>>5324406It is then that the Novice reveals the final piece of her trifecta: an amulet.
“It is not yet perfect,” she admits, a touch bitterly. “I have had… limited time and resources. Once we return home, I will have access to proper facilities sand assistants. But donning this—an amulet made from the dead eggs of your bastard bug-offspring who did not survive the human’s maul or my procedures, as well as material from the eggs you retrieved—you will benefit from the moulting and transfiguration capabilities inherent in the insectoid bloodline, but used to transform you more fully and completely into something properly DRACONIC. It will shed or suppress your human blood, help to make you more and more ‘dragon’. Coupled with further direct injections… You may grow to nearly rival your ‘brother’.”
You stare at the amulet, holding I with great unease. It is a dark and twisted thing, for all its roughshod beauty, set with a carefully drill-hollowed gem and infused with the swirling ichor of Glowie’s offspring—of YOURS—and that of the unborn children of your legendary dragon ancestor. But you authorized this… You encouraged it. The risks to your health, the Novice tells you, are minimal.
With it, you could grow mighty.
With it, you could SOAR—not <Jump>, but <Fly>.
What do you do?
>Wear the amulet>Return the amulet to the Novice for now>Smash the amulet—it was a mistake, and you cannot bare the sight of it>Give it as a gift to Glowie—let it be a gift for the first of your sons to hatch>Write-in[Please note: this will replace your current many-beaded mystery-necklace in your "neck" slot, and only one can be attuned at a time.]
What do you do about the Junior Novice?
>Put it down, before it becomes a threat>Order that it be made more comfortable in its captivity>Attempt to reach out to it with Reptilian Empathy, now that it…Maybe?... Falls under its purview>Keep it caged, an experimental subject and secret weapon>Write-in 