The Last Heist

<img src="assets/TJ illust 1.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "HA HA HAAAaaa! Charlie you were amazing out there! [[That hat trick!]] How did you do that? That one dame was so scared!" You: "'OH DON'T TAKE THE MONEY!' 'OH DON'T SHOOT ME!' 'OH I HAVE A FAMILY!' HAHAHA! I have a ski mask and a revolver! What else am I gonna do, doll? Play hopscotch?" Mickey: "AND LOOK AT US WE'RE LOADED! WE GOT CASH OUT THA WAZOO! Soon we'll be up with the big dogs like [[Sleepy Sam]] or Harry Caproni--" [["Oh yeah didn'tcha hear? Sleepy Sam got booked last week. Coppers found him in a juice joint, drunk as a goose."]]

Sleepy Sam is a well known criminal in Chicadelphia, CR. His family rarely ever sees him because the city prison is basically his second home. He's actually grown a small bond with the warden. In fact the warden is the only person he allows to call him by his real name, Preston Wicliffe III, but anyone else that brings it up can't even get to the "III" and live to tell the tale.

Mickey: "Oh... What a shame. God bless him." You: "And his poor family... Speakin' of family, I should probably get back to the old missus. Ya want me to drop you off here?" Mickey: "Here's fine. OOOOH I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE HEADLINE TOMORROW! 'CRIME CRUSADERS STRIKE AGAIN: ONE WITH DASHING GOOD LOOKS AND THE OTHER... EH'" You: "Aw I think you're a little better than 'eh'." Mickey: "Wait no I'm the--" <img src="assets/TJ illust 2.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [["Sorry, gotta go! Same time tomorrow right?"]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 3.png" alt="image not loaded!"> You arrive to your quaint suburban home and your wife, Laura, had just returned home from work an hour ago. You're not really paying attention to her describe how her day was, because you're trying to think of a way to explain the mountain of cash in your car. [[Then it hits you.]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 4.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Laura: "What is it dear? You look like you wanna say something." You: "I HAVE GREAT NEWS HONEY!" Laura: "SO DO I! Okay you first." [["I got a raise and my boss just shoved fifty hundred smackeroos into my hands. Can you believe it?"]] [["I was walking down the street and found fifty hundred clams just lying on the ground. Can you believe it?"]] [["I just won fifty hundred doodles on Ed Sullivan! Can you believe it?"]]

Laura: "WOW HOW WONDERFUL! I'm so proud of you! That's so great, it makes what I'm about to say a heck of a lot easier." [["What is it honey?"]]

Laura: "WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! Just lying on the ground? That's so perfect, it makes what I'm about to say a heck of a lot easier." [["What is it honey?"]]

Laura: "WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! ED SULLIVAN? Oh that's so great, it makes what I'm about to say a heck of a lot easier." [["What is it honey?"]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 5.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [[...->next]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 6.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [[...->nextt]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 7.png" alt="image not loaded!"> You: "Thats. Such... Wonderful. News. Dear." Laura: "OOOH I knew you'd be happy, I called Ma and all she had to say was 'That Charles is nothing but trouble. He's gonna be no good for the baby. Has he even thought about how he's gonna provide for the baby?' Blah Blah Blah yunno running her gams, I'm glad I didn't get that from her. But now I KNOW she's wrong! Because you, my loving husband, are so excited for our beautiful baby! And with this money you'll be able to shut my mother up for sure! [[...->nexttt]]

(Later) <img src="assets/TJ illust 8.png" alt="image not loaded!"> You: "... And then get this! She says I'll be able to provide for the family with the money. The Money I STOLE!" Mickey: "WE WAS GONNA USE THAT TO BUY OUR MATCHING CADILLACS" You: "I KNOW!" Mickey: "Okay we needa talk this out over a drink. Meet me at Lewey's in thirty." You: "Alright, see you then." [[You hang up the phone]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 9.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "Hey Lewey! another round of giggle juice for my friend over here, he's about to be in for a heck of a ride." Lewey: "Becomin' a pop?" You: "Yeah, how'd you know?" Mickey: "Well, everyone knows that fatherhood is the worst of the worst." Lewey: "Exactly. My pop hated bein a fatha so much that on my thoyd boythday he hopped into da nearest box and shipped himself to Timbuktu..." Mickey: "Really?" Lewey: "Yeah, dey neva found da body." [[... ]]

Mickey: "..." You: "..." Lewey: "So! Here's your hooch boys, gonna go call my ma and tell her how much I miss her." *You watch as Lewey walks away and cries to his mother on the telephone* Mickey: "Wow get a load of that oaf!" [["He's not an oaf, he's just a sad chump with a messed up past."]]

