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Encounter Conditions
After planting the seed in the Parking Garage and gotten the Concealing Vines encounter
Once you have grown the vines enough, this encounter is replaced with Strange Grove of Vines.
Initial Text
Two staff are staring at a collection of vines, growing inexplicably in the dark, through the concrete floor of the building. They're hacking at it, making some progress, but it seems to be as hardy as its environment would suggest.
Summary of Choices
- Tell them to leave - information
- Help them out - gain 4 XP Strength, reduces vines?
- Scare them off - Fight Downtown Janitor (scare janitors off if you win?) or, with ?-36-? Storage Noise, gain 4 XP Will, increases vines?
- Kill them - gain 20 Storage Noise, fight Downtown Janitor), increases vines if you win
- Leave them be - walk away
Choice Text and Results
Tell them to leave
One of them shakes his head. "Yeah, we're just gonna let some vines rot out the whole foundation."
Help them out
You hack away at the vines, clearing them with a substantial chunk of work.
You've earned 4 XP in Strength
Scare them off
One of them does scream and run off, while the other exhibits the flip side of "fight or flight," coming after you with a mop like you're some sort of overly curious rodent.
(Fight Downtown Janitor)
And, if you win:
At least neither of them are likely to come back any time soon.
Or, with a certain amount of Storage Noise active (Tested at 36):
With all the noise down here, it's easy to spook them. They run off, making no signs of coming back.
Without them interfering, you can almost see the vines growing, creeping up towards the ceiling.
You've earned 4 XP in Will
Kill them
You leap forward, killing one of them in an instant before the other can even react. He does scream, however, the sound carrying through the entire level.
You've gained 20 duration of Storage Noise.
(Fight Downtown Janitor)
And, if you win:
The plant rapidly absorbs the blood splashed on it, growing at an almost visible rate.
Leave them be
They're slowly beating back the vines, but it seems ultimately futile. You can worry about it later.