He has the look of a security guard. Any pictures on the sign oh the building that rudger can see? May be able to guess where we are.
... if there are any that is

tippler 2026/01/29(Thu)17:08 No. 1120554 ID: f1368b
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>Is the bigger building the vet’s office?
It’s a separate spot from Dr. Alfie’s. It could technically be another vet’s office? It looks like they deal with larger animals though.

>Reptile on guard?
The building with the sleepy guy doesn’t have any signs that give away its purpose. There isn’t anything for sale inside anyway, so I’m pretty sure this is the police station. A town like this probably doesn’t get much crime, so it makes sense why they’re only one lizard on night duty.

That’s reassuring. Even on a warm night like this, in the densest part of town, there isn’t much danger of being seen.

I could go further…all the way to the factory. No, I did enough for tonight, I better go back to Violet’s house and rest.

tippler 2026/01/29(Thu)17:08 No. 1120555 ID: f1368b
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>The next morning…
>Weather check (warm or wet): Wet
I wake up to the light patter of rain on the windows. I stretch and do my usual routine of filling my belly and cleaning my fur.

Violet staggers out of bed late and moans about the poor weather. Since she’s stuck inside all day, I’ll need to stay here too. She must be pent up since she didn’t get her doctor’s visit.

What should I do today?

Hop on and off the furniture. Watch Vi doing things. Look in the couch for spare change.

Get another one of those sweet massages from her.

>>1120555
Maybe she owns her own board game? It's probably best not to try to get her to go outside in this weather. So no retrieving Lucy's chess set.

You might need to employ your skills here. This depressed snake lady could use some kindness.

>>1120567
Agreed.
She doesnt seem so bad.
Just a little sad and lonely.
She was a good enough friend to lucy to be concerned about rudger and also consider lucys wants when the topic of vetinary procedures was mentioned.

A game might be a good idea.
Something simple to prove youre smarter than she thinks without freaking her out about how smart you really are.

>>1120554
A poorly guarded police station with a sleepy attendant sounds like a good place to get a GUN. With the power of a GUN you can do anything you want.

>>1120567
Yeah, look for a board game.

tippler 2026/01/31(Sat)14:15 No. 1120621 ID: f1368b
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>Steal a gun
It’s a crazy idea, but I kind of like it. The guards at the factory all had guns, although I never saw one used. Much easier to assassinate a reptile from a safe distance away instead of having to get in stabbing range.

>Watch Violet
Like Lucy, she’s kind of aimless on cool days. She puts on a thick dress and languishes on the sofa. I try to entertain her by jumping around the furniture, but after watching a while she just sighs and stares longingly at a photo of a male reptile who I assume is her husband.

>Find a boardgame
The cool weather feels great to me, so I’m in a generous mood. Violet needs something to take her mind off things, and I go to her shelf to look for something fun.

>Chess check: Failure
I don’t see a familiar checkered board anywhere, only a fresh deck of cards and a bag of dice. I don’t know any games to play with those, but I take the box of cards to Violet and prod her leg.

tippler 2026/01/31(Sat)14:16 No. 1120623 ID: f1368b
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“What is it Rudger? Do you like these? They have nice pictures on them, look.” Violet shows me some cards with black and green colored lizards in fancy hats and clothes. I leap up to her side on the sofa to get a better look.

“There’s familiar letters in the corners of the cards, but I don’t know what they are. I learn over Violet’s lap and scrunch my brow to try and commit the symbols to memory. She gasps and starts petting my back.

I can’t help thinking about mating. I don’t think it’d take much to have this pretty snake under me. It worked for Lucy, maybe it would help my mission if I did the same for Violet?

A. Focus on the cards
B. Seduce Violet

It would probably help your mission more to learn to read numbers and a few letters.
That said, B.

oh if only Rudger had clothes, they could play strip poker
A) These scaly ladies need to be eased into things. and this one's mate isn't dead so she's not as, well, desperate.

besides learning numbers would be important. They might need to find a house by its number, or a cell

A.Learning the language would be super useful though. If you master it you can teach the others. Having said that, if you pop a boner, she could probably smell it and what she does with that info could determine your relationship.

