>>5341291>demand rewardThere is a mysterious flower growing upon the stone slabs in the castle courtyard; you did not notice it before. You feel this is your reward...
>Examine the strange flower(without examining it) Choose ONE:
>Try to call upon an ally, create an npc>Try to recall an item you possessed from another game, another quest playthrough>Receive an Ancient Rite, a spell>Try and create an Ancient Rite yourself>Make a wish>You have a feeling all magic is cursed. Spurn this flower, and leave it alone.>ask for another scholarAs waters into a shipwreck, so do questions flood into your thoughts. Who is this Boorish John's son? Is this "Vizier Richly"... Rishi? Who is Truss? Is Mordent a type of musical embellishment? Is maumetrie a shockingly prejudiced impolitic word? Who is this Shinzo, isn't Abe pronounced Ah-bey, not ah-bee, thus ruining any sense of rhyme? What is a sennet? Is this castle Ravenspurgh, what even is it? What is the all-abhorred-knot? And how much has the QM shamelessly plagiarised?
Your questions spew forth onto the perplexed face of the court scholar Arvel. He protests
- I ... I admit I know not of these personnages, I am not as wise as that great Natural Philosopher Hieronymous Erde, he is far more learned than I. If only he were here!
The King turns petulantly to the Sir Pellory:
- We must hear the meaning of this prophecy. Find this Hieronymous Erde at once!
>Scream at the King: the Half-Men are here!>Clearly, you must consummate the prophecy of loins and golden eyes etc with the Norn Queen; this is exactly the romantic atmosphere for such an Act. Commence this immediately.>Offer to search for Hieronymous Erde>The Scarred Lady Tamlyn warned you of vultures and carrion crows. You must get underground...>Something else? 