The Curse of Kowhai Mall - Phase 4: HF->LS->L&F-COMPLETED

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The Curse of Kowhai Mall

Location:

Haughty Fashion

Present

Matthew (Battle Mage)

Just as you arrive, you see the store girl closing what appears to be a trapdoor behind the service desk. Sarah, is climbing over the counter, and starts looking through the make up. Neither seemed to notice you come in initially, but after a while the store girl sees and welcomes you. The window has a clear view of the forest, the night sky and a path that seems to lead right past. The shop has a range of mannequins all wearing different and extreme styles. Someone's smashed a mirror in one of the changing rooms.

There is a fluffy antler on the sales desk.

Room deadline

(expired on 2021-10-27 14:30:00)

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Room deadline

(expired on 2021-10-27 14:30:00)

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You see Quentin walk past the window.

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Sarah looks at you as if to see if you are still alive

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The chainmail is on the rack, the shield is back on a mannequin.

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XXL rack to be specific, St George Mannequin

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You turn the lights out, and hurry over the rack and grab the chain mail. Task 1 complete. You pick up the shield, and on seeing the size of it realise you wont be able to smuggle it. But you have the chainmail, concealed and ready to bring with you on your exciting journey.

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The store girl turns the lights back on, and Sarah seems to know what you did, but also, doesn't seem to care.

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You somehow manage to break the mirror so silently that no one notices. You apologise profusely and the store girl just says “well dont do it again” but its clear from her face she thinks you apologising for a long forgotten phase 2 stunt

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The UFO schematic is now on the floor.

Sarah starts to talk, when she looks up at the window at Blake standing on the other side. watching.

She carries on and says "Oh, I came in through that. Comes in from the Magic Store"

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The trapdoor leads to a mirror maze (long story), and eventually you step out of the Box of Disappearance.



You note to yourself the maze did seem to have other exits.

There is a magician here practicing tricks.

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Ozob says, step right up. Put something in the Box O' Disappearance and make it disappear

The frogs have a red laser beam between them that causes them to Croak when something walks past them.

There is a nice Sword for sale, and a Trick saw. The saw is blunt. The sword is not.

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He makes them disappear, and they return as 4 aces. He hands them back to you.

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"Yes, yes, She was here. She stepped into the box O disappearance, and she wenta poompf"

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"I don't know her name, but she was a customer, not staff"

(Also you just entered the room through this box, so its not that bad )

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Oh, that: 1264.

Dunno why they keep that thing locked

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Vanta black is a very, very black cloth.

Ozob tells you to watch this. He turns out the lights for a moment



The vantablack cloth seems to disappear completely in the dark.

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You exit to the mall. There is no thread for this yet. You notice the Tesla has been attacked, the windows smashed, side mirrors missing. Sarah is not back, and Merrick seems to be reading.

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Just go in the magic box' O disappearance.

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You step into the magic box of Disappearance (because it saves time) and you find yourself in a mirror maze. It has three exits: 1. Magic Store, 2.Fashion Store and 3. Lost and Found.

You step out into the lost and found.

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You appear in the middle of the room. Had you given Ozob anything to make disappear, this is where it would have appeared.

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THere are envelopes marked Harry and Matthew you in here. All your stuff somehow magically fits

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You get back Mary Wine Bottle (+1), 2 Mirror Shards

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It has "Bamboo Skewer, Digital Camcorder , Frypan , 2 x Mirror Shards"

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It shows Pooky trying to film everyone in the room, zooming on their faces. The good news for you is that you show up perfectly on the camcorder. After all, if vampires didnt show on film, how did they make 'twilight'?

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as you watch you see Michigan sitting by the elevator talking on her phone

"Hi, I'm Ash. I collect rocks, and I can tell you what you have is an average but nice looking specimen. It looks to be smaller than what I'm really after. But I'd be willing to give 100 dollars for it if you want."

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You hear Merricks Voice " "Well, we all heard the security recordings. Marcus was on the roof reporting back that the helicopter area was clear. It's not obvious if he was just doing regular checks, or looking for something specific while he was up there. The story we heard was that it was part of his routine to make sure no debris was left on the landing area. Safety protocol or sommat like that. He died shortly after giving an 'All Clear'" but there were no witnesses. No cameras up on the roof that I know of."

He seems to be speaking to Charlie

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Kanes voice can be heard saying "I was just trying to get a Halloween costume"

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Everyone else seems to be just milling around

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The camcorder, which could have been hidden in a room to record and collect data from later, is now on the floor in ruins.

The cast Iron frypan is a defence weapon (+1)

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There are keys for every number from 1 to 9999 up here. Perhaps even more. If you knew what key you might be after, this would be a useful place to get it.

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It leads into the next room, a server room of some kind.

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No, but there might be another way through

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You mash up the tape. There are tape shreds on the floor now.

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The cat watches in amusement. The mod less so, as now he has to edit Excel

The shelves contain videos of mall footage. The last three days are missing.

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Also on the shelves: A video from 1955 is out of place. A pair of rubber gloves. A screwdriver.

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Phase 4 has now ended. Please visit viewtopic.php?f=10&t=87865 for phase 5