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> You VISIT TAVERN

“Hey, you know where we should DISCUSS the NEXT MOVE?” you suddenly suggest, a newfound optimism in your VOICE. The SHADOWY FIGURES prepare to immediately dismiss your interruption as another delaying tactic, until you answer your own question by suggesting a trip to the nearest tavern.

Almost immediately, the figure on your left agrees with you. “Oh, man – we totally should. We haven’t GONE OUT in months. Hey, where can we go that’s STILL OPEN?”

The central figure looks somewhat ANNOYED at having his ritual interrupted, but as the figure on your right agrees as well with ENTHUSIASM, he relents – so long as you are buying first.

VICTORY! You have successfully survived the SHADOWY RITUAL for another evening. Yes, you may still be DOOMED when the ritual RESUMES, but that won’t be for at least another WEEK, so WHO CARES FOR NOW?