Ashwood Cross

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Look for something useful in the toolkit. Maybe you can damage those hinges enough to break them?

The Green Box is jammed tightly shut. You're not sure why.
Still, it ought to open if you can take the crusty-looking hinges off, first.

You rummage around in the Toolkit, looking for something sturdy to break them with.



Here we are! A Hammer and some patience ought to do the trick.

You set to work, swinging at the hinges. Each strike clangs against the metal.
The noise fills the Dark Passage, and continues to echo loudly into the distance.

STRENGTH TEST: 1 Might + 2 Stamina + 2 Hammer ☆☆☆☆☆ <VS> Difficulty ★★Show

10 Again! +1 Bonus



Success! ★★☆☆☆☆

You keep loudly hammering for several minutes straight.
Eventually, the Lower Hinge starts to split, and snaps free from the Box!
It clatters to the stone ground, in a pile of twisted metal and rust.

It should be easier to open now, though there's one more hinge to go before the door will be free.
You take a break to rest your arm, and stow the Hammer for now.

Investigate suddenly non-spiky hair!

Huh? Non-spiky hair? Was your hair spiky?



Oh! It feels like your hair is pretty messy, right now.
No doubt you've got an acute case of Bed-Head.
Perhaps due to waking up from a nap on the cave floor?

You haven't seen yourself since you woke up, and didn't think to fix your hair.
For some reason, you get the sense that you ought not bother.

Stick hand into mysterious wall-hole. What could possibly go wrong?

stick your hand in the suspicious hole, of course.

There seems to be a Square Alcove, on the far side of the Corrugated Wall.
It's roughly the same height as the Button / Touchpad, but rather dark.
You're curious what you might find inside!

Normally, something like this would deserve basic precautions.
Maybe looking into it first? That sort of thing.
But right now, you're apparently still in "Fuck It, Let's Do It" mode.
So you just go right on ahead and stick your whole arm inside.

You feel around, crawling your hand back into the darkness of the Square Alcove.
Eventually, you make contact with a cold and spiky surface in the back wall of the hole.
The moment you touch it...

Results:Show

...a Tremendous Surge of Electricity courses through your body!



HANA IS ELECTROCUTED FOR 6 POINTS OF BASHING DAMAGE!
1 EXCESS BASH OVERFLOWS INTO LETHAL DAMAGE!

CONCENTRATION TEST: 2 Stamina + 1 Composure ☆☆☆ <VS> Difficulty ★Show

Failuire... ☆☆☆

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