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The sudden address sends you skyward like a cat roused from a nap by a firecracker! Landing on your face once more, you turn your head around with an audible creak to address your addresser! E-err, y-yea…?

“Well, well, well…” Grunts the greeter with grim glee, his eyes hidden and voice muffled beneath a mask, “We’ve been expecting you…”

Before you can ask, the dark-shrouded doorman snaps into a salute! M-maybe!

“THE BURROWER WAKES, BROTHER!”

A pause.

“Hahah… still not used to doing this with one hand.”

Oh crap, this is the guy you fought in the Chairman’s Office with that HUNK Jhairo! A-and the guy that you followed to that last Burrower Cultist meeting! One-Hand! Before you can react, the Cultist steps forward to study your features… shit, you don’t have a cowl this time!

“Hmm…”He muses as he gives your face a gentle poke with his remaining claw, “It’s YOU, isn’t it?”

Y-you can expla-

“BROTHER YULER!”

The cultist wraps you in a frocked embrace made even weirder due to him missing a hand! You give him a gentle pat on the back… y-yea?

“Sorry for the scare,” He shrugs as he releases you, “We had a bit of a… ‘security mishap’ at one of our last meetings. Senior officers don’t wear cowls anymore in hideouts.” His mask muffles a wry chuckle. “But you clearly got the message! And I’d recognize those eyes and freckles anywhere!”

Taking your sleeve in his claw, the cultist tugs you further down the cavern tunnel! “Well you’re prompt as always, brother! The meeting’s only just begun–the ritual’s ready to go and LORD LARIUS is eager to hear an update from you.” Even with the mask on you can tell One-Hand shoots you a sidelong glance. “I shouldn’t have to remind you, of course, but he’s a bit… sore about the last few failures…”

An uneasy cough leaves the cultist’s unseen lips. “Only reason I’m at this branch now, actually! He had the Clockmaker Hideout and everyone associated with it purged! ‘Cept me, of course!”

W-why’s that, exactly?

“Search me!” One-Eye responds with a forced laugh! “Maybe he needed someone to warn the others! O-or maybe he’s just keeping me alive as punishment? It haunts me every waking moment, but hey, better than a quick, head-exploding death, right? H-haha!”

Judging by the chorus of chants echoing from further down the way, it sounds like you don’t have much time before your meeting… a-anything you ask this guy before you join? C-cameras on, everyone..!

What ask? (Choose 2!)
>Larius… Tell me more!
>What’s the scoop on Trier?
>Remind me about this cult again!
>Where’s the Burrower?
>What’s his name anyways?
>Any idea what our next move will be?
>Tell me more about that ‘security mishap’!
>Just stay silent! The Burrower Wakes…
>Write-In!