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    Avatar and Astarion disucss partial ceremorph


  • 58.
    Astarion
    : [TagGreeting]
    • 24.
      Astarion
      : Don't look at me like that. I know what you're going to say.PARTIAL_CEREMORPH
      • 9.
        Astarion
        : The answer is no. No.
        • 28. Player: Enter his mind, tempt him with the wonders of your new-found form.PARTIAL_CEREMORPHRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 15 (0)
          • 82. [RollResult] True
            • 74.
              Narrator
              : *Capability. Alacrity. Quickness. The feeling the world was made for you.*
              • 68.
                Narrator
                : *Such is the potential of the illithid kind. He sees it. Yet he fears it still.*
                • 39. Player: Push into his fear, prove his weakness if he does not accept the tadpole.
                  • 87. [Jump] Jump to Node 29 (1)
                • 81. Player: Join me.
                  • 75. [Jump] Jump to Node 26 (1)
                • 40. Player: Sever the connection.
                  • 76.
                    Astarion
                    : Ugh, yes, you're very impressive. But leave me alone.ORI_Astarion_State_PartialCeremorphDiscussed
                    End
          • 69. [RollResult] False
            • 26. [Alias] GLO_Tadpole_Event_BlockedTadpoleConvinceFailRepeatableApprovalDrain
              • Alias to Node 5
              • 16. [Jump] Jump to Node 67 (2)
        • 57. Player: I intend to use it.PARTIAL_CEREMORPH = False
          • 47.
            Astarion
            : If such power would please you, darling, I won't stop you.ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion
            • 55.
              Astarion
              : But do be careful. I want you to stay you.
              • 80. [Jump] Jump to Node 9 (2)
          • 88.
            Astarion
            : Good. I look forward to having a formidable ally with no sense of self-preservation.ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion = False
            • Link to Node 80
        • 44. Player: Unlike you to be so unwilling to receive a new power...
          • 63.
            Astarion
            : That was before I knew the cost. Before I knew it meant transforming into some grotesque beast.
            • 37.
              Astarion
              : I remember how it hurt when I turned to a vampire. My body writhed and warped while I was utterly helpless, the grip of death owned my heart as it beat its last.
              • 51.
                Astarion
                : I - I don't want to turn into anything else. I can't do that again. I can't watch my body be taken over.
                • 35. Player: You're afraid?
                  • 54.
                    Astarion
                    : I'll happily murder my way to whatever powerful artefacts we can make use of. Point at the back and I'll stab.MOO_BloodMerchant_State_BloodMerchantOMHappened, MOO_BloodMerchant_State_SupportedAstarionsDecisionNotToDrinkBlood
                    • 48.
                      Astarion
                      : Just don't ask me to sacrifice my body.
                      • 31.
                        Astarion
                        : It hasn't been mine for so long.
                        • 56. Player: There are worse fates than Cazador out there. You should use the tadpole.ORI_Astarion_State_CazadorPermaDefeatedRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 15 (0)
                          • 94. [RollResult] True
                            • 52.
                              Astarion
                              : I'm still nothing, aren't I? Just an expandable frail spawn who will burn to a crisp soon enough.ORI_Astarion_State_BecameVampireLord = False
                              • 3. [Jump] Jump to Node 46 (1)
                              • 22. Player: A feeble coward is all you shall ever be, unless you become more.
                                • 61. [Jump] Jump to Node 45 (1)
                              • 64. Player: You don't have to use this tadpole. But we are in a lot of danger.
                                • 23.
                                  Astarion
                                  : What is there left to protect, if you lose your very body to the monster?
                                  • 95. [Jump] Jump to Node 14 (1)
                            • 72.
                              Astarion
                              : All right. Fine. Give me the worm. I will take every weapon I can, damn it all.ORI_Astarion_State_BecameVampireLordGLO_Daisy_State_AstralIndividualAccepted
                              End
                          • 27. [RollResult] False
                            • 8.
                              Astarion
                              : No. We defeated Cazador, we can defeat anyone. This world is ours to do with as we please, now. I will not do this.ORI_Astarion_State_PartialCeremorphDiscussed, GLO_Tadpole_Event_BlockedTadpoleConvinceFailRepeatableApprovalDrain
                              End
                        • 41. Player: Your illithid powers are the only reason you can stand up to Cazador. This will help you defeat him.ORI_Astarion_State_CazadorPermaDefeated = False
                          • 17.
                            Astarion
                            : I'm really not sure...
                            • 60. Player: Tell me of the weakest moment you ever felt in those two hundred years.Roll (Wisdom, ) vs 18 (0)
                              • 2. [RollResult] True
                                • 29. [TagCinematic]
                                  • 86.
                                    Narrator
                                    : *As you pick apart his mind, you discover his worst memory. That which brings him the purest terror.*
                                    • 66.
