MrCaptainMan

Web of Deception, Arc ID 75310, by @Ozzie Arcane

Villainous, Long (3 small, 1 tiny, 1 unique maps). lvl range 40-54

I’ll be taking in The Dirty Promise, my lvl 50 NB/Nin Stalker.



The arc warns there may be AVs, Ebs, and Extreme AVs. 22 plays, 4 stars at start.

Dirty will be helping President Evil build a portal to an alternate dimension…

“He’d better pay well. By the look of him he can certainly afford a good resin sculptor – the skulls on his shoulders and chest must have cost a fortune. The rewards he offers are pretty vague, but he is the president of a corporation, I’ve checked, so it can’t do any harm to have him owe me a few favors I guess….

[A typo in the briefing ‘the Cirlce of Thorns’ and in President Evil’s bio, maybe change ‘Often selling weapons and other things they've developed to groups like Arachnos or low life gangs.’ to ‘His company often sells weapons and other things they've developed to groups like Arachnos or lowlife gangs.’]

“Evil wants me to retrieve a magical crystal from the Circle. Sounds easy enough. These Orenbega tunnels have all sorts of shadowy niches for me to hide in. Evil also warns me that a Succubus has the crystal, and that she’s employed some mercenaries…well, that’s something new…

[Oh, Ozzie, you’ve got the horn for MMs, haven’t you? ]

Mission 1: Defeat Sgt. Succubus and Find the Crystal

“Once inside, I wrinkle my nose at the smell of sulphur, and silently slip into the shadows…the Circle guards at the entrance never know I’m there…

[I slip through the corridors of this medium sized Oranbega map and take a left, then another left. I might be lucky in finding the boss so quickly, but here she is!]

“I spot a confident looking Succubus talking to her minions. Hm, a technophile Succubus, there’s one for the books…

[I was all ready to scoff at an MM Succubus, but your bio for her gives a perfectly fine reason for it. She uses her magic to ensnare her mercenary minions, and is amused by seeing them fight (and presumably die) for her. She’s also got a liking for guns, too.]

“ I gather myself for a moment, then I pad silently towards her, and before she notices me I strike…

[She’s a little bit harder than I’d like, accompanied by her spawn and with her mercs. I eat 4 lucks, 4 oranges, 1 yellow and a load of reds. I’m not in any danger, with all that lot, but it takes a while.]

“I spin and slash, dodge and weave. One by one her minions fall, dead as dead can be and then I dispatch her too. I prise the crystal from her lifeless fingers…and suddenly, a Longbow squad arrive, out of the blue…

[ah…LB ambush! OK, mission completes up, but I finish em off. They shouted something about ‘Agent Showtime’ as they arrived.]

“They’re nothing to me. I kill them all, barely breaking my step on my way out…

“Evil needs another item. It’s something called ‘Stabilizer V’ and Portal Corp has it. I’m going to have to get it from one of their systems. Another retrieval job. Simple...

Mission 2: Retrieve Portal Corp Tech

“The PPD are all over the Portal Corp facility…I stick to the corners…easy in, easy out, that’s my plan…

[Thank heavens for Hide! ]

“There are Crey here too, in massive numbers…I’ll avoid them too…

[Whew, I’m glad I’m not fighting my way through this lot! Although maybe with a high level Brute it would be fun…]

“I find the device guarded by some Crey. They die, their suits leaking red onto the burnished steel floor…fools…After that, I take the machine part…

“Now that Evil has both parts, he reveals what he’s going to do with them…make a portal to an alternate Earth. There are alternative versions of Statesman and Recluse there, apparently…he thinks it’ll be a good source of allies and resources…whatever…as long as he pays me…

[‘States Master and King Recluse’ – Righto! ]

“Next up, however, Evil wants me to deal with an old enemy of his, one Agent Showtime. Apparently he’s a renowned martial artist. Really? Let’s see if he’s got a defense against the Way Of The Katana Right Up The Rectum…

