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Synopsis:

Avatar attempts to rest on the first night, and reflects on what has happened on the nautiloid. JLatino: Look at cinematic context for mocap direction

13.
Narrator
: *Falling into your trance should have been as easy as breathing, yet peace eludes you.*, REALLY_ELFREALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
- 143.
  Narrator
  : *You recall a wild wood, touched only by the Tel'Quessir. The world around you breathes and blossoms.*, REALLY_WOODELFREALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
- 143.
  Narrator
  : *You picture the Feywild in its colourful glory, the joy of all seasons flourishing at once.*, REALLY_HIGHELFREALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
  - 18.
    Narrator
    : *Fire spills across your thoughts: dragon's breath. The tadpole slithers, twisting deeper into your skull.*REALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    168.
    Narrator
    : *Your head is about to burst. The memory consumes your mind, corrupting the trance.*REALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    156. Player: You have walked your dreams countless times before. Will this memory to pass., DROWELF, DROWHALFELFREALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = FalseRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    188. [RollResult] True
    
    71.
    Narrator
    : *The flames cool, dispelled as the image you know emerges again: nature's sublime majesty.*, REALLY_WOODELFREALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    71.
    Narrator
    : *The flames cool, dispelled as the image you know emerges again: wild, glorious magic.*REALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    217.
    Narrator
    : *As the trance stabilises, your breath deepens. Be it cure or cage, something must be done about the tadpole.*REALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    127.
    Narrator
    : *Every night that passes is another night the monster inside you grows.*REALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    End
    
    27. [Jump] Jump to Node 3 (1)
    
    93. Player: Refuse to break. Anything can be endured in the trance.REALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = FalseRoll (Constitution, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    11. [RollResult] True
    
    106.
    Narrator
    : *The flames fall away, a mere illusion. You are one with the forest again, sitting at peace.*, REALLY_WOODELFREALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    106.
    Narrator
    : *The flames fall away, a mere illusion. You are one with the Feywild again, agleam in revelry.*, REALLY_HIGHELFREALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    Link to Node 217
    
    3. [RollResult] False
    
    195.
    Narrator
    : *Hell surrounds you, flames licking at your body. The tadpole in your head convulses.*REALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    158.
    Narrator
    : *Agony bursts behind your eyes, and the whole world goes dark.*^devnoteREALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    End
    
    148. Player: Let the pain claim you.REALLY_ELF, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    Link to Node 195
29.
Narrator
: *You seek rest, but an active mind refuses you.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
- 0.
  Narrator
  : *Images overwhelm you: the kith'raki attacking the nautiloid; warring demons and devils; the twitching ghaik tadpole.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
  - 181.
    Narrator
    : *Your head twinges. Is it the tadpole, you wonder? Had you imagined it - or were you soon to turn?*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    176. Player: Meditate on your teachings.Roll (Constitution, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    10. [RollResult] True
    
    83.
    Narrator
    : *'Suffering is not a curse, but a gift'. So the varsh had taught you.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    81.
    Narrator
    : *You will take this chance to overcome and ascend. Even the kith'raki will bow to you.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    122.
    Narrator
    : *Your thoughts turn to courage; a deep sleep soon follows.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    End
    
    183. [RollResult] False
    
    128.
    Narrator
    : *No exercise had prepared you for such extraordinary circumstances.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    161. [Jump] Jump to Node 215 (1)
    
    28. Player: Imagine yourself beheading the very ghaik that had infected you.Roll (Constitution, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    185. [RollResult] True
    
    112.
    Narrator
    : *You can almost feel its thick skull in your grasp, almost smell its silver blood clogging the air.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    147.
    Narrator
    : *You offer the head to Vlaakith, your queen. She hands you a sword of silver in return.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    Link to Node 122
    
    225. [RollResult] False
    
    4.
    Narrator
    : *Agitation overcomes imagination. Like it or not, the ghaik has bested you this day.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    215.
    Narrator
    : *You fall into fitful sleep, your dreams dominated by the blood-lakes of Hell and snarling ghaik.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    End
    
    202. Player: Shut your mind to all thought.Roll (Constitution, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    79. [RollResult] True
    
