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I have a rule against drinking during work hours, but today wouldn't be the first time it gets broken and business is as dry as my glass. I'm about to pour myself a stiff one when someone knocks on the door, twice. First hard, then softer, hesitatingly.

"Come in."

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"Mr. Brickman?"

When she walks in the door I have to restart my breath. She carries herself like someone not used to being ignored, but there's a fear in her eyes that I can see even through the high-society mask.

"That's me. Something I can do for you?"

"My name is Rose Huntington. I need you to find someone for me."

"Have a seat."

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She tells me her sister went missing a week ago. The two of them were heirs to an industrial fortune until it collapsed and took their father with it. Since then they'd been living like the rest of us as best as they could. From the looks of it, they'd been doing about as well as me.

"I went to her apartment and everything was where it should be, except for her. I went to the police, but you know what they're like."

"I know about the police."

When I went back after that, there were some men there. I don't think they were policemen. I didn't like the way they looked." She breaks off her gaze to look down and her fingers fumble to grip her purse. "They told me I couldn't go in, that the apartment was being renovated. When I told them I was her sister and needed to collect her things, they wanted me to come with them. After that I've been sure I've seen them other places. I feel like I'm going crazy, that I'm being paranoid, but I'm not!"

"What's your sister's name?"

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"Delores."

"Do you have a picture of her?"

"Yes," she says, unsnapping her purse and pulling out a photograph. "Here."

I grunt a thanks as I lean forward and take it from her trembling hand.

"This was taken last winter, at the lake."

>>43132177
WOW. Hot a What Baabhabhiat

>>43132206
Taken in winter during a snowstorm while she was wearing all white, apparently.

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"I can see that."

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In the photograph is a young woman, almost identical to the one in front of me. The camera has caught her just as she's starting to turn away, laughing at something she's heard. There's an innocence in her beauty, like a fragile flower that's been grown in a hothouse.

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"I can pay you two hundred dollars," she says as she pulls a crumpled pair of bills from her purse.

"That's enough to hire me for a week." I'm lying. That's more than I've seen in a month.

"Can you find her?"

"I can't promise anything."

She looks at me and holds back tears. "I just want to know what happened to her, Mr. Brickman."

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"I'll see what I can do."

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holy shit this needs a mystery inc cameo

Rolled 5 (1d12)

>>43132280
Yell at her to duck and shoot the guy behind the door

Rolled 8 (1d12)

>>43132280
GET DOWN! Take her to the ground with you. Try not to accidentally cop a feel.

Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>43132280
MAG DUMP ON THAT SHADOW

Rolled 8 (1d12)

Quick draw hand-cannon and shoot assailant in hand!

Rolled 6 (1d12)

>>43132280
Stand up, grab the bottle off the desk, and casual move closer to the door so that you could surprise anyone who might be coming in.

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Rolled 4 (1d12)

"Look out!" I shout as I throw open my desk drawer and haul up my heater, just as he kicks my office door in.

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Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>43132494

Rolled 12 (1d12)

>>43132494

Rolled 2 (1d12)

>>43132494
DISARM LITERALLY

>>43132514
>>43132522
good job, dummies

>>43132544
What? It only says roll a d12.
Learn to read.

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He aims at Rose but when he sees my piece he changes his mind. He's fast, too fast for me, and he pulls the trigger before I can stop him.

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Rolled 6 (1d12)

The slug rips through my arm like a hot wire and slams me back into the brickwork as Rose screams.

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Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>43132725
Fall out of the chair, and shoot him from under the table.

Rolled 4 (1d12)

>>43132725
do that thing they do in the cowboy movies where they hold their hand over the lever and fire rapidly

Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>43132725
It's just a flesh wound!
Take aim and shoot again

I've never participated in this quest and have zero plans on doing so, but I'd just like to say I'm always impressed by it.

>>43132786
ok, I'm gonna stop rolling tonight, the dice clearly hate me.

>>43132786
RIP Rose.

Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>43132725
FALLING HEADSHOT BAD GUY

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I need to get out of his sights, so I drop to the ground on my injured shoulder and empty my gun through the space between the drawers.

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Two go wild but I get lucky and one goes though his chest. He stumbles back into the hallway and collapses, just before I do.

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"Are you all right?"

"You're hurt!"

"Never mind me, are you all right?"

"Yes, I... I think so."

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"Your shoulder!"

"I told you not to worry about me," I tell her as I brush her off. "Let's take a look at our friend."

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One look tells me he's not getting back up. Rose gasps and at first I think it's the sight of the body on the floor but then she sets me straight.

"That man!"

"You know him?"

"He was one of the men at my sister's apartment!"

Nobody I recognize. Doesn't look like a local.
What will you do now?

>>43133233
Search his pockets for stuff. But first maybe drag him into the office so it doesn't look so suspicious.
Though a dead person in your office wouldn't be a good look either.
But that doesn't matter if no one sees it.

>>43133233
Bring the girl to a motel, where she'll be safe.

>>43133233
Shoot him again, just to be sure.

First, CALL THE POLICE. Do not leave the crime scene. You're in the right, and you have a witness.

Two, treat your wound. Preferably with some rotgut. Maybe a bandage, too.

Finally, search the stiff for clues. If you find anything, remember to put it back before the cops arrive.

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"Hold the door," I tell Rose as I grab his gloved hands and pull him into my office before anyone sticks their noses out.

>>43133511
>CALL THE POLICE.
Have you read any of this thread?

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"What are you doing?"

"Detective work," I grunt as I bend down and start to rifle through his pockets.

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Rolled 6 (1d12)

>>43133595

Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>43133595

I hope he had some gum on him.

>>43133520
Yeah,Brickman used to be a cop until he "looked under the wrong rock and made some enemies with the wrong people." That doesn't automatically make all the cops in this town crooked.

Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>43133595

>>43133697
If we ever want to solve this case it's not going to be by calling the police about the man we just killed who probably works for someone who owns half the force.

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I'd rather not get the police involved in this. At least until after I finish my own work, but he's clean as a whistle. I'm about to give up and call it a day when I find a pocket cleverly hidden inside his jacket and my fingers brush something thin and crisp.

"What is it? A business card?"

"No. There's only one word on it."

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AETOS

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"Does that mean anything to you?" I ask her.

"I've never heard that word before. Is it a name, do you suppose? It sounds Greek."

"I don't know." I turn it over one more time, but aside from that one word the card is as blank as the man on the floor.

What will you do now?

>>43133891
Disinfect our arm then bandage it up.

>>43133891
Call up detective Pardo. He was born with thick skin, he'll have what it takes to figure this out.

>>43133891
Let's fix up our arm

>>43133850
Aetos is Eagle in Greek. Yay for being a Greekaboo!

>>43133913
With what, Gin?

>>43133946
Sure.

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"I can do this by myself," I tell her as she fusses over my shoulder. "I've done it plenty of times before." The stream of gin burns like the bullet as I pour it over the wound, but then she leans in with the dressing and I catch a whiff of her perfume.

>>43134100
>It smells nice.
>It smells like Her.

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"Is that too tight?" she asks as I jerk away. For a second the mask slips and there's real concern in her voice.

"It's fine."

I could think of plenty of reasons to go for a drink right now, but that was the last of my gin.

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"Get your purse," I tell her as I pull my jacket back on and reload my heater.

"Where are we going? What about him?"

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"I'm taking you someplace safe."

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>>43134465

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>>43134465

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>>43134465

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"Where are we?" she asks as we finish the climb up the stairs.

"This is a little place I keep for clients like you. You'll be safe here, at least until I can get a handle on what's going on."

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"Hey, Tiger. Keeping out of trouble?"

"This place comes with a cat?"

"He comes and goes. Don't worry, he can keep a secret."

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"How does he get in?"

"I'll show you. Come on," I tell her as I push open the back door. "This leads out onto the roof. There's a fire escape if you need it."

