The Rooftop Argument
Two kids are screaming at each other on a rooftop above the main street, throwing what looks like pieces of dried mud at passersby. A woman on the ground is yelling up at them to come down, but they're ignoring her completely.
One of the mud chunks hits a trader's display and cracks a jar. The trader starts yelling too. The situation is escalating in a distinctly small-town way.
Escolhas
- 1
Climb up and haul them down yourself. Someone has to be the adult here.
sem requisitoSucessoYou scale the ladder and grab both kids by the collar before they can run. The woman - their aunt, apparently - is mortified and grateful. She presses a few caps into your hand and drags them home by their ears.
FalhaYou get halfway up the ladder before one of them dumps a bucket of something foul-smelling on your head. The crowd below finds this hilarious. The kids escape across the rooftops while you're wiping your eyes.
- 2
Tell the trader to take it up with the kids' family. This is a domestic issue, not your problem.
sem requisitoSucessoYou point the trader toward the woman, who is already apologizing profusely. The situation resolves itself without your involvement. The kids eventually come down when they get bored. Childhood hasn't changed much since the old world.
Falha - 3
You've handled unruly creatures bigger than these two. Get their attention without climbing.
SucessoYou pick up a loose stone and flick it at the wall next to them - not at them, but close enough to make a sharp crack. Both kids freeze. You point down. They climb down in silence. The aunt stares at you. "How did you..." She doesn't finish the question. She just pays you.
FalhaYour stone bounces off the wall and ricochets into a hanging lantern, shattering it. Now the building owner is yelling too. The kids use the distraction to disappear. You quietly leave the scene.
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