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>Press H to pay respects.

>>2344851
H

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H

>>2344851
H

>>2344851
>H

>>2344851
H

>>2344851
>T

>>2344851
H

Despite the unexpected, grisly turn things took at the end of last night, you still had a wonderful time with your friends while it lasted. And while there are more than a few questions that need answering, theories that need investigation, and problems to deal with, you manage to get a good night's rest, and feel completely refreshed when you rise the next morning. You hit the showers to help yourself wake up, get dressed, brush your teeth, then head to the living room in order to see who's up and about.

Actually, most of the team is up and at it, with everyone but Robin and Starfire gathered in the living room and kitchen. Beast Boy and Cyborg are making eggs and bacon (one making theirs out of tofu), enough for everyone who wants them. Raven and Rose are sitting at one of the tables drinking some morning coffee and shooting the breeze, and Donna is fixing Silkie his breakfast.

"Good morning!" Cyborg greets as you enter. "You're just in time for breakfast!"

Beast Boy turns to you and grins. "I've made plenty of eggs and bacon! Help yourself!"

Cyborg gives him a stink eye. "Dude, come on, nobody wants that junk. Let him eat some real food."

The two of them start at each other, devolving into shouting and juvenile mockery toward one another after only a few seconds. How they manage not to drop or burn any of the food in the process is a mystery, but you suppose it can be explained away by assuming that they've had plenty of practice at this.

Donna, finishing with Silkie, smiles and wishes you a good morning before joining Raven and Rose at the table, a glass of orange juice in her hand.

>>A. Have some of the food Cyborg made

>>B. Have some of the food Beast Boy made

>>C. Have a bit of both

>>D. "Where's Robin and Starfire?"

>>E. "Good morning."

>F. Go sit at the kitchen counter

>G. Go join the girls at the table

>/>>H. Write-in

>>2344912
>B. Have some of the food Beast Boy made
>D. "Where's Robin and Starfire?"

>>2344912
>A
>F

>>2344912
>>C. Have a bit of both
>>E. "Good morning."
>G. Go join the girls at the table
>>D. "Where's Robin and Starfire?"
Hope I'm not abusing the combine vote option too much.

>>2344923
It's all good in this situation

>>2344912
this >>2344923

>>2344912
A. Have some of the food Cyborg made
E. "Good morning."

>>2344912
>>E.
>>C.
>>H. Grab some OJ
>>G.

>>2344912
>E
>C
>G

I want to tell Beastboy that he should stop trying to use tofu as a meat substitute. Tofu is great, you only devalue it if you make it try to be something its not.

>>2344923
Both Beast Boy and Cyborg can make some really good food, even if tofu isn't necessarily an "all the time" kind of thing. Partially because of this, and partially because you hope it will help reduce their fighting a little bit, you take some food from both of them, having enough for a pretty large breakfast. Once your plate is full, you walk over to join the girls at their table, taking a seat and digging in to the great food your friends made.

"Hello, Pete," Rose greets when you sit down.

"Hey," Raven greets before taking a sip of her coffee.

"Good morning," you greet pleasantly.

The four of you engage in some small-talk as Beast Boy and Cyborg serve everyone breakfast and ultimately join the group sitting at the table. As you talk with the bulk of your team (and Rose), the absence of two of your friends becomes more and more noticeable to you.

"Where's Robin and Starfire?" you ask after a while.

"Sleeping," Raven answers. "They were up all night."

"I found them out here when I woke up this morning," Donna tells you after swallowing a piece of bacon. "Robin was passed out at the computer, and Starfire was snoring on the couch. So I put the two of them to bed."

Robin working until he passes out, and Starfire staying by his side until she does the same makes sense to you, but you didn't know Robin could actually just shut down after a while. The guy's always working, always the first one up in the morning, usually the last to sleep. Maybe he was pushing himself more than he should have. And Starfire, she just seems determined to be by Robin's side while he tries to figure things out. From what the others tell you, she's the only one he lets stay with her when he's really deep in his research. It's kind of sweet.

"They might need their rest, but we still have work to do," Raven tells everyone, setting down her coffee mug. "I checked the main computer this morning. The police department confirmed that Sergeant HIVE is dead."

Most of the others seem disturbed, and even somehow a little sad about that. Donna seems to take it slightly better than most of them, and Rose seems relatively unphased, though she does get a slightly more serious expression when Raven gives the news.

"What happened to him?" Beast Boy asks.

"They haven't determined a cause of death yet," Raven answers. "At least, they hadn't when Robin talked to them. There were no wounds that look like they should have been fatal."

"Poison, then?" Rose asks.

"They're looking into it as a possibility," Raven tells her.

>>A. "Maybe we should try contacting them and find out if they've found anything."

>>B. "Maybe we need to wake Robin and Starfire. We can see if they learned anything last night."

>C. "So, we have nothing to go on as far as who did this?"

>D. "I say we wait to do anything until we know more."

>/>>E. Write-in

>>2345004
>C. "So, we have nothing to go on as far as who did this?"

>>2345004
>C.

>>2345004
>C. "So, we have nothing to go on as far as who did this?"
>>A. "Maybe we should try contacting them and find out if they've found anything."

>>2345018
Oh also add
>E. Any word from Jinx and Kid Flash?

>>2345004
>C

Sgt. died of cocaine overdose lol

>>2345036
Oh fuck. Is it time? Is HE here?

>>2344923
Supporting

>>2345036
>this is actually a viable theory
anon is the world's greatest detective

>>2345004
>C
>>A

>>2345057
>Increase influx of drug
>obvious executiin done by mafia or cartel goons
>dead without any trace of wounds


It might be.

>>2345073
I've been in pretty much every DC quest since back when /qst/ was /tg/ and let me tell you, this is the moment I'm always waiting for.

>>2345087
Once we discover its Snowflame, this game must go on pause as MoG runs a parallel game where we play Snowflame on his path from New Guardians to this quest. Anons all contribute in trying to capture his unique dialogue.

>>2345013
"So, we have nothing to go on as far as who did this?" you surmise.

"That's not quite true," Donna points out. "There was that message with his body. "Defiance is Death". Whoever did this obviously was trying to send a message to anyone that would stand against them. That narrows it down."

"Right, that would mean it had to be some kind of power player," Cyborg agrees. "And that's a much smaller number in Jump City than in a place like Gotham. Not too many gangsters, most of the "super villains" are more interested in theft than murder, and the ones that do kill are a lot fewer than the ones that don't."

"Robin mentioned gang activity increasing," Rose reminds everyone. "This might be one of the gangs showing everyone that they mean business. Killing a "super criminal" and hanging his body on display, that's got to be intimidating to most street thugs."

"Couldn't it be Blood?" Beast Boy asks.

"Maybe, but we don't have any way of knowing," Raven answers. "And even if we find out it's him, we don't know where he is or how to get to him yet."

"If you want my advice, start with the gangs," Rose suggests. "If they're picking up in activity, they're going to be something you need to deal with sooner or later, and it's a lot easier to put away a few super villains than a large, established criminal group. Besides, even if the gangs aren't behind it, someone involved might still know something."

"But we don't know where to start with the gangs, either," Cyborg points out.

>A. "We busted a drug dealer the other day. We could see if he knows anything."

>B. "Robin's been in contact with the police about these gangs for a little while now. He probably knows something."

>C. "The gangs aren't half the problem Blood is. We should focus on dealing with him."

>D. Don't comment

>/>>E. Write-in

>>2345093
I'm sure we can just crib from that Snowflame webcomic that used to be around. It was good as I recall.
>>2345100
>A.

>>2345100
>A.

