TEXTVENTURE - Wordplay to the EXTREME!

[Archem]

You decide (doubly so) that HIDING in a CABINET is the way to go. You're a bit tall for the task, so you make room by REMOVING a SILVERWARE DRAWER. By doing this, you notice a few rather rusty, yet surprisingly sharp KNIVES. You make sure to grab at least ONE (1), for safety's sake, before climbing into the cramped, dark, rotting CABINET. Safe.

[fruckert]

> IGNORE mother's ADVICE.

[Archem]

You briefly consider mixing WHITES with COLOREDS, defying the color-barrier on your next load of LAUNDRY the next time you find yourself in the LAUNDROMAT, but that seems like something insignificant, given the circumstances. Perhaps it's best to LISTEN intensely instead. The person who was hot on your trail continues to approach. The FOOTSTEPS grow in their intensity until you are certain that the person who owns them is right outside your hidey-hole. Suddenly, they become silent. You hear a man's voice. "Gotcha".

[fruckert]

> SAVE GAME

> SURRENDER

[Archem]

GAME SAVED

You decide that the best course of action is to SURRENDER... With the point of your KNIFE! You KICK open the CABINET DOOR, and attempt to CHARGE your "friend". You realize just after the fact that it's a pretty tight fit in there, and you struggle to get out. Precious seconds, wasted on poor planning. As you finish the awkward task of GETTING OUT, you notice a rather small and not-so-intimidating fellow with a look of complete SHOCK on his face. You aren't too sure of how to react, either.

Well, go on! Do something before he flips his fucking lid!

[Uberpwn_w00t]

> HOLD him at KNIFE POINT
> Demand that he SPILL THE BEANS

[Archem]

You allow your KNIFE to introduce itself with a sharp-witted comment and a clever point. You tend to PERSONIFY your cutlery for no real reason. He spills the CAN OF BEANS he has in his hand. You suppose that, since it's an unopened CAN, it can't really spill, but who wants to pass up this perfectly good wordplay?

WORDPLAY SKILL LEVEL UP!

You're fairly certain that isn't important now, and likely won't be of any real significance ever. You take a step forward, suspecting now that you may have blown your cover over a MISUNDERSTANDING.

MISUNDERSTANDINGCRAFT LEVEL UP!

You're fairly certain that isn't even a real skill. You take a step forward, to try and convince this rather scrawny fellow to give you VITAL INFORMATION of a decidedly non-specific fashion. You notice that a FLOOR TILE is loose under your FOOT. Your SPECIAL ABILITY - EXTREME CLUMSINESS activates. Your forward momentum and purloined point do their worst. You'd rather not describe the messy scene.

[fruckert]

> CURSE

[Archem]

You attempt to emit a rather vulgar phrase, but you think it would be rather impolite to the poor fellow before you. You did just gut his CAN OF BEANS right in front of his eyes. He must be traumatized.

[Archem]

You apologize... With the point of your KNIFE! No, that's stupid. You genuinely apologize. The guy looks distraught, and likely terrified by your insane knife-antics. It seems that your apology goes a long way in calming him down. He doesn't seem too hostile, and  he looks rather confused. Perhaps you can ABUSE this fact...

[Archem]

You start with the small stuff. You ask him who he is, in as calm a voice as possible. He replies, in a rather nervous fashion, that he's the KID BROTHER of the BOSS, and that he was looking for something to eat. He's never been comfortable around all the RUFFIANS that populate the building, so he was shocked half to death when you popped out with a KNIFE. He doesn't seem to realize that you're not in the gang. You ABUSE this fact by acting tougher than you ought to, and start by asking who the BOSS is again, uh, just to quiz him. Yeah, a quiz. That should prove he's the BOSS' KID BROTHER. The kid gives you a suspicious GLARE before telling you that he's called ROCK DOG, but his real name is MAURICE. You ask where MAURICE "ROCK DOG" LASTNAME is right now, and what he's up to. MAURICE'S BROTHER (who we can only assume is named something like VINCENT) lets you know that you used the wrong last name, but whatever, ROCK DOG is hanging out UPSTAIRS while the GANG wanders around, possibly doing GANG-STUFFS. You wonder if you should keep this WELL OF KNOWLEDGE, VINCENT nearby as something of a cover/informant for the time you spend in this ramshackle APARTMENT COMPLEX?

[fruckert]

> IMAGINATIONCRAFT LVL 2: NICKNAMERMcGEE: Come up with a good GANG NAME for yourself.

> Keep Vincent around.

[Archem]

You decide to ask VINCENT to hang around a bit. You like him (or so you tell him), and want to see what he's made of (or so you tell him). You introduce yourself as SNAKE, an alias you've picked because of your sneaky INFILTRATION and excellent SPY-WORK. Sneaky, like a SNAKE. Certainly, that's the only possible conclusion one could reach, based on the facts.

[Archem]

//Ahem...

[fruckert]

> GO FORTH AND EXPLORE