Muriel 2011/06/28(Tue)17:08 No. 319109 ID: e1359e
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oh god, that was just supposed to be to troll prudes. Welp, here we go.

I am not sure how much I am cut out for this. There are far better looking girls in this camp who didn't grow up in a hole in the ground. I have no social skills, so I will need some kind of help. The only reason I even know what boys look like in the pants is because I walked in on Penn with an intern from the city center once

Ok, I have to get out of this box. This is just another way to make connections, right? It does not make me any kind of whore or anything. People do this kind of thing all the time. I can fake confidence and maybe show off my drawing skills. I mean, the crowbar is not my best work, but it will show them that I can at least make metal. That is not as easy as it sounds! Ok, ok.

The first step, even before I get to the hard part of interacting with boys, will be to find out who knows where the ink is. I mean, they would not have that kind of thing out in the open, would they? No, of course not.

Ok, where to start. Where do I start? I only known Norbert by name. He was carrying me, so I do not think that he was with the ink tank. Maybe there is a clue, like an ink trail or something? No, that would be too obvious.

I can look at the map that Norbert gave me again to find out where to start, but I would have to guess if every soldier is even in on this.

At least people are out talking. It takes some attention off of me. Everyone is shaken up. There is an unusual amount of both laughter and crying, and I can smell some alcohol from somewhere.

This is just like before, though. Nothing complicated. I just need a lead.

>>319109
Consider the prudes thoroughly trolled

Ehh relax this will be easier than you think. You just have to use your natural feminine charms. These are soldiers your dealing with after all; guys who spend a lot of time with only other guys as company. They'll be highly susceptible to your mystique. Plus, if this fails horribly you could then try a MORE REALISTIC AND REASONABLE METHOD.

it's cause you stated it in irc before tallying the votes, meaning you brought attention to it.

if you really don't think you can do it then don't. seriously. friends (connections) are much better because the odds of them stabbing you in the back go down. while if you use seduction and don't put out they could get angry.
look around for a tent that seems to have more guards then the others.

The chances of a virgin who has questionable social skills, and who's brother is the only guy she's seen naked, successfully seducing someone are slim to none. Sorry to be blunt there, but I don't want you wasting time or getting yourself hurt when there are better ways to do this.

>>319109
How about keeping this as a backup plan?

I mean >>319141 has a point.

You can go the comrade route first, and if this does not yield the expected results, go down the bed-comrade route anyway.

Herpderp final solution joke

Oh, you're a virgin? Jeez. How'd that happen? Anyway, forget seduction. That's a bad call. Connections. Learn to flex those social skills!

Say you're a country girl looking to trade a good time for some info. You don't have to seduce anyone. Make yourself out as a piece of fresh meat and they will fight over you.

>>319109
Might want to shelve the seduction bit. Try to trace the smell of alcohol.

Muriel 2011/07/03(Sun)12:26 No. 321081 ID: e1359e
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Yes... yes. I like this idea better. What could have been may have been horrific.

>>319349
I have always felt trapped, as if in a box in social situations. It is not so bad with only one other person, but in a crowd, I feel by myself. Boys do not really dig that. Plus I live in a hole and kind of only get to shower twice a week when I am in town.

>>319435
>>319416

This leaves me with a few options. I feel like I already have a friend here. Norbert the watchman seems nice, and he saved my life, so at the very least he is an ally. I could go find Norbert, or trace the alcohol smell. Or I guess anything else, but I can not think of anything smart right now. Where to?

Suggestion 2011/07/04(Mon)00:06 No. 321438 ID: b6ca92
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>>321081
>me gusta
This is your expression. To this day I still have no idea what it's supposed to convey.

>>321081
Find Norbert for now. I don't know how drunks could help you in this situation.

In the interest of not causing another tie let's talk to Norbert and find out if there's anything we can do for him in exchange for ink.

Or maybe HE knows about Peter Lucky?

>>321081
Go the drunks. They're often loose with information with only a minor amount of coaxing. Plus, any social problems you may have would be less recognizable in their stupor. Hell, maybe alcohol might loosen you up as well.

>>321438

Liking something that usually isn't likable but you like it anyway cuz you're a creepy fuck.

Go find Norbert again and tell him you need to find Peter Lucky, or someone who knows about him. Names are good. Personal leads are better than ink theft.

I totally forgot about quests for a while. I'm happy this one is still going!

Muriel 2011/07/14(Thu)21:25 No. 326468 ID: e1359e
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Bam banna badda (travelling music)

The alcohol smell is starting to fade, even though there is still a faint taste of the week lemon-lime fizz that I drank earlier buried somewhere beneath the crust of dust.

Muriel 2011/07/14(Thu)21:25 No. 326469 ID: e1359e
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It looks like the smart soldiers are in bed already. It must be a lot of work to manage a camp this size.

I would bet that Norbert is in one of these tents. I can call-

"PSST"

I look around my feet for a FLATS SNAKE, but there does not seem to be one. Which tent should I look in

fi-

"PSST. HEY."

Muriel 2011/07/14(Thu)21:27 No. 326470 ID: e1359e
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That guard is calling me from between two tents.

