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Post by ch00beh on Jul 20, 2010 19:10:28 GMT -5
> Break the fourth wall and tell Channery that her author would like the Roy Myedaws for her (whoops, can't fix that typo) birthday. > Solve the mystery
Oh, good ol creative hate time. It is like watching me work with my characters.
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Post by Ninety on Jul 23, 2010 2:01:03 GMT -5
Propose a compromise with Channery! Ask if you may return it to the museum for the reward where she can then re-steal it from the comfort of wherever she's fleeing to. Give her the VDV so that she can refresh her memory should need be.
Ask for some money. You're old and lonely and destitute and indebted to a Korean.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 23, 2010 8:41:45 GMT -5
Suggest that you could take the painting off her hands, now that she's already sold it. That way, if anybody comes calling for it, she can point out the museum regained it somehow.
To help sweeten the deal, promise you'll (try to) have Yoon spread a smokescreen for her, spreading some information about the government hiring some native Power to reclaim the painting.
Suggest going after more innocuous (and less innocent) targets, because you know that whenever a case turns up in the paper, you'll be there to try and solve it.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jul 24, 2010 16:45:55 GMT -5
The latest. And it isn't even a mega bitch in terms of length. I haven't forgotten the Formspring bill but at this point I'd rather just tabulate the whole thing after the story ends (which it will soon, I promise).
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Post by Ninety on Jul 24, 2010 17:06:16 GMT -5
Propose the return anyway. Tell the curator to put it in a different spot of the museum but don't tell Channery your intent. Keep a pokerface, bub.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 24, 2010 22:16:23 GMT -5
Meet Channery's gaze. Point out that if any of the Powers that had been running rampant as of (Ishkabibble) late had found her instead of yourself, she'd have been cut into grisly pieces and left on display for when the police got there.
Appeal to her sense of fairness potential gain. Suggest teaming up with the police and running some sort of catch-and-release program to snag purchasers of stolen art, then returning the paintings (naturally keeping the money the collectors paid her as fees for her services) No need to milk a single one, when all the paintings in the world open up as potential (legal!) sales.
Look towards the window. Realize you don't have good angle to see out a window. Sigh forlornly.
(I forget if you've reclaimed your jacket.) Reclaim your jacket.
Bluff that you have the power to transmute unliving matter. If needed, use your pipe as proof. Threaten the painting unless she willingly relinquishes it.
Pretend to give up. See if it weakens her facade of invulnerability.
Agree with her. She most certainly can take care of herself. Say it in a friendly/paternal way, making it clear that you're not out to get her.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 24, 2010 22:35:45 GMT -5
Think back, pulling up some foreshadowing the author planted of the correct solution to this situation.
Wave your gun casually. Let Auguste know that the only thing that matters is replacing your bike.
Start to stand up. Get pushed back down into your seat by Micmack pushing his head into your lap for petting.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jul 29, 2010 16:40:43 GMT -5
The latest. bluhhh creativehatecreativehatecreativehate Just one more post with Channery, I bet! I hope. If you guys pull out some good stops.
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Post by ch00beh on Jul 29, 2010 16:45:58 GMT -5
Because...
...I love you! ...You love me! ...I'm your father! ...There can only be one! ...I have a gun! ...I have solved the mystery! ...Your zipper is down! ...It's raining and you don't have a coat and you might catch a cold! ...I said so!
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Post by Ninety on Jul 31, 2010 16:50:42 GMT -5
...I'll keep your secret! ...I'll say it was recovered from a storage unit I broke into on a hunch! ....it would be a very nice gesture of friendship and I will sing at your next wedding! ....it would increase my standing with the local populace immensely! And I could afford food!
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Aug 5, 2010 23:04:44 GMT -5
...My innate French seduction is working on you!
... (take moment to tweak mustache for optimum effect)
... I slipped poison into your dog without you looking. Hand over the painting or I wont give it the antidote.
... I asked reeeeaaallly nicely!
... (take moment to word your reply carefully so as to not cause unwanted offense)
... I need the money to pay back Yoon, and if I don't give her the money soon then she will set a bounty on my head. You can re-steal it later.
... You are so beautiful to me.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Aug 11, 2010 1:41:32 GMT -5
The latest.Ugggggggghhh. Sorry for mangling that suggestion of yours about moving the painting but not telling Channery, Ninety. I'm afraid I had that tiny snippet of dialogue from "Aha" to "anyway" in mind almost from the beginning of this story. I was not strong enough to reject it. I'm going to bed.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Aug 11, 2010 1:56:28 GMT -5
Place a call to Yoon. Say that she won't need to have you hunted down.
Place a call to Williams. Say that you've done all the hunting for him, and the painting has been secured.
