The Curse of Kowhai Mall - PAUL MAIN THREAD- COMPLETED

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The Curse of Kowhai Mall

Role:

Paul

Player:

Porochaz

You are an alien, disguised as Paul the Human, whose spacecraft was nicely parked in the carpark. Mall security moved it to another location without your permission. As annoying as that is, you are still in need of acquiring nice human specimens to take back home for 'research'.

Goals

1. Find where your UFO is
2. Find a source of power for your UFO (You were a bit low on fuel when you arrived on Earth)
3. Capture 4 living humans

To help you capture 4 living humans, you have rigged some teleportation crystals up around the mall. They will activate if you can get anyone to do any of the following:
1. Get someone to press a country starting with G on the Interactive globe in the TRAVEL AGENCY.
2. Get someone to sit in the confessional in the CHAPEL, with you in the priest seat.
3. Get someone to drink from the BROWN TRIANGULAR bottle on Shelf 5 of the APOTHECARY.
4. Get someone to climb into the tunnel in the LAST DRYER in the LAUNDROMAT. You must shut them in and turn it on for it to work
If you find more teleportation crystals, you may be able to rig your own traps.
If you witness someone teleporting via other means, you may be be able to interfere with that process.
Each crystal can only be used once.

If you are unable to capture people by the traps, you can lure them to your UFO and knock them out. Or knock them out first. Heck, you may even be able to get them to climb into the Life Support Systems on board the ufo.

Once you have 4 living humans on board, fly your craft home. This will severely damage the mall in the process, but, hey, you dont care.

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Inventory Slots

1.

Remote Control (for opening the UFO)

2.

Red Pen

3.

Crystal Shards

4.

NaCO3

5.

Monopoly Money

6.

tt Badge

7.

Laser Gun

8.

Wok

You have 1 dollar in coins and 95 dollars as a soaking wet note.

Statistics

Hit Points:

You have 4 hit points.

Strength:

You have 6 strength points. You will roll a 6 sided dice during attacks. You have a +1 bonus in place.

Defence:

You have 1 Defence Point (Wok). Attackers will lose 1 to on their dice rolls.

Chats

Matthew: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=87946

The main thread for the game can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=87865

Room History

Phase 2 Travel Agency viewtopic.php?f=90&t=87963
Phase 4 Laundromat viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88068
Phase 6 Carpark: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88141

Please confirm in this thread, and post any questions here.

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Great

Huh, didnt you have a simlar role in Rata. I didnt even realise that till just this moment . You got the role because the characters name happened to be Paul

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A wee bit yeah, this seems harder though. Do I know what my fuel looks like?

There are a number of viable sources of power in the mall. If you see something that looks viable, ask about it.

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If 2 people sit in the confessional that aren't me, what happens?

Nothing will happen.

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For the kebab shop was there anything I could take, like a sharp metal skewer, just as a for instance?

I dont think there was anything but I will double check the inventory for that room shortly and let you know

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The Pinball Machine costs 1 dollar to play, and has a dollars worth of quarters in the coin return slot, which you take.
The Madam Seer costs 5 dollars to use, and does not have any money that you can see.

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investigate the chinese stand for anything useful, then investigate the space between the treasure store and stairs - see whether the steps going up or downstairs.

There is a wok here. It looks decent.

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The wok will make a good shield. It gives you +1 to your defence, if used as a shield. It's probably too flimsy to stop other weapons, but should give you some help in hand-to-hand combat.

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You approach the bookstand: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=87899

You can talk to Merrick there.

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You arent sure who the number is, but they certainly appear to be looking for teleportation crystals. Could be a coincidence

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You either have to wait for Quentin to leave or do it in front of him. As long as he is there you cant do it stealthily

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You might be able to disguise your action say by buying some thing else or making Merrick chase him off in some way

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You better follow him and befriend him then

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You walk up to the service desk: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=87896

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No, you dont know where you are in terms of the others, but its reasonably fair.

