Above, the great bell of the Clock Tower tolls, as if sounding a death knell.
>I will fight for you. We will destroy this infernal machine together>Wait... you just said - seize? Not destroy? Er... what...what do you mean to do with the Algorismus?>(Look at the other Asabiyyah warriors) I have seen the future. Madame Blackwood has no powers! She is a charlatan, and will abandon you - Madame Blackwood will come to serve the Sempiternal Empire in the end. The Maiden Messiah is not with you.>(if you choose this, roll 1d6)>Er... so where is this Maiden Messiah exactly? Do you mean that shattered face, that corroded piece of a statue hanging above us over there? I am not sure that can really do much...>>5710579>Well, this is the moment you have been waiting for. This could be the long-awaited gender reveal party, hooray! Cast aside your gas mask / barbed wire cultist disguise, boldly step forth and proudly declare, I AM THE MAIDEN MESSIAH! I am a strong, independent, wom...>Wait... did you say something about sacrifice? Were you the one murdering and mutilating all the women to resurrect the Maiden Messiah? This is all sedition! (Brandish Silver Constabulary Badge) In the name of the Sempiternal Empire I am arresting you... and you... and you, too - and (gesturing at the sinister Shrouded Man) especially you... all of you are under arrest!!>Something else...? Write in>Shoot the great bell as a counterweight>Shoot the shattered statue face counterweight>Shoot both the bell and the shattered face 