Abyssal Baths
You discover a secluded chamber. Steam rises from bubbling pools of hot liquid that shifts colors with hypnotic rhythm. Barnacled growths hang from the ceiling, dripping viscous fluid that hisses and writhes when it touches the surface. The air feels heavy, laden with salt and something unmistakably organic. As you approach the edge of the largest pool, the liquid ripples. The waters bubble more intensely as if anticipating your entry.
Choices
2 options available
Immerse
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 3 damage.
Abstain
Heal 10 HP.
Event Flow
15 steps
You decline the temptation of the waters, instead gathering crystalline salts that have formed along the edges. As you apply them to your skin, the pools churn and froth agitatedly. The ambient temperature drops noticeably, and for a moment all reflective surfaces in the room show a version of you that seems hollow-eyed and diminished. You can't shake the feeling of having missed something transformative.
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 3 damage.
If you bathe any longer you will die.
If you bathe any longer you will die.
The heat finally gets to you, and you hop out of the bath.
The liquid burns against your skin, simultaneously freezing and scalding. Beneath the surface, something brushes against your legs—tendrils? Currents with purpose? But when the pain subsides, you feel... denser somehow. More substantial. The waters seem to hum with satisfaction.
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 4 damage.
You discover a secluded chamber. Steam rises from bubbling pools of hot liquid that shifts colors with hypnotic rhythm. Barnacled growths hang from the ceiling, dripping viscous fluid that hisses and writhes when it touches the surface. The air feels heavy, laden with salt and something unmistakably organic. As you approach the edge of the largest pool, the liquid ripples. The waters bubble more intensely as if anticipating your entry.
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 3 damage.
Heal 10 HP.
The temperature keeps rising! How long can you endure before the steam cooks you from within?
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 5 damage.
It keeps getting hotter! The pool's bubbling sounds like laughter.
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 6 damage.
IT'S SO HOT! You wonder if this is what it's like to live in the Village of Demons?
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 7 damage.
You have bathed so long you have lost track of time and your mind...
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 8 damage.
It's nice in here.
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 9 damage.
Really fantastic.
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 10 damage.
You feel great
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 11 damage.
Mmm...
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 12 damage.
Zzz... ..zzzz....
Gain 2 Max HP. Take 13 damage.
Strategy Tip
Immerse for +2 Max HP at 3 damage, then keep Lingering as long as your HP allows — each dip gives +2 Max HP but damage escalates (3, 4, 5, 6...). Exit before the death warning. Abstain for a flat 10 HP heal is the safe play when low on health.