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Shake it. As hard as you can.

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As you walk away, you see a paper form float over to the service desk. Appears to have come from the laundromat

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Matthew has setup a private chat with you: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=87946

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Confirming your new choice to go to travel agency first

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You have made it to phase 2: You arrive at the Travel Agency viewtopic.php?f=90&t=87963

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Typical. You brits get to see any part of the world, and you choose blackpool

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I have put the crystal shards in your inventory. You either have to keep them, or dump them somewhere.

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Phase 2 has now ended: You are back in the Eatery with everyone now. All chats are now open. The phone store has now closed.
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=87865

New Shop deadline

(expired on 2021-10-23 16:00:00)
You must send by the deadline. Rooms may now have a max of 5 people initially in them.

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A meteor storm occurred See this post first: viewtopic.php?p=13069142#p13069142) for details

The night sky was boring. You've seen it all before. But you may as well pretend to find it interesting. As you watch, you are surprised by the red and blue explosions. How annoyingly coincidental. That's how your crystals work. But then you feel different as you watch one explosion in particular. It seems to do something internal to you.

You now have a MANA statistic added to your game. The meteor storm has somehow given you 6 Mana points, and Mana seems to have given you the ability to communicate with people telepathically. At a cost of 2 points per person, you may ask for your chat thread to be held open permanently. You will be able to communicate with that person wherever they. And if they trigger one of your traps remotely, it will work as though you are there.
You do not know of any way to restore Mana once spent.

The only trap that will be a problem for you is the one in the chapel. Someone needs to hit the hidden button in the priest seat. So you might need to convince two people if you arent present.

Mod note: We had made the laundromat trap require you to turn it on. We have removed this restriction. You need someone to climb in the tunnel.

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You approach the service desk: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88031

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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.

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You are in the Laundromat:

viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88068

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The hammer is a +1 Weapon

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No, there isnt. You have to be bold

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But you might be able to do things that emulate a sneak attack

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It was not you, and you can check to see if the crystal is still there. Post an action to cover it

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The crystal is missing. Some ones interfered with your trap!

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I'll talk to meme, and come back to you. We dont want anyone getting in an impossible position.

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There are more crystals around the place already.

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If you can get someone to shake a crystal that they have stolen, it will still work. Dont forget you have a mana based skill you can use too.

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The filing cabinet has a range of contracts, including a photocopy of a contract between Caretaker Waldo of the graveyard and the VCS. It has a password of 'MichaelJFox' to allow communications to start

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Investigate vacuums

They all look like ordinary vaccums except the last one which is labelled as a ghost vaccuum. Its currently uncharged

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Harry appears in the laundromat: New thread: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88092

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Courtesy of Quentin, Merrick is now aboard your UFO. Did not see that coming.

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The big red demon cannot rescue her. There is no method by which she can be rescued. The best anyone can do is kill her.

There are other methods to get into the Storage area, including getting arrested.

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Bookstand: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88123

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The madam seer gives you change (lucky you) and sparks to life:

She says "Though its locked, there is a crystal you desire in the Antique store, but Pat Miyagi is not around to open up"

Fuel an alien space ship - get on board - and you will see what to do.

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You take the badge. The symbol is of a "tt" shape. It says "Kingpin" on the back as an engraving.

The monopoly money gives you lots of identical items, just in case you ever need lots of identical items.

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also pentagram pamphlets is probably useful at this point

The pentagram pamphlet says to control demons, put 5 identical items on the ground, and connect them with red lines. If you stand within the pentagram, you can control the entity. If IT stands within the pentagram, it will be destroyed.

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You are dragged off to security by the guard: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88124

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You have completed your mission, as long as you can survive this phase, you win. There are some actions that could affect the outcome

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You need to be specific. Your gun is nearly recharged. You can shoot it to resolve attack two, if you don't try to flee to an area within the eatery. The attempt to flee to the Chapel (External to eatery) failed.

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Phase 6 Carpark: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=88141