Rata Mall - Bookstore - Phase 2 - Locked

[ambic]

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 The stairs have since been replaced by a more modern escalator, and the store seems to have actually been doing well for the sheer amount of stock in here.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)..

[Battle Mage]

raid the tills and take any cash

[Battle Mage]

whisper to Pooky, Tali, Farside and Jesternl

[Battle Mage]

also why does the bookstore picture look like toilets?

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

look through magazines for news about what happened before the disaster

[ambic]

(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 )

[Battle Mage]

(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 )

I thought it was just a swerve - all of us are illiterate

[ambic]

I will be back in about 10 hours to process actions

[Talitha]

Hey you guys. What's up? I love bookstores. Bet there is some cool stuff in here.

examine the south wall of the bookstore

[ambic]

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.

[Battle Mage]

sorry for making a mess...

[ambic]

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.

[ambic]

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.

[ambic]

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...

[Battle Mage]

it is 1am in the real world, and i just laughed so hard I woke up my neighbours.

[Battle Mage]

Pooky, you stole a wok from Porochaz?

[Battle Mage]

did i salvage any of those magazines...?

[ambic]

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

[ambic]

There are a number of magazines left

[Battle Mage]

give everyone here a copy of the magazine

It appears to prove Green Crayons was lying about his motives - he does not own the mall (as the owner is dead), and he appears to be wearing a child's backpack to pose as the deceased mall owner (who, before dying, was searching for his granddaughter). Question then is, who is he, and why did he lie about his identity?

When we get back to the Eatery, we should press him to give his real story.

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

unless he's a time traveler

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

if he's a time traveler his granddaughter could be one of the people in this mall now!

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

i also read in the news something about aliens sighted near uranus. so we could have an alien here as well

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

I got upstairs and start searching thru the books pulling them out one at a time methodically and shaking them to see if anything falls out and then putting them back in place

[ambic]

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...