Panda 2024/04/06(Sat)21:13 No. 1088132 ID: ab70bc
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"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh that's so laaaaaaaame." Thankfully, you can see pretty well at night, at least when there's moonlight around. People get lost in the woods and things get w e i r d in the dark.

Checking out a crime scene was cool, now you can check 'poke a dead arm' off your bucketlist. You should probably figure out a way to get home though, you're cold and this bird sucks.

+30EXP for sneaking into a crime scene
You leveled up to Problem Sleuth

Hmm, did time really pass that quickly actually?

Before you go (probably to band if you didnt completely miss it :V), be sure to ask if you can pick up like a snow cone/hamburger, is it free?

If yes, do it immediately. He might go Gwah (or Woo)...

Also consider that you're probably totally in something Spooky and/or Supernatural (good thing?)

>>1088132
Alright start walking home. Stick to the streets for now. Quick pace.

Guess it's too late for band practice. Ah well, time to go home.

>>1088133
Definetly hamburger more filling the greasy vein clogging sort we cant waste money on frozen water and milk

>>1088141

Good point. You're going to want to watch your weight. It's starting to affect your climbing prowess. Need some healthy food to counteract that sweet bun.

It's a moot point really, the hamburger place and the soda fountain are both going to be closed this late at night.

...what kind of town turns out their street lights when it gets dark?

oh yeah, as you leave, give the bird the bird and tell it, "smell ya later"

>>1088131
Oh
My
God
Hes got contacts in the local council electrical maintenance team!

>>1088132
Woo!
Youre a problem sleuth instead of just a problem!
Good going riley!

Keep your stick and head home.
You can clack it along the fences you pass and you never know when youll find something in need of a good poking.

Time for band practice. It's not too late for that, right? It would be super lame to ditch your friends when you said you'd be there. Besides, you need someone to tell about the cool severed arm you saw, you must be bursting to get that one out.

>>1088142
Its more of a we literally cant waste money on anything thats not filling cant waste money on whats basically water mostly

Panda 2024/04/20(Sat)18:21 No. 1089279 ID: ab70bc
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You're not fat... right? You eat all your vegetables; burgers have onions, tomatoes, and pickles on them.
That's basically a salad.

You're probably still able to get home for band practice. Uh, probably? What time is it again?
You can grab some food on your way home but suddenly you're self conscious about your waistline.

Wh, just eat the sticky bun, and consider it your last treat before your diet.

>>1089279
You're not fat.
You're
Uh.
Rubenesque.
That's artistic beauty.

If you want to lose weight the most impactful thing you can do is avoid sugary drinks. Drink water, it's good for you!

>>1089279
Short answer: Yes you are fat, but yes you are also well-endowed and high-spirited, in quantities that are far above the norm.

>>1089279
Just eat the treat you are pretty enough that it dont matter those bunny models have flat stomachs but they have no tits or ass and sort of look like guys but also they would not survive fall or the zombie apocalypse on kale and lettuce due to the cold and malnutrition

Do you not normally have those jelly rolls? Most people do. (Most raccoons do?) Like 90% of your body fat is your tits, anyway. Get food if you're hungry. (You have a sneaking suspicion you'll get a lot of advice how to eat strategically if you do.) If you're not hungry, just head home.

>>1089317
Remember you need to also dehydrate and have dangerously low fat content for those movie abbs also not as noticable with alot of hair.
Also yeah so long as you are not under feed you should have a jelly roll its natural to have that amount minimum to protect organs and to have something when times get lean when migrating to a new hunting and gathering spots often along a river.

>>1089279
No you're not fat, your a pretty average weight all things considered.

Your doing just fine, and besides fuck societies rules and standards, since when did that matter?

Panda 2024/05/07(Tue)12:56 No. 1090492 ID: ab70bc
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Before you can continue prodding your insecurities a flash of light fries your retinas and you shriek like a little girl.

The bird, not wanting to be the one caught holding the proverbial drugs beats the scene immediately leaving you alone.