Mission 3: Capture Agent Showtime

“I can’t damage Showtime too much, apparently; Evil wants him alive. OK, alive it is…it’s amazing how long a torso and a head can live…Showtime is assaulting a Nemesis troop in a warehouse…I sneak through the crates and past the Nemesis soldiers, and spot Showtime and his men…

[EB plus a few LBs]

“He puts up a fair fight of it, but he’s still no match. I repeatedly push my katana through various parts of his body, and then when he’s on his knees, I reverse it and knock him out with the hilt. His men I’m not so lenient with. They all die. All of them…

[Not quite sure why I have to take out the PPD chiefs as well, tbh]

“I hear some PPD talking in the next room…talking about their stupid lives and their pretty wives…and I ghost into the room, against the wall…closer and closer…watching them, unaware, listening to them prattle about their inane little boring lives…I still me noise, hold my breath, quiet my pulse, and lean in…they don’t know how close, how near…death is to them, how little life they have left…they expect to go home tonight…they think this is just a job…Mary-Sue is waiting for them, and little Timmy too…

“They’ll wait forever. Daddy’s not coming home today.”

[I feel a bit evil slaughtering those PPD for no easily explainable reason lol]

“After leaving the dead warehouse, Evil tells me that he’ll soon be sending Showtime through the portal to the alternate dimension…

[Eh? what’s that about his son?]

“Showtime’s his son. He’s going to send him there to punish him, and he wants me to bring back his son’s evil twin to take his place at his father’s evil double’s side…and that’s where I come in.

Mission 4: Free Sinister Showtime

“I’m sent to the Mirror World on my infiltration mission to free Sinister Showtime. They’re in a parallel Arachnos Base guarded by Freedom Spiders, this worlds ‘good’ version of Arachnos.

[Lol Wrongbow is this worlds ‘evil’ version of Longbow. Diamond. However, the Nav has ‘Celestial Widow’ as an objective too. Initially I thought I had to free her too, however I think maybe she’s a boss. ‘Defeat Celestial Widow’ would be better]

“I slip unnoticed through their ranks…I find Showtime guarded by some goons. They die, quickly. An ambush arrives as Showtime heads out. My pulse doesn’t quicken as I murder them. Then, I pause…

[Um…now what? I’ve just looked through the map and can’t find anything else to do…]

“I decide to slaughter…my arrogance is my undoing. After my first silent kill, an apparition appears and I am unable to move. She holds me in place, toys with me, and then ends my life without mercy…I die…

[That last room where Showtime is isn’t great for this IMO, which is unfortunate as the maps lovely and small. He was lying on a ledge up top with two guards. I killed them, and he didn’t get up. Under the ledge was another guard, so aha, I thought, one more spawn to deal with. I killed that one and Showtime got up and ran off, and the ambush arrived, I killed that and nothing. Had a run back through the map looking for Celestial Widow. Nope. So I thought I’d kill all. The first mob back from that last room spawned GW right on top of me and I had no chance.]

[BUT – this may have been an unlucky spawn placement, and it would be unfair to downrate you for something that might have been a one-off, so after I finish the arc, I run through it again, fast, to see if the same thing happens – and it didn’t! The second time, GW was ALREADY spawned as I got there, just in front of the last room, and the spawns guarding Showtime were all up on top of the ledge with him. Which just goes to illustrate that sometimes bad luck can play a part in a review. It’s all good here, though ]

[I hosp, grab a trayful and return. Ghost Widow, lvl 50 Orange AV. Here we go…]

“…Did I say I died? I lied. I’m a ninja, remember? I temporarily stopped my heart and lowered my body temperature, feigned death so well that they assumed I’d karked it and took me to their morgue…what, you don’t believe me? I’m still here, aren’t I?

“…After killing the morgue staff, I focus and head back to where the ghost woman appeared. I notice that she’s only half corporeal…I guess I’ll have to stick her twice, then…

[OK, she was much easier that time. Unprepared the first time, obviously.]