>>2345100
>A. "We busted a drug dealer the other day. We could see if he knows anything.
By beating him up. Again.

>>2345100
>A. "We busted a drug dealer the other day. We could see if he knows anything."

>>2345100
>A. "We busted a drug dealer the other day. We could see if he knows anything."
Although I am more worried about Blood, we at least have somewhere to start with the gang activity.

>>2345107
Of course. I am a PRIEST.

>>2345100
>>A. "We busted a drug dealer the other day. We could see if he knows anything."

>>2345100
>A

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>>2345107
>>2345093
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>>2345057
The great prophet of the white, powdery god could very well walk among you

>>2345168
>JCPD briefs the Titans:
>"His name is Snowflame."
>"He does cocaine."
>"And I'm afraid that's all we know."

>>2345180
MoG. This must happen.

>>2345180
I for real want this to happen.

>>2345107
"We busted a drug dealer the other day," you remind Cyborg. "We can see if he knows anything."

"I'm not sure how helpful a random dealer will be," Raven points out. "Especially if his gang is run by someone who did that to Private HIVE."

"It doesn't matter if he's scared of his boss," Rose tells her, standing up. "We just have to make him even more scared of us."

Raven gives her a look of disapproval. "That's not how we do things, Rose."

The white-haired girl looks ready to challenge that, but calms herself and sits down as Cyborg stands up.

"He might not know a lot," the mechanical man admits. "But he might still be able to start us on the right track. I say we look into it."

"Alright!" Beast Boy shouts, standing up. "Time for a little good cop, bad cop. Oh! I call the good cop! Or the funny cop, or-"

"No," Raven tells him bluntly. "You're not going."

Beast Boy's shoulders slump and he gives Raven puppy dog eyes, then turns into an actual puppy and continues giving her the eyes. For a second, it looks like she might actually crack, but that doesn't last long. She remains adamant on this, and you have to admire her willpower. Beast Boy could probably sway plenty of people with this routine.

"We need someone who will get us actual results," Raven tells him. "And we can't bring everyone."

"I'd say no more than two," Donna suggests. "And maybe Beast Boy's good cop-bad cop routine will work."

Beast Boy turns back into a human. "See?! Donna gets it! Come oooon, I've watched a million crime shows, I can do this!"

>>A. "I say let Beast Boy go."

>>B. "I want to go."

>>C. "Cyborg should go."

>>D. "Donna should go."

>>E. "Raven should go."

>>F. "Rose should go."

Pick two. Write-ins elaborating on your reasons for your choices are allowed.

>>2345235
>B. "I want to go."
>F. "Rose should go."

>>2345235
>B.
>C.

Since we dealt with this guy before.

>>2345235
>>B. "I want to go."
>>F. "Rose should go."

The twist is that we want Rose to play the good cop while we play the bad cop.

>>2345252
This. Spoiler and all.

>>2345235
>B.
>F;
Sorry Gar, you're too nice a guy.


>>2345252
I would be down for that. If only for how freaked out the guy would be at her attempt at being nice to a criminal, and Pete's attempt at being intimidating.

>>2345235
>>B. "I want to go."
>>C. "Cyborg should go."
For buddy cop shenanigans.

>>2345265
Oh right, I forgot that we had the thing with Cy.

Switch
>>2345257
to
>B
>C
Can't cheat on Cy.

I'm kind of disappointed Starfire isn't an option here so we couldn't see how Star/Raven work out.

>>2345252
Hah, this. I like this.

>>2345294
You could wake her if you want

>>2345294
>Raven good cop
>Starfire bad cop

That would be even better than my idea.
>>2345252

>>2345302
Nah, let her sleep.

>>2345302
Nah, her and Robin worked hard last night. Maybe some other time.

>>2345306
Someone hasn't seen Starfire the Terrible.

>>2345272
>>2345265
>>2345247
Pete and Cyborg

>>2345243
>>2345252
>>2345256
Peter/Rose

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>>2345324
Well.

>>2345324
so revote or what? because I'm sticking to Peter/Rose

>>2345324
Did mine get counted? I'm all for good cop Rose. This'll be a hoot.

>>2345333
normally its just a coin flip.

>>2345335
Oh, no, sorry missed your vote.

Peter/Rose wins

Hmm. How are we going to find this guy without someone more familiar with the city?

>>2345347
He's being held by the police.

I didn't vote to take Rose, but now that we did, I'm looking forward to Robin's reaction.

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>>2345359
>Actual footage of Robin's reaction

>>2345359
oh, once we get back and he's up I'm expecting a lot of things to be said

>>2345359
To be fair, we successfully went out to the arcade with no tragedies. Robin will simply conclude we are the Rose Whisperer.

Do you think this gentleman we are going to visit will say something uncouth to our lady friend? Surely something as heinous as that will be beyond the pale even for a suspected gang member.

>>2345243
"I want to go," you tell the others.

Aside from Beast Boy, who's still all huffy that he's not allowed to go (you can't really blame him, poor guy hasn't got to do any hero work lately), none of the others visibly react to that in any sort of negative way.

"Alright," Raven agrees without argument.

"And I think Rose should go, too," you add.

Now, they look like they have problems with that. Well, aside from Rose, who smiles when you suggest her. She probably wouldn't be upset with that decision.

The others (particularly Raven and Cyborg) look a lot less comfortable with that. Beast Boy stops huffing long enough to look at you like you're out of your mind (you can practically hear him screaming "What?! I can't go, but she can?!"). Donna looks slightly unsure, but seems to largely shrug that off.

"I think that could work," she says, vouching for you and Rose.

"Really?" Raven asks with a raised brow.

Donna nods. "It'll be fine."

"I promise, I won't mess this up," Rose assures Raven. "You can trust me."

There's something strange about the look Raven gets on her face when Rose says that last part, but she buries it quickly, eyes moving to you as if silently asking if you're sure about this. You are, though you suppose if they say no, Cyborg would make a good partner for this. Or Starfire, if she was awake. The idea of her having to do an interrogation just seems funny.

Raven sighs. "Alright. If you two think you can handle it, I trust you."

"Good luck," Donna wishes, getting up and heading for the door. "I'm going to do some warm-up exercises, in case we have some fighting to do later."

"Not a bad idea," Cyborg comments. "Hopefully we'll have something to go on after this."

Everyone gets up and goes their separate ways (Cyborg's on dish duty, Beast Boy goes to play video-games, Rose mentions needing to get something out of the room she's been using). As you get ready to go get your suit on, however, Raven touches your shoulder.

"Be careful," she tells you. "I know that Rose will try her best, but you probably know by now that she's not the best when it comes to keeping a cool head. I agreed to let her go because you're going with her."

"Why?" you question.

"Well, first of all, the two of you seem to get along, so you might be able to help her stay calm," Raven answers. "And second, if she does lose her temper, you have a good set of powers to keep her from killing someone."

Well, when she puts it like that....

>>A. "I'll be careful."

>>B. "Did you mean what you said when you told Rose you trust her?"

>>C. "Have some faith in Rose."

>D. Go get dressed and ready to go

>E. Go talk to Rose before you get ready to go. Discuss the mission.

>/>>F. Write-in

>>2345433
>>A. "I'll be careful."
But
>>C. "Have some faith in Rose."
>D. Go get dressed and ready to go

>>2345433
>>A.
>>C.
>E.

>>2345433
>>>A. "I'll be careful."
>>>B. "Did you mean what you said when you told Rose you trust her?"
She really needs a win.

>>2345433
>>>A. "I'll be careful."

>>>C. "Have some faith in Rose."

>>2345445
Ah yeah actually, ACE sounds better than ACD.

Sleepy

>>2345441
Supporting this.

