Broken Home/Transcript

Starting Out

 * Maria: Please, you have to help me!
 * Player: What's wrong?
 * Maria: The house... There's a ghost! It's killing everyone. Please, you have to help!


 * Maria: Ingram is the owner of the mansion. He's still in there. It seems like he found something while exploring the levels below the basement.
 * Player: What was it?
 * Maria: I don't know, but there seems to be some kind of... energy surrounding the house. I wasn't able to take items in or out to help the others! Please save them and vanquish the ghost, adventurer.
 * Player: Okay, I'll see if I can find them.
 * Maria: The entrance to the mansion is just up those steps. Be careful.

Ingram

 * Ingram: Who is it? Who's there?
 * Player: My name is Player, I'm here to help.
 * Ingram: No! Monster! Get away!
 * Player: I'm not a monster. I'm trying to deal with the ghost.
 * Ingram: You cannot! You cannot! I tried. Do not repeat my mistake!
 * Player: What do you mean?
 * Ingram: I went down into the dark. I disturbed something. Something ancient. Something horrible! It followed me up to the house. A horror from lost aeons! Do not tread there, lest you stir up another monstrosity. Do not go down into the basement!

Ghostly Waif

 * The little girl stares at you, her face dispassionate.
 * Player: Hello?
 * Her face is clean, but she is dressed in rags.
 * Player: Can you hear me?
 * The girl tilts her head to her right, studying you intently.
 * *Tilting your head to the left*
 * She tilts her head slowly back the other way, expressionless.
 * *Tilting your head to the right*
 * She stares at you for a moment longer, then her face breaks out into a big, beaming smile.
 * Player: Hello?
 * She just smiles.

Other dialogue options:
 * A look of panic passes over her face for an instant.
 * She stares intently at your left ear.
 * The girl's mouth splits into a wide smile that does not reach her eyes.
 * She makes a soft choking noise in the back of her throat before falling silent again.
 * A ghostly beetle emerges from her clothing and tumbles to the floor.
 * She smiles at you as you leave.

The Vintage

 * *Look at Wine barrel*
 * The label is rather worn with a blood or wine stain. You can make out 'Ch..ea ...... 07 5th Age'.
 * Player: Ahh '07, an excellent vintage. Not quite as good as '06 or '10 though.

Lenian

 * Emaciated Spirit: I can't find it. It's lost.
 * Player: Hello?
 * Emaciated Spirit: I want her hairbrush back. I miss her.
 * You try to touch him. Your hand passes through him. The ghost doesn't seem to be aware that you are there.
 * *You give Lenian the hairbrush.*
 * Lenian: Thank you, sir/madam. I must apologise for my behaviour. I do not know what came over me.
 * Player: Who are you?
 * Lenian: My name is Lenian. My father, Ormod, built this great mansion long ago.
 * Player: I think it's his ghost who's haunting the mansion! He's killing people.
 * Lenian: Oh! Poor father. He was such a troubled man... He blames himself for my death, I think. His guilt has trapped him here. Turned him into a monster.
 * Player: What can we do about it?
 * Lenian: If it is what he seeks, perhaps my forgiveness could give him some reprieve.
 * Player: It's worth a try.
 * Lenian: Wait, it's her! Keep her away from me!
 * *The monster appears and eats Lenian*

The Monster

 * *Using break curse spell*
 * Monster: ...
 * Player: It didn't work...?
 * Monster: I'm sorry... what are you talking about?
 * Player: I cast a spell to break your curse, but you're still a monster.
 * Monster: I don't understand. What are you saying, human?
 * Player: You were a little girl, and then you turned into a monster.
 * Monster: A little girl... Rowena. You mean Rowena?
 * Player: I don't know her name.
 * Monster: Rowena... is she safe?
 * Player: No. The little girl is you. Like I said.
 * Monster: I had the strangest dream... I dreamed I was Rowena. I just wanted to play. But people kept running away, and when I caught up to them, they vanished.
 * Player: That's because you are the little girl.
 * Monster: I am not Rowena.
 * Player: Then who are you? What are you?
 * Monster: My name is Senecianus Aloysius Pamphilius.
 * Senecianus: I am a citizen of Senntisten.
 * Player: But why do you look like that?
 * Senecianus: Like what? Oh, like this? Because I am what you humans call a demon.
 * Player: And who was Rowena?
 * Senecianus: She was... By the Twelve! I killed her! I ate her! Rowena... I am sorry.
 * Player: So - what? - you consumed her and took her form?
 * Senecianus: The guilt must have driven me mad. I lost myself. I remember... a cell? Preists and doctors? An asylum? Time and my madness have blurred events. There was a home for the broken-minded that I recall hearing of before the fog of confusion.
 * Player: Then the spell I cast must have cured your madness.
 * Senecianus: If that is so, then I must thank you.
 * Player: Since you're no longer trying to devour me, I have a more pressing issue.
 * Senecianus: And what would that be?
 * Player: This mansion is haunted by the ghost of Ormod Gulvas. I was going to put him to rest, but you ate the ghost of his dead son, preventing him from finding forgiveness.
 * Senecianus: I dreamed of that. Lenian. Rowena wanted to play with him. I believe I can help you.
 * Player: How?
 * Senecianus: I can think of two ways. I can simply consume him, as I did with Lenian. Or I could take Lenian's form, and grant his father the forgiveness he seeks. Which would you prefer?
 * Tell Senecianus to consume Ormod's ghost.
 * Tell Senecianus to grant Ormod forgiveness.
 * Senecianus: Very well. I am beginning to recall the layout of this building. Meet me in the main hall.
 * Player: But the main hall is dangerous. There's an energy field.
 * Senecianus: I will be able to protect you.

Consuming Ormod's ghost

 * "Lenian": Father.
 * Ormod: Lenian...? Is that you?
 * "Lenian": Father, come closer.
 * *Senecianus consumes Ormod*
 * "Lenian": Fiery. *burp*

Granting Ormod forgiveness

 * "Lenian": Father.
 * Ormod: Lenian...? Is that you?
 * "Lenian": Father, come closer. It's going to be okay.
 * Ormod: Lenian I... I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you.
 * "Lenian": I know, father. We don't have to stay here any longer.. Let's go.
 * *Ormod leaves*
 * "Lenian": There. Put to rest.

Finishing

 * Player: Well, that finishes what I came here to do. I need to report back that the ghost is gone. What are you going to do now?
 * "Lenian": I need to get my bearings. We'll meet again soon, Player.

Reporting back

 * Maria: Is it safe now? Did you find the ghost?
 * Player: I found him and put him to rest. It was the ghost of Ormod Gulvas, who originally built this mansion. There was also a demon who had taken the form of a little girl. He's perfectly friendly now I've broken his curse.
 * Maria: Oh, thank you. I think I might stay out here, then. Did you find anyone else in the house?
 * Player: There didn't seem to be any survivors, I'm sorry.
 * Maria: I feared as much. Ghosts, demons... How could this have happened to us? Well, I suppose I should thank you. Hopefully now they can rest in peace. You survived the mansion where no one else did. Such bravery deserves recognition.