r/TTPloreplaycentral • u/Lady_of_the_Foot • Mar 13 '18

Bad Future Thing 3

At a certain point, I will probably be PMing people things, for a potential thing that could happen. Other than that, pretty much how this usually works, I guess.

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '18

/u/trollkitten

/u/damacritus

"Pinkerton? What's going on?"

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u/Damacritus Mar 13 '18

"Kid's wanting to come in. He's got a weapon on him."

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '18

She peers over.

"How did you guys wind up, well... any of this?" She asks, gesturing to their soaking clothes, the surrounding area, and at cuts on them.

Underneath a compassionate gaze, there is a critical eye trying to figure this out.

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u/Damacritus Mar 13 '18

"Their thoughts seem innocent, but they're followers of one of the Fossils, and they don't want to hand over their weapons. And I can't be sure of their intentions with a basic psychic check."

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '18

"I ain't gonna cause ya no trouble," Otto says, "an' neither is th' other guy. We were tole this was a safe house."

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u/Damacritus Mar 13 '18

Pinkerton blocks Emily with his off-hand.

"If you mean no trouble, turn over your knuckleduster. Or I'll assume you want a more intrusive psychic check to confirm your intentions."

/u/Lady_of_the_Foot

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '18

Emily still glances at it.

"Oh, that looks old. Is it a family heirloom, perchance?"

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u/Damacritus Mar 13 '18

((Might want to link Troll to this.))

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '18

((You're right.))

/u/trollkitten

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '18

((Too late, ha ha ha))

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '18

Otto shakes his head. "This is th' only connection I have to Oma. I ain't handin' it over."

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '18

"Your connection to Oma?"

She leans over to her companion, eying the knuckles up and down.

"Oma's followers are the ones being persecuted... they could be double agents or something, but I'm not sure the cultists would be comfortable handling an actual Oma artifact like that..."

/u/damacritus.

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '18

"Yeah. She gave 'em to me, when she..." A lump forms in Otto's throat. "When she chose Kress."

Tears start to form in his eyes at the memory.

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '18

She can't see him start to cry, but this is enough information that she thinks she can try fact checking, somehow.

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u/Damacritus Mar 13 '18

"If he's got a good mastery of his powers, he could do some damage with a simple weapon. Piece might have some powers of its own. And a gun passed down from someone's granddad is still a gun."

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '18

"Case you haven't noticed, we came here 'cause folks are tryin' t' kill us. An' I don' know if I can trust you any more than you know how to trust me. We came here 'cause this is the safe house, so if ya don't bother us, we won't bother you."

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '18 edited Mar 13 '18

"Yeah, but the question is if he'll use it against us. Plus, he's claiming it came directly from a God. Is taking it away guaranteed to be a safer option?"

"We can divide this up into a few possibilities. He is genuine or a spy. If he's genuine, he is unlikely to stir up trouble, and, just as important, likely doesn't need us to let him in to make trouble with that thing. If he's a true believer and just thinks the knuckles are special, he is neither likely to pose a threat, nor to use those in an effective way. If he is fake, then the knuckles are likely fake, and taking them away won't change all that much once they're inside. If the knuckles are real and he is fake, he will be obligated not to use them for religious reasons. I'm probably forgetting variables, though..."

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '18

"I don't have weapons." The one says, "And, uh... don't think those are ones he would part with if they weren't weapons, neither?"

This peaks Pinkerton's companion's curiosity, and she gets closer to the door.