>>2345433
>>A. "I'll be careful."
>E. Go talk to Rose before you get ready to go. Discuss the mission.
I think if Raven didn't trust Rose she wouldn't be shy about saying it. And, I'm not sure how long our plan will stay intact, but I do want to check in with Rose about how she wants to handle this.

>>2345433
>C
>E

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>tfw no good cop Peter bad cop Silkie

>>2345501
Silkie is a loose canon. We can't afford his effective yet rule-breaking ways.

>>2345508
Goddammit! The city is in danger! Get me Officer Silkie and do it now!

>>2345515
You're a loose canon Silkowski! Give me your badge and gun!

>>2345445
>>2345452
"I'll be careful," you promise. "But, have some faith in Rose."

"I do have faith in Rose," she tells you, her voice firm but soft. "I know she'll try her best to keep her emotions in check. All I'm saying is that she has trouble with it, so be careful. And good luck."

She walks away, then, asking Cyborg if he wants to play a round of chess once he's done with the dishes. As the two of them talk, you leave the living room, deciding to pay Rose a visit before the two of you leave. Any concerns you might have, how you want to approach this interrogation, any words of encouragement you want to give, this would be a good time to voice them.

The halls are empty, though, after a while, you can hear some noise coming from the training room, apparently having started her exercise. No sign of Robin or Starfire, so you guess they're still sleeping.

Reaching the guest room, you knock on the door. After a few moments, it slides open, revealing Rose. She's dressed back up in her combat gear, complete with some weapons clearly visible. That bandanna is back on her head, hiding her hair, nose, and one of her eyes. She's no longer Rose sitting and enjoying breakfast with her friends; she's Ravager, ready to get a job done.

You aren't sure yet if that comforts or worries you.

"Pete?" she asks, seeming a little surprised to see you. "You aren't in your costume."

"I wanted to talk before we leave," you tell her.

She pauses before speaking. "Alright, come in."

Ravager steps back and gestures for you to enter the guest room, which honestly isn't much worse than yours. It's really just missing the radio you keep there. Maybe you should invest in more things for your room sometime. Oh well, something to think of later.

"So, what do you need to talk to me about?" Rose asks, crossing her arms under her chest.

>A. "The others are a little worried that you might lose your cool. You'll be alright though, right?"

>B. "I wanted to work out our strategy. I'll be good cop, you can be bad cop."

>C. "I wanted to work out our strategy. You be good cop, I'll be bad cop."

>D. "I was wondering if you have any strategies in mind for interrogating this guy."

>/>>E. Write-in

>>2345536
>>D. "I was wondering if you have any strategies in mind for interrogating this guy."

>>2345536
>D.

Lets see if she keeps her limitations in mind.

>>2345536
>>C. "I wanted to work out our strategy. You be good cop, I'll be bad cop."

>>2345536
>>C. "I wanted to work out our strategy. You be good cop, I'll be bad cop."

>>2345536
>>D. "I was wondering if you have any strategies in mind for interrogating this guy."

Discussion is best. Who knows, she may just vote to ditch the good cop bad cop all together.

>>2345536
>D. "I was wondering if you have any strategies in mind for interrogating this guy."

>>2345536
>C. "I wanted to work out our strategy. You be good cop, I'll be bad cop."

>>2345536
>D
>E. "I thought up about me being the bad cop and you being the badder cop."

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>>2345574

>>2345585
Semi-sarcastically of course. It would be fun though.

>>2345539
"I was wondering if you have any strategies in mind for interrogating this guy," you tell her.

"Really?" she asks, sounding genuinely surprised to hear that.

You guess the cold reception to her earlier suggestion would leave her feeling like nobody really wants to hear what she has to say. That, and the general lack of faith most of the others seem to have in her being a part of this must hurt. You can definitely see where the others are coming from with their fears, but at the same time, you were able to overcome problems similar to this. If you could do it, you have faith that Rose can do it, too.

"Well, I'm not sure the good-cop bad-cop routine is the best way to go," she admits. "I think there should be a progression to it. We'll start out calm, civil, even nice. But if he keeps refusing to cooperate, we need to be less so. Sometimes the best motivator for cooperation is fear. I've dealt with gangs and other groups whose members are terrified of their leaders. It might be like I said. We might have to make him more afraid of us than he is of them."

From a pragmatic standpoint, you can definitely see her point. But, you can also see why some of the others are not comfortable with this approach. In your current life, you have no real experience with this sort of thing. No doubt, when you were in HIVE, you were taught to use whatever means necessary in order to get information. You've made up your mind that you don't want to be the same person you were back then. But, if you're trying to do good, maybe the end justifies the means?

"What do you think we should do?" she asks, lowering her arms.

>A. "I think your way will work."

>B. "I say we should go with good-cop, bad-cop. You can be bad cop."

>C. "Good-cop, bad-cop, you can be good cop."

>D. "I say we treat them well. And, if they are too afraid of their boss to talk, we convince them that we can keep them safe."

>/>>E. Write-in

>>2345646
>E. "How can we make him more scared of us? Think he'd realize he'd be protected while in custody?"

>>2345646
>>C. "Good-cop, bad-cop, you can be good cop."

"He won't see it coming."

>>2345646
>B
>E. So you can be my Batman for this one.

>>2345646
>A.

Lets trust in Rose. If it goes too far we can flip back to good cop.

>>2345646
>E. I think it can work. As long as we don't actually harm him.
I'm thinking we should go for theatrics rather than physical "intimidation".

Think Batman. I mean can do stuff to freak the guy out. Like Batman, but using powers rather than gadgets.

>>2345646
>C. "Good-cop, bad-cop, you can be good cop."

>>2345654
>so you can be my batman
Is she gonna do the cancer voice?

>>2345646
>D. "I say we treat them well. And, if they are too afraid of their boss to talk, we convince them that we can keep them safe."
For a variety of reasons, I don't really want to go that far this time. The police aren't as comfortable with us or Rose as they would be with the more established Titans, we've never done this sort of thing before, this specific suspect may not actually have anything that incriminating to divulge, and we may be able to use Robin or Troia's connection with big time heroes to offer a way out of Jump City prison system if he is worried about retribution.

>>2345654
Supporting this.

>>2345653
>>2345664
Okay, unless I miscounted, I think C won

>>2345704
There's 2 C and 2 "be batman"

>>2345743
One of the Batman ones came after voting ended

>>2345743
>>2345746
I said the batman stuff more to see if we could make her chuckle. But being Rose she could take it seriously.

>>2345746
Oh, that makes sense

>>2345752
Eh. I'm okay with anything. C just sounds like it disregards what she just said.

>>2345653
"I think we should go good-cop, bad-cop. You can be the good cop," you tell her.

She places her hands on her hips. "I think you meant to say I can be bad cop."

You shake your head. "Nope."

Her hands drop. "You're serious?"

It's hard to tell whether to laugh at her reaction, or give her a hug due to how genuinely surprised she sounds that someone is trusting her to do something nice. This girl definitely did not have an easy upbringing. That's to be expected with a super villain for a father, but still.

Well, at least she's in good company. You've all got issues.

"Alright," Ravager says, her tone uncertain. "Then go get dressed so we can get going."

A plan agreed upon, you rush back to your room, switch into your costume, and rush out the door, only to nearly slam face-first into Rose, who sidesteps just in time to avoid a collision.

"Ready?" she asks. "We'll take my motorcycle."

Somehow you never knew she had one of those. But, she has to have some way to get around, seeing as how she can't fly. You let her lead the way down to the garage, where you get a first look at her bike. Its color scheme is very similar to her costume, and there's a skull with an eye-patch painted on the front. Not exactly a heroic-looking bike, but it's still pretty cool.

