[X] Chase after the Thief.
-[X] Be prepared to call the cops, too.
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No. This could not stand. You would not, you could not just sit by and let trash steal your ring, your one connection to your biological family. Rebecca was your true family and you had no interest in ever seeking out whoever abandoned or accidentally dropped you on the side of that road. But losing your one connection to them, it felt wrong.
You ran after the thief. Phone in hand in case you ran into trouble.
The thief led you and the family of four down a narrow alleyway, you ran carefully, narrowly avoiding dumpsters and potholes. You ran slower than you could have, you wanted that ring back desperate but the family was there as well and your top speed would probably raise questions that need not be asked. The family was a typical sort. Wife, husband, teenage son and daughter. They looked decently well off, the daughter had a large camera around her neck.
You ran for what seemed like minutes. Until you caught up with them. The thief was hunched over, clutching the stolen goods tightly to their chest. You pushed ahead of the family, you ran up to the thief and grabbed them by the shoulder, forcing them upwards.
"Give it back." You ordered as you turned them around.
The thief, a girl maybe a year older or younger than you, had a huge grin on her face.
Something was wrong, something was very wrong.
A figure dropped behind the family. It stood crouched on a dumpster, largely hidden in shadow. They turned on a flashlight, bathing the alley in harsh light. The figure was a boy, roughly as old as the thief, unlike her though his eyes were black and blood red.
It was weird seeing that on someone else's face. weird, and more than a little terrifying.
"Oh shit!" The father screamed. realizing they had been trapped by a ghoul.
The ghoul, like the thief looked homeless, most of their were clothes dirty and frayed. Their skin looked like they had gone for months without bathing.
"I must say, Jess this is a mighty fine haul you brought in." The ghoul said in a very excited manner. He looked hungry, starved even. You'd seen that kind of look before, in the mirror. When you were fifteen and mom was, for various reasons, unable to secure your normal food for the better part of six months. Nearly ate several of the neighbor kids towards the end. This boy looked desperate for a meal.
"There's enough jewels and cash here to set us up for a few months, Alex." The girl agreed, running towards his side. You looked at her, bottles of nasty perfume hid her scent. Her eyes were still a normal green. If she was a ghoul she was hiding it for no real reason. Which meant she was probably human. If she was working with the ghoul, why hadn't he eaten her? Curious, very curious.
The family was in a state of absolute panic, save for the daughter who watched the ghoul with fascination.
"Well, well I have to say this quite the haul." The ghoul said as he ran his hand through his long greasy brown hair. " So much food here I actually think it's a bit too much for me to handle. So I'll make you fine folk a deal. One of you gets to walk out of here alive. You have two minutes to decide among yourselves who that is."
You hold up your phone. "One button push and the cops will be here before you know it. Let us go and give me back my ring."
One starved ghoul versus the police? Even in Pittsburgh you were pretty sure that was losing scenario for a ghoul, probably.
The ghoul let out a hoarse laugh "Oh that's funny, you honestly think I won't-" He paused, then he began to sniff the air intently.
Dammit. You thought to yourself. This was not good at all.
"Well this is unexpected." The ghoul's tone was a lot more careful now. "I didn't realize Jess had stolen from a ghoul."
The family recoiled from you, the father and mother constantly switching attention from you back to the ghoul. Unsure of who they should be more afraid of.
This was highly problematic. First ghoul you would ever interact with. And he's robbing you and trying to eat a family of four.
"I'll make you a deal." Alex went on "I'll give you one of these people, two even. You can have the kids. But we'll keep the ring Jess took as a...what's the word I'm looking for, finder's fee. You walk out of here full and slightly poorer, I walk out of here full and a lot richer. That sound fair?"
You about gagged. The very idea repulsed you.
"That ring belongs to me." You didn't confirm or deny his claim. As tempting as it might have been to threaten to eat the thief, you didn't want to give this boy's claims any legitimacy, the family reporting you for being a ghoul could be just as dangerous as the ghoul in front of you.
Alex looked like he had no desire to back down. He didn't look tough, but he looked desperate. Was he desperate enough to risk his life though?
You could either fight your way out of this or talk your way out. Fighting would confirm your status as a ghoul beyond a shadow of a doubt, and you had never fought before. But this Alex was scrawny and it was very doubtable he had come into this expecting a fight. Talking might just allow you to walk out of here without any of humans actually believing you were a ghoul. Of course talking down a starving ghoul from eating was not exactly an easy prospect.
What do you do?
(Pick One main option.)
[]Fight
-[]Unleash your Kagune
-[]Fight with Caution
-[]Fight Aggressively
-[]Call The Cops
-[]Write in Tactics
[]Persuade
-[]Convince Alex to let you go with your ring
-[]Convince Alex to let the family go.
-[]Offer him some of your own food supply.
-[]Write in arguments or offers.
[]Intimidate
-[]Demand Alex give you back your ring
-[]Demand Alex let the family go.
-[]Threaten to eat Jess
-[]Threaten to eat Alex
-[] (Bluff) "This is my territory you're hunting in, leave before my enforcers come for your head."
-[]Write in
[]Write in
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