Cassie's rescue

Don't screw with Don
Since you likely don't have any money on you yet, you can't just buy a passage. However, guy standing nearby talks something about other way — through the sewers. Eww. After following through the sewers, Lust Doll reaches Slums.

The only exit from here is guarded by toll guy who demands $5 for every passage. To progress further, Lust Doll must somehow get past him without paying — either by at least 5 Strength to push him, or at least 5 Speech to trick him.

After resting and revisiting Slums, Don's guys would find you and bring back to Don, who would demand not just the money you didn't pay, but also "fee", resulting in $200 "fine" this time. Paying up would just reset him, as would saying what you are broke (though this would unlock "hidden" sex scene), so to progress up you need to refuse and offer to work it up instead.

Don doesn't need assassins, so it would be either sex work or grunt work. Sex work opens additional scenes (this is repeatable event as long as you don't progress further on this quest), but story would only progress further after you accept grunt work. Choosing to resist at the start, but backing up after Don admits what you have guts would result in you automatically picking grunt work.

"Grunt work" is simple – find one particular cat-girl, runaway sex slave, and bring back "his property". Despite all attempts to warn Cassie, this amounts to nothing: Don decided to not trust you, and just sent his men to follow you and learn where Cassie hides; after you rest, Cassie would be abducted.

You can accept or refuse your payment ($500), but it wouldn't affect subsequent plot in any way.

Finding friends
You can't deal with Don you your own; firstly, you need some friends.

Firstly, go to Condo and rent room here. After resting here, Lust Doll would meet their new neighbour, girl called Fawn. Keep talking with Fawn (you need to rest after each meeting) until she invites you in her room, and leaves you alone (this event is repeatable as long as you don't progress further through this quest). Search the room until you find the membership card of some place called... "The Torture Rack"?..

Go to "The Torture Rack" (it's in the Slums), and try to learn more by asking receptionist. Unfortunately, they would tell you nothing since they protect their members' privacy. You may sell the membership card, or try to bust Fawn exiting the club. Either way, she would confront you later and just tell what yes, she works at BDSM club, and would offer you to become her personal sub (starting her own quest-line).

After telling her about Cassie and Don, she would reveal what Don is actually one of her club's patrons.

After resting, visit Fawn again and discuss with her possible ways to deal with Don. After talking about each possible option, you would come up with plan of actions.

Without police involvement, saving Cassie would be impossible. Visit local Police station and talk with the girl called Arlene. Unfortunately, police has sort of... "agreement" with Don: he keeps Slums in check, police doesn't bother him; and so far he maintained his part of bargain. So far...

Visit Slums again, and find local homeless. One of them would step out and demand lots of money, but don't just agree on the first sum they ask for: they would just steal it. Refuse them twice, until they stop wasting your time. People who stay would demand $500, but they are the ones would wold make job done. If you did fall for the scam, hobo would run to the local strip-club and waste almost all of them. When confronted, they would return only $500 — that same sum you are supposed to actually spend in this quest.

Once payed, homeless would spark a rebellion, spoiling Don's relationship with police and allowing Arlene to intervene.

From now on, you are technically ready to bust in, but you can make it even easier by recruiting either Lin-Lin or Sammy.

Lin-Lin would only help if she gets payed first ($300), but she significantly increases chance of dealing with guards. She may either aid in fighting guards, or aid in stealing the key (the first option is still available after stealing the key, but she would require being paid again). Either option may be combined with asking her about guards' schedule, increasing your chances to pass skill checks once inside by additional 20% (adds up to your basic chance).

Sammy may help you as well; she wouldn't demand money, but would only tell about schedule. She would add additional 20% in the same way as Lin-Lin, resulting in total bonus of 40% to any skill check.

Rescue operation
There are several ways to infiltrate Don's hideout, but all of them involve hard skill-checks.

You may steal the keys and try to sneak through, or you may deal with guards violently. Skill checks are:


 * Attack guards; unsuccessful attack results in a Bad End.
 * Without Lin-Lin's help: 10+(2*Str)%
 * With Lin-Lin's help: 50+(5*Str)%
 * Steal door key: 50+(5*Spe)%.
 * You may only attempt to steal the key once. If you fail it, your only other option remains to deal with guards.
 * After stealing the key, you may temporarily retreat if you are not sure in yourself.
 * Allows you to climb the wall, bypassing guards entirely.
 * Seduce guards (Ero 7+)
 * Steal keys 40+(3*Nim)%
 * Attack them: 20+(2*Str)%
 * Climb the wall (Strength 7+). Only becomes available after you obtain the key.

After you infiltrate Don's hideout, you can try to bust through, or sneak past. Failing to do either result in a Bad End. Skill checks are:
 * Charge in:
 * Without any help: 10+(0.5*Str)%
 * With the help of Lin-Lin or Sammy: 25+(0.5*Str)%
 * With the help of both Lin-Lin and Sammy: 45+(0.5*Str)%
 * Sneak through:
 * Without any help: 20+(1*Nim)%
 * With the help of Lin-Lin or Sammy: 40+(1*Nim)%
 * With the help of both Lin-Lin and Sammy: 60+(1*Nim)%
 * Negotiate:
 * Without any help: 0+(0.34*Spe)%
 * With the help of Lin-Lin or Sammy: 20+(0.34*Spe)%
 * With the help of both Lin-Lin and Sammy: 40+(0.34*Spe)%

If you didn't recruit Arlene, your fate depends on wether you dealt with guards downstairs, or not.
 * If you sneaked past guards, they would ambush you from behind once you contfront Don (regardless of choice), resulting in Bad End.
 * If you knocked up guards, you may choose wether to fight Don or try to negotiate with him. Again, either option results in his men catching up with you and attacking – but this time, you would be ready, initiating battle with Don's guards. Either outcome would result in Bad End, but which one you receive depends on wether you win or lose:
 * Losing the battle leads to you being captured, resulting in the same Bad End as if you failed any other skill check while inside.
 * Winning opens the other choice (both of them would lead to Lust Doll and Cassie being forced to run from New Ark):
 * Killing Don results in police going after you.
 * Sparing Don results in police and Don going after you.

If you did recruit Arlene, but didn't deal with guards downstairs (passing either Strength or Speech check), you would be forced to face them again on the way back, by passing another set of skill checks. Failing them results in you being captured and triggers a Bad End. Skill checks are:
 * Charge in:
 * Without any help: 25+(1*Str)%
 * With the help of Lin-Lin or Sammy: 45+(1*Str)%
 * With the help of both Lin-Lin and Sammy: 65+(1*Str)%
 * Sneak through:
 * Without any help: 0+(2*Nim)%
 * With the help of Lin-Lin or Sammy: 20+(2*Nim)%
 * With the help of both Lin-Lin and Sammy: 40+(2*Nim)%
 * Negotiate:
 * Without any help: 0+(0.34*Spe)%
 * With the help of Lin-Lin or Sammy: 20+(0.34*Spe)%
 * With the help of both Lin-Lin and Sammy: 40+(0.34*Spe)%

Passing any of the last set of skill checks allows you to evacuate Cassie from here, while Arlene steps in and... "deals" with Don. In her own way.