    92.
    Narrator
    : *You drive away all fears, and give yourself to the darkness. A deep sleep soon follows.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    End
    
    111. [RollResult] False
    
    186.
    Narrator
    : *There is no conquering the agitation. Like it or not, mind flayers have bested you this day.*NARRATION, REALLY_LAEZELREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    Link to Node 215
34.
Narrator
: *Warm air; rustling leaves. A perfect night to sleep under the stars.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
- 162.
  Narrator
  : *A shame your mind has other ideas.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
  - 52.
    Narrator
    : *One moment, you'd been bartering with Mizora for freedom. The next, whisked away by tentacle monsters.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    
    14. Player: Put Mizora out of your mind. A cure for this tadpole is your top priority.
    
    119.
    Narrator
    : *You imagine your fingers contorting into claws, and your skin rippling and bulging.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    
    9.
    Narrator
    : *You are the Blade of Frontiers. You'd conquered bugbears and banshees! You'd conquer this challenge, too.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    
    226.
    Narrator
    : *Confident thoughts. You almost believe them.*REALLY_WYLL
    
    26.
    Narrator
    : *You clench your eyes tighter and search for sleep in the darkness.*REALLY_WYLL
    End
    
    206. Player: Think back to the abduction. What do these creatures want with you?
    
    51.
    Narrator
    : *To make you one of them, of course. Isn't that what mind flayers always want?*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    
    227.
    Narrator
    : *A simple explanation. And wrong, you wager.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    
    178.
    Narrator
    : *Are you such precious cargo that they'd race through the Hells' bowels to protect you?*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    
    171.
    Narrator
    : *Devils and demons swarm your thoughts. Soon, they will be swarming your dreams.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    End
    
    20. Player: Let your mind drift to Mizora. What would it take for her to break your pact?
    
    131.
    Narrator
    : *What was it Mizora had said? Oh yes - 'Over your rotting corpse'.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    
    182.
    Narrator
    : *You'd do anything to be a great hero - or so you once thought.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    
    85.
    Narrator
    : *But some promises, even the Blade of Frontiers can't keep.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    
    55.
    Narrator
    : *You clench your eyes tight and leap into darkness. And like always, Mizora follows closely behind.*NARRATION, REALLY_WYLLREALLY_WYLL
    End
40.
Narrator
: |Damn, hard to sleep. Can't stop thinking about everything... Come dawn, I need to focus on [main goal] - that's the best I can do right now... ...and there's my [Origin concerns] to deal with as well... I need to take my mind off all of this, rest... ...better start counting those stars... zzz|NARRATION, REALLY_KARLACHREALLY_KARLACH
End
72.
Narrator
: *Rest eludes you as you stare at the wrong side of the stars.*REALLY_GITHYANKI
- 63.
  Narrator
  : *The ghaik larva is curled up in your skull, no doubt pleased with itself.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
  - 107.
    Narrator
    : *Without a cure, you cannot restore your honour before Vlaakith.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    21. Player: Contemplate peace. Death can be sought in battle if purification is too far.REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKIRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    105. [RollResult] True
    
    146.
    Narrator
    : *You picture a silver blade cleaving through ghaik and their thralls, one after another.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    74.
    Narrator
    : *Every cut is meditation. It reshapes the world to Vlaakith's will.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    150.
    Narrator
    : *Sleep comes as you count the fields of the dead, soon to grow.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    End
    
    140. [RollResult] False
    
    57.
    Narrator
    : *Every day this abomination is in your head, you put others at risk.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    144.
    Narrator
    : *There is no peace in that truth, only an unease that steals away any chance of sleep.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    End
    
    224. Player: Rage fills you. Turn the feeling to higher purpose.REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKIRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    45. [RollResult] True
    
    65.
    Narrator
    : *Every abomination would be gutted and burned to ash.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    159.
    Narrator
    : *Your anger is clarifying, pure and bright. It burns away all doubt.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    5.
    Narrator
    : *As the fire settles, tension bleeds from your body.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    133.
    Narrator
    : *Tomorrow, you will fight harder than ever before.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    End
    
    126. [RollResult] False
    
    151.
    Narrator
    : *You have been enslaved like your ancestors! Rage sparks to hatred.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    67.
    Narrator
    : *It burns relentlessly, like a red dragon's breath scorching you from the inside out.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    30.
    Narrator
    : *Stripped raw and restless, you find no peace that night.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    End
    
