Challenge #02133-E304: Mislaid
"Did anyone see a tank?"
"What colour was it?" -- Anon Guest
"Bright flakking red," said Human Jen. Like all things that came from a Human's mouth, it was difficult to tell whether that was sarcasm, a joke, or the truth. This was something of a hindrance in a Military Replica Driving Range.
Thorkak took a deep, cleansing breath, and tried again, "For clarity of understanding, are you searching for a mechanical tank, a fish tank, or a garment tank?"
Human Jen smacked himself on the forehead. "Oh yeah. Duh. Garment tank. I swear someone's creatively borrowing my free day clothes. When I find them, I'm putting itching powder in all their underwear."
This, considering Human Jen's usual gaseous threats of, _filling their bed with walnuts, carving their heart out with a spoon[1], or merely, set all their ringtones to a rickroll, was not a threat to be taken very seriously. Thorkak considered hir co-workers in the Arena of Simulated War[2] and logically came up with the most viable suspect. It was mating season for the Kikrio, this time of year. "Have you asked Rittiti?"
"Rittiti," snarled Human Jen and stalked off.
In a few minutes, there was a distant, "Oi! Asshole!"
One problem solved. The next problem was working out how work-a-day schlubs managed to mislay neon-painted military ordinance with GPS tracking and auto-return features installed.
[1] It's blunt, therefore the action will hurt more.
[2] Formerly the Mock Battlegrounds, formerly Shoot the Shit.
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LoL! Well you know the more idiotproof people make things the more idiots seem to spring up in response XD