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Encounter Conditions
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Initial Text
Someone's moved the tables out of the breakroom, creating a cramped dance floor that spills into the nearby aisles. Everyone's wearing costumes, although it's easy to identify the students and the workers.
You get a lot of weird gazes, perhaps because it isn't obvious which group you fall into.
Summary of Choices
- Join the dance - Gain 2 XP in Reflexes and/or Will, and with a party necklace unlock In Vino Variance
- Chat people up - Gain 20 Halloween Spirit, 2 XP Will
- Pick some pockets - Pickpocketing: 3-4 of: bone wine, call center mask, candy corn, candy eyeball, licorice spider, peanut butter bat, peanut butter candy, pumpkin microbrew
- Start swinging - Fight Call Center Worker (drops call center mask in addition to usual drops)
- Leave them be - Walk Away
Choice Text and Results
Join the dance
You dance through the crowd. They watch you with leery eyes behind their masks, which doesn't help your performance any.
You've earned 2 XP in Reflexes
Or?
You dance through the crowd. You don't really have the moves, but the students in particular seem happy to cut you some slack, and cheer your on despite your skill. By the time you're done, they seem to have let their defenses down a bit.
You've earned 2 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 2 XP in Will
Or, with party necklace and/or other dance effects?
You dance through the crowd, showing off your moves, which seems to convince them you're not someone suspicious.
You've earned 2 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 2 XP in Will
(Unlocks In Vino Variance)
Chat people up
or
One worker in a simple mask approaches you as though drawn by a beacon. "This music is…" she focuses for a moment on the thrum through the floor, "really something.""It's like a train going by, but there's something more, isn't there? Like ghosts, shrieking somewhere far away."
"Isn't it weird," she changes topics and tone completely, "how the cubicle walls stay the same, but the drones are so different? You'd think the headsets would turn into snakes, but decorations coming to life is much better. This shit is the best."
You've gained 20 duration of Halloween Spirit.
You've earned 2 XP in Will
Pick some pockets
You slip through the crowd. People aren't carrying much other than candy and drinks, but that's not so bad.
You found 3-4? of: bone wine, call center mask, candy corn, candy eyeball, licorice spider, peanut butter bat, peanut butter candy, pumpkin microbrew
Start swinging
The students seem to be on guard, scattering the moment violence begins. One of the workers, however, stares you down and draws a crackling taser.
(Fight Call Center Worker (Halloween variant) - drops call center mask in addition to usual drops)
Leave them be
Yeah, the dance floor isn't really your scene. You pass it by.