He might not be a goon and just work here, so before going for violence let's try something else.

Let's be flirty.

>>656475
Fists arent too effective, gun's too loud, and unless everyone here is desperate, its up to us to use our wits to solve this i guess.

Stay close to him, and then ask him for directions, if he does the usual routine of "HOW DID YOU GET HERE" tell the dick to calm down, using the fact you got past a sentient mini-tornado thing to support the fact you're supposed to be here, then just go from there.

Or alternatively clobber him over the head with the butt of the tommy, either one works really, its just that we dont know how easily this guy is gonna wake up from that.

Go with your wits AND flirting. As soon as this turns into a fight the whole theater will be on your ass, that and it gives the guy you're after a warning you're coming and to scram.

Knock that fool out.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/07/17(Fri)23:51 No. 656666 ID: 55c4cf
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"Hey there, slacking off on the job?" I bark at the worker. He responds by pointing his tommy gun at me.
"My job is cutting down interlopers," he growls back.

I decide to make use of my wits. "Excuse me? Your boss asked me here on important business, that's how I just walked in the front door."

The strange guy tilts and looks at both of the doormen who are standing in good health, then he stares at me a moment. "I suppose, they're in Theater 3. Don't make a habit of startling guys with machine guns, it's bad for your health."

Right Hallway was the correct answer.

My hostage should be in there, I need to think of a good entrance...

going in quite would be a good idea just to get an idea of what/who is in there before they hopefully notice you're there. Don't think we can use the, "your boss is expecting me" lie for much longer as well. Seeing as we're about to see the guy and I believe he actually knows what you look like and who you are.

thank him, since you may be shooting him in a second

try and peek in first to get a gist of the situation, maybe look for alternate entrances. We can't go in willy nilly risking mr hostage's life

Just walk in like you own the place. Too many people have seen you to go for a stealthy approach.

Get your gun ready, but be stealthy. Your hostage is very dangerous, so you need to be extra careful.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/07/23(Thu)23:10 No. 657782 ID: 55c4cf
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He told me theater three, so I go in there. There are voices ahead, so I start sneaking forward as carefully as I can.

Paulsen is god damn gigantic. The animal & dragon folk are half his size. It looks like they're selling my client's pet right now. Now is the time for action. Too bad I am at a severe disadvantage.

How do I get Amina's pet back?

>>657782
Push Paulsen over, the ensuing earthquake will leave the others stunned!

Wait no that's a terrible plan.

Sneak in on the left, using the cage to block their sight, take out the guy there, then lift the cover up on your side and take the grue out, replacing it with guy. They'll try and sell him their buddy in a cage.

Only hitch is if it makes a noise or the guy, Grues shouldn't be noisy so this should work I think.

Also what's that on Paulsen's neck?

Could you call for backup?

Well the pet us a grue right? And those things do well in the dark right? Aim for the theater's lights and remember where the cage is then once everyone is confused release the grue.

Look for a way to turn off the lights, then we can try to let the grue out and do its thing.

>>657791
I like this idea, but how will we get it back in the cage afterwards?

>>657796
More importantly, how do we prevent it eating us?

>>657801
well if we can get it to eat Paulsen first then it should be full for a week.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/26(Sat)04:28 No. 690420 ID: 55c4cf
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I play it safe and sneak around the theater to get up behind the side of the veiled cage where only one guard was there. There's no way they'd shoot at me past this cover. All I have to take out this one guy. Not sure how much longer I can play this quiet, things are about to get messy.

...Well damn, I never reloaded my gun, better make this count.

How to proceed?
Fist, Flirts, Gun, Wits

wits

flip the sheet up and bring it down over that guy.

We've already used wits and flirt, it's time to use our fists! Surprise attack!

Time to fist!

>>690420
THE MANLIEST OF ATTACKS- THE SUCKER PUNCH! FISTS!

fist are quit, let's go with fist.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/26(Sat)12:25 No. 690461 ID: 55c4cf
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I decide to physically assert myself with just my hands than to waste a bullet. I step forward and wrench my arm around the guy's neck and wrench him back. He wasn't ready to be choked out, or taken down so he goes down quietly.

