Executive Offices

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Encounter Conditions

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Initial Text

Like the rest of the floor, its offices are large and well-lit. They also seem to trust the guards enough to leave the doors open even when they're not there.

Summary of Choices

1. Hack the computer (with a computer equipped) - Hack Executive Desktop
2. Search the drawers - Gain 2-3 tailored Eclipse and 1-2 of: executive PDA, folding pistol, fresh cred chip, gold cred chip, Lattes! breakfast sandwich, whiskey flask
3. Set an ambush - Fight Assistant Vice President (male), modified by hacking Personal Calendar (Executive Floor); or with 50+ Executive Alarm, nothing.
4. Meditate on your map (after asking Hawk about the Three Sided Floor) - allows access to the rest of the floor
5. Take a rest - gain 20-30 HP, lose 20 Executive Alarm
6. Search around - Fight Internal Security (Baton), or in Office Worker Outfit without Executive Alarm/HQ Alarm, Walk Away

Choice Text and Results

Hack the computer

You sit down at the desk and connect in. Despite being a nice piece of hardware, their computer doesn't seem to have much running on it.

(Hack Executive Desktop)

Search the drawers

You rifle through the desk drawers. They're surprisingly empty of paperwork, making it easy to find several tablets of Eclipse among the odds and ends.

You found: 2-3 tailored Eclipse

You found 1-2? of: executive PDA, folding pistol, fresh cred chip, gold cred chip, Lattes! breakfast sandwich, whiskey flask

Set an ambush

You wait and wait, until eventually an executive walks in. His eyes are tired, but it doesn't show anywhere else on his face. He screams as you jump him, attracting a little attention from the rest of the floor.

You've gained 10 duration of Executive Alarm.

(Fight Assistant Vice President (male))

Or, if you've messed up the schedule on Personal Calendar (Executive Floor) today:

You wait and wait, until eventually an executive makes his way back into the office, shouting complaints into his comm about scheduling problems. He screams as you jump, but you're not honestly sure it's any louder than he was already being.

(Fight Assistant Vice President (male))
And, on winning:

You slide the body behind his desk, confident nobody else will be here for quite a while.

Or, in a vine-infested office?:

You slide the body behind his desk, where vines wait in the dark. As you watch, his body is reduced to little more than bones.

Or, with over 50 Executive Alarm?

You wait and wait for a chance to slake your bloodlust, but nobody shows. Either they're still in meetings or that alarm going off dissuaded them.

Meditate on your map

You wait in the calm and silent office, giving yourself some time to focus and work on the map as Hawk said. Your first few attempts are disrupted by a shape moving at the corners of your sight, a woman in an elegant gown strangely marred by Midgard's logo.

But, once you settle in, you unravel the deception and find what she'd been hiding: an entire wall of the floor, including several meeting rooms and a high-security door.

Having broken through the floor seems a bit more… mundane as well. It's hard to say if she was seeking beauty, simplicity, or secrecy more.

Take a rest

You settle in behind the desk and nobody turns up to bother you.

You regain 20-30 hit points!
(Removes 20 Executive Alarm)

Search around

You get some exploration in, but quickly run into a guard who doesn't seem to appreciate you poking around.

(Fight Internal Security (Baton))

Or, in Office Worker Outfit and no HQ Alarm / Executive Alarm:

You take advantage of the silence to explore the floor. It's not beautiful or anything, but it's certainly well-appointed.

(Walk Away)

Some conditions:

It's strange… you passed through something like a veil of twisted space. Surely there's something more than just offices back here.

You redouble your efforts to find it.

(Walk Away)