Chapter 12 - Infection and Salvation
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[edit] Quest Text
You approach the mouth of the cave. From the deep recesses, you can hear bass rumbling, stone scraping together, boulders rolling. Again, these sounds take on meaning in your mind.
"Enter, living thing. Bring the abomination."
[edit] Activated by
[edit] Act 1 - Kitty's Fine
You cross the threshold into the cave, your companions close behind you. Around you, the rough stone walls tremble rhythmically, as though breathing. At the dim end of the cave, you can make out jagged, rocky shapes. The rumble and roll together into a vaguely human shape, which approaches and addresses you gravely.
"Let me see it. Place it before me."
Hesitantly, Edgar approaches the stone and lays Kel at its rocky feet. Stone leans over the prone body and emits a deep crumbling growl. It raises a rocky hand and lays it on Kel's chest. Kel coughs and, as he does so, three green tentacles launch from his mouth and wrap themselves around stone's wrist. With its other hand, stone makes a fist, grinding its thick fingers together, raining fine dust upon the grasping tendrils. As the stone snow falls on them, the tentacles give out a high-pitched shriek and retreat toward Kel's open muzzle. Stone grabs the tentacles and yanks.
Kel's eyes pop open and he lets out a muffled scream. Stone continues to pull on the tentacles and pepper them with stone dust. In the rhythm of the scraping, rocky noise, you can make out what feels very much like a primeval chant. Additional tentacles lash out from between Kel's teeth and you can see a slick green orb emerging from the back of Kel's maw. The orb is emitting a high pitched, clicking scream, which grows louder as stone pulls it slowly from Kel's throat.
It emerges with a wet ripping sound and stone tosses it against the wall. It smacks against the rock like wet laundry and slides to the dusty floor, leaving a snail-trail of green liquid behind it. Kel is on the ground, gasping for air and and coughing. Fizroy approaches him and kneels, inspecting his eyes and mouth. He produces a device that resembles a small stone diving rod and waves it in front of Kel's face, before standing and announcing with a smile,
"It's gone. Kitty's fine. Everything's going to be okay."
[edit] Objectives
[edit] Act 2 - Slither
Fizroy stumbles backward and is grabbed by stone, who grasps him gently on the shoulder and begins to sprinkle rock dust onto his face. You turn and find yourself face to face with Adehgah, green tentacles slithering out of his mouth and ears.
[edit] Objectives
[edit] Act 3 - The Singlemind
Fizroy is on the ground, coughing next to Kel. Stone grabs Adehgah and sets about removing the infection from his body.
You stand there, watching the procedure, and notice that Fizroy and Kel are looking at you with nervous expressions on their faces. You try to smile at them but find that your face no longer seems to work. You feel a tingling churning in your belly and suddenly, witnessing stone removing the infection from Adehgah fills you with sickness and revulsion. Without warning, a voice fills your mind, shattering thought and absorbing all emotion.
"It welcomes you to the Singlemind. Now, make the vessels submit."
[edit] Conclusion
[edit] Reward
- D.E.A. Stipend
- 50 XP
- 50 gold
- 200 tokens
[edit] Hints
By completing this you get to go on to Chapter 13 - The Choice
