A piece of interactive fiction vs. role-playing game, where you get to suggest the next move and influence how the story progresses.
#17. In the rain
Wednesday, October 05, 2005 Leaving the store, you decide to get to the location on the map, to start trying to resolve this mystery. You walk out of the shopping centre, and walk to the main road to hail a cab. It's still raining, and bitterly cold, and as a cab pulls up to take you on to the address, you feel a hand on your shoulder."What the fuck are you doing?!"
You spin around, to be confronted with a man, not too dissimilar from you in age, but has obviously been out in the rain for some time.
"Eh?"
"I said, what the fuck are you doing? Why the hell are you taking the stuff from the bank?? Christ man, you're not getting nervous on me are?"
"I er..."
"Fuck, this whole thing needs to be smooth, I need to rely on you man, I can't have this going wrong... Why the hell are you messing with the plan? They've got the finger right? You've done that part right?"
"The finger, I er.. no, its.. I've got the finger"
"Oh WHAT THE FUCK!! Shit man.. its almost 10am, and you've not even sent the FUCKING RANSOM NOTE!? Give me that shit here", and he rummages in your pocket pulling out the finger.
"Shit, this fucking stinks.. man, I can't believe you. Look, give me the paperwork, I'll get it back to the bank, and I'll get the finger to our girl's daddy.. You just get your ass back on track, and wait for the phonecall, that's all you need to do.. And be careful yeah? They've already taken out Mickey C, but I need you to take that phonecall, you know i can't do it.. they know my voice, and where would that leave us? Huh?"
The guy punches you in the arm and smiles.
"Come on man, its all good.. this'll all be sorted by midnight, and next time, answer my call yeah?"
He takes the envelope and CD from you, and crosses the road, disappearing into the rain. You stand, dumbfounded, pondering your next move.
Chase after the guy and find out who he's sending the finger to
Chase after the guy and say you've not been feeling well, can you run through the plan again, don't let on that you know nothing but see what else you can find out - maybe find out where the girl is and maybe you can release her?
give hin a rim job
Take that phone call at midnight, when you should take the opportunity to double-cross him and offer to help the guy whose daughter has been kidnapped.
In the meantime, go and buy a newspaper and see if there's a story about a kidnapping. You need to find out who Greg really is.
listen to slim.