Stealing the Emerald

StE is the second instalment in the HARD Saga, created by Klaxon and a sequel to OtD.

## Plot

Clayton, sitting on his bed at home, reads an 11 PM News article on his phone. The article details the new exhibition at the White Town Museum; The Norwegian Emerald. Below the Museum information is a blurb about Clayton's encounter with a photographer who took a photo of Clayton. The blurb also reveals Clayton killed roughly 15 people, putting a $15k bounty on his head. Clayton reads the blurb about the Emerald and begins to convince himself to steal the Emerald for himself. Clayton finally gets up from his bed and decides to take the Emerald, leaving his house by presumably jumping through a window. Clayton makes it to the museum and can either Sneak In or use a Gun.

### **Aggressive Thief**

* **Gun -** Clayton arms himself with an AK-47 and begins to approach two guards, Caerwyn Ifor and Patrick Per.

Caerwyn criticizes Patrick for smoking, telling him that he's killing himself smoking. Patrick denies the harm and notes the presence of an armed Clayton watching them. Clayton fires his gun at both guards and discards it after his path is cleared. Clayton walks up the Museum steps and thinks about how he could pass the locked door.

* **[X] Super Star -** Clayton equips himself with a Mario style Power Star. Clayton uses the Star and changes solid colors while screaming until his body parts scatter across the front of the Museum.
* **[X] P567 -** Clayton places an explosive on the Museum door and sets it off right in front of himself. Clayton is blown up.
* **Metal Cap -** Clayton puts on a Mario style Metal Cap and kicks down the Museum door.

Clayton runs into the Museum and is shot at by Jody Warrick. The bullets bounce off of Metal Clayton as he rams Jody out of the way. Horace Satchel warns of Clayton's arrival as he also gets rammed. Security Camera footage also shows Clayton running past 3 other guards, punching one as he falls. Paul Magomedov watching the security cameras regards as these situations always happen, proceeding to bawl his fists and contemplate. Paul then thinks to call his brother, Leo Magomedov, and tells him about the intruder. Meanwhile in Area 26, an inmate escapes the Area, but is blown up by Leo. Leo picks up the phone and is notified about Clayton, telling his brother he'll send a team to deal with the criminal that will arrive in about 2 hours. Paul hangs up on his brother and exits the security room, he fires at Metal Clayton but the bullet bounces back and kills him.

The I.D.C. arrive at the Museum as Clayton's metal powers wear off once he makes it into the Emerald Exhibit. Clayton cracks the glass surrounding the Emerald and thinks of a way to transport the Emerald.

* **[X] Carry -** Clayton tries to pick up the Emerald, but doesn't have the strength to do so. Clayton is then yelled at and shot in the head.
* **Mini Shroom -** Clayton uses a Mini Shroom on the Emerald, shrinking the gem.

He takes the Emerald and runs past an I.D.C. agent and guard. The entrance is blocked by three agents, Antonio Russo, Ron Wilson, and Woodrow Moore. Clayton runs through the Hall as he thinks of a plan.

* **Quick Time Event -** Clayton is shot at by the three agents.
* **[X] Magic Portal -** Clayton falls into a portal in the ground. The portal leads to a void telling Clayton that he's an idiot while laughing at him.
* **[X] Bomb -** Clayton straps a bomb to his chest and tackles the the three agents. Woodrow runs away as the other two get blown up along with Clayton.
* **Reverse Card -** Clayton uses an Uno reverse card to switch with a guard outside the Museum.

Clayton appears next to a Motorcycle and steals it, fleeing the Museum. He realizes the danger he was in and makes a note of it as he gets shot at by the same trio of Agents, now riding in a truck as they chase Clayton.

* **Quick Time Event -** Clayton is shot in the back of the head.
* **[X] Return Fire -** Clayton pulls out an AK-47 from the hood of the Motorcycle and fires it at the I.D.C. Agents. He looses his balance on the Motorcycle and falls off the left side of the cliff.
* **[X] Left -** Clayton flips off the agents as he makes a sharp left turn and drives the Motorcycle off a cliff.
* **Watermark -** Clayton grabs the Flip-a-Clip watermark at the bottom left corner of the screen and chucks it at the driver.

