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Encounter Conditions
If you haven't seen the double containment flamethrower combat above today
Initial Text
Near some of the windows, there's a curious display of growing vines. Far more than the potted plants elsewhere on the floor, it's like a small garden. There are even a handful of pumpkins clinging to the vines.
A pair of executives chat near the vines, although their voices are hushed enough it's hard to say whether they're trading Midgard's secrets or pie recipes.
Summary of Choices
- Listen in - Gain 20 Executive Alarm, or in Office Worker Outfit, learn about Project Alfheim.
- Inspect the plants - Nothing
- Grab some produce - Fight Assistant Vice President (male), Assistant Vice President (female), or with 6-9? Stealth Power, sometimes, get a pumpkin
- Plant a sprouting seed - Lose 1 sprouting seed; after 10 seeds planted unlocks Sprouted Executive combat and Blank-Faced Executive.
- Set them alight - Fight Assistant Vice President (male), Assistant Vice President (female), or with ?-8? Fire Power, burn the vines and remove this encounter for the day
- Leave them be - Walk Away
Choice Text and Results
Listen in
As you linger near them, the two of them clam up. Shortly after they leave, you can hear a quiet alarm throughout the offices.
You've gained 20 duration of Executive Alarm.
Or, in Office Worker Outfit (and some other condition):
They don't seem to be paying you much mind, so you stand at a safe distance and listen in. They're talking about something called Project Alfheim, but the details they seem concerned about are who will be transferred to run it.
From their tone, it's technically a promotion, but not one either of them would actually want.
You've earned 3 XP in Perception
Inspect the plants
The plants seem to be growing remarkably well, especially considering they're just up against a corporate office wall. You just can't shake the feeling that there's something watching you from just beyond them.
Grab some produce
As you pluck off a pumpkin, the two of you take sudden notice. Their response is more violent than you might expect, with both of them drawing guns.
(Fight Assistant Vice President (male), Assistant Vice President (female). Win: Gain 40 Executive Alarm, 2? pumpkin in addition to normal drops.)
Or, with about 6-10 Stealth Power, sometimes (somewhat random - see discussion):
You sneak in and grab a pumpkin without either of them noticing.
You found: pumpkin
Plant a sprouting seed
You plant the seed, watching it sprout up almost immediately to join the pumpkin vines.
(Lose 1 sprouting seed, and after planting 10 seeds, unlock Sprouted Executive combat and Blank-Faced Executive choice)
Set them alight
As you try to strike a fire, the executives nearby draw guns and turn towards you. It seems you'll have to deal with them first.
Fight Assistant Vice President (male), Assistant Vice President (female). Win:
You've gained 40 duration of Executive Alarm.
With them out of the way, you burn down the plants, setting off shrieking fire alarms.
Or, with ?-8-? Fire Power (I had containment flamethrower):
With a gout of flame, you burn the plants away, leaving nothing but ashes. The nearby executives flee from the scene as alarms sounds above your head.
You've gained 30 duration of HQ Alarm.
You've gained 30 duration of Executive Alarm.
Leave them be
It's a little weird that they're growing produce up here, but you have bigger fish to fry.