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Synopsis:

The player encounters a dying hyena that is about to turn into a gnoll. If they discover this in time, they can try to stop the gnoll from being born. Otherwise, the gnoll is born and attacks the player when the dialogue ends.

9.
Narrator
: *The beautiful broken heap smells oddly enticing. You find you can't resist inhaling her offals.*^devnoteNARRATIONREALLY_DARK_URGE
- 68.
  Narrator
  : *You hear what comes next before you see it: the sharp snapping of bones and a yelp of pain as her body starts to twist and undulate.*NARRATION
  - 24. Player: [PassiveRoll] Roll (Intelligence, Arcana) vs 10 (0)
    
    47. [RollResult] True
    
    0.
    Narrator
    : *The realisation hits you - that stench wasn't the dead. You can sense that the hyena's very flesh is desecrated...*, CLERIC_GOOD, CLERIC_NEUTRAL, PALADIN_ANCIENTS, PALADIN_DEVOTIONNARRATION
    
    0.
    Narrator
    : *You watch with cold realisation - this isn't the end of one life, but the start of another...*, CLERIC_GOOD, CLERIC_NEUTRAL, PALADIN_ANCIENTS, PALADIN_DEVOTIONNARRATION
    
    35.
    Narrator
    : *Her darling pups will not be of her own species. Gnolls bring forth their iniquitous litter from many corpsed wombs - including hyenas.*REALLY_DARK_URGE
    
    73. [Jump] Jump to Node 52 (2)
    
    52.
    Narrator
    : *...Gnolls - vicious, monstrous humanoids - can spawn from the corpses of dying hyenas.*NARRATIONPLA_ConflictedFlind_Knows_Gnolls = FalsePLA_DyingHyena_PCRememberedArcana, PLA_ConflictedFlind_Knows_Gnolls
    
    69. Player: There, now, it's all right. It'll be over soon., PETPALGLO_Event_SetSurprisedNextCombat
    
    69. Player: Try not to be sick., PETPAL, REALLY_DARK_URGEGLO_Event_SetSurprisedNextCombat
    
    69. Player: Stifle your excitement. This is grotesque., PETPALGLO_Event_SetSurprisedNextCombat
    
    29.
    GROUP_DyingHyenas
    : Hurts... it hur-hur-hur-ha-ha-ha...^devnotePETPAL
    
    15. [Jump] Jump to Node 67 (1)
    
    62. Player: Is there any way to stop this?PETPAL
    
    16.
    GROUP_DyingHyenas
    : No. Come closer - feed the new flesh.^devnote
    
    57.
    Narrator
    : *Bones snap as the hyena is hollowed from the inside out, forming a vessel for something new.*NARRATION
    
    3. [Jump] Jump to Node 67 (1)
    
    26. Player: Step back to watch the show.^devnotePETPAL = False
    
    Link to Node 57
    
    65. Player: Revel in the creature's demonic influence., CLERIC_EVIL, OATHBREAKER, NOT_FOR_EA, PALADIN_VENGEANCE^devnote
    
    20.
    GROUP_DyingHyenas
    : Feel its power, the Butcher is hungry. You, me - all meat.^devnotePETPAL
    
    30. [Jump] Jump to Node 67 (1)
    
    50. Player: Show mercy, ending her life swiftly., RANGER['Gale 1', 'Wyll 1', 'Karlach 1']
    
    22. [Jump] Jump to Node 71 (1)
    
    61. Player: Destroy the abomination.DRUID['Gale 1', 'Wyll 1', 'Karlach 1']
    
    42. [Jump] Jump to Node 71 (1)
    
    19. Player: Smite the abomination.PALADIN, OATHBREAKER = False
    
    31.
    Narrator
    : *Radiant power flows through you as you strike the creature down.*^devnote
    
    70. [Jump] Jump to Node 71 (2)
    
    11. Player: Bless the hyena, trying to purge her body of evil.PALADIN, OATHBREAKER = FalseRoll (Charisma, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    13. [RollResult] True
    
    2.
    Narrator
    : *Slowly, her broken body starts to calm, to stop its wild contortions. She lies still.*^devnoteNARRATION['Gale 1', 'Karlach 1']
    
    59.
    GROUP_DyingHyenas
    : Flesh inside is quiet - flesh inside is dead. Murderer.^devnotePETPAL
    
    49. [Jump] Jump to Node 71 (2)
    
    4. [RollResult] False
    
    53.
    Narrator
    : *The surge of holy power is rebuked, knocking you back.*^devnoteNARRATIONPLA_DyingHyena_PaladinSurge
    
    33.
    GROUP_DyingHyenas
    : Butcher's stronger than you, meat.^devnotePETPAL
    
    66. [Jump] Jump to Node 67 (1)
    