Fortunately for me the two parties on the other side are arguing.

Now I need to figure out what to do about the massive boss, or all the mafioso thugs with the machine guns.

>>690461
Any chance we could lift the veil and open the cage, getting the pet without them being any the wiser?

If you can't, then gun them, you can probably get 2 before they even know which way to look.

How many bullets do you have left in your magazine/chamber? It'd probably be safer to dispatch with range.

lights still on? any way to shut them off. could give you the advantage you need to actually not get torn apart here.

Pull up your side of the veil stealthily, confirm contact with the pet. Make friends with her, then shoot down the lights and open the cage.

check out that pet

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/26(Sat)20:19 No. 690505 ID: 55c4cf
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I rest the unconscious person to the side and lift up the veil a little bit. Look at their face. They look unhappy.

The commotion settles down, and I can hear them ask the guy who I just knocked out to take the veil off. Well my cover's about to be blown no matter what I do.

good

take the cover off, hold it up, hide behind it.

>>690505
Spooky! Throw the veil towards them, then shoot them through it like a badass. Or after it's out of the way I guess. You're not an action movie hero.

whelp, in that case, shot out the lights before they get a beed on you and open the cage... or reload and shot the lock off if you can't open it. We can worry about the rest if we make it out of this.

>>690505
Wink at the Grue, then shoot out the lights.

insert grue into trenchcoat

>>690505
wink into the abyss

>>690505
Bullet to da lightbulb

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/26(Sat)22:40 No. 690523 ID: 55c4cf
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I do my best to shoot out the lights, but this is a theater, there are lights up along the sides near the ceiling, and one is a projector. The projector is making the most light so I fail to shoot that.

Now everyone is aware I am here.

Paulsen barely reacts, "Ah, you are here as I was warned. Thanks for not killing any of my men so far, I suppose."

WELL, that didn't go well.

put grue under hat and cheese it

>>690524
this

...bail

well that was embarassing,grab grue and run

>>690523
can you run with grue?

if so, run with grue.

Play dead.

Can't run with the grue, it'll die if it's exposed to light.

Maybe... we can negotiate? Tell him if he hands over the stolen pet, none of his goons will have to die. His hired help and reputation is more valuable than a single grue, right?

>>690523
Grab the grue, stuff it under your hat, or wrap it in the sheet - pretend you're part of the other group and try to get them to start shooting at each other.

there's a back door right?

>>690541
Alternatively, bluff that the cops are outside and the place is surrounded.

Take grue under coat or hat if you're able, whisper that it'll be fine. Then point your gun up to the boss, tell them that if they shoot you, they'll kill the grue too.

Flee with the grue.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)04:03 No. 690559 ID: 55c4cf
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Paulsen lifts his hands from behind his back, in one hand he was holding a rather bizarre firearm.

I look toward the cave, grabbing the creature and fleeing seemed really good.

"Your client is dead. We found her and forced information out of her. I knew you were coming, and I know you're a slime."

As he says this, from what I can tell, his weapon was able to detect where my core was. To punctuate his words while I was preparing to act, he fired the weapon. The weapon pierces my core, which leads us back to the beginning of this story. This is where I started.

My client is dead, and now it looks like so am I.

What meaningful last words can I offer?...

>>690559
Bury me with my money...

>>690559
A truly GRUEsome death.

I wasn't the slimiest person in the room.

Rosebud

I banged your mom...

I wish I ate that last slice of pizza

"You won't get away with it, you will g-RUE this day!"

"I was only 2 days away from retirement..."

>>690559
"Llercian. Kill them all."

"Goodbye, goodnight, let the good times roll."

"Told me earlier. Would have just walked."

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)05:14 No. 690567 ID: 55c4cf
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I've never had my core damaged very much before. The pain is like having boiling water and broken glass torn across your heart and then dripping off in a freezer.

I think about Amina, already murdered for Paulsen's profits. Her pet stolen, and killed for it. Now the pet doesn't even have an owner to go home to if I had succeeded. This is a pretty awful end to a day, haha. Like a lit cigarette in the eye.

At some point I lit a cigarette. I don't remember that but it seems like a thing I would do.

