Rata Mall - Bookstore - Phase 2 - Locked

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The Curse of Rata Mall - Bookstore

File Photo: The bookstore, all 2 storeys of it

Present:

PookyTheMagicalBear

is Casey Ballentyne: Male,Early 30s Tall, Muscular, Scar across his face, slightly balding, tidy Beard, Dressed in Denim.

Jesternl

is Harry Carrouthers: Male, 60s Medium Build, using a walking cane (noticeable limp), white haired, thick glasses (Now Primate)

Nexus

is Cindy Rose: Female, Late 20s Red hair, freckly, medium build. Wearing T-shirt and Jeans. Small Bi-Focal glasses.

Talitha

is Yvonne Skeggs: Female, Teenager Lanky, medium height, tattooed arms.

Battle Mage

is Terry Young: Early 20s Unkempt, poorly shaved, Strong looking but bloodshot eyes. Carrying a stick.

Description

There are two levels on this store. Downstairs are books (who woulda thunk it), magazines, games, puzzles and the checkout. Upstairs are more books. The stairs have since been replaced by a more modern escalator, and the store seems to have actually been doing well for the sheer amount of stock in here. The escalator is turned on. Ride it up if you want to check out whats up there.

The backside of the MALL map is visible from here. If you havent found that previously, you should check it out next phase. Its safely protected behind glass.

Room Map

Room Deadline

(expired on 2020-08-21 08:00:00)..

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(I must have overwritten the correct photo, instead of copying. Re-uploading now. The good news for me, is that it will make your comment look nonsensical not me )

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I will be back in about 10 hours to process actions

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Terry wanders over to the window, and reads whatever he sees there
He then proceeds to open the tils, and pockets what he finds.
He then walks to the south wall and starts pulling books as though looking for a secret lever to gain access to the bank on the other side of the wall.
This achieves nothing but a literary mess.

Yvonne tries to examine the same books that Terry is flinging around at the same time.

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Terry walks over to magazine rack. He picks up a magazine, reads it, tears it to shreds. He picks up the next copy of the same magazine. And repeats.

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THen for, no apparent reason, Terry sprints up the escalator, hunts around, returns downstairs with a book in his hand. He places it on the floor next to himself, and then resumes ripping up the magazines. There are a fair number of them, so he might be a while.

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He stops reading. Sprints back up stairs, waves his stick around, and then (perhaps) out of breath, returns downstairs. Who knows if he is going to rip more stuff up...

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No I got the names Po-rochaz and Po-oky mixed up. Pooky is Wok Free.

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There are a number of magazines left

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The following books got shaken:

20,000 Leagues under the Sea
A brief history of Time
A Crossword Puzzle Book
Bats in the Belfry
Chain Reactions
Configuring your generator
Congo by Michael Crichton
Coping with Circular References in Excel and other idiotic PC disasters
Dilbert
Dr Frankensteins Monster
Echoes of my Heart
Garfield and the weightloss regime for Mondays
Goal Setting for Dummies (Goal 1, be smarter)
Gone with the Wind
Halvin and Cobbes - Original cartoon work, not all stolen. By Will Batterson
How get ahead in Navigating
How Mr Wok Self Serve became an empire
How to be a Kardashian, without surgery
How to find a missing person
How to Win Monopoly
Idiocracy
Jermany is the 'correct' spelling
Kings Quest Walkthroughs for impatient Players
Loving Life - 10 steps to happiness
Money, Money, Money (A history of Abba?)
Peace in our Time - Its coming. The story of the future.
Queen and the true story of Rhapsody.
Quidditch and Diabetes - The link you wish you knew about 10 years ago
Renowned Abyssinian Mouse Traps Vol 5
Surviving a car crash and other tips
The 7 habits of highly ineffective Politicians
The complete works of Shakespeare
The health benefits of Green Serum
The Island of Dr Moreau
The Rapture
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
The Time Machine
The Trident of Invisibility, by Arthur C Clarke
Universities to avoid - an exhaustive list
Using mirrors to tell a story
What colour is your cheese?
What really happens when you get The Jab
What to do if attacked by a moron
Who is The Phantom, foreword by Michael Crawford
Who Moved my Parachute
Why using a Geiger Counter will extend your life
X never Marks the Spot.
Young Forever
Zig Zags
Zoologists vs Cryptozoologists.
And many more.

Pooky pocketed something...

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I wish I had Terry's energy. He runs up the escalator, tries to read three books, dumps them on the ground, sprints back downstairs to the newspapers and tries to read them too. I'm not really sure what he gets from that, but there you go. I mean the escalator has power, he could let it take him up and down.

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There is now a ripped up crossword book to go with all the torn up magazines.

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Farside22 has asked to be replaced. I am moving her character back to the Eatery while I seek a replacement.

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I have PMed the players who havent posted

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Nexus replaces FarSide

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You cant see the map from the inside of the bookstore - you will have to check it again from the Eatery-side. If FarSide22 *happened* to do this already, then you will have a PM with a copy the map

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I am posting a room layout map in the opening post. Its been adjusted with whats been discovered or done so far. I'll change it, as things change

The room map does not display that there are bookshelves under the second storey as well, but this isnt particularly relevant. Whats important is there are books. But you can go under there if you think up a reason to do so.

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You solve a rubiks cube. If there was a genius score, you'd get plus points for that.

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Jesternl walks over to look at the trophy, only to see it is up high and out of reach. Pooky (to ask Jesternl if he is good) and Talitha (who was independently looking at the trophy) stand next to him.

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Its still out of reach. Its about 10 feet above ground, on a high shelf. (I dont think in feet, being from a non-non-metric country, so :-p at you if thats a stupid pick)

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Lets look at Pooky very carefully



That looks like tiny little arms to me.

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Anyway, somehow against all the odds, Pooky manages to tip the heavy star-shaped best store trophy (or whatever it was - Im on my phone, away from PC, it was something like that) and he hands it to Jesternl. Jesternl gains an inventory item.

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Pooky heads up the escalator to where those books are, and finds "The Rapture". That's the only religious book here.

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<There is less than 24 hours left in the room. If you have any actions left you wish to take, PM them to me ASAP>

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It appears the serial numbers skip the 111th number, its as if some one already bought that one.

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An on going event in another room has necessitated an extension on the room visits. Ill update with a new, hopefully short deadline in about 10 hours.

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Cindy starts to read some text. Specifically the gossip magazines, of which so many are torn up all over the floor. She starts to read about how the owner of the mall, Harold, had been looking for his estranged granddaughter. Yvonne walks up behind her, and starts reading with her. They are both shocked at what they are reading.

The text gets a bit blurry. Cindy instinctively reaches for her glasses, thinking they must have slipped from her nose, or been on her forehead or her pocket, but they are missing. She's quite blind without them.

Yvonne steps back.

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Talitha heads over to the shelves on the south wall.

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Eatery phase will return in about 11 hours