Rose struts right over to it and hops on, which is when you realize there's no sidecar. You should have figured that. After a moment, you walk over and climb onto the bike behind her.

"Hang on," she instructs.

The two of you shoot from the garage and toward jump city, speeding through the streets at a pace on par with the R-Cycle and T-Car. Man, does everybody get cool vehicles but you? Maybe you should save up and buy one.

It doesn't take long to reach Jump City's Maximum Security Detention Facility. As the motorcycle moves toward the entrance, armored guards armed with blasters move to intercept you. Rose slows down, and allows the officers to approach.

"State your names and purpose for being here," one demands.

"Ravager and Kid Crimson," Rose replies. "We were sent by the Teen Titans."

The two guards look at one-another. The one that spoke to you takes out some kind of pad and begins entering something while the other guard keeps his blaster pointed at the two of you.

"The boy's ID checks out," the guard with the pad announces after a minute. "But I'm getting some conflicting results for a "Ravager"."

"Let me see that," the other guard groans, lowering his blaster and walking over to the first.

"See?" asks the first. "Two Ravagers."

The second one smacks him upside the head. "The one that's a girl, moron."

>Continued

>Continued

"Oh, uh, right," the first guard says, clearing his throat. "Uh, you two are free to enter. But, what's your reason for being here?"

"Kid Crimson and Cyborg caught a drug dealer the other day," Rose explains. "We want to speak to him."

The second guard pulls out his walkie-talkie. "Tell the warden that we have two Titans here to see a prisoner."

You hear someone reply, and watch as the large metallic gate at the front of the facility begins to lift, exposing the only entrance that doesn't involve going over a fortified, well-guarded wall, or through the sewers.

"The warden will meet you at the entrance to the main facility," the guard informs you. "Go on in."

"Thanks," Rose tells him, speeding under the gate and into the walled prison complex.

She finds a place to park, and you let go of her as you climb off of her bike. The two of you start toward the facility's main entrance, where the doors open to reveal a tall, muscular man with dark skin and slightly graying hair.

"Hello," he greets in a booming voice that manages to be friendly as he addresses the two of you. "I'm George Roberts. I don't think I've met either of you before, but I've seen you on the news, Kid Crimson."

He shakes your hand, then looks over at Rose.

"What's your name, miss?" he asks her.

"Call me Ravager," she instructs, hesitating a moment before accepting his handshake.

"Ah, yes, I've heard of you," the man says after a moment. "Good to finally meet you both. Please, come inside."

He leads the two of you through the doors and into the main building. As you enter, you pass through the area where visitors wait to speak with a friend or loved one incarcerated in the facility, then are lead to the actual cells.

"So, what brings you two here?" the warden asks. "When the Titans come to visit, that usually means something bad's going on."

>A. "Cyborg and I caught a drug dealer a couple of days ago. We want to speak with him."

>B. "Cyborg and I brought in a guy selling drugs the other day. We want to find out what he knows about the larger gangs."

>C. Be quiet and let Rose do the talking

>/>>D. Write-in

>>2345823
>C.
>D. Only add details if she misses any part of B.

>>2345823
>B. "Cyborg and I brought in a guy selling drugs the other day. We want to find out what he knows about the larger gangs."

He could probably help with the investigation. He'll probably hear about us looking for the larger gangs anyway while we do the interrogation.

>>2345827
This,gotta get into character.

>>2345823
>C. Be quiet and let Rose do the talking
This was good, better than I expected.

>>2345823
This;>>2345827

>>2345823
>>B. "Cyborg and I brought in a guy selling drugs the other day. We want to find out what he knows about the larger gangs."

>>2345823
>C. Be quiet and let Rose do the talking
We'll let Rose talk while we practice looking agitated and pissed off.

So quick question did Kid ever knew that there was another Ravager before? I mean sure he knows about Slade but what about Rose's half-brother?

>>2345852
Off the top of my head, the other Ravager hasn't come up in this quest before.

>>2345852
There being a second Ravager would be news to Peter

>>2345827
You want to let Rose get into her good cop role, and take some time to get yourself into the mindset for your bad cop role. So, while you walk through the prison, lead by warden Roberts, you keep quiet and let Rose do the talking.

"Kid Crimson and Cyborg apprehended a drug dealer the other day," Rose explains to him. "We think he might be able to give us information on some of the larger gangs."

"I can't tell you what a relief it is to hear that the Titans are going to do something about these thugs spreading through the city," the warden tells the two of you. "Street crime's always a problem, but we've managed to keep any large groups from getting a foothold in Jump City in the past. Without your help, I think that might change."

"Is it really that bad?" Rose asks. "What's been happening?"

"A massive increase in drug and weapons trade," the warden tells her. "Armed robberies, protection rackets, quite a few instances of violence between gangs, some of which saw civilians caught in the crossfire."

"Do you know anything about these gangs?" Rose asks him.

"Not as much as I'd like," he admits as the three of you begin to ascend a staircase. "But from what I hear, there's two main groups that have been on the rise. The Burning Blizzard, and the Blockbusters. Burning Blizzard's run by someone going by Snowflame. He does cocaine, and that's really all we know."

Sounds like the guy this dealer would be working for.

"The Blockbusters are run by someone named Roland," the warden continues. "All I know about him is that he's pretty cutthroat."

>A. "Anything else you can tell us?"

>B. "Any other gangs we should know about?"

>C. Keep quiet and let Rose continue with the talking

>>D. Look around at prisoners as you travel

>/>>E. Write-in

>>2345920
>C
>D

Should we do the cancer throat thinging?

>>2345920
>>C. Keep quiet and let Rose continue with the talking
>>D. Look around at prisoners as you travel

>>2345920
>Burning Blizzard's run by someone going by Snowflame. He does cocaine, and that's really all we know."
IT BEGINS

>C. Keep quiet and let Rose continue with the talking
>>D. Look around at prisoners as you travel
Rose is doing well getting info, let's take a look around.

>>2345920
>C. Keep quiet and let Rose continue with the talking
>>D. Look around at prisoners as you travel

>>2345920
>C.
>>D.

TELL ME ABOUT SNOWFLAME! WHY DOES HE DO THE COCAINE!?

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>>2345920
>C. Keep quiet and let Rose continue with the talking
>>D. Look around at prisoners as you travel
Remember, do the Clint squint.

>he does cocaine
Heh

>>2345941
Goddamnit

>>2345941
It elevates him to a higher state of being, infuses every molecule of his body with a white-hot flame that cannot be snuffed out. It turns him into something beyond any man on this Earth, it turns him into a living god!

>>2345924
>>2345926
Rose seems to be doing just fine asking questions to the warden. You decide to let her keep at it, and continue to remain silent, taking a look around at some of the prisoners you pass.

There are people of all kinds around here. Most of them seem to be fairly "normal" human criminals, though you do pass the occasional freak, like some guy in a black suit that kind of looks like a giant light-bulb rocking back and forth in a corner, begging for the "scary girl" to go away. For some reason, a crow-bar is chained to the wall of one of the cells, and another cell contains only some wooden puppet that sits on the floor and stares blankly in your direction.

Weird.

Finally, you reach the man you're looking for. He sits in his cell, looking up as the two of you appear with the warden. He gives Rose a look of uncertainty, but when he sees you, you briefly register fear, then burning anger.

"Now, we usually give the Titans a good amount of freedom in these interrogations," the warden tells you. "But if anything gets out of hand, our security forces will be deployed."

"Got it," Rose tells him, suddenly sounding a little tense.

Taking a deep breath as the warden opens the cell door, she steps inside and gets ready to begin.

