The Curse of Kowhai Mall: chat MATTHEW & VICTORIA- COMPLETED

[Battle Mage]

hi Victoria, why are you looking for vampires?

[Battle Mage]

no, but i might be able to help you find one

[Battle Mage]

was it a potion? Pooky mentioned that. if you are willing to tell me what it is, I can give it to you if I find it (I'm sure it has more value to you than to me).

I'm interested in finding werewolves...and in the short term, something heavy but wieldable I can use to smash a window. but unless you can help me with those, all I really want is friendship and mutual protection from the bad guys.

[Battle Mage]

and by Pooky I mean Harry....Pooky is just a cutesy nickname for him.... <.<

[Battle Mage]

I heard that story...it's not a nice one! is it true you and Pooky are both looking for something vampires stole from you then? but 2 different things?

[Battle Mage]

ah I see - you can probably work together to find them though which is helpful! I've heard rumours about where vampires congregate: The Laundromat and the Travel Agency.

[Battle Mage]

I'm in the market for:

money - $5 would do!
something heavy but wieldable i can use to smash a window (can give back afterwards!)
information about werewolves

[Battle Mage]

ah thanks! good luck in next phase! where you headed?

[Battle Mage]

Hi Victoria, I'm at the haughty fashion store! I managed to borrow someone's phone to call you! How's it going? Who is with you?

[Battle Mage]

I need to hang up now, but you should be able to call me back and leave a message. Basically I haven't managed to get much joy here, and I'm all by myself! I'm going to try and raid the till for money, wish me luck!

[Battle Mage]

twice i'm still mad even a day later....damnit!! what happened to you?

[Battle Mage]

ah that sucks. my trouble was, i was stealing and getting away with it, so I kept stealing. It was ambic's idea really - I was all-in on trying to flirt with and seduce the NPCs into giving/lending me things for free, and I think ambic felt that was getting a bit awkward for us both, so suggested I rob them! LOL

with this game i just feel like you need to be on the front foot and take the initiative - I was in a room by myself, so really wanted to get as many spoils as possible. Greedy I guess, but there's so many unknowns and it may have been my only opportunity. And there must be a way to do it, so hard to know what I did wrong.

[Battle Mage]

erm, that was meant to be out of character, not maroon. LOL

who else was in the cafe?

[Battle Mage]

can I please borrow your phone to take a call from management to get my stuff back from lost and found?

[Battle Mage]

ah amazing thanks, I'll see if I can get your stuff back too

[Battle Mage]

Do you want something called 'werewolf essence'? i don't know what it does, but hoping it's valuable to someone so I can get some money or something.

[Battle Mage]

nah I didn't get my stuff back and they just asked me to find the Pin too. Apparently someone in the legerdemain shop might know the pin. but i havent decided yet if it's worth spending a room phase on that.

[Battle Mage]

can i please borrow your phone again? want to try and sell this crystal for a few bucks haha

[Battle Mage]

do you trust Harry btw? do you know anything else about the potion he is looking for?

[Battle Mage]

ah genius, I'll help distract him!

it is slightly odd if Harry isn't saying much - normally he's pretty open and chatty.

[Battle Mage]

no great ideas, but i'll keep him chatting about books lol

also while i had your phone a call came through from Ash about blue and red crystals - apparently if you go to the car park, he/she will buy them from you.

[Battle Mage]

it should be ok still though - i have successfully stolen from npcs in the past with posting in the public thread - looks like he is pretty distracted at the moment!

[Battle Mage]

it just means other players will see it but that's fine

[Battle Mage]

nice job! what does it say?

[Battle Mage]

ah that sucks... what other pins are in there? security codes for the prison cells maybe?

[Battle Mage]

I think my goals are compatible with anybody tbh. I can achieve my wincon in various ways, so even if you were a werewolf/vampire/other potential adversary I could still work with you and both achieve our wincons. I suppose easiest way to explain is, my goals are pretty flexible, and I'm basically happy to work with anyone I trust as long as they aren't trying to kill me. So yeah, I'm happy to work with you as you've helped me out more than anybody so far!

[Battle Mage]

also this game is a lot more fun when you can talk to someone about what's going on and puzzle it out together lol

[Battle Mage]

pinky promise

now, what's the scoop with the Pin book?

[Battle Mage]

haha don't get me started on guessing pin numbers...bad memories from another mall! can we split the money in the bank account? actually maybe 1 of us should go to bank, the other should go to legerdemain, and then between us we've got the money, agreement and pin for our lost stuff? only if you're happy with that though!

[Battle Mage]

Yeah, I was originally thinking along these lines too.

Then Sarah ran off and left her desk "unmanned".

that was weird. she was scared of Primate - and this is the same woman who was completely unphased by the zombie. so yeah, wary of primate.

I did two things... I got on the computer and used internet banking to steal all of Merrick's money and put it into my own account... If I have access to a computer again, I could log on and transfer half to you. (Actually I'm not sure even how to use it... seeing as everything in the Mall takes cash!)

ah sweet! how much money was it? i guess you can make a cash withdrawal at the bank.

Secondly I stole a swipecard from the Customer service desk and used the machine there to programme a PIN on it. This might get me straight into Lost & Found, right?

oh wow, I don't know how that even works but sounds good! let me know how you get on! Thanks for heads up on Pooky too, does that mean we are splitting the money 3 ways? lol. I really don't know - his backstory to me was pretty convincing though.

[Battle Mage]

we did a pinky promise, that's good enough for me - you can feel reassured. I'm sort of resigned to the fact I'm gonna die soon so enjoy me while you can.

I seriously don't even know what room to go to...any ideas? did you manage to get into lost and found?

[Battle Mage]

injured, no stuff, no money, only 1 real ally, no real progress towards any of my wincons - it's looking bleak lol

similar to you i dont know much about half the playerlist which is a bit of a hindrance to working out what's going on in this mall. but i do know there's a werewolf somewhere which is gonna start killing everyone on phase 5 or phase 10 (depending on how long a phase is in days).

[Battle Mage]

do i even have bank details?? where do i get that info?

thanks though, really grateful for your help! I'm gonna go back to my room from last phase (haughty fashion) - at least i know what's in there so stand a decent chance of defending myself if needed, maybe i'll have more luck this time around. good luck in the service room! there's a landline in haughty fashion, so you can give me a call.

on werewolves, i only have a little info (i'll dig it out when i have more time), but the first thing we need to do is figure out who it is lol
at least i dont think they can transform yet, so we have a little time.

[Battle Mage]

sorry I missed your call! I got the pin number for lost and found, it's 1264!

[Battle Mage]

i didnt fare much better in the last phase. still no money. do you trust Charlie?

[Battle Mage]

sorry i was away from game for a few days, not ignoring you! looks like some madness going on!?!? will catch up tonight as thread locked for now

[Battle Mage]

i dont think i need to play that poker game, but really I'm so far from my objective I don't know! haha

I'm feeling a bit better about Charlie with your reference, and his behaviour in the eatery. was Paul an Alien??