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In the wall of this section of the Defiled Niche, you find three smaller niches. Each of those contains an even smaller niche, which in turn contains an urn.

The urns are basically identical. Do you feel like messing with any of them?

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{{button|Investigate the first urn}}

You lift the lid off of the urn, and see a tiny plaque on the underside -- it turns out these are the remains of Old Man McMurphy. You should've ''turned'' the urn!

You contemplate your mistake for a while, and while you're contemplating that, you contemplate all sorts of other important things, too.
{{stat|mys=gain 40-60}}
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{{button|Check out the second one}}
''First time:''

As you reach for the urn to look inside it, you accidentally knock it out of its niche. Smooth move, Ex-Lax!

It hits the ground and shatters in a cloud of ash and pottery shards, revealing something hidden inside!
	{{acquire|item=Plus-sized phylactery}}

''Subsequent times:''

Actually, I was just kidding -- that urn isn't there anymore. Remember? You broke it.

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{{button|See what's behind Urn #3}}

As you pick up the urn to look behind it, you hear a click -- apparently the urn was sitting atop some sort of switch.

A sequence of eight tinny-sounding bells plays from somewhere as a panel slides open on the opposite wall, revealing a treasure chest.

You open the chest, and surprise! It's full of Meat!

{{meat|amount=200-300}}
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{{button|Turn Away}}

You turn away from the urns.
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Occurs in [[the Defiled Niche]].

==References==
*The title is a play on the phrase "earning your keep," which means working hard enough to earn what you are paid.
*McMurphy's remains and "turn the urn" are references to the text adventure game, "McMurphy's Mansion".  There was a puzzle in that game, that when decoded, informed the player to "turn the urn" to achieve a goal.
*The 'eight tinny bells' is a reference to the 'hidden area' jingle from [[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]], as is the revealed treasure chest.
*"Smooth move, Ex-Lax" is an insulting phrase that was popular in the 1980s, and was mentioned in movies like ''[[Wikipedia:Explorers (film)|Explorers]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Back to the Future|Back to the Future]]''. Ex-Lax is the brand name of a laxative (currently styled as "ex-lax").
*The "Urn #3" is a play off the old [[Wikipedia:Let's Make a Deal|game-show]] gag of seeing a prize selected from behind one of three curtains.
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