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"From here everything looks so neat and simple," she says as she leans into me to shield herself from the breeze.

"Maybe it is for them."

"What are you going to do now?"

>>43135163
Nice background

Go look for leads on AETOS

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"I'm going to find your sister."

>Put an ear out in the bar
>Search Delores's apartment
>Call friends in the police
>Something else

Equipment check:

* One revolver
* Six rounds
* One pair handcuffs

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Rolled 6 (1d12)

>>43135265
>Search Delores's apartment

Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>43135265
Do we have any friends that are still on the force?
We should hit them up for intel.

Rolled 12 (1d12)

>>43135265
>Search Delores's apartment

Whoa, almost missed this thread.

>>43135364
Well, you turned up just in time.

bump

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The apartment at the end of the hall, just like Rose said. Doesn't look like any of her friends are home.

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There's no sound in the hall but the gurgle of the radiator and the shouts from the city. I get ready to give the door a kick but the handle's unlocked and turns easily in my hand.

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I grope for a light switch and Inside is the tenement I'm expecting, but it's well-kept and tidy. If it hadn't been for Rose's story, I'd think her sister just moved out.

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Neat as a pin.

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I check the rest of the cupboards and the stove, but everything's put away.

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Everything except this pan.

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Then I turn it over and notice blood on the underside.

What will you do now?

>Search the bedroom
>Continue searching this room
>Something else

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Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>43135847
>Search the bedroom

Rolled 2 (1d12)

>>43135847
>continue searching this room

Rolled 12 (1d12)

>>43135847
Continue searching this room

Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>43135847
>Continue searching this room
we got one clue...

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I know someone who might be interested in this pan, but for now I put it back where I found it.

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After what I found in the kitchen, I'm not sure what to expect in the bedroom but I brace myself as the door swings open.

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The bedroom's just as neat as the rest of the apartment. The bed doesn't look like it's been slept in.

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Nothing out of place in her dresser either. But none of this explains the blood.

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I'm about to call it a night when I hear voices from the entryway.

"I thought you locked the door!"

"I did lock it."

"Then why's it unlocked?"

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Rolled 8 (1d12)

>>43136137
Hide under the bed, draw gun just in case

Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>43136137
Hide in the closet or under the bed! draw the gun out just in case!

Rolled 2 (1d12)

>>43136137
Draw your gun, hide behind the door, just in case.

>>43132145
Oh man, LQ. How long have you had the Detective's Office?

Rolled 12 (1d12)

>>43136137
Hide in the dresser, leave your gun holstered, just in case.

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"I'm telling you, I locked it!"

"Your memory's about as bad as your breath. Let's check around anyway. Better safe than sorry."

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"See? Nothing. You just left it unlocked."

"I still say somebody was in here."

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Rolled 4 (1d12)

>>43136369
Be really still.

Rolled 4 (1d12)

>>43136369
Kneecap them both

Rolled 2 (1d12)

>>43136369
Shoot them in the dick

Rolled 6 (1d12)

>>43136369
Hold your breath, thumb on the hammer.

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Rolled 1 (1d12)

"Come on, let's- wait. I heard something."

"I heard it too."

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Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>43136369
Get ready to jump them and/or shoot them. And say VERY still and quiet.

Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>43136482

Rolled 6 (1d12)

>>43136482
Blow a raspberry, they'll be too embarrassed and leave.

Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>43136482

Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>43136482

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"It came from over here."

One of them turns toward the bed and I grip the revolver in my hand and slowly thumb back the hammer as I keep a lid on my breath.

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"It's just the radiator. Come on."

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I give them ten minutes to make sure they're really gone for good, and then I ease the hammer flat and let go of my breath.

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The front room is just like I left it. Everything seems like it's in order, but there's still something nagging at the back of my head.

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Everything in its place.

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Except for one other thing. I turn around in a half-circle and it finally dawns on me what I've been feeling the entire time I've been in here.

That picture.

>>43136846
The painting is crooked.

Did i win?

