Off to the Races

Off to the Races
Prerequisites	Complete "Voluntary Good", then wait a week
Start	Talk to the Receptionist
Location	Newfall Hospital
Season	Season 2

Quest Progression
Previous Quest	Next Quest
"Sauce/Off"	"In for a Dime, In for a Dollar"

Overview

All the things that could've been.

After another productive shift of volunteer work at the hospital, you check in on Lindsey, who is noticeably looking more healed. After she expresses happiness for being able to see you today, she requests a big favor: take her to see the track regionals the following day. She explains that regionals were everything to her and everything she trained for, and believes that being there will help her get a sense of normalcy again. You head to the front desk and ask the Receptionist if you can check Lindsey out. She denies the request, and upon telling Lindsey, she suggests you sneak her out, instead.

You'll need some sort of plan and disguise to get Lindsey out of there. You head home and ask Flora for one of her hoodies. She accepts (on the condition that you wash it afterwards), and you get to sleep after a day of hard work. The next day, grab the hoodie and head back to the hospital. After finding a pair of eyeglasses and an old headscarf in the lost and found, you grab a wheelchair through some means. Everything for the disguise is now set.

Returning to Lindsey’s room, you get her dressed up and compliment how she looks after she doubts herself. Lifting her up and placing her into the wheelchair, she winces in pain, and you place a blanket across her legs for the final touch of the disguise. Rolling her out, you’re met by the Hospital Guard, and depending on your choice, you either flash your Volunteer Badge or make up a story to which Lindsey plays along with.

After the race starts, Lindsey gets upset, stating how she should be out there with the other racers and lamenting on her current situation, asking what the point of continuing is if she's not able to run. She then requests to leave, stating that this whole thing was a mistake, which you oblige to and take her to the pier. After sitting in silence for a bit, Lindsey suddenly speaks up, stating how she didn’t believe it’d be that difficult to be at the track. You kneel in front of her and take her hand, showering her in compliments and praise, assuring her that people love her for how she makes them feel, not how fast she is on a track. Thoughts of a future with Lindsey run through your mind as she states how kind and thoughtful you are and that she didn’t think she could get through her situation without you. You two hug in the sunset, not wanting the moment to end.

Upon returning to the hospital, you’re both greeted by the Receptionist, who scolds you for sneaking Lindsey out and requests your hospital badge, revoking your status as a volunteer worker. Lindsey then starts to cry and pleads to the Receptionist that the outing was her idea, but you reassure Lindsey that you’d do this again and again if necessary, handing in your badge and leaving the building. Now outside, you relent on how you won’t be able to see Lindsey again since your Hospital access has been revoked, hoping she’ll be released soon.

Characters

• Lindsey
• Flora
• Maya

Scenes

• Lindsey's Request
• Maya's Distraction
• Lindsey's Jailbreak
• Lindsey's Outing

Missable Items

• Whilst searching through the Lost & Found box, you discover a Vibrator and a Clown Nose.
  • These items can be kept for a lighthearted joke (Clown Nose) and creeping Lindsey out (Vibrator) prior to getting her dressed like an old woman.

Missable Interactions

• When you greet Lindsey and she shows excitement for seeing you:
  • Apologizing for not being cooler and better-looking will give you 1 Love point after she tells you not to think of yourself that way, saying you have a nice face.
  • Saying you can't be kept away will have you give a dramatic retelling of fighting trolls and dragons to get to her, a gesture she appreciates.
    • She'll lament about how she doesn't feel beautiful, but your reassurance will give her 1 Lust point.
  • Saying that you'd never miss a chance to see her will give her 1 Love point as she shows appreciation for that, her saying that she may have given up by now had it not been for you.
• When Lindsey pleads for you to take her to the race track:
  • Saying you'll carry her if you have to will give you 1 Strength point and her 1 Lust point, her saying you make for a better knight than a steed.
    • If you carried her to the Nurse's Office in Tour de School or caught her on the stairs in Nothing Wrong With Me, you'll remind her that she fits perfectly in your arms.
  • Saying you don't want to make her condition worse will lead to more pleading, saying that being cooped up is much worse than any physical pain she's in.
  • Telling her it won't be any good will have you explain that none of the other racers would even come close to what she could do, giving her 1 Love point.
    • You'll also ask if seeing the race will make her sad, but she insists she's already sad.
• When Lindsey suggests that you could sneak her out:
  • Saying you can and will will give her 1 Love point after you tell her that she inspires you to be as thoughtful and kind as her.
  • Bringing up being caught will subtract 1 Lust point from her as she asks where your sense of adventure is.
  • Saying you could sneak her in will give you 1 Charisma point as you clarify that you meant sneaking her into your heart.
• When Flora asks why you need her clothing:
  • Telling her that you'd look good in fishnets will give you 1 Charisma point and her 1 Lust point.
  • If you be honest and say it's for Lindsey, she'll oblige out of her respect for her.
  • Telling her you want to know what it's like to walk in her shoes will give her 1 Love point after you tell her that you appreciate your mutual reliance on each other.
    • If she has at least 15 Lust points, you'll joke how this is a ploy to get in her clothes, which she'll laugh at.
• When grabbing the wheelchair, you're presented with some options:
  • Choosing to create a distraction will prompt a surprise appearance from Maya.
    • When you tell her that you volunteer here, she'll make a cheeky reference to "Flowers for Algernon".
    • When asked what she's doing here, she states she's at the hospital for "STD testing", clarifying that everyone there is clean.
    • After requesting her help, she'll collapse and writhe on the floor, giving you an opening to grab the wheelchair. Once she gets up, she tells the crowd that she was swooning over a hot doctor.
    • Both you and her will gain 1 Love point after the ordeal.
  • Choosing to confidently take the wheelchair will have the Receptionist question what you're doing, and you lie by telling her its for Doctor Hoover's brain surgery patient.
  • Choosing to simply ask for one will have the Receptionist accept your request, free of any retaliation or backlash.
• If you collected the Clown Nose from the Lost and Found, Lindsey will gain 1 Love point at your silliness. If you collected the Vibrator, she'll lose 1 Love point in disgust.
• Upon being dressed in her disguise, Lindsey will doubt that she still looks beautiful.
  • Saying that nothing could diminish her beauty will give her 1 Love point, her being happy that you always know what to say.
  • Telling her that she knows she's beautiful will have you comment that a little fall won't change that, subtracting 1 Love point from her as she assures you it wasn't "a little fall".
  • Telling her she needs vitamin D will give you 1 Intellect point as you explain that the sunlight would be good for her.
• Prior to leaving the hospital with Lindsey, you're greeted by the Security Guard asking what you're doing.
  • With at least 15 Charisma points, you can flash your badge to the Guard and he lets you both go after a short bit.
    • This choice will reward 1 Charisma point for you and 1 Lust point for Lindsey.
  • Otherwise, you'll create a fake story of the woman in the wheelchair being an elderly patient. Lindsey plays along and the Guard lets you go. This choice awards 1 Intellect point for you and Lindsey will gain 1 Love point.