“Time is pressing, so I leave this place and report back for my pay…

[I exit and Evil thanks me…but what’s this? He’s not giving me a reward…so I decide to raid his lab myself…lol ok.]

“Evil’s promise to pay me is a lie…he tries to fob me off with vague tales of gifts to come…I decide to help myself to some of his tech…I can sell it to cover what he owes me…

Mission 5; Raid Evil Incorporated Lab

[This is a medium sized Portal Corp map. I’m to steal three ‘goods’ and free a prisoner. It’s populated with the Big Evil custom group. The first glowy is a tiny weapons rack which was quite hard to find.]

“No need to cause a ruckus, I steal through them, looking for something small and valuable…these weapons should do…

[There’s a typo in the bio of Evil Bot ‘dopple ganger’ should be ‘doppleganger’]

“In one room, I’m careless, and the goons spot me. I have to murder them all. In the scuffle, a guy in a cape and a sort of off-colour Longbow uniform escapes…

[I find a ‘Wrongbow Bowman’ in one room, guarded by some mobs. I free him and he runs off after telling me that I look like a hero he once fought lol.]

“After that, I find some more tech components, take them, and make to leave…

[The final two pieces of swag are both in another room.

I leave and Evil is aghast at my allowing his prisoner to escape back to the Mirror World.]

“Evil confronts me as I leave. He’s not too happy, but he’s patently not eager to have a katana slice his heart into two pieces, so he merely rants as he watches me go…

[And that’s it. End}

Hm..This arc was reasonable villainous fun, but nothing I’d throw a party for I’m sorry.

Negatives first:

The difficulty level was a little hard in places but nothing I’d change, I’m a wuss, really. I’m glad I could stealth through that one with all the Crey in it lol.

The last mission seemed a bit tacked on and wasn’t very climactic. Due to the ‘Player-decision’ nature of it, there wasn’t anything telling me why I had to free the prisoner.

The story had a few ‘eh? what?’ moments, such as the reveal that Showtime is Evil’s son.

I felt that the 2 PPD Chief objectives were not given a reason for existing. If there is a reason in the briefing or text anywhere and I missed it, my apologies.

Pluses:

I’m glad it wasn’t a ‘collect 4 items and then have a Big Fight in the last mission’ arc.
‘Wrongbow’ is awesome, I’d love to see more done with those. They could be worked into an amusing Custom group, I feel.

I liked the MM Succubus a lot, she was funny and fun to fight, the second time through more than the first for some reason.

Good choice of maps for the most part.

President Evil himself is sort of growing on me tbh, lol. He’s such a cheesy villain, I especially love that he inherited the Evil Incorporated company from his dad.

Overall, although it didn’t really sparkle for me, there’s nothing to wareant a lowrate here. I’m on the cusp of 3 and 4 stars for my rating, and since I took the day off today to go cycling, which puts me in a very nice mood, let’s say 4, eh?

My suggestions for making it closer to what would suit me are:

Flesh out Wrongbow, maybe give them a named Boss
Tidy up the last mission’s briefing or put a clue in near the start to explain why the Player decides to free the prisoner – teaching Evil a lesson would be enough, I think.
Do something about the PPD Chief objectives.

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How do I put a URL in my post but have it show as a signgle word, without typing codes in manually? Under the old system there were two entry fields in the URL entry box.

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Does anyone else think that the Big grin Smiley looks like Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffanys?

Something should be done about that.

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We can only have a maximum of 4 images in any one post - this is fair enough, but - smileys count as images. So no more than 4 smileys. I guess now my reviews will come in multiple posts

Not brilliant at reducing the traffic, are they these new forums?

It'll get me in the Forum Cartel quicker I guess.

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Aside from the modsmacking issue, I think that your analogy in that thread was off. A jew today should have no reason to hold any grudge against a citizen of Germany.

