Mission: Exposition
You head toward the old toy factory, but a vaguely familiar penguin blocks your way. Since all penguins look pretty much alike, though, you're not sure if you've seen this particular penguin before. "Hey, you mook," the penguin says, thumping a lead pipe menacingly against one flipper. "Don Pygoscelis, the Godpenguin, also known as Don Crimbo, monarch of the Crimbo holiday, has humbly requested that I, Cappuccino Decaffa, should prevent any and all adventurers from entering his factory. The Godpenguin was most displeased with the recent unpleasantness regarding those adventurers going into the factory and beating up or bribing his business associates." Cappuccino squints up at you threateningly. "Come to think of it, you do bear a striking resemblance -- and please understand I do not want that you should take offense at the implication -- to an adventurer I saw going in here last week."
"Who, me?" you say. "No, you must be mistaken. I spent the entire Crimbo season fearlessly battling elves on the Don's behalf."
"That may very well be," Cappuccino says, lowering his lead pipe. "All of you adventurers look alike. In that case, the Don thanks you for your assistance this season, and assures you that he will be an excellent steward of the holiday that has been freely entrusted into his care by his fellow legitimate businessman, Uncle Crimbo. So it is the Don's most fervent desire that you should go forth and enjoy the intervening time until next Crimbo, when he will see you again. Perhaps you could while away the time by purchasing raffle tickets."
Occurred at Old Crimbo Town Toy Factory on January 1, 2009.
Notes
- This does not actually consume an adventure, although if you try to adventure here with 0 adventures remaining, you still receive the "You're out of adventures" message.
References
- The title is a parody of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
