Rata Mall - Bathrooms - Phase 8

[Ariel]

OK, so to talk myself through this plan:
- put backpack with all my crap in it (including the walkie talkie) in the men's room cupboards so that i'm not weighed down
- get the dynamite fuse good and outstretched from the dynamite
- use engine wire to attach the dynamite to the box
- light the fuse with the match and run like hell away toward the men's room since i don't think i'm allowed to go toward the eatery?

[ambic]

Yeah, that will all work...

I'll go with it

[ambic]

From the safety of the other loos, you hear the dynamite explode loudly.

You return to find that the box has been blasted open

[Ariel]

OK, I will grab my backpack and then go look in the box

[ambic]

Inside are several gold bars, a letter addressed to you, and a silver key

The letter read
Carla - If you have found this, this letter includes the title deed to the mall, its yours. The gold is yours. Take what you can, or get help. If you need to escape the mall secretly take the key, it will open an emergency exit from my offices. There is a two person escape pod I had the professor make for me some time ago.

Your new win condition is to escape the mall.

Escaping is better than surviving to the end.

[ambic]

You will be able to carry 2 gold bars in addition to the one you are already carrying, but they will deduct one from your fight strength while carrying them. You dont need them to win, but you don't want them being shared around too much. There are 7 gold bars all up.

You dont need a second person to use the escape pod. BUt if you have an ally in this game you wish to help, you can offer to bring them with you.

[Ariel]

tbh i'm tempted to drop them down into the tunnel

[Ariel]

if i decide to do that i will bold it though

[ambic]

Good idea - to bold it that is

[Ariel]

i think i feel most loyal to: yvonne > lacey > johannes/jia
negative amount of loyalty toward harry and xavier

i obviously have a really good opportunity to plot with lacey right now though so i will ponder whether to do that or try to wait for yvonne

[Ariel]

Do I have any indication that if I try to get someone to escape with me, it'll be a good win con for them too? Sorry if that's a weird question

[Ariel]

Take key/letter

Check out broken window area

[ambic]

Do I have any indication that if I try to get someone to escape with me, it'll be a good win con for them too? Sorry if that's a weird question

Not really, you will have to judge how likely they are telling the truth - and whether their actions line up with what they have been saying.

[ambic]

The window leads to an alley. The alley leads in the direction of the bank.

[Ariel]

Are other people able to ask you whether escaping the mall fulfills their wincon at the very least then?

[ambic]

Not exactly. Your win condition changed when you reached your primary objective. There are others who are in the same boat, but if they havent achieved their objective, they wont know it yet. Theres no restriction on you leaving alone. It wont be relevant to everyone

[Ariel]

So basically, if someone met their primary win con already, then it is more likely they can leave with me

[Ariel]

It sounds more probable to me that Lacey would be able to leave with me next phase than anyone else but I don't know if I trust her not to blab that we are
It seems like she literally tells everyone everything and vice-versa!

[Ariel]

search for automatic hand dryers

lol

[Ariel]

step into alleyway and look around

[ambic]

The hand dryers are not functioning. They look ok, but they have no power.

The alley way leads down and around to the bank. One door is open, and the other shut. You can go into the Bank if you desire, but I will need to make up a new map complete with Tesla

There is also a smashed up ATM here - No power. Its been thrown through the wall by a truck collision.

And finally there is a dead body here - a bank employee. Looks like they've been dead a long time. Theres not much of them left. It's grotesque. They appear to have been searched already.

[Ariel]

Can I put the gold with the serial number that I stole from Mark in the Tesla underneath one of the seats?

[ambic]

Yes, the boot is locked, but the car is not. You don't have the car keys.

You'll need to go into the bank to do so, so I will prep the map shortly. The truck is partially in the bank too, so thats also an option.

[Ariel]

hm ok this was partly a sneaky plan to try to put it somewhere that could be accessible from the eatery but it seems like it's not so I don't necessarily want to go to the bank

[ambic]

Use the truck for that *its half in the bank now - the tesla was shunted in fully, earlier *
Throw the gold on the truck roof. If thats the only thing you are going to do in the bank, I wont do up a map. But if you plan to explore, I will have to