"Here is a bit of friendly advice: do not go sniffing around the barracks at night. You'll get in big trouble."

"From you?" I ask, since she seems like the one who should be yelling at me right now.

"No, no. Come here, I want to talk to you."

I go over, and she speaks. She seems to be very friendly, and sincerely out for my safety.

"My name's Layla, sharpshooter for the 134th Polis Guard. Listen, I need you to do something for me right now. Keep your voice down. I have a parcel that I need delivered for a very important matter. I can not deliver it since I am on night watch, and I can not have anyone see me go."

"What is it?" I ask, not expecting an answer. Surprisingly, her expression dissolves to concerned seriousness.

"You are a citizen, and you deserve to know. It is a court-martial charge against Captain Leo Sun and his men. Listen, the mutiny was well-intended. People's lives were saved, but this camp can not survive under the law of a bunch of mutineers. It is just not how the military works. If they double-crossed the sergeant in the city, then they can do the same to the people. I want you to deliver this to the second in command, Lieutenant Gerald Shin. He is part of a reorganization group, and he can help restore proper balance before Sun and his men become corrupt. This court-martial order will relieve Captin Sun of his duty."

Muriel 2011/07/14(Thu)21:27 No. 326472 ID: e1359e
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I take a moment for my spinning head to absorb the information.

Layla then says, "This would be a great service to the Liite people. Oh, and I will make it worth your while with a nice jug of ink, too. What is your name? I will make sure that it is appointed to you."

Norbert will want to hear about this. He is one of Sun's men. But still, a whole jug of ink...

no, while it is a nice prize you would get a LOT of soldiers here against you if you did it, while informing sun and giving it to him will earn a lot of gratitude and while they may not give you a jug i am sure they will be willing to part with some.

Deliver that letter.

>>326472

Give a false name, take the letter, give it to Norbert.

>>326472
Don't deliver it. She's talking bullshit. These guys disobeyed orders to get people out of the city alive. You owe your life to one of them, and you need to go tell him about this.

>>326472
Give out a false name, take the letter, and deliver it to Norbert.

'reorganization group' my ass. This is a SECOND MUTINY. This time it's not just abandoning your post to evacuate citizens. This is the classic 'take over the ship' mutiny.

JUG. OF. INK.
JUG.

Do it.

>>326472
You're leaving anyways. And a JUG.

A jug of ink won't help you if you're dead. Your life comes before ink... sort of. Honestly you might not want to get involved in this at all, but if you tell Layla she probably will kill you so you don't rat her out.

Muriel 2011/07/18(Mon)18:10 No. 327798 ID: e1359e
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I should take this to Norbert. Layla gives me the letter, her face glowing with what appears to be sincere delight.

"You are smart to be skeptical. Change is not an easy thing, but you must think of the Liites. Captain Sun and his men are bad people that happened to do one good thing. Now, what is your name?"

I look behind my shoulder, pretending to be distracted in order to offer myself a bit of time to think up a name.

"Tsu. Mary Tsu." As I speak the name, Layla squints for a moment, but then her bright smile returns.

"Our people will owe you a debt of gratitude, Mary. Lieutenant Shin can be found in the eastern-most barracks tent. Keep your head down, if you can help it."

I am not sure how I will ever find Norbert. If he happens to be in a different direction than Shin, then I will have to avoid being spotted by Layla.

Any bright ideas?

>>327798

"I'm going to head back where I'm expected first, and then sneak off to the right tent, ma'am. That should keep anyone from getting too suspicious."

"think i've lingered around here too long already. will leave a bit then come back when the suspicions have died down.

If he's in the easternmost tent, then circling around the tents would be the best way to 'keep your head down'. Tell her you're gonna do that, except keep circling around until you find a different guard and ask them where Norbert is.

IF you get caught by her, act like you have no sense of direction. She said easternmost so just pretend you got mixed up direction by looking at your map continuously and kinda just going around in circles, stopping every now and then before switching a direction.

Muriel 2011/07/23(Sat)19:47 No. 330370 ID: e1359e
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>If he's in the easternmost tent, then circling around the tents would be the best way to 'keep your head down'. Tell her you're gonna do that, except keep circling around until you find a different guard and ask them where Norbert is.

I tell her this, and she seems to think that it is a wise idea. I wave good-bye and crack off with the court order in hand.

Muriel 2011/07/23(Sat)19:48 No. 330371 ID: e1359e
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DANNA DANNA DANNA NAAAA

I wander around for a while, seeing less and less people walking around the camp. It is quieter now, which makes my footsteps on the graveled flats floor seem much louder. I also eat a Choop Bar because I am really hungry. (I have ELEVEN Choop Bars remaining). I am close now to the eastern barracks block, so I start to look around for mop-headed soldiers of average height that might resemble Norbert.

Muriel 2011/07/23(Sat)19:49 No. 330372 ID: e1359e
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Animated

It is a bit spooky out here at night. Maybe it is because I grew up in a hole, but wide open spaces make me feel like an ant in a magnifying glass. Trapped in space with no place to hide.

"Oh, hey Muriel! I was looking for you."