An American Indian today likewise is perfectly entitled to feel no animosity towards the US government, to the Christian Church, or whoever. I don't see any Aztec descendants demanding an apology from Spain for Cortez (or was that the Incas?)

And while we're on the subject of hiolding grudges, you know that Sweden STILL hasn't apologised to Poland for this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deluge_(Polish_history)

Those imperialist swines the Swedes!

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Yikes! You know, you're not supposed to reveal details of private messages from mods in the forums.

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SMILEYS count as images? And we have a max of 4? What insanity is this?

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[/b]Mission 4: Find Tubbius’s Wish List[/b]


“Ah feel a right [sigh...the forum filtered the noun for someone who stinks] for doing zis, ah tell you…stealing ze list of toys an’ presents from ze little children to Santa! Its not right! Still, ah ‘ave to get enough money, power, influence an’ je ne sais quoi to ‘elp me get back to paragon! Ah will get zere if ah ‘ave to irradiate mah way to ze top of zis terrible pyramid of devilry an’ demand it from Lord Recluse ‘imself!

“But first things first, eh? Zis wishlist…

“Ah soon run into trouble, meeting some SWAT guys in ze first room. After ah sort zem out, Graatak appears…’e is a big old Troll and no mistaking, mon ami!

“We make our stealthy way up some stairs an’ ‘ave a confrontation wiz some members of ze local SWAT unit. Graatak makes short-legged work of zem whilst I check out ze elevators. Up a floor, and round a corner, and zere is Santas desk…it’s strange, ah always thought zat Papa Noele ‘ad a workshop at ze North Pole, not a desk at City Hall…ah well, maybe ‘e is on secondment…ah ransack ze desk an’ ah find santa’s wishlist! Ah ‘ave a quick, ‘ow you say, sneakypeeky, eh, and – SACRE POISSON! Ah am not on ze list! Ah must ‘ave been too naughty!

“Ah grab ze list ‘an we leave…

[Graatak had no dialogue again, which disappointed me. The desk was very close to the start of floor two, with no-one guarding it.]

“Outside, Pistola thanks me for setting up ze trap for Santa! What a rotter, eh, mon ami? Ah decide to ‘ave nothing more to do wiz ‘im! Desdemona is calling me, anyway…ah rub mah ‘ands in anticipation…ah like it ver’ much under ‘er bridge…maybe ah will show ‘er ze Convergence of Ze Quintuple Convoluted Cassowaries…”

[end]

Oh, poo.

I loved the original Trubbius Trilogy. There wasn’t much dialogue, but what there was was lovely. This arc feels unfinished, I’m afraid. I know it’s now supposed to be the first in the series, but I thought it was going to be more of an origin for Pistola, and not necessarily lead straight into City of Ho Ho Ho.

I think that my disappointment stems from my expectations, however, which were caused by my delightful playthrough of the later missions first.

I was expecting another new NPC from you, maybe one as memorable and loveable as Waddle. Seeing that Tubbius Claus was in the arc put an anticipatory smile on my face, but then that bio crushed me lol.

And then the paucity of dialogue in general also left me feeling a bit

I’m sorry, but it’s 3-stars for this one. Hopefully, you’ll take something positive from knowing that my disappointment had a lot to do with the fact that your other arcs are such favorites of mine.

My suggestions for making ‘another Tubbius arc that would make MCM clap his hands like a little kid in glee’ would be:

Add some dialogue to the captive objectives and maybe to Graatak.
Alter Tubbius’ bio to make his ‘Santa’ness ambiguous again.
Heh…add an NPC as cool as Waddle or Lord Mime or…agh, what was the name of the king fu kicking chicken? Him lol. That might be difficult – Waddle’s got big shoes to fill.
Get Pistola in there somewhere, I like him.


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Mission 3: “Hire” Graatak

[I think maybe just ‘Hire’ Graatak is enough, the doublequotes seem a bit much]

“Ooh, mon ami, zat sewer was smelling like ze dead wet dog…it was awful! Ah resolved to be in and out like ze rat in ze hencoop, wiz zis mission!

