Picking Sides
You stumble into a relatively peaceful section of the Skate Park, and see two objects at your feet -- it looks like a scuffle between an ice skate and a roller skate resulted in both of them dropping their weapons.
Y'know what? It's time to draw a line in the sand. And something tells you (perhaps the voice of Patrick Stewart in your head?) that here is as good a place as any to draw it. It's time to pick a side.
Will you take the ice skate blade, and teach those roller-derby jerks a thing or two? Or will you take up the brand new key and lead the roller skates to victory against the hordes of unitarded ice skates?
| Take the blade |
You pick up the skate blade, admiring its sharpness and heft. It's sharp, like your desire to beat up roller skates, and it's hefty, like the beating you're going to deliver unto some roller skates.
 | You acquire an item: skate blade |
| Take the key |
You pick up the brand new key, testing its weight in your hand. You're eager to try beating on some ice skates with it, but first you're going to have to watch a bunch of interminable cutscenes with Donald Duck and Goofy in them.
 | You acquire an item: brand new key |
Occurs at A Rumble Near the Fountain.
Notes
- The item picked allows for a series of one-time adventures to occur while that item is equipped, ultimately changing The Skate Park by either chasing out the ice skates (thereby unlocking the Roller Skate Territory), or by chasing out the roller skates (thereby unlocking the Ice Skate Territory).
- A third outcome is available to those who equip a skate board while adventuring at A Rumble Near the Fountain, which will end the conflict between the skates and result in a more peaceful park.
- This is a one-time adventure.
References
- The song "Brand New Key" contains the lines: "I got a brand new pair of roller skates / You got a brand new key."
- This adventure contains yet another reference to Jean-Luc Picard's (Patrick Stewart) line "The line must be drawn here!" from Star Trek: First Contact.
- The brand new key and its acquisition text is a reference to Kingdom Hearts.
