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Encounter Conditions
More progress on animatronic construction during Halloween 2022
Initial Text
A mess of polysteel scaffolding has fully taken shape as a massive quadrupedal creature in the storage level.
About in line with where the creature's mouth would be, a janitor stands looking over the scene. Occasionally, his eyes flicker over the trash left behind by the construction process, but he seems quite confused by the whole thing.
Summary of Choices
- Clean the surroundings -
- Add an animatronic motor -
- Install a prop heart -
- Hang plastic hide -
- Splash gruesome paint -
- Jump him -
- Leave him - walk away
Choice Text and Results
Clean the surroundings
With all the work around here, there's also a ton of trash. The janitor soon follows your lead, clearing away a bunch of debris and making the animatronic stand out that much more.
You've earned 2 XP in Will
Add an animatronic motor
It takes some fine effort to wire in the tiny motor, but even by itself it is enough to move some of the smaller supports.
You've earned 4 XP in Reflexes
(Lose 1 animatronic motor)
Install a prop heart
You install the heart among the supports. You're not sure quite what might have that many hearts in jars, but I guess you'll find out. That's science, after all.
You've earned 5 XP in Perception
(Lose 1 prop heart)
Hang plastic hide
You hang a lizard-like hide over the scaffolding. It actually looks fairly convincing.
You've earned 5 XP in Strength
(Lose 1 plastic hide)
Splash gruesome paint
You splash the gruesome paint around, making the area look like a painting, a crime scene, or a painting of a crime scene.
You've earned 5 XP in Will
(Lose 1 gruesome paint)
Jump him
You lash out at the janitor. He stumbles back, almost falling into the animatronic before he brings up a mop in a desperate attempt to defend himself.
You've gained 10 duration of Storage Noise.
(Fight Downtown Janitor)
And, if you win:
As blood spills, vines crawl up through cracks in the floor and twine around the supports of the animatronic.
Leave him
You ignore it, passing a few janitors that seem inclined to do the same.