A Bounty for the Hunter

A Bounty for the Hunter
Quest-giver:	Arthur Kilpatrick
Location:	Santa Monica
Reward:	3 EXP $200
Type:	Side Quest
Prerequisite:	The Hunted Hunter
Next quest:	Jumpin' the Bail

A Bounty for the Hunter is a quest available in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.

Acquisition

After The Hunted Hunter quest, Arthur Kilpatrick will give you this quest and the Carson's apartment key.

Walkthrough

Brief

1. Go to the Santa Monica Suites.
2. Enter apartment #1.
3. Open the "mcgee" file on Carson's laptop. ^{( 1 EXP)}
4. Listen to the answering machine.
5. Pick up the Tattoo Parlor Key from the TV.
6. Go to the Devil's Brand Tattoo.
7. Head to the basement and answer the ringing phone.
   • Note: the phone will not ring with the Plus Patch. Instead, consult the note next to the phone and then interact with the phone to call Gimble yourself.
8. Agree to go to Gimble's Prosthetics.
9. Talk with Gimble and go to the basement. With Unofficial Patch Plus, Gimble can also be sent to the morgue for the quest Replanting a Lily.
10. Talk with Carson.
11. Kill Gimble.
12. Free Carson. ^{( 1 EXP)}
13. Go back to Kilpatrick. ^{( 1 EXP, $200)}
14. Quest Complete

Detailed

The fledgling must go to Carson's apartment. They need to find him since he disappeared while searching for the bail jumper, McGee. In Carson's apartment, the fledgling will find Carson's computer and answering machine. There's also a card key, a silver ring, and a textbook. They can use the ring and the textbook to raise stats. The laptop and answering machine contain information about Carson's work. They reveal that he was working on the McGee case. It seems McGee was hiding out in a tattoo parlor. The fledgling will need the key card left atop the television set in order to enter.

Inside the tattoo parlor, the fledgling will hear a phone ringing. It's coming from the basement. Upon answering the phone the fledgling will converse with Stanley Gimble, who claims he was trying to reach McGee who had missed their appointment for modeling prosthetics. For one reason or another, he invites the fledgling over to his office where they have to be buzzed in. During a short discussion, Gimble will appear friendly. However, he briefly mentions wanting the fledgling's arms for himself. After that, he disappears into the back room. The fledgling will have to follow him and explore the basement. They can find a single pack of blood in his fridge.

With Unofficial Patch Plus, Gimble can instead be sent to the morgue for the quest Replanting a Lily. This requires Persuasion 5.

The basement contains multiple empty rooms with surgical tables and large blood splatters. These rooms lead to a final area. There, the fledgling will find Carson locked in a cell. It seems he was lured there just as the fledgling was. In that same room is McGee, now a limbless corpse. Carson reveals that Gimble is a psychopath who traps people and cuts off their limbs. Gimble returns and attacks the fledgling by using a severed arm as a weapon.

After killing Gimble and freeing Carson, he states that he won't be returning to Kilpatrick as Gimble had cut off his trigger finger and he did not believe he could sufficiently do his job any more and the fledgling is to report this to Kilpatrick. The quest will not be marked complete until the fledgling receives payment.

Quest Log

Log Entry
Update: Upon receiving quest: The bondsman Arthur Kilpatrick wants you to locate his bounty hunter, Carson, and ask him to return to work. Carson lives at the Santa Monica Suites, in Apartmment 1.
Update: After entering Carson's apartment, you found some information about the last case he was working on. He mentioned something about the tattoo parlor. Perhaps you need to go there next.
Update: While searching McGee's parlor, you received a phone call from Stan Gimble, a marker of prosthetic devices. He is willing to answer your questions about McGee, if you go by his shop, which is located at the end of Main Street in a small basement studio.
Update: You rescued Carson from the clutches of the deranged Stan Gimble. You should report back to Arthur.
Update: Upon completion: You located Carson and told Arthur he is not coming back, and you got paid. Quest Complete

Items

• Carson's apartment key
• Money clip (Official Patch) / Firearms skill book (Unofficial Patch)
• Blood Pack (inside refrigerator at Gimble's Prosthetics)
• Silver Ring
• A severed arm