I am simply suspicious of one person who brought a gun and waves it around wildly, Liztress. If nothing else, it's a safety hazard.

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What ways would you suggest, Elirona?

But look... I don't want to be sleeping with the fishes. And if I oppose them too much, then poor Moo-tin will be an orphan.

*begrudgingly puts the gun away* If the mafia takes me out, I shall haunt you for all eternity.

*pulls out revolver*

I'll come clean. I'm carryin' a piece.

It would be foolish, I think, to walk around Crimson City with no way to defend ourselves.

I honestly don't know, wyrm. More covert operations, maybe. A mole?

He's just as likely to be orphaned if you don't oppose them! And don't you want to make the world a better place for him? Do you really think he should grow up in a city where peddlers of tainted confection lurk around every corner?

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We don't have time to get a mole in place-- they're picking us off one by one, and our doctor passed away, as well! We can only hope the doctor's passing is truly from natural causes. Or, given the evidence, some Faustian pact gone awry.

Originally Posted by Captain Howdy

*pulls out revolver*

I'll come clean. I'm carryin' a piece.

It would be foolish, I think, to walk around Crimson City with no way to defend ourselves.

*gasps* *whispers to Moo-tin* I... think we need to run away. Or invest in some heavier weapons.

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Originally Posted by Wyrmskyld

He's just as likely to be orphaned if you don't oppose them! And don't you want to make the world a better place for him? Do you really think he should grow up in a city where peddlers of tainted confection lurk around every corner?

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We don't have time to get a mole in place-- they're picking us off one by one, and our doctor passed away, as well! We can only hope the doctor's passing is truly from natural causes. Or, given the evidence, some Faustian pact gone awry.

I do. But how can I do so if I become a target of the mafia?

I'm just going to randomly throw this out there. Hummy is cute.

. . .perhaps too cute.

The kid of cute that gets away with murder perhaps?

... You might have a point, Nephila... *steeples fingers and eyes hummy thoughtfully*

I don't think hummy could hurt a fly!

That's what she'd want you to think, if she's evil!

Or is that what she wants us to think Eli?

There's no need for any of you to worry 'bout this thing goin' off.

I know how to handle a gun. My daddy was a police man.

'Was', bein' the operative word. He died trying to make Crimson City a better place.

In my darker moments, I ponder what was the use.

Hmm, that might be the case, Neph. What do you suppose we do about it?

Captain HOwdy is also armed *shutters*

I think there's a few of us playin' the innocent card.

Originally Posted by Captain Howdy

There's no need for any of you to worry 'bout this thing goin' off.

I know how to handle a gun. My daddy was a police man.

'Was', bein' the operative word. He died trying to make Crimson City a better place.

In my darker moments, I ponder what was the use.

I'm truly sorry to hear that, Howdy. I think 'the use' is that no good man should ever stand back when there's a chance to save innocents.

Originally Posted by hummy

Captain HOwdy is also armed *shutters*

I explained my reasons.

I have nothin' to hide.

Originally Posted by Captain Howdy

I think there's a few of us playin' the innocent card.

Well, you certainly don't expect anyone to come out and admit in the open that they're mafia, do you? Not when they don't completely control the city yet!

I'm not going to lie. I'm also carrying a gun, begrudgingly. I don't really like using weapons, but what Howdy said rings true. It's necessary.

It seems I am among the unarmed minority here. I have nothing but a deck of cards and a wand with which to defend myself.

Is the wand magical, Wyrm?

It can turn into a bouquet of flowers, Eli.

Originally Posted by Wyrmskyld

Well, you certainly don't expect anyone to come out and admit in the open that they're mafia, do you? Not when they don't completely control the city yet!

Oh, i'm not talkin' about bein' part of the mob.

I'm talkin' in general. None of us are innocent, by any stretch of the imagination.

Crimson City takes innocence and swallows it whole. To have survived here, there's gotta be a few skeletons in your closet.

Good and evil is a kids game. There is no black or white. Only shades of grey.

Oh, pretty! But I don't think flowers are a proper defense against any aggressors.

I am a public figure. The mafia wouldn't dare move against me because of the outrage it would cause in my constituency!