>To be continued

And that's where we'll stop for tonight, folks.

I hope everyone had a good time

My twitter is @INSTIGATORQST if you want to keep up with schedule changes

Feedback and discussion are always welcomed and encouraged

And finally, thank you all for playing!

>>2345981
Until next time, MoG, thanks for running

>>2345981
Thanks for running! Planning on running tomorrow?

>He gives Rose a look of uncertainty, but when he sees you, you briefly register fear, then burning anger.
>when he sees you, you briefly register fear, then burning anger

Boy am i glad we decided to go bad cop on this one.

>>2345996
I hope to

>>2345988
>>2345996
Thank you for playing

>>2345998
Yeah, he's not a fan of yours

Why did we vote for Peter to tell Raven to have some faith in Rose if we don't have enough faith in Rose to tell her about Slade working with the Titans?

>>2346090
Oh, that's a good question!

>>2346090
More like Robin doesn't have faith in her and asked us to not tell her. And with him being the leader we decided to follow his words.

>>2346101
Agreed. Its not our place to make that call. Its Robin's, and we'll respect his decisions. At least, unless we suddenly have a compelling reason otherwise.

You can't use "Robin said" as an excuse when we never listen to Robin any other time. You either trust Rose or you don't. Robin wouldn't have trusted Rose to come interrogate this guy but that didn't stop Peter. Robin didn't even fully trust Rose to go to the arcade. When Robin trusted Beast Boy to be OK by himself and we didn't, why didn't Pete listen to Robin that time?

>>2346094
I get the feeling this going to bite us in the ass now.

>>2346090
To be fair, we didn't know her well enough. I figure we could talk to Robin though, if things go well in this mission specially.
It's better if she knows through us after all.

>>2346112
>why didn't Peter trust him them
Wanting to be sure someone is safe is different from spreading stuff all willy nilly.
It's not like we voted not to tell her because we didn't trust her, but because Pete didn't - know - if he - should - tell her, so we asked Robin.

>>2346116
I mean, Pete refused Slade once at least. If this mission goes well, we can probably get Robin to acquiesce to us telling her.

If you have to ask Robin if it's OK to tell her then you don't have faith in Rose. That's fine, it might even be the right call, I just hope we stop telling the other Titans to do what we won't.

>>2346143
>you have to ask
Jesus christ dude. I'm telling you that we should try to make him trust her to the point he won't object. Do you know what acquiesce means?

Are you slow or some shit?

>>2346151
Please don't insult me. All I wanted to say is that if Peter believed in Rose he would tell her about Slade whether or not the other Titans agreed with him. I'm not arguing for or against dropping the Slade bomb, btw, just requesting that we don't have Peter tell the other Titans to trust Rose when he doesn't.

>>2346192
Alright, I can see why you'd defend that we be coherent.

>>2346200
Thank you for your understanding.

>>2346203
I get what you're saying, but I disagree.

>You can't use "Robin said" as an excuse when we never listen to Robin any other time.

As a player this is a bit frustrating because I vote in favor of Pete listening to Robin most the time. Even still, I believe your analysis is incorrect: Peter asked Robin how he wanted to handle it, and the act of asking alone means that Peter cares about Robin's opinion, and has enough reason to listen to Robin. Peter has gotten a better idea of Rose's character since then and so while he might now believe Rose can handle it, he would still be breaking a promise to a friend. The correct remedy would be to approach Robin and vouch for Rose, and have Robin tell her, privately, or perhaps with Peter present.

I can imagine scenarios in which Peter might believe breaking his promise to Robin and telling her is necessary, but we're not in that sort of scenario yet.

>>2346253
As a player, I'm cool with listening to Robin, I think he gives good advice. I just personally felt that "Peter really does trust Rose but Robin said..." is a flimsy excuse, and I will be very frightened for Pete if it ends up coming up in the quest and people vote to try it on Rose. However, after thinking about it further, I do agree that it is possible that given what happened last night there is a very good chance that Peter has changed his mind extremely recently on Rose and there clearly hasn't been a good time to bring it up yet today. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see what happens.

>>2346301
>1/2
Agreed. I look forward to seeing what happens, but I want to defuse this particular bomb because I've seen it go off hundreds of times before in other media.

But first, regarding Robin:

I don't see Peter as being a defiant person. He's only gone against Robin's orders once, talking to Slade after having been warned about inviting Linus into Titans Tower. Even then (and in the Linus incident), Peter wasn't motivated by rebellion, he was motivated by curiosity, and the belief that he could handle the situation if things went south.

When Robin punished us for two weeks, he cut it down to one week after Peter's response, which demonstrated his disobedience was neither reckless or malicious. Peter was able to gather new intelligence (things Slade knew but that Robin did not know he knew), gave away no critical information, denied Slade a back channel (making him go through Robin), and had a get away plan.

Peter sometimes questions decisions, but never with the intent to undermine authority. On several occasions he's avoided options that would have had him do so. As far as I can remember, Peter's points are either valid and addressed, or the answer he gets satisfies him. I don't recall Peter ever getting an unreasonable order.

So 'Robin said' is not a flimsy excuse in my mind. Peter respects him as a leader and a friend. Even when Peter trusts his own judgment its because he thinks its the right thing to do.

Which brings us to Rose:

>>2346301
>>2346331
>2/2
Peter trusts Rose more than the other Titans do, rightly or wrongly (so far, so good), and Rose appreciates it, but its not like Peter 'trusts' her to never fail. That'd be holding her to an unrealistic and unfair standard. She is going to slip up, get angry, maybe act rashly, and both Peter and Rose know it. What Peter is trying to do is act as safety net, to catch her when she slips up and give her the confidence to keep pushing herself forward. For now, the limits of Peter's trust are a function of what he's observed of her character, and his estimation of his power to absorb her missteps.

Telling Rose about Slade, presents a difficult calculation: Peter doesn't know enough about how Rose feels about Slade, about how big her response to the information would be, how much damage her losing her cool would cause, and how much of that damage he could personally prevent or clean up. With that many unknowns, does Peter trust her enough? I feel like doing so would leave the realm of trust and into the realm of faith, so I think the answer is 'probably not'.

But I don't feel comfortable keeping secrets to protect people from themselves. It feels wrong, even if I have to acknowledge that I might not be able to handle the consequences of doing so.

What to do then? Firstly, I still advocate against outright telling her because Robin put his trust in us, and I don't want to betray that trust. Instead, I advocate, after finishing our current mission, talking to him in private, and telling him that 1. We don't feel comfortable keeping it a secret from Rose. We've put our trust in her and she's returned that trust by opening up. We endanger that trust by keeping secrets and we don't want to do that. 2. Confess that we simply don't know enough to say she can handle it or not, and so we can not vouch for her, 3. Tell Robin he (we) should tell her anyway.

Its the right thing to do. Yes, there is a risk that she loses control, but what we can do as a team and as her friends is to be the safety net. Peter alone might not be able to catch her from a fall of that height, but all the Titans together can. If Robin, the Titans, and even Peter can't trust Rose enough to handle it, then they can put the remaining trust they need in themselves and each other to be able to get through it.

>>2346331
I would like to apologize to you and everyone else that responded to me because I think I got caught up in getting (You)s and did a poor job of expressing the only thing I originally wanted to say. I just believe that if Rose suddenly knew everything that Peter knows, she would not feel like he has trusted her. That's why I didn't like that Peter told Raven to have faith in Rose.

>>2346397
No worries. And I agree with the first part of your sentiment. I don't think Peter was wrong to tell Raven to have faith in Rose, but I understand your perspective. It could come off as hypocritical, but I think there's enough context that its okay. Regardless, as I mentioned above, I'd like to resolve that issue, because I am uncomfortable with keeping those kinds of secrets from people.

