The Curse of Kowhai Mall - PHASE 2: Cafe-Completed

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The Curse of Kowhai Mall

Location:

Cafe

Present

Victoria (Talitha)

The cafe is nice and tidy. There is a chef doing double duty, serving any customers and in between he heads back to the kitchen to carry on making wonderous pastries, pies, pretzels and other pickings. The French doors lead to a lovely decking area, overlooking a forest.

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Room deadline

(expired on 2021-10-20 16:00:00)

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The French doors are currently locked. They seem to need a key.

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There are nice looking pastries, pies, etc for sale. Prices are on the items.

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He smiles. And points at the sink. He says, if you want you can have any item from the cabinet in exchange

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You do an excellent job. Chef tells you to take a good look, and take your pick

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There are pies, croissants, pastries, slices, tarts and even a blue cheese thing that smells divine

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Its a defibrillator and emergency medical supply box

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Its attached to the wall. If you take it it will be disconnected from the power source too

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He says if you are that desperate you can just have a Frankenstein burger. He’ll whip one up for you. Its made of fauxbeef, with fauxchicken and fauxcheese.

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They look nice, and you can lock yourself in here if you ever need.

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Your burner phone starts ringing: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=87949

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You hit redial on your phone. A girl named Tamsin answers and says "Haughty Fashion, this is Tamsin"

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Sorry, he isn't here right now. He tried to rob me, so I had security arrest him.

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You have a nice mirror shard, and the chef doesn't appear to have noticed what you were doing. That's probably good for the goodwill and rapport you have with him.

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It seems to think there is nothing here of interest. Not even the frankenburger.

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The keys on the bench in the kitchen loooooook mighty tempting.

The drier is a dyson hand drier. Efficient and fast. There is soap and tissues available in both bathrooms. The toiler cubicles lock from the inside. The main entrance to the loos can be locked up from the outside, when its time for the staff to go home. The mirrors have been vandalised by some pratt.

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He is more than happy to let you help, and offers to pay you 20 dollars, but he cant spare more than that

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The chef is right there next to you. You might have to try something more subtle

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The keys are right in front of him. There is no way of getting them without being seen

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He wanders over to have a look

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The chef wanders back and firstly says… haha very funny. Nothing was out of place. Also, I see my keys are missing. Give them back please

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you turn off the lights

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You grab the keys, run for the french door hitting your shin by the cabinet on the tills. The chef realises he's been duped, and he starts pursuing you.

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You rush the door, having never even collected your pay. And with a quick turn of the keys, the chef is locked out. And you are on the patio.

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The chef on the other side is making gestures at you, buts hard to see anything, as he is in the dark and you are in the relative light. Relative in that the moonlight, and stars are what you have to go on. And you notice the odd meteor or two in the sky.

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The chef disappears from view.

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You have paths to the left and the right. And some keys to go back into the cafe whenever you want.

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Its still not indicating anything yet. One second, and I will put a screen shot of where you are

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You are outside the Bernie and Ertz mens. You can see Kane standing in there:


The windows are small, and unable to be climbed through, even if they were open

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The path continues to the right (and back to the left)

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You are above Treasure hunting supplies. Same deal with windows

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Its empty apart from the shop keeper

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You hear a voice behind you asking you to stop.

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Seems to be the same security guy who arrested Harry earlier. He is now outside the B&E Mens store, and coming toward you.

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You arrive at a door, and its unlocked. You have no choice but to run inside to Chutz Spas, where the path leads.

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You find yourself in Chutz Spas, where it's steamy due to someone using a spa.

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There isnt a lot of stuff to pick up in here, though there are some clothes by Lyle. You hope he isnt naked in that tub, but stay back just in case. The security guard is outside the Treasure hunting Store. Lyle seems to be meditating and hasn't noticed you.

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I wouldnt do anything else

You jump in the spa.

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The door, which you didnt think to just lock bursts open, and the guard speaks to Mr Armouth. Excuse me sir, but someone just stole the chefs car keys. She came.... wait, that's her in the tub next to you!

And you find yourself being dragged away by the guard, just like Pooky earlier in the day.

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Your adventure continues here: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=87973