B: If she starts thinking more fondly of you it may be more conductive towards later relations with snakes.

>>1120623
A. Even if we seduce her, she could have a crisis about it and become unpredictable. Better to learn more about these numbers. It might not be letters, but reptiles use these things to mark all sorts of stuff!

tippler 2026/02/02(Mon)19:53 No. 1120751 ID: f1368b
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>A
No, I really shouldn’t get distracted. Learning some numbers and letters is way more important to the mission, and who knows how Violet would react if I kissed her or something. If we can’t talk to each other, we better not have sex.

I take my hands off her legs and point at the cards insistently. I try to keep my hips turned away from her huge eyes.

“Do you want to play a game? Lucy said you could play chess, so cards shouldn’t be too hard.” Violet slides off the sofa onto the floor and starts shuffling the deck. “Let’s start with Crazy Eights, that’ll be fun.”

I eagerly join her on the ground. Violet deals me a hand of six cards, flips a card off the top of the deck, and puts a card from her hand on top of it.

tippler 2026/02/02(Mon)19:53 No. 1120752 ID: f1368b
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Uh…is she not going to give me any instructions? I pick something random and toss it on the pile.

“No no Rudger! That’s a scale, we’re playing clovers.” Violet nudges my card back toward me patronizingly. “Do you have a five? See how there are five clovers here? One two three four five! You can play a five of any suit or match the suit.”

Oh, I get it, we’re counting. I know how to do that, although that doesn’t work with the cards with pictures.

I study my hand until I’m interrupted. “Rudger, let me see, oh, you don’t have anything you can play so you have to draw cards from the deck.”

I sigh and do as she says. This is a trivial game compared to chess, and I master it once Violet actually tells me all the rules. There’s not much strategy involved, but since my attention is split on learning my numbers and four letters, I still have fun.

I’m the one who has to stop first to use the bathroom and eat. Violet looks a little disappointed but she cleans up the cards and goes back to resting on the sofa until evening falls and she goes to bed.

What should I do tonight?

Let's find Lucy.

Return to the police station. Probe it for weaknesses. And don’t forget the knife this time - you’re heading into possible danger.

>>1120752
Take a moment to appreciate how Lucy was just built different...

But if we break her out of prison she is 100% going to be a fugitive on the run and we can't actually feed her to keep her with us. Wallow in longing for your star crossed love, then do >>1120786

We need to plan this out, see if the sleepy guard is there again, find possible ways in. Then we'll need to consult with your warren about the plan to get a GUN and raid the factory to rescue some does.

We will need info on the police station AND the factory before we set this in motion, because once they find out a GUN is missing security will be ramping way up. The GUN acquisition and raid will be a major one night mission.

tippler 2026/02/04(Wed)17:49 No. 1120817 ID: f1368b
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>Find Lucy
From what Violet said yesterday, Lucy’s miles away in some dingy jail. Rabbits can’t drive, but I guess I could hypothetically hold an important reptile ransom to get her set free. I really miss her…I’m glad I stayed loyal today, it makes me feel a little better about our relationship.

>Take the knife and go to the police station
I’m attached to this gun stealing idea. Since it’s a rainy day I bet the officer on guard duty will be even sleepier. Now’s the perfect time to find a way in, even if I end up just using the front door.

I wait until I’m sure Violet’s asleep before I take the knife from the kitchen and head out into the rain. Oh dammit, my leaf cloak is still at the burrow and if I go there it’ll waste time.

A. Go to the burrow
B. Go directly to town and get wet

Go to the burrow but leave the knife outside, you don't want to leave evidence that you left or tempt your brothers into keeping the knife.

A. Let them know where you're headed.

>>1120817
To the burrow, but keep the knife hidden as said already. Your brothers are good kin but nay prioratise their own needs over yours and lucys.

