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[QuakeIV]

Teach them to make powerful explosives.

[Kadzar]

"Alright. Anyway, now you're going to help me rob a bank."

"What? Why?"

"Because we need money for the plan. Did you think I could just make hobo explosives from things off the street?"

"From the name, I kind of would expect so."

"Well I can't. Hobo explosives are very expensive. That's why we hobos are so poor."

"I'm almost absolutely certain that's not true."

"Regardless, the plan involves robbing a bank."

And so you rob a bank near the center of town. The plan goes reasonably well: the performers confuse the fuck out of everyone by performing a mime show dressed as cats. You put people at ease by appearing as the no-nonsense guard Johann Nussbaum. You ask the teller to fill a sack with cash, complies, and walk on out of there. Then another guard notices you.

You try get by him, saying you need this money to get your daughter back from a mob boss. He says he understands, these things happen, but he still has to take you in. You give him a swift kick to the balls and haul ass. Johann Nussbaum is now a wanted man.

Once you know you're alone you duck into an alley to change back into your hobo clothes, then you go find your compatriots. You tell them the job is done, and ask them if they have a place where you can crash for a while. They say they have a place above a theater on Cook Street, which is a bit north of the Leaky Pigeon. You spend the next month making powerful explosives and Molotov cocktails. There's no shortage of whiners complaining about potential fire hazards, but, luckily, you have no shortage of punches to the gut to give.

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

Hobo rags (worn)
Ratty top hat (worn)
Guard's rifle (slung on back)
Guard's uniform
Guard's hat
Several bottles of booze
Hobo Harpoon Gun
Zeppelin City Guard Code Book (in Guard's uniform jacket pocket)
Lots of cash
Lots of explosives
Lots of Molotov cocktails

Spoiler: Metaphysical Possessions (cannot be physically interacted with) (click to show/hide)

Knowledge of Hobo Jiu-Jitsu
The knowledge that you have done something terrible to a fellow human being

[Roboboy33]

Throw a molotov at the bar. Then run like fuck.

[micelus]

Buy out the whole block where the theatre is under the name of Arnold Smith. Make sure to make up that identity as well.

[Kadzar]

I'd like to make a request that from now on, suggestions should include some sort of reason for doing an action, especially if it's something dangerous or risky. And if it's part of the Master Plan to destroy the city, it would help if you included how it's involved. The Plan isn't set in stone, and it doesn't actually have to involve blowing up the city or even destroying it physically (though it does need to be catastrophically ruined in some sense); that's just what the performers think because no one gave me any reason why they would want to join up with us.

[Roboboy33]

Fine. Were burning the bar because it'll most likely start a riot.

[micelus]

Buy out the whole block where the theatre is under the name of Arnold Smith. Make sure to make up that identity as well.

We're doing this to get closer to the rulers of the city. By becoming rich, fame will follow. We can't risk our actual identity, so we make another one.

[Kadzar]

Over the next few months, you become a real estate mogul. You create the persona of Arnold Smith, a wealthy gentleman never seen without his beloved Scottish terrier. You buy up all the properties on Cook Street and use the profits from your exorbitant rental prices to buy up the nearby Baker Street, then use the combined profits from that and Cook Street to buy the nearby Butcher Street. Upon obtaining ownership of all three streets, you have finally qualified for the city's bizarre prerequisite for building a hotel, which you dub the Plaza del Arnold.

Your hotel soon becomes the toast of the town, and Arnold Smith becomes an instant celebrity. You're so beloved that, when a beauty contest is held in the Plaza del Arnold, you win second place, even though you never entered! All the big movers and shakers in town can be seen in your hotel on weeknights.

Suddenly, tragedy strikes Zeppelin City! One day a masked hooligan (you, as Sky Hobo) throws some Molotov cocktails into the Leaky Pigeon, setting it ablaze. Panic ensues and riots break out, enveloping the city. The aftermath of the riots and the fire is widespread property damage in the east side of town. Fortunately, Arnold Smith offers to cover the cost of the damages. The Zeppelin City Council is so grateful, they make you their treasurer.

Spoiler: Assets of Arnold Smith (click to show/hide)

Fancy Gentleman's Suit (worn)
Fancy Gentleman's Top Hat (worn)
Fancy Gentleman's Mustache (sported)
Fancy Gentleman's Cane (held)
Scotty dog
Cook Street, Baker Street, Butcher Street
Plaza del Arnold
Lots of money
Position of Treasurer on the Zeppelin City Council (held, metaphysically)

Spoiler: Private Johann Nussbaum's Assets (click to show/hide)

Guard's uniform
Guard's hat
Guard's rifle
Zeppelin City Guard Code Book (in Guard's uniform jacket pocket)
Wanted by the Law

Spoiler: Sky Hobo's Assets (click to show/hide)

Hobo rags
Ratty top hat
Hobo Harpoon Gun
Several bottles of booze
Lots of explosives
Lots of Molotov cocktails
Knowledge of Hobo Jiu-Jitsu
The knowledge that you have done something terrible to a fellow human being

[micelus]

Good...