    166. Player: Shame claws at you like rot. Are you a failure?REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKIRoll (Intelligence, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    68. [RollResult] True
    
    154.
    Narrator
    : *No. You would only be a failure if you stop fighting.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    197.
    Narrator
    : *Your honour can be restored before Vlaakith. It would be restored.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    43.
    Narrator
    : *Resolve strengthened, you fall into a deep slumber.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    End
    
    61. [RollResult] False
    
    160.
    Narrator
    : *You have prepared all your life to fight the ghaik. You dream of presenting one of their vile heads to Vlaakith in Tu'narath!*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    135.
    Narrator
    : *How were you caught off-guard on the nautiloid? What was the crucial mistake?*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    123.
    Narrator
    : *Without answers, you lay haunted for the rest of the night.*REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    End
170.
Narrator
: *Gazing up at the night sky, you try to will yourself to sleep.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
- 210.
  Narrator
  : *Useless - you can't stop thinking of Shar's sacred mission.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
  - 190.
    Narrator
    : *Protect the box. Find your contact in Baldur's Gate. Fulfil Shar's command.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    84. Player: Reach for the box, hidden among your belongings.
    
    192.
    Narrator
    : *Its weight reassures you. Shar's will and your destiny, right in your grasp.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    125.
    Narrator
    : *So many brothers and sisters sacrificed for it. Only you remain.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    132.
    Narrator
    : *... you and the vile creature inside you. The mere thought of it makes you shiver.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    42.
    Narrator
    : *You have to rid yourself of the tadpole. Shar herself is counting on you.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    157. Player: Shut your eyes.
    
    153.
    Narrator
    : *If sleep won't come to you, at least darkness will.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    End
    
    118. [Jump] Jump to Node 208 (1)
    
    41. [Jump] Jump to Node 173 (1)
    
    96. Player: Shut your eyes and silently thank Shar for the night's beauty.
    
    141.
    Narrator
    : *You hear only your own thoughts. Shar's presence won't come to you - why?*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    24.
    Narrator
    : *You have fulfilled her will - retrieved the relic for her. Everyone has perished but you.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    75.
    Narrator
    : *... you, and your parasite. You are tainted now. Imperfect.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    89.
    Narrator
    : *You have to rid yourself of the tadpole. Then Shar will come to you - honour you as you honour her.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    1. Player: Squeeze your eyes tighter.
    
    19. [Alias] REALLY_SHADOWHEART
    End
    
    Alias to Node 153
    
    208. Player: Pray to Shar. Her blessing will help you weather the trials ahead.
    
    48.
    Narrator
    : *Only the sounds of the wilderness answer.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    End
    
    173. Player: Try to remember what came before the mission.
    
    180.
    Narrator
    : *Your memories are foggy - as your mission requires them to be: Shar's secrets are precious.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    77.
    Narrator
    : *As precious as sleep, and the night's oblivion.*REALLY_SHADOWHEART
    End
    
    121. Player: Let your thoughts turn to the crash.
    
    37.
    Narrator
    : *The wreckage. The flames. The dead...*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    124.
    Narrator
    : *... all nothing compared to what came before. Compared to the tadpole.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    163.
    Narrator
    : *It's still inside you. Does it watch the night sky even now, through your eyes?*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    101.
    Narrator
    : *You have to get rid of it. You have to survive. You are the only one left to ensure Shar's glory.*NARRATIONREALLY_SHADOWHEART
    
    184. [Jump] Jump to Node 42 (2)
187.
Narrator
: *The dark is familiar, but not comforting. It is a struggle to sink into your trance, weaving together memory, ambition, and purpose.*, DROWELF
- 6.
 Narrator
 : *You picture a cup, ancient and elven: priceless. Drinking from it honours the dead - those lost to Lolth's predation.*SELDARINEDROWELF
 - 109.
 Narrator
 : *Fire spills across your thoughts: dragon's breath. The tadpole slithers, twisting deeper into your skull.*
 
