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Oh well, so much for pretending we belong. :/

Proceed to the dungeon. I can't believe this is the end yet. We'll probably get a chance to prove our identity.

Blind choice is blind.

Left sounds as good as any.

Hmmmm, if we have to knock to enter a kitchen no one's going to believe we're the king's son.

Enter like we own the place. We just might in the future anyway, if the king has no other sons.

We don't want to stand out and attract attention. He clearly expects to be obeyed, so that's probably what the real zombies are programmed to do. Do as he orders.

Prediction:

"Kindly accept what little aid you can find, and not look a gift pig in the mouth. Have 1 Shame point."

No hint, proceed.

Hide behind the rocks.

Hmmm....risk, possible wrath and vengeance from a goddess, or risk possible Honour loss/Shame for not acting like a 'Hero'? Save the puppy. I bet Aphrodite would want that cute thing for a pet. *Sigh*, another likely no-win situation..... Speaking of which, about that whole Thebes storyline arc: The...

^What he said.

Oh, and Silent Wayfarer:

When this is over, would you mind giving an example of how you managed to get all 6 wards in 9 hours? I've never been able to get away with more than 5. I didn't think it was possible at all.

Hooooooboy, this encounter......

I honestly can't remember what this particular hint does, but I don't trust it, personally.

Warn the king. The last couple of multi-men combats we've been through have been pretty brutal, and I'd rather not risk them if possible.

We have 3 wards remaining and only 2 hours left. We're already running short of time and can't afford to waste any more on sidetracks. I say stick to the business at hand and continue to the shrine.

Gallows sounds good to me too, but I'd like a look at the Old Gaol first, personally.

We're not exactly skilled at stealing stuff, either. While this isn't a stated requirement, I'm inclined to think Sneaking or Sleight of Hand will be tested later, and we have neither.

Buy the shroud. As stated, the owner doesn't care much for it, so it's likely to come cheap.

We don't have the special skill for Sneaking. Pay our way in.

Attacking them sounds like a Shame-bait.

See if we can buy some plot coupon.

Starmaker wrote:Creepy book is creepy.

Well, yeah....

angelfromanotherpin wrote:Everything in this book is a horror movie reference

Speaking of which, I'm really disappointed that you guys missed the (recurring) encounters with this book's Jason Voorhees parody earlier.

Chamber of Horrors sounds FUN!

Let's go there.

I kind of sympathise with this guy, but if he needs it to stay alive, he's sure as hell not giving it back to us. We need the quest item.

Leave him to rot - literally.

We were on our way to Delphi, let's continue that way.

We are favoured by the god of healing, we can probably do something about the plague.

Help out.

Draught possibly mean some alternate exit to the outside. What we're looking for should be sealed in with only one entry, methinks.

Take the quiet door (east).

We're paying them good money for the manual labour, let them do all the work. I don't see them offering us back half the money to do their work for them.

Wait it out.

We have the cash, why not? Pay them. If they drop out now we'd have wasted time here.

EDIT: Actually, wait, scratch that, these are excatly the kind of guys who'll not show up after taking your money. Pay them AFTER the job is done. Say no.

Gotten over the stretch I knew by heart, now I can start voting again without having to think of ways to justify my votes without revealing metagaming spoilers. :) I'll probably still be withholding votes from hint options (good or bad) that I remember too well, since most of them are so random that...

Sleight of Hand would probably have been used to swap the drinks if we had it. Which indicates that there's definitely something wrong with the drinks.

Keep refusing.

Tough choice here. I agree with Mr Shine. The dilemma is whether to risk the likely Honor loss/Shame points in case the 2-on-1 fight is too hard. The way combat is structured in these books, Altheus always has the exact same "hit points" as all his enemies, so 2-on-1 is never good as they ...