Tug on Mickmack's leash. Keep him out of trouble.
Return the painting.
Collect the reward.
Move triumphantly. Perhaps as if to a piece of jaunty music.
Be extra nice to Mickmack.
A happy ending!
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Post by ch00beh on Aug 11, 2010 1:58:55 GMT -5
1. Contact museum 2. Return painting 3. Make Mangeol not want to kill you. 4. ??? 5. Solve the mystery! Profit!
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Post by ch00beh on Aug 11, 2010 11:19:36 GMT -5
Tweak mustache triumphantly.
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Aug 11, 2010 11:23:49 GMT -5
Tweak mustache triumphantly. Seconded.
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Post by Ninety on Aug 11, 2010 11:59:17 GMT -5
When you get to the phone booth call a sex line (like a boss), cry deeply (like a boss), demand a refund (like a boss), then eat a bagel (like a boss).
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Post by ch00beh on Aug 11, 2010 12:02:14 GMT -5
Don't forget to cut off your dick and die and fly into the sun. (like a boss)
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Post by Beelzebibble on Aug 11, 2010 22:35:20 GMT -5
The latest. Final scene here, don't worry. Amazingly I really did think this post was only going to be a handful of paragraphs before I started writing. In fact -- get this -- I originally thought I could have tacked it on as part of last night's post! HAHAHA. HAHAHAHAHA. P.S. I hope no one takes offense at the use of the word "colored". I thought about just going with "black" but it didn't feel right in his narrative voice. Renard is obviously no hatemonger but his views on race relations, as with so many other things, nonetheless somehow manage (in an anthropological paradox) to predate Renard himself by at least thirty years. He just doesn't realize what's PC and what's not. His next starring-role RP will probably be called "The Case of the Wily Chinamen."
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Post by ch00beh on Aug 11, 2010 22:49:52 GMT -5
Run away. Punch Williams in the snout to establish dominance. Tell him Mangeol gave you a tip in exchange for the reward money and that she would prefer it if he didn't spread her information lest there be dire consequences for all parties involved. Sputter. Say you found it in a car down a back alley, which you broke into, and you're hesitant to give more details because you went through illegal means to obtain it. Tell him someone must have hacked the VDVs. You can never trust technology. Solve the mystery. Scratch Micmac in thought. Spin a story based on the truth without incriminating anyone. eg. You saw a picture at Albarello's that someone else took wherein the person had a large, painting-sized bag right outside the museum at night.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Aug 12, 2010 0:14:40 GMT -5
Blame some widely known Power. Possibilities include: Zebedee Taylor, of Cherrygrove Helen Mercury, the stage magician that just was in town (But mysteriously vanished!) Miko, the Summoner Terrian Brogue (Yoon told you he was a counterfeiter a while back!) That man that stared at you angrily in Albarello's. Maybe he's a power (with the power of withering stares!)
Say you have no idea on who it was that stole the painting. You saw a car near the museum that had a large package in the back, tailed it, and stole the painting when you found it in a garage. If pressed for plates, say they didn't have any, or that they were somehow obscured.
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Post by Ninety on Aug 12, 2010 10:05:45 GMT -5
You stole it. A pair of Turkish cab drivers stole it. The dog stole it. You confronted a young man when you noticed the painting in his car. He instantly vanished, leaving behind the painting.
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Post by SV on Aug 12, 2010 10:11:45 GMT -5
==> SV: Catch up on The Burgled Boullogne. Flog yourself later to repent for the sin of getting behind on it. Contribute something relevant after the first two criteria have been achieved.
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Aug 12, 2010 10:16:19 GMT -5
Tell a mostly true story indicating that a power was responsible for the theft, but the power has promptly left the city (and, indeed, the Archipelago). Imply that it would be pointless to try to find said power. Also imply that the power is very sorry.
Throw pipe down again in hopes that it will explode into a smoke screen again.
Flee.
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Post by Ninety on Aug 12, 2010 10:21:47 GMT -5
Do the blue-haired kid's first suggestion.
Mention that your life was threatened if you revealed too many specifics. Fear for your newfound pet's well-being.
Say your new pet sniffed it out and intimidated its new owner into relinquishing it. Say you got Mickers from a shelter if pressed for how you came into possession of him.
Ask for some tea. Do not settle for coffee.
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Aug 12, 2010 10:27:05 GMT -5
Calculate the time it would take to tell your story (true or otherwise) and then exit the conversation, room and building before anyone could stop you. If you get a chance to actually exit under these conditions, congratulate/be disappointed with yourself if you succeed/fail to calculate correctly.
Consider this idea laughable. Do not do it. Just talk.
Solve the mystery.
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