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Encounter Conditions
Have flooded the Abandoned Subway from the antiquated-monitors
Initial Text
You take your time following the flooded trench. Even with the raw sewage, it's still nicer than a lot of Metros terminals.
Periodically the floor writhes under your feet, but never with the strength of purpose that would send your hurtling into the trench. Which is just as well really, because that pale shape floating in the water probably isn't an old couch or long-forgotten log.
The thing's red eyes watch you patiently, waiting for you to make the first move.
Summary of Choices
- Provoke it - Fight an Albino Crocodile
- Wrestle it - Gain 20 energy of Vile Camouflage, and 3 XP in Strength and Will if you win, or 8 XP in Strength and 33? damage if you lose
- Go Fishing (With fishing pole) - Gain various fishing results
- Dive in - Fight an Energized Serpent and two Rail Serpents
- Back away - Walk away
Choice Text and Results
Provoke it
It doesn't take much more than approaching near the water's edge to get the crocodile's attention. It bursts forward to the water's edge, pulling itself half onto shore to get you within range of its snapping jaws.
Fight:
Wrestle it
With sufficient strength? I had 38
You jump in and wrestle with the massive beast, like on crazy nature shows. It puts up quite a fight, but you manage to pin it like a champ… then have to jump back out of the filth so it can't eat you the moment you let go.
You've gained 20 energy of Vile Camouflage.
You've earned 3 XP in Strength
You've earned 3 XP in Will
With 19 Strength:
You jump in and wrestle with the massive beast, like on crazy nature shows. You put up a pretty good fight, but the creature manages to slip its jaws from your grasp in the sewage and bear you under.
You wake up in a distant part of the teminal, exhausted and filthy.
You've gained 20 energy of Vile Camouflage.
You take 33 damage.
You're pretty beaten up. You can't make it any further without resting.
You've earned 8 XP in Strength
Go Fishing
You cast your line into the sewage, ignored by the scaled beast floating above it.
You found: <results seem to be equivalent to normal Sewers fishing>
Dive in
You dive in past the crocodile. It doesn't seem bothered by you jumping in… in fact, it heads the other direction with a prodigous burst of speed.
Sensing it probably didn't run because it's afraid of you, you cautiously glance back. Three serpentine lengths of metal sway their way out of the water, one crackling with energy and the others grinning down at you with teeth of glass. Well, damn.
You've gained 1 energy of Submerged.
You've gained 20 energy of Vile Camouflage.
Fight:
Back away
See Walk Away