NPCMarazhai lightly leaps from the edge of the platform into the raider and begins inspecting it from the inside. You hear clicking and hissing as the Drukhari opens and closes various hidden caches in the skycraft's hull, accompanied by muttered xenos cursing.
NPCAfter a minute, Marazhai bolts upright and freezes, clearly wrestling with his own irritation. A moment later, he cranes his neck to look down into the abyss beneath his feet. "Come here, [Name]. Take a look at this view."
YOU"A strange suggestion. Why would I want to do that?"
NPCMarazhai gives you an enigmatic look, a smile slowly creeping across on his face. "Commorragh is the greatest thing ever created by an intelligent race. Surely you wish to see it as it is meant to be seen, to behold it in all its magnificent detail?"
YOU"A strange suggestion. Why would I want to do that?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not trust you."
NPCHis dark eyes narrow to slits. "I do not need your trust, [Name]. I am offering you a chance... to learn something new."
YOU"A strange suggestion. Why would I want to do that?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not trust you."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Walk over to Marazhai and look down]
NPCThe chasm yawns endlessly below, the cyclopean spires of Commorragh piercing upward out of the gloom. The details of these vast structures are hidden by the hazy gloaming — the many lights on the spire's terraces, which resemble marsh gas, are all that bring colour to this bleak and awe-inspiring vista. The towering height takes your breath away and you almost swoon... and then a gentle shove at your back makes you lose your balance.
NPCThe moments stretch into an eternity: your firm footing is swept out from under you, your heart stops beating entirely, the chasm below seems to rush up toward you, ready to swallow you whole... and then clawed fingers close around your wrist, halting your fall, but holding you suspended over the abyss. Marazhai's laughter rings with dark delight when he finally tugs you back into the raider.
NPC"Terror! Unbridled, exquisite terror! Far more bite to it than the stale, predictable pain of torture victims. That burn in your chest, that tang in your mouth... Can you feel the blood roaring in your veins? Your heart battering out a march of triumph? Life becomes more vivid when death can come at any moment, [Name]. I will continue to remind you of that." Without giving you a chance to respond, Marazhai steps over the side of the raider and returns to the platform.
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NPC"The Tempest's Kabalites have already picked the raider clean. That means that what I seek must be hidden somewhere in the spire. I think... I think it's in the torture chamber. Once inside, we must proceed through the first chambers directly ahead and turn left, then left again. Come — I intend to claim what is mine."
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NPC"Though not all my property has been restored to me, I am nevertheless... satisfied. We can go. You have served my wishes tolerably well, [Name]." Marazhai gives you an insolent smirk and nods.
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YOU"We do not have time for this."
NPCMarazhai clicks his tongue. "Such a narrow mind. How disappointing. Or perhaps it is cowardice, [Name]? But that is your weakness, not mine." He steps over the side of the raider, returning to the platform.
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YOU[Walk over to Marazhai and look down]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"We do not have time for this."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not trust you."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Walk over to Marazhai and look down]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"We do not have time for this."continues where this line first appears above