>>5946867“Except,” Izzy finishes, “that I have a responsibility to help my fellow students, be it sharing information, or…”
Or freeing and protecting them when they’re imprisoned by a rival pantheon’s priestly class, one assumes. You don’t even say it: it goes without saying. You both know what she’s asking.
“We’re going to get him out of there,” you promise. “That’s why we came here.”
“There’s something else,” she says.
You groan. Of COURSE there is.
“I’m also supposed to… Keep and maintain the secrets we’ve learned, from… Well, you know. Outsiders.”
You glare, but she is quick to retort: “IT’s not any different from what the fairy court asked YOU to do, or your goddess!”
“THEY did it for good reason. GOOD reason. Emphasis on GOOD, like the opposite of EVIL.”
“Do you really think it’s that simple?” Izzy asks you flatly.
You open your mouth, then shut it. You wouldn’t BE here, wouldn’t have followed the path you did to bring you to this place under these circumstances, if you did. But even so…
“The Prince is a kid,” Izzy says, filling the silence and interrupting your internal debate. “A child, who plainly doesn’t understand the importance of keeping those secrets, really. If he stays down there, and the elves learn who his teacher is… They’ll want to learn what he knows, right?”
You frown, and say nothing.
“Tips… Ezreal… PLEASE,” Izzy continues, and reaches out to take your hands. “We need to get him out of there, fast.”
You stare down at her hands and, damn it all, you can’t help but squeeze them. They’re warm, and tingly, and they’re IZZY’S hands.
(Ugh, why did you have to fall in love with such a TROUBLESOME woman??)
What will you do?
>You stick with the original plan—you leave the Prince down there until the Council calls for you, and you can help them ransom him back to Bloodrise>You will take him into your custody sooner—though it will mean some hard negotiations [how will you go about this?]>You will consult with the Thief and Oncyth on how to liberate the Unknowable Prince through subterfuge>You counsel Izzy to come clean, to cleanse her soul and to shed this dark influence, and perhaps to help guide the Unknowable Prince away from his dark masters as well>Write-in 