Investigate: Oruk Village

## **Obtaining the quest**

This quest is obtained by asking about adventuring jobs in the Saucy Barmaid.

## **Meeting the contact**

Follow up the investigation by going to Stitch By Stitch in the Entertainment District and meeting with Teresa, who will tell you that her mother in Oruk Village has not been heard from in a while. Oruk Village is accessible by going to the city outskirts and selecting leave the city.

## **The village**

After arriving at Oruk Village, you are able to scavenge through all the huts for items, be careful when scavenging because once you do a certain amount of actions you will be forced to deal the the Hungry Dead in the town. In version .397 and earlier it is 10 actions, not including returning to the road or going towards the huts, and it only forces you when you are not investigating huts. Below are all the items that can be found in the huts in version .397 and earlier-

In later versions the amount of actions is dependant on the time of day you arrive, 3 in the morning, 6 in the afternoon, and 9 in the evening. The only actions that count towards this total are entering the huts and going a cardinal direction. Below are all the items that can be found in the huts in later versions-

 East Road
 East Road
 South Road
 South Road

After expending all of your actions searching or following the blood from one of the huts, you will be prompted to either leave the village, fight the Hungry Dead, or run to the middle of the village. Trying to leave the village and trying to fight the Hungry Dead will result in you taking 5 damage or 10 damage, respectively, and return you to the selection. The only beneficial option is to run to the center of the village. Reaching 0 HP at any point in this section results in Bad End: Dead In Oruk Village.

After running to the center of the village, you are prompted with the same first two prompts as before, except the third prompt is to go down the well. Going down the well progresses the quest. You also have the option to go down the well whenever you have traveled to the center of the village.

## **The well**

When in the well, you find Teresa's mother and formulate a plan to get out. You have a few options depending on your known spells:

-Act as a decoy and lead them away

-Clone yourself and decoy (Need Multi Form)

-Summon a slime decoy (Need Summon Slime)

-Heal with royal jelly (Need Royal Jelly)

-Conjure a slime guardian (Need Slime Guardian)

-Bait with scented ooze (Need Enhance Emotion)

### Acting as a decoy

Leads to the following prompts, sneak attack with a weapon (take damage depending on your weapon; staff‐20, spear/mace‐5, dagger-0), sneak attack with ooze bolts/and acid burn (take 5 damage/0 damage with acid burn, uses 15 mana and need Acid Burn), sneak past them (Need to be trained in Stealth or you get Bad End- Dead in Oruk Village), charm them with your scent (Need a charm of at least or you get Bad End- Dead in Oruk Village), or fuck them with high enough arousal (functions like any normal sexual encounter). Reaching 0 HP at any point in this section results in Bad End: Dead In Oruk Village.

Afterwards, there is a three-part running section where different options do varying amounts of damage. If you have Acid Burn, you can throw acid at the Hungry Dead to skip one part (uses 15 mana). Using Acid Burn on the first part gives 2 green herbs. Using Acid Burn on the third part takes 10 damage. If you have Ooze Body, you can assume ooze body and escape in part three to finish the quest (uses 10 mana). Reaching 0 HP at any point in this section results in Bad End: Dead In Oruk Village.

 Dodge Right
 Dodge Forward

After running from the Hungry Dead you are given multiple options:

- Take the leap

- Stay and fight

- Assume ooze body and escape (Need Ooze Body)

Taking the leap makes a body stat check. If you have 20 or more in your body stat, you make the jump and finish the quest. If you have body stat lower than 20, then you get Bad End: Almost There. Staying to fight gives you Bad End: Gave It Your All. Assuming ooze body finishes the quest (uses 10 mana).

### Cloning yourself

Has identical prompts as normally acting as a decoy. The cloning initially uses 20 mana, but makes it so that any time you would get Bad End: Dead In Oruk Village, you instead finish the quest.

### Summoning a slime decoy

Creates Florj as a distraction. With a charm of 20 or greater, you can keep waiting until there is a free opportunity to escape and finish the quest. If you have a charm stat below 20, then you can leave when it says the Hungry Dead are on guard, this results in taking 30 damage. If you live after taking damage, you finish the quest. Leaving too early, waiting too long, or taking too much damage leads to Bad End: Dead In Oruk Village.

### Healing with royal jelly

Heals for HP and returns you to the other choices (uses 10 mana).

### Conjuring a slime guardian

Has identical prompts as summoning a slime decoy. The conjuring uses 20 mana and makes it so leaving when the Hungry Dead are on guard only deals 20 damage.

### Baiting with scented ooze

Has two parts, infusing and waiting. You can infuse the ooze 1-4 times before throwing the ooze. After throwing, you can wait 1-4 times before attempting to escape. Completed with 3-4/4 infuses and 4/4 waits with 20/0 damage (25/109 charm). If you infuse 5 times, wait 5 times, have a charm below 25, or reach 0 HP you get Bad End: Dead In Oruk Village.