Save Game:Pipe Town

The Tortoise Gang runs Pipe Town. They control the coins. They patrol the streets. Pippa’s Pizza is the only business still in operation opposing the Tortoises. To deliver the food on time, they’ve got to sneak down pipes, bust through walls, and battle through gangsters! If they have to eat a slice or two to power up, sometimes that’s the cost of doing business. Vie for the high score and become Employee of the Month! — The Scrolls of Boxolore, Wize Galz – Chapter 21, Verses 18–24

Glitch Effect

Everyone pays a price in Pipe Town. To start a combo pool, the pixon starting the combo must spend another coin.

Quests

Main Quest: Divide and Conquer

The gals run Pipe Town out in the open from the previous boss’s nightclub. Outsiders looking to get into the club won’t have it easy, so the heroes will need to get an introduction from a Pipe Town native. The Consiglasagna will want a favor to be returned later, while Helen T. Mess wants to enact vigilante justice and rip apart the Falzetti gals. Will the heroes be willing to pay those prices, or will they try sneaking in the old-fashioned way by running along rooftops and winding through pipes?

Side Quest: Someone to Watch over Me

Halo Dolly, once freed from the Glitch in Opera Fortress (page 49), finds her way into a job as the singer at Il Pezzo Grosso. Dolly knows she’ll never star in Opera Fortress while Princess Sopralto is around, so she wants to be a star in Pipe Town. She’s an excellent way to get close to the sisters without starting a huge gang war, but the heroes might feel uncomfortable using someone they rescued from the Glitch, dangling her as bait to the sickness again.

Side Quest: Pippa’s Pizza Cutter

Somewhere in the sewers of Pipe City is Pippa’s Pizza Cutter, an heirloom lost in the battle with Papa Shellini. It may be the one item in all of Tendoria that can cut the Glitch right out of pixon code. Is it still in the maze of sewers, or has it washed out to Black Olive Harbor?

Side Quest: Greatly Exaggerated

Hoping to weaken the Falzettis’ command of the Shell Gangs, someone started spreading rumors that Papa Shellini still lives. Do the heroes take advantage of these rumors and turn the gangs against the gals? Do they seek out who started the rumor to get close to the gals?

Locations

The Rooftops above Pipe Town

The rooftops of Pipe Town offer a breathtaking view of the city. It’s over the rooftops where the Falzettis made their way delivering pizzas and dodging Papa Shellini’s goons. The streets are choked with jacks that prey on pixons ending up outdoors or wandering into the wrong back alley. Some jacks float up to the rooftops, but the heroes are more likely to run into a tricky set of jumps or a pack of Orange Shell goons smoking Vito cigarettes.

The Sewers below Pipe Town

Sewer pipes are everywhere here. They crawl up buildings and run between rooftops—they’re even used by the pixons to get around. They lead to other pipes, of course, but they also run down into the sewers below the city. All sorts of strange things end up here, from monsters to valuable ingredients to unforgettable pizzas. The strange, random flow of the pipes means the heroes must watch out for jets of water and rushes of jacks. If they end up walking into a pipe, they could find themselves surrounded by Shell Goons or in the parlor of the Consiglasagna looking to make a deal.

Il Pezzo Grosso

Papa Shellini once called Il Pezzo Grosso his home and his headquarters. Marietta and Laverne now hold court here at this lavish old-school nightclub. Each side of the club is decorated to its master’s taste, but both sides need to have one of everything: if one girl has a lounge singer, the other girl must have one. Often, skirmishes start in the city when Marietta’s Blue Shells get sent to get something, and Laverne’s Orange Shells get sent to stop them. If the heroes can manage a well-timed distraction to clear out the goons, they’ll get to deal with the Falzettis alone.