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Encounter Conditions
Basement Ballroom 2011 on Halloween
First paragraph:
You see a young woman weaving her way in your general direction through the crowd. She's wearing a revealing, although otherwise rather convincing, vampiress costume.
Or, if Etheric:
You see a young woman wearing an extremely convincing vampiress costume. She weaves her way in your general direction, the crowd parting in front of her effortlessly.
Next line:
if you helped a whole lot?:
She smiles broadly as she makes her way towards you. "Well, if it isn't my favorite person! I'm so glad you could make it!"
if you helped set up:
She smiles as she makes her way towards you. "Glad you could make it! We really appreciate all the help."
otherwise:
She smiles as she makes her way towards you. "Hello, hello. I hope you're having a good time."
And, with no costume:
She stops to look around the crowd "There sure are some great costumes here. This turned out well."
She wanders off, leaving you alone to observe the crowd.
You've earned 3 XP in Perception
Or, with commemorative bucket, green treat bucket, pumpkin bucket, others?
She drops some candy in your extended bucket. "Happy Halloween!"
You found(1-2 of those): candy eyeball, peanut butter candy
You've earned 3 XP in Will
Or, with knit cap, garbage sticker, dirty old trenchcoat, and smelly old pants (First time only):
She looks over your outfit, smiling sadly. "Reminding everyone of the injustice in the system. I suppose you're braver than I."
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
She smiles again and hands you a little more candy, saying "a little something extra!"
You found: caramel apple
You found: pumpkin lollipop
or? (maybe Kinak changed it?)
She looks over your outfit, a quizzical smile on her face. "I suppose that wasn't too hard to pick up on the way here from Southside… the council used to do a soup kitchen there, you know. It was years ago now, before I got here, but the gang violence got to be too much."
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, with Containment Suit (First time only):
She looks you over, frowning a little. "Good costume. I'm just glad it's not the real thing again."
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, with mummy mask, torso wrappings, wrapping pants (First time only):
She looks you over, smiling. "Can't go wrong with the classics, right." She gestures down towards her own costume with her free hand.
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, with Ratty Suit (First time only, effect not needed):
Her eyes narrow as she surveys your outfit. "Hobo? Slags survivor? Mole person? I dunno, but it's a neat look."
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, with Scrubs suit (First time only):
She looks you over and nods. "Doctor. Simple, but effective."
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, with Third Eye suit (First time only):
She looks you over and claps. "Third Eye! Well done and relevant!"
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, as the Valentine Killer:
(I had shining glasses, psychopath's knife, old scalpel, immaculate suit coat, pressed slacks, strange watch)
She looks over your outfit with obvious admiration. "Wow. I'm just glad it's Halloween. That's spot on Valentine Killer. Incredible."
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, Punk Costume (Punk jacket, punk pants, industrial mohawk):
Her eyes narrow a bit as she locates the nearest group of punks, turning so they can hear her. "Wow. Great costume. I'm glad there's one day a year when we can all dress up like idiots."
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, with wolfman mask (but not distorted wolfman mask:
She looks you over, frowns slightly, and sighs. "Poor Chuck, I hope he's alright."
You get the feeling that she was probably talking to herself more than you as she wanders back into the crowd.
You've earned 3 XP in Perception
Or, in a Midgard Security uniform
(I had security visor, Midgard Mk9, Midgard riot shield, light armored vest, basic scope)
She looks over your outfit, frowning slightly. "Great costume, really spot on. Just… try to stay away from the punks, okay. They're still looking for excuses to break things."
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, with buried crown, shark tooth blade, shark hide vest, shark hide pants:
She looks over your costume. "Lots of costumes I don't recognize this year, but great work. Love the sword!"
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, if Glowing with a Greatly Mysterious Light (needs all five equipment slots)
She looks you over, wide eyed. "Wow. That's just amazing. The light is just… wow, it's like the light can talk to you."
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, with Vigilante's mask and toy vigilante pistol (or other vig. pistol, probably):
She looks over your costume with a broad grin. "Oh, Arthur, you finally made… wait, sorry, I mistook you for someone else. Great costume, though."She looks you over and smiles. "Love the costume!"
She produces a caramel apple from the basket she's carrying and hands it to you.
You found: caramel apple
Or, with the vampire cape
She flashes you a quick smile, fangs glittering in the dim light. "Love the cape. We must shop at the same place."
You've earned 3 XP in Will
Or, any outfit (Subsequent times):
She looks you over again. "It's a great costume, it really is. We should have had a costume contest. Maybe next year, who knows?
You've earned 3 XP in Will
Or, if you were a good contributor? (See above)
She smiles again and hands you a little more candy, saying "a little something extra!"
Notes
No special message on:
Hat: dashing hat
Weapon: ancient saber OR gauzy parasol
Offhand: gel shield
Shirt: vintage suit coat
Pants: vintage suit pants
Gadget: fine gold monocle
Also no message for:
- rebreather mask, speargun, wetsuit top, wetsuit pants, kid's flippers (scuba diver)
- owl's mask, jagged hawk talon, feathered cloak, raven's eyes (bird suit)
- twitch visor, memory sidearm, expanded handheld, biofeedback vest, mimetic pants, blazing PDA (hacker)
- ghoulish crown, hooked chain, bloody shirt, bloody pants, first aid kit (ghoul)
- the best helmet, imaginary spear, inspiring horn (Emerald Meditation outfit, but not too surprising since it's invisible)
- Midgard cap, battered hammer, electrical kit (Midgard worker)
- (regal crown), fused blade, fused breastplate, fused plates (some kind of knight or something)
- hustler's cue, hustler's coat (pool shark)
- new fishing pole, Extreme tackle box (angler)
- STAFF shirt
- fake skull mask/crude skull mask, scraped bone, skeletal hand, bone gang jacket (skeleton)
- distorted wolfman mask, wolfskin belt
- Emerald gift party hat, green treat bucket, crafted candy bowl (I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE)
- wreath of laurels, drowning flame, sheet toga, Halloween ribbon (Herald)
- sailing cap, sailing shirt, sailing pants, ancient sextant, sailor's charm (sailor)