    60. Player: Bless the hyena, trying to purge her body of evil., CLERIC_GOOD, CLERIC_NEUTRALRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    Link to Node 13
    
    Link to Node 4
    
    32. Player: Strike while the beast is vulnerable.RANGER = False, DRUID = FalseRoll (, ) vs 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 (0)
    
    7. [RollResult] True
    
    71.
    Narrator
    : *You land a swift strike against her skull. She yelps, then goes still.*NARRATION
    
    17.
    Narrator
    : *Whatever horrific creature was growing inside the hyena dies along with her.*NARRATIONPLA_DyingHyena_PCRememberedArcana = FalsePLA_DyingHyena_Event_PeacefulDeath
    End
    63.
    Narrator
    : *As the life fades from her eyes, the gnoll within her dies too, stillborn.*NARRATIONPLA_DyingHyena_PCRememberedArcanaPLA_DyingHyena_Event_PeacefulDeath
    End
    
    23. [RollResult] False
    
    54.
    Narrator
    : *You strike quickly, but not quickly enough. She shrieks, thrashing helplessly.*^devnoteNARRATION
    
    Link to Node 67
    
    58. Player: Leave.
    
    25.
    GROUP_DyingHyenas
    : Can't leave me - new flesh needs to feed.^devnotePETPAL
    
    67.
    Narrator
    : *Her belly splits like a rotten fruit, birthing a frenzy of claws and fangs.*^devnoteNARRATIONPLA_DyingHyena_Event_Death
    
    43.
    Narrator
    : *The raw hate of life, reared from the miracle of death. A tear almost springs to your eye.*REALLY_DARK_URGE
    
    8.
    GROUP_DyingHyenas
    : [TagAnswer]
    End
    
    41.
    Narrator
    : *You move quickly, but not quickly enough.*NARRATION
    
    Link to Node 67
    
    18.
    Narrator
    : *...Gnolls can spawn from the corpses of dying hyenas.*NARRATIONPLA_ConflictedFlind_Knows_GnollsPLA_DyingHyena_PCRememberedArcana
    
    28. [Jump] Jump to Node 52 (2)
    
    10. [RollResult] False
    
    21. [Jump] Jump to Node 39 (2)
37.
Narrator
: *The creature's eyes roll back in its head - equal parts bliss and agony.*^devnoteNARRATIONPETPAL
- 56.
  Narrator
  : *Her offals smell irresistible, and while her bloodfeast has filled her, the hyena is not yet sated.*REALLY_DARK_URGE
  - 40.
    GROUP_DyingHyenas
    : Come... see. My flesh becomes new flesh.^devnote
    
    48.
    Narrator
    : *You hear what comes next before you see it: the sharp snapping of bones and a yelp of pain as her body starts to twist and undulate.*NARRATION
    
    38. Player: [PassiveRoll] Roll (Intelligence, Arcana) vs 10 (0)
    
    Link to Node 47
    
    72. [RollResult] False
    
    36.
    Narrator
    : *You engrave her pained mewls upon your heart. Her back arches impossibly - a grace made possible only by it being broken.*REALLY_DARK_URGE
    
    74. [Jump] Jump to Node 39 (2)
    
    39.
    Narrator
    : *The hyena moans softly as its body contorts, ribs cracking and flesh tearing.*NARRATION
    
    12. Player: What's happening to you? Is there any way I can help?PETPAL
    
    45.
    GROUP_DyingHyenas
    : Yes - come closer. Feed the new flesh.^devnote
    
    1. [Jump] Jump to Node 67 (1)
    
    44. [Jump] Jump to Node 69 (1)
    
    51. Player: Watch the beast die.
    
    34. [Jump] Jump to Node 57 (1)
    
    6. [Jump] Jump to Node 32 (1)
    
    46. [Jump] Jump to Node 61 (1)
    
    14. Player: Show mercy, ending her life swiftly., RANGER['Gale 1', 'Wyll 1', 'Karlach 1']
    
    27. [Jump] Jump to Node 50 (2)
    
    5. [Jump] Jump to Node 58 (1)
- 64.
  Narrator
  : *Your nostrils fill with the rank smell of death. The hyena has feasted, but looking into her eyes, you know it wasn't enough. She's still hungry.*, RANGERNARRATION
- 64.
  Narrator
  : *She'd eaten. Feasted. And yet, looking into her eyes, you can see it wasn't enough. She's still hungry.*, RANGERNARRATION
  - Link to Node 40
55.
Narrator
: *The beast reeks of brimstone and offal, every breath thick with blood. Almost gagging, you mutter a quiet prayer to your god.*, CLERIC_GOOD, CLERIC_NEUTRAL^devnoteNARRATION
55.
Narrator
: *The beast reeks of brimstone and offal. Every breath is thick with blood.*, CLERIC_GOOD, CLERIC_NEUTRAL^devnoteNARRATION
- Link to Node 68