>>1120817
A. We need to let them in on the GUN plan anyways.

tippler 2026/02/06(Fri)11:05 No. 1120873 ID: f1368b
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>Hide the knife and go to the burrow
My brothers are good people, but if they see the knife I bet they’ll want it for themselves. I go back inside to put the knife on its holder thing and hurry through the neighborhood to the burrow.

>Rabbit at the burrow (random choice of three options): Sky
Just the rabbit I wanted to see! I shake him awake for the second night in a row and he groans and kicks at me with his feet.

“Sky, Sky, hey, I think I found a place we can get a gun.”

“Mmmyuh stop bothering me…”

“You can figure out how it works and we can use it to fight long range, c’mon, get up and help me steal it.”

I pat his arm insistently until he rubs his eyes and listens to me explain the police station and the tired guard.

“It’s a rainy day, he might not be there.” Sky mumbles.

“Stop making excuses, come on, let’s go!”

tippler 2026/02/06(Fri)11:06 No. 1120874 ID: f1368b
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We don our cloaks and run into town. I learn that Grass and Root are out exploring the forest for any possible wild rabbits, while Sky searched for scrap during the day. We don’t see them or any reptiles on the way to the police station.

>Encounter avoidance check: Failure
I look through the window and see the same drowsy lizard at the desk by the phone. His head droops down on his chest, which rises and falls slowly.

I’m about to usher Sky toward the door when we both jolt at the sound of boots on pavement. They’re coming down the street, what should we do?

Get to the closest cover without revealing yourselves

Trained dancing bunnies whose circus owner has gone missing!

>>1120874
Scamper behind the building, try to find a spot with some cover.

into the shadows. hide in any foliage available

Agreed.
Nearest cover.
If a car is near, you might be able to slide underneath it or behind it instead of bolting for the greenery should that be further.

tippler 2026/02/08(Sun)12:17 No. 1120912 ID: f1368b
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>Run for cover
“C’mon Sky, we have to hide!” I drag him out of the light of the window and look for the closest bush or alley. Dammit, the buildings are too close together and there’s no greenery in sight. The nearest shelter is a car parked on the side of the street and we dart underneath it.

It stinks–my head brushes against the undercarriage and I get oil smeared on my fur. We huddle behind a wheel and listen as the steps get closer, then move past.

“That guy has a gun too.” Sky whispers.

“Is he the one who’s been hunting us?”

“No, that’s a chameleon, and we’ve only seen him when it’s light out. This is a gecko, they can see better in the dark, I think.”

“You brought your weapons, right? We could go after him instead, he’s out in the open so it’s easier.”

Sky scratches one of his damp ears. “I dunno, wouldn’t we need to hurt him really bad to steal the gun?”

A. Stick with the policeman
B. Switch to the gecko

B. Better to 'deal' with this problem sooner than later.

B. It'll be alright, he has life insurance.

>>1120912
Gecko will be on guard if he's hunting for you, while the policeman was sleepy. And remember, the moment we steal a gun we need to do the factory raid RIGHT THEN, before Gustave has time to amp up security to account for gun-toting rabbits.

A. Stick with the plan, we need to plan our route for raid night.

A) even if you can take the gecko he'll surely scream. less risk in the sneak and grab

A. Straight out ambushing them would paint even bigger target yourself before your team would be ready. Go for the easier steal.

A. The plan. Sleeping target instead of awake one. If the gecko fired in panic, then youd have two armed hostiles to deal with.

tippler 2026/02/10(Tue)18:58 No. 1120974 ID: f1368b
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>A
Sky’s right to be worried about taking a reptile head-on. Better go with our original plan.

“Okay, let’s wait a while for this guy to get far away and then we can go to the police station.” I say assertively.

Sky nods. We huddle together under the car and I try to wipe the oil off my head. Ugh, I hope I can get it all out, otherwise Violet is going to notice the stink and the smudge.

After half an hour of tense waiting, we creep back to the window to check on our target. The lizard’s still snoozing, although sometimes he stirs and adjusts his position.

“Let’s see what the entrance looks like.” I whisper.

