This is why weapon sequence-breaking is bad. [Video]

[trustycrowbar]

Soooo yeah, I'm finally starting to remember some stuff! Favorite kind of coffee. The layout of downtown Seattle. You know, really useful shit. Anyway it turns out we beat back those blue Oni finally. It'll be kind of nice to see this place when it's not crawling with monsters. Except, you know...

[He turns and the background rotates from a grey stone wall to bars behind him.]

Those bastards locked me up for grabbing that shotgun! And those grenades. Okay, so yeah, they weren't exactly just lying around, it was more like they were stowed in a case inside a gun store that was closed for the night, but dammit I regret nothing! There were lives on the line! DamnstupidfrigginTawagotogadesu--

--oh yeah, turns out I can speak Japanese; no idea where I learned it. Look, can someone just spot my bail to get me out of here?

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[trustycrowbar]

They weren't magic, they were--ugh, y'know what? Sure, they're magic. And using them without permission is the reason I'm in here, and bail is a payment to get me back out.

[See? He does speak kid. Sort of.]

[alittleblackmagic]

Oh! You shoulda just said that in the first place.

Do they want real money or will they take candy? I've still got a lot left over from Halloween. I bet Halloween candy's a lot harder to find than money.

[trustycrowbar]

[There's a near-instantaneous look of confusion, and then he actually breaks into a smile.]

Thanks kiddo, but no, they just want real money. Your candy's too good for 'em anyway, and besides that I'm not going to be in here forever even if I don't pay up.

[alittleblackmagic]

I know it is. I can't believe they have a holiday here just for giving candy to kids!

Anyway, can't you just tell them you were saving their lives or something?

[trustycrowbar]

[Man, wait til this kid hears about Christmas...]

I did. A lot. Problem is I still broke the law... technically. It's a bureaucratic thing; I'm just stuck here until some judge hears the whole thing out.

[alittleblackmagic]

Well that's a dumb law, then. That's why you shouldn't bother with them. Just beat up bad guys yourself and everything's fine.

[trustycrowbar]

Normally I'd agree with you, but this law has a reason behind it. Think about it, what if a bad guy got a hold of those, uh... "magic" weapons?

[He can't believe he's self-incriminatingly discussing morals with a six=year-old. But what the hell, he's got nothing else to do right now. Besides, the last thing he wants is this little firebug going all sociopath on everyone.]

[alittleblackmagic]

Then you get better weapons! The good guys'll always win in the end because they're the good guys. So it's not that big of a deal.

[trustycrowbar]

... ... [Well hell. He can't argue with THAT. Not and keep the kid's faith intact, though he gets the feeling that it's too monolithic to take down with something as paltry as logic, anyway.]

...You know what? Hah, you've got a point there, short stuff. The good guys always have the upper hand somehow.

[alittleblackmagic]

That's probably because I'm on the good guy side.

[Modesty is his middle name.]

I'm Palom, by the way. You don't have to call me any more weird nicknames. But you can call me Prodigy if you want!