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    Synopsis:

    The party discuss what just occurred and what to do about their current situation.They failed to kill the Netherbrain and the Emperor has other plans in mind. Gale and Lae'zel are given a higher priority here since Gale has the bomb in his chest and Lae'zel may want to free Orpheus.

    The main topics:
    1. What Is Happening
    2. Distrust
    3. Hope

    How to trigger:

    Act 3 > Endgame > Astral Plane > Trigger END_IllithidOptions_EmperorProposal > GD


  • 5. Player: Damn these stones. We did not come this far, spilled so much blood, just for them to fail us., REALLY_WYLL8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
  • 5. Player: Those fucking stones were worthless., REALLY_KARLACH8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
  • 5. Player: The stones have failed us, and our enemy is more potent than ever. This feels like a step backwards. , REALLY_SHADOWHEART8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
  • 5. Player: After everything we went through to get those stones, they didn't even work? Because now it's a 'nethersomething'?, REALLY_ASTARION8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
  • 5. Player: So now it is a Netherbrain we face - whatever in the howling hells that might be., REALLY_JAHEIRA8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
  • 5. Player: |Well, that didn't work.|, REALLY_GALE8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
    • 129. Player: We've gone astray. Foolish to think the Emperor would lead us to anything but ruin., REALLY_LAEZEL
    • 129. Player: The Emperor failed us. Its plan has all but led us to ruin. , REALLY_WYLL
    • 129. Player: The illithid lied about its nether-pebbles. Only say the word, and Minsc will feed them back to it., REALLY_MINSC
    • 129. Player: The illithid has deceived us, and we have submitted like pups to the slaughter. No more. , REALLY_MINTHARA
    • 129. Player: Perhaps it's time we stop trusting the illithid to save us. Its manipulation has brought us nowhere. , REALLY_SHADOWHEART
    • 129. Player: The Emperor did this. Planned this, somehow. What's it hiding?, REALLY_KARLACH
      • 121. Player: We're closer than we've ever been to finishing this thing. And we got here with the Emperor's help., REALLY_KARLACH
      • 121. Player: The illithid lied about the nether-pebbles, but... Boo would not still draw breath without it., REALLY_MINSC
      • 121. Player: At least it has a plan. I don't see you suggesting anything., REALLY_ASTARION
      • 121. Player: We could at least hear the Emperor's words first - that does not oblige us to heed them., REALLY_HALSIN
      • 121. Player: I have no love for the illithid - but its survival is bound to ours. That is as close to common cause as we will get., REALLY_JAHEIRA
        • 68. Player: Let's hear the Emperor out. We can make our minds up then.
          • 78. Player: I see no other options. Deceitful the illithid may be - but our best hopes lie with it., REALLY_WYLL
          • 78. Player: That's it. Get the facts, then sort them out. Not like we have much of a choice to do otherwise., REALLY_KARLACH
          • 78. Player: As much as I hate to admit it, we're hardly drowning in better options. Let's see what it has to say for itself, I suppose., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
          • 78. Player: True, hearing it out won't kill us. It's one of the few things that won't., REALLY_ASTARION
          • 78. Player: Wise. Even a treacherous path is better than blundering through the wilderness., REALLY_JAHEIRA
          • 78. Player: |Best to make such decisions after thorough research.|, REALLY_GALE
            • 39. Player: Do what you must. But I'd sooner butcher the ghaik than entertain its lies., REALLY_LAEZEL
              End
            • 39. Player: I will keep an open mind. But I will split the illithid's head at the first sign of danger., REALLY_WYLL
              End
            • 39. Player: Fine. Minsc will listen. But Boo will watch., REALLY_MINSC
              End
            • 39. Player: Its goal ends with the brain, but ours must span the distance beyond. When we commit, and we will commit, we shall do it with intention. Our design, no other. , REALLY_MINTHARA
              End
            • 39. Player: Humour that thing if you must - just as long as you're ready to cut it down to size if it shows any sign of betraying us., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
              End
            • 39. Player: Hear, hear. Still hoping for a miracle, but I'm ready for whatever comes our way., REALLY_KARLACH
              End
        • 46. Player: Whatever the Emperor has to say, I'm past the point of trusting it.
          • 6. Player: Wisely spoken. A ghaik acts only for its own aims - and we near the end of our usefulness., REALLY_LAEZEL
          • 6. Player: We have never been true allies - just toys in its game., REALLY_WYLL
          • 6. Player: Well-spoken, says Boo! If we are to die useless deaths, let them be useless deaths of our choosing., REALLY_MINSC
          • 6. Player: It has toyed with us long enough - now is the time for action, not mere belief. , REALLY_MINTHARA
          • 6. Player: Agreed. We could scarcely find a worse figure to trust even if we tried., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
          • 6. Player: I'm not sure I ever really did. That thing is in it for itself, all the way., REALLY_KARLACH
            • 109. Player: Whatever comes next, choose wisely. What's done cannot be undone., REALLY_WYLL
              End
            • 109. Player: Let's get this over with., REALLY_KARLACH
              End
            • 109. Player: Probably wise to not trust that thing... but we're not exactly inundated with alternatives. Whatever we do, it had better count., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
              End
            • 109. Player: All right, but we'd better make our next move a good one. Otherwise it will be our last., REALLY_ASTARION
              End
            • 109. Player: We need not speak of trust. Only using the creature as it no doubt means to use us., REALLY_JAHEIRA
              End
            • 109. Player: |Then we'll need to make our next move carefully. While my option is available, I'm not eager to using it if it can be avoided.|, REALLY_GALE
              End
        • 77. Player: Shoot Gale a meaningful glance.ORI_Gale_State_SwayedTowardsCrown = False, REALLY_GALE
          • 7. Player: Trust me - unleashing the orb is not something I want to do, but if there's no other way..., REALLY_GALEdevnote
            • 8. Player: ...well, I shan't hesitate. We cannot allow this thing to prevail., REALLY_GALEdevnote
              End
        • 3. Player: The Emperor's plan only failed because the brain evolved - let's hear it out. It might have a solution yet.
