Mission:Tip - Furtive Plea For Help

Furtive Plea For Help
Alignment Mission
Type	Alignment Tip
Place	Paragon City
Available to	Heroes and Vigilantes
Level range	20–29
Choice	Hero or Vigilante

Furtive Plea For Help

You find a note written in a hurry. You read it over, trying to figure out what exactly is written down...

'Character,

This is the safest way to contact you. You need to be warned about a life-threatening situation. I am part of a plot to kidnap and ransom the Paragon City Council. If our demands are not met, we will...dispose of our hostages.

This is not how it was originally supposed to happen, and I no longer want to be part of this plan - but I can't get out of it. I need your help, Character. Please do what I do not have the strength to do. I won't be there by the time you arrive - I want nothing else to do with this situation.

Miss Thystle'

Although this sounds like a trap, you've been hearing that Miss Thystle has been getting a bad name amongst the criminal elements of society. This very well could be true, and only you can save the City Council from being held for ransom... or even worse.

On the other hand, this could all be a trap - Thystle setting up the people she used to work for and then making a break for it. You're not about to allow a villain like her get away like this. You could track her down and bring her in - letting someone else deal with the possible problem with the Paragon City Council.

Hero Acceptance

Briefing

Miss Thystle has been causing problems for Paragon City for quite some time now. Her insidious plots have ranged from toppling historic monuments by means of accelerated plant overgrowth to despoiling outlying farms' harvests. However, she has never resorted to outright kidnapping. Perhaps this note is truly a plea for help from her.

If she truly is considering turning away from her evil ways, then you can not discount this warning. There may still be time to rescue the members of the City Council before it's curtains for them. From what it sounds like, Miss Thystle may be trying to delay her cohorts from following through with their plan, offering you an adequate distraction allowing you a chance to get them to safety.

Not only will you be able to save the lives of respected members of society, you may also be able to show Miss Thystle that fighting for what is right pays off far more than the life she's been previously living.

Trust Miss Thystle's message and rescue the City Council!

Since City Hall's sessions are closed right now, Thystle and her counterparts will have likely taken the Council Members to an offsite location. In order to kidnap them all at the same time, the location will likely be one of the administrative buildings, and you're pretty certain which one it is.

Get over to that building and rescue the Council members. Make sure they make it safely out. Allowing them to be recaptured would defeat Thystle's warning entirely.

Mission Objective(s)

You may have gotten here just in time. You can hear muffled cries coming from down the halls of the building. Quickly, get those Council Members to safety!

• Rescue the City Council!
  • 3 People to rescue!
  • 2 people to rescue!
  • One person remains!

You were able to help the City Council with the help of Miss Thystle and her timely warning!

Enemies

Arachnos

Notable NPCs

• City Planner
• City Treasurer
• City Alderman

Arachnos dialogue

Before combat:

Wolf Spider Assault: They've got her cornered - she's not going anywhere.

Arachnos Drone: What's the status on the team hunting Thystle?

Combat start:

Arachnos Drone: Character! This must have been Thystle's doing!

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Wolf Spider Enforcer: What?!

Wolf Spider Enforcer: She's getting away!

Wolf Spider Enforcer: Someone named Stardusk or something is helping her out!

City Planner dialogue

Before Combat:

Arachnobot: We don't need to answer to the likes of you! Just sit down and shut it!

City Planner: Let me go! Why are you doing this?!

Combat start:

Arachnobot: How did you even KNOW we were here?!

City Planner: Over here! Character! Help me!

Combat Finish:

City Planner: Thanks, Character!

City Treasurer dialogue

Before Combat:

Wolf Spider Assault: We've got enough as it is. Say goodnight!

City Treasurer: I won't give you any more information!

Combat start:

Wolf Spider Assault: I REALLY hate it when someone interrupts me in the middle of killing a hostage!

City Treasurer: Character! You're right on time!

Combat Finish:

City Treasurer: Thank you so much, I'll be sure you get a statue! Two statues! Five! ...if the budget allows it.

City Treasurer: I owe you everything!

City Alderman dialogue

Before Combat:

Wolf Spider Assault: I'll kill you right here if you don't talk!

City Alderman: N-no! I'll tell you whatever you need to know!

Combat start:

Wolf Spider Assault: Come on!

City Alderman: The sec - Character?!

Combat Finish:

City Alderman: Thank you, Character! You've saved the day again. I'll make sure you receive as many awards as possible for this!

City Alderman: I owe you everything!

Debriefing

You were able to help the City Council with the help of Miss Thystle and her timely warning, though you're unsure of what will become of Thystle now...

Vigilante Acceptance

Briefing

This 'warning' by Miss Thystle is a rather transparent attempt at luring you into a trap. What she didn't plan for was you focusing on tracking her down!

Regardless of whether or not there is an actual situation, you can't just let Miss Thystle go like this. It should be easy enough to track down where exactly Thystle was run off to and then bring her down!

Track down Miss Thystle!

You're able to discover where Miss Thystle ran to - an old cave network beneath Paragon City.

If she thinks she can hide there, she has another thing coming to her. You're going to go in there and show her what exactly happens to the villains you catch within Paragon City!

Unnecessary Solicitation

Miss Thystle is out there, still thinking she'll just get away with this trick of hers.

Mission Objective(s)

You enter the cave to see someone else has shown up for Miss Thystle - Arachnos!

• Defeat Miss Thystle!
  • Defeat Miss Thystle

You were able to apprehend Miss Thystle!

Enemies

• Arachnos

Notable NPCs

• Miss Thystle

Arachnos dialogue

Before combat:

Wolf Spider Enforcer: Hopefully that bothersome Stardusk won't show up as well.

Arachnobot: She won't get out of here, not this time!

Combat start:

Wolf Spider Enforcer: I'd rather fight Stardusk than Character...!

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Before combat:

Wolf Spider Enforcer: Word is we've got her cornered - she's going to learn not to back out of our deals!

Miss Thystle dialogue

Before combat:

Miss Thystle: It's like this, is it? Didn't you still get the Council members? Does it matter?

Combat start:

Miss Thystle: Character?! Are you here to rescue -

Miss Thystle: No... you're here to... to take me in?! Fine... if I'm alone... then I'll fight my way out!

Ambush! Multiple Arachnos squads will ambush the player when Miss Thystle reaches 75% health.

Arachnos Ambushers dialogue

Arachnos Drone: Throw EVERYTHING at Thystle and Character!

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Arachnos Drone: Even if Thystle is lost, we can still get Character!

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Wolf Spider Assault: Back up teams have arrived!

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Arachnos Drone: We won't let you get out of here alive, Character!

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Wolf Spider Assault: We're going to finish this now!

Debriefing

You drag Miss Thystle out of the cave to be brought to the Zig by the PPD.

You overhear on one of their radios that the City Council have been rushed to the hopital for emergency care.

They've got the money - they'll be fine. You've at least managed to put away a major villain - an achievement that's worth the injuries of the council.