So, are we telling her that her dad came to the Titans offering to "help" against our "dad"?

>>2346652
We have not resolved that one way or the other.

If I had my way, after we interrogate this guy, we talk to Robin about feeling uncomfortable keeping secrets and try to persuade him to tell her.

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>>2344844
Trying to draw what i imagine thecostume looks like, it's probably very off, but there was an attempt. Yeah, he's just an athletic kid, not a muscle mountain, just imagine it's Pete drawing how he wants to be in 10 years or something

>>2347041
That's Kid when he becomes KING Crimson. But it seem a pretty descent draw.

>>2347041
Nice, anon. Very nice

>>2346652
Why after reading this i'm now thinking that Slade is doing all of this just to make us get along with his daughter?

>>2347063
I wouldn't put it past him. No, not worrying about his daughter, I meant emotionally manipulating two teenagers for personal profit.

>>2347091
>>2347063
Whaaaat? Why would Slade bother with something like that?

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>>2347230

>>2347250
I can say with all honesty that Slade is not attempting a eugenics program with you and Rose.

>>2347230
Ignoring the naruto meme: he might have a convoluted reason.
Like...
>Blood has this powered kid who rebelled
>He's got some mental/emotional issues, and amnesia, but seems empathetic
>My daughter has issues
>Put them together, try to kindle a friendship
>Use "to fighting Blood" as an excuse to have the titans slightly lower their guards
>Use my daughter's anger/other towards me to lure her into something
>Use HER to lure Pete into working for my own purposes
>Use Pete to outkeikaku Blood and screw the Titan's team balance

>>2347268
That seems slightly more realistic

>>2347273
The eugenics image was a joke. That one is clearly Killer Moth's plan.

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>>2347260
>tfw no eugenics program

>>2347338
Don't worry anon, Talia al Ghul probably has a sister willing to steal Pete's gene seed.

>>2347344
I would hope Peter has better sense than that

I have an idea about how to play badcop. The fact of the matter is that we are not going to be more intimidating than Blockbuster or Snowflame. We lack their physical presence, and we're heroes. We're not going to be able to match them in violence or brutality.

So let's not. Instead let's turn their fear of their boss against itself. They won't snitch because of what their boss will do to them? Convince them that their boss will think they've snitched no matter what they do. How? Threaten to have the cops let him go.

He's a low level dealer. What kind of deal would a guy like him need to cut to go free? Snitching... And agreeing to act as a spy.

So he's a snitch in the eyes of his boss either way. He might as well spill what he knows so he can get the protection of the police for himself and anyone else he might care about that Rose is offering him.

>>2347396
I wonder if contempt has an associated power.

>>2347396
We could just say we will mindfuck him if he doesn't tell us about his boss. I mean he already got a taste of what we can do just make him choose if he wants to keep living as a vegetable or as a normal person. Then we hold him in place and slowly approach our hand to his head and make a soft push so he thinks we are about to enter his mind and make him so afraid of being mind fucked that he will spill the beans

>>2347420
Teleport behind him and whisper in his ear
"Nothing personnel kid"

If he takes the right approach, Pete does have a power set that could be pretty spooky to a low-level thug. He could also "let it slip" that he doesn't have full control of his powers, but its OK because the last time he lost his temper he managed not to kill the guy.

>>2347420
All he has to do is freeze in panic and that plan fails.

>>2347433
Could even make use the Martian Manhunter telephary as a example but that we aren't so good with it and ubfirtunantly that may leave the thug in a vegetable state if the mind probe doesn't kill him.

>>2347433
Pete has the ultimate version of Batman's old "pretend you'll throw them from a building" technique.

Teleport + flight is nasty if you wanna be scary.

>>2347449
Can't we just levitate him?

>>2347469
It's scarier if he's sitting comfortably inside a prison and then he's suddenly teleported over the crocodile pit of the local zoo.

I do hope things don't get too rough though.

Something like what >>2347396 said crossed my mind too. If this guy doesn't cooperate we can play up that we don't need him, because we'll let all the cops (especially the ones on the take) know he was very helpful, and the guys that come to silence him will probably know more than some disposable dealer anyway.

I also wonder if Peter should use his psychic hold on the dealer while he is talking, and let it go while Rose is talking. Play up the fear/relief contrast that is the whole basis of good/bad cap with something that will feel really weird but not necessarily damage the suspect.

I'm a little disappointed that the 'turn his fear of his boss against him' idea only got a lukewarm response. I guess anons really want to spook him with our powers.

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Hello, good people of /qst/. This quest is, as is probably obvious from the OP pic, based on the Teen Titans animated series. You'll be taking the part of a young man and potential Titan, guiding him through his trials and tribulations.

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>>2347495
I like the idea, we could open with that. Though I think we should be open to a mixed approach.

>>2347513
First we'll need to see how Rose does.

The warden walks away, leaving you alone with the prisoner. You didn't take much time to get a good look at him when you and Cyborg took him in, but now that you're stuck in a room together, you get a better picture.

He's young, probably in his mid-twenties, with light skin, messy black hair, and brown eyes that are currently looking at you with unconcealed fury. He's not cuffed, though considering he's now in a prison uniform, you're confident they took everything that could have been a threat away from him.

He remains seated on what passes for a bed in this place, not saying a word to either you or Rose as the two of you walk further into his cell. As per the plan you made with Rose, you'll be taking the bad cop role, and so hang back while she approaches the man.

"Name?" Rose demands.

"Huh?" the guy asks, looking up at her.

"I said..." Rose starts, already beginning to sound aggravated. She seems to realize this and catches herself, though. "I asked you what your name is."

"You can ask the warden," the man tells her. "I don't have to answer anything you ask. And considering the kinds of people you hang out with, I'm not feeling like doing you a favor."

Well, this is off to a promising start. You can see Rose tense up as she fights to restrain herself from throttling the guy already. She manages to keep her cool, clears her throat, and decides to ask him another question.

"Sir," she says, managing to hide how much she must hate calling him that. "We just have a few questions for you, then we'll be on our way."

"Well, I don't have any answers for you!" the man shouts at her. "So you two trick-or-treaters can get the Hell out of here right now."

Rose's hands close into fists.

>>A. "Easy, Rose..."

>>B. "Buddy, you can either tell her, or I can make you tell me."

>C. Use your powers to hold him in place

>D. Use your powers to punch him

>E. Use your powers to throw him against the wall

>F. Keep out of this for now, let Rose keep trying

>/>>G. Write-in

>>2347542
>>C. Use your powers to hold him in place
Bad cop time

>>2347542
>B
>C

>>2347542
>>>B. "Buddy, you can either tell her, or I can make you tell me."
>>C. Use your powers to hold him in place

>>2347542
>B. "Buddy, you can either tell her, or I can make you tell me."
>C
Like the constrictor snake.
Or Darth Vader.

I'm thinking we're doing it harsh enough for it for him to 'feel' it eh?

>>2347542
>B.
>C.

>>2347553
I don't think Peter can pull a Darth Vader. Although a force choke is basicaly pushing someones throat until they can't breath.

>>2347542
>>B. "Buddy, you can either tell her, or I can make you tell me."
>C. Use your powers to hold him in place
Poor little dealer, he ended up getting bad cop bad cop.

>>2347566
I mean, he constricted Katarou's entire body enough that he risked killing the guy, no?
It's just constricting the throat a bit

>>2347572
That's further than I'm comfortable going.

>>2347574
I'm not suggesting we actually choke him, that was just to make a point. But you can constrict them until it's quite uncomfortable, and threatening.