          • 13. Player: Agreed. Nothing's lost yet but a bit of our sanity. Onward., REALLY_KARLACH
            End
          • 13. Player: As you wish. Minsc will listen - but Boo will watch., REALLY_MINSC
            End
          • 13. Player: True. I don't exactly trust it, but it might be the only hope we have., REALLY_ASTARION
            End
          • 13. Player: Optimistic to the end - good. Cynicism won't help us now. Let's hear the Emperor out., REALLY_HALSIN
            End
          • 13. Player: The flayer makes a great show of having all the answers. Let us see if it can save its own skin., REALLY_JAHEIRA
            End
        • 85. Player: We have another option - the orb. I could still put a stop to this... though at great cost.REALLY_GALE
          • 97. Player: Let that be our backup plan's backup plan. We need you, beardy. Un-exploded., REALLY_KARLACH
          • 97. Player: My hamster is not in the habit of choosing between two evils. We will find a third and better way, or Boo will know the reason why!<br>, REALLY_MINSC
          • 97. Player: Surely we're not there yet? There must still be options that don't include exploding., REALLY_ASTARION
          • 97. Player: No, we cannot resort to that - not if there's even a glimmer of hope remaining. If we're willing to sacrifice a whole city of innocents, what are we even fighting for?, REALLY_HALSIN
          • 97. Player: And I thought myself the pragmatist. No, Gale - better to die for the right choice than live with the wrong one., REALLY_JAHEIRA
            • 37. Player: It's a high cost - but we may have no choice but to pay it., REALLY_LAEZEL
              End
            • 37. Player: Can there be no better way? The mind flayer may have manipulated us, but let's not let it rob us of each other. , REALLY_WYLL
              End
            • 37. Player: Mm. No. Boo likes neither option - you will simply have to try harder, wizard., REALLY_MINSC
              End
            • 37. Player: A small price to pay for the destruction of the Netherbrain. , REALLY_MINTHARA
              End
            • 37. Player: That's a drastic solution to say the least... but what other choice do we have? Fight a losing fight? Trust the Emperor?, REALLY_SHADOWHEART
              End
            • 37. Player: Not a price I really want to pay, but if we run out of options, we might have to fork up., REALLY_KARLACH
              End
        • 108. Player: I think we should free Orpheus - perhaps he can help us where the Emperor failed. LOW_HouseOfHope_State_PlayersStoleMainTreasure
          • 43. Player: Old tentacle-head won't like that. Who knows how it'll react., REALLY_KARLACH
          • 43. Player: The illithid will object. But Minsc and Boo will be very persuasive., REALLY_MINSC
          • 43. Player: The mind flayer won't like that. If we take that road, we'd better be very, very sure it's the right one., REALLY_ASTARION
          • 43. Player: Such an action could turn the Emperor from ally to foe..., REALLY_HALSIN
          • 43. Player: The Emperor fears Orpheus. Do not expect it to stand idly by and see him freed., REALLY_JAHEIRA
            • 83. Player: If we free Orpheus, then it is to slay him. This was my promise - and you will not keep me from it., REALLY_LAEZEL, LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH
              End
            • 83. Player: If Orpheus stands with us, it won't matter what the Emperor thinks., LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH, REALLY_LAEZEL
              End
            • 83. Player: Let the Emperor have his tantrum. If Orpheus stands with us, we can rid ourselves of the illithid., REALLY_WYLL
              End
            • 83. Player: Use the hammer. If the Emperor objects - for this, the hammer is also a solution. , REALLY_MINSC
              End
            • 83. Player: Now is not to concern ourselves with the feelings of an illithid, if it is even capable of them. If Orpheus presents a solution, we take it, we survive. , REALLY_MINTHARA
              End
            • 83. Player: If you held a knife to my throat, I'd choose Orpheus over the Emperor. We'd be fools to trust an illithid., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
              End
            • 83. Player: Who cares what squiddie thinks? Our goal was never to save the damn thing. If Orpheus can help us, we should give him a chance. , REALLY_KARLACH
              End
  • 9. Player: The Emperor will no doubt seek to pour honey in our ears - talk us round to it's way of thinking. It would be remiss of me to not remind all that there is another way..., REALLY_GALEORI_Gale_State_SwayedTowardsCrown = False, 8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922, REALLY_GALE
    • 35. Player: ... the orb. I still have the means to unleash its power, and put a stop to all this from one heartbeat to the next. But it would not be without cost. The city, and all who remain, would be lost., REALLY_GALE
      • 27. Player: Sounds pretty drastic. What about the Emperor? It might have another trick up its sleeve...? , REALLY_KARLACH
      • 27. Player: What about the illithid? Boo would not like to see the city destroyed. Minsc neither. , REALLY_MINSC
      • 27. Player: What about our old friend, the illithid? Might it not have a less destructive alternative? , REALLY_ASTARION
      • 27. Player: I would much prefer we find another way. Perhaps the mind flayer has another idea? , REALLY_HALSIN
      • 27. Player: It should not have to come to that. Perhaps the illithid can provide us with a better solution. , REALLY_JAHEIRA
        • Link to Node 129
  • 10.
