NPCEverything inside you screams in terror, and your body shakes in pain as you try to rip off the device. The area of skin touched by the brooch burns as if it has been grazed by a miniature melta charge, yet you manage to tear the xenos creation from your flesh.
YOU"Did I hear that right? Did you just say immortality?"
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YrlietYrliet gives you a hard look "Immortality at a price far worse than death. Cast out the thoughts I am now reading on your face."
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Marazhai"If one could call it that. Would you like to become a bloated husk like the one we encountered? I doubt it."
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YOU[Put on the artefact]
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Yrliet"That is enough, elantach!" Yrliet swiftly knocks the device out of your hand. It tumbles away into the darkness until a distant thud announces that it has fallen into the wreckage. "I will not allow you to destroy yourself!"
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MarazhaiThe Drukhari's movement is almost too swift to be registered by the eye. Marazhai slaps the device out of your hand with a perfunctory swing. The mysterious artefact flies off into the darkness and, judging by the clatter, falls through some crevice. The xenos turns his gaze to you. "No, [Name]. No trinket will ever compete with me for your attention."
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NPCThe patterns on the device glow brighter the closer you bring it to yourself. The lack of fasteners and the vague visions in your head tell you that the brooch should be placed against your bare skin, not worn on your clothes. As soon as the artefact touches your body, the skin underneath it burns, your heart races, and your head feels like it is being squeezed by an adamantine garrotte.
YOU[Tear the device off]
YOU[Do not resist]
NPCThe artefact quickly embeds itself in your skin and bliss spreads through your veins. Small scratches heal, and your battle-weary limbs grow strong. You are full of energy, and the only thing bothering you is mild pangs of hunger spurred on by the smell of blood.
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YOU[Destroy the artefact]
NPCA shot, a torch, a sharp rock, you go through several ways to break the xeno-artefact, but your efforts are futile. Not a single scratch appears on the smooth surface. All the while you sense something strange — you hear ringing in your ears and the metallic taste of raw meat in your mouth.
YOU"Did I hear that right? Did you just say immortality?"continues where this line first appears above
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YOU[Throw the artefact away]
NPCYou swing wildly and hurl the mysterious device as hard as you can through one of the broken windows of the hall. Now only the God-Emperor knows where to look for it, and perhaps that is for the best.
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NPCEverything inside you screams in terror, and your body shakes in pain as you try to rip off the device. Your mind yields, and you let the object do its work.
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NPCThe ingenious creation of an unknown craftsman shimmers, hypnotising you with its faintly glowing patterns. The trinket is so captivating, you cannot take your eyes off it. When you try to shift it into your other hand, you notice that it can barely separate from your skin — there are thousands of fine flagella stretching between the surface and your palm. You tear the device off with effort and see countless tiny droplets of scarlet left behind.
YOU"Did I hear that right? Did you just say immortality?"continues where this line first appears above
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Heinrix"A Halo device." Heinrix reaches out sharply and pries the mysterious object from your hand. "A cursed xenos creation that twists the mind, and soon the body, of its master. An item subject to the Inquisition's general decree of total annihilation. In this matter, my authority exceeds your privilege, Lord Captain."
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YrlietYrliet looks at the object in your hands and shakes her head with concern. "Get rid of it, elantach. This creation is the fruit of ancient and twisted minds that tempt the weak with the promise of eternal youth and life unending. You have seen the price it exacts with your own eyes."
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MarazhaiMarazhai slightly narrows his eyes. "I have seen similar devices among the trophies of the Kabal. I do not know who created them, but it is hard to deny their devious ingenuity. In exchange for immortality, they turn their prey into something similar to what inhabited these chambers until recently."