Nine reports, and after-notes, delve into the career of Police Investigator P.I.G.. The reason for his disappearance is still a mystery and his whereabouts remain unknown.
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THE P.I.G. FILES
REPORT 1 - ON PATROL
P.I.G.’s personality set him apart from the rest. Even in his early days on the force he had a confidence that his peers and seniors respected. Bear, his partner in crime-fighting, fed off the tenacity of P.I.G.. The two were as thick as thieves, trusting each other more than their own mothers. As patrol partners in their rookie years the duo were responsible for some of the highest profile busts. Their track record was somewhat tarnished by the significant collateral damage that became a characteristic of their work. But results matter. P.I.G. would always be the closest to cracking a case, and Bear would never be far behind.
Bear & P.I.G. on one of their typical, high-speed chases during their first year on the force. They were disciplined by Chief Duck for the unofficial number plate.
REPORT 2 - WIRE TAP
P.I.G's detail tried a variety of methods to find out more about the NAGASAKI DOG case, including a wire tap which inadvertently unearthed a political scandal involving two high level government officials and an infamous humpback whale.
Chief Duck had a real soft spot for the brilliant yet reckless P.I.G.; he was the son she had never had. After just a year and a half on the force, P.I.G. was entrusted with command over a crack detail team. Bear was there on merit. Quackstein was a personal choice of Chief Duck; she knew Quackstein’s organisational skills helped balance out P.I.G.’s more erratic tendencies. Clucksworth had an uncle higher up who secured him a spot, although this never bothered the rest. The case assigned? Very few particulars ever got out. But at the centre was a mysterious entity spanning decades of records, somehow embroiled in every kind of non-violent misdemeanour there was: theft, money laundering, missing persons, fraud. All that is known is that the case was nicknamed: NAGASAKI DOG. For 10 months the detail scoured the criminal underworld, trying all they could to unearth something more tangible. But the thread was always out of reach. Eventually the detail was disbanded, although many said P.I.G. never really stopped looking.
REPORT 3 - UNDERCOVER BACON
Further down the line, P.I.G. and Bear were placed under deep cover in operation: UNDERCOVER BACON. The case was significant: an underground ring of arms traders that had been active for nearly 2 decades. Leaving their normal lives behind for the adventure of espionage, the pair made sure to detach from everything that came before, but never lost sight of their bond. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t take long for them to acquire enough information for a big bust to be made. They had ice cubes in their heads and were tough to phase. On one occasion, however, during an overnight arms trade convention, P.I.G. raided the room of a visiting kingpin. The kingpin in question usually resided far in the East, and although a criminal, they did not explicitly sit within the scope of this case. P.I.G.’s intervention was never authorised by Chief Duck. What he found that night has never come to light, and unusually it seems that P.I.G. never confided in Bear. But what was to ensue suggests that it was something relating back to that prolific and inexplicable entity: NAGASAKI DOG.
P.I.G. and Bear adopted new personas to infiltrate the arms ring. Bear actually grew his hair out for the role, while P.I.G. opted to retain some aspects of his signature look with shades and an enduring smoking habit (these particular shades were an unwanted birthday present from Clucksworth that ended up coming in handy).
REPORT 4 - OFFICER DOWN
This image of P.I.G. was recovered through examination of top secret archives. The location and date remains unknown, as do many of the other details pertaining to this particular file. However, the disjointed remains of the file suggest that P.I.G. had been spotted here more than once.
P.I.G. had never lost anyone during his time on the force, and yet he was almost always steeped in grief. It was an all-consuming emotion that left him clinging on to his work: his anchor for any meaning in life. It was in his work that, at least in the early years, he was able to disguise to others the crippling sense of loss that was nailed to his being. This particular image was incredibly hard to come by, and even now the location in shot remains unknown. But the unmistakable, bulky figure of P.I.G. cuts through the rain like a flashlight in the dark. Bear would often see the lost side of his enigmatic “porkchop” (Bear’s endearing nickname for P.I.G.), but nothing about his past ever came up. It was peculiar though, Bear could sense that P.I.G. himself struggled to pinpoint the source of his grief. In any case, Bear shared P.I.G.’s burden; he was always there to prop up his pal or push the bottle aside.
REPORT 5 - STAKE OUT
Despite his perplexing troubles, P.I.G. remained a key figure in the police department. If someone was getting nowhere, that someone always knew who to call. This was exactly the case when Clucksworth, who was heading his own detail (through nepotism rather than hard work), brought in P.I.G. to help bring down a prolific drug-trader working out of a pet shopfront linked to a recent murder. Clucksworth had no clue how the drugs were crossing hands, but could tell the money kept rolling in. P.I.G. and Bear took to it with all their usual diligence and, on this occasion, a little less of their cavalier reputation. A stake out commenced. Boxes of donuts, countless cans of beer, and an even more inconceivable number of cigarettes led to the undoing of this drug shipping animal trader. As it turned out, the crook had been smuggling the drugs in and out through the use of Marsupial pouches. Perhaps the exclusive trade of wombats, opossums and kangaroos should have pointed to this disguise a little earlier.
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The murder linked to the pet shop drug-trader had occurred in an impoverished neighbourhood. P.I.G. was the first to inspect the scene. Local families felt safe knowing the most tenacious detective around was on the job.
