the stairs were all of those offices the guards had listed off. To the left was the assembly lines, and to the right was apparently Human Resources. Wait...why wasn’t that one upstairs with the other offices? Oh! And there was also apparently a loading bay in the back through the assembly line. Well...where to investigate first?