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There's nothing on the wall behind it, but when I turn it over and run my hand along the edge I feel something tucked into the inside of the frame.

Rolled 2 (1d12)

>>43136910
I hope it's nudes. That sister looked hot.

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It's a card. I'm expecting more Greek, or maybe Swahili, but I'd recognize the name even if I couldn't read the writing on it.

The Midnight Club. No place for a reputable girl. What's it doing here?

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Rolled 8 (1d12)

>>43136956
Double check all the rooms to make sure we didn't miss anything.

Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>43136956
Time to head down to The Midnight Club for some recon.

Rolled 2 (1d12)

>>43136956
check all the paintings and photo frames

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Always be complete. I go through the bedroom again, one more time, checking along the baseboard, under the mattress, and the cracks in the ceiling. The kitchen gets a full treatment. Every join and seam gets inspected.

Then a sliver of green in the cutlery drawer catches my eye.

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I do a quick count. Eight hundred dollars.

>>43137259
pocket the money!

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Ever since I met Rose I've felt like I'm falling.

I don't think I'm anywhere near the bottom yet.

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Rolled 5 (1d12)

>>43137288
Take the money and go to The Midnight Club

Rolled 2 (1d12)

>>43137288
Bring Rose the money.

Rolled 8 (1d12)

>>43137288
Pocket the cash for now, then go to the club.

Rolled 6 (1d12)

>>43137288
Time to hit the clubs.

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"Evening, Rodney. Nice night we're having."

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"What are you doing here, Ace?"

"Long time no see, Rodney. I need to talk to Dean."

"Dean doesn't want to talk to you. Not after the last time you were in here."

"This is a special case."

"No dice, Ace. Take a hike."

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"How about a little sugar for you? Two hundred bucks, Rodney. I just need to see Dean for-"

"I said no, Ace. Take a hike or you and me are gonna take a walk."

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Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>43137648

Have we kicked his ass before? Let's kick his ass.

Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>43137648
Use taht phone nearby as a distraction somehow

Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>43137648
Offer more money to see if he lets us in.

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"I'm not kidding around, Rodney! Get Dean on the horn and let me in!"

I throw a punch hoping to catch him off-guard, but it's my bad arm and he doesn't even flinch.

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Rolled 4 (1d12)

"That was dumb, Ace. Real dumb." Rodney grabs my tie and yanks me forward as he balls a fist in the air. "I was gonna take it easy on you because it was you, but now I'm gonna go to town."

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Rolled 6 (1d12)

>>43137910
Dodge it!

Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>43137910
CROSS COUNTAH

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Rodney makes to lay one across my face but I slip out of his grip just in time to feel a breeze pass by my nose.

"You're out of practice, Rodney. Too much time spent bullying people."

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Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>43138011
roundhouse kick!

Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>43138011
Slip past him and enter the club.

Rolled 4 (1d12)

>>43138011
Pistol whip him

Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>43138011
Shoryuken with your good arm.

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I slam my foot into Rodney hard enough to break bone but my aim is wrong and it glances off his shin.

"You wanna play rough, huh?"

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"I'm gonna make you eat that hat, Ace!"

Blind with anger, Rodney throws himself over the velvet rope at me!

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Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>43138170
Side dodge and trip him

Rolled 6 (1d12)

>>43138170
Trip him and give him a nice crack to the back of the head.

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He throws his weight at me but he can't fly. One foot is all it takes to ground him and he comes in for a rough landing on the sidewalk.

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"Let me up, Ace! I swear, I'll take your head off! I'll-"

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"You're gonna take a nap, Rodney." I put the butt of my piece against his skull and it's lights-out.

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"Sorry I had to clock you, pal," I grunt as I bend over and retrieve my hat. "But it's like I told you-"

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"This is a special case."

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Ya-hoo! That's it for tonight, but I should be back in about 8-10 hours and we can have some more fun! This was a really fun game. Writing it was a challenge because I'm trying to hold myself to a minimum word count with each post.

If you follow me on Twitter, you'll get a tweet when this episode resumes:
@EndmanOfFuturon

How the hell I managed to miss this thread again?