>>2347572
Just because we can do it doesn't mean we should. After all chocking someone isn't heroic. Also it migth require a more refined control then we are used to because we could simply crush the person throat or break the person neck doing it.

>>2347579
>>2347576
Phone?

>>2347580
Phone.

>>2347548
It seems like you should start playing bad cop before Rose decides she wants to take on both roles.

Reaching out toward the man and channeling righteous fury (this man knows information that could keep people from getting hurt, and is refusing to cooperate), you focus on keeping him completely immobilized. Aside from what's needed for him to speak, you don't want any other part of him moving. After a moment, a faint, red light appears around the man's body.

"Listen, buddy," you say as you begin approaching he and Rose. "You can either answer her, or I can make you answer me."

"What are you doing?!" the man demands, the sound of struggle in his voice.

He's trying to fight you, and he's losing.

"Why can't I move?!"

>>A. "We're the ones asking questions here."

>>B. "I'm restraining you with my psychic abilities. Now, cooperate, or I'll make it so that you can't move even when we're gone."

>>C. "Oh, you can move. When I say so, anyway."

>D. Use your powers to strike him

>E. Use your powers to lift him into the air and keep him restrained

>F. Fling him against the wall

>/>>G. Write-in

>>2347594
>>E. Use your powers to lift him into the air and keep him restrained
>>C. "Oh, you can move. When I say so, anyway."

>>2347594
>>C. "Oh, you can move. When I say so, anyway."
>E. Use your powers to lift him into the air and keep him restrained
See? Moving. Now let's see if she can continue from where she was interrupted.

>>2347594
>>>C. "Oh, you can move. When I say so, anyway."

>>2347594
>>C. "Oh, you can move. When I say so, anyway."
Don't want to lift him yet, the hold is enough to freak him out right now, and we have another spooky but harmless way to escalate things in store for later.

>>2347594
>C
>E

Abd now we wait for Rose to meddle and show the guy that she is the only thing stopping us from going full punisher/batman on his ass.

>>2347594
Changing to:
>C

>>2347608
We have constriction, teleportation, levitation and what again? I think that's it. We can always punch an inanimate object to make a point I suppose, but I'm not sure about that one.

>>2347594
>C.
>G. Release him.

>>2347618
No I meant, if we don't levitate him now, we can save it for later. I wanted to see how he deals with just being held for now.

>>2347628
Fair enough.
But the question remains, is that really all we have in our arsenal? I forgot we haven't really learned anything new (fury improvement aside) in a while.

>>2347637
When Blood went and took over our mind we kinda started to hold on exploring our powers. Also i say we just need to refine our punching and levitate to give ourselfs more powers.

Although i would love to have a mind probe ability.

>>2347637
Well there's barriers, but I can't think of how we'd use them in our current situation. Maybe if Rose had been the bad cop we could have staged her attacking him and saving him with one.

>>2347650
I can think of something to do with the barrier but that would require more finesse then we have. Basicaly shrink the barrier until he's almost physically crushed by it.

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>>2347658
>>2347650
It's not like the guy knows Rose doesn't have barriers.

We could always "attack him" but get blocked off by our own barrier, and pretend she did it.

>>2347661
Now that's thinking with barriers.

>>2347637
I don't think we need to worry. This is more about psychology than our powerset.

>>2347603
>>2347608
"Oh, you can move," you assure him. "When I say so, anyway."

"Super powered freak..." the man growls.

"I doubt you want him to show you what else he can do," Rose tells the man, her voice holding more than a bit of threat. "It'll be much easier for you if you just tell us what we want to know."

The man doesn't say a word for a short time, but as you prepare to give him another taste of what you can do, he seems to find his voice again, and speaks to Rose.

"My name's Joe," he hisses out. "What do you want?"

"Let's start with who you work with," Rose tells him, her tone sounding less threatening now that the man's beginning to cooperate (albeit begrudgingly). "Based on what you were trying to sell, I'm going to go ahead and guess you're with Burning Blizzard."

"So what if I am?" the man demands.

"Then we want to know where to find your leader," Rose tells him. "I think his name was Snowflame..."

The man laughs with contempt, his body trembling a bit despite your psychic restraint on him. You're starting to get irritated with him again, and judging by the fact that Rose is starting to make fists again, she's not far behind.

"You really think I have any idea where Snowflame is?" he asks like she's an idiot. "I've never even met the guy!"

"Well then, who do you answer to?" Rose asks. "One of his lieutenants?"

"Wow, give this girl a medal," the man snorts. "She's a freaking genius. No, I don't work for one of his lieutenants, I work for one of his lieutenant's lieutenants. I'm real low on the food chain out there, so if you think you're going to get anything good out of me, you're wastin' your time."

"You can tell us where to find the person you work for," Rose tells him. "We'll work our way up from there."

"You're nuts," the man tells her. "I'm no snitch. But even if I did tell you, you wouldn't have a prayer going up against Burning Blizzard. They'd tear you to shreds, little girl. Same goes for you, psychic squirt. You'd better get a clue soon, because Snowflame's gonna be running this city before long!"

>>A. "Some gangsters are nothing the Teen Titans can't handle."

>>B. "I don't know, I've heard the same thing about the Blockbusters."

>>C. "Answer the lady's question."

>D. Levitate him

>E. Fling him against the wall

>/>>F. Write-in

>>2347674
>D. Levitate him
>F. Bring his still constricted body closer?
>>C. "Answer the lady's question."
Okay, if that doesn't work we can try the whole ''we'll make it seem like you're a snitch and then just chase whoever comes to off you'' thing.

>>2347674
>>B. "I don't know, I've heard the same thing about the Blockbusters."

>>2347682
This.

>>2347674
>F. Let Rose keep trying.

>>2347674
>>B. "I don't know, I've heard the same thing about the Blockbusters."
>>F. "If all of Snowflame's thugs are as useless as you, I'd say you guys don't have much of a chance."

>>2347682
this

>>2347674
>D
>C

Should we make the threat about releasing him and making everyone thing he snitched anyway? Or should we let Rose do that?

>>2347706
Hmm we didn't set it with her before. I mean, her doing it would either depend on us talking to her outside for a bit or her coming up with the idea on her own.

Or Pete somehow discovering telepathy.

Either way, since we're doing bad cop, it shouldn't be hard to pull it in a threatening manner.

>>2347706
Threats should come from the bad cop, so if we go in that direction it should be Pete that brings it up.

>>2347715
Oh okay.

>>2347682
He's getting defiant again, and has devolved into ranting in order to try and intimidate both you and Rose. He needs some behavioral correction before he pushes too many of your partner's buttons.

With a movement of your arm, you lift the man off of his bed, holding him in the air above it. He still can't move, but you can hear the panic in his voice when he begins to speak again. For some reason, hearing that feels good.

"W-what are you doing?!" he demands fearfully. "Put me down!"

You make a pulling motion with your arm, willing for the man to be moved closer. The red glow surrounding his body intensifies, and he is pulled through the air in your direction. Once he's easily within arm's reach, you stop him, trusting your close proximity to make him slightly more fearful of you.

"Answer the lady's question," you command.

"Alright, alright!" the man says to you desperately. "The one I work for goes by Vic."

"And where do we find Vic?" Rose asks him.

"I-uh...there's a storage facility a few streets down from where you found me," he answers. "Burning Blizzard keeps a supply of the stuff in a unit there. Vic pays the owner to look the other way, and gives us our product to go out and sell."

"And what's the unit number?" Rose asks.

"I-I-I can't tell you that!" he declares. "If you go right there, they'll know I ratted them out, and I'll be a dead man!"

