"We'll stay out here." Hidaka kneels down so she can search through the guard's pockets. "As lookout. Got the pins?"
"Mmh hmm." You toss over two static pins for your two coworkers. "Found anything? I rather save the ARTIFACT for later."
After a bit more rummaging, Hidaka finds a keyring tucked away on the guard's belt. She hands it over to you and, well, off you go! You make your way over to the door while your two friends wait outside. You fiddle with the keyring for a bit but finding the right key was simple enough.
You creep inside the pantry room, ready to deal with whatever could be waiting inside for you.
https://youtu.be/HC-J8fl0_Ik - PANTRY
All you can make out in this room is vague, hazy silhouettes. The only lights on here are the same ones that produce the muted green haze that blurs everything today. You squint your eyes in a vain attempt to get a look at your surroundings.
The room's small, probably only a few feet wider than an anomaly's containment cell, so finding the ARTIFACT shouldn't be hard. Most of the room's floorspace is taken up by three rows of shelves that are each with stocked with boxes and bottles. Probably purified water and preserved foods, if you had to guess.
You can't see any further than that so you calmly stroll down the shelves, since you don't need to try particularly hard to sneak with this cloak on you. There's no one in here with you, which is weird, you'd expect more security in a place like this.
A flicker of light towards your left catches your eye. You turn around to see what's making all of that light. Huh, someone built a screen into one of the walls. All you can see on it is a haze of blue screen light. The light is enough to give you a glimpse of something stuck in the wall, right underneath the screen: a safe?
You think there's something written on the screen so you lean in to get a better look.
The screen turns off before you can see anything. Well, it's the only lead you have, so you approach the screen and safe to see what's going .
The screen flickers to life again and this time, you can see what's written on it: "UNUSUAL MOVEMENT DETECTED, UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PERSON."
"WHO ARE YOU?"
How do you answer/ignore the question?
>Answer with a half truth. "The guard outside is drunk on the job. I'm here to check on the artifact." (DC 62, +5 to roll.)>Lie through your teeth. "I'm here to retrieve WALKING ON SUNSHINE, for Rex. Mind opening the safe?" (DC 60, -6 to roll.)>Ignore the screen. Break open the safe with ESTABLISHING SHOT. (DC 54, +4 to roll, will come with some physical and/or mental strain.)>Ignore the screen. Try to channel ESTABLISHING SHOT and SLUMBERING WISH at the same time to deal with the safe + screen. (This WILL do some heavy damage to your mind and body.)>Deflect. "Who are you, exactly?" This screen is pretty darn fishy.>Don't move, don't say anything. Be patient, this could be a trick. (Will cost you some time.)>Write in. 