 134.
 Narrator
 : *Your head is about to burst. The memory consumes your mind, corrupting the trance.* 
 
 191. Player: You have walked your dreams countless times before. Will this memory to pass. Roll (Wisdom, ) vs 5 (0)
 
 91. [RollResult] True
 
 120.
 Narrator
 : *The flames cool, dispelled as the image you know emerges again: blood and darkness.* 
 
 Link to Node 87
 
 199. [Jump] Jump to Node 220 (1)
 
 145. Player: Refuse to break. Anything can be endured in the trance.Roll (Constitution, ) vs 5 (0)
 
 32. [RollResult] True
 
 56.
 Narrator
 : *The fire fades, a meaningless distraction. You hold the cup again, ignoring the crack along its belly, and drink.*SELDARINEDROWELF
 
 87.
 Narrator
 : *As the trance stabilises, your breath deepens. Be it cure or cage, something must be done about the tadpole.* 
 
 59.
 Narrator
 : *Every night that passes is another night the monster inside you grows.* 
 End
 
 200.
 Narrator
 : *The flames fall away, a mere illusion. You sit the dark again, beside Lolth's majesty.* LOLTHDROWELF
 
 Link to Node 87
 
 220. [RollResult] False
 
 100.
 Narrator
 : *Hell surrounds you, flames licking at your body. The tadpole in your head convulses.*
 
 169.
 Narrator
 : *Agony bursts behind your eyes, and the whole world goes dark.* 
 End
 
 104. Player: Let the pain claim you. REALLY_DROWELF
 
 8. [Jump] Jump to Node 100 (1)
- 15.
 Narrator
 : *The vision in your mind is simple: a stone altar to Lolth, the knife upon it bloody with sacrifice.* LOLTHDROWELF
 - Link to Node 109
196.
Narrator
: *Sudden exhaustion washes over you.*^devnoteNARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
- 218.
  Narrator
  : *The day had been a surreal spectacle - scarcely to be comprehended by the sane mind.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
  - 117. Player: Place a hand over the back of your head, trying to feel the tadpole.
    
    31.
    Narrator
    : *Nothing. Does a tadpole sleep? You tell yourself that's a silly thing to wonder.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    12.
    Narrator
    : *Next you feel a sudden wave of nauseating terror: in seven days you'll be a mind flayer.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    165.
    Narrator
    : *As if you don't have enough problems already...*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    110.
    Narrator
    : *No! You refuse to accept it. If there's magic that can hold cities afloat, there has to be magic that can wither a damned tadpole.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    16.
    Narrator
    : *With or without Mystra's help, tomorrow you will find it.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    End
  - 115. Player: Foremost in your thoughts is the mind flayer - its unexpected voice.
    
    88.
    Narrator
    : *It had been melodious - soothing even. Not in the most detailed of tomes have you encountered mention of such a thing.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    198.
    Narrator
    : *But you'll know all about it soon enough. In seven days you'll be a mind flayer yourself.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    Link to Node 165
  - 47. Player: You recall the dragons. Not even Hell had stopped them.
    
    129.
    Narrator
    : *They were majestic in their fury. Could they too be vanquished by something as small as a tadpole?*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    70.
    Narrator
    : *It's a question destined to remain unanswered. In seven days you'll be a mind flayer yourself.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    Link to Node 165
  - 94. Player: Shove the images away. You need sleep.
    
    223.
    Narrator
    : *The memories blacken into oblivion, only to be replaced by a number.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    179.
    Narrator
    : *Seven. In seven days you'll be a mind flayer.*NARRATION, REALLY_GALEREALLY_GALE
    
    Link to Node 165
203.
Narrator
: *The deep dark should lull you to sleep, yet your eyes refuse to stay closed.*, REALLY_UNDERDARKREALLY_KARLACH = False, REALLY_WYLL = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = False, REALLY_ELF = False, REALLY_GALE = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = False, REALLY_ASTARION = False
203.
Narrator
: *This is not the world you know. Rest feels impossible, no matter how heavy your eyes become.*, REALLY_PLANAR, REALLY_RAREREALLY_KARLACH = False, REALLY_WYLL = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = False, REALLY_ELF = False, REALLY_GALE = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = False, REALLY_ASTARION = False
203.
Narrator
: *This is not a nest or haunt, any place of comfort. Closing your eyes only intensifies the unease.*, REALLY_BESTIALREALLY_KARLACH = False, REALLY_WYLL = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = False, REALLY_ELF = False, REALLY_GALE = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = False, REALLY_ASTARION = False
203.
Narrator
: *A calm night is a mercy, yet your eyes refuse to stay closed.*REALLY_KARLACH = False, REALLY_WYLL = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = False, REALLY_ELF = False, REALLY_GALE = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = False, REALLY_ASTARION = False
- 2.
  Narrator
  : *Every time they flicker shut, the tadpole seems to twitch behind them.*
  - 35.
    Narrator
    : *Dragons, gith, and the Hells themselves have come after you. Yet it is this creature that lingers in your skull.*
    
