Manchester 2013/06/19(Wed)09:41 No. 518114 ID: 4740a0
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I imagine the dialogue has been a little confusing, so from this point when a character is speaking in first person, they're name will appear in the Name area.

"Oy, my achin' head."

He's hung over? Oh boy. *Ahem*

HEY! HOW YOU DOING?

WHAT'S UP MAH BROTHA FROM ANOTHER MOTHER

good morning, you asscake. drink some coconut juice, that'll help with your hangover... a bit. I do know of a better hangover medicine, but I only share it with people I actually like.

1/2 Manchester 2013/06/19(Wed)10:16 No. 518122 ID: 4740a0
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>>518119

"Hey, fuck you, you fuckin' piece'a s--"

"WAIT WHERE'D THAT COME FROM??"

2/2 Manchester 2013/06/19(Wed)10:17 No. 518123 ID: 4740a0
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>"Honey? Who are you talking to?"

"Uhh... nobody! Mind your business! I'll be done in a bit..."

you can just think loudly at us, we are in your head, so we can hear it in there.

We're your brain
And your depressed so hard that your having auditory hallucinations that voice them
When was the last time you had coitus? I mean, really man, good coitus that your wife enjoyed. You have no real self worth. Your sister-in-law can kill you at any moment, you're weak. And your possessions do nothing for you, hardly demonstrating anything of your potential. You have no son or daughter to look up to you and respect you.

What do you honestly even have to offer people? You can't even pleasure your wife. I bet it's been weeks since you've even had sex at all. You're a failure at home.

You should fix that.

Hey, Manchester. You're hearing voices as punishment for being a surly jerk.

Play nice, do as we say, and maybe you'll get to enjoy peace and quiet in your own head later.

SO WHAT'S GOOD DICKNUGGET, YOU GET LAID RECENTLY?
...
AHAHAHAHAH I THOUGHT NOT

I'm gonna lay all your dirty secrets before the eyes of the next person I haunt.

>>518124

Er, don't listen to this guy, we can't hear you unless you speak out loud. Nope, not at all. So, uh, think about what you want to say to us before you say anything. We'll... wait.

Go drink some booze, it'll help your hangover for sure.
Trust me, Im a figment of your subconscious. Or imagination. Or a ghost. Your call.

Hoooooo. I think you get the basic jist of it, Manchester. collectively, we aren't fans of you, and that's going to make...Anywhere from today to the next few hours less pleasant for you.
But that said, we DO give advice and ideas, so even though we dislike you, you should listen to us! Even got to kill this mean shouty-voice thing! From the dream, remember?

>>518140

And if you try to cheat us...

WE'LL TEAR YOUR SOUL

APART.



Hey, the best part is, he doesn't know if we're kidding!

So uh, Manchester, what'd you have planned for today? Like, what do you do?

And if you answer with 'your mother' I'm seriously gonna swap every visual memory you have of your wife with that nerd that tried to hit you the other day when you very least expect it. Assuming that's actually a problem, anyway.

WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS MANCHESTER
YOU CAN'T HIDE
NOT FROM YOUR OWN MIND
CAN'T RUN CAN'T RUN CAN'T RUN
(i may be liking this a bit TOO much)

I have never seen so many of use insistently go for someones throat so quickly before... damn you made on hell of an first impression on us dude.

Quit being such a cunt to your wife or we'll tell Mozzy that you beat her.

>>518172
That he did mah boi, that he did...

>>518173
And we MAY or MAY NOT exaggerate a little bit,
So i suggest you clean up a bit hun~
OR ELSE

DICK BUTTS DICK BUTTS DICK BUTTS

Say, why were you dreaming you were Cedric?

>>518167

HEY, YELLING IS MY JOB, DILLHOLE.

But I can take a break. You take the screamwheel for a while.

>>518172

It's an intervention. Hosted by satan.

>>518180
THANKS BRO, I WILL MAKE YOU PROUD

>>518111
popped a favicon for this in the favicon /questdis thread, hope i got colors right

Jesus christ, he isn't Hitler here.

>>518340
HE'S STILL A COMPLETLY INSUFFERABLE DOUCHEBAG

>>518352
SO ARE WE

We are voices. Most of us don't like you, although you may be able to re-deam yourself. You aren't crazy and before you ask us we don't really know what's going on either. Hopefully we can all get along long enough before someone dies but you might wanna start talkin because somewhat of a mob-mentalitly is developing and it's not to help you

>>518354
POINT
STILL
THIS GUY
THIS FUCKIN GUY

He's surprisingly adorable when he's confused.
Let's keep him that way. Can we keep him?

Hey, I like you, you're not boring like your wife.

>>518409
MAYBE
BUT THE SECOND HE ACTS UP,
I'M GETTIN THE BELT

Manchester 2013/06/21(Fri)07:07 No. 518478 ID: 4740a0
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...

"I think I get it."

"I'm dreamin'!"

>>518478

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, my friend.

Pinch yourself. If this is just a dream, then you shouldn't feel a thing.

The look on your face is going to be priceless.

When was the last time you thought "this is a dream!" in a dream, and didn't immediately wake up?

Dang, your eyes can open really wide when your confused... Kinda cuter this way too.

Of course, you're dreaming! That means you can do everything you ever wanted to do!! GO QUICK BEFORE YOU WAKE UP

>>518478
You're going through your midlife crisis actually. Maybe a little earlier than usual. Okay, maybe quarterlife crisis.

>>518478
Of course you are! Now hurry, your nemesis Princess Butterscotch and her evil Lollipop Syndicate are plotting world domination!

1/2 Manchester 2013/06/21(Fri)08:54 No. 518489 ID: 4740a0
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>>518481
"I can still hear you guys, so obviously I'm still dreaming!"

>>518482
"This could be one'a dem real deep dreams."

>>518483
"I-I ain't cute..."

>>518488
"Yes! I can finally kill that bi--"

2/2 Manchester 2013/06/21(Fri)08:56 No. 518493 ID: 4740a0
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>"Manchester? Are you okay in there?"

Go get breakfast already! Don't wanna disappoint the Misses.

Quick! Quick! Get nude and on the bed and pose sexily!

you're not okay.

GET YO ASS DRESSED FORE AH PUT MAH BOOT UPPIT

... just roll with it. and some breakfast might help with that dream hangover you're currently having.

Now, let's not ruin his day too badly. If he does something because of us that makes Rella or her dear sister upset, we'll all be culpable as well. That includes (but is by no means limited to) anything which may cause either of the occupants of this house to die.

And I know you all can't keep a damned secret and someone will tell her.

Manchester, dear, you might want to try and think with your mouth closed. Or do you always narrate your thoughts like this?

Tell her you're having a dream and you're trying to decide which of your many fantasies you want to fulfill before you wake up.

You're not dreaming. We're dreaming! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Riight. Get yeself dressed and ready to roll and what not.
And while in your case it's doubly so, because we dislike you, we're bad news when we show up.

>>518493
Tell her you're talking to the chaotic swarm of dream voices in your head.

As a warning, you will come to hate the word Bee in short time.

Pinch yourself, buddy.

Manchester 2013/06/23(Sun)14:30 No. 518982 ID: 4740a0
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"I said mind your business, dreamwife!"

>"W-what?"

>>518533

"Pfft, I ain't afraid of nobody, especially not Cheesy. And I could think in my head, but what's the point? I'm dreamin'! None'a this matters."

>>518495
"Not a bad idea..."

>"Manchester, are you okay? What's this about drea--?"

"Upupupup! Quiet! We're in a dream, babe, anything goes. And by 'anything', I mean anything I say! Now make me breakfast!"

>"Honey, uh, you're not dreaming."

"Of course I am! I hear voices in my brain! That kind of stuff only happens in dreams!"

>"Uh huh... Uh, anyway, your brother is here."

"Brother Vinny? Eugh, this dream just became a nightmare."

>"He says he needs to see you right now. It's very important!"

"Orrrr you and I could just forget about him and make me breakfast! Or better yet... that top you're wearing would look better on the floor, dreamwife~!"

>"Uhhh...?"

Oh great!
Ok, first off, why do you dislike Vinny? The name is unfortunately bringing up a mental image of a large goon who might give you a choice between an unknown (to us.) sum a cash, or your kneecaps.
Secondly, if it's not a matter of owing him money, or assuming you have the cash to pay him (which we don't know about!) I think it should be safe to see him. As for what else it could be...You tell me dude.

You're not dreaming. You just told your wife you're hearing voices in your brain and you're acting strangely.

I don't know if men in white suits with vans exist in your world, but if they do, I expect you'll see them in your future prettty soonish.

Let's not mention the voices in your head to anyone again any time soon, kay?

Get yer ass up chester.
an' get decent, fer god's sakes.
Fuckin' embarrisin'

>>518982
Go on and give your wife a big kiss.

Fuck it, fine, looks like this dream might have a point.

Oh well, who cares if we're dressed. Walk out in the buff and go to your Brother Vinny and see what crazy plot this dream wants you to go through.

Tell you what. If you take your top off I'll make you breakfast.

>>518982

It's not really you that I'm worried about, though your wife seems very sweet. You see, we have a trust relationship to maintain and a mission to complete which depends upon it. You'll understand once you've finished embarrassing yourself.

At least, you might.

Now, now, don't be stubborn. Let's go meet Vinny. A comedy of errors is due to unfold and there's no time to lose, my friend.

>>518985

What an interesting prospect. I've never commandeered a cripple before.

If we don't like Vinny then we gotta show him this is YOUR house, do so by walking out in the nude and then grab your wife and bring her to the bedroom expressing your homely dominance or whatever.

you should greet him in the nude.

Manchester 2013/06/24(Mon)09:41 No. 519181 ID: 4740a0
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>>518985
"The guy's a rotten bastard. He's lucky I'm a good brother, or I woulda knocked him on his ass years ago."

