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=Chapter 4= <center> '''Featured heroes:''' {{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}} - {{PageRef|name=Abrams}} - {{PageRef|name=McGinnis}} </center> == 4a - Humble Pie == <small>Follows from [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#3a - The Gala|Chapter 3a - The Gala]] if "Make Amends With McGinnis" was picked.</small> ''Lady Geist arrives at McGinnis' workshop. McGinnis is busy welding something.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Pardon me, Ms. McGinnis... I believe we started off on the wrong foot. ''McGinnis continues working.'' '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' I'm busy. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I understand that, it's just - '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' None of the other big brains at your little party were able to help you? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Yes. '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' Sucks to be you. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Mistakes were made. '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' Where's my vase? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Excuse me? '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' Rich people love to give away stupid shit when they want to apologize. It's always a vase, or a ceremonial mask, or some silver plated cheese cutting set. So again I ask you: where's my vase? ''Lady Geist raises a six-pack of beer.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' It's not quite a vase, but I'm told the proletariat love it. ''McGinnis continues working.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' ... That was a joke. Please, c... can we talk? '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' ... [sighs], come with me. ''Lady Geist and McGinnis enter a different part of the lab.'' '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' You're not used to not getting your way, are you? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' No. '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' I appreciate the honesty. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Can you help me? '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' Can I? Sure. Will I? Haven't decided yet. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Why's that? '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' Well, on the one hand: it's an interesting challenge. On the other, you're just a bad person. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Your mind is the engine that drives the occult war machine! Within a decade your inventions will claim millions of lives, if they haven't already. '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' Ye-uh-Sure, but my job is designing weapons. That makes me a monster in the theoretical sense. You're basically a serial killer. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Eh. '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' Give me a reason to help you. Something... interesting. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I have money. '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' [Scoffs], I said interesting. ''Lady Geist ponders for a moment.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' It will likely be 50 years before there's another maelstrom. Do you really want to wait that long before you try to harness the power of a god? '''{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}:''' [Chuckles]... now we're talking. ''Lady Geist and McGinnis toast with their beers.''<center>'''Followed by:''' ''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#5a - A New Ward|"A New Ward"]]'' </center> == 4b - Revelation == <small>Follows from [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#3a - The Gala|Chapter 3a - The Gala]] if "Contact Detective Abrams" was picked.</small> ''Lady Geist enters Abrams' office. Abrams is sitting at his desk.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Detective Abrams. I'm sorry I missed you at the party. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' I'm sorry, who are you? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Lady Jeanne Geist. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' Huh, you sound French. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I am. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' Thought you'd be German. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I married one. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' Guess that makes sense. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I'm getting bored, detective. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' You want me to work on my tight five? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I want you to tell me what you want. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' ...I need to show you something. ''Abrams places the Tome on his desk.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' You know what this is? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' A book. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' A tome! Something ancient. Something powerful. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' What does it... do? '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' Steal life. Sound familar? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Detective, are you implying - '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' I think we're past lying, Mrs. Geist. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Ms. Geist. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' I thought you married a German. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' He died. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' I'm shocked. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I loved my husband, Detective. And if you imply otherwise ever again, they will never find your body. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' You're not lacking for confidence. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Like you said: we're past lying. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' Hm. ''Abrams opens the Tome and locates a ripped page.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' Take a look at this. May I see your hand, please? ''Lady Geist places her Oathkeeper hand on the page. The symbols on the page match her hand.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' The symbols, they - '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' [ROARS]. ''Abrams slams the Tome shut.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' What the hell was that?! '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' That shouldn't have been possible! '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' What do you mean? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Oathkeeper is oblivious to the world outside his prison. ''I'm'' supposed to be able to choose when he sees, w-when he speaks, and - and even then, only I can hear him. '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' I think it's safe to assume Oathkeeper and the Tome are connected. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Indeed... What do we do? '''{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}:''' We summon the Patrons.<center>'''Followed by:''' ''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#5b - The Binding of Two|"The Binding Of Two"]]'' </center> == 4c - Decisions Decisions == <small>''Follows from [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#3b - Hunger Strike|Chapter 3b - Hunger Strike]]''</small> ''Lady Geist and Johann Jr. are in Lady Geist's home.'' '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' No. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' You promised you would help me! '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' With the ward, sure. Not with making a deal with the devil. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' "The devil." [scoffs], don't be so dramatic... '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' You're not foisting Oathkeeper on me, end of story! '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' What would ''you'' have me do? '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' You know a bunch of horrible people, I'm sure any one of them would ''love'' to live forever at the cost of someone else's life. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Of course I do! The question is who do I know that wouldn't turn on me the first chance they got. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' What about [[Maximilian Fairfax|Mr. Fairfax]]? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Not a horrible suggestion... I'm sure he'd try to either bind or weaponize Oathkeeper, but that would be his problem, not mine. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' "Weaponize"? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' The Occult Industrial Complex never sleeps. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Don't go to Fairfax. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' No, no, it was a good idea! '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' There has to be someone else. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Ah! What about [[Shelly Fisher]]? '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' ... How do you know that name? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Oh, I went through your files last week when you invited me over for dinner. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Why would you do that?! '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Because I knew you would never reveal your patients' personal information! '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' That woman. Is ''sick''. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Which ''means'' she's desperate! And desperate people make wonderful prospects. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Leave her alone. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Your morals seem fairly arbitrary. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' I can't do this anymore. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Here we go again... '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' That thing in your arm is a ''cancer.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Which is why I'm trying to remove it! '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' But you're not! You're trying to pass it onto someone else! There's no cure for Oathkeeper, dad brought you as much time as he could, but time is up! '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Finding a new host was your idea! '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' And I was wrong! Everything about it is wrong!.. I have to go... ''Johann Jr. leaves.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Children...<center> '''Choice between:''' [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#5c - Deal with the Devil|Approach Maximilian Fairfax]] - [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#5d - The Last Temptation of Geist|Approach Shelly Fisher]] </center> == 4d - Tea Time == <small>Follows from [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#3c - A New Deal|Chapter 3c - A New Deal]] if "Play Off Oathkeeper's Cruelty" was picked.</small> ''Lady Geist and Johann Jr. are in Lady Geist's home. Lady Geist pours Johann Jr. a cup of tea, which he drinks.'' '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' So how's it going with Oathkeeper? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Surprisingly well. You were right... He was very eager to renegotiate the terms. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' What's he want? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' For me to make contact with the Patrons. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Oma, you're in this mess because you made a deal with a spirit and now you want to go out into The Maelstrom and make a deal with another? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' I'm not making a deal with The Patrons, I'm just using them as a notary... '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' W-What do you mean? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Well, as you know, life is brought with life. The Patron is a means to... increase the exchange rate, so to speak. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Why not just ask them to banish Oathkeeper? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Why would I do that? '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' The whole point was to get rid of that thing! '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' No, the point was to save my life! We've already established that you're incapable of repairing the ward, so where does that leave me? Oathkeeper escapes his prison: I die. Oathkeeper is banished from my person: I grow old. Both are unacceptable. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' You're acting like growing old is a death sentence! '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' It is!.. And it is slow. And painful. You don't understand what it's like to have your body grow frail and decrepit... for your mind to shrivel... to have others stare at you with nothing but pity... No. I will not die a crone. And if I make Oathkeeper happy? I won't have to. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' I won't be a part of this. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Don't be stupid. You ''are'' a part of this. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Not any more I'm not. If you think I'll help you- '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Darling. You don't have a choice. '''[[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]]:''' Go to hell, Oma... ''Johann collapses on the ground, spilling the drugged cup of tea.'' '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Oathkeeper. How much is he worth? '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' My, my. You are full of surprises, Jeanne.<center>'''Followed by:''' ''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#5g - The Sacrifice|"The Sacrifice"]]'' </center> == 4e - Paying off the Tab == <small>''Follows from [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#3c - A New Deal|Chapter 3c - A New Deal]] if "Play Off Oathkeeper's Honor" was picked.''</small> ''Lady Geist stands in an alleyway, covered in blood.'' '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' Ahhh, exquisite, Geist... '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' See? I'm a woman of my word. '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' You exaggerate. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Please, I'm paying you back with interest. How much were they worth? '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' Two months. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' There were three of them! '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' Yes, but they were so... pedestrian. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Ach, at this rate I'll have to kill off half the island to satisfy you. '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' What a lovely thought. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' We need an alternative. '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' [sighs]... What do you have in mind? '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' The Maelstrom. With all the spirits, and rituals, and what-not there has to be a way to, uh... improve the exchange rate, or something. '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' Seek the blessing of the Patrons. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' [Scoffs], Okay... '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' You want to appease me without a massacre? Fight on my behalf. Summon the Patron and earn their favor. Do this, and we can be free of each other. I'll find a new host, and you will get to live out your natural life with no strings attached. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' "No strings." We know how that worked for both of us before. '''[[Oathkeeper]]:''' A boon from the Patron is more powerful than either of us. It's the only way to ensure we both get what we want. '''{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}:''' Very well.<center>'''Followed by:''' ''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription#5i - All Good Things|"All Good Things"]]'' </center>
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