Chapter One: Friday Night Firefight
- Muskrat
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Re: Of Paths Chosen
"You know who else might be able to help us?" Pilgrim says, "Ghede and Kongo's brother, Tough Luck. He seems to have turned over a new leaf ever since I healed him. He tried to call me from prison and warn me that this attack was imminent. I'm sure he doesn't want to see any harm come to his brothers, but he might be able to tell us how they were given their powers and how we can remove them without killing the two of them."
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Re: Of Paths Chosen
Jack considers Pilgrim's suggestion for a moment before responding.
"It's a possibility. Do you think Tough Luck would be amenable to something that may put him at odds with his brothers, though? Blood is often thicker than water, even holy water."
"It's a possibility. Do you think Tough Luck would be amenable to something that may put him at odds with his brothers, though? Blood is often thicker than water, even holy water."
- Muskrat
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Re: Of Paths Chosen
Pilgrim thinks for a moment. "Well, he already did something at odds with his brothers by warning me they were going to attack this place. I can tell him that it will help his brothers if we strip them of their powers. They keep 'em, they're going to continue down the path to perdition. They lose 'em, they just might find redemption. It can't hurt to ask him."
- Trogdor
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Re: Of Paths Chosen
"Any information that he could give as to how his brothers were enchanted would be of use to me and Mr. Han," Tenebrous offers. "It will be more difficult if we have to guess."
- Muskrat
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Re: Of Paths Chosen
"All right," says Pilgrim. "Let me see if I can reach him." Pilgrim heads to some place where it's not too noisy and takes out his phone, giving the prison a call and asking for Tough Luck by his proper name.
If he reaches him, Pilgrim says, "Yo, Tough Luck, this is Pilgrim. Thanks for the warning, man. It came just in the nick of time to keep any civilians from getting hurt. I don't know how you feel about this, but your old homeys are now in police custody, including your brothers Ghede and Kongo. The good news is that they are all just arrested, not killed or badly injured. But the cops don't know what to do with your brothers, with all that mojo they got going on. I know it's a lot to ask, but I was wondering if you could help us with that, tell us how they got turned into monsters. You could be helping them as well if you tell us. If they stay monsters, they'll probably keep acting like it and head on down the path to perdition. If we can strip them of that evil magic, they might get a chance to turn around just like you and I have done and make a better life for themselves."
If he reaches him, Pilgrim says, "Yo, Tough Luck, this is Pilgrim. Thanks for the warning, man. It came just in the nick of time to keep any civilians from getting hurt. I don't know how you feel about this, but your old homeys are now in police custody, including your brothers Ghede and Kongo. The good news is that they are all just arrested, not killed or badly injured. But the cops don't know what to do with your brothers, with all that mojo they got going on. I know it's a lot to ask, but I was wondering if you could help us with that, tell us how they got turned into monsters. You could be helping them as well if you tell us. If they stay monsters, they'll probably keep acting like it and head on down the path to perdition. If we can strip them of that evil magic, they might get a chance to turn around just like you and I have done and make a better life for themselves."
- Eanwulf
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The End
As for the notion of contacting Esmeralda. The leader of La Mancha is going to be a hard one to find, though the gang's local hideout isn't. Still however, having just beaten up their top lieutenant (D.Q.) and several number of the crew "might" prove to be nettlesome if at least some time isn't given to let the Latino Vigilantes cool down.
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