>"M-Manchester? Are you okay? I-I can take you to a hospital."

"What? No, I'm fine, sweetcheeks!"

>>519157
"Not a bad idea..."

>"M-M-MANCHESTER!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING??"

"Gonna tell that brother-o mine to kiss my ass."

>"H-honey, stop! Wait!"

Manchester 2013/06/24(Mon)09:42 No. 519182 ID: 4740a0
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>"Where is that ignoramus..."

"HEY VINNY."

Manchester 2013/06/24(Mon)09:44 No. 519184 ID: 4740a0
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"GOOD MORNING."

>"Manny? What the fuck are you--"

"AH AH AH. SAVE THAT LIP FOR KISSIN' MY ASS. THIS IS MY DREAM, AFTER ALL!"

...well. Machester appears to be doing a better job ruining his life than we ever could. Good work.

And I am pleased that his brother seems to look like a mafia hitman. That'll make things so much better when the other shoe drops.

As you present your posterior to your dear brother suddenly recall every Insecurity you've ever had.

:| I...Ok. I don't think I can think of any way to salvage this, even if you did listen.
Might as well bring up every sore spot your brother's got, while you're at it. Push ALL the buttons!

Bang up job there bro, now try and wake up.

>>519185

He took several of our idea's to begin with, including the Nude Thing.

>>519184
okay what does vinnie need because we have lucid dreaming to get to and maybe dream sex so if he would mind and get to the point.

>>519196
Yeah we could probably have done a better job but it's not like we had any inclination to do so.
If he's lucky his brother may be Impressed by his bravado, for all we know Manchester could've been a wimpy mess around his brother If he does happen to be in some kind of Mafia. He could be seeing this as a sort of chance to vent some frustrations being the shorter (almost definitely) more inadequate sibling.

Shake that thang. You've got to intimidate your subconscious manifestation into submission after all. There is no way this could go wrong.

Manchester.
Listen to me.
Pinch yourself.

Ha ha ha, ok that's far enough, sorry bro we were messing with you, you're actually awake after all!

Manny?

Pinch yourself real hard.

I have a creeping suspicion that our newest companion here is about to inform Manchester of just how mistaken he is about his level of consciousness.

With his fist.

Manchester, you are about to receive a lesson in humility. Pray you live long enough to remember it. We need you in our lives.

shove your ass into his face.

Manchester 2013/06/25(Tue)06:44 No. 519357 ID: 4740a0
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>>519189
"Haha! Fuck you bro! Fuck you and your shitty cologne that smells like the underside of a fat guy's sweaty cock! Fuck your stupid overcoat, too!"

>"..."

"Remember that girl who broke up with you back when we were kids? That's because I told her you were one'a dem homosexuals!"

>"..."

"It was also me who knocked over dad's bookcase and blamed it on you! He made you clean the whole foyer for a month!"

>"..."

"Man, dreams are awesome! I can say all this, and there's nothing you can do about it--"

Manchester 2013/06/25(Tue)06:44 No. 519358 ID: 4740a0
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"Oh, t-that felt kinda real--"

Manchester 2013/06/25(Tue)06:45 No. 519359 ID: 4740a0
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"GRK"

we told you, and you didn't want to listen.

>>519357
Machester: enough of a jerk to his wife and brother that I don't even feel bad letting him do this to himself. He deserves the comeuppance.

>>519359
Welp, nothing to do now but flail helplessly until her either releases you or you black out. And pray to the dark gods of annoying pricks everywhere that he does let go while there's still life in your undeserving body.

>>519364

Jerk to his wife? He takes care of her and pays off her things in a rich manner. If something happens to him and makes her sad Mozzy is going to find a way to kill us.

aww, you poor-

wait, I don't feel sorry for you of all people. teehee.

>>519359
i think it is in your best interest to try to apologize. preferably before he choke you to death.

>>519367
Aw, crap.
...
We should help.

Your brother seems like a decent man. He's so patient! He even allowed you finish before he began strangling you.

Are you taking notes, 'Manny'?

Now, listen carefully. You're going to be headed for a padded cell very soon if we don't think of a good reason for this outburst, and you might be headed for the morgue if you don't apologize. Let's get the latter out of the way first, we can fudge up a story about head trauma or something later.

Manchester 2013/06/25(Tue)08:29 No. 519380 ID: 4740a0
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I-I guess this ain't a dream...

>>519370
>>519375
"Vinny! B-bro! I was just kiddin'! You know, little brother stuff. Just playing a joke! Haha, funny, right...?"

>"As much as I'd like to drag you off to a nuthouse-- because you've clearly lost it --I have more important things to take care of."

"L-like?"

>"Like telling you you're done here. Pack your bags, Pops wants you back home."

"Wh-what?? Why, what'd I do wrong?"

>"You've been blowing through Pops' money like no tomorrow. Which he wouldn't mind, if you paid him back. I thought you said you were gonna make a fortune on the poison business?"

"W-well I uh, it's not as easy as you think! Turns out this place doesn't have much in the way of rats..."

>"Figures. The only rodent 'round here is you. Well, don't matter now. Tell your wife this place no longer belongs to you. Speaking of your wife, I pity her, honestly. Hot young broad like herself stuck with a little shit like you? A damn shame."

Dammit! I'm gonna lose everything and have to work for Dad! Brie's probably gonna leave me, too. Y-you guys! You said you help people! Help me!!

Well, let's get some dignity back, ask him to let you down, and lets get some pants on.

Also try and see if there's a way you can get an extension.

You're already working off your debt to someone else right now. Can't leave until that's settled.

That someone is a much larger person than your brother.

>>519380
How about you know that the poison business wasn't going good, that's why you were thinking of a new line of work that you were just about to start up. That's where some of the money went. Should buy you some time at least.

...Don't have a good idea what this new line of work might be though. Ideas, guys?

>>519385
Whats a good way of saying we work for a guard/bounty hunter. (Since he still owes that debt)

>>519380

Hmm, it's worth a shot... But first, you have business to attend to here.

Business such as recovering your pants, convincing your wife that you're not a danger to yourself and others (however untrue that may actually be) and learning precisely what sort of business dear old dad wants to wrap you up in. Oh, and assuming she's not in earshot of this conversation, once you get dressed you might want to break the news to her - gently. Just don't expect us to perform any miracles.

I didn't suspect you would have ties to the chemical industry. Just a salesman?

All right. First thing to do is bluff your ass off. You gotta convince your brother to give you a chance- that you can earn the money back out here without being dragged home.

If we can pull that off, we start looking for ways to make some dough. Maybe there aren't enough rats round here, but there's gotta be some way to make a profit.

yes we can HELP, but you still gotta do all the work.

>>519380
Tell him that you also owe money to another person. This is going to be a little complex for a long time as you work to pay off everyone.

You should obviously just plot to kill your brother and father. You have problems with that?

So what sort of skills do you possess anyway? Would be nice to know what we have to work with.

Also you said poison business. How were you planning on getting that off the ground anyway.

If you are basically a good for nothing layabout don't expect a miracle.

Looks like its time to start sucking dick in alleyways!

Alright, Manchester.

While we're at it, try to remember how much people you owe money to.
And how much of them can crush walls.

First thing you need to do is stop "burning through Pops money like no tomorrow." That means spending less. Good first start is to record some of the "essential purchases" you make. Of course it would have helped to do that last month more than at the moment...

OK what we're going to do is flood the city with rats see? Then poison them for a profit.

uh. I don't know how. maybe call for Bonzi?

Tell him you have a contractor who happens to be an assassin and very shortly you plan on selling this assassin a lot of different poisons, it was the next best thing after you figured there was a dire lack of rats. Then if all goes well this Assassin might let his Assassin friends know how good business with you is.
Yeah tell him that.

>>519409

He may have been trying to do just that when his 'rat problem' from before manifested suddenly. Locate a few rats, establish breeding pairs, and let them loose in the back alleys when nobody's looking... Pretty clever, actually.

Except for the part where, assuming that this is true, they evidently escaped.

An inventory of pesticides could have numerous potential buyers, however. Manchester, before explaining just what your father does for a living, answer me this: Do you physically own any of this material, say in a warehouse somewhere? How about on paper, do you have any contracts promising a quantity of it to you? If so, let's see if we can't find us a buyer. You don't have much in the way of industry in town so we might have to perform a search. Food packers, warehouses, farmers if it's safe for fields, they all have an interest in vermin control.

I ask because this is the route least likely to end in you being incarcerated, and inhabiting a man stuck in prison would be boring.

Manchester 2013/06/27(Thu)10:08 No. 519788 ID: 4740a0
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>>519382
That's not gonna work! I've already asked for a couple. If he sent Vinny here, Pops isn't gonna let me have another chance.

>>519383
>>519386
O-oh, that's right! That giant fish lady.

"H-hey, you can't take me back just yet!"

>"Why not?"

"Because I owe money to another person, and I can't leave until I- OW"

>"You little FUCK. What do you mean you owe someone else??"

"Well I uh, owe some money I lost in cards to someone."

>"Who is it?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

>"There's a lot of things I don't believe, Manny. I can't believe that you were stupid enough to wrack up debt not only with Pops, but with some other person. I can't BELIEVE I had to come all the way down from the South side to come wrangle your ass. I can't BELIEVE that YOU'RE FUCKING NAKED RIGHT NOW. Now who the FUCK do you owe money to?"

"S-some girl named Bonzi."

>"A dame? You owe money to a dame?"

"A real big dame."

>"I don't care how fuckin' big she is! Where is she now?"

"She's stayin' with a friend I think. In some hut on the other side of town."

>"All right, get your ass dressed. We're gonna pay her a visit and see if we can't resolve this problem."