Antonio Russo fell out of the truck bed and into the street while Ron Wilson attempted to take control of the Truck. Ron fell off the truck and it swerved off the street, making way for Joe Rock with a Shotgun riding a Motorcycle to pursue Clayton. Joe fires at Clayton as he thinks of a plan.

* **Quick Time Event -** Clayton is shot at on the spine.
* **[X] Jump Off -** Clayton jumps off of the Motorcycle and dies on impact with the floor.
* **Right -** Clayton drives right, off a cliff, onto an active train.

Joe Rock fires at Clayton from atop the cliff as he runs off down the train. Clayton stops and sees the upcoming Train Tunnel.

* **Quick Time Event -** Clayton slams into the Tunnel Wall and is decapitated. He falls onto the tracks and his corpse is inspected by the I.D.C.
* **[X] Jump Off -** Clayton jumps off the train and falls down another cliff.
* **Shrink Ray -** Clayton shoots himself in the head with a shrink ray.

Clayton shrinks and becomes small enough to slip through the gap between the train and the tunnel. 1 Hour Later, the I.D.C. has the train stopped. Three agents, Joe Rock, Joseph Hall, and Noland Gagne, kill the conductor and search the train for Clayton with no success. Clayton jumps off the train and runs home. **Rank: Aggressive Thief**

Back in Area 26, Antonio Russo and Ron Wilson are executed by The Shadow, Robert Goodman, and Ben Frank for failing to catch Clayton. Ron kills himself while Antonio is shot in the rear end by The Shadow.

Now at home, Clayton nestles the Emerald next to his bed, he then falls into bed and sleeps. After he falls asleep, Clayton's home is broken into by three members of the Toppat Clan, them being Henry Stickman, Sledge MacRush, and Mr. MacBeth. MacBeth battles Clayton and puts him to sleep again, then taking the Emerald from him.

### **Phantom Thief**

* **Sneak In -** Clayton sneaks in around the back of the Museum.

Clayton thinks of his options.

* **Super Glue -** Clayton covers his hands in glue and climbs the Museum wall.

On the roof of the Museum, Zackary Brendan guards the entrance to the Museum.

* **[X] Teleporter -** Clayton pulls out a teleporter and accidentally teleports through the floor and drops the teleporter. Clayton lands in a red room with a hole in the middle of the room. He lifts his head to search the room and is surprised to see something off-screen. The entity pulls Clayton off to the right and chops his arm off and throws it into the hole. Clayton tries to fight the entity but is killed with a finishing blow. The entity can then be heard chewing what is presumably Clayton's body and then spitting Clayton's head into the hole. The entity then runs towards the camera and blocks it with his hand.
* **[X] Invisibility Pill -** Clayton takes an Invisibility Pill and becomes invisible. He tries sneaking up to Zachary but is seen by him and shot in the head.
* **Attack from Behind -** Zachary is distracted on his phone while Clayton sneaks onto the building behind him. Clayton jumps down from the building, behind Zachary, and tackles him.

Clayton chokes him and then pushes Zachary out of the way, then running into the door. Clayton ends up on scaffold over the Emerald and looks down to see the Emerald and a guard, Zac Emil, guarding the Emerald. Clayton thinks of his options.

* **[X] Drop -** Clayton jumps from the scaffold and down to the Emerald. He lands on his head and breaks his neck.
* **[X] Super Glove -** Clayton uses a Super Glove to lift Zac away from the Emerald. Clayton lifts Zac and they meet eye-lines. Zac then aims his shotgun at Clayton.
* **Teleporter -** Clayton rolls his eyes and then pulls out a teleporter. He uses the teleporter and teleports behind Zac and is flung into him by the Teleporter.

Clayton gets up and approaches the Emerald. He thinks of his options.

* **[X] Bomb -** Clayton pulls out a P456 and attaches it to the Emerald's case. Clayton then activates the explosive right infront of him and blows himself up.
* **Hand -** Clayton punches the Emerald's casing and retrieves the Emerald.

Clayton stumbles through the Museum with the Emerald and ends up on a porch above two guards, Irvine Brannon and Koda Denver. Irvine asks Koda how much money he has, to which Koda gives Irvine some money. Irvine says "nice" in response to the transaction. Clayton, above them, thinks of his options.

