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Encounter Conditions
After +10 parking garage exploration in the Parking Garage.
Initial Text
In a particularly unused portion of the garage, you find an old freight elevator. It's chained and locked, but also doesn't look like it's been used in decades and doesn't respond at all to pressing buttons.
Summary of Choices
- Shoot the lock - gain 20 Echoing Garage, and with automatic weapon and clustered shot: - unlocks Unchained Freight Elevator
- Hammer the lock (with a hammer weapon equipped) - gain 10 Echoing Garage, 8 XP Strength, unlocks Unchained Freight Elevator
- Pry it open - nothing, or with a crowbar weapon equipped, gain 8 XP Strength, unlocks Unchained Freight Elevator
- Dunk it in Powerful Acid (with 5 powerful acid) lose 5 powerful acid. gain 8 XP in Reflexes unlocks Unchained Freight Elevator
- Melt it with Aqua Regia (with Aqua Regia) - lose 1 Aqua Regia, gain 8 XP Reflexes, unlocks Unchained Freight Elevator
- Call Grigori (If you have completed Help From The Family and spoken to Grigori about Midgard HQ) - Gain 8 XP Will, unlocks Working Freight Elevator (Note: also repairs the elevator.)
- Leave it be - walk away
Choice Text and Results
Shoot the lock
You shoot the lock, just like in the movies, filling the garage with booming echoes. Sadly, the bullet just sort of… lodged in there. At least nobody will be opening it with the key.
On second thought, they might have shotguns loaded with special extra-heavy ammunition in those movies.
You've gained 20 duration of Echoing Garage.
Or, with Automatic Weapon equipped and Clustered Shot in your deck?:
You unload a clip perfectly clustered to stream into the lock. What the first dozen bullets can't do, the next eventually manage, blowing the lock apart.
Unfortunately, even with the lock out of the way, it seems like this elevator isn't working anymore. Given some time, you might be able to repair it.
You've gained 20 duration of Echoing Garage.
You've earned 8 XP in Perception
Hammer the lock
You shatter the lock with one powerful strike from your hammer.
Unfortunately, even with the lock out of the way, it seems like this elevator isn't working anymore. Given some time, you might be able to repair it.
You've gained 10 duration of Echoing Garage.
You've earned 8 XP in Strength
Pry it open
You pry at the lock with your fingers. Although extremely useful in many situations, they don't seem to be the right tool for the job.
Or, with a crowbar weapon equipped:
There's something to be said for having the right tool for the job. You wedge the crowbar behind the lock and press until it cracks open.
Unfortunately, even with the lock out of the way, it seems like this elevator isn't working anymore. Given some time, you might be able to repair it.
You've earned 8 XP in Strength
Dunk it in Powerful Acid
With enough acid, you can melt through just about anything. It turns out this lock is no exception, although it's large enough you do really end up going through quite a bit of acid. At least you manage not to spill any on yourself.
Unfortunately, even with the lock out of the way, it seems like this elevator isn't working anymore. Given some time, you might be able to repair it.
You've earned 8 XP in Reflexes
(Lose 5 powerful acid)
Melt it with Aqua Regia
You gingerly pour your aqua regia over the lock and watch as it corrodes, eventually collapsing.
Unfortunately, even with the lock out of the way, it seems like this elevator isn't working anymore. Given some time, you might be able to repair it.
You've earned 8 XP in Reflexes
(Lose 1 aqua regia)
Call Grigori
You call over to Grigori to explain the situation. Your reception isn't great down here, but it sounds like they should have the elevator running shortly.
You've earned 8 XP in Will
Leave it be
It's obviously been ages since that thing was working, so you'd probably have to repair it on top of getting it open. You can find some other way.