{"sf1_id":1146901,"sf2_id":"Oe57PRKn","title":"A Stranger in Suburbia (An Interactive Story) - Prologue (7)","author":"Patcher","words":583,"posted_at":"2017-02-20T12:27:00.000Z","tags":["Corgi-weasel","Interactive story","Prologue","Strangeness"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1146901-a-stranger-in-suburbia-an-interactive-story-prologue-7","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Oe57PRKn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/45/d5/45d57293-8554-458f-821e-fd2a59050281","description":"#7 of A Stranger in Suburbia\n\nAt last, some Common Sense.","content":"**[PREVIOUS PAGE](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1146531)\u0026nbsp;|\u0026nbsp;[START AT THE BEGINNING](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1145263)\u0026nbsp;| [NEXT PAGE](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1147445)**\n\n**Make sure you're properly dressed.**\n\nYou assess your current outfit. No matter how hard you try, you find it hard to justify wearing a parka on top of a jacket on top of a sweater (squared!) on top a tee (cubed!); equally difficult is justifying two pairs of trousers on top of two shorts on top of a cluster of briefs and boxers. You're overwhelmed by the excess heat as you step back into your apartment and close the door.\n\n**Get undressed.**\n\nDone.\n\n**Assess pile of clothes.**\n\nYour **pile of clothes** contains:\n\na **green winter parka** ;\n\na **blue spring jacket** ;\n\na **grey-and-black striped sweater** ;\n\na **white-and-citrine fluffy sweater** ;\n\na **red tee** ;\n\na **blue tee;**\n\na **black tee with a husky's face on it** ;\n\na **pair of black denim jeans** ;\n\na **pair of sweatpants** ;\n\na **pair of yellow bathing shorts** ;\n\na **pair of sky blue summer shorts** ;\n\na **pair of white boxers with red hearts, with accompanying briefs** ;\n\na **pair of black boxers** ;\n\na **pair of red-and-white-striped boxers** ;\n\nand **a set of white briefs**.\n\nWhew.\u0026nbsp;\n\n**Open MYSTERIOUS BOX.**\n\nAccording to **_Benevolence_** , the **MYSTERIOUS BOX** contains appropriate clothes. However, it is firmly sealed by tape.\n\n**Find something sharp.**\n\nYou look to your paws. You have black claws. They are sharp. Sort of.\n\n**Open MYSTERIOUS BOX... slowly.**\n\nYou slowly tear away tape from the **MYSTERIOUS BOX** to avoid breaking your claws.\n\n_You obtained 1x Common Sense._\n\n_You obtained 1x Opened MYSTERIOUS BOX._\n\nYou open the **MYSTERIOUS BOX.**\n\n**Pull out your robe and wizard hat.**\n\nWhat? No, the box does not contain a robe or wizard hat. It does, however, contain a **dapper brimmed cloth hat** ; a **velvet black blazer with red trimmings** ; and... a **pair of sandals**? The blazer has a **red coat of arms** sewn onto it, its main feature the letter **A.**\n\n**Get properly dressed.**\n\nIf you're going to knock on doors, you figure simple is the way to go. You put on your **blue tee** , your **white boxers with red hearts,** your **black denim jeans** , and your **sandals.**\n\n**Go out into the hallway**.\n\nYou go out into the hallway.\n\n**Assess doors.**\n\nThey are all identical, bar the plaques bearing different numbers. They are all functional as far as you can see. There are no cracks or keyholes you can peer through: all locks are pin tumbler locks.\n\n**Assess hallway.**\n\nWood flooring accompanies simplistic repeat wallpaper in dark colours. Lighting is provided by flush-mounted ceiling lights. Though you have no barometer for quality - damn you, amnesia - you would assess this hallway as average. At one end is a window; at the other, stairs leading down.\n\n**Attempt to remove plaques.**\n\nYour plan is immediately foiled as the plaques are all solidly attached to the doors.\n\n**Knock on number 201.**\n\nYou knock three times. This seems appropriate. There is no response.\n\n**Knock on number 202.**\n\nYou knock on your own door. You do not get a reply.\n\n**Knock on number 203.**\n\nYou knock three times. There appears to be a response. There are very light footsteps, then the lock unlocks, and the door opens slightly. From the crack peers out an otter, looking bemused.\n\n\"Oh. Hey. Can I help you?\" He sounds a little wistful.\n\n* * *\n\n**HOW TO PLAY**\n\nComment below with suggested actions for\u0026nbsp;our hitherto unknown Corgi-weasel\u0026nbsp;protagonist. I will then advance the story with said suggestions.\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"A Stranger in Suburbia","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1146531-a-stranger-in-suburbia-an-interactive-story-prologue-6.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1147445-a-stranger-in-suburbia-an-interactive-story-prologue-8.json"}}