Mystery Box

Suggestion: Flip the box, and wear it as a disguiseShow

>Pursue the way of the urban hermit crab, flip the box over and scuttle on out of the alley.

> Cut eye holes into the box so you can spy on the surroundings while still being incognito.be solid snake

Without leaving the concealment of the Cardboard Box, you rock it back and forth, hop off the ground, and nimbly flip the box over. If anyone was around to see, they'd be pretty impressed by this demonstration of your Above-Average Grace.

Once you're fully flipped over and re-situated inside, you deploy a single claw from your Steel Clawntlet, and begin to slice peepholes into the front of the Cardboard Box.

With a few deft cuts, you successfully craft it into a suit of Cardboard Camo, and immediately equip it.

[box=#808080 width=full border=2]New Gear Recieved:

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• Cardboard Camo (Container, Restrictive, Disguise +2, Clumsy -2): A cardboard box with eyeholes. Ideal for impersonating a container, though it makes some activities quite difficult.[/box]

Emboldened by your new disguise, and your newfound ability to see things while wearing it, you stand and survey the Trash-Filled Alleyway. Obvious exits are the End of the Alleyway to the Southwest, and the fire escape to the Northeast leading up to the Second Story Door and Third Story Door. There's various Trash Bags, Bins, and piles of Assorted Refuse around.

Suggestion: Investigate Assorted RefuseShow

>Explore the trash

>Jump out of the box and inspect the pages.

You'd like to explore the Alley Garbage more fully, but your hands are trapped inside your Cardboard Camo. Until you unequip it, exploring the garbage in full would be very difficult.

You can, however, see a series of Discarded Fliers, worn away by rain and time. Some of the text has faded, but you do your best to read what you can.

A Decorated Flier...Show

Announcing the GRAND OPENING of Bigg City Bungalows!

Looking to get a fresh start here in Bigg City? Got more sense than Red Cents? Well, look no further than the Bigg City Bungalows line of rental properties, brought to you by Bigg Business Enterprises.

Recently renovated to meet the needs of a better class of consumer, Bigg City Bungalows have the amenities for you. Water, light, air, and more! Even pets* can be welcome here**, so be sure to bring them along too. Our floor plans start at a cozy 5x5m, ranging all the way up to...

A Decomposing Flier...Show

...finest employment opportunities for children, teens, young adults, adults...

...no prior skills required. Be your own trainer and train on the job, as you work exciting heavy equipm...

...a place to spend all the rest of your days, with the kind of dignity a dutiful Citizen like you deser...

...no reimbursements. The Dough Factory is not liable for any and all injuries or de...

A Doodled-On Flier...Show

ABSOLUTELY NO PEDDLERS OR SOLICITORS! >:(

You're not sure what to think of these fliers, but you can tell they've likely been in this alley for a while.

Suggestion: Investigate DumpsterShow

Trade up to a better box (dumpster). Dumpster is yours now.

>Open dumpster like a treasure chest. There's surely treasures there people decided to throw away.

You take a look at the big, sturdy Green Dumpster in the alley. If there's trash worth picking through, it's probably kept in there. You also admit to fantasizing a bit about upgrading your flimsy box for an armored dumpster. Though rummaging through the Alley Garbage is tough without hands, you're pretty sure you can nudge the lid open with the corner of your Cardboard Camo. You walk over, and give the lid a tentative nudge.

It doesn't move.

You try again, pushing harder this time. Something metallic rattles and clatters, and the lid lifts just a touch, but it still won't open. A Lock? How vexing! Dreams of powerful Relics sealed away inside this lowly, Forgotten Trash Vault plague your thoughts. Ever just outside your reach... why must they taunt you so?

You prepare to give the lid it one last heave, when you hear a new sound, from within the Locked Dumpster.

[2x1] [|] [box=https://solifuge.github.io/mysterybox/text/grey/box.png border=16]Can't ya see the sign? It says no solicitors, so go away![/box][/2x1]

What do you do?
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Character Info: FlanneryShow

[box=#808080 width=full border=2]Name: Ms. Flannery "Over-Easy" Bootz III

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Pawn Status:
• Grazes: 0/4
• Wounds: 0/6

Class: Copycatburglar
• Skill: Lucky Break
• Grace +2
• Presence +1
• Insight +1

Relic: Orb of Faulty Replication
• Skill: Doppelmancy
• Insight +2
• Presence +1
• Logic +1[/box]

[box=#808080 width=full border=2]Inventory:

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Equipped:
• Blue-Collar Cloak (Evade +2): The stout denim shroud of the Working Class.
• Boots of Stomping (Jump +1, Stomp +1): These boots lend a boost, whether you're going up or coming down.
• Cardboard Camo (Container, Restrictive, Disguise +2, Clumsy -2): A cardboard box with eye-shaped peepholes. Ideal for impersonating a container, though it makes some activities quite difficult.
• Cat's Ear Hood (Listen +1, Charm +1): With this on your head, you hear more acutely, and look cute too.
• Replica Courier Bag (Container, Disguise +2): From your "Day Job" as a "Mail Courier". Opening a real Courier Bag is illegal, so law-abiding folk shouldn't snoop inside.
• Steel Scalemail (Armor +2): Flexible body armor made out of little metal plates.
• Steel Clawntlet (Hand-to-Hand, Climb +1, Lethal +1): A glove ending in retractable knife-sized claws.
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[box=#808080 width=full border=2]Lucky Break (Grace):

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When you find yourself in a bind or out of options, you can always look to sheer dumb luck to see you through.

• Triumph (20 or more): You not only get out of the situation, but take something good with you, or leave behind something bad.
• Success (16-19): However improbable, something solves your problem for you, with no strings attached.
• Compromise (11-15): Fate gets you out of trouble, but you leave something good behind, or take something bad with you.
• Failure (10 or less): Luck just isn't with you right now, and your troubles take a turn for the worse.[/box]

[box=#808080 width=full border=2]Doppelmancy (Insight):

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You have the power to copy virtually anything. Trouble is, they're bad copies. Pick a nearby object or being, and say a rhyming Incantation to copy it. The copy generally looks and acts like the real thing. The copy lasts until it's damaged, for as long as you concentrate on it. Take -1 to all actions, for each existing copy.

• Triumph (20 or more): The copy is either indistinguishable from the original, or permanent and real despite 1 Minor Flaw.
• Success (16-19): It's a pretty good copy, but has 1 Major Flaw, or 2 Minor Flaws.
• Compromise (11-15): Your copy has some issues; namely 2 Major Flaws, or 3 Minor Flaws.
• Failure (10 or less): Something has gone wrong with your copy. Very, very wrong.

For each Flaw, the copy you create...
• ...isn't quite normal. It may be the wrong size, color, smell, weight, or have wildly different physical properties.
• ...isn't quite real. It may be insubstantial when touched, shimmer like a mirage, or vanish at inopportune times.
• ...isn't quite the same. Something about the way it works and behaves is worse, opposite, or just plain wrong.[/box]