Colorless Green Thoughts Sleep Furiously

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Encounter Conditions

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Initial Text

You find yourself at a quiet part of the maze. Quiet enough, in fact, to hear the distant whisper of music. You must be close to the ballroom.

Summary of Choices

1. Push through - Fight lurking spider, or get to the party:
   1. Head through
   2. Not yet
2. Search for treats - Gain 1-2 (?) of: bone flakes, candy corn, industrial jawbreaker, pumpkin lollipop, meaty haunch, gummy eyeball
3. Howl in the darkness - Gain 20 Energy of Halloween Spirit
4. Wander aimlessly -

Choice Text and Results

Push through

You push your way forward, brushing away massive bales of webbing, only to find yourself face-to-face with a spider the size of your head. It fearlessly meets your gaze with its multitude of eyes.

(Fight a Lurking Spider)

or, with halloween map equipped

You follow your map carefully to the entrance of the ballroom. A crystalline cemetary gate has been placed to seal it off, glimmering with green light streaming through the mists beyond.

or, while sober with no map equipped

You push forward towards the steady thrum of music, eventually finding the ballroom's entrance. An ornate cemetary gate has been placed to seal it off, glimmering with green light streaming through the mists beyond.

Head through

You push past the gate into the main ballroom. You're assaulted by wave after wave of flickering green light and haunting music that seems to echo from far away.

Not yet

While Etheric

You turn away from the gate, only to find yourself face-to-face with a spider the size of your head hanging in the webbing. It fearlessly meets your gaze with its multitude of eyes.

Fight Lurking Spider

Search for treats

You carefully check through the fake spider webs, hoping nothing too creepy will pop out, but do eventually find some candy. Either they planned a scavenger hunt and didn't have enough time or someone just dropped some on the way through.

Either way, free candy!

You found: candy corn

You found: pumpkin lollipop

(or, if Etheric?)

You carefully check through the fake spider webs, hoping nothing too creepy will pop out, but do eventually find some treats. Well, at least someone probably considers them treats.

You found: <1-2? of:> bone flakes, gummy eyeball, industrial jawbreaker, meaty haunch

Howl in the darkness

You howl out into the darkness, hearing the echoes return from distant corners of the maze. As they begin to die, the echoes are joined by a mournful howl.

Okay, that's spooky.

You've gained 20 energy of Halloween Spirit.

Wander aimlessly

Good call. After all, the labyrinth is scary enough. Who knows what it's like beyond it?