[I run through this one quickly, since Jacque’s got an excuse. I’d like to say at this juncture that I’ve noticed you using maps from the earlier (or later lol) arcs. Obviously Graatak is also an old face. You hint in the description that this arc would be played before the others. Even though it is a prequel, I’m glad I’m playing it after I’ve played the rest of the Tubbius arcs.]

“Ah run like ze wind through ze sewer, mah poor tootsies sploshing around in ze muck. Ah will never get ze stench out of mah trainers after zis!…

“In ze large chamber at ze center of ze sewer complex, ah find a big green muscular Troll. ‘E is ze one ah ‘aver to show up in order to ‘ave ‘im work for Pistola. Ah irradiate mah surroundings like ze great French screen ‘ero Pepe Le Pew, an’ soon put a sock in ‘im, as you say, eh, mon ami? ‘E agrees to sign up, an’ ah am out of zere!

[Graatak had an amusing bio, but no dialogue at all]

“Pistola ‘as a really rotten job for me to do now – ah ‘ave to go steal Santa’s Wish List from City Hall! ‘Doesn’t ze man ‘ave any scruples? What about all ze little children? What can ah do, mon ami, eh? Ah am but a little wheel in ze big machinist, non?


“Ah, it ‘as come to zis…sacking City Hall. An’ ah cannot even make mah sneaky escape into Paragon while ah am zere, because ze stupid Troll Graatak is coming wiz me to keep ‘is eyeball on top of me, eh?

Mission 2: Protect The Outcast Headquarters

“’E ‘as warned me to expect an ‘ero! Ooh, zis may be mah big chance, to get off of zese stinking islands! Maybe ah can reason wiz zis ‘ero, eh?

“Inside ze base, I admire ze ver’ tasteful wallpaper for a few seconds before ah am inundated wiz SWAT agents! It is like ah am in a terrible TV show called ‘Get Jacque!’. Ah ‘ave to resort to going ver’ nuclear indeed!

[Ze..ahem. The SWAT agents are very slightly annoying with the –jump lol, but otherwise a fun bunch to fight]

‘Ah fight mah way through ze building, zapping ‘ere, wafting mah big green farty clouds of radiation zere, it is all more fun zan ze time ah taught Ghostly Widow ze fine art of ze Flipper! You know what ze Flipper is, mon ami? Ah sink you call it somesink else, oui? It’s like a table, wiz glass on top of it, an’ zis little metal ball zips around like a crazy thing, oiu? Bouncing off zese little flippers! Hence, ze Flipper! Frenchmen are ze best in ze world at ze Flipper, mon friend – ze secret is all in ze hips, you know what ah mean?

“Anyway, ah found some of Pistolas men, ‘eld captive by ze SWAT teams, an’ so ah rescued zem…zey ran off like ze wind. Don et moi! Chamois leather! No ‘elp at all! Poor Jacque!

[OK, the outcast rescues are a nice little diversion, but where’s your dialogue? Ho Ho Ho had bare, but great, lines, IIRC?]



“Finally, in a little room I fight a little party of SWAT, and zen I spies ze ‘ero in ze top room! Les Miserable!



“‘E is dressed up like ze papa Noele! What a jolly looking fellow ‘e is! Ah should ‘ave no problem convincing ‘im zat ah am no criminal! I’ll be back in ze bright lights of Paragon City before you can say, toute suite!

[The final room here was a nice little fight, and then I popped upstairs and rested round a corner whilst I had a look at good old Tubbius Claus…

And my entire world collapsed into a CATACLYSMIC ARMAGEDDON OF BLEAK INFERNAL DESPAIR. I staggered back in my computer chair, the color draining from my face, and the hope fading from my life. My future, once bright and cheerful, now stretched out in front of me empty and arid, a desert of paucity. My ears rang with the dull clamor of solitude and my eyes misted with the cold impersonal brutal truth of the void. All was pain, all was sadness, all was waste, and all was bad. The End had come for MCM.

