The Charlie Castanet Enlightenment Center

The Enlightenment Center is located out in the Desert.

• If you enter the Enlightenment Center with less than your maximum number of Power Points, you will get the following message:

A woman in white robes greets you at the front door and smiles broadly. She says, "Hmm. Your chakras are all out of alignment and your aura is taking on an unhealthy tint of ochre. You definitely need some spiritual tuning. It'll cost you X chips for the guidance, though."

If you choose to pay for the services, you get the following message:

You spend some time trying to get magnets to stick to crystals and then tackle the arduous task of licking your way to the center of a Tootsie pop without biting even once (you lose count a couple of times, though). By the time you're done you feel inexplicably--but completely--recharged.

• If you enter the Enlightenment Center with your maximum number of Power Points, then you will receive the following message:

A woman in white robes greets you at the front door and smiles while squinting at the space a few feet to the left of your head, and says, "I haven't seen an aura with that healthy a tint of yellow-brown in years. Clearly you're highly spiritually attuned right now." She nods to herself in satisfaction and walks away, leaving you alone in the lobby.

Notes

It costs 12 chips for each Power Point you restore.

References

• The name of the center is a reference to Carlos Castaneda.
• Contains a reference to an advertising slogan for Tootsie Pops, "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?".