Should You Kill Black Cat In Lies Of P?
05.10.2023 - 16:17
/ screenrant.com
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Like many other games in the soulslike genre, has a number of NPC questlines, including one centered on a Stalker known as Black Cat, that run throughout the entire game — and although in most cases these quests are less obtuse than others in the genre, the different outcomes of each quest can still be unclear. As each NPC quest can only be completed in one way per playthrough of the game, decisions that yield different rewards or story outcomes can be especially important to consider, especially since certain decisions can have effects outside their individual storylines.
Black Cat is a recurring NPC encounter in, mostly seen alongside his sister, Red Fox. Like fellow NPC Alidoro and many other Stalkers, both characters wear animal-themed masks and outfits, and appear at several different points in the games with differing interactions each time. The first time they can be encountered is in Venigni Works, specifically near the Workshop Union Culvert Stargazer, overlooking the large pit where a Puppet of the Future can optionally be fought. This appearance serves mostly just as an introduction to the two characters, with Black Cat also selling a collectible book which turns out to be a minor scam. As the narrative of progresses, however, the two become more integrated into the main plot.
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Further encounters with the duo will see them becoming more involved — the next time they're met is in the Malum District, where they will offer to help fight through the area. This offer can be accepted or refused, which has some consequences for later in their questline, although the two will abandon P well before the area's end regardless. The next meeting is at the Grand Exhibition, where they will reveal that Black Cat is suffering from blindness as the result of the Petrification Disease and ask for a Gold Coin Fruit. In exchange for the fruit, they will give a record and a gesture.
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The final encounter with the two is in the last few areas in the game — the only time they're encountered separately. Prior to this meeting, it's revealed that they and Alidoro are responsible for attacking Hotel Krat and kidnapping Gepetto, although the two siblings at least have more sympathetic reasons for doing so, as they were employed to with the promise of a cure for Black Cat's condition. Black Cat is met first, near the end of the Arche Abbey Entrance area, where he presents one of the questline's last major decisions.
If, previously, P was friendly towards Black Cat and Red Fox, accepting their assistance in the Malum District and giving them a Gold Coin Fruit in the Grand