"We can make sure you're protected," Rose assures him. "Besides, they'll have a hard time getting to you inside a maximum security prison."

"I've told you enough!" John shoots back. "Now let me go and leave me alone!"

>>A. "I'll decide when you've told us enough."

>>B. "You will be protected if you work with us. If you don't, you should be less worried about what Burning Blizzard'll do to you, and more worried about what I'm going to do to you."

>>C. "Let you go and leave you alone? Good idea. We'll arrange for you to be released, make sure no cops go anywhere near you. And you know what your buddies'll think when they see that? They'll think you snitched, and nobody's going to be there to protect you."

>>D. "Talk, now!"

>E. Fling him against the wall

>F. Apply pressure to his body

>G. Grab his throat

>/>>H. Write-in

>>2347751
>>C. "Let you go and leave you alone? Good idea. We'll arrange for you to be released, make sure no cops go anywhere near you. And you know what your buddies'll think when they see that? They'll think you snitched, and nobody's going to be there to protect you."
>>H. "And guess who's going to be right there, waiting to catch them after they're done with you?"

>>2347751
>A. "I'll decide when you've told us enough."
>F. Apply pressure to his body

>>2347751
>>C. "Let you go and leave you alone? Good idea. We'll arrange for you to be released, make sure no cops go anywhere near you. And you know what your buddies'll think when they see that? They'll think you snitched, and nobody's going to be there to protect you."
I feel like this should get a reaction, without needing to escalate the use of powers.

>>2347758
Supporting.

>>2347751
this >>2347758
We're already toeing the line on physical action as it is. Let's not get violent

>>2347751
>C. "Let you go and leave you alone? Good idea. We'll arrange for you to be released, make sure no cops go anywhere near you. And you know what your buddies'll think when they see that? They'll think you snitched, and nobody's going to be there to protect you."
>H. give him a nice pat on the cheek, real condescendingly

>>2347751
>C.

VINDICATIOOOOOOOOON!

>>2347784
hehehe are you the anon who did that write-in a while back?

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Pete right now.

>>2347788
Yes. I'm at work on my phone so my I'd changes.

>>2347751
>>>C. "Let you go and leave you alone? Good idea. We'll arrange for you to be released, make sure no cops go anywhere near you. And you know what your buddies'll think when they see that? They'll think you snitched, and nobody's going to be there to protect you."

"Not to mention all the other prisoners that saw us come into your cell. Word will spread fast here, and it might reach someone who's willing to sell you out to Dr. Rockzo."

>>2347758
It looks like Rose was right. This punk's more afraid of his boss than he is of the two of you. Apparently, you'll have to resort to making him more afraid of-

No, wait, you can use his fear of his boss to your advantage. You need to say something that will make him more afraid of not snitching than he'd be of actually snitching. He's convinced that, even with protection, he'd be doomed, so...

"Let you go and leave you alone?" you ask mockingly. "Good idea. We'll arrange for you to be released, make sure no cops go anywhere near you."

"R-really?" the man asks.

You don't know whether to be amused or disgusted. He doesn't seem to know where you're going with this. He honestly is entertaining the idea that you'll let him go with no strings attached. What an idiot. It looks like you'll have to make this clear as day for him.

You nod. "And you know what your buddies'll thing when they see that? They'll think you snitched."

There it is, the color's draining from his face. Now he gets it, and he's absolutely terrified by the idea. Good, you've got him right where you want him.

"And you'll have nobody there to protect you," you tell him. "But when they're done with you, I'm going to be right there to catch them, and get what I want anyway."

"Okay, okay, okay!" the man says almost pleadingly. "I'll tell you what you want to know, just don't send me back to them!"

You smile.

A minute later, you and Rose step out of the cell, and make your way back through the facility, working your way outside and to her bike, which is sitting right where she left it.

"You've got a vicious streak, there," Rose tells you.

Her tone isn't judgmental, just observational, and maybe slightly amused.

>A. "I guess I do."

>B. "It's not really me, it's a residual thing from my old life."

>C. "Are you complaining? We got what we wanted."

>D. Don't respond.

>>E. "Good work in there."

>/>>F. Write-in

>>2347837
>>A. "I guess I do."
>>>E. "Good work in there."

Nothing wrong with that

>>2347837
>A. "I guess I do."
>F. "But we got what we wanted and didn't even have to touch a hair on his head"
Literally
>>E. "Good work in there."

She was very well composed to be honest.

>>2347837
>A. "I guess I do."
>E. "Good work in there."

>>2347837
>F. I don't know if it's blood or Sam, but I don't like that part of me.
>E.

>>2347837
>>A. "I guess I do."

>>2347851
Supporting.

>>2347837
>>F. "And I guess that means you have a kind streak then?"
>>E. "Good work in there."
I don't really want to dwell on Pete's dark side too much, so let's tease Rose instead.

>>2347837
>>F. I don't know if it's blood or Sam, but I don't like that part of me.

Also see if the warden can get Joe some extra protection, or get released outside of Jump City. I bet Peter would feel super guilty if Joe actually gets hurt or killed because of him.

>>2347872
Heh

>>2347875
Ah fuck, didn't think of that last part.

>>2347837
>A. "I guess I do."
>E. "Good work in there."

>>2347837
>F. I don't know if it's blood or Sam, but I don't like that part of me.
>E

>>2345433
>Donna looks slightly unsure, but seems to largely shrug that off.
>"I think that could work," she says, vouching for you and Rose.
>"Really?" Raven asks with a raised brow.
>Donna nods. "It'll be fine."

Given that this whole interrogation thing went about as well as it possibly could, does that mean that Donna has the best judgment out of everyone?

>>2347837
>A
>E

>>2347892
She seems pretty level headed. She probably has the least biased judgement at least.

I just wonder how the other titans will react to hearing Pete was the bad cop / spook'd the crook.

I figure the police were listening the whole time and were perfectly willing to work with a small fry to get bigger fish. We delivered. Also our next move is to report to the team and let Robin coordinate with the police to decide what to do with the info we got.

>>2347851
Damn straight mate. Supporting ya.

>>2347851
"I guess I do," you admit.

There was definitely something less-than righteous in your heart and mind back there. You won't deny it, but you don't feel like dwelling on it, either.

"Good work in there," you compliment.

"Thanks," she says to you in return. "Now let's head back to the tower and tell the others what we've found."

The two of you climb back onto her bike and speed out of the facility, traveling through the city at amazing speeds and swiftly making it back to the tower. Once the bike's parked in the garage, you and Rose head back up into the tower. She removes her bandanna in the meantime, shaking her head to straighten out her hair.

The two of you enter the living room, finding Cyborg and Troia in the middle of an arm-wrestling contest at one of the tables, while Silkie watches with apparent interest. There's no sign of Beast Boy or Raven, let alone Robin or Starfire.

"Hey," Rose greets.

Donna looks over to see the two of you. "Oh, welcome back, guys."

At that same moment, she swiftly forces Cyborg's arm down to the table, claiming her victory. She gets up, and Silkie climbs onto Cyborg's upturned palm, making a sound and wiggling around like he wants to be held.

Your friend grants the little larvae his wish, picking him up and joining Troia in approaching you and Rose.

"So, how'd it go?" Cyborg asks. "Learn anything good?"

>>A. "Rose makes a pretty good good cop, and I make a pretty good bad one."

>>B. "The dealer we caught works for someone named Vic at a local storage unit. He gave us the number, so all we need to decide is how we want to handle this."

>>C. "Rose has a really cool motorcycle."

>>D. "The warden is a pretty nice guy."

>>E. "Apparently Donna can kick your butt at arm wrestling."

>F. See if Cyborg will let you hold Silkie

>/>>G. Write-in