Strange Lights



This is a Lake exploration event. It can occur multiple times per play through and offers the chance to gain Seaweed and the positive trait  Blessed permanently. Explorers can drink the water or swim near the lights, lowering their Fatigue and  Depression respectively, at the cost of increased  Sickness

If you were to encounter the Mysterious Grave before this event and chose to Open the Grave, the outcome of Dive Deep changes entirely.

Inspect
Strange lights are shimmering deep below the surface at this specific spot. You can't make out what is the cause of these lights, sometimes you feel you see a glowing shape but you can't be sure. When you swim near the lights, you feel a certain... Warmth. But like it was coming from inside your body. It's not unpleasant.

Dive Deep x1
Note: This is a 'red' option, meaning the 'entity' will disappear once this action is taken! Relevant Skills:  Intelligence ,  Scavenging  You want to get to the bottom of these lights, literally you are drowned in them! As you're close to the source of the lights, you feel a warm hand grabbing yours. It belongs to an alluring priestess. She's the most beautiful creature you've ever seen. She seems so unreal.


 *  Admire the Lady ( Intelligence )
 * Failure :She's shaking her head and invites you to swim back up. But... but you need to reach the lights! You keep diving and reach the bottom. There are so many riches! You start playing with them, like you would with sand. You feel warm and nice. You could stay there forever. You feel a cold hand on your shoulder. That makes you come back to reality. The riches you were playing with... well... they were not riches per say. More like some kind of glowing sea snake. It's wrapped all around your body now. Its glow fades in and out, and with it some burning feeling on your skin. You panic.
 * + Depression.png Depression
 * + Injury.png Injury
 * The strange lady comes from behind you and traces a blue glowing rune on the sea snake. It makes it recoil with a strange hissing noise. You quickly swim up. On the surface, you search for the priestess. She's nowhere to be seen. She saved your life! You thank the gods, convinced they sent her.
 * - Depression.png Depression
 * + Scavenging Experience
 * + Seaweed.png Seaweed
 * Success :She's shaking her head and invites you to swim back up. You wanted to reach the lights but... now you're unsure if diving is wise. You look quizzically at her. She traces some runes in the water. They glow blue and make the lights go away. You gasp in horror discovering what the lights were hiding: a dozen corpses! You quickly swim up. On the surface, you search for the priestess. She's nowhere to be seen. She saved your life! You thank the gods, convinced they sent her.
 * - Depression.png Depression
 * The participating character receives the positive trait Special Trait Icon.png Blessed permanently.
 * + Scavenging Experience
 * + Seaweed.png Seaweed

Dive Deep (Cursed)
Note: This is a 'red' option, meaning the 'entity' will disappear once this action is taken! 'Note: This outcome is only available if you encountered the Mysterious Grave event and chose to Open the Grave''.  Relevant Skills:  Intelligence ,  Scavenging ''' You want to get to the bottom of these lights, literally you are drowned in them! As you're close to the source of the lights, you feel a warm hand grabbing yours. It belongs to an alluring priestess. She's the most beautiful creature you've ever seen. She seems so unreal.


 *  Admire the Lady
 * You lose yourself in the apparition's blue eyes, forgetting all about time. You're reminded of it when you start lacking breath. You quizzically look at the priestess. Where she once stood is now a decaying corpse with blue glowing runes carved into her body. You remember those runes from the grave you opened!
 * + Depression.png Depression
 * You gasp in horror! "She" grabs you and pulls you deeper. You struggle getting out of her clutch. You manage to rip her arm and swim back to the surface. The water is cold as steel now.
 * + Scavenging Experience
 * + Seaweed.png Seaweed
 * The survivor becomes permanently Special Trait Icon.png Cursed...

Drink water x2
You take a sip of water from near the lights. You instantly feel something inside of your body, a soft warmth that soothes all your muscles, filling you with energy.
 * - Fatigue.png Fatigue

After a while, you notice that you are coughing blood.
 * + Sickness.png Sickness

Swim x2
You dare to take a swim where the lights shine bright. You instantly feel something inside your body. As if you were back in the womb of your loving mother. You float here for a while in a dreamlike state, all your worries leaving your soul.
 * - Depression.png Depression

Suddenly, a terrible cough wakes you from your dream. You swim ashore, your mind free but feeling sick.


 * + Sickness.png Sickness + chance of Disease icon.png Chronic Disease