Watery Star, I still think you might be misunderstanding. :sweat: There are two places to land. One is on the inside of the fence, and it's a minefield. The other is on the outside of the fence. It's where you were before you got a helicopter, you can't access the fortress from there. I'm afraid I'm going to have to skip your suggestion this time around since it can't currently apply.

jessieomer is 1, lydia1020 is 2, Carzeebear is 3, NeuzaKC is 4.

The 4-sided dice lands on 1

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"Here, take these!" the helicopter pilot yells over the noise as he hands you and Cessy parachutes. "I'll land 'er from here!"

"Thanks, cap'm!" You yell in reply. Of course he's been there the whole time. Why wouldn't he have been? A young... you who has never flown a helicopter before and a little girl by themselves? That makes no sense. That's silly. A silly person would write a story like that.

The chopper pilot takes the copter up far enough that you have enough room to deploy your chutes without risk of them getting in the chopper blades, and you and Cessy jump. Can you parachute out of a helicopter? Maybe not, but that's what's happening here. It goes splendidly and you both land on the roof without a flaw.

To the left is a door, presumably on the other side is a staircase which enters Inso's mans-fortress. To the right is a skylight, next to it is a handy laser window cutter and a long rope attached to a securely fastened winch - perfect for cutting a circle out of the glass then lowering yourself in like in all the cool spy movies. In front of you is a swimming pool. Insomniac has a swimming pool on his roof. Sweet.

Looking down through the skylight you can see a man sitting on a couch with a laptop. Is that Insomniac? You've never seen him before. He takes a drink of something, but then suddenly drops it on his laptop as he looks forward in surprise. Another figure walks into view. You can't tell who it is as they're wearing a dark hood. The scene seems to be unchanged for a moment - presumably there is dialogue that you can't hear because you're on the roof and all - until the hooded figure pull something out of his/her pocket and holds it up for a scared-looking Insomniac to see. It's your shiny! The hooded figure has your shiny!

So here's the deal. You could cut a hole in the skylight and lower yourself in all smooth-like, but that really leaves you quite vulnerable. Insomniac seems scared of this person, do you really want to be helplessly dangling like a pinata before them? There's the staircase to the left, but this fortress/mansion is big. Big. Who knows how long it would take you to find the room Insomniac and the hooded person are in? And what if there are security guards that catch you before then? And even if you did find your way in, you're still unarmed. There's also that pool in front of you... you could take a nice dip and see if the situation resolves itself. Or, hey, maybe you could do something else entirely. It's your life, man. Woman. Whatever you are.

What will you do?