    Narrator
    : *Discomfort gnaws at you like a rat in your belly - is it doubt? Or simply fear?*devnote
    • 42.
      Narrator
      : *The stones were supposed to allow you to dominate the brain - the Emperor said so. But it didn't work.*
      • 69.
        Narrator
        : *There is another way - the hammer that will free Orpheus. Perhaps the githyanki could help you succeed, where the mind flayer failed?*LOW_HouseOfHope_State_PlayersStoleMainTreasure
        • Link to Node 101
      • 66.
        Narrator
        : *If only you could free Orpheus, perhaps he could help you succeed where the Emperor failed?*
        • 101.
          Narrator
          : *And then there's the fire in your chest, filling you with white, hot, power, ready to be released at any moment.*REALLY_GALE
          • 48.
            Narrator
            :
            End
  • 12. Player: Damn these stones. We did not come this far, spilled so much blood, just for them to fail us., REALLY_WYLL25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 12. Player: Those fucking stones were worthless., REALLY_KARLACH25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 12. Player: So much for those stones. How're we supposed defeat a Netherbrain?, REALLY_SHADOWHEART25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 12. Player: After everything we went through to get those stones, they didn't even work? Because now it's a 'nethersomething'?, REALLY_ASTARION25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 12. Player: So now it is a Netherbrain we face - and it seems disinclined to yield to the Netherstones., REALLY_JAHEIRA25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 12. Player: I do not know what a Netherbrain is - but these Netherstones would have been more useful fashioned into a nether-club., REALLY_MINSC25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 12. Player: The stones have failed us. What in nature's realm could possibly best a Netherbrain?, REALLY_HALSIN25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 12. Player: |Well, that didn't work.|, REALLY_GALE25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
    • 88. Player: Yet we live. And we have the Emperor to thank for it., REALLY_WYLL
    • 88. Player: Still, we're closer than we've ever been to finishing this thing. And we got here with the Emperor's help., REALLY_KARLACH
    • 88. Player: I guess it could be worse. At least we're still alive. I suppose we owe the Emperor some thanks for that..., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
    • 88. Player: I hate to say it, but thank the hells for that mind flayer. If it hadn't pulled us out of there..., REALLY_ASTARION
    • 88. Player: But we are not dead yet, thanks to our illithid benefactor. , REALLY_JAHEIRA
    • 88. Player: Yet we were saved. Boo still draws breath - and so the mind flayer may continue to do so., REALLY_MINSC
    • 88. Player: At least we draw breath still, thanks to the Emperor., REALLY_HALSIN
    • 88. Player: |At least we're not dead.|, REALLY_GALE
      • 72. Player: The Emperor is a ghaik! It acts on its own whims - it is no friend to us., REALLY_LAEZEL
      • 72. Player: I would think twice before trusting the illithid. It is loyal for only as long as we're useful., REALLY_WYLL
      • 72. Player: The Emperor would have flayed Minsc's mind already if there were a mind to flay! It cannot be trusted., REALLY_MINSC
      • 72. Player: The mind flayer has been manipulating us - if we listen to it, we are no better than the thralls we fight. , REALLY_MINTHARA
      • 72. Player: The Emperor likely saved us because it needs us as pawns - we can't trust it., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
      • 72. Player: Don't be daft. The Emperor misled us. Planned this whole thing. What's it hiding?, REALLY_KARLACH
        • Link to Node 111
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        • Link to Node 91
        • Link to Node 124
  • 16. Player: The Emperor will no doubt seek to pour honey in our ears - talk us round to it's way of thinking. It would be remiss of me to not remind all that there is another way..., REALLY_GALEORI_Gale_State_SwayedTowardsCrown = False, 25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105, REALLY_GALE
    • 31. Player: ... the orb. I still have the means to unleash its power, and put a stop to all this from one heartbeat to the next. But it would not be without cost. The city, and all who remain, would be lost., REALLY_GALE
      • 44. Player: Trust the Emperor, or annihilate the Sword Coast. A vexing choice - but an easy one., REALLY_WYLL
      • 44. Player: These can't be our only options. Destroy the Sword Coast, or trust the mind flayer?!, REALLY_KARLACH
      • 44. Player: | So our choices are: Trust the scheming mindflayer or Disintegrate the Sword Coast... |, REALLY_SHADOWHEART
      • 44. Player: | So our choices are: Trust the scheming mindflayer or Disintegrate the Sword Coast... |, REALLY_JAHEIRA
      • 44. Player: | So our choices are: Trust the scheming mindflayer or Disintegrate the Sword Coast... |, REALLY_MINSC
      • 44. Player: | So our choices are: Trust the scheming mindflayer or Disintegrate the Sword Coast... |, REALLY_HALSIN
        • 111. Player: Let's hear what the Emperor has to say - we can make our minds up then.
