Protests Aren't for Amateurs

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1. Upon visiting the Twilight Police Department you will receive the following assignment from Officer Rand:
Rand greets you with a new assignment. "A riot just broke out on campus at University Heights. Reports say it started out as some kind of dance party, and somehow it got mixed up with a political rally and people started fighting. I know this sounds pretty mundane, but something's very strange there. For one thing, there seem to be a number of instigators who are hanging out there solely to keep the chaos going. Still, we ought to be able to take them out, but we've tried every thing we can think of to get this riot to stop, and it just keeps growing bigger. Even worse, some of the police officers on the scene seem to be losing it and starting to join the riot instead of keeping the peace. Can you check it out for us? Take out the instigators and see if you can get things calmed down."

The following text will also appear in your Journal:
"What started as a small political rally has broken out into a full-blown rioting protest on the university campus. Police have been trying to calm it down, but their best efforts don't seem to be enough. It's up to you to dissuade the instigators and quell the riot."

2. Patrol at the Campus: Investigate a Protest until 4 mob instigators are defeated.

Adventuring again in the Campus: Investigate a Protest will eventually give the A Scientific Perspective adventure, and the following text in your journal:

"The riot continues at the university. You've talked with one of the science professors on campus, Susan Novak, who thinks there might be something else driving the riot. You've got to be on the lookout for anything suspicious."

3. Continuing to adventure at the Campus: Investigate a Protest will eventually yield the Rhythm of the Rage. Clicking on "take Rage downtown to Rand" will yield the following message in the police department:

"You turn Rage over to police custody. Rand takes the kid back and talks to him for a while, and then hands him off to some other officers to take care of the details. "Well," he says, "this is a curious one. It's good work on your part, as usual. But there's some strange implications. The kid says he was hired by someone called 'The Mick' to help fuel the riot."

"The Mick? What's that supposed to be--some kind of Irish mafia?"

Rand shrugs. "We're not sure, but that's our best guess. This isn't the first time we've heard of him, and it usually comes up in relation to some of the crime syndicate activities. He might have been connected--remotely--to the John Steele guy you put away. Anyway, the kid that calls himself Rage says he never met The Mick, though. One of The Mick's hirelings actually recruited him. Naturally, the kid can't even tell us much about the guy who did the hiring. We've got balding, middle aged, heavyset, with curly hair on the side of his head that had a tendency to stick up. We don't even have a name, here, either. He just went by his initials: PHB."

You ask, "So where does this leave us?"

Rand leans back in his chair and stares at the ceiling for a moment. "Well, obviously we'll want to keep an eye out for The Mick, or things that he might be involved in. And now this PHB guy, too."

"What about the kid?"

"I think he's going to end up at Shiloh. I hate to send a kid there--that place has some unpleasant characters--but he definitely needs treatment. And while he'll get some credit for cooperating with you, he was involved in criminal activity, so he's probably going to do some time. Shiloh is much better equipped to handle someone with his abilities than a normal jail would be. I do think there's hope for him, though."

You nod and start to get up. Rand's phone rings, so you figure you ought to take the opportunity to go, but before you reach the door Rand gestures at you to wait. He spends another minute on the phone and then hangs up. Rand says, "Looks like there's more trouble back at the university. You'd better come with me to check it out.""

4. A button reading "Go back to Campus" will bring you back to the campus and provide the Just A Diversion? adventure, complete the quest and give the following message to your journal:

"The university protest has been calmed. The instigators have been taken care of. Rage is getting treatment in Shiloh Sanatarium. Everything would be back to normal, except for the worrisome fact that a bunch of high-tech equipment was stolen from the university during the riot; it appears that a mysterious person called "The Mick" might be responsible."

Also, the Cat and Mick-y Mouse Game quest will initiate.

At one nightly rollover after completing this quest, you will receive a message from Susan Novak giving you the 77 Habits of Highly Effective Heroes.