Why?

Lol firstly, let me point out some things about your NPC Tubbius from the earlier arcs he features in.

In City of Ho Ho Ho (arc ID 18775), Tubbius’ bio is ‘This is Tubbius: bumbling hero and jolly fellow.’ (He is also the contact for that arc, but he doesn’t have a bio even though we can now ‘ask about this contact’). The description of the arc says ‘Tubbius is a bumbler who thinks himself Santa Claus’.

In PENGUIN (Arc ID 29205), Tubbius’ bio is ‘This is Tubbius Claus, bumbling hero and jolly fellow’, so much the same.

In This Costume Contest Sponsored By Tubbius, (Arc ID 101933), the contact is Tubbius again, and again you haven’t given him a description here, but inside mission 1, Tubbius’ bio is ‘This is Tubbius Claus, bumbling hero, costume contest lover, and your current storyteller’.

Now I may be totally alone in this, lol, but through the playing of all three of those arcs, I got the impression that Tubbius’ identity as Santa Claus was up for debate. IE, he was either a ‘bumbler’ who merely thought he was Santa but actually wasn’t, or he was in fact Santa Claus. As far as I recall, none of his dialogue or the NPC dialogue, or clues ever specifically said outright that he wasn’t the real Santa. It was one of the whimsical things I loved about the Tubbius Trilogy.

And now, in City of Ho Ho Help, Tubbius’ bio reveals the horrid truth; in this arc, there is no Santa.

Now I know I promised to keep this thread positive and make any criticism mild, but brace yourself, for here comes the most damning finger-wag ever…

You’re in danger of making my stuffed bear cry.



Please. Make it sweetly, daftly, ambiguous, as it was before. Think of the Bear.


Luckily, Jacque hasn’t read his bio, so as far as he’s concerned, it’s Christmas!]

“Ah call out ‘Coo-ee, Papa Noele? Ah mean you no ‘arm, Santa! Ah ‘ave been a ver’ good boy indeed, ah promise., an’ all I wants for Christmas is a ticket ‘ome to Paragon!’…’An zen I walks around ze corner, smiling like ze little kid!

“’An Santa, ‘e shakes ‘is ‘ead ‘an in a jiffy ah am retrained in all zese vines and thorns, mon ami, it is not very nice at all! Ah am shouting out for Santa to listen, but ‘e is not ‘aving any of it…Ah sink it is true what zey say, eh? ‘E knows when you are sleeping, ‘e knows when you’re awake, ‘an ‘I reckon ‘e knows very well what ah ‘ave been doing when I ‘ave been awake when ah should ‘ave been sleeping, if you catch my draft, eh, mon ami?

“A’bientot! ‘Santa an’ ‘is SWAT friend proceed to give me a proper spanking, mon ami, an’ it is not a mild one, either!

[wow – Tubbius heals the single SWAT mob he’s with faster than I can damage him, and his Plant control powers keep me held and motionless, so I can’t get close to either of them. lol. I get totally mashed. I hosp, load up on inspires, and return]

“When ah ‘ave caught mah breath, I return wiz more vigour. No more ze kidding gloves for Santa, eh? Ah let zem ‘ave it, mon ami! Ze fat man goes down, an’ I leave to report back to Pistola…

“Zis time, ‘e wants me to get a troll called Graatak to break into City Hall. Ah ‘ave to convince ze big green brute zat it’s a good idea…

[I think. It’s not hugely clear to me that this is what’s happening…]

Mission 1: Find Snacks

[First mission’s explained simply enough. Pistola wants Jacque to break into Delicious Dishes and steal some food for his Outcast gang. Easy.]