>>519401
My idea was to make the poison myself; my family has a "recipe" of sorts for poison. Sadly, there was no rats.

>>519573
You can't prove I did that. And I just kept it all in the storage room. I own the whole stock, and had nowhere else to put it, so might as well.

Well get your pants on, tell your wife your going somewhere.

>>519788

That's a very... specific denial, Manchester. At least it shows some ingenuity on your part. I like that.

How does your brother usually resolve these kinds of disputes? Should we be concerned?

Also, Cousin Vinny, family "Poison" recipe...

Is your father a Mob Boss Manchester?

So you do have a basement full of poison then.

And what is so special about this "family" recipe?

Also is the poison good for anything else other than killing rats? Does it kill plants or have any other interesting properties?

Anyways make sure to let your wife know whats up while you are getting dressed then you can go meet with Bonzi.

Manchester, what're you gonna do if Bonzi isn't home?

For future consideration, I really love the idea of unleashing rats via rat farm and then selling poison.

...how scary is your brother? If it comes to a fight with Bonzi, what's going to happen?

Also, if you can't convince him you're going to be able to earn back the money, we're low on options. You choices basically boils down to if you'd rather be stuck working off your debt to your family or hugetits first.

>>519788
You could explain to your brother you were planning a good con, breed rats and stuff like that and infest the township with them so they'd buy your poison. There's still a good market here if we can get that plan going, you'd be the only store in town.

Face it, your brother might actually think that would have been a good plan if you were able to pull it off.

Even if you totally wasn't ever going to do that, never ever, like you said. It is a pretty good idea.

Also, again, kill your brother and father and take over the family business.

you better do as he says. nobody will probably care if he hurts you, but you also have loved ones, and if your father is the kind of person I suspect he is, he just might use them to get to you.

>>519797
It's so scummy, though. What an abuse of the whole concept of economy.

Alright, Vinchester looks like he won't take any more shit from you, Manny.

If you don't know the way to Fathips's house, ask Brie.
She probably doesn't know how far in the noose your head is, does she? Well, let's keep it that way, no need to alarm her.

And don't tell Vinny you're supposed to follow Bonzi. If he hears you might go far far away to pay off a debt he didn't know about a minute ago, I'm pretty sure he's going to assume you're booking it.
Just say you don't know what she wants you to do and it's up to Bonzi.

Wait, that sounds needlessly mafia-like too.
Welp, lesser of two evils!

1/3 Manchester 2013/07/01(Mon)09:01 No. 520549 ID: 4740a0
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>>519789
>>519980
Smart idea. Those two seem to be in cahoots, so even if the blubber lady went somewhere else Chessy would know where.

As I get dressed, Brie gives me directions on where her sister's house is.

>"Why exactly are you going over there, again?"

"Uh... my bro wants to help me out with my debt problem! So we're gonna go see if we can hash out some new terms with the big orange lady."

>"Oh, okay. As long as there isn't any trouble. Say hello to Mozzy for me!"

"Yeah yeah."

>>519804
Vinny's tough, but that chick's way tougher. He won't be able to do jack if it came to blows.

2/3 Manchester 2013/07/01(Mon)09:10 No. 520552 ID: 4740a0
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I head back downstairs to meet Vinny, then we head outside.

>"I was gonna ask, what made those big holes in the walls?

Don't mention the other day don't mention the other day

"Oh, uh, remodeling. Just making room for new things."

>"Ah. Wasting even more of Pops' money, I see."

Dammit!

>"Another thing I'm curious about is what you were planning on doing with the poison business, exactly."

>>519812
"Well I had a plan to breed some rats, right? Then unleash them on the whole town. Then make a profit off it by selling poison."

>"Hm... Wow. That's actually not half bad."

"R-really?"

>"Yeah. Don't matter now, though. Plan or not, Pops' is tired of waitin'."

We walk out until we see his motorcycle. One of them newer models, too.

"Whoa! Where'd you nab this ride, Vinny?"

>"Bought it off a loan shark. It was in shit shape when I got it but I managed to get it fixed up good-as-new."

Vinny was always good at fixin' stuff.

>"Alright, hop on and point the way."

3/3 Manchester 2013/07/01(Mon)09:15 No. 520553 ID: 4740a0
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After about 30 minutes of driving through town we find Cheesy's place. It's real quiet.

Open the door.

Get on the floor.

Everybody walk the dinosaur.

Actually you should probably just knock and see if she's home and then tell Vinny to do a sick wheelie for us because I know that sly little bastard can.

It's almost as if the big orange lady is making out with Cedric in a tent outside his house halfway across town.

Wow, it took Mozzy half a day to get to your house, AND she had to go by boat. I think. It also could have been a half hour.

Actually, I think when Bonzi's size is revealed, then you tell your brother the truth about the wall.

I hope she kills him. One less problem to deal with.

>>520556

Wow, yeah that's one impressive motorcycle if it can ride on water.

>>520556

It's a difference between three miles per hour and thirty. At least this will make our eventual search for the others substantially less time-consuming, that is if Vinny doesn't tire of the runaround.

At least now we can see if our other friend is well. After last night, she may not be.

Knock knock?

>rat plan
What exactly was the problem, anyways? Couldn't get the rats to breed? Too much trouble catching them in the first place?

pray Bonzarella is there.

Uh, isn't Bonzi at Cedric's house?

we're asking where Cedric lives
plus no one believes we have voices in our heads so we got to come up where Bonzi is logically in the real world.

Manchester, try and get Mozzy alone so you can tell her about us.

Wow, Manchester. You are tiny.

Walk around the house and peek through a window if you can. Then knock.

Suddenly, and idea!!

Manny, listen carefully: I have a plan. However, it is going to require a bit of acting. It is very likely that mozzy wont be in at the moment, and if that is the case we might be able to pull off quite the sweet bit of deception!
First off, when and if you realize she isnt there, start acting incredibly aitated,, running hands through hair, punching air, scowling, the works! Be sure to mutter something like "she was supposed to be here!"

Then, when your compadre there asks what is up, wave him off muttering something about "that god damn cheapskate, she promised me recompensation! That was my damn ticket out of this mess..."
do this under your breath though, you want him to hear it but you dont want him to think you intended him to hear it!
Inevitably, he'll then ask about that.
when he does, tell him that mozzy there actually owes you a fair bit of money due to you allowing her to test some fighting moves on your property, and you charged quite a bit of interest for it.
This will explain both the holes in the house, as well as your acted-out agitation.
This is gonna test your skills of acting and deception, but if you pull this off we might have a way out of this mess.
If mozzy does turn out to be there, pull her aside and convince her to play along somehow.

>>520733
HAHAHA, YOU BRILLIANT BASTARD

But didnt we already say that we're in debt to her, and that the holes were construction work?

>>520801
But THEN we could imply we were fibbing.

This might also be a good time to ask if Manchester has medical insurance.

>>520733

I like this.

Lie your little black heart out, short stuff.

>>520733
If mozzy's in there with lardtub then it's simple, lock the door and steal the ride.

Getting the wife while on the run may or may not depend on how much you love her, and by that i mean ACTUALLY love her, not her great stonking funbag love.

Manchester 2013/07/27(Sat)22:17 No. 528587 ID: 4740a0
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Sorry for the long wait. Computer problems

>>520557
We rode 'round town, nitwit. You don't need to take the river to Cheesy's place if you got a ride.

Anyway, I knock on the door. Nobody's answerin'...

>>520569
What?? The fish dame ain't even here?? Why didn't you tell me this shit sooner?! Vinny's gonna pummel me when he finds out...

Unless...

>>520733
>>520801
>>520812
Those ain't bad ideas... I turn around and walk away, shakin' my fists all convincin'-like.

"Dammit! That broad skipped out on me!"

>"Who?"

Bingo.

"Mozzy! The dame who lives here."

>"Is she the one you owe money to?"

"Nah. In fact, there isn't anyone I owe money to at all! She's the one who owes ME money. Y'see, I let her test some fightin' moves at my place. She ended up wreckin' everything! That's why there was those huge holes in the walls! She did it and promised to pay me back for the damages."

>"Oh, so you lied about before...?"

"W-well, yeah I--"

>"Don't sweat it, Manny. No broad skimps out on our family when it comes to cash. Let's go find the bitch and make her cough up the change."

"Yes! I-I mean, wait, what, NO!"

>"No?"

"Yeah, no! Because, uh..."

Because she won't have the money on her. Travelling expenses won't be nearly enough to cover the costs, and if you beat her up she won't be able to get the money.

It's probably in a bank or somewhere else safe, and if she tries to get it back after leaving town and looking like someone beat her up, then people'll suspect the Mafia.

>>528587
Because she'll just wreck his face, why do you think there are holes in the damn walls?

Play it cool, Manchester. The fact that you make one wrong move and your brother might bring you back in a body bag should be furthest from your mind! You can't afford to slip, not even the slightest bit!

...

ring ring ring ring ring ring ring banana phone boop doopa doopadoop

>>528602
1- shut up, 2- seriously that isn't funny.

... Because she's your wife's sister, and you wouldn't be getting any for like a month if your brother messed her up?

Tell him that she likes to roll with some real crafty types who would only end up making the mess messier if you were to get them involved.
We're gonna play the lying game like pros.

...Because I have a plan to get that money plus...interest, and it requires tact and stealth.

ugh you idiot I can't work with this. You keep digging yourself into a hole Manchester. But yeah the sister-in-law angle is enough.

Bonzi's going to fucking crash through your wall back at your father's home if you don't ending up dealing with your debt somehow. Do you want that shit on you? Now maybe you can blame the debt Mozzy has on architectural damage because Bonzi is her friend, etc. etc.

You first come here to settle debt to you, so you can settle debt to her. She gets into a fight with your brother, probably at the insult, and your brother ends up either killing her or Mozzy ends up killing your brother...
Yeah okay win-win. Except your wife will never speak to you again and leave you if Mozzy dies. SO, like I've been saying, looks like your brother has to die.