          • 76. Player: If you must. But I'd sooner butcher the ghaik than entertain its lies., REALLY_LAEZEL
            End
          • 76. Player: I will keep an open mind. But I will split the illithid's head at the first sign of danger., REALLY_WYLL
            End
          • 76. Player: Boo will listen, for his is the only mind worth heeding!, REALLY_MINSC
            End
          • 76. Player: We listen, and we ready our weapons. If its tongue veers a lick from truth, we cut it out. , REALLY_MINTHARA
            End
          • 76. Player: Humour that thing if you must - just as long as you're ready to cut it down to size if it shows any sign of betraying us., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
            End
          • 76. Player: That's it. Get the facts, then sort them out. Not like we have much of a choice to do otherwise., REALLY_KARLACH
            End
        • 102. Player: The Emperor's plan failed. It's proven it can't be trusted.
          • 52. Player: Yet I see no other options. Deceitful he may be - but our best hopes lie with him., REALLY_WYLL
            End
          • 52. Player: As far as I'm concerned, it's proven it knows more than we do. We ought to hear it out., REALLY_KARLACH
            End
          • 52. Player: Yet other options are hard to come by. We owe the Emperor our lives, at least., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
            End
          • 52. Player: It's proven it can save our lives. Again. But sure, cut that safety rope. What's the worst that could happen?, REALLY_ASTARION
            End
          • 52. Player: Trust was never the foundation of the arrangement. Only shared survival - and that holds truer than ever., REALLY_JAHEIRA
            End
          • 52. Player: Few other paths remain. Perhaps it isn't wise to shun the one who just saved us - even an illithid., REALLY_HALSIN
            End
          • 52. Player: Boo's stomach already bloats from the lies we have been fed. There will be no second serving!, REALLY_MINSC
            End
          • 52. Player: |Then that will not leave us with many options left. Measure twice, cut once.|, REALLY_GALE
            End
        • 60. Player: Look at Gale, look down to his chest.ORI_Gale_State_SwayedTowardsCrown = False, REALLY_GALE
          • 56. Player: As keen as I am to survive, the option remains - and we have vanishingly few others. I daresay none., REALLY_GALEdevnote
            • 34. Player: We may cling to hope a while longer if you wish, but should that fail us, I'll be ready to act., REALLY_GALEdevnote
              End
        • 100. Player: The Emperor's plan only failed because the brain has evolved - it might have another plan.
          • 54. Player: Fine, hear it out if you must. But I'd sooner butcher the ghaik than entertain more of its lies., REALLY_LAEZEL
            End
          • 54. Player: Then talk to it, and I will keep an open mind. But I'm splitting open the illithid's head at the first sign of danger., REALLY_WYLL
            End
          • 54. Player: As you wish. Minsc will listen - but Boo will watch., REALLY_MINSC
            End
          • 54. Player: If this plan is anything short of a strategic masterpiece, we shall have no recourse to follow it. , REALLY_MINTHARA
            End
          • 54. Player: Humour that thing if you must - just as long as you're ready to cut it down to size if it shows any sign of betraying us., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
            End
          • 54. Player: I'm willing to hear this so-called plan. Also willing to split the thing's skull open, but I can wait., REALLY_KARLACH
            End
        • 91. Player: We have another option - the orb. I could still put a stop to this... though at great cost.REALLY_GALE
          • 29. Player: I won't accept that. You cannot be so desperate as to believe the only answer is destruction., REALLY_WYLL
          • 29. Player: Let that be our backup plan's backup plan. We need you, beardy. Un-exploded., REALLY_KARLACH
          • 29. Player: No - I won't hear of it. Not until we know there's absolutely no other way. , REALLY_SHADOWHEART
          • 29. Player: Surely we're not there yet? There must still be options that don't include exploding., REALLY_ASTARION
          • 29. Player: Fire might cleanse the wood-rot - but to little end, if you must burn down the forest entire., REALLY_JAHEIRA
          • 29. Player: My hamster is not in the habit of choosing between two evils. We will find a better way, or Boo will know the reason why!, REALLY_MINSC
          • 29. Player: No, we cannot resort to that - not if there's even a glimmer of hope remaining. If we're willing to sacrifice a whole city of innocents, what are we even fighting for?, REALLY_HALSIN
            • 73. Player: It's a high cost - but we may have no choice but to pay it., REALLY_LAEZEL
              End
            • 73. Player: I won't accept it. I won't. , REALLY_WYLL
              End
            • 73. Player: If it allows us to circumvent the illithid's mind-games and defy the brain, it may be our best chance of freedom. , REALLY_MINTHARA
              End
            • 73. Player: That's a drastic solution to say the least... but what other choice do we have? Fight a losing fight? Trust the Emperor?, REALLY_SHADOWHEART
              End
            • 73. Player: I don't like it, but if it comes to that, I suppose... we have it as an option. , REALLY_KARLACH
              End
            • 73. Player: | I won't accept it. I won't. |, REALLY_MINSC
              End
        • 124. Player: I say we free Orpheus. Perhaps he can help us where the Emperor failed. LOW_HouseOfHope_State_PlayersStoleMainTreasure
