Malice"I came for the meat, Malice. Meat for the arena." The rumbling voice of the creature stitched from flesh, pain, and fury echoes inside the black helmet.
Malice"And it is waiting for you. Shriekers, the sand is once again thirsting for your blood! Those of you who will give their lives to entertain our masters, know that I never cared. Those who will come back alive and in one piece will have as many stimulants as your pathetic bodies can handle." Malice shifts his gaze to you and grins wickedly. "Give my best regards to the arena, fresh meat."
YOU[Address the monster] "Who are you?"
MaliceThe booming voice that erupts from under the helmet is full of scorn and barely contained fury. "Bring your untransformed meat to heel, Malice, or it will not even make it to the pit."
YOU[Address the monster] "Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Malice, what does it want and why is it calling the shots here?"
Malice"This is a servant of our lord Tervantias, the Haemonculus allied with the Reaving Tempest. This entire sector of the spire, the Chasm, is the domain bestowed upon him by the Kabal. This is where he harvests materials for his art... Screaming, pleading, panicked materials. And this is where he recruits gladiators for the arena."
YOU[Address the monster] "Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Malice, what does it want and why is it calling the shots here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Examine the monster]
MaliceThe hulk's body is criss-crossed by thick ugly scars as if someone stitched it together from different pieces. Its huge muscles are disproportionately swollen and riddled with peculiar wire-like augmetics running under the skin. Its backbone has been stripped of flesh and encased in the steely grip of a spinal transplant, and its face is hidden by a black helmet.
YOU[Address the monster] "Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Malice, what does it want and why is it calling the shots here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Examine the monster]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What does this have to do with me?"
MaliceMalice looks visibly pleased when he says: "Now you are a Shrieker. Meat."
Malice"Move it. The masters wish to drink of your suffering."
YOU[Nod] "I am ready."
Malice"How smart of you not to resist, humanling. Save your strength for the battle."
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YOU"We didn't agree to this, Malice!"
MaliceMalice shrugs indifferently. "You don't say. Does that make me a scoundrel, then? A liar? I stand in awe of your perceptiveness."
YOU[Nod] "I am ready."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"We didn't agree to this, Malice!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"To the warp with you both! I am not going anywhere."
MaliceThe monster points the muzzle of a device sticking straight out of the folds of its greyish flesh at your forehead. Its angry voice becomes uncharacteristically serene, almost normal. "Do not resist. It will only make things worse."
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MaliceThe monster snarls in frustration and points the muzzle of a device sticking straight out of the folds of its greyish flesh at your forehead. "I don't have time, meat."
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YOU[Reach for your weapon] "Don't you even try forcing me, you scum!"
MaliceThe monster points the muzzle of a device sticking straight out of the folds of its greyish flesh at your forehead. Its angry voice becomes uncharacteristically serene, almost normal. "Do not resist. It will only make things worse."continues where this line first appears above
MaliceThe monster snarls in frustration and points the muzzle of a device sticking straight out of the folds of its greyish flesh at your forehead. "I don't have time, meat."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"To the warp with you both! I am not going anywhere."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Reach for your weapon] "Don't you even try forcing me, you scum!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Nod] "I am ready."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"We didn't agree to this, Malice!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"To the warp with you both! I am not going anywhere."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Reach for your weapon] "Don't you even try forcing me, you scum!"continues where this line first appears above
Malice"Don't irk the servant of the esteemed Haemonculus, humanling. Follow him, do as he says, and once you find yourself in the pit, try to survive and entertain the masters."
YOU[Address the monster] "Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Malice, what does it want and why is it calling the shots here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Examine the monster]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What does this have to do with me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What does this have to do with me?"continues where this line first appears above
Malice"Don't irk the servant of the esteemed Haemonculus, humanling. Follow him, do as he says, and once you find yourself in the pit, try to survive and entertain the masters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Examine the monster]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What does this have to do with me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Address the monster] "Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Malice, what does it want and why is it calling the shots here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Examine the monster]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What does this have to do with me?"continues where this line first appears above
Malice"Don't irk the servant of the esteemed Haemonculus, humanling. Follow him, do as he says, and once you find yourself in the pit, try to survive and entertain the masters."continues where this line first appears above
Malice"Don't irk the servant of the esteemed Haemonculus, humanling. Follow him, do as he says, and once you find yourself in the pit, try to survive and entertain the masters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Malice, what does it want and why is it calling the shots here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Examine the monster]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What does this have to do with me?"continues where this line first appears above