The Locked Room

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event:351a3258-27c7-4335-b5ee-046e34ee0e19

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  "event": {
    "options": [
      {
        "outcomes": {
          "failure": {
            "text": "You throw your weight against the door and bounce off. Pre-war construction - the frame is steel. Your shoulder throbs for the rest of the day. The manager sighs and goes to find a crowbar."
          },
          "success": {
            "text": "You shoulder the door open on the third try. No body - just an empty room, stripped clean. The tenant skipped out, taking everything including the door hinges from the bathroom. The manager groans but pays you for the trouble. \"At least I don't need a burial detail.\""
          }
        },
        "skill_requirement": {},
        "text": "Help open the door. If someone's dead, they deserve better than rotting behind a lock."
      },
      {
        "outcomes": {
          "failure": {
            "text": ""
          },
          "success": {
            "text": "You shake your head and walk away. Whatever's behind that door is between the manager and his tenant. You've got enough doors of your own to open."
          }
        },
        "skill_requirement": {},
        "text": "Not your problem. You're not a landlord's enforcer."
      },
      {
        "outcomes": {
          "failure": {
            "text": "You work the lock for five minutes before a pin jams permanently. Now the door is locked AND the lock is broken. The manager gives you a long, tired look. You offer to pay for the locksmith."
          },
          "success": {
            "text": "Standard pre-war pin tumbler - five pins, spring-loaded. You pull a thin piece of scrap wire from your pack, bend it into a tension wrench, and rake the pins in under a minute. The door swings open. Empty room, no body. The manager is impressed and pays double what he offered."
          }
        },
        "skill_requirement": {
          "tools_crafting": 4
        },
        "text": "Check the lock mechanism. Most pre-war interior locks have a bypass."
      }
    ],
    "text": "A building manager stops you in the corridor of a converted pre-war motel. \"Hey - you look resourceful. I've got a tenant three weeks overdue on rent. Door's locked from inside but nobody's heard anything in days. I need someone to open it. If there's a body in there, I need to know before the smell gets worse.\"",
    "title": "The Locked Room",
    "type": 1,
    "uuid": "351a3258-27c7-4335-b5ee-046e34ee0e19"
  }
}