Poor fucking pet, monster or not. I rasp out their name, "Llercian..."

A weird grinding noise echoes from up in the theater. A weird popping noise and some smoke billows before the lit theater screen suddenly goes out, the theater is pitch black.

Find grim solace knowing that the ones that killed you are about to get grue'd

>>690567
It's a damn shame there's no doctor or machine that can put you back together.

And even if there was some sort of smart professor like that, how would you get there?

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)05:40 No. 690571 ID: 55c4cf
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I give the most pained laugh of my life and lift my hand as best I can with every last gram of strength inside of me. I point at the cage, and whisper, "Kill them all."

Paulsen screams, "NO," in tandem with the gunshot. The sick shatter of what might have been glass and some kind of reinforced bars. They were no match for my trusty revolver.

You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Justice is served.

And so is dinner.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)05:53 No. 690573 ID: 55c4cf
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As my vision fades, I hear them all cursing my name. Screams, gunshots, and blood splashing all over the place.

Not my problem, not like they can kill me again.
My cigarette falls out of my mouth and I fall into the peaceful abyss.

!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)06:16 No. 690574 ID: 55c4cf
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Inquisitive slurp.
Concerned lick.
Sorrowful whimper

Aw ; o;

If only a grue could call for help.

pet whatever is licking you

or if we're the grue

try nudging her.

Surprise, yer not dead. Or for the creature, get outside and lure someone in.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)09:02 No. 690586 ID: 55c4cf
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There was nothing for a while.

Faint sirens.

Am I being teased before I fade completely?

Hold on! You can do it!

If you want to hold on then do it. You'll make it.

After all that has happened I say you need a drink... And they might not have a bar on the other side so just to be safe hold on till you can get to a bar.

You've come too far to give up now.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)12:39 No. 690605 ID: 55c4cf
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Ugh...

Celebrate!

Hey, you're alive! Open your eyes and call the nurse/doctor. What happened with the grue?

Well, you're alive. Might as well rest for now.

make a bad metaphor to describe how you feel at the moment

>>690605
Make a GOOD metaphor about how you feel at the moment.

>>690605
Hit the nurse call button. Find out what happened to the pet.

>>690610
Fuck that make a bad simile about how you feel at the moment

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)13:49 No. 690614 ID: 55c4cf
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I have no idea what happened to the Grue, I haven't been conscious for at least a couple days from what I can tell. My core is still recovering, so I can't really go back to work or anything.

Take it easy, time to relax and recover and see what happens next.

Check out your fine self and see if you can move an appendage or two.

Is the nurse cute? If so, flirt with them.

Better not stress yourself. Just take stock of your surroundings for now.

So should we press the call nurse button and let them know we're awake or just sleep on it for now?

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)15:00 No. 690625 ID: 55c4cf
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Relaxing would be really nice.

I call the nurse and ask if I can smoke a cigarette.
She says that there is no smoking in the hospital.

I ask her why they didn't let me die then, she doesn't like that.

"It's too bright in here for me to go back to sleep, can you fix that for me at least."
"Sure, one minute. Sorry, there's smoking zones outside but you can't move for a couple more days."

Torture.

>>690625
sounds like you're breaking the habit tonight.

You're a slime, you don't have lungs to ruin, but ok.

Turn the lights off and take a nap.

keep somethin handy to throw.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)15:37 No. 690634 ID: 55c4cf
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I'm too tired and frustrated. The nurse checks up on me, leaves, darkens the windows and shuts off the light so I can rest.

I'm so weak and tired, waking up and asking for a smoke was exhausting enough, so I melt right back to sleep.

It is pitch dark.

>>690634
"Good boy, Llercian. Thank you."

Wake up, hopefully you won't be eaten by a grue.

Looks like you have a new pet buddy

Embrace your new, incredibly broken in the dark partner!

... once you get some rest.

Tywyll!DReamEr2eU 2015/12/27(Sun)15:56 No. 690639 ID: 55c4cf
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You are likely to be partnered with a Grue.

Good night, and goodbye.

GOOD END

Lil' buddy :3

it's been a hell of a ride, thanks for running and finishing this. It's been fun