Swamped

It's the woman in the animal mask. You think her name was Arlene. There's no sign of Mortimer, though.

She waves when she spots you.

"We didn't find Mortimer's father, but he spotted an associate rushing out of the hospital a little while ago," she says. "He told me to stay here, something about how I'd draw too much attention."

"I can't imagine how he'd think that," you reply. "Someone's apparently trying to gas the hospital - I think they're in the sewers, but they might try to launch an attack from here if that doesn't work out. I don't think that animal mask is going to help you much."

"Oh, that's not a problem. I've got another one on under this." She pulls the animal mask up just enough to show you a breathing device, before putting it back down. "We ran into some trouble on the way out of the tavern, and I got myself a souvenir. Got one for Morty, too."

Before you can think of what else to say, Minnie comes out, wearing a mask. You find its colors quite familiar, if not the exact style. She's also carrying a jar with a needle in it.

"Arlene! Good, just who I wanted to see," she replies. "Crow, did you get the map back?"

It takes you a moment to remember that you did - the whole business with the mirror left you a little muddled.

"Yeah," you say, pulling it out. "I found some weird stuff when I was looking for it, too. A mirror that didn't quite seem to reflect properly, a wooden figurine, and an uncooked sausage."

"Oh, how fun!" Arlene declares. "Can I see?"

"All I've got on me is the sausage. I left the other things in a safe place." You hand the map to Minnie. "If you think that's exciting, well, I can show you, but I didn't see anything special about it. I just found it in a weird place."

You pull out the sausage.

"See? It's a sausage."

You expect one or the other of them to make a dirty joke, but instead they both seem to be staring at it in disbelief.

"Is there something I'm missing about it?" you ask.

"Not very familiar with sausages, are you?" Minnie asks.

"I don't eat much meat."

"I don't either, but this one is rather distinctive."