          • 80. Player: I doubt the Emperor will take too kindly to that., REALLY_WYLL
          • 80. Player: Old tentacle-head won't like that. Who knows how it'll react., REALLY_KARLACH
          • 80. Player: May work - or may just make an enemy of the Emperor. And we're hardly short of those as it is., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
          • 80. Player: The mind flayer won't like that. If we take that road, we'd better be very, very sure it's the right one., REALLY_ASTARION
          • 80. Player: The Emperor fears Orpheus. Do not expect it to stand idly by and see him freed.<br>, REALLY_JAHEIRA
          • 80. Player: If the illithid objects, Minsc and Boo will tear off his tentacles., REALLY_MINSC
          • 80. Player: Such an action could turn the Emperor from ally to foe..., REALLY_HALSIN
          • 80. Player: |Nothing like a good one-two with a blunt object to shift negotiations, though it doesn't seem like the type to appreciate such crude methods.|, REALLY_GALE
            • 0. Player: If Orpheus stands with us, it won't matter what the Emperor thinks., LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH, REALLY_LAEZEL
              End
            • 0. Player: If we free Orpheus, then it is to slay him. This was my promise - and you will not keep me from it., REALLY_LAEZEL, LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH
              End
            • 0. Player: Let the Emperor have his tantrum. If Orpheus stands with us, we can rid ourselves of the illithid., REALLY_WYLL
              End
            • 0. Player: Use the hammer. If the Emperor objects - for this, the hammer is also a solution. , REALLY_MINSC
              End
            • 0. Player: If the githyanki is willing to help, we will have no need of the rogue illithid. , REALLY_MINTHARA
              End
            • 0. Player: If you held a knife to my throat, I'd choose Orpheus over the Emperor. We'd be fools to trust an illithid., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
              End
            • 0. Player: Who cares what the illithid thinks. If we can get Orpheus on our side, we're golden. , REALLY_KARLACH
              End
  • 23. Player: The Emperor will no doubt seek to pour honey in our ears - talk us round to it's way of thinking. It would be remiss of me to not remind all that there is another way..., REALLY_GALEORI_Gale_State_SwayedTowardsCrown = False, c6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105, REALLY_GALE
    • 105. Player: ... the orb. I still have the means to unleash its power, and put a stop to all this from one heartbeat to the next. But it would not be without cost. The city, and all who remain, would be lost., REALLY_GALE
      • 41. Player: Why in the hells would we do that?!
        • 118. Player: The end is nigh, one way or another, and our options are dwindling in both quantity and quality., REALLY_GALE
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      • 132. Player: You distrust the Emperor that much?
        • 92. Player: Honestly? I think putting trust in anyone but ourselves is foolhardy at this stage. One way or another, I think we amount to the best chance of stopping this., REALLY_GALE
          • Link to Node 45
      • 120. Player: That's not our only option - we could still free Orpheus. LOW_HouseOfHope_State_PlayersStoleMainTreasure
        • 113. Player: A githyanki who might turn on us for being infected? That is not someone I'm eager to pin my hopes on. , REALLY_GALE
          • 86. Player: Present company excluded of course - but the point remains. We cannot afford to trust your kin will react well to us., REALLY_GALEdevnoteGITHYANKI
            • 45. Player: The orb is not a choice that I relish... but it is not one we can afford to ignore., REALLY_GALE
              • 67. Player: Let's not rush to conclusions - we should at least hear what the Emperor has to say.
                • 14. Player: Hear him out if you wish - but please, don't act in haste., REALLY_GALE
                  End
              • 21. Player: You're completely serious about this?
                • 30. Player: Of course - I've had ample time to think on it. We may yet prevail by other means... but the option remains. And I shall not hesitate, if called upon., REALLY_GALE
                  End
              • 115. Player: Either way, I think we should free Orpheus. LOW_HouseOfHope_State_PlayersStoleMainTreasure
                • 93. Player: If that is your wish, so be it... but the orb remains an option. And I shall not hesitate, if called upon., REALLY_GALE
                  End
  • 90. Player: We've gone astray. Foolish to think the Emperor would lead us to anything but ruin., REALLY_LAEZELc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105, REALLY_LAEZEL
    • 126. Player: Whatever the ghaik proposes, we must have but one goal in mind: free Orpheus from his shackles., REALLY_LAEZELORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
      • 114. Player: The Prince of the Comet will reclaim the throne from the traitorous lich queen., REALLY_LAEZEL
        • 70. Player: The Netherstones failed, the brain still lives. Orpheus is hardly my top concern.
          • 53. Player: Then you will make him your concern., REALLY_LAEZEL
            • 128. Player: The Githyanki Empire is at a precipice - one wrong push, and it tumbles., REALLY_LAEZEL
              • 33. Player: Let's talk to the Emperor first before we decide anything.
                • 1. [Jump] Jump to Node 106 (2)
              • 36. Player: Watch your tone. I will do what's right, no more and no less.
