Talk:The Barracks

Spoilers ahead:

On first approach to the Barracks: Under cover of darkness, you sneak around to the back of the bandits' fort, and quickly spot the place the old man told you about -- it looks like a small landslide rolled down off of the volcano and smashed up the outer wall a bit. Not enough to make a hole, but the pockmarks and cracks provide perfect handholds for climbing. You quickly scale the wall and drop quietly into the compound on the other side. Keeping a sharp eye out for guards, you sneak up to the back door of the building and push it open a crack. You don't see anyone inside, so you enter cautiously.

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You find yourself in the middle of a short hallway. The decor is, unexpectedly, quite nice: tasteful paintings of desert landscapes hang on the walls, the hardwood floors shine with the deep luster of careful and regular polishing, and across from the door you entered by, a bouquet of flowers in a cut-crystal vase stands on a very elegant antique end-table. Huh. Maybe you've been unfairly stereotyping these bandits.

Well, now's not the time for sociological musings -- you've got some keys to find.

Buttons are Head down the hall to the left , Head down the hall to the right , or Sneak out of the fort

Right hallway: The hallway turns a corner here, but further exploration in that direction reveals that it leads to the front door, which is probably best avoided. Anyway, there's plenty to investigate right here: three doors, which (peeked through carefully) reveal a large communal bedroom, a library, and some sort of living room or parlour.

Options are Enter the bedroom, Enter the library,Enter the parlour, or Sneak out of the fort

In the bedroom: As expected, this room is filled with rows of bunk-beds to accommodate a couple of dozen sleeping bandits. However, you've never seen finely-crafted antique solid-oak bunk-beds before. Also, the sheets and blankets look pretty expensive, and the beds are neatly made, to the point of fastidiousness. Some of the bunks have sets of silk pajamas carefully folded and placed on the foot of the bed. On the whole, it's a long way from the moth-eaten hammocks and burlap sacks stuffed with straw that you were expecting.

There are a number of carefully-matched antique dressers lined up along the walls, which look to be a likely place to find a key to Lopez's hacienda. You also spot a door to the bathroom on the far wall.

Choices are Search the beds, Search the dressers, Search the bathroom, or Sneak out of the fort

Dressers: You inspect the rows of antique dressers, noting that the drawers all have little brass plaques with the bandits' names on them. Presumably so the bandits don't accidentally get each others' drawers. Or socks.

You don't see any keys in the immediate vicinity, so you start pulling open the drawers and poking around. You still don't find any keys, so you steal a pair of sock garters instead. Because, seriously, mariachi bandit sock garters? That's just too weird to not steal.

You acquire an item: sock garters

Ran out of adventures after this, sorry. --Now I know why 17:28, 17 February 2010 (UTC)