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Encounter Conditions
Initial Text
You find a section of cubicles that's overgrown with some sort of vine. It's strange, there don't seem to be any open windows or the like… the only moisture coming from the mist in the air.
They must be some very strange vines to survive in these conditions.
Summary of Choices
- Start chopping - Fight Overgrown Cubicles
- Burn it with fire (With ?? Fire Power) - Fight Overgrown Cubicles or burn it down (lose all Parasitic Vine, take 11-12? damage)
- Search the desks - Gain 2-3 of: blotted documents, sealed briefcase, sprouting seed, gain 2 XP in Perception
- Take a nap - Gain 20 energy of Parasitic Vine, 11-? HP
- Leave them be - Walk away
Choice Text and Results
Start chopping
You lay into the vines, but they twist and writhe away from your blows. As you reconsider your strategy, they lash back at you with a counterattack.
(Fight Overgrown Cubicles)
Burn it with fire
You set fire to the vines, but they thrash forth, lashing out at you in an attempt to beat out the flames and your life.
(Fight Overgrown Cubicles)
Or:
You set the vines to the torch. The cubicles catch a moment later, until you are trapped in an endless maze of racing flames and choking smoke.
You take 12 damage.
(Removes all duration of Parasitic Vine).
Search the desks
You sort through the drawers. Most are empty or held shut by the vines, but a few contain something interesting.
You found: 2-3 of: blotted documents, sealed briefcase, sprouting seed
You've earned 2 XP in Perception
Take a nap
You lie down, collapsing quickly into a dreamless sleep.
You wake a minute or an eternity later, with the cubicles' vines pinning you to the desk.
You're able to tear yourself free, but can still feel the vines twitching within your flesh.
You've gained 20 duration of Parasitic Vine.
You take 11 damage.
Leave them be
Yeah, as strange as your lifestyle may be, cubicles don't seem like the right move up.
See Walk Away