You: "Oh no... What if my kid becomes a sad chump with a messed up past?" Mickey: "Buddy! Pal! My partner in crime! Your kid will never be a sad oaf, it's too unlikely. Lewey's a special case. Lewey... Lewey... [["Yeah?"]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 10.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "Lewey was raised by... by a monkey!" You: "A monkey?" Mickey: "A monkey! A big gigantic gorilla, thats why he's built like that you know, [[giving him his oafish demeanor.]] And that Timbuktu story? His dad was doing a science experiment, you know one of those real smart fellas." You: "Smart fella?" Mickey: "SMART FELLA! He tried so hard to make his kid proud that he let his smarts get the best of him! He shoulda just walked out like all the rest, to you know, spare em." [["Spare them?"]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 13.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "Now you're getting it!" You: "I guess it couldn't hurt, and if I leave before the baby's even born it'll never even know I exist." Mickey: "Exaclty! Now you should get prepared for the big heist I have planned for us tomorrow. It's gonna be a real doozy, and it'll get your mind offa... you know, leaving your wife and kid." You: "right." Mickey: "We go into the store, get the money, and get out before the donut guzzlers catch us." You: "Great. Okay. I can do this. [[I'm doing the right thing."]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 14.png" alt="image not loaded!"> It's the day of the heist. You put your ski mask on (not all the way though), stuff your famous fedora in your pocket, and walk out of the door to go pick up Mickey. [["I'm doing the right thing."]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 15.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "Come on Charlie we don't got that much time, the convienience store's the emptiest at this time a day." [[You open the door of the convienience store]]

Mickey: "Okay everybody this is a stick up!" [[Silence: "..."]]

Mickey: "No now's a perfect time, there's still the cashie." Cash Clerk: "Can I help you sirs?" Mickey: "Yeah you can help us. Put da money in da bag!" Cash Clerk: "Uuuuh... Do you have that level of clearance?" Mickey: "What? No it's me! You know the notorious criminal. MICKEY CAPELLI!" Cash Clerk: "..." Mickey points to you with a sigh Mickey: "... and Charlie." [[You put on your fedora]] <img src="assets/TJ illust 17.png" alt="image not loaded!">

Cash Clerk: "P-p-p-please don't, Mr. Hat, my kid would be the saddest kid in all of Chicadelphia." You: "Muh mah muh mmph?" Cash Clerk: "Sorry I can't hear you, your ski mask is on backwards." [[You fix your ski mask]]

You: "Sorry, did you say you have a kid?" Cash Clerk: "Yeah, little Darla, she's a big fan of Chicadelphia's Most Wanted and you're at the top of her list. She has all of your newspaper appearances cut out and glued to her wall. She says you get it." Mickey: "Come on Charlie, shut his TRAP!" You: "I get it? Get what?" Cash Clerk: "YOU know what YOU really want to do and you just DO it. She's proud of you." Mickey: "JUST PULL THE TRIGGER CHARLIE!" <img src="assets/TJ illust 21.png" alt="image not loaded!"> <img src="assets/TJ illust 19.png" alt="image not loaded!"> <img src="assets/TJ illust 20.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [[You pull the trigger]] [["WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO PULL THE TRIGGER MICKEY?"]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 22.png" alt="image not loaded!"> The gun is empty [["Oh no."]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 23.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Cash Clerk: "Yeah charlie, what if he doesn't want to pull the trigger?" You: "Not a good time..." *You gesture for his name* Cash Clerk: "Derek." You: "Derek." [[You point the gun at Mickey]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 24.png" alt="image not loaded!"> You: "The whole time we've been partners, I've only listened to you. What Mickey wants to do. 'Oh Charlie I'm gonna make us stars,' 'Oh Charlie we needa rob this diner,' 'Oh Charlie, leave your wife and future child so that we can become famous and steal our way to the top!'" You: "But ya know what? I'm tired of it! And I'm startin to think that you don't care about me at all! You don't even care about where I end up, just yourself! You're jealous of me Mickey! But someone who does care where I end up is little Darla, and my wife, and... and my baby. Here Derek take back the money, I'm through. And tell little Darla to get a better role model, because I'm sure not one to look up to." You hand back the bag of money. <img src="assets/TJ illust 25.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [[You start to walk out of the store.]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 26.png" alt="image not loaded!"> *Mickey points a gun at you* Mickey: "Not. So. Fast... You're not going anywhere, bud." [[You release the door handle]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 27.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "You caught me Charlie. You caught me red handed. I sure am jealous of ya. I Hate Ya Guts. First it was the newspapers forgettin my name, then it was you cuttin our robbin' time short after ya married Laura, and ya fancy car, and ya cozy house, and ya fancy hair, and now this DUMB BABY. You think I wanna be the sidekick to your perfect life?" Mickey: "Ya lost sight of what really matters. Well not anymore, see. Now I'm gonna kill you, this clerk over here, and when I'm done with that I'm gonna kill ya old ball and chain." [["Mick I had no clue you felt that way... I'm... I'm sorry. But please leave my family out of this, Laura has no clue I live this way and I'd hate for my mistakes to ruin her and the baby's chances of having a... a normal life."]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 28.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "You're apology is too little, and soon to be too late. HAHAHAHA!" [[You notice his guard is down]]