Panda 2024/05/07(Tue)12:57 No. 1090493 ID: ab70bc
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"FFFFFffffffffffffucking Riley. Why is it always you?"

This asshole over here gets all up in your business. All 'woof woof' and 'I'm the police'. You're very cool and collected in scary situations so you stand up to him.

"Don't shoot, I'm allergic to dying."
You immediately throw your hands up in surrender.

Nathan is too pissed off for your shenanigans. "What the fuck are you doing here? You're going to get me in so much trouble."

You're going to need to diffuse this situation or this could turn bad. Nathan used to be your friend, maybe you can talk it out? Or you can run away from your problems.

Tell him he did a shitty job at investigating, you found a severed finger, a dubloon, and a ring on the roof, so you're a better detective than him! Nyah-nyah! :P

Also tell him he doesn't have to get in trouble if he tells nobody you were here

Didn't you have somewhere to be? Tell him there's no problem here, you were just taking the short cut.

>>1090493
Tell him you found evidence. A crow stole the ring off of the victim's finger. Also if he gives you 10 bux you can find out who the arm belongs to.

Don't tell him anything, or admit anything. You're just on your way to band practice. Look, you're just going home, okay? Why is he making such a big deal about it?

Leaving!

>>1090493
Quickly!
Tell him you didnt do it!

Ask him what the hell is going on here.
You were just taking a normal shortcut home and theres an arm on the floor.

He used to be your friend and even if hes decided to insert a nightstick up his ass for a career, you dont want to make life hard for him.

He was cool once.
Thats still gotta be buried somewhere.

"I like jumping across rooftops, okay?! Now answer my question: why the @#$% is there a severed arm in an alleyway?!"

Act like you didn't know this was a crime scene. Your cover story: You were busy challenging yourself to jump across rooftops, and you fell while failing to make the bonus score gap. Then you freaked out in silence for a few minutes when you noticed the severed arm.

>>1089279
Your waistline is fine, don't even worry about it. Worry more about the severed arm holy shit-
>>1090519
This! Say hey, you found a finger on the roof and then you found the arm and ask if there's a fucked up serial killer or something.

>>1090533
>>1090560
Oh yeah found a ring on the roof had to bribe a crow for it along with the severed finger but i think it belongs to that hand

>>1090589

The precious is ours you must not let them have it!!!

Tell him you didn't do it, in fact you have no idea what it is. You didn't see, heard or took anything.
And you don't want to see him anymore than he wants to see you, you just want to get to your band practice. Why would you get him in trouble anyway ? It's not like you can make him any worse at his job.

Panda 2024/05/20(Mon)18:14 No. 1091425 ID: ab70bc
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You tell him the truth, but keep the precious ring a secret. You paid for that, it's yours now.

"Ididn'tdoanything! It was like this when I got here."

Nathan doesn't respond, he needs a moment to deal.

"I was taking a shortcut back to Grant's place and I found an ARM. In the ALLEY." You gesture furiously at the arm, the shock value should be self evident.

"Riley you can't be here. If my dad finds out about this we're both dead." Nathan doesn't care about the arm so much as the prospect of getting in trouble.

"Whatever! Then forget you ever saw me, duh dude."

He's refusing to let you go and is blocking the way back to the street. "Did you do anything? You didn't move it did you? The camera guys aren't here yet and I'm fucked if you messed it up."

"No?" You lie. Like a liar. It looks like he doesn't believe you so you distract him in an attempt to cover it up. "A weird bird tried to sell me a finger. It talked! It said it knows whose arm this is!"

That catches him off guard; Nathan wants to talk about the bird but is too angry to let you derail the conversation. "Riley we know whose arm this is." He states the fact, but doesn't sound very confident saying it out loud. "This. Is a crime scene. Why shouldn't I arrest you right now?"

Because I really didn’t mean to mess anything up!

Cause then your dad will know you couldn't keep the crime scene safe.

>Why shouldn't I arrest you right now?
Because it'd totally make things a bigger headache, like having to explain that she was there and how she got past you.

>Riley we know whose arm this is.
Whose IS it, anyways?

