[HEADING=1]IN THE MOJAVE![/HEADING]
After taking a nice nap, I wake up in my room in the clock tower.
RaN: *yawn* "That was a nice nap."
I walk into the park and find the Auditor, hungover and lying back on the edge of a fountain.
Auditor: "Hey. Tox and Connor were here."
RaN: "You said 'were'? Why'd you let them go?"
Auditor: "It's not like they put up a fight. They stopped by looking for information and left."
RaN: "You know where they went?"
Auditor : "How the Hell should I know?"
I suddenly sense a massive break in the fourth wall.
martintox said:
"Hey, I don't write crap!" (Real Me)
"How the hell can you talk to us?" (Me/B)
"I don't know, tell that to real Connor!" (Real Me)
"Hey, what makes you think I know something?" (Real Connor)
RaN: "Oh, come on!"
I brace for the effects of the shattering fourth wall, but nothing happens.
RaN: "Well, that's different."
A shock wave knocks me off of my feet. Looking around, I notice a strange device has appeared on my left wrist.
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RaN: "What the fu-?"
[HEADING=1]ELSEWHERE![/HEADING]
Thread AI: Wait, he's not supposed to have that yet!
???: The rules of the thread stipulate that anything can happen in a fourth wall breach.
Thread AI: But it'll screw with the story!
???: It's your fault for letting it happen under your watch. Events cannot be changed without consent of the players.
Thread AI: Ugh... Fine, I'll let him have it. He won't know what the Hell it's for anyway.
[HEADING=1]BACK IN THE MOJAVE![/HEADING]
The Auditor pulls me back on my feet.
Auditor: "You all right, mate?"
RaN: "Yeah, I'm okay."
The Auditor gets his hand on the device.
Auditor: "What's this?"
RaN: "I dunno. It was there when I got knocked down."
Auditor: "Should we get it off?"
RaN: "No, no. I think I'll toy around with it a little. See what it does."
[HEADING=1]IN APPLELOOSA![/HEADING]
After a day's travel by train and ten hour's travel on foot, Ghost, Roach, and I approach the home of Krastos, the Glue Maker.
Ghost: "Doesn't look like there's much of a house left."
RaN: "Files said the place was already abandoned when Krastos moved in. After the last raid, it's unlikely we'll find him here."
Roach: "So why are we here?"
RaN: "Looking for information on any other hideouts he has. We may even get identification on some of the victims he could be stalking next."
I walk up to the front door, but immediately spy movement from a nearby window. I motion for Ghost to check the back entrance and for Roach to enter the basement.
I draw my handgun and kick down the door.