NPCThe cogitator's green screen lights up as you approach it, and displays the flashing message, "Pilgrim, only the words of the First Galvanic Hymn will reveal to you the gifts hidden behind the veil of knowledge. Now chant with me: 'Let us sing this canticle to...'" The device's keyboard lights up, clearly expecting you to enter the rest of the verse.
YOU"Pasqal, kindly remind me how this hymn goes."
PasqalPasqal's vox lets out a noisy groan as if he is clearing his throat, but then stops abruptly. After a brief pause, he averts his gaze and says in a rasping voice, "It is not known to me. Only high-ranking servants at shrines of energetic prosperity are permitted to perform the First Galvanic Hymn."
YOU"Pasqal, kindly remind me how this hymn goes."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the Motive Force that floweth through veins of copper."
NPC"Verse two calls to you, pilgrim: 'Let us fill our souls with gratitude toward—'"
YOU"...the twin poles of opposite signs that herald the motion of the current."
NPC"Now finish this prayer, pilgrim: 'May the unity of the sacred charges power...'"
YOU"...the Memory of ages that is preserved most zealously."
NPC"Only one who has learned the path of our Cenobium is worthy of its gifts. Walk the path of the enlightened, absorb their age-old wisdom, and sing with me again." The screen goes dark in disappointment.
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YOU"...the faultless Soul that the current washeth over."
NPC"Only one who has learned the path of our Cenobium is worthy of its gifts. Walk the path of the enlightened, absorb their age-old wisdom, and sing with me again." The screen goes dark in disappointment.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the mortal Body and the mechanisms thereof."
NPC"Only one who has learned the path of our Cenobium is worthy of its gifts. Walk the path of the enlightened, absorb their age-old wisdom, and sing with me again." The screen goes dark in disappointment.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the immortal Reason that hath created the spark."
NPCA solemn binharic trill comes from the cogitator. "Verily so! A pilgrim who has learned our ways is worthy of the gifts of the enlightened."
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NPC"Only one who has learned the path of our Cenobium is worthy of its gifts. Walk the path of the enlightened, absorb their age-old wisdom, and sing with me again." The screen goes dark in disappointment.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the blessed Faith that bringeth light."
NPC"Only one who has learned the path of our Cenobium is worthy of its gifts. Walk the path of the enlightened, absorb their age-old wisdom, and sing with me again." The screen goes dark in disappointment.continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Interrupt the prayer]
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YOU"...the splendid resistors that conceal within them the rite of transfiguration."
NPC"Now finish this prayer, pilgrim: 'May the unity of the sacred charges power...'"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the watchful breakers that protect us from the sacrilege of the short circuit."
NPC"Now finish this prayer, pilgrim: 'May the unity of the sacred charges power...'"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the hallowed contacts whose touch conducteth the current."
NPC"Now finish this prayer, pilgrim: 'May the unity of the sacred charges power...'"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the arcane key that closeth the circuit."
NPC"Now finish this prayer, pilgrim: 'May the unity of the sacred charges power...'"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Interrupt the prayer]
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YOU"...the Omnissiah, from whom the holy discharge springeth forth."
NPC"Verse two calls to you, pilgrim: 'Let us fill our souls with gratitude toward—'"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the blessed Cathode that beckoneth the timeless electron."
NPC"Verse two calls to you, pilgrim: 'Let us fill our souls with gratitude toward—'"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the mighty Reactor that performeth the sacrament of fusion."
NPC"Verse two calls to you, pilgrim: 'Let us fill our souls with gratitude toward—'"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the Closed Circuit, wherein the path's start and end are tied in a knot."
NPC"Verse two calls to you, pilgrim: 'Let us fill our souls with gratitude toward—'"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Interrupt the prayer]
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NPC(sequence)
AbelardAbelard snorts and struggles to suppress an involuntary smile. "Emperor help us all. The esteemed Magos has been caught out not knowing a prayer, and now he's floundering like a cadet in an exam. I never thought I'd see the day."
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YOU"...the Motive Force that floweth through veins of copper."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the Omnissiah, from whom the holy discharge springeth forth."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the blessed Cathode that beckoneth the timeless electron."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the mighty Reactor that performeth the sacrament of fusion."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"...the Closed Circuit, wherein the path's start and end are tied in a knot."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Interrupt the prayer]continues where this line first appears above