Julia's Dungeon

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Encounter Conditions

Part of the Grand Staircase encounter.

Initial Text

You make your way into the basement, finding a small room roughly set up as an office. The walls are still industrial and largely bare, but someone's dragged in a good-sized desk.

An older woman sits at the desk, focused intently on some notes.

Summary of Choices

# Introduce yourself
# I'd like a collection Only if you don't already have a collection
# Ten thousand?
# Some other option if you have 10,000 credits
# Too rich for my blood
# Ask about collections After introducing yourself
# How's the museum? After introducing yourself
# Talk about dorms Prior to June 17th, 2015
# Mention Halloween Prior to June 17th, 2015
# Talk Halloween During Halloween 2015, and future halloweens
# Head upstairs - Walk Away
# Head way upstairs

Choice Text and Results

Introduce yourself

"Ah, welcome to my dungeon!" she gestures around the basement office.

"I'm Julia, the curator of Private Collections here."

"Things are still kind of a mess, but I'm working out the details."

+ Prior to June 17th, 2015

"Ah, welcome to my dungeon!" she gestures around the basement office.

"I'm Julia, the curator of Special Collections here. Or, rather, I will be once we have Special Collections."

"For now, I'm just working out the details."

Or, if you've introduced yourself before:

She cocks her head to the side a bit, mostly hiding her confusion. "Hello again. I'm Julia and this is my dungeon."

"It's actually the home of Private Collections. Sorry if you were waiting on the edge of your seat for that."

"Really, sorry. Dealing with university politics is a pain."

+ Prior to June 17th, 2015

She cocks her head to the side a bit, mostly hiding her confusion. "Hello again. I'm Julia and this is my dungeon."

"Someday it'll be the home of Special Collections, but we're waiting on the Dorms to get finished up and me to get everything cataloged."

"Don't wait up. I'd feel bad."

I'd like a collection

If you earned a collection during Halloween 2014

"It looks like you're already signed up from Halloween, so that shouldn't be a problem at all!"

She shows you back to your empty collection room. There isn't much way to organize anything in here, but there's plenty of space for anything you might want to give to the university.

Adds a Collections tab to your inventory.

If you have not previously earned a collection

She nods. "Well, the collections are open to the public, but the museum asks for a ten thousand credit donation."

She glances back down at her papers, apparently not expecting much.

Leads to additional options.

Ten thousand?

"Well, the university's idea is to raise money for the museum as a whole. But I understand it's a lot of money… well, for most people. The Silvers probably tip that much at dinner."

She wrinkles her lips a bit, as though the name left a bad taste in her mouth. "Anyway, give it some thought and come back whenever you want."

Too rich for my blood

"No worries," she smiles. "Come back if you ever stumble onto some classic pre-War art in the attic or anything."

Ask about collections

"Well, the University has given me a ton of leeway in how to set up the collections. That's actually half of why I took the job."

"They're intending it as a vanity thing where rich donors can get their own little exhibits. Which I suppose I'm okay with."

"Things aren't totally set up the way that I want them yet, but I hope to get there eventually and a few folks have set up collections. I can show you some if you'd like."

Clicking on 'show you some' takes you to a random person's collection.

+ Prior to June 17th, 2015

"Well, the University has given me a ton of leeway in how to set up the collections. That's actually half of why I took the job."

"They're intending it as a vanity thing where rich donors can get their own little exhibits. Which I suppose I'm okay with."

"It's mostly a question of logistics now. Lots of clearing out the basement, salvaging what we can, repairing what we can't, and all that."

She sighs. "Getting ahead of myself. I need to figure out what's all down here, then get some workers freed up from the Dorms project. It'll be a while."

How's the museum?

"I don't know. The museum really isn't my place yet."

"But the first floor is all paintings. It has a pretty good range of subject matter, but the styles are a little stuck in the past." She sighs, as though it's a long-standing pet peeve.

"But the statues carry it, I think. You have some nice cross-cultural pieces and some stuff that doesn't stay in even those boxes… and the Midgard propaganda statues, but I guess that's the price we pay."

"Well, half the price…" she pauses, letting the silence drag out well past the point of being uncomfortable.

You eventually prompt her and she snaps back into the conversation. "The other cost is that Metroplex's laws prevent us from getting the neural recording art that's coming out of places like Oceania. Performance are is one thing, but living a performance…"

+ Prior to June 17th, 2015

Talk about dorms

"I'm not sure exactly what the hold up with the Dorms is, but once they're done, we should be able to get the workers clearing out the basement. It shouldn't take that long in theory…"

She chuckles at herself. "But, well, you know what they say about the difference between theory and practice."

Mention Halloween

"Halloween… parties, really, aren't my scene. I've considered getting some implants and a Cellar Door membership, but sometimes you just have to recognize when you're too old for stuff." She frowns, a hint of regret flickering through her eyes before she returns to the topic at hand.

"The Event Coordinator left me a big list of people, so I can see who's been naughty or nice. It's the least I can do, after she fundraised my whole job."

First time:

She says "looks like you're on the list, let me see what all we've got for you" and starts rifling through boxes.

"Apparently some of the more brain stapled students thing you did a great job. Take that for what you will."

You found: shiny crowbar (if one of top destroyers?)

You found: x packets of explosive candy

"Some guy in a toga dropped some things off. He wanted to thank you for trying, whatever that means."

You found: regifted toga (if one of top spikers?)

You found: x marshmallow bat

"A few of the volunteers apparently chipped in to get you something for helping the setup."

You found: building hammer (if one of top builders)

You found: x piles of candy bricks

some message about helping the guards

You found: official Midgard Security cap

You found: 5 handfuls of candy bullets

"I scared up something special for Jess's big donors. I hope you'll like it… and consider putting it in Special Collections once we're open."

You found: collectible fundraising ribbon (if one of top donators)

"And Jess, of course, says 'hats off to you!'" She deadpans it, handing you a piratey hat and leaving you to wonder whether the pun was intentional.

You found: costume pirate hat

"I don't have anything great to give you myself, yet. It'll be a while… months is my optimistic guess now, but once we get Special Collections open, you'll have a shelf with your name on it."

She leans "And, of course, by 'shelf,' I mean 'a really big shelf or several smaller shelves, depending how things shake out.' It's all in the subtext."

"And there's still some candy leftover, so help yourself."

You found: 230? of peanut butter candy, candy corn, pumpkin lollipop, candy eyeball, mellow pumpkin (proportional to amount donated?)

You found: serpentine candy bowl

Or, further times:

She scans through the list. "It looks like you already got yours."

Also: pep ribbon somewhere in here?

Talk Halloween

+ show block

"I heard it wasn't going to be in the museum this year, which was a little surprising. I mean, it's safer here than the dorms."

"But I'll be glad I don't have to clean up afterwards again." She shakes her head. "Streamers everywhere."

In the lead up to Halloween from 2016 through 2024 (October 21st)

"I was actually pushing for it to move back here, but it's out of my hands."

"But I'm still glad I don't have to clean up afterwards again." She shakes her head. "Streamers everywhere."

Head upstairs

You make your way back up to Hall of Paintings.

(Walk Away)

Head way upstairs

You hike your way from the basement up to the second floor.

Huff. It seems like, no matter how good a shape you get into, stairs still suck.

You've earned 2 XP in Strength