Call to Adventure/Dialogue
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Initial Dialogue
(#0) Blonde Man: Rise and shine, Trog spawn! You think you can nip off for four months and not pay what you owe the tribe? (→ #1)
(#1) Cierzo Guard: A Blood Price is sacred, [PlayerName], you can't just shrug off that responsibility for as long as you did! (→ #2)
(#2) Armored Woman: If I don't see the money from you by the time I count to ten, you’ll regret you ever came home! (→ #3)
(#3) Multiple-choice:
- 0: I just woke up from a shipwreck! Have a heart, will you? (→ #4)
- 1: You know I can't pay it! All the money we made in Oroshi is at the bottom of the bay! (→ #4)
(#4) Lady on the Left: Yeah, you were on that ship too, weren't you? How many lives must your family be responsible for destroying before enough is enough?! I lost my daughter on that voyage! (→ #5)
(#5) Multiple-choice:
- 0: This doesn't change the fact that I have no money right now and can't pay you. (→ #6)
- 1: Stop this right now. You're being unreasonable. Don't make this violent. (→ #6)
(#6) Cierzo Guard: If you can't make the payments you missed, we will seize your home! That ought to cover four months of ignoring your duty to the tribe! Either pay up, or get out of our way! (→ #7)
(#7) Rissa Aberdeen: Enough of this! Twelve people are dead! Stop this shameful behaviour at once! This is a time for the tribe to come together and mourn our lost loved ones, not to demand payment from a survivor! (→ #8)
(#8) Rissa Aberdeen: To threaten someone like this while the lost lives are still fresh is an insult to their memory! [PlayerName] is a victim of that shipwreck too. Under the laws of the Blue Chamber Collective, I have declared a period of mourning. You understand what that means, don't you? (→ #9)
(#9) Blonde Man: But Chamberlady Aberdeen! [PlayerName] has clearly been- (→ #10)
(#10) Rissa Aberdeen: I said, that is enough! If you want to resume ‘discussions’ with [PlayerName] after the mourning period, feel free. But until then, your concern should be for those whose lives were lost in the wreck. (→ #11)
(#11) Rissa Aberdeen: Oliele, see these people off, would you? (→ #12)
(#12) Oliele: You heard Mother. Away with you, or I will personally see to it that you get double shifts of guard duty this month! Leave [PlayerName] be! (→ #13)
(#13) Rissa Aberdeen: I'm sorry that was the first thing you woke up to, [PlayerName]. Please, forgive them. Many of them have lost family and are not thinking straight. (→ #14)
(#14) Multiple-choice:
- 0: I can't believe they want to seize my home! Can't you do something? (→ #15)
(#15) Rissa Aberdeen: If I could do more, I would. The most I can do for you is declare a mourning period and buy you a little time. If you do not pay off those 4 months of missed payments on your own, the tribe would have my head. For 5 days, no one in the tribe can ask for what you owe. (→ #16)
(#16) Rissa Aberdeen: That gives you 5 days to pay back all 150 silver coins. Either gather the money or earn a Tribal Favor, and they won’t be able to touch you. (→ #17)
(#17) Rissa Aberdeen: Once you can make the payment, come see me up at the town hall on top of the hill. Please, find a way to make it work, [PlayerName]. The last thing I want to do is take your lighthouse away. (→ #18)
(#18) Multiple-choice:
- 0: I can't possibly accomplish that! I need more time! (→ #19)
- 1: This Blood Price is unfair! You can't hold me responsible for things that are out of my control! (→ #21)
- 2: Then I will have to head outside the walls. (→ #27)
(#19) Rissa Aberdeen: A dozen people lost their lives in that shipwreck, leaving grieving kin behind. Their need outweighs yours. Trust me, [PlayerName], I wouldn’t be doing this to you otherwise. Their families need the assistance immediately. (→ #20)
(#20) Rissa Aberdeen: You must find a way to pay what is owed to the tribe. The last thing I want is confiscate your home. (→ #18)
(#21) Rissa Aberdeen: Have you forgotten why your family bears this Blood Price? When your grandmother was Chamberlady, she turned away the followers of Elatt in our time of greatest need, forcing the tribe to pray only to the Five Winds for protection. (→ #22)
(#22) Rissa Aberdeen: Because of her pride, dozens were slain by the beasts of the Scourge. Your bloodline owes it to them to pay back that debt! (→ #23)
(#23) Multiple-choice:
- 0: I understand. Bitterness still runs very deep in the tribe. (→ #24)
- 1: How could I possibly forget? Not a day goes by without someone reminding me! (→ #25)
- 2: I can't bear this stupid Blood Price any longer. What if I just leave and never come back? (→ #26)
(#24) Rissa Aberdeen: If you understand, then get to work making that payment, [PlayerName]. (→ #18)
(#25) Rissa Aberdeen: You live and breathe thanks to the deeds of your ancestors. You cannot embrace such a gift if you cannot also bear the costs of their actions. (→ #18)
(#26) Rissa Aberdeen: If you think you can survive alone, out there in the wild, you have that right. But remember, your tribe is your family. We achieve more together than we do on our own. (→ #18)
(#27) Rissa Aberdeen: That does seem like your most effective option, dangerous as it is. I doubt you'd be able to gather that much in such a short time just by staying in Cierzo. (→ #28)
(#28) Rissa Aberdeen: Never forget, no one is an orphan in Cierzo. Do not hesitate to ask the rest of the tribe for survival advice. Though you owe us a Blood Price, we will still help you however we can. (→ #29)
(#29) Rissa Aberdeen: If you can do a great deed for someone in Cierzo, we will owe you a Tribal Favor, which I will accept as a substitute for your payment. (→ #30)
(#30) Rissa Aberdeen: Once you're ready to leave Cierzo, speak with Burac, the Gate Warden. He will judge whether or not you are prepared to face the outside world. (→ #31)
(#31) Rissa Aberdeen: Remember, [PlayerName], you only have 5 days to pay me the 150 silver, or show me proof you have earned a Tribal Favor . May your ancestors watch over you. (→ end)