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You return to The Animal Zone.

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You return to The Animal Zone.

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BlueprintsDC 8
This is the pet shop you're looking for.

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Grey MatterDC 8
Doesn't look like anyone's been selling kibble here for years...

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ShadowplayDC 8
The Weeping Eye may have relied on the sound of animal cries to cover the interrogation.

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See if it's locked.

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You lift the shutter gently, it resists. Locked.

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You lift the shutter gently, it resists. Locked.
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Around you, scattered pairs of eyes watch as you jiggle the shutter. Too many people around for a break-in.
Come back at night, or find another entrance.
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Break in.
You slip your lockpick into the keyhole at the bottom of the shutter. You hear it click open.
Lift up the shutter partway.
There's a loud metallic clank, and then it lifts up, surprisingly smooth.
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Thick spiderwebs stretch and break.
You duck low beneath the shutter and out of sight.

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You try again to shimmy your lockpick into the shutter but miss, causing the metal shutter to clang and wobble.
You'll draw attention to yourself if you're not careful.

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You can't get your lockpick into the keyhole. It's sticky.
It's you versus decades of spilled drinks, animal piss, and grease.
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Break in.

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Slip through the shutter.
You creep under the unlocked shutter again.

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The cobwebs have already re-formed, strands of freshly-woven spider silk cling to the back of your jacket as you duck inside the building.
Read the graffiti.
CARL WAS HERE M + Y <3 UNSTOPPABLE TRADE FOREVER MAURITO IS A DOG RAPEST

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Leave.
You turn away from the storefront.
A dusty and disused storefront, closed with a metal shutter. Above, a faded sign names the building 'The Animal Zone'.
You return to The Animal Zone. - ZERO PARADES