A Dead Man's Best Friend

**A Dead Man's Best Friend** is a side quest in *We Happy Few*. It takes place in St. George's Holm.

## Objectives

* Go to Col. Lawrence's house
* Observe the Odious MacLears
* Find the Salty Dog
* Give Lionel the Salty Dog

## In-Game Description

I suppose it won't hurt his feelings very much if I steal his stuffed dog, seing as he's dead and all.

What are they arguing about?

What's so great about a stuffed dog?

These are some of the worst people I've ever seen.

That is the oddest looking dog I've ever seen.

## Walkthrough

After being requested by Lionel to steal the stuffed dog from Col. Lawrence, the player has to go out and find Lawrence's house.

When approaching the house, get up to the window and listen in to the MacLears' conversation, here it's revealed that they're planning to discreetly get rid of Thomas' corpse without anyone noticing.

Head upstairs and into the room where Thomas used to be located, in his wheelchair is the taxidermied dog. Take it.

Get out of the house, back to Lionel and hand him the dog. This ends the quest.

### Items the player will gather

* 45 RPM Record
* Apple
* Banger
* Bigger Banger
* "Coffee" Beans
* 2x Dart
* 2x Dirty Bandage
* First Aid Kit
* Music Box
* 2x Odious MacLear Tea
* 2x Pie
* Power Cell
* Power Cell (Empty)
* Pure Water
* 3x Rotten Apple
* 2x Scotch
* Sewing Kit
* 22x Sovereign
* Tea Leaves
* War Ration

### Containers the player can search through

* Coffin
* 10x Cupboard
* Desk
* Fridge
* 2x Small Dresser
* 5x Small Table
* Stove
* Toilet
* 2x Wardrobe

## Transcript

### **Initiation**

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Lionel: Say, you look like a man who knows his way around town. I have a client who likes to ... collect things. Very powerful man. He has quite a few employees, but he'd rather they not know about his ... private interests.

Lionel: Col. Lawrence has a ... very special item. A taxidermied dog. My client is quite anxious to add it to his collection.

Ollie: Is there anything special about this dog?

Lionel: Oh! Not. It's just a peculiar stuffed dog. There's nothing inside of it or nothing, hah hah. But It's very important that you deliver it ... undamaged.

Margaret: He's lying.

Ollie: I think ye might be right about that.

Lionel: Of ... course I'm right about that. Well. Come back with it and I'll make it worth your while!

### **The Odious MacLears**

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Regina: Well of course there are flies. You left the doors wide open.

Honour: In case you hadn't noticed, dear Daddy's starting to stink like a pork chop on summer holiday.

Ned: Obviously we can't keep him here any longer.

Regina: Then perhaps you two would like to arrange the burial. With your half of the inheritance.

Ned: I should think those costs would be shared.

Edmund: Regina and I don't go in for fancy rituals. The man's dead. He won't appreciate the fuss.

Honour: Well, the body has got to go!

Regina: Surely cremation must be cheaper.

Honour: A few pounds cheaper, but then we're still stuck with... the remnants.

Edmund: At least an urn doesn't need its diaper changed.

Regina: Suppose we just ... plop him out in the street after sundown. Don't the Jubilators take care of these things?

Honour: But what if people see us doing it? A war hero and all. I'd hate anyone to think poorly of Ned and me.

Edmund: We have our reputation to keep up.

Ollie: The man's the only war hero we've got! Not scraps to be disposed of!

Regina: If you two are so set on turning this into a celebration, go ahead. Edmund and I are not paying for your victory party.

Honour: I wonder what taxidermy costs.

Edmund: Not cheaper than burning him, I should think.

Ned: Isn't there a freezer downstairs?

Regina: You are NOT putting our father in there with my pies! I slaved over those!

Edmund: You know perfectly well how delicious they are. So I'll thank you to show a little respect.

Margaret: Someone ought to give that man a decent burial!

Ollie: Och, Colonel, ye have come a very long way from the honours o' Ramsgate, have ye not?

### **Return**

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Lionel: Magnificent. Won't he be pleased. Oh, this is an ugly thing, is it not.

Ollie: What's in it?

Lionel: Nothing! Nothing at all. Well, even if there was something in it. My client is a man you want in your corner. And not in the other.

## Trivia

* It isn't ideal to taxidermy a human due to the skin being too delicate, as well as the difficulty with hiding the seams.
* The name of the quest is a joke on the popular phrase "Man's best friend", often used to refer to a domesticated dog.