>>528653

What you need is an extremely effective method of killing him that even a weakling like you could pull off. Something ironic that would send a message to daddy that you mean business.

...got any of that rat poison?

Manchester 2013/07/28(Sun)00:54 No. 528661 ID: 4740a0
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>>528592
"If you wail on 'er, you won't be able to get any of the money!"

>"I ain't gonna knock her senseless. Least not right away. Just gonna scare her first."

>>528598
>>528636
Let's NOT say this. It'd just wanna make 'im fight 'er more.

>>528625
Vinny doesn't care about that. If anyone disrespects our family name, they're gonna get it. End of story.

>>528644
>"And what plan is that?"

>>528661
I hear she's an expert assassin. We can hire her as a middle man for a high profile contract and take all the contract money as payment for the debt and interest. She was in the war as part of a famous mercenary group of five or something. Actually, I literally think they were called "The Five".

The stealth and tact required is tricking her into doing it. Idle threats like how we normally work aren't going to cut it with this woman. See, she's retired and stubborn, which is why you haven't gotten her debt back. And you've admittedly aren't that cunning with words, your more of an idea man. But Vinnie! You have the golden tongue! It was what I was waiting for. I mean, the things you got ladies to do? Amazing! Perfectly amazing!

You realize you're just digging a deeper and deeper hole with all these lies right?

>>528680

This plan is terrible.

Let's enact it immediately.

>>528686

And we are his personal steam shovel.

>>528680
Or rather than use Vinnie's golden tongue, why not play along with the whole plan to work for goldfish lady. Aren't they supposed to leave for the Higher Lands the same time that you start working off your debt? Go with them, earn their trust, find ways of manipulating the situation to your advantage.

AKA get Vinnie off your back and MOVE THE PLOT ALONG!

The hardest part will be convincing Vinnie that you've got what it takes to actually profit from this, 'cause we all know that you actually can't. You're utterly tactless and a complete idiot.

Tell him Mozzy is your wife's sister, and you dont wanna upset the misses. Real mess we're in when it comes to those damages.

>>528857
He literally just said Vinnie wouldn't care.

>>528788
I agree with this guy, it seems like a bad idea to have any part of this plan hinge on Vinny, as he seems to be the major problem here.

Just tell your brother that you're very sorry and you absolutely will not beef it this time.

And that his hair looks cool...

...and do it with gusto.

Guys, if it isn't obvious, I'm trying to get Vinnie hurt or humbled by Mozzy. That's why I'm "relying" on his golden tongue and flattering him and appealing to his own hubris by telling him he's good with women.

>>529369
Thing is, he's a Mafia enforcer. He can definitely hold his own in a fight, and I strongly suspect he could beat Mozzy.

>>529369

If we're aiming to get Vinny messed up, wouldn't Bonzi be a safer bet? I mean, shorty even said that he didn't think his bad-ass brother could hold up against lard-tub.

We shouldn't go back on our word too obviously too many times. He'll start to get suspicious we're just lying to him until we can get him off our back.

>>529369

And if she does beat him..Well he's an enforcer, not a Singular one, the families likely got entire loads of them!

Manchester 2013/08/01(Thu)11:40 No. 530325 ID: 4740a0
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>>529503
Tell me about, you guys are givin' me two different plans 'ere! If I change my story too many times he's gonna suspect I'm givin' him the run around!

>>529369
>>529373
>>529509
If Vinny goes and tries to pick a fight with those two broads, not only will he probably lose but the family will find out. Shit will get out of hand real quick if they get involved.

>Manny? Why you standin' there like you don't got nothin' to say? Tell me what your plan is.

Ok. Look: They were planning on some sort of expedition last time we saw them. Odds are, this is a profitable venture.

So, YOU help them along, they get the money, and then YOU get a crap-ton more money than you would if you just charged in and took back the initial investment. And, it would be relatively clean money. Impressive profit, and probably enough to pay back everything You've borrowed from your father.

So let it get out of hand?
Just say your trying to get on her good side since she's a powerful mercenary from The Five then, maybe she could be useful. Thing is she's stubbornly retired ANNNNNND your sister-in-law (I know it's technically an unimportant detail, but you should at least let your brother know your relation). But fine, here's how it should go if your afraid.

Basically, tell him since how bad it's been with your rat farm plot, you knew this day would come and hoped to capitalize and get in father's favor by providing him a good earner like your sister-in-law and debtee Rella. At least then you wouldn't have to show up with your tail between your legs emptyhanded. And to convince a stubborn bitch like Mozzarella to start working again would include both getting her in debt to you and subtly keep suggesting she work for you. You even organized a nice trip to an upper city to help her fulfill her and a few of her friends with a task AND see how she works solving problems. You've already tricked her into debt, now you've got to trick her into payin' with her skills.

You figure this would be far more valuable than any small sum of money you could have made with rats anyway. I mean, finders fee for contracts? Fucking goldmine.

Okay, let's walk this back a bit, starting with the bullshit we've already spread:

The story right now is that the wall damage is from a fitness training accident, apparently. Rella said she'd pay up, and she's dragging her feet. Okay, that's dandy.

You're also in debt to Bonzi. No two ways around that. You also blabbed that it's a gambling debt instead of something we could brush under the rug. Idiot. Bonzi can also flatten Vinny with a mean look, so let's try not to get violent here. After all, we've only just started to have fun with him, it would be very unfortunate to lose him so soon.

You're also apparently losing your mind. To what extent this is a lie we're not really certain, and neither are you. If you need a quick way to worm out of that say you had an accident while you were making your last batch of rat poison and that you've been under the weather or something. At least that's believable.

The gang's heading to the Higher Lands for something that absolutely does not involve danger, research into the supernatural, research into us, or a possible business venture. That last part is the part we're going to fib about.

You might mention that you could be planning a sales trip up there to speak with a nondescript potential client or three. You might be planning to accompany the others and that this is somehow part of the deal. You should probably try and talk this obvious lie over with Rella before Vinny does. We may be able to help you convince her to play along. Just don't expect us to get any money out of her. She'll cave your head in.

You could try going to another city to see if they have a rat problem. You could also mortgage off the house instead of up and abandoning the thing. If you can find a buyer, a mortgage will pay for itself eventually. At least it would get you out of hot water. You could also trust that Brie loves you and would never leave you over something as silly as money problems. You could also tell Vinny that you lost a gamble to Bonzi and it's only a problem because she's wrecking your house. You can fix the house yourself, but if that doesn't count as a debt repaid I don't know what does. She owes you for wrecking your shit, you owe her for... playing cards I guess? That's what's going on, and you're sorry for giving him the wrong impression.

Probably the best idea would be to tell Vinny you need to stay here to patch up the house, then mortgage it to someone who does have money to pay your dad back. When the house is sold, you need to take your business to an urban area, ask around to find who has rat problems. You can also make a lot of money under the table supplying rich folks with the means to inherit from each other, if you know what I mean. And don't build a huge house this time, even if you have to look poorer for a while. Brie will support you since you're actually doing something and not just making up excuses, and she cares about you not how big the house you have to live in.

Manchester 2013/08/01(Thu)14:13 No. 530427 ID: 4740a0
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>>530369
>>530340
>>530368

These... actually ain't too bad, neither. I just gotta make sure Cheesy doesn't dime me out and I can get my ass through this okay! Plus, if it works, I can get Pops off my case, too.

"Alright, here's the plan. The dame I owe money to is own cahoots with the dane who owes ME money. They're makin' a little trip up into the Higher Lands. Not sure what about, exactly, but it's probably some business."

>"Alright. And?"

"The dame who owes me cash, Mozzarella--"

>"She's named after cheese?"

"Yeah, I dunno. Anyway, Mozzarella used to work for this mercenary group. 'The Five' or some shit."

>"Whoa. THE Five? I heard'a them. One of the roughest mercenary groups ever. Tore apart whole armies in a matter of minutes. Why you fuckin' with them, Manny?"

He... actually looked kinda worried there for a sec... Nah, I'm imaginin' things.

"I ain't! Only with Mozzarella. She's retired, and she ain't interested in causin' shit or fighting back. She's been stiffin' me on cash and she knows that if I call the right people she'll pay up."

>"Alright, you want your fuckin' dough. I get the point. I just want this dame to cough up so we don't look like fuckin' pussies, capiche?"

"But this could be an investment, Vinny!"

>"I'm listenin'."

"You saw what she did to my house. And you know what she did in the war. Pops lives up in the Higher Lands, in the capitol. I'm assuming that's where they're goin'. If we can somehow get Mozzarella to come work with Pops, we'd both look good!"

>"Hm... with her skills she'd be a fuckin' monster of a persuader... Alright, Manny. I'm in. When do these chumps leave to the Higher Lands?"

"I can go find out for ya. You just wait b-"

>"Oh no you don't. Pops said to stay on you to make sure you don't do anything dumb. You ain't outta the shithouse yet. Not until this plan'a yours pays off."

Shit. Now I gotta find Cheesy and the fish and make sure they don't ruin everything.

Introducing, The "Bullshit" Meter! Keep your lies in-check or else it'll get too high. And you don't want that happening.

>>530427
Head over to the nerd's house.

>>530427
We can at least spin it to Bonzi easily, because she actually does do work like the stuff we need. She's not that smart, but enough so she understands middle man finder fees. For Rella, well all she needs to do is be in the vicinity of Bonzi to be intimidating, she literally needs to do nothing but be the quiet scary one that just lets her reputation do the talking.