>>1091428
This and remember to bounce your tits while you express yourself. Don't try to seduce him, just get hyper and forget the effects your fidgeting has on slabs of fat!

Because. If his dad. Finds out about this. You are both. Dead. He can't arrest you without his dad finding out. You're not a criminal, and if he knows this is Debra's arm, then you're not even a suspect. She lost it ages ago! So you'll just... channel your inner raccoon and sneak out of there, and go to band practice. You will talk with Nathan about it later.

>>1091425
"Because you're cool?"
>Tell him this even though he is not actually cool and is threatening to arrest you.

>>1091425
Ask if it's your friend's.

>>1091425
Whose arm is it?

And this.
>>1091428

Then the "because youre cool."
Follow with "...well, i always thought you were"
Were going to try jiggling our emotions, not our ample chestage.

If he still wants to talk about that bird, offer to tell him later when youre both out of the see are eye emm eee scene and no one is getting in trouble.

Why SHOULD he arrest you? You obviously didn't have anything to do with it. He'd just be wasting everyone's time. And making his dad mad.

What, are they going to charge you with trespassing for taking a shortcut through the alley? Get real.

The real reason he shouldn't do it though, is because he's just a really cool guy and wouldn't do that.

Whose arm is it, though?

Panda 2024/06/04(Tue)22:21 No. 1092452 ID: 5c76ef
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Before you can make like a tree and get the fuck out of there Nathan grabs your wrist and wrests you from the dark alleyway back into the street.
"Dude, what the fuck?" You state the obvious: "Because asshole, if you take me to the station your dad will know you fucked up. AND I'll make it really annoying for you the WHOLE way."

Nathan understands this but isn't ready to give up control. "You know resisting arrest is something else I can arrest you for. You're only making it worse."

"AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaugh seriously dude, I used to think you were cool." It's true, but it doesn't phase him.

"If he finds out you were anywhere near here and I didn't tell him I might as well be dead. And I know from years of experience you can't keep your mouth shut."
You do have a reputation.
"What happened to the lights? Did you do this?" Nathan readies his flashlight and starts dragging you in the direction of the police station.

"What? Are you gonna blame everything on me now?" He didn't really think you could anyway and lets the question drop. But now you get to ask him one. "Whose arm is it then?"

"I don't have to tell you that; you're not police. And even if you were I wouldn't tell you."

"You're not police! You don't even have any handcuffs!" You flail at the hand pinching your bloodflow, he doesn't let go.

Oh no, it's the upper arm grab. You're doomed!

“Tell me whose arm it is, and I promise not to tell anyone I got past you into the crime scene!”

Kick him in the jimmy.

>>1092452
"You dont know whose arm it is do you?" Then observe his reaction.
Say...
...the lights are out? Street and buildings?

Ah, nevermind.
You made a promise to be annoying all the way so...

Resisting arrest IS a crime buuut who said that means you have to assist?
Flump down on the floor and go full dead weight.
Let him drag you, carry you, whatever.
Passive resistance!
If its good enough for gandhi its good enough for riley.

As to kicking jimmies, lets retarget.
All the way while hes dragging or carrying.
Ask. "Whose arm is it" with the tone and persistance of a good old "are we there yet?"
Which you can throw in for funsies every so often.

Were going to kick his patience in the jimmies!
Lets see if we can make him groan in frustration.
Only so we can say "you sounded just like your dad then"

>>1092452
You are hurting my wrist atleast hold my hands instead they are meant to hold things atleast

>>1092468
l-lewd

Panda 2024/08/03(Sat)17:33 No. 1095275 ID: 5c76ef
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Nathan struggles to turn his flashlight on, fidgeting with the switch. "You're not taking this seriously Riley. You never take anything seriously. And again I'm the one getting in trouble."

"Fuck off! You're at least half the reason we get in trouble! You're the one who started the fire at Ted's party. You're the one who got drunk and puked on-"

"Enough. Riley." He stops walking to interrupt you. He's so angry your blood is pumping by proximity. "Your actions have consequences. You need to accept that."

