Taurine said:
Imagine, one day Chris and Barb come home from McDonalds to discover that their house is completely empty. All of Barb's shit that she hoarded vanished. No furniture as well. Even the stuff that overflowed into the front yard vanished.
Even Chris's room is completely empty. His video games, toys, and other completely worthless possessions, gone.
What would Chris and Barb do?
Well, it looks a hell of a lot like theft. So close, in fact, that the Police are there within the hour (even without a phone, they've head right to Rocky's to report it.)
Not going to lie, this would be abusive and mean to anyone. This isn't just Chris and Barb's useless crap that's been taken, it's things they rely on for their daily survival; their microwave is gone, washing machine, gone. Their pets are gone; any trace of Bob Chandler, gone too. So, this is clearly in a "step too far" category.
The Police will eventually shrug their hands and be unable to find anything. 14 Branchland is now missing its arthropod inhabitants as well, so maybe the bare carpet (or even concrete) is probably easier to live in then before. But anyone would feel horribly violated from having a life's stash stolen. If Barb and Chris wanted to sell 14 Branchland, this is a ready made opportunity to do so--and they might feel unsafe in their home to the point where they consider a sale. Or Barb opts to buy stuff again.
Its all very stressful; Barb's not in the best physical shape and there is an outside chance this sort of trauma could really break Barb, who has been hoarding as a coping mechanism. Does she want to rebuild her hoard? It's just not the same anymore... Dollars to donuts Barb has some sort of breakdown, which could be a few hours of genuine misery ranging to some sort of imminent death. Barb will probably survive, and probably respond irrationally (albeit understandably) blaming anyone who would take joy at their expense. If she finds peace, it will take months, and she might well have been shocked out of hoarding.
Chris got over the loss of his PS3 by buying another, his Sonichu Medallion by building another; most of the stuff he lost is going to be an annoyance to him. But he's lost two irreplaceble things:
1. He's lost any physical connection to his Father.
2. He's lost his dogs, who as Patty reveals, he really does care about even if he does it badly.
This is painful, no doubt. Still, I'd think Chris is likely to get another pet (perhaps multiples) and more vidya. He's also lost things like his sextoys.
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WAIT: I FORGOT SOMETHING.
CWC has just lost all sorts of financial documents, as has Barb.
This is another nightmare on its own, and it gets merged into the above. The OP didn't specify that anyone screwed with their financials, but this could easily derail the Tugboat, particularly if the Tugboat check is also stolen or if necessary paperwork is taken. CWC/Barb would probably have to go through a major battle to collect a lost tugboat.
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Ultimate Outcome:
CWC reaches out to trolls demanding a return of his stuff. Given the nature of what happened, the trolls are likely quite well behaved and Chris gets no real closure by welling at them.
Barb's death advances months because of stress, but it might be many years in the future anyhow. She may find a new coping mechanism, she might go to rebuild the horde, either way, she's still not a very nice person.
The Trolling community feels legitimately bad towards CWC for a month or so, but CWC has squandered good will before and will do it again.