We can spin this to Rella by telling her it'll take care of all traveling expenses, the debt you owe to Bonzi, and the debt you owe to your father, and to help take care of her sister. When talking to Rella, never mention how this helps yourself. Play selfless. If she asks you get get, well, honestly it means you don't piss important connections off. Your the connections guy, this is HOW you work best. The agent, the talker, the bullshitter. You don't need to do shitty manual labor, have they seen your actual body strength? Talking is what you do best, let us do what we do best so that we may help YOU Rella, Bonzi, and Cedric.

I mean, hell, you talked your father into financing a stupid rat business for how long? Hell yeah man your the FACE of this rag tag group. Bonzi's the muscle, Rella's the good all around gal, Cedric's the brain, Manchester's the mouth, and Vinnie's... the eye? Another cog in the machine, your contact that connects you to the bigger web of contacts.

>>530444
And all it takes is a bunch of voices that hate him in his head for him to suddenly become the competent master of manipulation that runs everyone.

Well we got this far.
I was trying to inspire confidence! And HE got this far, despite our hate, so we're good on that front.

If Vinny wonders where all this genius planning comes from, say something like
>"Vinny, you my brother, when was the last time you ever saw me do any real work without someone lightin a fire under my ass?"

This is assuming, of course, you have a history of being distracted and lazy.

Oh great, more travelling expenses? On his checkbook? I don't know if that's such a good idea, Manny.

>>530546
You need to remember that ALL OF THIS is a huge bluff to get Vinny beaten up so that Manchester has time to figure out what to do about Daddy's Money.

Manchester 2013/08/02(Fri)12:57 No. 530729 ID: 4740a0
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>>530444
>>530546
Vinny was going to take me back to see Pops, who lives in the Higher Lands, anyway. I'm sure he'd be fine with ferryin' the other three mooks. We just gotta convince 'em to tag along.

Also, who the hell is Cedric--

>>530428
OH RIGHT. The whimpy kid from the other day. Alright, you said fishlady is over there, so let's get movin'.

I tell Vinny to follow as we head into town. We ask around 'til we find the kid's place.

There's a note.

>Gone out for the day.

>-Cedric

Well shit.

guys they went camping in the park remember

Just wander a bit until you "accidentally" happen across the park.

You can do a couple things:

First, leave a note telling them to come to you at some point if we don't find them. Since we really only know where they were, not where they are.

Then, assuming they're up and about, they're probably not at the campground anymore. Cedric is probably showing Bonzi around. They wanted to head to the tailor's shop at some point. There's the flower shop, they might be there too. Are those places open yet? Oh, and try not to infer too much from this, Manny dear.

It's important that we keep Cedric around when we go to speak to Rella. We can tell you things that only he and we would know in order to verify that we're visiting you today. Without him you're just going to look like you're full of shit, and we wouldn't dare want for that to happen, would we?

Manchester 2013/08/08(Thu)09:26 No. 532610 ID: 4740a0
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>>530737
>>530781

Let's hurry up and make this quick already! I can tell my bro's gettin' antsy. And you won't like it when he gets antsy...

And what do you mean "we" are gonna tell the orange kid things? Does he know about you guys, too? This is gettin' too complicated... whatever. Both the tailor and flower shops are open this time'a day, and they're right around the corner. We make our way over and bingo, we find 'em.

"Alright, that's the lady I owe cash to."

>"T-that's her? She don't look like any Iro I've ever seen..."

"I dunno. Maybe she's foreign or sumthin'."

Vinny seemed pretty spooked by the fishlady... But anyway, we found 'em. But now what? If Vinny finds out I'm technically fishlady's servant I'm fucked!

what do you mean? just hide behind her and let her punch him.

Bullshit you're fucked, just take Vinny to the side that it's convenient to the plan at first. That or if Bonzie mentions the severt part you can immediately tell her you found a good way to pay off your debt. Because you came clean at least about the part where you do owe Bonzie money, the only lie you made was that Mozzarella owed you.

You can get her work contracts, which generally comes with a finders fee that comes out of the main payout for the middle man such as yourself. If you give her the finders fee on a few big contracts because they're something like %5, shit, it's all paid for with the first one probably.

But take the initiative here, enter your businessman mode and introduce Vinnie to Bonzi and Cedric, drop the idea, and never let them speak. Bonzie will never regret the day she made friends with old Winchestor I'll tell you what. Never let them talk just keep talking fast until you ask them where they're headed and where's Mozzy, the contract rate will go even higher if we can get her in on the deal. Than outloud that this should settle all busienss between us if this works out for our little group. Did I mention the contracts make a really good way to pay all traveling expenses?

Oh and Cedric, many little messengers informed me that you learned how to dual wield magic pistols last night that's fantastic! Than wink and point at your head and do the "yap yap yap yap" thing with your hands. Vinnie will think it's weird but he probably won't care.

>>532610
Clearly we need to go and talk with them privately without him listening in. Say we gotta go talk to her privately first, talk fast and get them to play along with owing you money.

>>532635

He already told Vinnie he owes her money. What you've got to do Vinnie is stand up to Bonzi and tell her that she hurt you a lot punching those holes in your walls, and they're going to cost a lot of money to repair. You'll be willing to take the hit yourself, but in exchange she has to consider the debt null and void and stop freaking attacking you.

If you get her in private you can warn her that pursuing this could get her killed, because some of your relatives (point at Vinnie) would just as easily kill someone as pay them back a debt. So your skipping out on the debt is really for her sake.

When all that fails miserably, HUGE PUPPY EYES

You know you have it in you.

They seem pretty distracted right now. I don't think wringing you out is the first thing on their minds. Like, at all.

Anyway, yes, Cedric knows about us, because we were visiting him yesterday, just like how we're visiting you today. We're kind of on a mission, and no, we don't know why it involves you of all people.

Since your brother seems uncomfortable maybe you should tell him you'll handle this. Ask him to hang back a minute, and just go ask them if they've seen Rella around today because you need to talk with her about something important. Try to keep Vinny out of earshot. If Cedric is wondering what the deal is, he'll probably understand this:

Ask him what he knows about bees.

He'll know it's us. Really. You might throw in a dopey wink for good measure, just to be sure.

The business with Rella is private for now. She's your wife's family, they'll understand. If they don't know where Rella is, they might be able to help us look. When Vinny learns that Bonzi is Rella's friend and that this imaginary chain of debt revolves around them, he should mellow out a bit. Hopefully.

Should they play along, try to convince them to follow your lead. They probably won't mind if Vinny kicks your ass, so be cordial.

>>532610
Pull aside manny first, explain things to him. Mention the voices hae jumped over to you and that while we still think your an asshole we need you alive for our own unfathomable and probably quite unsaory purposes.
Also, that dude with you is your brother and is likely to kill everyone here if you cant get him off your back.

>>532687cedric. I meant cedric, not manny. Hurr.

Say the word bees to cedric.
Trust me on this one.

Whisper the word bees to Cedric yeah that's a good idea, point at your head to let him know you mean it

1/2 Manchester 2013/08/16(Fri)10:33 No. 534876 ID: 4740a0
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>>532614
It's clear to me you haven't been payin' attention.

>>532615
"Hey, you two!"

They stop talkin' about whatever they were talkin' about and look over at me. The orange kid speaks up first.

>"O-oh. Hey, Manchester."

"Yeah, hey. I was just showing my bro 'round town and saw you two. Decided to pop on over and say hello."

Suddenly I get moved over as Vinny walks in front of me. Gotta make sure he doesn't open his fuckin' mouth and blow this whole thing outta the water!

"Vinny! Bro! Hold on, we were gonna discuss business with fishlady--"

>"Bonzi." Now she pipes up.

"--Bonzi, over here."

>"Discuss business? The only business that needs to be discussed is--"

"The business of getting her some work, of course!"

They both look at me kinda confused. The orange kid just kinda stands there nervously. I walk over and prepare to wow 'em with my cunnin' business sense.

"Bonz, babe! I can call you Bonz, right?"

>"Uh--"

"Yeah great. So anyway, I wanted to go over a business proposal withya. I owe you money. And you're in the business of lookin' for security work, if I remember right."

>"That's right."

"And Vinny, bro! You know Pops is always lookin' for new hired guns! She'd be perfect!"

>"What?" They both go. Oi.

"Bonz over here's a wall of orange pain. She could pulverize anyone who ever dared to mess with Pops' assets! Pops' would pay handsomely for a security detail that break someone's neck with two fingers. It'd make us both look good! No, in fact, I'll even say it was YOUR idea. That'll make you look good fersure."

They both mull it over. It gets dead quiet for a minute. Fishlady speaks up first.

>"Well, this does sound like a good offer. But I'm doing security job up in the Higher Lands in a few days, anyway."

"Is it a permanent position?"

>"Well, no."

"Then there! You could work for my father! Live the good life of bashin' bad guys and gettin' fat checks every week. You'd be livin' up in the Higher Lands, too. Everyday of your life would be heaven!"

>"Basing bad guys... I do like the sound of that."

"Then there ya go!"

I turn back to Vinny and nudge him. He gives me a smile. I'm fuckin' blazin' through this!

>"Alright, Manny. You've made your point. Eh, Bonzi?"

>"Yes?"

>"Our father could use a helpin' hand. He's a powerful man, but he's also made powerful enemies. He could use someone of your... stature to protect 'im. In return, it'd be like Manny said; you're set for life."

>"It really does sound nice... How's about this? You can come with me to the Higher Lands and we can see your daddy while we're there!"

>"NO!"

Everyone looks over at the orange kid. What's his problem?

BS meter is decreasing. Keep it up.

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The orange kid kinda shuffles his feet. He then pipes up.

>"I don't k-know if that's a good idea."

Vinny scowls. Uh-oh.

>"Kid, grown ups are talkin' business. Butt out."

He immediately shuts his mouth. Damn, I know that feelin'...

>>532687
>>534525
>>534551
Oh, right, orange kid knows about you guys. So at least I know I'm not totally goin' crazy... Unless you bastards are trickin' me.