    130. Player: Focus. Finding a cure is all that matters.REALLY_KARLACH = False, REALLY_WYLL = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = False, REALLY_ELF = False, REALLY_GALE = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = False, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    60.
    Narrator
    : *And you will find it, no matter the cost.*
    
    207.
    Narrator
    : *Your life is your own. No wriggling tadpole is going to change that.*
    
    212.
    Narrator
    : *Sleep claims you, determination buoyed by gentle dreams.*
    End
    
    137. Player: You have to learn to control the tadpole. It's dangerous, but powerful.REALLY_KARLACH = False, REALLY_WYLL = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = False, REALLY_ELF = False, REALLY_GALE = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = False, REALLY_ASTARION = False
    
    213.
    Narrator
    : *All you have to do is turn the tables - cage the creature before it cages you.*
    
    86.
    Narrator
    : *You wonder if it could hear these thoughts - if it knows you're planning a rebellion.*
    
    49.
    Narrator
    : *Let it listen. You will dream of all the ways to make this power your own.*
    End
    
    142. Player: Force the tadpole out of your mind. Think of home instead.REALLY_KARLACH = False, REALLY_UNDERDARK, REALLY_WYLL = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = False, REALLY_ELF = False, REALLY_GALE = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = False, REALLY_ASTARION = FalseRoll (Intelligence, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    204. [RollResult] True
    
    194.
    Narrator
    : *You belong with dark stone and black iron. There is work to be done.*, REALLY_DUERGARDWARF
    
    194.
    Narrator
    : *You belong with your people, down in the dark that never fades.*, REALLY_DEEPGNOME
    
    97.
    Narrator
    : *Your people threw off the mind flayer's shackles before. Like your ancestors, you would endure.*, REALLY_DUERGARDWARF
    
    97.
    Narrator
    : *Your people have survived the drow, the duergar, and every monster the Underdark has to offer. A mind flayer is nothing.*, REALLY_DEEPGNOME
    
    22.
    Narrator
    : *Under the strange and open sky, sleep claims you.*
    End
    
    201. [RollResult] False
    
    138.
    Narrator
    : *Yet the tadpole is in the dark too. Dozens of them, crawling towards you as a mind flayer held your skull in its psionic grip.*
    
    36.
    Narrator
    : *Disgust churns deep in your stomach, leaving you resigned to a night without sleep.*
    End
    
    53. Player: Force the tadpole out of your mind. Think of home instead.REALLY_KARLACH = False, REALLY_WYLL = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = False, REALLY_ELF = False, REALLY_GALE = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = False, BALDURIAN, REALLY_ASTARION = FalseRoll (Intelligence, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    99. [RollResult] True
    
    25.
    Narrator
    : *Baldur's Gate feels almost like a dream, after everything that has happened to you.*
    
    38.
    Narrator
    : *Yet it is a dream of hope. You may be countless miles away, but it isn't an impossible journey.*
    
    44.
    Narrator
    : *You will see those gates again. That promise sinks deep into your heart as your eyes drift shut.*
    End
    
    149. [RollResult] False
    
    76.
    Narrator
    : *Except all you can picture is citizens with their skulls splintering open, tentacles sprouting from broken mouths.*
    
    98.
    Narrator
    : *Their empty, alien eyes haunt you through a night of fitful sleep.*
    End
    
    103. Player: The tadpole influences you. Perhaps you might influence it in return...REALLY_KARLACH = False, REALLY_WYLL = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = False, REALLY_ELF = False, REALLY_GALE = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = False, REALLY_ASTARION = FalseRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    82. [RollResult] True
    