                • 106. Player: My fate unravels, and you're concerned with my tone? Fagh wo'h chox, kainyank!, REALLY_LAEZELdevnote
                  • 63. Player: Speak to the Emperor, entertain its tall tales if it suits you., REALLY_LAEZELORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False
                    • 94. Player: But do not forget my sacred mission. Vlaakith demands we sever the prince's blasphemous head., REALLY_LAEZEL
                      • 55. Player: Do this, and the queen's forces will aid us against the Netherbrain.
                        End
                  • 103. Player: Speak to the Emperor if you must. But it will cajole you with empty promises, coax you with lies. There is only one answer it deserves:, REALLY_LAEZELORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
                    • Link to Node 61
              • 58. Player: I have your back. We will liberate Orpheus.ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
                • 74. Player: The Emperor will resist. It will lie, it will cajole - it might even beg. But there is only one answer it deserves:, REALLY_LAEZEL
                  • 61. Player: Death. We will butcher the ghaik, and free Orpheus from its grasp. Gith's Heir will rise once more!, REALLY_LAEZEL
                    End
              • 47. Player: I have your back. We will slay Orpheus.ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False
                • 51. Player: So it must be. Vlaakith demands we sever the prince's blasphemous head., REALLY_LAEZEL
                  • 89. [Jump] Jump to Node 55 (1)
              • 81. Player: Without the Orphic Hammer, we may not be able to free the prince.ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath, GLO_Orpheus_Knows_OrphicHammerIsTheKey, LOW_HouseOfHope_State_PlayersStoleMainTreasure = False
                • 18. Player: I will not let the prince suffer another moment in this infernal prison!, REALLY_LAEZEL
                  • 71. Player: Gith's Heir will rise once more!, REALLY_LAEZEL
                    End
              • 57. Player: Without the Orphic Hammer, we may not be able to reach the prince, let alone kill him.ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False, GLO_Orpheus_Knows_OrphicHammerIsTheKey, LOW_HouseOfHope_State_PlayersStoleMainTreasure = False
                • 79. Player: Hammer or not, Vlaakith will not be denied!, REALLY_LAEZEL
                  • 87. [Alias]
                    • Alias to Node 63
                    • 22. [Jump] Jump to Node 94 (1)
              • 62. Player: How would we free Orpheus? His cage is unbreakable.ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath, END_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer = False
                • 59. Player: I will find a way. The prince mustn't suffer another moment in this infernal prison!, REALLY_LAEZEL
                  • 17. [Jump] Jump to Node 71 (1)
              • 127. Player: We have no means of breaking Orpheus out. How will we kill him?ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False, END_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer = False
                • 50. Player: I will find a way. Vlaakith will not be denied!, REALLY_LAEZEL
                  • 82. [Jump] Jump to Node 63 (1)
        • 112. Player: Killing Orpheus could have disastrous consequences.ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False
          • 32. Player: I made my promise. I will not fail my queen on the basis of groundless fears or fickle whims., REALLY_LAEZEL
            • 40. [Jump] Jump to Node 128 (2)
        • 98. Player: Do you expect the Emperor will just let Orpheus walk free?ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
          • 20. Player: I expect not. Which is why we will split the ghaik open and let his silver blood spill., REALLY_LAEZEL
            • 123. [Jump] Jump to Node 128 (1)
        • 64. Player: Are you sure about this?
          • 26. [Alias] ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False
            • Alias to Node 32
            • 11. [Jump] Jump to Node 128 (1)
          • 130. Player: I made my promise. I will not fail Gith's son on the basis of groundless fears or fickle whims., REALLY_LAEZELORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
            • Link to Node 11
    • 117. Player: Abandon this fruitless ghaik alliance., REALLY_LAEZEL
      • 96. Player: I guarantee that Vlaakith's kith'raki will fly to our aid. The lich queen will not abandon me in my moment of need., REALLY_LAEZELEMD_IllithidOptions_Event_VlaakithGuarantee
        • 2. Player: The traitor prince is close. We must split him open; we must fulfil Vlaakith's command!
          • 25. [Jump] Jump to Node 114 (2)
  • 110. Player: Damn these stones. We did not come this far, spilled so much blood, just for them to fail us., REALLY_WYLLc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 110. Player: Those fucking stones were worthless., REALLY_KARLACHc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 110. Player: So much for those stones. How're we supposed defeat a Netherbrain?, REALLY_SHADOWHEARTc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 110. Player: After everything we went through to get those stones, they didn't even work? Because now it's a 'nethersomething'?, REALLY_ASTARIONc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 110. Player: So now it is a Netherbrain we face - and it seems disinclined to yield to the Netherstones., REALLY_JAHEIRAc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 110. Player: I do not know what a Netherbrain is - but these Netherstones would have been more useful fashioned into a nether-club., REALLY_MINSCc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 110. Player: The stones have failed us. What in nature's realm could possibly best a Netherbrain?, REALLY_HALSINc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 110. Player: The stones have failed us. The illithid has failed us. Our foe's strength supercedes them all. , REALLY_MINTHARAc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
  • 110. Player: |Well, that didn't work.|, REALLY_GALEc6b28a2d-4095-40fc-bed0-de222e6af105
    • 107. Player: No - I won't accept this. This cannot be the path's end!, REALLY_WYLL
    • 107. Player: What's next? There's got to be something., REALLY_KARLACH
    • 107. Player: Well... I'm open to suggestions., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
    • 107. Player: Where in the hells does that leave us?, REALLY_ASTARION
    • 107. Player: None of you look particularly well - but not dead yet, either. This fight is not done., REALLY_JAHEIRA
    • 107. Player: Even Boo cannot formulate a strategy. Is this the end?, REALLY_MINSC
    • 107. Player: There must be a way. This cannot be the end., REALLY_HALSIN
    • 107. Player: But the fight is not over, not yet. There has to be another way. , REALLY_MINTHARA
    • 107. Player: |But we're nut dead, so that means the show isn't over.|, REALLY_GALE
      • 95. Player: The Emperor's plan failed - we need to come up with our own plan.
