The Killers of Kurdistan, Part 2: Bachelor Traveling Companions

When last we met, Eastern Lore Expert Mr. Trelawney was about to share his knowledge of the Killers of Kurdistan with Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator. which he gained on a trip with his Bachelor Traveling Companion:

BWAAHAHAHAHAA

Don't get me wrong, I am not laughing because he's dead; I'm laughing because, being 1939, this is as clearly as the writer can permissibly signal that this is Trelawney's young lover.  

Apparently I'm not the only one who thought he had a cute tongue.

Sigh; always check the Gay Travel Advisory, Mr. Trelawney.

Heh, I saw THIS movie; part of Cazzo Film's "Arab marketplace" series.

Pictured: "fun"

"See the sights" INDEED.  Anyway, as is SO often the case, the "sights" turn out to be bit more than our Bachelor Traveling Companions bargained for. In fact, it turns out to be:

Won't find THAT in your tour book.

Yes, against all reason, but because the backstory demands, Trelawney and boy-toy Tom blunder into the local killers' union, into which ...

"So, anyway, now that Tom's gone, I don't have anyone to ... travel with, so I was wondering..."

they accidentally find themselves inducted.

Yeah, I don't quite get it, either.  And I've seen Eli Roth's Hostel (I & II).  Had I been they, I immediately would have stabbed the idiot who led me there.  Anyway, the result is that they are now marked for death by the Killers of Kurdistan, who must have gone to a GREAT deal of trouble to track them down to be killed, rather than just, you know, rescind their memberships at a committee of the whole.  This is what happens in societies that lack Robert's Rules of Order.

Naturally, after this conversation Speed and Trelawney return immediately to the party.  Speed may be a star, but he still only gets about six pages, so events must proceed, including the inevitable Good Guy dances with Bad Gal scene.

"I'll begin by dancing with the obvious femme fatale; that usually accelerates the action."

Rhett Croissante tries to draw Speed away from the action.

"You know where it's not hot, toots? The river where I saw a cute-tongued corpse pulled from last night; he could have used a breath of air, but he'd been strangled to death. Know anything about it...?

But the action intrudes.

Well, he DID say "shoot me when this is over"...

I'm uncertain whether Speed tesseracted them outside for some fresh air and they are on the other side of the window glass or it's just raining in the house. Regardless, the finger of fate pulls the trigger of doom on the back of Trelawney.

"SPEED! I-- I lo--love--y-UGGHN!"

Immediately, Speed's alpha-authority powers kick into high gear and he shatters the fourth wall with their force.

Even Aquaman wets himself a little when Speed yells commands but, of course, no one ever notices.

Tomorrow: Speed and Adolf Hitler join forces to solve the case.