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| 00052 | Mon, 02 Jan 2023 12:38:09 -0700 | Mon, 02 Jan 2023 12:38:09 -0700 | yes | yes |
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Hmm well, that umm, heya little fella. What umm, what did you find there? Alex moves to pick up Uncle Corraidhin's dagger, noting that it's not nearly as brilliant as it was before. The ruby gem in the hilt appearing far closer to black obsidian now, rather unnerving all things considered..
"There's definitely something wrong with this Hemogoblin, this isn't normal" Alex thinks to himself, "What in the ever loving run level 0 did Uncle have this dagger for, and why the hell would he stuff it inside some old book." He deftly pockets the dagger, for further inspection once they're back at base. Likely someone at HQ can do a deeper analysis of it then. Thinking ahead, Alex also grabs a handkerchief from his breast pocket and soaks it in the pool of blood around the hemogoblin, better than nothing he supposes.
Pulling a multi pronged instrument labelled "GBD" from his bag Alex begins to inspect the hemogoblin for magical, metaphysical, and technological aburations. "Just sit still a bit little fella, lets see what's going on"
The hemogoblin hums merrily as you retrieve the dagger and fruitlessly attempt to mop up the pool of blood. It wriggles around---suddenly seemingly boneless---and giggles and blows raspberries as you try to take measurements with the GBD. It is kind of annoying but also totally cute.
Your instrument picks up on an anomaly. You have a clear vital signal for the hemogoblin. That's normal. And there is an extremely high amount of ferrous material inside of it. But you think that's also probably normal for a hemogoblin. Finally, there is a faint signal of some other kind of entity. And that is not normal.
Under normal circumstances you would say, given the measurements, that this second non-goblin entity is in some kind of stable but near-death or catatonic state. As though it is a deep sleep. Is there some weird magic at work here? Or is this some strange, undocumented part of the normal hemogoblin physiology? Did this little fella just absorb a knife spirit?
The hemogoblin reaches up and holds your hand as you pass the instrument over its body. It smiles at you happily.
WHAT DO YOU DO