While my bro and fishlady talk it out, I pull orange kid over to the side.

"Word of advice; you don't ever speak to my brother that way. Unless you want those glasses of yours shoved down your throat."

He gulps.

"Anyway, what can you tell me about... bees?"

I point at my head for good measure, like you chumps said. He's lookin' all confused. I knew you fuckin' bastards were playing jokes on m-

>"OH! You have them now! The voices!"

Bonzi and Vinny look over, wonderin' what the hell we're talkin' about. I quickly cover for the kid.

"Yeah! 'The Voices'! Real talented group of singers! Gonna see them in concert next month!"

They shrug and continue talkin'. I look back over at the orange idiot.

"Shh! You want 'em to think we're crazy?"

>"W-well Bonzi already sorta knows what's going on. I imagine you're brother doesn't, though..."

Goddammit! How many other fuckin' people know about you guys??

"Whatever. Listen, these voices said they know you, and I have no idea why I have 'em now, but they're about to lead to be gettin' quite the pretty penny. So shut you're fuckin' mouth about all this. We're goin' with you chumps to the Higher Lands and that's it."

He opens his mouth to say somethin', but looks over at Vinny and closes it. Hopefully he keeps it that way.

Sorry Cedric you'll have to wait to bang the crap out of Bonzi

Go easy on him. He's probably just objecting to the rather obvious shadiness of your family business, that's all. He wouldn't want his new friend to get hurt, or get involved in something she might regret. Not that you care.

Now you've gotten your travel arrangements made. We need to find our head-voice expert next. Don't scare Cedric off, we'll be needing him. Ask him where Rella is and tell him to stay close, nicely. I know a large number of annoying and highly repetitive songs and I will gladly use them to keep you in line, young man.

>>534880
Use bullshit to calm him down better.
Say that it's okay, Bonzi... oh wait the flower-book shop riiiiiiight. Tell him that don't worry about that business plan of his, that the voices worked it out. Bonzi gets some good extra funds to help with the downpayment of your business. Bonzi's going to retire sometime, everyone does. She can practice her flower hobby while you handle her flower-bookshop on the business end. You sell the flowers as specials whenever she gets time available until Bonzi actually retires. Then your book shop becomes more of a general store like you planned. So, book store with the occasional flowers that Bonzi designs as a hobby, then full general store when Bonzi retires.

Relax about working for a "family" too, we take care of our own. Blood or employees. So just relax. She's not going to be a hitman or anything like that, just a really good bodygaurd.

Tell Cedric you know how he feels. Tell him you're in a lot of trouble and you need his help to get out of this in one piece.

I guess it's just you two and Rella who would know about us so far, though I wouldn't be surprised if anyone else involved with her past knew too. And by tomorrow whoever we wind up in the head of next will know too.

>>535054

Don't forget Cedric's roomie, she was totally hanging out with us after she stopped being a jerk.

Manchester 2013/08/22(Thu)09:45 No. 536611 ID: 4740a0
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>>534916
>>534947
Whoa ho. He wants a piece'a that? Kid likes 'em big, I can see. But sure, I can respect him not wantin' his ladyfriend to get hurt. And she's not gonna, as long as he (or you guys) don't do anythin' stupid.

"I think I see what's goin' on here. You like fishface over there."

>"W-what??"

"Yeah, you want to get some of that ol' blubber butt. Jeez kid, you're pretty freaky."

>"I-I do not! Stop that!"

"Don't worry, , I understand. And trust me, nothin's gonna happen to her. She's just gonna make a little cash workin' for my father. She ain't gonna be a hitman or nothin'. Besides, look at 'er. Do you really think anyone's gonna mess with someone who can squeeze their head like a fuckin' grape?"

>"I-I guess not..."

I motion for him to lean down so I can put a hand around his shoulder.

"The voices tell me you also want to open a shop with the big- er, lil' ol' lady."

>"They told you...?"

He looks kinda pissed for a second, but I quickly say something to calm him down:

"Yeah, they told me. And I'm sure they could tell me anything they wanted to tell me about you, if you don't cooperate."

>"I-I have nothing to hide."

"Really now?"

He gets real quiet. I think I struck a nerve or somethin'. Whatever.

"Now, don't fight this. If it works out you and her could have your happy little shop and not have to worry about anything for the rest of your little lives. Doesn't that sound nice?"

>"I guess..."

"Good." I let go and he stands back up. That was easy~

>>534929
Right. I guess we do need to talk to Cheesy to make sure she's on board with our plan.

"Say, you wouldn't happen to know where Ch- er, Rella is, do ya?"

He shrugs.

>"I haven't seen her since the other day. Why?"

"No reason..." Dammit.

Cedric's terrible secret is........ ok so yeah I'm not going to tell you unless he actually turns on you.

>>536613
We shouldn't tell him in any case. I like Cedric a lot more, and I feel bad about how he just used our info to exploit him. Bad move, mate.

Your absence of tact is only rivaled by your absence of height. That's an accomplishment.

Ask Bonzi if she knows where Rella might be. Try not to embarrass anyone this time, jerkass.

Manchester 2013/08/22(Thu)13:09 No. 536650 ID: 4740a0
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>>536613
>>536614
Hey, you're the ones who said I could do it! Don't get mad at me for following your advice.

>>536640
It seems she and my brother are done talking, so might as well. I walk on over and ask her where Cheesy went.

>"I haven't seen her since the other day. Was she not at her hut?"

My brother chimes in.

>"That's right, the girl owes Manny here some dosh. Do you know where she jetted off to? She better not be skippin' town...

Uh-oh.

>"Rella owes you money, Manchester? Since when?"

"Oh yeah, you just got into town like two days ago. Since a while ago now, don't worry your pretty little head about it."

The story was she owes you money for wrecking your house, right? Just say that, she shouldn't be too perturbed by it.

"for the new holes in my house" and wink hard as you can.

>>536650
The altercation from a few days ago, remember all that collateral damage the fight between Bonzi and Rella caused? Seeing as how Rella's presence was what started the fight and escalated the situation, the debt falls to her. It might not make much sense to you, but that's were the debt goes. Someone has to pay for all of that, we can't because the damage was caused by a third party, and Bonzi can't because Bonzi was at your house for legitimate business purposes. Rella was taking a personal visit instigated by my wife, and you openly accused her of betrayal. The blame falls on her. That's the rules.

And technically, Rella owes my father, not me. That house is owned by him.

OH NO HOW CAN YOU WINK WHEN YOUR EYES ARE ALREADY CLOSED

>>536693

It's okay, his eyelid will just retreat into the empty space inside his head, producing the desired visual effect.

>>536658

This option eliminates the possibility of Bonzi taking credit for the damage to the house and thus uncovering the lie. I'd suggest we mention what happened the other day as little as possible.

Manchester, if Bonzi offers to forgive your debt in exchange for wiping out Rella's debt I'd also recommend against agreeing to that, unless the sum of money you lost in your little card game actually could have paid for the damages to your house, in which case I'm just going to call you a dumbass for betting that much in the first place.

Manchester 2013/08/23(Fri)10:44 No. 536846 ID: 4740a0
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>>536658
>>536763
"Yeah, she owes me from something a few days ago. But hey, since you're her pal, let's strike out a dea-"

>"You want me to wipe your debt to me in exchange for you wiping Rella's?"

Wh... How did she know?

"Uh, yeah."

She smiles, showing off all those pointy teeth.

>"I'll think about it."

Huh. Well, she didn't say no, at least. But still, this is goin' aces! I just gotta go find Cheesy and make sure she doesn't ruin this.

Do you mooks have any idea where she might be?

>>536846

So. It actually was that much.

Dumbass.

>>536846
I don't- wait a minute, where's Brie? Find Brie, that's probably where Rella is.

Tell her you want to work to help pay her back for whatever she's lost because of you, but now you have the mafia on your back and you don't want her to get mixed up with them just on account of your debt, so play it cool for now and just pretend everything's square.

Anyhow, Rella might be visiting with Brie. I doubt she'd be visiting many places in town herself but you might go with the usual suspects, general stores and the like, before you head back that way. I seem to recall that she avoids any in-person shopping when she can.

Manchester 2013/08/30(Fri)07:32 No. 538414 ID: 4740a0
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>>536848
S-shut up...!

>>537084
Let's not use the "m" word, at least not right now. As far as she knows my father is a businessman, and that's all she needs to know.

>>536864
>>537581
Cheesy ain't really the visitin' type, but what the hell, best chance we got. I tell my bro we gotta split and check back at my place for Cheesy.

>"Fine, but lemme go send a telegram off to Pops; let 'im know the arrangement."

We sady goodbye to fislady and orange kid and head over to the local telegraphin' shop, where Vinny sends off a message. We tell the guy in charge that we'll be back tomorrow. 40 minute ride and we're back home to find Cheesy... lookin' like she just socked my wife??

Tell Vinnie to wait in the living room, right now this is your business that has nothing to to do with father and your brother, even with the money you owes your father you don't want anyone stepping in on your wife's drama but yourself.

Get a snack or something Vinnie. This is going to be a private conversation.
Stand up to your brother if he gets a little forceful to be in this situation. I mean it. Don't give into fear, tell him that anything about your wife is going to be only your problem and the family will never, under any circumstances, get involved with your wife unless she's stolen from them.
This is something you can actually handle. And it's something you should do on your own.

okay now that is weird. she may not be buddy buddy but actually hitting her? just rush in there demanding to know wtf is going on.

Demand to know what's going on.

Manchester 2013/08/30(Fri)09:39 No. 538422 ID: 4740a0
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>>538416
>"What the he--?"

"Vinny! Why don't you go to the sitting room? Wait there while I deal with this?"