"Oh my gooood you sound like your dad. When did you get so lame?"

"When you got somebody killed." His brow unfurrows. He regrets saying it but it's too late to take it back now.

Panda 2024/08/03(Sat)17:34 No. 1095276 ID: 5c76ef
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You're done here. Nathan's being an asshole and you need to get home.
You're known for being a calm and collected person with great de-escalation skills. You scream in his face, swing your leg back, and introduce your toes to his junk.

This promptly finishes the argument. Nathan lifts off the ground for a second, then crumples to the ground, dropping the light in shock.

+69 EXP for dong kicking action.

Panda 2024/08/03(Sat)17:35 No. 1095277 ID: 5c76ef
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It's harder to see through the shadows, but raccoons can get by in moonlight.
You can make your way home if you stick to the streets of town. It's way too dark in the woods to see anything.

Nathan's only going to be down for a little while; whatever you do better do it fast.

Steal his flashlight before you leave. Make it harder for him to find you

>>1095278
This, plus rub salt in the wound by reminding him he deserved that kick.

>>1095278
Also, if you take his flashlight, youll be able to see in the forest and lose him for sure as you make your way to your home, assuming you can take a shortcut through the forest back home. Might even see a ghost on the way in the forest!

>>1095277
Huh.
Theres something weird in or through that window.
Yoink torch and cheese it towards the potential ghost!
Dont think about prison sentences just yet!

Wait, what's this? When did you get somebody killed? Who was it? What happened? What is lame-o cop boy talking about?

DON'T steal the flashlight, that could get HIM killed.
Just rush home by sticking to the streets.

Oh no, you killed his future children!

Leave the flashlight. Go directly to band practice (if you didn't already miss it)

Panda 2024/08/16(Fri)18:24 No. 1095933 ID: 5c76ef
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You feel bad stealing from Nathan but take the flashlight anyway. He'll be fine. You're close enough to cop city slowing him down might be a good idea, before he gets back up and squeezes your wrist some more.

"Yeah suck it loser. Arrest that!" Okay. You feel bad, but you gotta get a zinger in there.

He's too busy whining to respond.

+1 Flashlight

Panda 2024/08/16(Fri)18:25 No. 1095934 ID: 5c76ef
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It landed pretty hard so you check to make sure it still works.

Yep. Looks good.

>>1095934
Oh hey it's Mari Lwyd!

BTW please don't actually leave him without the flashlight. He can't see in the dark like you can, which means he would be in danger.
Also if Mari Lwyd is actually dangerous in these parts you might want to lure her away from him so he doesn't die?

Great, now use the flashlight to take a shortcut back home without looking back and without a care in the world cause you're cool like that.

That was silly, now you've wrecked your dark vision. Not that there's anything dangerous around or anything. Head straight to band practice.

>>1095938
This!

>>1095934
yeah that was stupid eyes just HURT from that

>>1095934
RUh roh riley.
Gh gh gh gh ghost!

>>1095936
Oh.
Thats also a possibility.
If it is, you may get to go door to door rap battling people for the contents of their liquor cabinets.

Nhhh.
Hes a douche but...
Yeah.
Save the cop.
Big damn hero time.
The things you do for this town...
No gratitude!

>>1095933
we dont need to leave him in the dark we have the flashlight of rulership and we asserted our dominance with the tap

>>1095934
So are you friends wirh any skull faced demons? Cause if not you'd better hope you've got a good plan on how to become friends with one.

Panda 2024/09/03(Tue)17:53 No. 1096886 ID: 5c76ef
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"Riley!" The boy squirming on the ground shouts loud enough to make you jump, jamming his finger at the space behind you.

The creature leers down with its several feet of advantage. Reflexively you jump away to make space and almost trip over Nathan. Instead of following your instinct to run you stand your ground and defend the wolf.

The creature stays in place soaking up the flashlight's beam. It looks like it used to be a horse. Its skull is clean and aged, wrapped in long black robe the creature blends into the darkness.

