The Curse of Kowhai Mall- MATTHEW MAIN THREAD- COMPLETED

[ambic]

You take the burner phone from Victoria, and as chance happens it rings, and you answer.

"Hi this is Ash. You wanted me to call you. You have a red and blue crystal for me? I'm currently in the carpark at Kowhai Mall, I'm buying a crystal from some customer in the mall, but so far she is a no show. If you can make it to the mall sometime tonight, I'll buy one from you instead"

[ambic]

You look at your poster. It seems to say the same number that just dialled Victoria's phone

[Battle Mage]

call back and ask how much 1 blue crystal will fetch me, and where specifically I need to meet him/her?

[ambic]

Ash: Hmmm, no, it has to be blue and red together only. They are the only genuine ones.

Bookstand: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88030

[Battle Mage]

go to service desk. use printer at service desk to print out list of potential VCS tasks.

[ambic]

You need to post actions in the thread.

[ambic]

Hi, we don't yet have a choice for you for next phase

Room choice deadline

(expired on 2021-10-22 16:00:00)

Rooms you can choose from

Apothecary (New)
Bank (New)
Bernie & Ertz Menswear
Cafe
Carpark (New)
Chapel (New)
Graveyard (New)
Gym
Legerdemain Supplies
Rooftop (New, Via Elevator)
Service Room (New, Via Elevator)
Suds-Standard Laundromat
Trip Up Travel Agency
Treasure Hunting Supplies

We will be taking a small break after the next phase to have a bit a breather.

[ambic]

(Are you genuinely feeling a bit lost about what to do next, or is that just banter?)

[Battle Mage]

genuinely

i am lacking:

allies - seems like the only people who want to talk to me are openly and publicly hunting vampires which isn't great for compatibility
HP - I'm like half dead and need some medical supplies or I'm an easy kill
weapons/armour - i got nothing. if i can get into lost and found, I could get my bottle back for +1 attack but that isn't gonna be a difference maker. i probably need that shard of glass though, so could go back to haughty fashion instead, smash the other mirror to get a shard of glass (pooky might have smashed all mirrors in bathroom already/same possible for other rooms) and maybe try again with the chainmail or something.
a credible alibi - it's pretty obvious I'm a vampire so I'm a sitting duck for vampire hunters/werewolves and i havent worked out for sure who is a threat yet.
money - i have no money to buy anything and no obvious means to obtain money without relying on the kindness of Talitha.

basically you could make a case for any room, but none stand out as the big winner i need. a newly opened room could have new treasures. old rooms not yet explored are likely to have been pillaged.

[ambic]

You are at 10 hit points, and you started at 13, so you aren't quite dead. There are things around that will help you with that number.

The lack of allies is difficult.

Regarding the rest, I'll have a chat to captainMeme, and come back to you. We want the game to be fun, so we will try figure something out for you.

[Battle Mage]

ok thanks

for now i'll go back to

haughty fashion

[ambic]

Ok. Meme and I are working through some options right now. Will let you know ASAP.

[ambic]

You arrive at the fashion store: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88067

[ambic]

You got back your stuff, and are now carrying 11 items. You will need to drop something. I have merged the mirror shards as one item

[ambic]

You missed the deadline for the room phase, so havent moved anywhere. It was fairly chaotic. Send me 3 or 4 room choices. I;ll send you to one of them at random, where it won't interfere with story lines already ongoing.

[Battle Mage]

ah thats a shame, i wasnt around over weekend! complete madness by the looks of it.

On the negative, I didn't get to hand in my mirror shards, to presumably get a new task.
On the positive, at least I'm not dead.

[Battle Mage]

Ok well my preference would be the apothecary, but failing that happy for you to make a random choice of any room I haven't been to yet (excl. Bathroom - not keen on those mirrors).

[ambic]

I'll make a random room choice for you. If I say Yes or No to the apothecary, it will give away whether someone went there or not.

[ambic]

Matthew enters the randomly chosen room: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88162

[Battle Mage]

well now you've put me in a real moral conundrum. damnit. I don't want to attack you Victoria, but it might be my only chance to win at this point.

[Battle Mage]

nah I don't think so

[ambic]

Man I let you go to the room you chose

Pat can take you to the antiques store if you ask him

[ambic]

The eatery has moved to a private thread here: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88184