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| - Reaching your hand into the translucent solution found inside this computer, you come out with a green sphere about the size of a softball. Streaks of electricity shoot around the sphere as it seems to constantly be vibrating.
- You removed what can only be described as a glow net from the under carriage of the computer. There are half a dozen different sized crystals that seem to be growing out of the net.
- Hello, . I have seen many things in my 'research' on the metahuman population. The one thing that I have noticed more than any other is the adaptive nature of the human body. Where other species would simply curl up and die after being bombarded by countless rays of radiation, the human body adapts and overcomes. It's really very beautiful.
- As you defeat the last of the two enemies, this object drops from one of their hands. It looks like a mask, sculpted from gold. As you hold it up to your face and look through the eyes, you see the cavern you are in transform into a massive underground city. Ancient columns push up into the darkness and as you breathe in you smell the sea air. You look to a nearby rock and see a raven looking back at you. All around you are statues of heroes, caught in the midst of battle.
- The Rikti you faced in the cave told you this before you defeated him...
The Rikti have known magic: Same as humans. Rikti found it... Lacking. Diversion of Power: Science and Technology.
Magic energy: No more...
- Combat start: The Thorns shall ruin you all!
- You pull out a handfulof crystals from inside the Rikti computer. Who knows, maybe this is what the Midnight Squad was looking for.
- My associates tell me you're investigating the origins. Interesting... There any money in it for me? Didn't think so.
Well, what can I do for you in the thirty seconds I'm giving you to waste my time?
- You open the amulet and sand falls out of it. You watch it fall to the ground, swirling like tidal pools around your legs. The sand is dark, almost black. As it swirls, a face appears in the floating sand. For an instant you think it's just a trick of the light. But then the face scowls at you and explodes in a blast. It gets in your eyes and your nose and your mouth and you feel yourself suffocating. Rubbing your eyes, you try and look around, but find that you are someplace else.
An ancient cave with columns that push up to the darkness.
In the distance you feel more then see a man... no, not a man, something else, something worse, standing just inside a shadow. His eyes glow with an ancient hate.
As he looks upon you, you feel as if your body is turning to stone. You try and move, but cannot even breathe. You watch in horror as your body slowly decays into dust.
When you open your eyes again, you find all of the sand that poured out of the amulet has returned. Best to keep it there.
- , I do not know if this is the best time for me to be seen with you. Something is going on in this city and it's making everyone nervous.
Be quick about it. What intel do you seek?
- Hello, . Mutants are not people born differently. They are simply... NOT human. This mutation, as the layman calls it, is not an old occurrence. My research shows no record of a mutant before 1938. Interesting, nyet?
- You dare interrupt me? You are either bold or stupid. Which is it?
- You see yourself within the reflective sheen of the amulet...
This is not the you of the here and now. It is you, in ancient armor fighting atop a mountain surrounded by ocean. A monster assaults you with great fury as women run away from the battle in terror. Before you can regain your focus, the monster's weapon cuts across your visor and all goes black.
You snap out of the trance with an odd sense of deja vu.
- Cimerora is an ancient land in the Mediterranean. Many believe it is the birthplace of the super powered being. Ashley McKnight notes that this is not altogether accurate. Cimerora is, however, one of the more famous locations in history where various origins of power came together in a similar way that is happening in our current timeline.
McKnight also notes that Imperious, the man you're supposed to contact, comes from an origin that has been completely absent for some time. That of the Incarnate.
- Unafraid, you open the amulet and look inside...
A lock of deep red hair is tied to a small chain inside the locket. There's a small charm on the chain that looks either like a face or a shield or both. You look closer at the clasp and feel your senses being pulled into it.
Your eyes blur and you feel as if you're floating. All around you a single voice chanting...
...By the gods of the mountain......by the blood of man......by the power I am......Show what can not be seen......Reveal the destiny I command...
You realize as you pull yourself out of the trance, that it was your voice you heard saying those words.
- Even though Ashley told you not to look upon the amulet, you do so anyway. Instantly you're lost in its gaze...
You feel yourself flying over a strange land on wings of black. In the distance across an ocean, a mountain of wisdom. The sea air fills your nostrils. You look down and see a strange, ancient land under attack. Before you can focus more, the darkness swells from the ground and snuffs out your life...
You snap out of your trance, not having moved from your location, the sea air still stinging your senses.
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