"Help me up so I we can get out of here!" Nathan tries to get himself back onto his jelly legs.

The beast's jaw opens and a beautiful woman's voice echoes from within its bones.
"Beasts of the night I spy in on my walk,
Turn off the light and we can talk."
It leaves you feeling very cold.

>>1096886
FLASH HIM!!!
(That means remove your bra)

Like heck! Grab Nathan and cheese it!

HELL no.

Keep the flashlight firmly trained on the THING.

Maybe it's a person in a mask. Maybe it's SOMETHING ELSE.

Drag Nathan to band practice. For his own safety. And it'd be cool to have an audience for once.

Tell it: "Sorry, I like the light."

>The beast
Honestly they're Rad As Hell looking, i'd turn off the light. Besides, they havent killed you yet.

Wouldnt it be kind of a TOTAL dick move if someone pointed a flashlight at YOUR eyes in the dark, even if you are a sick be-robed skull creechur? (You can try it on yourself) :V

Turn off the light. Talk.

Are you a ghost?

Keep the flashlight on it, but make sure to respond in rhyme.

sounds like its talking well enough in the light. Ask what it wants while backing up to Nathan. Help him up without taking your eyes off the thing.

>>1096886

"Despite our fine torch you are talking alright,
I worry and fret why you'd rid us of light,
With torch everbright i shall remain armed,
Until i am sure we shall not be harmed."

Quick riley, its definitely one of those welsh alcholic poem horses.
see if you can convince officer douche to beatbox for you.
Then you can use the torch as a mic and throw bgirl poses in time.

fuck fuck fuck what is that thing fuck

that's gotta be a costume and someone is pranking you...

but then again, a demonic raven did speak to you so...

>>1096953

magpie

>>1096938
Support i must support this art also it makes sense

Hey that looks like Mari Lwyd, you'd best rap back or be destroyed.

Sorry, hooded homie, I sure don't wanna fight,
but if it's all the same to you, I'm gonna keep the light.

Panda 2024/09/22(Sun)17:07 No. 1097673 ID: 5c76ef
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Your body is telling you to run, you have a reputation for being a coward. But this is the first potential ghost you've found in months and curiosity is taking over. At least for the moment.

"I'm KEEPING the light so I'm armed,
From ghosts and dudes I won't be harmed!!"

You were never a good writer, so you make a mental note to high five yourself for that later when you're not close to peeing your pants.
The beast is pleased you're playing along, at least you think. It's not as though it has a face to read.

"The woods are scarce of life, a fact that I bemoan
No fire, nor touch will sate this chill, tonight I hunt alone

My friends talk of arms I hold hope they'll share
They've each two limbs: a fifth to spare"

A meatless hand spills from its robes and points through you, towards the alleyway surrounded by police tape.

Behind you Nathan bristles.

Panda 2024/09/22(Sun)17:07 No. 1097674 ID: 5c76ef
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"No. Nooo nonono. Nu-uh. Not happening." His voice wavers but Nathan stands his ground.
"Nobody is getting close until the camera guys get here. This is a crime scene and I'm dead if anything happens to it."

"If preferred between the two
I am not picky, your arms will do"

"You've had your laughs just take the getup and get out of here."

Well, if it wants the arm, it can probably take it... though i'd ask if it knows WHO the arm belongs to first?

>"You've had your laughs just take the getup and get out of here."
If they're cool with it, could ask the spooky skull creature to show off what's under the robes? So he knows there's Certified Spooks going on and it's not some prank...

(Would a ghost/monster HAVE Modesty even? Good chance to find out actually :V)

Dude, its a ghost! you can see its whole spine and everything.
And even if it was just a person, you aren't armed and they're huge. Your dad doesn't want you to die for an arm, just let it go.

>>1097674
Hes not even trying to rhyme.
They must remove any vestiges of cool to make room for the stick up their ass in cop school.

Hmm.

If you please our words forgive
This errant arms not ours to give
Nor let you of our arms deprive
<shrug>
We need them all to stay alive.