Great game, even if the dice seemed to hate me tonight.

Thanks for running it, LQ.

>>43138471
Thanks for running LQ
I wonder what would of happened if you'd done a black and white filter for the whole thing, give it the authentic film noir feel.

>>43138471
Hey LQ, I'm thinking aout starting my own quest, and I've got a few questions to ask if you don't mind.
>How do you attack bricks to minifigures like in >>43133595
>Where did you get that city backdrop?
>How do you do your lighting?
>How do you manage dice rolling?

>>43138471
Thanks for the quest LQ.

Where'd you get that city backdrop? I could've sworn it was actual cutouts from the pictures.

For a minute I thought this would be linked to Red's story.

Does that Ace Brickman window come with the detective's office? It's pretty cool.

>>43138586
iirc, LQ made it. It got used a lot in the Red quest.

Thanks for running!

Almost ready to start, just gotta write the intro

>>43142987
Have you considered making the LQ Archive into a book?

>>43143147
This, at least a comic book in the style of After the Brick

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>>43139097
>tfw Detective's Office is $160

I miss when Lego was more affordable.

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"Welcome to the Midnight Club!"

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"This your first time here, big boy?"

"I've been here a few times. It's been a while."

"What's the hurry, fella? Have a drink!"

"I'm just here to see Dean."

"How do you know Dean? Did you used to work here or somethin'?"

"You could say that. Excuse me, ladies-"

>>43143584
Where are the other patrons?

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"Hey mistah! You like wired girls? I got all kinds of attachments! Come with me, we'll have some fun, whaddya say?"

"Maybe some other time."

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"Aw, come on, mistah! Give a girl a chance!"

"What muscles! Come here, big boy, and pucker up!"

"Hey, you ain't a cop, are you?"

>>43143600
Oh shit, I thought this was 50s noir, not 20XX noir.

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"He isn't a cop."

That cool voice, level like a block of ice. It could be a lounge singer's voice. Resonant. It cuts through the chatter and the cavern hall is silent. The girls know better than to talk over the boss.

"Hello, Dean. Been a while."

"Hello, Ace. Didn't think I'd see you around here."

"I need to talk to you. It's about a girl-"

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"Hey, Brickman! I owe you one for suckering me!"

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>>43143680
Ready action: counter punch

>>43143553
>I miss when Lego was more affordable.
Yeah, I miss when my parents used to buy it for me so I didn't understand the price of it too.

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>>43143731
I dunno, I remember this was $80, but looking back at it It's way fewer pieces

I guess it's just nostalgia, I'll just keep buying huge tubs from yard sales.

>>43143553
They literally only make one modular set a year. Lego is plenty affordable so long as you don't go overboard and try to get a lot of it.

>>43133934
Isn't an eagle a type of falcon? Maltese or otherwise?

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"Hey, Rodney! Just the man I wanted to see. Listen, I'm sorry about earlier-"

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Rodney clocks me good, hard enough to make me see stars, and I stumble into something soft and shrieking just long enough to catch my bearings before my legs start to go out from under me.

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>>43143809
80 dollars in 1997 is also 118 in 2015 dollars.
Inflation is a bitch.

Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>43143957
WAKE UP

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>>43143963
Fuck, you're right.

>>43143957
Sweep the leg!

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>>43143957
Stand up and give him one to even the scores.

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I shake my head to clear the sand just in time to see Rodney sack me. Somehow I grab his shirt and we both go over the edge of the pool.

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The girls scream as they're doused in water from the impact, then everything goes muffled as Rodney pushes me down to the bottom of the shallow pool and I can't breathe.

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Screams greet me as I shove myself back topside and take a gasp, just as Rodney swings a fist at my temple!

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>>43144338
Cross counter!

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>>43144411
That, and get Dean's attention. We didn't come here to fight.

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"You already had once chance, Rodney." He makes his move, but before he can connect I serve up a knuckle sandwich and he drops like a rock.

