>>6096578You move up a block (6) through the dark streets. You focus on the job, the looking part. You focus (5) on doing what you were sent to do, which is, you are reasonably certain, looking for the cause of a fire.
>Fire! (7)You blurt out.
>you know it gets hot and bright? Why do it be like that?>what are you on about now?The Slav retorts, genuinely offended that you would ask such a thing.
>"why do fire be like that?" Because of aliens of course. The heat-ness of the fire. This is the key to the entire scheme which Fire has devised to trick us. It is this heatness, the Unbearable Heat-ness of Fire which does the thing. You see most people, they speak of what things fire burns up. Up! Do you see? What is the meqning of the paridigm of burning up except the obsession with Up-ness.>Heat-ness and Up-ness?>yes, they obsess over this Up-ness of theirs and are blinded to another source of the fire. Down-ness. Burning down-ness of the house.You suddenly get the idea that you've been lured into a battle of 1980's lyrics.
>you talkin to me like some kind of talkin' head?>AAAAAAH, watch out!The (8, now 16 because of draw debuff) ghouls which are drawn by this conversation from the surrounding buildings are strange, but not strangers.
The slav sees them approach and readies his weapon and shield to guard and attack, but keeping his attention on any approaching ghouls before reassuring you
>I'm>an >Or>di>na>ry>guy>BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE have 3 actions.
You can fight the ghouls, distract the ghouls, search the surrounding area for loot, focus, proceed towards your destination, evade ghouls, or deliberately attract ghouls.
[4th, 3rd and 2nd digit determine success] 1-7p, 8-0f
[1st digit avoids trouble] 1-7p, 8-0f