As Hobo: Go to the poorest part of the city and lecture them on the evils of society. Do this for a few months. (To help create us some more SKY HOBOS)
As Arnold: Host a play about an evil ruler of a mystical city and his downfall by the people. Put in a lot of subtle propaganda. (To carefully point the opinions of the rich and powerful towards the way we want it to)
As Johann: Make an appearance at the richer part of town. Rush into a mansion and just do crazy stuff. (Just so that the media have something else to write about instead of snooping on Hobo or Arnold)

[Time Blossom]

I approve of those proposals. The only downside is that when Arnold gets elected Mayor/Emperor, he and Sky Hobo might disagree about that whole ruining the city thing. But that's not really a downside.

Also,

Upon obtaining ownership of all three streets, you have finally qualified for the city's bizarre prerequisite for building a hotel, which you dub the Plaza del Arnold.

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[Trapezohedron]

> Invest your funds in making a reputed fictional painter, hiring two people to do the fictional painter's art. This is so you can have some kind of fall back, in case your cash runs out.

> Throw a Molotov at the local library. Books are good for dulling the artistic mind, or so says your annoying inner voice. Plus, it means that less books = more success for the fictional painter.

> Teach your henchmen INCREDIBLY POWERFUL HOBO JIU-JITSU, so they can defend themselves should danger arise.

[Kadzar]

Over the next month you go about accomplishing tasks as your various personas.

As Sky Hobo, you seek out the poor and destitute and teach them to be sky hobos. Along with lecturing to them about the evils of the world, you also show them how to make their own hobo harpoon guns and set up a hobo dojo to teach them hobo jiu-jitsu.

As Arnold Smith, you produce a play that is a subtle yet biting satire about the city and it's rulers. You make reference to the city's ineffectual police force and point out how the Supreme Ruler's plans to scorch the earth may bite everyone in the ass in the long run. The first point is especially poignant given how many people have recently been sent to the hospital for harpoon stab wounds and blunt testicular trauma.

You invent a new persona, Javier Velez, an eccentric painter. As Arnold Smith, you generate hype about him among the rich and powerful, and eventually sponsor his debut. Oddly enough, Arnold can't actually make it to the debut, but Javier makes quite an impression on people. They are, in fact, most intrigued when he expresses his desire to burn down the library.

You consider bothering rich people as Johann to distract the media from the doings of your other personas, but you're not sure such an action really makes sense for that character, and you realize that you can just buy out all the media as Arnold Smith. You do so, and make sure that the papers downplay Sky Hobo's involvement in the increased menace of the homeless population and the seditious nature of Arnold's recent play.

Spoiler: Javier Velez (click to show/hide)

Pretentious Beret (worn)
Artists Attire (worn)
art supplies

Spoiler: Assets of Arnold Smith (click to show/hide)

Fancy Gentleman's Suit (worn)
Fancy Gentleman's Top Hat (worn)
Fancy Gentleman's Mustache (sported)
Fancy Gentleman's Cane (held)
Scotty dog
motorcar
Cook Street, Baker Street, Butcher Street
Plaza del Arnold
tons of money
Position of Treasurer on the Zeppelin City Council (held, metaphysically)

Spoiler: Private Johann Nussbaum's Assets (click to show/hide)

Guard's uniform(worn)
Guard's hat(worn)
Guard's rifle(slung on back)
Zeppelin City Guard Code Book (in Guard's uniform jacket pocket)
Wanted by the Law

Spoiler: Sky Hobo's Assets (click to show/hide)

Hobo rags (worn)
Ratty top hat (worn)
Hobo Harpoon Gun (wielded)
Several bottles of booze
Lots of explosives
Lots of Molotov cocktails
Knowledge of Hobo Jiu-Jitsu
The knowledge that you have done something terrible to a fellow human being

[Armok]

> Make a journalist persona, a plumber persona, an Zeppelin designer/sky architect persona, and a Zeppelin maintenance engineer persona.

[Trapezohedron]

> Make a journalist persona, a plumber persona, an Zeppelin designer/sky architect persona, and a Zeppelin maintenance engineer persona.

Don't forget the shady human rights activist persona, who likes to burn secular and seditious material, and uphold free will, of course.

[micelus]

You know what? Sooner or later all these different personas will drive SKY HOBO mad. Or get caught at the very least.