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"Sir!" Dasha snaps her attention towards the obviously hostile Graverobber. "Drop your weapon. Now."
<span class="mu-s">"NO."</span> For a moment you thought you heard a young child crying but it is silenced as quickly as you hear it. You thought you hear it somewhere in the back but you can't see anyone. There has to be a survivor pocket here. <span class="mu-s">"MY STRENGTH, MY AUTHORITY, SHALL NOT BE DEFIED."</span>
"What's your name, dear?" Lyubov tries her best to keep a calm, cool tone in her voice. "We just want to know."
<span class="mu-s">"IGOR. IGOR DMITRIEVICH VOLKOV."</span> Igor takes a long, deep sniff of the air before pointing his mace at you. <span class="mu-s">"YOU HAVE WHAT I SEEK. GIVE UP YOUR RELICS AND I SHALL AND THE <span class="mu-i">FAILURE</span> LIVE."</span>
Failure?
<span class="mu-s">"WHAT A PATHETIC HALF BLOOD. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO GROW."</span> You can feel the contempt in the gaze he's giving Lex. <span class="mu-s">"OUR BLOOD SHOULD STAY PURE. NOT TAINTED BY HUMAN WEAKNESS."</span>
This is...quite different from the last Graverobber you met. You almost assume the PARADIGMs are overwritten his mind but you can't quite tell how much is the artifacts and how much it's...just him.
"We know there's survivors of this facility here. Please, let us-" Before Ashley can say more, Igor cuts her off with a low growl.
<span class="mu-s">"AND LET THEM STEAL WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE? DO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO HUMOR THAT NONSENSE AGAIN. THEY WILL DIE HERE; AS THEIR WRETCHED SOULS DESERVE."</span>
<span class="mu-s">"YOU HAVE 60 SECONDS TO LEAVE MY TERRITORY. OR ELSE."</span> The grip on his mace tightens.
You turn to your group for some advice.
[TORMENTED SPARK] Lex leans in to whisper to you. "I don't know much about my, uh, 'old blood' but I feel it in my bones that something ain't right with him."
[HUNTER OF THE CITY] "I smell the whiff of a puppeteer playing with his mind. I think he's compromised." Wendy hisses with both disgust and fear in her voice. "I do not think we can talk him out of this. Violence is the only answer."
[INVOLVED] "This is all wrong. This feels like a set up, a distraction. Too convenient. A last minute threat? Now? Someone is pulling the strings." Alexis is obviously confused as to why he's here. You have your doubts on it too.
[LYUBOV ALLY] "He's still a scared little boy. Playing like he's a grown up. Dressing up in a uniform that doesn't belong to him. He's letting it get to his head, poor soul."
[ATHLETIC PHYSIQUE] "I can tell whatever he's wearing is fucking him up. I think I can steal one, maybe it'll clear his mind a bit." Ashley's offer would be a nice 2 for 1 deal.
[AIMER LES ABANDONNÉS] "WHATEVER IS HAPPENING TO HIM DOES NOT INVOLVE US. THIS IS NOT OUR PLACE TO FIGHT. SECURE THE SURVIVORS HE PLANS ON KILLING. THEN WE LEAVE HERE."
[DASHA ALLY] "That uniform is of a Kapitan. I-I'm not smart when it comes to whatever he is but...he put that on because he thinks it gives him more authority. He'd only listen to someone higher in the chain of command."
Lot of decisions, little time to make them.
