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- Let's go.
- {to yourself, studying a corpse / Puzzled} Similar to the others, yet with so many differences...
- Although since I spent almost four centuries of that locked in a tiny room, I have spent most of my time exploring my own mind, as it were.
- But remember - this is my gift to you. I will give you another vial when you need it, for your own use only. Do not sell it or throw it away.
- {Thinking} My loving son trapped me here in the year of our lord 1898... so almost 400 years.
- {Happy} Ahh. At long last. You did the right thing. You'll see.
- {Disgust} Meet me at Cabot House. I'm sure that's where the rats will congregate.
- {with a disappointed sigh / Depressed} Apparently even the simplest task was beyond your capabilities.
- {Angry} Betrayed by my own flesh and blood! Vengeance is mine!
- {Happy} Too late, Jack. Why don't you wait there so that we can have that little chat that's so long overdue.
- {Friendly} But first - one last piece of unfinished business. I promised to share my blood with you, and I always keep my promises.
- {to yourself, studying a corpse / Puzzled} Yes. Hmm. I'll need more data to be able to separate individual variation from the overall effects of the syndrome.
- {Friendly} Do the right thing and open this door and let me out.
- {Happy} This new world seems to be one of limitless possibilities for people of our talents and inclinations.
- {to yourself, studying a corpse / Puzzled} The progress of decay is markedly different here. The question is, why?
- {to yourself, studying a corpse / Surprised} Yes, and see here where the progress of decay is considerably advanced compared to the other specimens.
- {Friendly} You go inside first. I'll join you at the right moment.
- Now that I've taken care of that bit of old business, I can see that I have a lot to learn. Things have changed while I've been locked away.
- {Friendly} That's it. Just keep turning it counter-clockwise.
- {Friendly} So Jack's confessed his dirty little secret, eh? Yes, agelessness is among the gifts that I can bestow.
- {Angry} You were supposed to be my family, and instead you betrayed me!
- {Friendly} Indeed. I'm sure you have very important places to be.
- {Puzzled} Why else would you have opened that door? There is only one way forward now.
- {to yourself, studying a corpse / Puzzled} I will definitely need more data to work with before I can even begin to understand this syndrome.
- {Happy} I won't play favorites. I'll reward whoever survives.
- {Friendly} Well. It seems that things have changed while I've been away. I have so much to learn.
- Yes, I truly am.
- You're looking at things the wrong way, my friend.
- {Concerned} That's right. You need to shut down the containment field in order to open the door.
- {Apologetic} No, not yet. I'm just at the beginning of my research. I'll need to collect much more data before I can start drawing any conclusions.
- {Friendly} We'll talk after my family is dealt with.
- {to yourself, studying a corpse / Puzzled} The similarities with my own condition are intriguing. Surely an example of parallel development... or is it? Hmm.
- {SinisterSmile} You see, there's nothing you can do.
- {Happy} Oh, I knew that from the first moment I saw you in that cell. I knew you would understand why freeing me was the right thing to do.
- {Friendly} I think you were about to agree to helping me kill Jack and the rest of my traitorous kin. Yes?
- Here is your reward. I will provide you with a lifetime supply, as needed.
- As for myself, I can see that I have a lot to learn. Things have changed while I've been locked away.
- {Friendly} You should finish what you're doing first.
- {Stern} I will not provide more for you to sell, hoard, or throw away.
- {to yourself, studying a corpse / Surprised} Fascinating. The morphology of the dermis is completely transformed.
- {Happy} Hello, Jack. It's been a long time since I've had the pleasure of a personal visit.
- {Amused} Well. That's done. Thank you for your assistance.
- {Puzzled} Why else would you have let me free myself? There is only one way forward now.
- {Defiant} That's it. I can feel my strength returning. Now I will finally be free!
- {clucking your tongue in disapproval / Sad} It seems Jack doesn't want to talk to his father. We'll have to kill him, you know. And all the rest of them.
- {Angry} I knew long ago that you had no intention of ever letting me out.
- {Happy} What Jack stole from me, I will give to you freely - the gift of immortality!
- {SinisterSmile} I've been waiting for this day for 400 years.
- {Disgust} You have all betrayed me. Kept me a prisoner and fed off me like vampires to prolong your pathetic, worthless lives.
- {Amused} I'll take that as a compliment.
- {Amused} If you say so.
- {Angry} Be silent!
- {Angry} Now it's my turn to make you bleed.
- {Concerned} You're running out of time.
- {Friendly} Ah, you're all here. Good.
- {Friendly} Are we done?
- {Friendly} Did you need something else?
- {Friendly} Do the right thing. Let me out of here.
- {Friendly} I'll meet you at Cabot House.
- {Friendly} Please. Just open the door.
- {Friendly} Until next time.
- {Friendly} Was there anything else?
- {Friendly} What can I do for you?
- {Friendly} Yes?
- {Friendly} You seem a bit busy right now.
- {Grateful} That's better.
- {Happy} Ah, my friend, good to see you again!
- {Happy} Ahh. Much better.
- {Happy} All this for me? I'm flattered.
- {Happy} I like what you've done with the place.
- {Happy} I promise to reward whoever wins.
- {Happy} Please, make yourself at home.
- {Happy} Take your time. I'm in no hurry.
- {Happy} This is exciting.
- {Happy} You've almost got it.
- {InPain} How dare you?
- {InPain} I'm still more than a match for you.
- {InPain} It won't be enough to stop me.
- {InPain} No!
- {Puzzled} Hmm.
- {SinisterSmile} My power returns.
- {Stern} That is now over. Your time is up.
- {Friendly} Well, well. Fate brings us together again. I'm so enjoying the chance to finally experience this new world of ours.
- {Amused} Why so surprised? This is my house, after all.
- {Friendly} Everything my son has told you about me is a self-serving lie. That must be obvious now.
- {Angry} You actually believed you were smarter than me?
- {frothing rage / Angry} Puny worm, do you truly think you have the power to destroy me?
- {Happy} My powers have grown, Jack. The artifact still has so much to teach me. Once I am free, I will be happy to teach you, too.
- {Happy} I find it a simply fascinating subject, especially the parallels with my own condition.
- {Friendly} I was just heading back to Cabot House after a little research expedition.
- When you've used what I gave you, I will be glad to provide another vial.
- Jack spent so many futile years trying to understand this. I could have told him everything he wanted to know.
- {SinisterSmile} But first, I have some unfinished business to deal with. With your help, I trust.
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