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"Now that you've knocked my doorman unconscious, do you mind telling me why you're here, Ace?"

"I thought you'd be glad to see me."

"You never were a deep thinker, Ace."

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"I told you. It's about a girl."

"There are lots of girls here, Ace. I see to that myself."

"This one's different," I tell her as I wade to the edge of the pool and pull myself out. My suit feels like the pockets are stuffed with lead.

"That's what they all say."

"She's gone missing."

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>>43144855
Make sure Rodney doesn't drown. Show Dean the picture.

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>>43144855

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>>43144855

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>>43144855
"They say she's gone missing in here *unzips dick*, can you help me find her?"

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"Maybe she got tired of being around you."

"Watch your mouth or I'll make you and Rodney a matched set."

"Big words, Ace. Just try it."

"Never mind. Here." I pull out the photograph of Delores and thank whatever's looking out for me that it isn't ruined. "Take a look."

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"I see what you mean by special, Ace," Dean tells me as her girls crowd around to crane their necks. "You wouldn't forget a face like that."

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"But I've never seen her before." Dean's a professional when it comes to using her mouth, so when the words come out I'm caught off-guard by the falter in her voice as she turns away, her eyes refusing to meet mine.

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"You're lying. You know who she is." Dean tries to hand the photograph back but I don't take it. "You recognize her, don't you?"

"Ace, please, I told you I've never seen her before."

"Who is she? Was she one of your girls?"

"I told you-"

"What about the word 'Aetos'? Ever hear that before?"

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>>43145338

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"I- I don't know what you're talking about." Dean's hands start to match her voice as the photograph flutters against my chest. "I've never seen this girl before. Please, Ace, just go, now!"

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>>43145431
GO FULL (⬛)DOUBT

>>43145406
please don't waste image slots

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>>43145431

Seconding >>43145466

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>>43145431
We both know you know, so let me know what you know so i can go.

>>43145431
Time to go full bad cop

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>>43145431
Keep pushing for info

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>>43145431
Give her the brick.

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I grab her collar and throttle her a little, just to show I'm serious. "Don't lie to me, Dean!"

"Please, Ace!" she cries, frantic as she bats at my chest. "Just go!"

"Who is she? Tell me!"

"I don't know who she is!"

"You're lying!"

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She makes to slap me but I grab her wrists and pull her against me.

"Oh, Ace!" she sobs. "Please, just-"

"Spill it, Dean! Tell me and I'll let you loose!"

"All right, I admit it, I know her!"

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"She worked here for a few weeks. She said her name was Violet. She didn't seem like the other girls. She seemed... distant."

Dean tells me that Delores - or Violet, as she was calling herself - was the most popular girl here. Not surprised. Probably where all that cash in the knife drawer came from.

"Then one day a couple of men came in, asking for her specifically. They weren't regulars. She seemed to know who they were. She got upset, asked me not to let them back in. A few days later she stopped showing up. I haven't seen her since then, I swear."

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"This place used to advertise all-natural girls."

"Times change, Ace. Lots of people are wired these days. It doesn't pay to be choosy."

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"Did you ever get wired when you were with the police, Ace?"

"I don't like to talk about that."

"Of course not. Have a good night, Ace. See you around."

These threads are works of art.

>>43146464

Wired, eh? Well, they all look happy enough to see us go.

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I leave Dean and her girls with more questions than I came in with. Was this nothing more than the murder of a call girl? A pretty face that got noticed by the wrong pair of eyes? How did she keep all this a secret from her sister? Shame? That still doesn't account for the men. Dean said they recognized Delores. Or Violet.

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One thing's for certain.

I haven't hit bottom yet.

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I step out of the Midnight Club and into the city street and as the heat washes over me I hear a familiar voice.

"Hey, that's the guy!"

>>43147071

Dammit, we can't catch a break in this city, can we?

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The ones from Delores's apartment.

"You sure that's him?"

"Sure," the other agrees as he hauls out a gun the size of an armored truck.

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"Looks like it's our lucky night."