“Ah broke into ze delicious dishes ware’ouse easily enough…it was empty, haha…zis was going to be like ze little piece of ze fairy cake in mah pocket for later, non? Ah, hah…

[hmm…an empty warehouse! ah, maybe not… ]

“Around a corner, ah runs into some ugly authority types. Zey aren’t pleased to see Jacque. To tell ze truth, mon ami, ah sink ah recognizes two of zem from photographs ah may ‘ave seen on some bedside tables on nights just like zis one…maybe zese boys work ze same shifts ever’ week, non?

“Anyway, ah ‘ave to fend zem off like ze mangy dogs zey are! Zey ‘ave no finesse, comin’ at me wiz zere big billy clubs out, grunting like beasts. Its no wonder zere lady friends feel unappreciated at ‘ome!

“After zey are sleepin like lambs for ze slaughter’ouse, I open ze box of snack foods zey were guarding. Donuts! Well, its not a fine gateaux cooked by ze cook of ze Countess De Chamberpote, served up on a bed of asparagus tips and oysters, but it will do to quell ze rumbling in mah tumbling, non?

“Ah move on through ze building, breaking ‘eads…oh, mon friend, ah would sooner be breaking ‘earts!

[Gotta run Jacque through a Carnie arc ]

“…and a few more boxes of donuts under mah belt, an’ ah’m ready to do ze splits, yes?

“When ah report back to Pistola wiz ze donuts, ‘e is not ver’ impressed, ah am sad to say. ‘E is even less impressed when ze gendarmes start to raid ‘iz base because of what ze papers are calling Ze Great Donut ‘Eist of Jacque Le Black! Ah ‘ave inadvertently stuffed ze cat into ze pigeon’ole, ah think, eh, mon ami? Mercredi Mullette! Ah ‘ad better go an’ sort it out.

Firstly, I’m sorry for the multiple posts for this, but these damn forums suck and blow. I tried to post the review in one post but I kept getting an error message telling me I’d put 6 images in it. I hate this ****.

City of Ho Ho Help: A Prequel, Arc ID 267125, by @Tubbius

This is a prequel to Tubbius’ arc City of Ho Ho Ho, or A Claus in Paragon, (my review of that can be found here

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...2&postcount=65)

[Grah. I STILL cant find out how to post a URL here and have it show as a single clickable word. Can anyone tell me how to do this wothout having to type in codes?]

This arc is a villainous lvl 5-20 arc, of Medium length (3 small, 1 tiny map).

Apparently it’s going to tell the story of Pistola, the villain in City of Ho Ho Ho. In the spirit of celebrating our newly arrived European chums, I’ve decided to take Jacque le Black



- my ‘French’ Rad/Therm Corruptor in. My sincere apologies to any proper Frenchmen reading. I assure you I am somewhat of a Francophile, despite being British

“Oh, mah friend, ah tell you, being cooped up in ze Rouge islands is not all ze life of ze Riley, non? I ‘ave been trying to get mah sexy little shifter out and away on ‘ow you zay, mah tippytoes to Paragon City, but it is no piece of cakewalk, moreaux le pitee!

“Ah am afraid ah ‘ave ‘ad to resort to malpractice from time to time, jus’ to get by in zis terrible buffet of scum and villainy! Ah, like yesterday, ah was at a loose end, and ah am not afraid to tell you, ah was ver’ ‘ungry, mon ami! Man does not live by love alone, eh? If only…Jacque would be 200 kilos by now, eh? Ah went by Desdemona’s patch, as I do ever’ week…she is usually only too ‘appee to see Jacque, non? I gives ‘er ze tingle under her bridge, you know what ah mean? ‘An zen in return, she gives me some discount coupons for ze Steak Chevalier at mah favourite restaurant, ze Louie Louie . It’s a ver’ nice arrangement, mais oui.

“But – non, not zis time, she was having it away, somewhere else. Luckily, I ‘eard a ‘psst’ from ze shadows, an’ zere was a likely looking type, calledPpistola, ‘e said ‘iz name was. ‘E ‘ad a little job for Jacque. Something easy.

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