((Oh yes, I forgot to mention! Sarah and Tyler are now single player playable characters. Sign up to play one. Zera will remain under democrabrain control.))
After a few minutes of discussion, the group decides that it's probably better to wait and get stronger, then set out back towards the city.
A few hours of tromping through mud, bitching, and tripping over rubble later:
"So now what, Miss Wonderful Leader?"
"I'm going to call that cop, and try and convince him to raid that factory, saying it's doing something corrupt or something. Or get us some weapons to raid it ourselves"
"..."
"...Weren't those two Guardsmen members of the police force? It seems to me they could have busted it ages ago if they could...and having any form of weapon is...highly illegal...I don't know if the cop will give you any..."
Of course you ignore them and call Jaques anyway. You decide not to suggest raiding the Factory, and instead ask him for some...guns. He laughs at you. Then pauses when you don't join in.
"Uh...doing that is...very illegal. For both parties. I owe you a favor, but I ain't going to go that far...shit, I could get executed for arming non-officer or non-military personnel, I could lose my job for just talking about it. So tell me you were joking...?"
"Huh? Oh of course I was. So how are you?"
After a five minute talk, you say goodbye and hang up.
That didn't work.
"Well now what? I could probably find a arms dealer in the slums, if your so set on getting some."
Well, it's five o' clock in the afternoon, leaving you plenty of time before curfew or having to go home to get some sleep.
What now?