A dark night in a city that knows how to keep its secrets, but on the 12th floor of the Acme Building, one man is still trying to find the answers to life's persistent questions.....Chaos Noir, Private Eye.
Chaos Noir: It was a cold day in Crappy City, so cold the bears had frozen in their tracks. The only thing happening around town was the ice fishing to the west. A bald man burst into my office dressed in way too few clothes and quickly bowed to me.
Bald Man: Mr. Noir? My name is Gandhi and I'm hoping you can help me. I have learned that Bismarck and Catherine have formed a, shall we say, binding relationship and I would like for you to put an end to it. I have developed a deep fondness for her and cannot stand to see her with another man.
CN: I know something about those two but what caused you to fall for that dame?
G: I saw her sunbathing from my space elevator and have been able to think of nothing since.
CN: What in heaven's name is a space elevator.
G: It's quite nice. I don't know exactly what to do with it but suspect I'll figure something out in 4500 years or so.
CN: I'll take a look around and get back to you.
I didn't tell Mr. Gandhi that I knew Catherine and Bismarck much better than he suspected. Several hundred years ago, Bismarck had misunderstood me when I said that his spread would look good on the end of a roll and he had never forgiven me. I had heard that he had greatly expanded his army around 2850 BC but hadn't had a chance to determine the particulars.
My first stop was to head downtown to see if I could learn anything important. As I walked down the street, a young kid stopped me.
Kid: Extra, extra, read all about it. Island zoos destroyed in freak . Government funds added to research budget. Midwife strike called off.
CN: The wind was chill and I kept going. This was good news (except for the wolf and bear) as Bronze might be just the thing to curl hat Russian's ponytail. I was also glad to hear that the midwives had gone back to work since there were a lot of pregnant ladies that had waiting for that news.
I walked east to the new silver mine and found the worker resting up. I told him to start building a road since silver might work even better than bronze to gain Cathy's favor.
On day 6 (2320 BC), I stopped by the wisemen's hut to see if they knew anything. They said that they had finally figured out Bronze and were taking a break before working on the next project. I told them of Gandhi's unrequited love and that they should figure out a way so that he could express his feelings to her by sending a message. They decided to start developing an Alphabet.
Word came from an explorer that he had discovered Washington.
On day 10 (2200 BC), the town celebrated it's second day at size 3 and commissioned a new warrior patrol. I sent them east to finish scouting the land and told the mayor that we should be thinking about settling a new city. We discussed some possible city sites.
Before I retired, I tried to talk to Catherine and convince her to listen to Gandhi's pleas. She made it clear that she was not yet ready to talk.
SAVED GAME