* **[X] Emerald -** Clayton drops the Emerald on Irvine, crushing the man. Koda, armed with a pistol, looks angrily at Clayton.
* **[X] Cloner -** Clayton pulls out a "Cloner" and reads the instructions, | *"Move the lever to do The clones you want" -Anonymous man 20XX (PS: It serves me when they take me to detention)* | Clayton holds the gadget infrot of him and pulls the two pieces apart. A clone of Clayton with black hands appears and turns on the original Clayton. The clone punches Clayton off of the porch and grabs the Emerald. The Clone jumps down from the porch and we can he people fighting and gunshots. We do not know what actually happened.
* **[X] Rifle -** Clayton jumps down from the porch and grabs an estranged Rifel. Clayton fires at the two guards and manages to shoot Irvine. Clayton uses the rest of the bullets to try and shoot Koda yet somehow misses every shot. Clayton looks dumbfounded as Koda aims his Pistol at him.
* **Wait for Them to Leave -** Clayton watches the guards until they decide to leave their station.

Clayton then smiles at the camera. We then cut to a still frame of Clayton running through the White Town forest while holding the Emerald. **Rank: Phantom Thief**

We cut to a shot of Harold Goldman yelling at Zackary Brendan in front of the broken Emerald casing in the Museum. The final shot is of Clayton holding a stack of $100 bills while Dirty Dan and Sorrow stand behind him, Dan holding the Emerald with a smile.

### **Improvised Thief**

* **Sneak In -** Clayton sneaks in around the back of the Museum.

Clayton thinks of his options.

* **P567 -** Clayton uses a P567 to blow a hole into the Museum Wall.

Clayton is thrown into the Museum and is cornered by three guards.

* **[X] Heavy Gun -** Clayton punches a glass encasement for the Heavy Gun. His arm falls off and he starts crying.
* **[X] Teleporter -** Clayton uses a teleporter to flee from the guards. He teleports above the pit from Crossing the Pit and falls into it as Henry watches.
* **Freezing Bullet -** Clayton uses a gun to fire freezing bullets at the 3 guards.

Two of the Guards freeze as the third guard, Kazwitz Novotná, cowers in fear. He is knocked out when Clayton throws the gun at him. Clayton then romes the Museum, admiring the art until he sees a camera pointed at him. We then cut to Paul Magomedov on a security computer getting shot in the head by Clayton. Clayton looks at the monitor, glitching out for unknown reasons. Clayton thinks of his options.

* **[X] Gun -** Clayton shoots the monitor with a gun, it has no effect. Clayton then raises the gun to his chin and fires a round into his head.
* **[X] Tutorial -** Clayton types some things on the monitor, a video appears with its host, IcyBarzzz, giving quick and gibberish instructions while a URL for "Watch videos.com" sits next to a gun emoji on the top left of the screen. IcyBarzz says some things and Clayton yells a confused "What?" at the screen, not understanding anything the guy is saying. Another URL pops on screen "www.FreeRobux.com" to which Clayton gives an exhausted moan. One hour later, Clayton gives up on trying to watch the video and skips to the end of the Tutorial. IcyBarzzz thanks the viewers for watching while a pissed off Clayton looks at the screen. Clayton gives the video a dislike.
* **Restart Cameras -** Clayton presses a button on the monitor. The cameras begin to restart.

After the restart is complete, the screen shows a sleeping guard, Wilton Buck, sitting of the floor in Hall 1. The camera switches to a view of the Main Hallway with a figure stepping into the Art Hughman room all while uncanny music plays. Clayton then switches to a shot of some weird upside-down world with figures crying blood out of their eyes and screaming. Clayton looks at the screen, distressed, and changes the camera shots. He flips through a few angles until finally finding the Emerald. Clayton exits the security room and is cornered by three guards, Arthur Yvonne, Pekratov Dinshinckz, and Ashton Kutcher. Clayton gives a worried glance to the viewers and then runs away from the guards while being fired at. While running and being fired at, Clayton thinks of his options.

* **Quick Time Event -** Clayton gets shot in the leg while running and falls down, onto the floor while bleeding.
* **[X] Down -** Clayton goes down and runs into a pillar. Clayton starts to get up after running into the pillar but is hit in the head by Pekratov's gun while he ran towards Clayton.
* **Up -** Clayton runs up and towards the room with the Emerald.

