50's Fantasy CYOA (DND Based)

[OOC: this is prob gonna start real silly but if youre into character development and emotional stakes those'll come in too. I just like to start off lighthearted and maintain a balance.]

Your name is VICTOR CRUZ.

You are a WOOD ELF and love the GREASER AESTHETIC. You have tons of VINYL RECORDS and fancy yourself a bit of a COLLECTOR. Today is your first day in your NEW HOUSE, so you have a ton of BOXES all around, and you applied for a JOB as an AMATEUR ADVENTURER (whatever that entails) before you came here.

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Edited by Omega-Z on Oct 29th 2021 at 9:51:14 AM

>retrieve things from boxes

>Look at your favorite vinyl record.

>Knock on your neighbor’s houses.

>OPEN ALL BOXES

> Check status of job application

>Look at your favorite vinyl record.

You proceed to check out a favorite of yours, HARMONY ENCORES by the CHORDETTES. You also happen to have a few good ones by JOHNNY CASH, whom you semi-idolize as the coolest LONE WOLF you know.

> Check status of job application

You check on your application to be an AMATEUR ADVENTURER, and are rather happy to see that it has, in fact, been accepted as of 2 hours ago. They state that they will contact you at some point in the day with your FIRST ASSIGNMENT.

> Retrieve things from boxes

Next, you grab out the essentials, such as your LIGHTER, SMOKES, and BASEBALL CARDS WHICH YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. They just look pretty cool, really. You also grab out some FOOD and stock your FRIDGE.

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Edited by Omega-Z on Nov 1st 2021 at 7:10:18 AM

>Put Up Jello Mix.

>Eat a egg raw.

>Fill thermos with Koolaid

>Nom a tastey food item

>Eat a egg raw.

This was such a bad idea. What the hell were you thinking? You've gotten EGG all over your DENIM JACKET. It's starting to soak in, but you manage to grab a TOWEL just before the process completes.

>Fill thermos with Koolaid

After the EGG FIASCO OF 195X, you fill your thermos with some dope-ass LIQUID COOL JUICE. This is so cool. Oh my fucking god you can't handle the level of awesome. You take a sip.

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Edited by Omega-Z on Nov 1st 2021 at 8:17:21 AM

>Fortify Koolaid with protein powder and caffeine. Now it's a real beverage!

>Fortify Koolaid with protein powder and caffeine.

You pour PROTEIN POWDER and CAFFEINE into your juice, grinning at the STRANGELY-COLORED results. You take a sip, and it tastes about as good as anyone's FIRST SHOT OF VODKA, but you choke it down and immediately feel like you could lift a TRUCK.

>Look for the heaviest object in your house and lift it.

>Look for the heaviest object in your house and lift it.

You quickly determine the heaviest object in your house has to be your FRIDGE, but it turns out that the feeling of strength was just that, and you fail miserably.

in other news, you get a CALL telling you that you've been accepted into the AMATEUR ADVENTURERS PROGRAM. Your first assignment is in a CASINO, the NINE HELLS CASINO to be exact. They say to go there and take out the owner, NOAH RODRIGUEZ. This should be fun. The CASINO is about 4 BLOCKS down the ROAD, and is rather grand and hard to miss.

[INPUT COMMAND]

>go to casino, bring a heavy object.

Edited by blankb on Nov 1st 2021 at 9:55:05 AM

[OOC man, back at it again, but i just wanted to clarify, there wont be a strict combat system in this CYOA, it'll mostly be less numbers, more descriptions. mainly by 'DND based' i simply mean classes, races, etc. I will also be homebrewing quite a bit for things like spells, patrons, and such things, so the dnd influence isnt as direct as i initially planned. Of course, this system will be fleshed out more as we go on. Thanks!]

>go to casino, bring a slightly heavy object just in case.

You start heading to the CASINO, bringing a BASEBALL BAT with you, as well as your trusty OBSIDIAN SWITCHBLADE. Being a WARLOCK, you also have access to the following abilities: SWITCHEROO (switch places with someone within 50 ft., 1 per day), ELDRITCH BLAST (blast of energy, cantrip, 20 ft), and DISGUISE (change appearance, such as height, facial structure, and build, for an hour. Once per day).

You've arrived, the LARGE GATES gleaming in the sun, open and inviting. The building is at least ten stories tall, and the FOUNTAIN in the center of the path, in the shape of a die, spews fresh, clean water out of it's pips. You mutter a quick "Oh shit..."

[INPUT COMMAND]

>Tie your switchblade to your bat

>Tie your switchblade to your bat

You do a little DIY arts-and-crafts, tying your SWITCHBLADE to your BAT. This is good. This will protect you. You continue approaching the door.

>attempt to conceal bat switchblade thing

>attempt to conceal bat switchblade thing

This takes several minutes. Eventually, you manage to fold the BLADE, then stuff it into your BACKPACK. You're now inside the building, which seems even grander on the inside. SLOT MACHINES are in abundance, there's BLACKJACK, and you hear someone groan in disappointment after an unlucky bet on black. As you take all this in, you see NOAH in the corner, grinning and looking over his gambling empire. He's well-dressed, wearing a WHITE BUTTON-UP, SUSPENDERS, BLACK POLO PANTS, and BLACK SHOES. He has a SCAR on his forehead, just barely visible under his BLONDE MOP OF HAIR, with a slight fade at the sides.

[INPUT COMMAND.]

>Wave to him.

>Wave to him.

You give a friendly wave, and for a split second, you swear you see his SHADOW flicker. He waves back, flipping a POKER CHIP in the air. He begins to approach quickly, stopping in front of you. "I hope you're finding the entertainment to be to par?"

[INPUT COMMAND]

>Check how much money you have