        • 131. Player: And what is that plan, exactly? What options do we have?, REALLY_WYLL
        • 131. Player: Our own plan. Right. Thing is I'm more of an enacter than a concocter., REALLY_KARLACH
        • 131. Player: Not much is coming to mind - at least nothing that's terribly appealing..., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
        • 131. Player: I just hope it's a good one - this could be our last shot., REALLY_ASTARION
        • 131. Player: I could stand to hear the details, if you have them. I do not think we have much time., REALLY_JAHEIRA
        • 131. Player: Find the brain's butt, and Minsc will kick it. That is a plan, yes?, REALLY_MINSC
        • 131. Player: Easier said than done, perhaps., REALLY_HALSIN
        • 131. Player: A plan? We need more than a plan. , REALLY_MINTHARA
        • 131. Player: |Easier said than done.|, REALLY_GALE
          • Link to Node 65
      • 75. Player: Let's hope the Emperor has a better plan.
        • 84. Player: I would not normally hang my fate on something so flimsy as hope - but our options are few., REALLY_WYLL
        • 84. Player: Hope. The word of the hour., REALLY_KARLACH
        • 84. Player: Hope isn't the most robust of plans - but I see few alternatives., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
        • 84. Player: Let's hope., REALLY_ASTARION
        • 84. Player: Hope alone will not claw us out of this hole. We must get to climbing., REALLY_JAHEIRA
        • 84. Player: Hope is a fine thing, my friend - but even my hamster thinks we will be needing something more., REALLY_MINSC
        • 84. Player: Hope is a slender branch to cling to - but few other options remain., REALLY_HALSIN
        • 84. Player: Hope? Hope is for the weak. , REALLY_MINTHARA
        • 84. Player: |Hope wasn't very effective, given we're now here.|, REALLY_GALE
          • 65. Player: Our time is running out. We need to act., REALLY_WYLL
          • 65. Player: We need to do something soon, don't we., REALLY_KARLACH
          • 65. Player: Time's short - we need to act, one way or another., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
          • 65. Player: Whatever we do, we need to do it quick. Time is not on our side. , REALLY_ASTARION
          • 65. Player: Better to act swiftly than stand around and wonder., REALLY_JAHEIRA
          • 65. Player: We must act now - Boo is afraid, and I cannot stand to feel his quivering!, REALLY_MINSC
          • 65. Player: Time is not on our side. We need a course of action - now., REALLY_HALSIN
          • 65. Player: We need a strategy. And we need it now. , REALLY_MINTHARA
          • 65. Player: |So we're going to need to place our pieces on the board, so to speak.|, REALLY_GALE
            • 15. Player: We can make up our minds after we hear what the Emperor has to say.
              • 49. Player: 'When our allies fail us, we must turn to our enemies.' My father's words. Where the Emperor's concerned, I fear we've no choice but to trust., REALLY_WYLL
                End
              • 49. Player: Right. Let's see what old worm-tongue has to say., REALLY_KARLACH
                End
              • 49. Player: Fine. Let's hear the illithid out., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
                End
              • 49. Player: Well then, let's hear it out., REALLY_ASTARION
                End
              • 49. Player: Wise. Even a treacherous path is better than blundering through the wilderness., REALLY_JAHEIRA
                End
              • 49. Player: Boo will listen, for his is the only mind worth heeding!, REALLY_MINSC
                End
              • 49. Player: An unnatural and unlikely saviour. Yet needs must..., REALLY_HALSIN
                End
              • 49. Player: If it has anything valuable to say, then we may act upon it. Until then, our eyes and ears must remain open for any other possibility of success. , REALLY_MINTHARA
                End
              • 49. Player: |At least he seems to enjoy chatting more than brain eating.|, REALLY_GALE
                End
            • 116. Player: The Emperor has been manipulating us this whole time - it's proven it can't be trusted.