Normally he would argue, but for once he just backs off and heads to the sitting room. Damn, even he doesn't wanna deal with this.

>>538419
Do I gotta?

>>538418
Okay, okay, fine...

I walk in and Brie looks over at me. She's got a nasty bruise on her cheek.

"What the fuck's the meanin' of hittin' my wife??"

Cheesy turns to face me. She doesn't look too happy to see me at first, but then she suddenly smiles.

>"Oh, hey Manchester. Just visiting my sister, is all. You need anything, runt? Because I was just leaving."

What?? We don't like each other much but even she wouldn't say this kinda shit. The hell is goin' on?

"Who you callin' a runt--?"

>"I'm calling YOU a runt, short stuff. Get out of my way before I step on you."

>>538422
Oh, this isn't cheesy.
I practically guarantee you that this is another one of the five mercs that are good at disguising. Tell her to lose the disguise, we can tell when someone is just using a dumb trick.

And it isn't her big mean voice telling her to do terrible things, this room would be full of blood by now and your wife would be in the fridge.

So, is this Shrap or Gregga? Ask her directly that. I'd say Shrap because she's become an actor and is the most mad at Cheesy, but Gregga is a moody trickster.

It's not her.
She's way curvier than whoever this gal/guy is.

A disguise artist seems possible... Or maybe that voice guy came back somehow? Might be we messed him up, and he's 'weaker'?
I've an idea. Say this, and EXACTLY this:
"The nice voices say hi."
A disguise artist would be confused. Shouty will get hostile. But Cheesy would just get guarded, really guarded, I think.

That is a terrible disguise. The orange on the shirt is too yellow, and the blue is too green. We're talking an almost purple blue here.

>"The nice voices say hi."
Noooo, don't say that you have the voices. If this is another of the Five, the only voices they are familiar with are the one that made them crazy a while back. If anything you might want to ask if they have been listening to the voice again, though that might not go over well if this is Shrap (the scheming one who was last seen becoming an actor).

For that matter, do we even want to confront them about their trick at all? Disguise probably isn't their only skill as a super mercenary, and Manny here isn't exactly a fighter.

She's a faaaaaaaake!

>>538422
"Your disguise is shit. Now if you don't explain who the fuck you are and why you just smacked up my lovely wife there is going to be HELL to pay."

"Hold it. You ain't goin' nowhere till you tell me what this is all about."

Ask Brie what's happening and try to keep Rella from leaving. Our backup is back in town so you're going to have to handle this yourself like a big boy, Manchester. Stall. Either we're dealing with a clever fake or shouty asshole voice is at the wheel, and neither of these are things we can handle right now.

If she tries to blow past you, try grabbing the scarf and see how badly you get your ass kicked. While that's happening, look and see if you find any markings. Also, if you don't die, that'd be swell.

>>538422
That isn't her, for gods' sakes, she smacked brie! Her own sister! Rella might get frustrated with her, bud she'd never hit her!

>>538422
Punch her in the face.

Yeah, Id just try not to let her leave.
If it comes down to it, get your brother to help out. This probably aint the real Rella.

Ah hell nah. Dude you are not gonna let this faker hit your wife. That shit don't fly in your house! Although you also have your bro there for backup just in case.

She's not Rella, call her out on it. Do not just stand for your wife being hurt, she is probably the only person you ever had any real feelings for.

Manchester, as much as you and us would love to knock Rella around right now you just don't have the stature and strength for it. Fake or not she'd still be quite able to kick your ass. You'll just have to figure out what happened here, then tail after her. Maybe run her down with Vinnie's motorcycle, if it comes to that.

Step to the side then get over to Brie. Gesture for her to crouch down so you can talk quietly and ask her what the hell happened here. You can tell her that you think this Rella is either a fake or something has gone really wrong with her.

Guys, Brie's probably not going to believe us if we say Rella's not herself, literally or figuratively. Just a couple hours ago our gracious host woke up and made an ass of himself for no apparent reason at all, and now her sister (we think) has attacked her. A couple days before, Bonzi showed up without warning and she and Rella tore the everloving shit out of her house. From Brie's perspective everyone is losing their fucking mind. She's not going to have the nerve to put up with any more shit.

As soon as we find out what's happening here it would probably be best to ask Brie to leave. Rella or no, this situation is dangerous. We only need Rella (or whoever it is) to stay here long enough to figure out what we're dealing with since we're not equipped to confront her. Once we know what we're up against, we then need to remove ourselves from the situation before someone gets hurt. If Brie asks any questions, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

1/2 Manchester 2013/09/06(Fri)10:23 No. 539618 ID: 4740a0
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All of you are saying Cheesy here is some kinda fake. I don't know what's going on but why the hell would anybody go through all the trouble of pretendin' to be her just to hit my wife?

This is all too fuckin' much. Lemme go see about Brie.

>>538505
I... Brie's a trooper! She looks fine--

>"Oh, Manny! This is too much! All of you are acting like... like crazies!

"C-calm down, baby. No need to get upset and leave..."

Cheesy speaks up. Her voice sounds... not right.

>"Let her leave. If she can't handle discipline then why keep her around? She always was a little whiny thing. No matter what I did for her; saving her from our father, making sure she got a husband, she'd always complain. Disgusting little Brie..."

>"That's-that's not true!!" Shit, now they're both yellin' at each other. And I'm right in the middle!

2/2 Manchester 2013/09/06(Fri)10:28 No. 539620 ID: 4740a0
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>"Isn't it? You always wanted that soft lifestyle. You were never cut out for what we went through. You were weak. Vile. Unworthy."

>"S-STOP!"

"YOU ABANDONED US."

"NO, YOU ABANDONED ME."

They're both in each other's faces. After a moment or two Cheesy backs off and walks out the door. Brie starts cryin'. I hate it when dames cry...

"Hey... you alright?"

>"No... I heard what you and Vinny were talking about earlier."

Shit. Does she know about--?

>"I know about the debt you owe to your daddy."

Dammit.

"Look, sweetie-"

>"I don't want to hear anymore from you, Manny. This has been two much for me. Our house gets a bunch of giant holes in it, my sister shows up and starts to pick a fight, and now... you're lying to me. I think... that I should just leave."

"g-... No! Please, baby, don't go! I'm workin' on a way to fix this! Just wait a little while! Promise!"

She doesn't look she believes me. Dammit, what do I do?

>why the hell would anybody go through all the trouble of pretendin' to be her just to hit my wife?
Because it's not about your wife. It's about Cheesy. The imposter is doing this to hurt her. That's why she's attacking her sister.

I mean, c'mon, you know cons. You steal someone's identity for one of two reasons: you want something of theirs, or you're trying to discredit or cause trouble for them.

And seriously, you can't see what we see? She's too tall. Her proportions are off (nowhere near hippy or busty enough). The shape of her smile and eyes are different. Pay attention, con man. You're being played.

You could start by apologizing for lying to her. And never doing it again. Because you trust her to stay with you even in hard times.

you need some truth.

>>539620
I agree with the peeps saying to be honest with her.
Be sincere for once, mate.
And as for imposterella, it is very important your wife realizes that wasnt her. We've already explained how she's different, make sure she knows this.

Well, first of all, make sure she's at least headed somewhere safe. I hate to say this, Manny, but we've got bigger problems. Much, much bigger problems.

You can't fix everything right now, and there's no use in lying to Brie more when she already knows you have. The best you can do is make sure she stays out of harm's way.

I'll fill you in on something. We aren't the only voices around. One in particular is hanging around in Rella's head, and unlike us, it doesn't just attempt to annoy or persuade her. It lashes out, takes control, and it really likes to hurt people. We've encountered it twice already. Last night it woke up, some weird shit happened, and by the look of things that shit never stopped happening.

Listen carefully. As counterintuitive as it might sound right now, Rella needs your help. That thing is acting up again, and if it acts up even worse, let's just say that a trip to the morgue isn't out of the question. For whom, let's not speculate about that right now.

You and Vinnie need to split up: One of you needs to try to track Rella, the other needs to find Bonzi and see if that fancy knife your wife borrowed is still in Rella's hut. It's kind of important.

>>539620
Just say you've made some actually good deals today, thanks to Rella's voices. They've been helping out a lot. They're in my head, and they convinced me to go streak this morning too. But they're also really good at business, thanks to them I've already handled a lot of the situation with Bonzi. Shit, I might actually make my Dad actually proud of me with these guys helping out.

They say I can even make you proud, babe.

>>539620
Ask her where the ruby knife is. Mozzy needs to get cut with it. Trust us on this, the reason why she's acting weird is because she doesn't have the knife, and to fix it she needs to be cut with it. Usually she does it herself, but I think you can do it too.

Brie knows about it. Perhaps she doesn't realize that it's why Mozzy was saying that to her though.

>>539647

No wait, if it's an impostor, not Mozzy's possessed body, then all the knife will do is inflict ludicrous amounts of pain and suffer-

Proceed.

Okay, since when has Mozzy ever been so dramatic about everything too? Also notice that her eyes look normal when she's saying this shit too. She's not possessed, this is obviously a fake. Be honest, and tell her that there's no way Mozzy would be this nasty to her.

>>539620
Comfort her you ass! She's your wife, the woman you joined in holy matrimony fer god's sakes! She's put up with so much that...
She needs some comforting, chester. Please. For her.

Tell her the truth and nothing but the truth.

Yes you owe your father money. Yes you owe Bonzi some money. You are working on fixing the money thing with some help. Heck tell her why you borrowed so much from your dad. Probably to impress her I am guessing.

Tell her that was not her sister. Its someone involved with her old mercenary group that is trying to drive a wedge between all of you.

Do not mention the voices for the moment as it would just worry her more. Say there is some sort of magic "thing" happening and both her sister and Cedric have had contact with it and now its moved on to you.