Clayton slides into the room while managing to hit the emergency button, closing the door behind him. The door closes on Pekratov's legs, cutting them off. Arthur runs into the door at full speed and bounces off of it. Pekratov begins to threaten Clayton to which Clayton begins teasing him until ultimately shooting Pekratov in the head. Clayton then approaches the Emerald's casing.

Meanwhile, Arthur and Ashton fire at the door, along with a third guard. The third guard fires an explosive at the door and kills all three of them. During this, Clayton rolls the Emerald to the door and then thinks of a plan. He can't leave through the main door because he locked it from the outside nor the backdoor due to it also being locked. Clayton then consults the audience, telling them "Guys, now I'm trapped in here. Wait a minute..."

We cut to a shot of Censor's house in Green Hills, White Town. Censor can be seen shopping on "Online Shopping.com" for a Hammer. The results are an Emoji Hammer to kill Emojis with for 60 cents, MR Hammer with good dances for $500,000, and a Ban Hammer for terrible moderation for 1B+ Roux. Censor sits in front of his computer with his penis out in front of him. He then gets a call from Clayton asking for help with leaving the Museum. Censor tells Clayton he can help him and that he will use the buttons. Censor thinks of which button to choose.

* **[X] Black Hole -** A black hole forms in front of Clayton. He gets sucked into it and dies.
* **[X] Laser Shot -** Censor activates a laser and fires it towards the Museum. It misses and shoots Towerhead in his tower head from The Tower.
* **[X] Nuke -** Censor presses a button for a nuke. A siren begins blaring across the Museum and White Town. Inside the Museum two guards, Steve Wisniewsky and Frank Tarrant, listen to the siren. Frank looks at Steve, who is terrified. We cut to a shot of Zackary Brendan being shocked by the sound of the siren on his post above the Museum. In the Emerald's room, Clayton stares with fear in his eyes as he raises a gun to his head and shoots himself. In the City, Alexander Mustang, Ismail Ivan, and Gheorghe Spartak all listen to the siren as well. Finally, the Nuke drops from the sky and onto the town, Branson Missourian is the first to be killed, followed by the city folk and everyone else in White Town. Censor watches the blast from his home. He survives the blast, but all the skin on his face is peeled off. Censor falls to the ground.
* **Fake Nuke -** Censor presses a button for a fake nuke. A siren begins blaring across the Museum and White Town.

Above the Museum, Zackary Brendan reacts to the fake nuke siren, he looks up at the sky and then no-clips into the ground below him. In the City, Ismail Ivan collapses on the floor, fainting from the sirens as Alexander Mustang screams. He then runs into a wall. Back in the Museum, Shane Wallace yells "Oh shit...!" before the entirety of the Museum's staff evacuates the Museum, running in fear.

Censor tells Clayton that the coast is clear. Clayton opens the door to the Emerald exhibit and finds the exit to the Museum. On the roof of the Museum, Clayton thanks Censor for his help and offers him a piece of the Emerald before the intercoms cut off. Clayton then jumps into the air in celebration of his successful heist. **Rank: Improvised Thief**

Clayton runs off with the Emerald and leaves the Museum in his tracks. Inside the Museum, Harold Goldman cries in front of the broken Emerald container, surrounded by two I.D.C. agents, Stephen McDonald and Brody Heard, and one of his own guards. The Brody interviews Harold meanwhile Stephen finds a glass shard with a finger print at his feat. The finger print of the Intruder.

## Characters and Groups

* ***Unfactioned***
	+ Clayton W. Uper
	+ Censor
	+ IcyBarzzz (Tutorial)
	+ Sorrow
	+ Dan Sánchez
	+ Angus Gayle (Train Conductor)
	+ Green Ghost
* ***Civilians***
	+ Ulan Deruh
	+ Branson Missourian
	+ Ismail Ivan
	+ Gheorghe Spartak
	+ Alexander Mustang
* ***Museum Staff***
	+ **Owner**
		- Harold Goldman
	+ **Black Security Cap**
		- Paul Magomedov
		- Caerwyn Ifor
		- Zackary Brendan
		- Irvine Brannon
		- Wilton Buck
		- Jody Warrick
		- Kazwitz Novotná
		- Ljubo Branko
	+ **Blue Security Cap**
		- Patrick Per
		- Zach Emil
		- Koda Denver
		- Horace Satchel
		- Bryan Doorman
		- Randall Lunarove
* ***The I.D.C.***
	+ Leo Magomedov
	+ Pawel Lewandowski
	+ Woodrow Moore
	+ Ron Wilson
	+ Antonio Russo
	+ Daniel Johnston
	+ Joe Rock
	+ Nolan Gagne
	+ Joseph Hall
	+ Robert Goodman
	+ The Shadow
	+ Ben Frank
	+ Brody Heard
	+ Stephen McDonald

