Later Alligator

The game begins with the player character meeting an anxious alligator named Pat in a hotel restaurant. Pat believes his family is going to murder him that night at 8:00 PM during something called "the Event", and asks for help in finding out their plans. The player agrees and begins moving between the various districts of Alligator New York City, interviewing Pat's family and friends to learn about their relationships with Pat, and assists them with different tasks in order to coerce more information about the Event out of them. At various points during the day, Pat calls the player back to the hotel to assist him with some other trouble.

At 8:00 PM, the player returns to the hotel and guides Pat upstairs to the Event, revealed to be his birthday party. All the characters whose badges the player obtained are shown to be in attendance, who explain that Pat mistakes his surprise party for a murder attempt every year. The player is then given the option to customize their character's appearance and join everyone for a group photograph. The story then restarts from the beginning, and the player is encouraged to find and help the remaining family members.

Finishing the story a second time triggers a cliffhanger ending, in which the player attempts to kill Pat by pushing him off the hotel balcony. Finishing the story with every family badge unlocks the true ending, in which the player has a change of heart and catches Pat before he falls, pulling him back up. The next day at Pat's house, Pat learns from the player that they are a hitman whom Pat accidentally hired to assassinate himself, due to mistaking a classified ad in the newspaper as a cry for help. Realizing the only real danger to himself was the result of his own actions, Pat resolves to try to avoid letting his fear control him in the future.