I know its not a good idea to get in between feuding family members but we can assure you that is a imposter. If you need to prove it somehow we can help you.

Manchester 2013/09/08(Sun)13:40 No. 539874 ID: 4740a0
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>>539622
>>539623
>>539655
You're right... I guess.

"Babe, I'm sorry I lied to you..."

>"You really hurt my feelings, Manny."

"I know, I know. And I know it all looks rough right now. But cheer up! I can pull us through, babe! I'm making deals that'll make sure we don't lose our house."

>"I don't know..."

"C'mon, baby. It's me, Manny! I wouldn't let you down, would I?"

>"...Hm. Alright then"

"C'mon. Gimme that smile you're famous for." She gives a big ol' grin. That takes care'a dat.

But about that "impostor" business...

"Do you know why Cheesy was actin' that way, babe? I always figured she had a screw loose, but nothin' like this."

>"I... I don't know..."

"Maybe... Maybe that ain't the real Rella?"

>"What do you mean?"

"Maybe it's just someone pretendin' to be her."

>"Why would anyone do that? Besides, she said things... that only she and I would know."

Huh. Guess that rules that out.

>>539626
Whoa whoa, WHAT?? Are you sayin' there's some kinda evil voice that's makin' that girl act crazy? Why didn't you all tell me this sooner??

Fuck this, that's your problem. I just want to make sure I don't lose my money!

>>539874
We will not be with you forever. We know everything you want to keep secret.

In case you don't get the picture: Help us, now, or the instant we move on to someone else we screw you over as hard as we can. And we're far more competent than you are- remember how you managed to get out of things semi-okay? Us.

What do you mean stuff only you two would know? Your sister did have a lot of crazy powerful friends from back in her mercenary days.

If she is taken over by something we need to jab her with that ruby knife she keeps on her at all times. Will really mess up evil voices.

Well Manny, while it may be our problem in the long run, in the short term it'll hurt your wife a bit. You don't really want to see her hurt because her sister somehow got possessed by an evil voice and started beating on her now hm?

>>539874

We didn't tell you sooner because you didn't need to know. A few hours ago I doubt you would have believed us anyway, but as you can see, things are getting complicated and a bit more transparency wouldn't hurt.

Now, think for a moment. If this is the real Rella, there is a real possibility that she will seriously hurt someone. That someone could be you, your wife, herself, or a complete stranger. Brie won't be happy if Rella gets in trouble because she's not in control of her actions.

If it's not Rella, there are still dangerous people that may try to harm you two in order to influence Rella or damage her reputation. You know how these things work. Your brother definitely knows how these things work.

This was your problem a long time ago. You just didn't know it yet. However, if you help us, we'll keep helping you - and you really, really need our help.

>>539874
Oh, oh, I'm sorry Manny. No, sure you've cleared all your debts so far with our help. So how about your debt with us? You wouldn't want to make US angry now will you? We're in your head. We can do so much worse than Vinnie, hell, we can do things worse than your father does to the people he hates when we're in here.

I mean, hell, imagine if Bonzi got up in your brain? Because maybe we got a Bonzi in here, just rarin' to go on some brainwalls.
Or maybe we'll get a lady voice in here and leave some love stains on the back brain seats.
Or maybe we'll sing a song.

There are weird things in this world, that person knowing personal things about Cheesy and her sister hardly means shit. Any imposter can know stuff about that if they dig deep enough. Shit, we know a lot about Cheesy she would only know, we could have been that imposter if we wanted to fuck her over. All we'd need to do is shave you, castrate you, give you some contacts and a sweater, not to mention fattening you around the hips and you'd be about as quality as that imposter that just came in. Maybe even morso.

>>539908

The less we talk about giving Manchester a sex-change operation the better off I think all of us will be.

Besides, I don't think he'd look that great in a skirt. No offense, Manny.

How do we know the evil voice or whatever didn't give this information to the imposter? If the other members of the five also had the special killer voice thing it could have the ability to share information between whoever it's talking to.

I think it reasonable to assume at this point that, until proven wrong, Mozzy was not an impostor, and is merely under the influence of her assassin training and possibly evil spirits. Thus you need to stab her with the dagger veryfast or she will kill someone. It will wake her up, trust us. We know these things.

...if it doesn't then you just caused pain to an impostor trying to drive a stake through your wife's heart. Sounds like win/win to me.

>>539965
This.
Make sure yer wife is aware of this as well, otherwise cheezy's gonna be a heckuva lot of trouble for you later.
I am betting she knows about the evil voice, having rolled with her for ages before she settled down with your skeezy ass, and if not we'll just have to do our best to make her believe.

Manchester 2013/09/10(Tue)08:15 No. 540108 ID: 4740a0
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>>539908
...

>>539893
Sigh. Fine. What can I even do, though? If she really has some crazy evil voice in her head making her act like a nutjob, how am I supposed to stop her?

>>539965
That's what that knife was for? I thought it was just some pretty doohickey she really wanted to keep. Fine, I'll see what the wife knows about it.

"Hey, babe, do you know anything about that knife your sis really wanted?"

>"Oh, the ruby knife? She keeps it for something very important."

"Is it... about that voice in her head?" She shuts her yap immediately. So she knows what's going on, too. That hypocrite!

"Ah! So you know about Che- er, Rella's evil voice! And then you say I'M the liar!!"

>"It's not like that! It's something very complicated. You were never supposed to know about it because we had hoped it would never become a problem..."

"Well, now it has. Where's the knife so we- uh, I can jab her with it?"

>"I-I don't know. You wouldn't really stab her, would you?"

"Babe, she hurt you and now she's gonna go cause even more trouble. She's gonna ruin everything I worke- er, we worked for! I'll try not to hurt her too much."

>"...Okay. Just be careful."

She don't know we haven't even thought that far ahead. Not only do we not know where the hell the knife is, but I ain't even sure I can cut Cheesy with it! If you know all this stuff about her you gotta know she's practically a kung fu master! How the hell am I supposed to not get pulverized by her?

you don't have to worry about killing her with t, the ruby knife hurts but none of the wounds it causes stick around, they seal up almost instantly.

>>540108
If you can catch her unawares it'll be fine- she won't seek revenge for a stabbing, you'll only get hurt if you fail to hit her with it. However, not knowing where it is is a big problem.

Oh! Maybe you could get Bonzi's help. She's really tough and could go toe to toe with Mozzy to get her with the dagger.

But right now we kinda need to make sure that Mozzy doesn't talk to your brother too much, right?

Did you check behind the rat poison?

Also you might want to tell her now about us head-voices. She knows about the good voices too..Also that'd it'd explain your earlier nude antics.

>>540125

If she learns that we're the reason he woke up and streaked around the house this morning that's going to be anything but comforting for her to know.

>>540108

Get help and try not to lose track of her. Bonzi's probably your best bet for actually carrying out this little procedure. If the knife is anywhere to be found it will be in the hut. We already know of one place where she hides it, but if the evil voice thought that far ahead it may be hidden elsewhere by now. We'll give you a hand looking for it.

How we corner her depends entirely on where we find her once our help is with us. Bonzi will need a ride that isn't your brother's motorcycle if we're going to take her anywhere quickly, also. It may be more expedient to draw Rella to her somehow once she's aware of what's happening.

Oh, and try not to be too disturbed by... some of us. At least try to stay focused.

Manchester 2013/09/13(Fri)11:41 No. 540473 ID: 4740a0
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>>540109
Huh.

>>540125
We'll explain later. Let's just go find this dumb ol' knife--

>>540115
OH SHIT RIGHT

With the way Cheesy's acting it's going to be even harder to get her to go along with the plan. Especially if she ends up talking to Vinny! Gotta keep 'em seperated...

...oh dear.

>"Hey, Manny."

"W-what are you doin' on my bro's lap??"

>"I let her sit here, Manny. Don't worry about a thing.

"Why??"

>"Well, we were discussing business--"

oh no

>"--And she says she's totally fine with working for Pops to pay off what she owes you."

"...what."

>"That's the deal. This fine dame here will make quite the proper bodyguard."

"B-but... she hit my wife!! She's insane!"

>"The way she's explained it to me seems that she was just keeping tabs on her family. Making sure they don't step out of line. I respect that kinda thing."

I can't believe this is... wait a minute. Yes! This is perfect! She's going along with it! It's a little weird seeing her on Vinny's lap, but fuck it, they can bone for all I care.

Plan saved once again.

Uh, well, mission accomplished? I'd think we should get the ruby knife jusssst in case something goes wrong and she tries like..I dunno, fighting your father or something.

>>540473

You realize that this is only temporary, right?

Just like us. We're only with you for a period of time.

Again, if this is Rella, she is being controlled, you moron. If it isn't her, she hasn't agreed to anything. But let's say that it is. That voice may choose to release its control of her at a highly inopportune time... or, use its ongoing control to put her in a position where she can be used by the voice more effectively. You're not out of the woods yet. Far from it.

Speaking of discipline, I'm in agreement with the others: Not only can we sabotage your existing plans and reveal every lie that you've told today, and spread word of your antics earlier to whomever we inhabit next, we may also conspire against you if you do not comply. We were in Rella's head first. If we return to it and find that she's gotten herself into a mess because of your inaction, she will be the first to know that you did nothing, lied to her friends, and that you've also very nearly gotten her sister evicted, and she will not be happy with you.

Or how about Bonzi? Do you want to be on her bad side? We can and will put you there if it comes to that. For all we know we'll wind up in Vinnie's head next. Not that we can do much to persuade him to help us, but I'm sure that we can persuade him to hurt you. Badly, I'm sure.

But worst of all, dearie, if you fail us and we wind up in your wife's head next, you will lose her. Count on it.

Find the knife. You're not dealing with saints, my friend.

Plan saved. Your entire family murdered in the night. Blood running in the streets. This is win/win!