"Her name is 'Magica De Spell'. In your case, she's 'Miss De Spell'. And her brother is 'Mr. De Spell'. And now that that's out of the way..."
Scrooge pulled out his cellphone and opened it up, dialing a number. He waited for a moment until someone picked up.
"I want your best at..." He gave the town name. "...within the hour. Double overtime and weekend pay. All travel, lodging, and food expenses reimbursed. I might be investing after all, but I need to know how above-board it'll all be."
He paused, listening to the response.
"Excellent. Pass on a request to Quackfaster for me if you would. Tell her I need to borrow some of her research team to look into old land records for this location over the past...oh let's say three hundred years to be safe."
He paused again, smiling.
"You're a treasure."
He snapped the phone closed and pocketed it.
"Well, Mr. Mayor, lead on. We're burning daylight, and as I said before time is money."
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Scrooge pulled out his cellphone and opened it up, dialing a number. He waited for a moment until someone picked up.
"I want your best at..." He gave the town name. "...within the hour. Double overtime and weekend pay. All travel, lodging, and food expenses reimbursed. I might be investing after all, but I need to know how above-board it'll all be."
He paused, listening to the response.
"Excellent. Pass on a request to Quackfaster for me if you would. Tell her I need to borrow some of her research team to look into old land records for this location over the past...oh let's say three hundred years to be safe."
He paused again, smiling.
"You're a treasure."
He snapped the phone closed and pocketed it.
"Well, Mr. Mayor, lead on. We're burning daylight, and as I said before time is money."