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| last_page_release_date=2020-08-05
| volume={{ChapterVolume|1}}
| story={{ChapterStory|Good Luck Charm}}
| previous=[[Sisters in Arms, Part 2]]
| next=[[Live Fast, Part 1]]
| previous-story=[[Sisters in Arms]]
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"'''Good Luck Charm'''" is the fifth chapter and third storyline in ''[[Pandora's Tale]].''
=== Characters Appearing in This Chapter ===
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*{{a|Zufolene}}
*{{a|Tallulah Zaragoza}}
*{{a|Resistance member with an eyepatch}} {{1a}}
*{{a|Hemmel}}
*{{a|Resistance member with a half undercut}} {{1a}}
*{{a|Lululu}} {{1a}} {{1n}}
*{{a|Petrichor}}
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Three weeks<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/17/chapter-5-page-2/</ref> since [[the resistance]] found [[Pandora]], Pandora receives her first paycheck<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/16/chapter-5-page-1/</ref>. [[Tallulah]] and [[Zufolene]] ask [[Isabelle]] to hang out with them, and so Isabelle entrusts [[Con]] with watching Pandora and making sure Pandora doesn't do anything dangerous<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/17/chapter-5-page-2/</ref>.
At the [[Pioneer City Resistance Headquarters|resistance headquarters]], Con reiterates that Isabelle wants Pandora to stay out of trouble, while [[Natalya]] asks Pandora to read her essay on [[Helper]] liberation<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/18/chapter-5-page-3/</ref>. They are interrupted by [[Hemmel]], who explains that [[Petrichor]] has been arrested, and that everyone, including Pandora, have to go rescue him<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/19/chapter-5-page-4/</ref>. Con is worried about bringing Pandora with, but Hemmel reassures her that Pandora is like a good luck charm<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/20/chapter-5-page-5/</ref>.
Hemmel explains that the name "Petrichor" is a call sign, as the resistance avoids using real names for long-range communication. Pandora asks if she can have a call sign, and Hemmel says yes. However, Pandora is unable to choose a call sign for herself, due to [[Helper Programming|her programming]]<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/21/chapter-5-page-6/</ref>.
Natalya calls [[Zero]] asking her to hack the design plans of the police station where Petrichor is held, but Zero is distracted playing [[Lululu|a video game]]. Pandora volunteers to sneak into the police station, much to Con's distress<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/23/chapter-5-page-8/</ref>.
Pandora locates Petrichor and gives him a phone<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/24/chapter-5-page-9/</ref>, but she makes enough noise to attract the attention of [[Older Cop|a police officer]]<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/25/chapter-5-page-10/</ref>. When the cop notices her, Pandora pretends to be a [[Stray|stray]] Helper and says that the cop resembles her master<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/26/chapter-5-page-11/</ref>. The cop asks Pandora her name, and Pandora is unable to make up a fake name for herself, so she asks the cop to name her before uncomfortably walking off with him<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/26/chapter-5-page-11/</ref>.
The older cop shows off Pandora to another [[Younger Cop|younger cop]], who criticizes him for breaching security protocols. The older cop ironically asserts that Helpers can't possibly do anything suspicious, while Pandora moves to obstruct the cops' view of a security camera showing the resistance<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/28/chapter-5-page-13/</ref>.
Natalya uses a chemical of her own design to break Petrichor out with "only the tiniest of bangs," much to Con's surprise<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/29/chapter-5-page-14/</ref>. To rescue Pandora, Hemmel asks Natalya to distract the [[Cop (disambiguation)|cops]] with a bigger bang<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/30/chapter-5-page-15/</ref>.
Meanwhile, Pandora badgers the cops with questions to distract them<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/31/chapter-5-page-16/</ref>, and tricks the older cop into giving her a shock pistol<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/08/01/chapter-5-page-17/</ref>.
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The cops awaken to find themselves tied up, as the resistance loots the station. The older cop asks Pandora if she belongs to the resistance. She corrects him: she doesn't 'belong' to the resistance people, she's one of them<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/08/04/chapter-5-page-20/</ref>.
On the ride home, Pandora tells Hemmel that she tried to charm her way out, and Hemmel suggests "Charm" as a call sign for Pandora. Con is relieved that things went well, until Pandora announces her intention to tell Isabelle everything. The chapter closes with a very angry Isabelle reprimanding Con<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/08/05/chapter-5-page-21/</ref>.
=== Trivia ===
*This chapter contains the first instance of Pandora doing something which is against standard Helper programming ''and'' against what Isabelle wants her to do.
*Lululu, introduced in this chapter, is the first metafictional character in Pandora's Tale.
*[[Xan]] researched World War 2-era Soviet weapons for this chapter<ref>https://mastodon.lol/@comicsbyxan/109560117457119507</ref><ref>https://archive.today/1YZzO</ref>.
*This is the first chapter which is not part of a two-chapter arc.
[[Category:Chapters where a character is shown using a virtual reality headset]]
[[Category:One-chapter storylines]]
[[Category:Storylines in Volume 1]]
{{Pandora's Tale Chapters and Storylines}}
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