It’s a double door set-up with polished brass handles instead of knobs. I jump up and grab onto the handle and brace my feet on the other door to give Sky a gap inside. He holds it open for me from the inside and I land softly on the linoleum.

tippler 2026/02/10(Tue)19:00 No. 1120976 ID: f1368b
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The lights are on and we tip-toe past the open offices until we find our guy. His shiny pistol is in a leather holster, secured by a metal snap fastener.

Sky gets closer to examine the mechanism. He waves me over and shows me wear to put my hands to hold the pouch in place while he pulls the button free.

The officer doesn’t react to the sound. Sky puts his hands around the grip and pulls it free.

>Officer sleep check (75% success): Success
The lizard doesn’t stir. We backtrack to the door and squeeze out, back into the open air. Sky has the gun wrapped awkwardly at his chest, muzzle pointed down and to the right.

I’m shaking a little with excitement. My plan worked! It was pretty easy too–besides the scare with the guy on patrol we didn’t have any trouble at all.

We run back to the burrow, wake up Grass and Root, and sit around Sky as he starts patting down the weapon. He finds the spot to release the magazine and we count out eight precious bullets.

“Let’s find the higher-ups at Gargill and shoot ‘em!” Grass says. His eyes are alight with excitement.

“I dunno, it’s kind of an awkward size for us to use. How are we going to aim and shoot?” Root protests.

What’s my plan for the gun?

What kinds of scrap do you have laying around the burrow? Could you tie this gun to a tripod to stabilize the aim? You'd have to abandon it after an ambush if there were survivors.
If you're bringing it somewhere to shoot someone instead, take some of the bullets out. You can find more portable, if less potent ways of hitting the flat end so the pointy end goes bang.

>>1120982
You have to use it as part of a trap. Your fastest runner has to lure one of the more dangerous people (Gargill, the chameleon, ect) to a burrow. As they're standing around outside the entrance, the gun handlers fire from behind them in a opposite burrow or camouflaged gun nest like a ghillie suit

>>1120982
that or at least a bipod on the muzzle. at your size this is less a sidearm and more like a rifle, best used in an ambush. Your biggest advantage here is that no one will be expecting you to have it. Position yourself well, on a high shelf or within a bush, and you can end them before they know you're there.

This is only the beginning. They have an army at their beck and call, but you now have the one thing that will make any individual reptile back the @#$% off.

They are going to notice a missing gun. Go to ground, stick to burrowing for now. If you can link your nest to multiple zones, it'll be easy to set up a long-range location to assassinate a jerk, then cut the tunnel off.

Use Violet's fridge rabbits as decoys if you need to fake your death.

>>1120976
That thing is your backup.
Right now a guy has lost his gun and will probably be a bit reluctant to tell anyone because that could cost him his job.
Its the kind of surprise that could turn a bad situation around, but only once.

The tripod or scrap barrel bracevis a great idea.

Oh, and brace yourself for a bath when you get home rudger.
Even if the stain is gone, youre likely stinky.

tippler 2026/02/12(Thu)18:14 No. 1121036 ID: f1368b
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I pick up the gun and try different ways of positioning it in my paws. I hold it like a rifle, but the shape of the pistol isn’t really suited to it. I can grab the barrel and reach the trigger at the same time though, so it’d work in a pinch.

“Grass is right–we have to take advantage of this opportunity while the reptiles aren’t expecting us to be armed. That policeman might not tell anyone he lost his gun and even if he does they aren’t sure we have it.”

I mime out the shape of a short tripod. “Sky, you could make a little thing out of sticks, with like a, a flat part on top we can reset the gun on to keep it stable. We’ll wait in a bush for the chameleon and–”

“And kill him!” Grass ruffles my ears. “You’re pretty smart Windy–”

“Rudger.” Root mutters.

The air in the burrow thickens with sudden tension. Grass puffs up and frowns at me.

“You’re not still pretending to use that name, are ya Wind?”

get all bashful about it. You like the name, so what?

"Then come up with a better name. 'Windy' makes me look like a farter."

>>1121036
Give him a kiss on the cheek and tell him to stop trying to drag you into this argument. You're holding a firearm. You don't have time to get heated over this.