>>5234174You exit Lord Yosef’s mind, looking into his blinking, bleary eyes, still weeping but now seemingly uncertain as to why.
“I… Almost killed my… My granddaughter,” he mumbled. “I almost killed… Gods forgive, I almost killed my Hirschel’s daughter… Little Shira…”
You only barely register his words. The humans… These two old men, in particular… They know so, SO much more than you’d feared. Edwin, his father, the Zika corporation, Madam Mina and the girls at The Pretty Kitty, Goblintown… All of it, all of your glorious and elaborate plans to subvert Hawksong are now in the balance!
‘Doesn’t seem like the two suspicious old farts… Like shared many of the details around, though, ya’ know?’ Irinnile points out. ‘If we can off the old magical son-of-a-bitch, I bet we can plug this leak right up!’
You can only hope… Only pray, to whatever Dark God might hear you and be able to act upon it. But every Infiltrator knows that the Dark Gods help those who help themselves…
What do you do? [please choose one]
>Rush to the Archmage’s office in the Tower, to end him immediately>Head for The Pretty Kitty, to alert Mina and head them off at the pass>You have to save Edwin! You will hurry to him, before the Tower’s agents get there first, and spirit him to safety!>Alas, it is time to negotiate with The Incubus; you need its puppet-prince to combat such a highly-placed adversary>Warn (and consult with) Dame Albacete, lest the trail lead back to her, and from her to every other Reptilian in the city>Abandon Hawksong, and go warn the Serpent Priests themselves of this existential threat to the Conspiracy>Write-inWhat do you do with Yosef?
>Tell him to stay put and rest up—he is of no use to you right now, and any desperate action could seriously hurt him in his current state>Send him to the Archmage, to serve as a distraction at the very least>Order him to kill himself—you have what you need>Send him to the farmhouse—you have more to ask of him, later>Write-in