Mickey: "Any last words?" You: "Yeah... heads up." <img src="assets/TJ illust 29.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "Huh?" <img src="assets/TJ illust 30.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [[You take off your fedora and throw it at his hand.]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 31.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [[It knocks the gun away from him.]]

You previously used your famous fedora, the staple of your robbing persona "Top Hat Charlie," as a throwing weapon to knock the money out of the hands of an unsuspecting woman buying something at the cash register.

<img src="assets/TJ illust 34.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: *GASP* [[You're surprised it worked]]

Mickey makes his way to the gun-- <img src="assets/TJ illust 32.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [[WHAM!]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 33.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Your hat trick gave Derek enough time to unhook the cash register and hit Mickey over the head with it. [[you look on in awe as Mickey faints]]

[[Later]] <img src="assets/TJ illust 35.png" alt="image not loaded!">

<img src="assets/TJ illust 36.png" alt="image not loaded!"> News Reporter: "Well Charles, now that you're seen as a hero to all of Chicadelphia, what would you like to say anything to the people watching?" [["Follow your dreams, whatever they may be."]] [["Don't let anyone hold you back."]] [["Choose your own destiny."]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 37.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [["And never lose sight of what's important."]]

(9 months later) <img src="assets/TJ illust 38.png" alt="image not loaded!"> <img src="assets/TJ illust 39.png" alt="image not loaded!"> [[...->nextttt]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 41.png" alt="image not loaded!"> The clerk starts calling the police Mickey: Fine then I'll do it, hand me the other gun. You: "I didn't bring the other gun" Mickey: "YOU FORGOT THE OTHA GUN?" [["Let's make a run for it."]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 42.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "The first good idea you've had in a while!" [[You both start to dash out of the store]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 43.png" alt="image not loaded!"> You see the cops approaching in the distance [["Lets take my car, hand me my keys."]]

Mickey: "I'm done being ya sidekick." You: "What?" Mickey: "So long sucka." <img src="assets/TJ illust 44.png" alt="image not loaded!" title="Hover tooltip"> [[You watch as Mickey drives away from the store in your car]] <img src="assets/TJ illust 45.png" alt="image not loaded!">

<img src="assets/TJ illust 18.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Cash Clerk: "YOU MEAN TOP HAT CHARLIE? WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO! HERE TAKE THE MONEY!" Mickey: "GAH! CHARLIE SHOOT THE OAF!" [[You look at the clerk]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 12.png" alt="image not loaded!"> Mickey: "SPARE EM! Theres nothing worse than false hope. It'd just be way easier to, ya know, leave before the kid has anything to raise the bar to. A quick way to do that would be, to you know, keep robbing with me. Sticking to our life of crime." You: "Life of crime?" Mickey: "LIFE OF CRIME! We can just keep getting bigger and bigger. Me and you." You: "Me and you?" Mickey: "ME! and you! 'Mickey Capelli and His Partner Charlie' getting richer and richer. No babies, no nagging wives, no stress." [["No stress."]]

<img src="assets/TJ illust 16.png" alt="image not loaded!"> You lift your mask to talk [["Maybe we should just come back another day Mickey, it seems pretty empty."]]