Chapter 18: Catch the Thieves and Find the Aliens 1

Baroque Cepelis

Catch the Thieves and Find the Aliens 1 is Chapter 18 of Joey's Special Experience.

## Summary

The chapter starts ominously, mentioning a secret war and someone’s secret identity they won’t be revealed for 100 years - Part 3 foreshadowing? Anyway London is about to be massacred and that’s not something to be upset about. A newspaper is shown about Jackie Chan being unable to fight against some random gangsters, along with an article about some shitty new cryptocurrencies.

Cut to the White House, which is now located in London, implying a merger between the countries of America and Britain / EU. Two tourists are talking about how they liked the House but want to move on to another landmark. However, they remember Jack being mentioned in the newspaper. I don’t get why they’re so scared of him when this woman admits to killing women and hanging them onto the wall like paintings. The man, who may I mention is very stupid, thinks this serial killer is actually scared of a random newspaper guy and proceeds to attack her.

Just then, some drug dealers show up - one of which being the guy who took the mask last chapter. They unsurprisingly do not care about the murder that just took place, actually taking a liking to the man. The murderer claims he is already dead before attacking the drug dealers, despite calling them good people a second prior. Oh wait yeah he’s a murderer. Never mind. Anyway the drug dealers are unhurt and start talking about the worst sport ever, golf. Not only do they want to waste countless acres of land, but they want to steal people’s energy to become the very best. Wait. I don’t think they mean it like life force… oh great they’re pedophiles to. I hate London.

It’s then revealed that the murderer is in fact Jackie Chan, which the drug dealers knew for some reason. The cloaked dealer (aka God if that wasn’t obvious) knows he’s a freak in bed and taps into his fantasies to trick him - a new body to feed on. As if there’s anything left in a walking corpse.

Cut to Joost, healed and exploring the rubble that was once his home. He’s thinking about a car crash at a prison while looking for the mask. Nope, seems like it’s gone. Enough about cars crashing… what if a house crashed? Ready to give up hope on his life, he takes a walk with Eren. But on their walk, they notice a sus man among them. He knows their names. He jumps into the air before talking about the hit song Mask by Dream, his favorite Minecraft YouTuber. Some sexual tension later and he introduces himself as Baroque Cepelis.

## Lore notes

* Jackie Chan is already alive. However, he seems to suck at combat and prefers to go under the alias “Jack or November.” He is also a rapper. He’s actually the tummy tuck dude too. Maybe he’s gotten out of shape, needing the tummy tuck surgery to look fitter than he is. He’s also dead already, so that explains how he is still “alive” in the present.
* Jackie Chan had a video game series. All 8 of these games listed may exist in the JSE universe - albeit it with more death and violence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jackie\_Chan\_video\_games
* Joost has developed epilepsy as a result of his serious injuries. He may have been affected in other ways mentally, too.
* Joost and Eren may be famous, as mentioned in the previous chapter, and that is how Cepelis knows who they are.
* Cepelis saying “x comments” could mean no comments. This could refer to the original upload of Mask being made private, but the song still being available to access with reuplods.