    219.
    Narrator
    : *You focus on that spot of pain from when it slipped behind your eye, to where it now lurks.*
    
    214.
    Narrator
    : *You cannot prod it, but you can make it clear that you are watching. What is there to fear when it is the one stuck inside you?*
    
    139.
    Narrator
    : *It is a minor victory, but enough to soothe you to sleep.*
    End
    
    17. [RollResult] False
    
    136.
    Narrator
    : *The thought is punished by a spike of pain driven right between your eyes.*
    
    209.
    Narrator
    : *The agony refuses to fade until you collapse against your bedroll in a cold sweat.*
    End
216.
Narrator
: *You try to rest, but your mind won't settle.*^devnoteNARRATION, REALLY_ASTARIONREALLY_ASTARION
- 222.
  Narrator
  : *Just yesterday you were seducing a young noble, luring him to your master's lair.*^devnoteNARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
  - 78.
    Narrator
    : *Today? You'd been kidnapped by mind flayers, chased through Hell by dragons, and thrown out of a burning ship.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    95.
    Narrator
    : *And you felt the sun on your skin...*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    172.
    Narrator
    : *You should have burst into flames.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    211. Player: Recall the light's comforting warmth. It's been an eternity.
    
    90.
    Narrator
    : *You wonder if your ability to walk in the sun is a side effect of the tadpole the mind flayer put in your eye. It must be?*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    23.
    Narrator
    : *All you know for sure is, given time, it will turn you into one of them.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    58.
    Narrator
    : *Getting rid of the tadpole will mean returning to the darkness. Unless...*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    39.
    Narrator
    : *... unless you understand it. Master it. Which means finding an expert.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    54. Player: Focus on the problem - who would know the most about this?Roll (Wisdom, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    33. [RollResult] True
    
    164.
    Narrator
    : *You mentally shuffle through places likely to have an expert in mind flayers. Candlekeep? Neverwinter? Menzoberranzan? Baldur's Gate...*^devnoteNARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    113.
    Narrator
    : *Baldur's Gate is close to your master's coven, but also home to amazing scholars. Still, that's a problem for the morning.*^devnoteNARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    End
    
    167. [RollResult] False
    
    108.
    Narrator
    : *You try to focus, but all you can see are the menacing eyes of a mind flayer.*^devnoteNARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    155. [Jump] Jump to Node 175 (1)
    
    177. Player: Roll over, push it all from your mind.Roll (Wisdom, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    69. [RollResult] True
    
    66.
    Narrator
    : *You think on the day. The sunshine. Being alive - more or less.*^devnoteNARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    62.
    Narrator
    : *Despite everything, you relax into peaceful meditation, satisfied with all that's happened. Perhaps you wouldn't sleep so well if you knew what was coming.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    End
    
    152. [Jump] Jump to Node 167 (1)
    
    80. Player: Close your eyes. Relax. Imagine dragging your old master into the sunlight.Roll (Intelligence, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    102. [RollResult] True
    
    46.
    Narrator
    : *You smile, meditating on the flames that engulf his cruel face.*^devnoteNARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    End
    
    114. [RollResult] False
    
    174.
    Narrator
    : *You close your eyes and try to focus on his delightful screams, but they quickly turn into your own. They only stop when tentacles burst from your mouth.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    175.
    Narrator
    : *You shudder, resigning yourself to whatever dark rest awaits you.*^devnoteNARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    End
    
    50. Player: Think about your master. He'll be furious you didn't bring him dinner.
    
    189.
    Narrator
    : *He'll believe you if you tell him what happened. But he won't forgive.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    64.
    Narrator
    : *Of course - you might already be a mind flayer by the time you return to Cazador.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    116.
    Narrator
    : *You could try getting rid of the tadpole, but that probably means returning to the darkness. Unless...*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    Link to Node 39
    
    205. Player: Consider the tadpole. Can a vampire spawn even become a mind flayer?
    
    73.
    Narrator
    : *The worm in your head might not even have an appetite for undead meat.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    193.
    Narrator
    : *Until you know more about the tadpole, you can't be sure how much danger you're in.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    7.
    Narrator
    : *You have to understand it. Master it. Which means you need to find an expert.*NARRATION, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    221. [Jump] Jump to Node 39 (2)