REPORT 6 - LATE NIGHT PAPER SIFTING
It is thought that P.I.G. spent many sleepless nights thinking about the NAGASAKI DOG case. Whether or not he managed to get any closer to real answers remains unclear.
P.I.G. had been keeping something else all to himself. It had been eating away at his pork red flesh. At work his sunglasses became darker, his breath more smokey, and his trotters a little more shaky. After one evening at his usual secluded drinking spot, Bear found P.I.G. asleep on the bonnet of his car. He took P.I.G. home to bed, and as he left the flat he noticed the living room: the floor scattered with cans, crumbs, files, and cigs. Handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, old photos, and letters were pinned up on a board. Bear, never being one to pry, only caught one glance of it before leaving. But he never forgot. P.I.G. was still searching for that thread. And for the first time, Bear sensed that P.I.G.’s grief was tied to this. It wasn’t the source, but it was linked. And Bear began to feel that P.I.G. knew this himself. It was at around this point that our detail began to look at the two subjects in tandem.
REPORT 7 - LOSING MY TROTTERS
The periods of commendable, gritty police work began to deteriorate. Extended phases of self-destruction and substance abuse became all the more common. P.I.G. was hanging on the ledge, and his trotters were starting to slip. Tortured by an eternal loss and a seemingly timeless yet untraceable NAGASAKI DOG, P.I.G. became lost. The cases that were once easily solved began to pile up. And so did the pain. Fortunately, P.I.G. had done enough good in the past for his colleagues to stick by him. Bear was never far when P.I.G. needed him the most. Chief Duck was patient, she lowered his workload and continued to support him. Quackstein and Clucksworth, who were now police partners, picked up more cases (although their success was rather limited). When P.I.G. could muster up the mental wherewithal to maintain some clarity, he would accompany Bear on patrols. Just as they had done in the beginning.
During his worst periods it is reported that P.I.G. would go missing for days. Alcohol-fuelled escapades often ended in disaster. On one occasion P.I.G. was lured to a hotel room, knocked unconscious and robbed.
REPORT 8 - FINAL CHASE/YOU ARE A FREIND OF MINE
After a few thrilling pursuits and successful arrests P.I.G. returned to his former self. The pair continued to indulge in their favourite post-work pleasures, but with much more self-control than in their early years. Chief Duck did not discipline the pair in the few months leading up to P.I.G.'s disappearance.
After a considerable stretch of uncertainty, the continued support of those closest to him began to make a difference. P.I.G. began to show more flashes of scruffy panache that had once been his signature. Clucksworth and Larry both saw the remarkable turnaround as testament to the strength of the bond between Bear and P.I.G. The pair had always been close. They had never faltered. Even though they had only met as rookies, it was as if they had never known what it was like to exist without the other. The patrol partners rediscovered their uncanny ability to get a job done in their own unconventional, yet distinct way. Normality inched its way into frame. Seconds turned into years, minutes turned into millenia. And although the grief and mystery never completely left his thoughts, P.I.G. found solace in the gaps.
REPORT 9 - OFF DUTY CALLS
The last time P.I.G. was spotted, he had been shopping while off-duty. Bear says he would have been stocking up for a bbq the pair were to enjoy that night. P.I.G. never arrived. An investigation was launched to try and determine his whereabouts or, failing that, his fate. Despite the best efforts of some of the most worthy officers there ever were, not even a morsel of a clue was found. It was as if he had vanished from existence. Not a trace. Needless to say, Bear never gave in. Just like P.I.G. with the NAGASAKI DOG case, Bear became obsessed. But unlike P.I.G., tortured though he was, Bear managed to maintain clarity. In recent years, Clucksworth would often joke that the only detective skilled enough to find their lost friend, was P.I.G. himself. But Bear knew. Bear knew that they had always found their way together. This time, wherever he was, P.I.G was alone. The case remains open.
Bear managed to find P.I.G.'s receipt. The items were as follows: a case of Hogbraü, a box of honey-glazed doughnuts, cauliflower, a pack of cigs, and a jar of pickles. None of the items were recovered.
AFTER-NOTES
After P.I.G.'s disappearance, the first port of call for investigators was his abandoned one-bedroom apartment. Looking for leads and clues amongst P.I.G.'s scattered collection of leads and clues, Chief Duck and her team ended up going down rabbit hole after rabbit hole, leading them nowhere. The search for P.I.G. seemed to be just as fruitless as P.I.G.'s search for that mysterious entity: Nagasaki Dog. This postcard is from a collection of noteworthy items in his apartment. Bear noted that P.I.G. had not once shown any interest in Japanese history during their long friendship, or any history for that matter.
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The second noteworthy item found in P.I.G.'s apartment after his disappearance A polaroid of three suited individuals. The man in the centre has been identified as the obscure Japanese tycoon, Koto Hashimoto. The billionaire has built his fortune in the ramen industry, although there are suspicions that he has also been involved in funding the underground criminal world. This, along with his rare public appearances, has given him a dark and shady reputation. Not much is known about his character or personal life, but Hashimoto has been the subject of multiple unsuccessful investigations by local and international police forces. The polaroid features a note: "Helmet?". Bear confirmed that the hand writing matched that of his missing partner, P.I.G.. Chief Duck issued a statement acknowledging that this polaroid must have been unlawfully taken from the evidence room.