## Trivia

* There are 25 Unique Fails and 3 Unique Endings in this Game.
	+ The Teleporter appears as an option 3 times, with it failing twice.
* Art's Mission heavily inspired and was referenced in this game.
	+ The Carry Option was animated by SpookyToast.
	+ The box from the Intense route of Art's Mission: Escaping the Prison can be see in the Train in the Aggressive Thief ending.
	+ In the Star Option, Clayton's shoes turn the same shade of blue as Art Hughman's shoes.
	+ In Restart Cameras, there is a drawing of Art on the wall.

## Goofs

* Many alternate shots are missing either characters or items established to be there. Simple animation errors.
* Picking options is inconsistent, some times you have to go into the description to choose it.
* Aggressive Thief
	+ Aggressive is misspelled as "Agressive" in the Aggressive Thief Ending.
	+ The I.D.C. agent's heads are much larger than Caerwyn Ifor and Patrick Per's heads.
		- Although Caerwyn and Patrick were shot *at*, they could've dodged the bullets and survived, explaining their presence when the I.D.C. arrives.
		- Caerwyn and Patrick are employees of the Museum yet don't participate in attempting to arrest Clayton.
	+ The I.D.C. is mentioned to take 2 Hours to make it to the Museum from Area 26.
		- Clayton enters the Museum then enters the Emerald Exhibit 2 hours later despite his other two counterparts (Phantom Thief and Improvised Thief) stealing the Emerald in a shorter time span.
		- It takes 2 hours to get to the Museum yet 1 to get Ron Wilson and Antonio Russo back to Area 26.
	+ Klaxon has confirmed that StE takes place on July 31st 2010. Clayton enters the Museum sometime after 11:00 PM, meaning Aggressive Thief could take place on August 1st at around 2:00 AM.
		- This Contradicts the Jewel Baron route, saying the Toppat Clan stole the Emerald "just last year" in 2009.
	+ In the Carry Option, Clayton is yelled at then shot, yet in the Metal Cap Quick time event, Clayton is only shot.
	+ Clayton swaps places with Daniel Johnston, yet Daniel doesn't appear in Clayton's spot.
* Improvised Thief
	+ When Clayton blows up the wall with the P567, the blast doesn't act correctly.
		- Aggressive Thief Clayton can die from the blast of his P567 yet this Clayton survives the blast.
		- The blast emanates from a point to Clayton's Left yet he is pushed toward the blast and beyond it into the building.
	+ The Aggressive Thief version of Paul Magomedov is inconsistent with the Improvised Thief version.
		- Paul wears his head set in Aggressive Thief yet not in Improvised Thief.
		- Paul doesn't report Clayton in Improvised Thief after he blew up the wall and froze two guards Yet in Aggressive Thief, Paul reports Clayton immediately after entering the Museum and punching guards.
	+ Paul's blood doesn't appear on the monitor in some shots.
	+ The Black Hole eats Clayton yet doesn't eat Pekratov Dinshinckz's body.
	+ Many characters have inconsistent reactions to the Nuke Siren in both the Nuke and Fake Nuke Option.
* Phantom Thief
	+ When Clayton uses the Teleporter the first time, he teleports to the Pit from Crossing the Pit with Henry present, despite CtP taking place on August 27th 2008 and StE taking place July 31st 2010.
	+ Zac Emil is show to be guarding the Emerald in this route despite him not guarding the Gem in any other routes.
		- Improvised Thief Clayton could've shot and disposed of him, just as he did with Pekratov.
		- Aggressive Thief Clayton could've knocked Zac out with his Metal abilities.
	+ The P567 has a larger blast then shown in any of it's other scenes.

## External Links

Klaxon's Channel

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