              • 38. Player: 'When our allies fail us, we must turn to our enemies.' My father's words. Where the Emperor's concerned, I fear we've no choice but to trust., REALLY_WYLL
                End
              • 38. Player: Then we make our own way. Starting now., REALLY_KARLACH
                End
              • 38. Player: I'm glad you still think we have the luxury of being picky. Let's just hope another option presents itself..., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
                End
              • 38. Player: I'm not saying you're wrong, I just hope there's another way., REALLY_ASTARION
                End
              • 38. Player: We need not speak of trust. Only using the creature as it no doubt means to use us.<br>, REALLY_JAHEIRA
                End
              • 38. Player: Well-spoken, says Boo! If we are to die useless deaths, let them be useless deaths of our choosing., REALLY_MINSC
                End
              • 38. Player: Alternatives are slow to present themselves... yet we must hold out hope., REALLY_HALSIN
                End
              • 38. Player: You keep your trust well-guarded. Let us hope you do not lose the key - we may yet have need of it. If it comes to that. , REALLY_MINTHARA
                End
              • 38. Player: |Fair enough, lead the way.|, REALLY_GALE
                End
            • 119. Player: Whatever helps us defeat the Netherbrain, I'm open to it.
              • 24. Player: 'When our allies fail us, we must turn to our enemies.' My father's words. Where the Emperor's concerned, I fear we've no choice but to trust., REALLY_WYLL
                End
              • 24. Player: Aye. And that at the end of it all, there's a sunset with our names on it., REALLY_KARLACH
                End
              • 24. Player: At this stage, I'll agree to just about anything., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
                End
              • 24. Player: Personally I'll take anything that helps us survive. I just hope that's still an option., REALLY_ASTARION
                End
              • 24. Player: Wise. Even a treacherous path is better than blundering through the wilderness., REALLY_JAHEIRA
                End
              • 24. Player: Boo is with you until the very end. And Minsc will always be with Boo., REALLY_MINSC
                End
              • 24. Player: The outlook is dire. Any choice is better than no choice, I say., REALLY_HALSIN
                End
              • 24. Player: 'open' to it? On the precipice of annihilation, I should hope you're actively searching for a solution, not just waiting for one to fall on your lap. , REALLY_MINTHARA
                End
              • 24. Player: |Always good to be flexible.|, REALLY_GALE
                End
            • 4. Player: I'm not eager to unleash the orb - but if no other option presents itself...REALLY_GALE
              • 125. Player: I will not sacrifice this city just so you can die a martyr. We will find another way., REALLY_WYLL
                End
              • 125. Player: No way, beardy. We need you alive. And we need me alive too. We need all of us alive., REALLY_KARLACH
                End
              • 125. Player: The city would be lost - and us along with it. That's a weak form of victory at best. There must be another way., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
                End
              • 125. Player: It's your orb, it's your choice. But I really hope it won't come to that., REALLY_ASTARION
                End
              • 125. Player: A grim choice. But perhaps better than none at all, at the last., REALLY_JAHEIRA
                End
              • 125. Player: My hamster is not in the habit of choosing between two evils. We will find a third and better way, or Boo will know the reason why!, REALLY_MINSC
                End
              • 125. Player: If we sacrifice a whole city, we'd be little more than villains ourselves. There must be another way., REALLY_HALSIN
                End
              • 125. Player: Then we find another option. , REALLY_MINTHARA
                End
      • 99. Player: We have another option - the orb. I could still put a stop to this... though at great cost.REALLY_GALE
        • 19. Player: I won't accept that. You cannot be so desperate as to believe the only answer is destruction., REALLY_WYLL
        • 19. Player: Too great. I won't allow it, soldier., REALLY_KARLACH
        • 19. Player: I'd rather you didn't, not until we've exhausted all other options. , REALLY_SHADOWHEART
        • 19. Player: Surely we're not there yet? There must still be options that don't include exploding., REALLY_ASTARION
        • 19. Player: A grim choice. But perhaps better than none at all, at the last., REALLY_JAHEIRA
        • 19. Player: It would be amusing to see you explode, Gale. But Minsc would rather we all die with swords in our hands and spells on our lips., REALLY_MINSC
        • 19. Player: It is too great a cost. What salvation would that be, if paid for with the blood of our allies? , REALLY_HALSIN
        • 19. Player: You would bring us down with you? This is a coward's choice. Everything bleeds, the brain included, we just need to find where to strike it. , REALLY_MINTHARA
          • 104. [Jump] Jump to Node 65 (2)
      • 122. Player: Now we free Orpheus. Perhaps he can help us succeed where the Emperor failed. LOW_HouseOfHope_State_PlayersStoleMainTreasure
        • 28. Player: Then we better be sure the githyanki prince will stand with us., REALLY_WYLL
        • 28. Player: We better be totally sure he's on our side, then. Things are bound to get ugly fast if we let him out., REALLY_KARLACH
        • 28. Player: We can only hope he indeed proves to be an ally..., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
        • 28. Player: Perhaps. But if he can't, we may be up the proverbial creek., REALLY_ASTARION
        • 28. Player: Quite a moment to try and make new friends. But it seems we are out of other options., REALLY_JAHEIRA
        • 28. Player: Do it! If he will not help, Boo will make him long for the safety of his prison once more., REALLY_MINSC
        • 28. Player: Much would rest on Orpheus proving himself an ally, then., REALLY_HALSIN
        • 28. Player: You're making quite a habit of freeing prisoners. I hope this one doesn't disappoint you., REALLY_MINTHARA
        • 28. Player: |I don't know about you, but I wouldn't be so pleased being woken up after an eternity of prison time.|, REALLY_GALE
          • Link to Node 104