                                      Narrator
                                      : *Complete solitude after being disobedient. Sealed. Buried alive. Voiceless. Will this be forever?*
                                      • 0.
                                        Narrator
                                        : *A year of horror. Then the release. He will never disobey again.*
                                        • 42. Player: You never want to risk that again. Even if it means becoming part-illithid.
                                          • 45.
                                            Astarion
                                            : Damn it. Damn you.devnote
                                            • 21.
                                              Astarion
                                              : All right... I'll do it.devnoteGLO_Daisy_State_AstralIndividualAccepted
                                              End
                                        • 50. Player: That forgotten wretch is who you'll be again unless you become more.
                                          • Link to Node 45
                                        • 46. Player: I want you to become part-illithid. To protect yourself.
                                          • Link to Node 45
                                        • 70. Player: I'm so sorry for making you remember. Let's drop this.
                                          • 84.
                                            Astarion
                                            : Just don't ask me again.ORI_Astarion_State_PartialCeremorphDiscussed
                                            End
                              • 36. [RollResult] False
                                • 5.
                                  Astarion
                                  : Fuck off. I can tell what you're doing. You will not break me down.GLO_Tadpole_Event_BlockedTadpoleConvinceFailRepeatableApprovalDrain
                                  • 90.
                                    Astarion
                                    : I don't need a partner who's willing to unleash the demons in my head. You and me are over.ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarionORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion = False, ORI_State_WasPartneredWithAstarion
                                    • 59.
                                      Astarion
                                      : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_PartialCeremorphDiscussed
                                      End
                            • 34. Player: You're nothing. Just a frail spawn who will burn to a crisp soon enough.Roll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 15 (0)
                              • 49. [RollResult] True
                                • 65. [Jump] Jump to Node 45 (1)
                              • 38. [RollResult] False
                                • 30. [Jump] Jump to Node 5 (1)
                            • 15. Player: Well, it's up to you, in the end.
                              • 4. [Alias] ORI_Astarion_State_PartialCeremorphDiscussed
                                End
                                • Alias to Node 32
                        • 11. Player: We need to use every advantage our infection has to offer.
                          • 20.
                            Astarion
                            : I had nothing for so long. Nothing. Not even my own body. I will not give it up, now it's mine again.MOO_BloodMerchant_State_BloodMerchantOMHappened, MOO_BloodMerchant_State_SupportedAstarionsDecisionNotToDrinkBlood
                            • 71. Player: Break into his mind. Look for a way to convince him.Roll (Wisdom, ) vs 18 (0)
                              • 25. [RollResult] True
                                • 78. [Jump] Jump to Node 29 (1)
                              • 77. [RollResult] False
                                • 7. [Jump] Jump to Node 5 (1)
                            • 62. [Jump] Jump to Node 34 (1)
                            • 53. [Jump] Jump to Node 15 (1)
                          • 13. [Alias] ORI_Astarion_State_PartialCeremorphDiscussed
                            End
                            • Alias to Node 14
                        • 33. Player: I'll drop the matter.
                          • Link to Node 32
                        • 6. Player: You're right. You shouldn't compromise yourself.MOO_BloodMerchant_State_BloodMerchantOMHappened, MOO_BloodMerchant_State_SupportedAstarionsDecisionNotToDrinkBlood
                          • 32.
                            Astarion
                            : Thank you.ORI_Astarion_State_PartialCeremorphDiscussed
                            End
                  • 12.
                    Astarion
                    : I am... not. I just don't want to lose my gods-given good looks, really. Wouldn't that be a crime?devnote
                    • 92. [Jump] Jump to Node 31 (2)
                • 73. Player: What's a little pain?
                  • 96.
                    Astarion
                    : It isn't about the pain... it's about being beholden to the tadpole's influence.
                    • 18.
                      Astarion
                      : If we mastered the tadpoles, it would be different. But right now that mastery depends on an illithid and its githyanki slave.
                      • 93. [Jump] Jump to Node 35 (2)
                • 89. Player: All right, I will speak no more on the matter.
                  • 83. [Jump] Jump to Node 67 (2)
        • 91. Player: Why don't you want to use it?
          • 79. [Jump] Jump to Node 37 (1)
        • 19. Player: I wasn't going to ask you to use it.
          • 67.
            Astarion
            : Good. I wouldn't have, anyway.
            • 85. [Alias] MOO_BloodMerchant_State_BloodMerchantOMHappened, MOO_BloodMerchant_State_SupportedAstarionsDecisionNotToDrinkBloodORI_Astarion_State_PartialCeremorphDiscussed
              End
              • Alias to Node 20
            • 1. [Alias]
              • Alias to Node 18
              • 14.
                Astarion
                : I'm not going to submit to this. Don't ask me again.ORI_Astarion_State_PartialCeremorphDiscussed
                End
    • 10.
      Astarion
      : We both know what it is capable of. But I'm not touching it.
      • 43. [Jump] Jump to Node 9 (2)