Should an arm you steal this night
My friend shall not forgive this slight
He'll scour these woods for your abode
He is a cop, in short, a chode.

Hiss "try rhyming" to officer clueless.
He might catch on

>>1097674
He's on his feet. Hand him the flashlight while keeping it trained on the monster, then RUN! If he dies it's his fault!

this has so gotta be somebody pranking you in a costume.

>>1097794
Even if it is, this is a great prank to play along with and fuck how are they doing that cold aura thing if it is?

Hem at the stranger, and back away towards the alley with the arm, grab Nathan with one hand to pull him with and complete his rhyme for him.

> just take the getup and get out of here.
"Dude, just let it take it and get out of our hair.
It’s gotta be just part of the prank, right?
Or are you really looking for a fight?"

Turn the flashlight slightly away from it to emphasize your point how tall and creepy this thing is in the full dark and what he’d be fighting with.

Wait a sec, wasn’t this Debra’s arm? Maybe? Is that good to give up to ghosts? Whisper-ask Nathan if it was Debra’s arm. He said he knew. If it’s not, horseskull gal can probably have it for all you care. If it iiiisss… what the fuck?! You saw her like an hour before, arm in tow. How’d she go and lose it like that? And who put it there of all places?

Panda 2024/11/11(Mon)18:36 No. 1099652 ID: 5c76ef
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This is obviously a ghost, you're sure of that fact. After months you've finally found what you were looking for and in the moment you're a little lost for what to ask. You have so many questions and asking them in rhyme is even harder.

"Dude come on you have to rhyme it, why are you fighting this so hard?"
You raise your voice.
"Ignore this guy he's really lame,
He doesn't want to play your game,
But really what I want the most
Can you to prove that you're a ghost?
Do you know whose arm this is
and... uh..."

While you think up a rhyme Nathan picks up a rock and throws it to settle the debate.
"Get the hell out of here, asshole. Final warning before I break out the cuffs."
There's a second of silence before it strikes the skull with a loud, hollow thock.

Panda 2024/11/11(Mon)18:36 No. 1099653 ID: 5c76ef
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On reflex you scream in Nathan's face. It was meant sounds more imposing but it came out as more of an annoying squeal. "What is your fucking problem? You always do stuff like this, you're the worst."

"Me? You're the one ruining crime scenes and fucking around with shitty pranks. Are you trying to get me fired? Some of us have responsibilities Riley. Do you know what that is? Responsibility?"

"Do you?" You throw it back at him. "I feel like I'm the only one trying to figure out what happened to Penny. You're too busy playing officer asshole to--"

"Shut. The fuck. Up." His voice is less angry but still talks over you. He speaks at you with authority. "I'm so tired of hearing you talk about this shit. [/i]Everybody[i] in town is tired of hearing you talk about this shit. Just let her die already. Is this some weird guilt trip or something?"

"I saw her dude!! She's alive or a ghost or something and what if we can help? Wouldn't you want to help her?"

He doesn't have an answer.


The ghost ignores your argument and picks up the rock to inspects it. Unimpressed it drops the stone to the floor and turns back to you.
"My time now is thin with the light's return
A complaint new friends, my requests you spurn
An answer I'll give to a question you please
But give me food, for now you tease."

Food, huh?
...is there somewhere nearby we can get some food that isn't attached to a person?

Do we still have the sticky bun we can feed it with?

Oh yeah we have the sticky buns. Give the ghost some buns in exchange for information.

>>1099653
Buns i have and i shall share
Because our lives you chose to spare
Our question we shall surely make
As you feast upon my cake
I must assure i talk of food
And nothing even slightly lewd
I am a young lady of class
These are baked goods, theyre not my ass.

Someone think of a question quick, i burned out my thinky parts rhyming

Toss ‘em the bunbag and ignore Riley.

Apologies and buns for you,
In trade for answer straight and true.
To cut it quick, a simple tell,
What’s going on here, what the hell?

Or if you want a ghost to find someone Spirited away, replace the last two with:

Snack on those, there should be many,
Now please tell, how to find Penny?