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>>43147148

Hit the deck and aim for the gun!

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>>43147148
Dodge roll away from them

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>>43147148
Make a run for it.

>>43147148

How do they know who we are? D:

>>43147701
Cameras probably.

>>43147701
They knew the girl came to our office.

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Fire explodes in my chest but I can't feel anything as the world launches itself away from me.

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"Bagged him!"

"Just hurry up."

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I thought it was summer, but it's too cold. Hurts to breathe. Footsteps crunch around me. Rough voices in the air.

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>>43147807
Not die!

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>>43147807

Tell Death no

>>43147823
fuck

>>43147823
>>43147835
>>43147182
Oh god, we're being fucked by low rolls

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>>43147807
I'll save us!

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>>43147807
Look back at all your past mistakes and wonder what went wrong.

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>>43147807
Kindly talk to a personification of death so he lets you live.

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A boot kicks my ribs and the world turns under me until I'm facing the sky and a metal hand hauls me off the street.

"This is what happens when you stick your nose in where it don't belong."

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>>43148330
"Give me a hand pal."
Then pull his arm off.

I mean, that has to work right.

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>>43148330
Try to throw a punch at his head

>>43148382
ok it's not gonna work

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>>43148330
Die.
Then this >>43148195

>>43148382
FUCK. That was such a good suggestion too.

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I tug on his metal arm but it's no use. Can't get a grip. Too weak.

"You're in rough shape, pal. You can barely lift your arms," he laughs as he hefts me into the air like a baby. "You oughta see a doctor."

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He throws me back onto the street, pinning me down under the weight of his metal.

"Any last requests?"

"Just one."

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"Stop talking."

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>>43149110
sweet chin music

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>>43149110
Quick draw and start firing!

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>>43149110
Run

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>>43149110
Draw your gun and shoot them.

>>43149110
>>43149127
SCM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvs2u87xQGI

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Before the other one can draw a bead I throw myself on my gun and open up on him, emptying all six rounds into his chest.

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He might be wired, but every one of them finds the meat and hits home and he goes down with a crash.

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I have to find Rose. I have to tell her what happened.

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Sirens in the distance. Getting louder. I need to get lost, but all I can do is dig my palms into the street and drag myself forward.

Rose.

Looks like it's time to become Ace Brickman: Wired Detective.

>>43149918

We never asked for this.

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Something's wrong. The police are here, but their sirens are still on the way. A car door opens, footsteps, a voice. Her voice.

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"Oh, Ace!"

Rose. I need to tell her what happened. I need to warn her.

"Oh, Ace! Is he alive?"

"For the moment."

Not Rose. Someone else.

>>43150532
You set me up!

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I'm flying through clouds of lights. Is this heaven? Am I dead? I never got the chance to warn Rose.

"Ace?"

Rose? Where am I?

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"Hurry, he's getting weaker!"

"I'm going as fast as I can. The neighborhood is swarming with cops. Looks like you hit the jackpot this time, Ace. Let's see if you can stick around long enough to see the payoff."

ITS ALWAYS THE DAME GUYS. you should know this from the actual DA set!

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Rose. You set me up.

"Ace?"

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"Ace?!"

>>43150692
Please don't let that be all to Ace. We need a sequel!

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I was going to do a little more, but this is probably a good place to park, and with only 29 image slots left I'm not going to risk it.

I had a lot of fun with this episode, and I can't wait for more of it!

>>43150871
Amazing work LQ. Can't wait for the next installment.

>>43150871
Thanks for running LQ.

>>43150871
Me neither. I'm emotionally invested now.

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There are a ton of Easter eggs in this episode, so let's just jump in with the most obvious one. As someone already mentioned, this game is based around the Detective's Office Creator set. I had been wanting this since it was first leaked, but I didn't think I'd be able to justify it until I got a nice bonus. I put it together the week before last - I had wanted to run this last week but I didn't have it built by game time.