Muriel 2011/07/23(Sat)19:49 No. 330374 ID: e1359e
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Wow, he looks pretty bad!

"I couldn't really sleep, and it looks like you're still up too. I wanted to ask you something..."

I guess I would look pretty bad too if I could not sleep after a day like today. This is my last opportunity to change my mind, or I can show him the order now. Then again, I wonder what he wants to ask me. I do not want to sound like a bum, too, but I still need ink. If that weird-face guy from the mess hall was not making shit up, there should be some at the camp.

>>330374
Ask him what's up. I think we should hold off on the letter business until we know what he wants. Also if we talk to him about the letter you're gonna want to do it quietly.

Just show it to him now, you've got a time limit. Layla will eventually get suspicious, and Norbert's commander will need as much time as he can get to prepare to outmaneuver Layla's faction.

Whatever personal stuff he has on his mind can wait.

It might do to pretend that you're hiding it from Norbert, so a certain sniper with a high powered rifle won't get any ideas that you actually intend to give up her agenda. Just do a really unconvincing attempt at hiding the letter. "Oh uh *stuffs it in pants* nothing, never mind! What letter? I didn't see a letter. Why don't we change the subject?"

>>330415
Do you really think she would murder someone in the middle of a camp of soldiers, right in front of another soldier?

>>330440
>kill both witnesses very quickly/skillfully
>plant evidence on one body
>use military grade silencer

>>330522
A suppressed sniper rifle is still REALLY loud.

Muriel 2011/07/26(Tue)18:37 No. 331942 ID: e1359e
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Re-update with minor logistics correction

>Just do a really unconvincing attempt at hiding the letter.
>unconvincing

I do not think that I will have much trouble with that. You saw my poker face.

Ok, I will give it to him, but do so inconspicuously.

"Yeah..." he says, "well, since you're ok, that is good. I found out that my parents and my little brother are all alive and in the camp, which is also cool. I thought that maybe you might want to go get some tea or something. Maybe you don't like tea. That is all that Captain Sun lets us drink so I kind of developed a taste for it. Uh... well, whatever, I mean"

"Do you see this thing in my hands?" I interrupt in whisper, not making any gesture toward the envelope. I really hope that Layla can not read lips through a gun scope. Actually, fuck that. I would prefer that she is not looking at me through a gun scope at all, lips or not.

"Yeah..."

"I am going to drop it on the ground accidentally, and you should pick it up for me."

He nods, and we execute the motion. I walk toward a gutter between two tents, and he follows to open the envelope.

"This is bad. This will hold up in the Pangese legal system easily if a jury can be assembled under a judge here at the camp. There is no signature under the warrant. Where did you get this?"

>>331942
Some lady that thinks Sun and his men have a decent chance of being corrupt and will take advantage of the camp. Said she'd give you ink in exchange for the favor, don't give out the name though. She's just some lady.

Drop a hint you need ink for bribery to help in your quest for Lucky Pete and just turned down a convenient deal, but don't make it too strong a hint. Gotta make him guilty. Give the hint a subtle lament tone to it in structure and voice instead of the standard bitchy "I want this and I'm gonna get it from you" hint.

Muriel 2011/07/28(Thu)20:49 No. 333336 ID: e1359e
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I tell him that another soldier offered me a jug of ink to put this order through the surviving legal system to overthrow Captain Sun's incumbent justice (my actual words are not that fancy and I think that I used a few wrong words but Norbert understands)

>Drop a hint you need ink for bribery
I don't know, asking for a reward for doing what I think is right seems a little sleazy

Plus, Captain Sun will probably not let me go unpaid for saving his ass and all of the asses of his soldiers from a skewed court trial and possibly a firefight.

"Who were you to take it to?"

"Lieutenant... Shin," I could not remember his first name. He nods

"Get some sleep, Muriel," Norbert says, "if you can. This will be cleared up by morning. Come see me in the mess hall at breakfast. I will be in uniform... uh, if that makes it any easier to find me."

Bed does sound pretty good. I need to get a change of clothes soon, too. I would have taken some from home, but I did not expect to be out long. Guess I'm not going back.

Where can I get some new clothes for tomorrow? I should try to avoid Layla. I can easily tell her that I delivered the order, but I am not a good liar and it would be very awkward

>>333336
Gerald Shin. Though I doubt there's more than one Shin.

New clothes? Oh crap. Do you have any money on hand? We can just go buy some from... someone. Shit, I doubt anyone actually brought clothes. You may have to ask whoever's running the official civilian services.

Muriel 2011/07/29(Fri)22:03 No. 334012 ID: e1359e
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>>333423
There are tons of Shins, but only one General by that name, I am sure.

You are right. This is just day one... I am sure that some order will come out of this once the power struggles have all come to rest.

I'll just talk to Norbert tomorrow. He'll probably know a bit more about how this place is going to be run.

Just day one. I am going to get some sleep now. Wake me early.

End Chapter 1

You got it, toots.

HEY HEY LISTEN

Are you asleep yet?

Are you are you are you?

Is it time to wake up?

Is it time for presents? =D

Lean harder, you're almost there.