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>Who the hell walks around with a sword.
Someone who can't aim very well with a gun, or maybe guns are expensive where they come from.
>Start a black market buying secondhand from students? They need cash you need produce, there's a market. (Thinking like the dealer you are). It's certainly less risk and hassle than a bomb threat. And you can do it more than once.
>...or you could just steal the recipe. Or pay off their supplier. (They're bad at this criminal stuff, methinks).
I think the whole thing about the coffee was just him joking around.
The door opens and little pushover servant guy comes in with our coffee. Nothing like the smell of coffee in the middle of some high stakes negotiating.
"H..here you go miss."
"Hey, where's my sugar cubes?"
"Damn it! I hope you didn't forget her fucking sugar cubes you worthless maggot!"
"Ack! T..there r...right here!"
"Ah yeah now we're talking! Stick ten...no no wait, stick thirteen of those bad boys in my coffee would ya please?"
"Thirteen cubes of sugar! Are you insane! How can you even call it coffee at that point?"
"You're right, what was a thinking here. Make it twenty cubes."
"Twenty cubes! You're practically drinking pure sugar at that point!"
"What can I say, I love me my sugar. Got them all in there?"
"Y...yes miss. I've stirred them in as well."
"You're so sweet. Welp, bottoms up ya pansy coffee drinker."
I chug down the entire coffee mug in one go.
"T..this is impossible! How can you possibly enjoy a drink like that?"
"Tis a secret."
"Well enough stalling here, where's that deer hiding out?"
>Even if we wanted to, we couldn't give you an exact location either. "The woods" is pretty damn vague, and that's where we last knew. We don't even know in which state!
I'm guessing this whole hospital thing is just a news cover up then right? Well, that means she must be okay then.
>I suppose your options are to convince him you really don't know (which might just make him angry, and suddenly you're not worth as much alive) or to come up with a convincing lie to send them off on a wild goose chase. Which... is tough for us, since we don't exactly know the local geography.
>Where would a company with secret projects spirit someone away to? Somewhere remote.
Okay so telling him we don't know is clearly no longer safe option. Wait, was it ever safe to begin with? Seems like my only option is start spewing off some bs and try to get him to go on a wild goose chase. To do that though I think knowing why he needs Rainy in the first place could help.
"Alright I'll spill some beans if you're willing to spill some first. What do you want with Rainy?"
"Hmm... I can't tell if you're just stalling for time here or if you really don't know what's going on here. I suppose I can play your little game for now. You see, your 'deer' friend Rainy has the plans for a top secret government weapon prototype and we want them!"
Wait a second here... where have I heard this before?
>"We bring you another critical news update on the kidnapping of Princess Bijou! The still unknown group has demanded the King give them top secret documents on some new weapon that's in the works."
Sounds like we got the group who's responsible for kidnapping the princess in the room. That'd also explain that moron freaking out over a boat, or in this case the ships.
"Quit stalling and tell me where that sneaky little shit ran off to!"
"I'm honestly surprised you haven't figured this all out yet. Man, you're stupider than you sound you know that."
"Why you! I outta blow that damn school up right now for that little comment! Start explaining!"
"Well you see there captain trigger happy. She's already delivered those plans to the base, not to mention they've already got it built and given out to all the high ranking officers in the state. Rainy isn't the only one who skipped town either. All those high ranking officers I just mentioned? Yeah they're all gone testing out their new toys and making them better."
"Oh everyone's all gone eh? So you're telling me no one is guarding that top secret lab then? Trying to get me to launch an attack and fall into a trap eh! Do I look like a fool to you?"
"If you thought no one was going to be left guarding the lab then you deserve to fall for such an obvious trap. Wonder why it was so easy for your little group to get the princess? The king sent his best solders out to protect those officers and the lab. Making the palace look completely open for attack and you morons took the bait! Didn't think you'd actually kidnap the princess and steal our ships but you still took the bait! Now all that's left is for the king himself to get the final version of the weapon and raise all hell on you losers for taking his daughter!"
"That has got to be...the stupidest plan I've ever heard on this planet! In fact it's so stupid and convoluted that it can actually sound genius if you think about it!"
"Well anything else mister big bad scary boss man or you going to disarm those bombs and let me get back to my studies now?"
"I know when I've been bested. Fine, you may leave and I shall disarm the bombs. Don't think you're out of the frying pan yet sheep! We're going to be watching you like hawks."
I get up out of the chair but ask one last question before I leave the room.
"Can I get an escort out of here?"
"Wha? Oh whatever. Gastroo! Bring this smartass back to her dorm or where ever it is she's going to before she thinks of something else to demand."
"To late pal! I want you prove to me that you really did disarm those bombs. I want you to turn the PA back on over at the dorms as well."
"One second please, hello? This is ***. I demand you to turn all power back on over in that other building at once. Alright now what?"
"Bring me the microphone and turn it on."
"H..here you go miss."
"This thing on? Okay, this is Candy speaking. First of all I need someone to go make sure the bombs are shut off over there. The PA should be turned back on over there so someone report back on the status of those."
A few moments pass and the PA goes off over here.
"We think they're all turned off for now, the time display on the ones we found are gone."
Time for message two then.
"Alright, I'm heading back with an escort here then. When I get back, you assholes better start apologizing and kissing my ass for saving all your lives tonight."
"A..are you ready to leave now Ca...ca...Candy?"
"Yup."
When we get out and back to the dorm building Gastroo high tails it out of there before anyone sees him. Werido.
Walking back in, the place smelled like a damn ashtray or something. Just as I walk in the secretary lady starts shouting for everybody's attention.
"Alright listen up! I've managed to call up the cops now and they're on the way to find and safely remove those bombs, until then everyone get outside!"
Back, back outside it is. Man I'm running out a breath from all this shit today. Someone walks up to and starts poking me in the back.
"Hey Candy you feeling alright? You don't look too good?"
"J..just a little out of breath that's all."
"Here, let's sit on the bench over here. You've had a big day today."
I start coughing a bit as I reply.
"Yeah. H..hey that you Sybil?"
"Yeah. Here have sit Candy, this might be awhile before we can get back in."
I sit down and start leaning on her a bit. Damn I'm feeling pretty sleepy now too.
"Sorry about this whole mess Sybil. I've got no idea how I got into this or how I managed to get everyone out of this."
"Ah don't worry about it Candy. Hey don't be falling asleep on me now. Come on wake up."
"Come on just a little nap?"
"Fine, just a little nap then. Maybe if it takes them awhile they'll make us some hot coco?"
"Wake me up when it's time for coco then."
"Alright, enjoy your nap then."
To be continued...?
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