I'm going to do a review of it on /toy/ sometime soon, but for now I'll just say that it's fantastic. The scenes in Ace's office and the safehouse were both shot inside this set. The walls are built to be more or less one removable section, which really helped with shooting inside, as I could just pop off the walls that I needed to shoot past.

>>43150871
Felt really awesome. Thanks LQ!

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The reason the last scene took so long to shoot was because I stopped to rebuild this taxi. It had been modded for the After the Brick game, so I had to more or less rebuild it from scratch based on a picture I had taken of it previously.

But then I ended up not shooting very much of it, so it may or may not have been worthwhile. IN ANY CASE...

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Also noted earlier, the city skyline has made another appearance. The sticky-tack wasn't cooperating last night and the posterboard kept falling down, so a few buildings got ripped. I should replace them some time, but I probably won't get around to it anytime soon.

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My favorite MOC prop of the night is definitely this fire extinguisher. I made it for a different game but I thought it fit perfectly in this setting.

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My second-favorite is the velvet rope outside of the Midnight Club. When I was putting the outside together, I went through three different concepts, none of which looked very good, before I remembered that I had this Technic hose that snugly fits inside a System piece.

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There's a little inside joke with Rose. For those not familiar with the Creator line, their minifigs all have the classic plain smiley face instead of the more detailed modern faces, hence why Rose has the face she does. In the Detective's Office set, she's referred to as "The Lady in Red".

>>43151460
Hah, I was wondering why she had the plain smiley face. I was beginning to think she was a trap.

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Before I had settled on the aesthetic, I was planning on making what would eventually become the Midnight Club as a modern-ish strip club with a pole. I put together a couple of concept models of stages before scrapping the whole idea and going with the Greek-themed pageantry look.

Now that that's out of the way, time to answer all those questions that I had to ignore earlier!

>>43138505
>I wonder what would of happened if you'd done a black and white filter for the whole thing, give it the authentic film noir feel.
I did some test shots in grayscale, but I didn't like it as much as in color, and I wanted Rose's outfit to stand out to keep her "the lady in red".

>>43138586
>Where'd you get that city backdrop? I could've sworn it was actual cutouts from the pictures.
It is a cutout. I printed a vector city backdrop on 11x17" paper, cut out the skyline with an X-Acto knife, and taped it to the black sheet of posterboard.

>>43139097
>For a minute I thought this would be linked to Red's story.
When I first came up with the idea for this game, I thought about setting it in Red's city and having a bunch of superhero stuff going on in the background and Ace "keeping it real" with street-level crime, but then I changed my mind.

>>43143147
>Have you considered making the LQ Archive into a book?
>>43143170
>This, at least a comic book in the style of After the Brick
I don't know... it seems like removing the players' posts would lose a lot of the fun, and reworking them in a format more suitable for print is a pretty daunting idea.

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Some other fun LQ-related things...

SantaPunichu is holding a Halloween contest to make a spooky Lego picture over on >>>/toy/ and I put together a horror movie trailer as my submission. Here's the poster-

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- and here's the trailer.

>>43152064
those artifacts, good lord

>>43152106
You're right, I'm ashamed

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Last week, a very talented artist on /tg/ drew a picture of Cassiopeia in a drawthread. I had to put it on the wiki as soon as I saw it.

Speaking of, I'd better put in my usual shill:

If you missed an episode or want to read it again, most previous episodes of Lego Quest are archived on suptg along with all the images:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=lego%20quest

The official Lego Quest Wiki has a bunch of great art that people have done of characters, and a bunch of other weird stuff:
http://legoquest.wikia.com/wiki/Lego_Quest_Wiki

And if you follow me on Twitter you'll get notified whenever a new episode starts or resumes:
@EndmanOfFuturon

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>>43152064
>Please consider using webm for those long animations.

I tried to make it a webm when I first made it, but I don't know what I'm doing and kept getting an error at the end of the process, so I just gave up and made a gif in GIMP.

>>43132777
That's called "fanning"

>>43150625
If he does not become RoboDick in the next episode, I will be disappoint.