Pasqal"They're on fire! On fire! Put them out, put them out, quick!" The voices come to you through streams of something thick and foul — your eyes are covered with whatever your unbidden saviours saw fit to splash over your head.
PasqalAt last, you can make out the silhouette of a vagrant dressed in rags leaning over you. He throws up his hands. "Your Lordiness/Ladyness, are you all right? Did you hit anything? Any bad burns? You fell right through that there ceiling, and it's mighty high up!"
YOU"Who are you and what are you doing down here?"
Pasqal"We live here, is all... Your Lordiness/Ladyness. You see, these are old tunnels, they dug 'em back in Parsimus Dewain's times, right through the asteroid. It's a little stuffy down here, but it's warmer than up in the big palaces on the surface."
Pasqal"And it sure is warm under the crematorium's furnace! They barely burn anyone up there, but they do fire it up often enough — and that's good for us... sure, sometimes an odd smell makes it through the vents, like they're making roast — makes yer mouth water! But what can you do... that's the cost of comfort for ya!"
YOU"Who are you and what are you doing down here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Do you happen to know who Fidelio is?"
PasqalThe vagrants look at each other in surprise. "I mean, wasn't there that Fid lad, used to live under the Fifth Void? And his hussy kept yellin' all like, 'My Fiiido!'? Fidelio, Fid — same deal, right?"
YOU"Who are you and what are you doing down here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Do you happen to know who Fidelio is?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How do I get out of here?"
Pasqal"Well, there's no climbing back into the crematorium for ya — look for yourself, it's all burnt and collapsed. But it's no biggie! There's only one way up there, so you won't get lost. First you'll need to pull this big old lever to open the doors. It's by the busted pipe — that's where the lever is. After that, you just walk. Through the corridors, the shaft, the old warehouse. And there you are, on the surface."
YOU"Who are you and what are you doing down here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Do you happen to know who Fidelio is?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How do I get out of here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give alms] "I'm feeling kind today. Here, for your help with the fire."
PasqalThe vagrants' faces brighten, and they accept your handout with a bow. "Oh, thank you, thank you kindly! Something to buy a bit of food with. 'Cause, well, we used our soup to put you out, you see. And it was only two days old!"
YOU"Who are you and what are you doing down here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Do you happen to know who Fidelio is?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How do I get out of here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give alms] "I'm feeling kind today. Here, for your help with the fire."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Attack] "Die, human refuse!"
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YOU"I must take my leave."
Pasqal"All the best on your journey and all! May the Emperor help ya and guide you out!"
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YOU[Attack] "Die, human refuse!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I must take my leave."continues where this line first appears above
Pasqal(sequence)
Pasqal"The fact that the incompetence of the crematorium's maintenance staff saved our lives does not make their negligence any less egregious. I will register a complaint."
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YOU[Give alms] "I'm feeling kind today. Here, for your help with the fire."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Attack] "Die, human refuse!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I must take my leave."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How do I get out of here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give alms] "I'm feeling kind today. Here, for your help with the fire."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Attack] "Die, human refuse!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I must take my leave."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Do you happen to know who Fidelio is?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How do I get out of here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give alms] "I'm feeling kind today. Here, for your help with the fire."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Attack] "Die, human refuse!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I must take my leave."continues where this line first appears above