Abandoned Cube Farm

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Encounter Conditions

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Initial Text

You find part of the office floor that seems to be abandoned. Presumably everyone's in a meeting or on break or off to lunch or something.

In any case, there's nobody around to bother you.

Summary of Choices

1. Search the desks - Gain Midgard records ID, light briefcase, office flask, lukewarm latte, 3-4 retention memos or 3-4 sandwich wrappers
2. Wander around - Gain 2 XP in Perception and Strength
3. Stop to meditate (With Poltergeist Spark) - Heal ?-28-? HP, learn Etch Secrets
4. Look for life - walk away

Choice Text and Results

Search the desks

Sometimes, if Etheric:

You search through the desk, sending useless confidential papers swirling around you. The discarded secrets swirl into a coherent shape, reaching forward towards your offending eyes.

(Fight Pile of Secrets)

Otherwise, one of:

Hmmm, the owner of this desk left their ID here. That might come in handy.

You found: Midgard records ID

Or:

Hmmm. Wherever they went, one of them left a briefcase behind. It doesn't seem to have anything important in it, but it's a nice enough briefcase.

You found: light briefcase

Or:

You search through the desk, finding a strong-smelling flask hidden in the bottom desk drawer.

You found: office flask

Or:

Someone left a latte on their desk. It's not much, but it's something.

You found: lukewarm latte

Or:

You search through the desk, finding a stack of printed out memos. Really, who still prints these things?

Even the people in Southside have comms, surely the workers here can afford them too.

You found: 3-4 of retention memos, interoffice memo

Or:

You search through the desk, finding a stash of old sandwich wrappers. Ew.

You found: 2-4 sandwich wrappers

Wander around

You wind your way through the cubes at a brisk pace. Thankfully, your sense of direction mostly holds out.

You've earned 2 XP in Perception

You've earned 2 XP in Strength

Or, after the evacuation as started:

You head out on a nice brisk walk among the cubes. It's kind of peaceful when they're not full of people complaining about document retention policies.

You've earned 1 XP in Strength

You've earned 1 XP in Will

Stop to meditate

You settle into an abandoned cube, making a nest for yourself among the paperwork. You're not sure how long you spent meditating, but you feel both refreshed and more in tune with the strange energy in your veins.

You regain ?-28-? hit points!

You learned a new Technique: Etch Secrets

Look for life

You leave the abandoned stretch of cubes for somewhere that hopefully has a little more life.

(See Walk Away)