A) Is it possible to return to my body?
Umbraria considers the question for a moment. She looks at you as if appraising some hidden characteristic before replying.
"Returning to your previous body would be a difficult affair, at best. Your body was mortally wounded. If you went back to it you'd just end up here again a little later. Reuniting soul with body requires powerful healing magics, and a good grasp of resurrection techniques-"
"The sort of expertise I can provide." A sinister voice booms. Umbraria rolls her eyes and frown, as smoke billows on the far side of the room.
"You just can't resist butting in, can you? How did you ever find the way in here?" She asks.
"My methods are unimportant, Lady Umbraria. All that matters is the results." The smoke coalesces into a colossal figure made of the stuff of nightmares. With jet black skin, glowing red eyes, and large, bleached white horns, its malevolent grin sending shivers down your spine. Next to you, you feel Nina tense up as she gulps at the sight of the demon.
"Welcome to the domain of the dead, mortal. I have been waiting for you." It bellows, growling like an animal that has just sated its hunger.
"Pardés." Umbraria says, her tone curt and icy. "Say your piece and get out. This ballroom isn't a place for you to show off."
"Very well, Lady." Pardés says, nodding. "Listen well, mortal. You desire a new life, and I can grant you that. All I ask of you is a favor, at a future time, and nothing else. I wish to deal with you in good faith, and honor my word if you honor yours. If your desire is to make a deal with me, simply call out my name and I shall arrive. I look forward to seeing you again."
"Alright, that's enough. Off with you!" With another puff of smoke, the gigantic demon disappears, leaving you, Nina, and Umbraria alone again.
"Pardés of the Wild Garden. A powerful archdevil...and regrettably, one of the beings skilled enough to resurrect you. There are others out there with those powers, however, and not quite as malevolent...though most aren't as honorable, either." Umbraria leans back on her chair, sulkily. "That idiot is so condescending. Pisses me the hell off."
41) In the wake of the demon's disappearance, a fragile silence falls upon the room.
A) Free Choice.
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