Naigad

Naigad is a character found at the Sejan lake. She's there looking for unknown treasure at the bottom of the lake for a powerful and even more unknown contractor in a mysterious and shady manner.
===First meeting===
When the player first arrives at the Sejan lake, the place seems quite deserted. If they choose to go for a swim, a shadowy creature approaches them during the swimming trip, and they can choose to swim away, wait for what it does, or attack it. No matter the choice, it turns out to be Naigad bored out of her mind, wanting to startle the player. After a quick introduction, she swims away, leaving the player alone on the beach.
===The treasure===
The player can meet Naigad again when visiting the lake during the day. At night, she's nowhere to be found. After some fruitless chit-chat, she notices that the player has five fingers on their hands. As it turns out, she's looking to open a chest at the bottom of the lake, and the mechanism on it requires a five-fingered hand, something quite rare with the world's known inhabitants. She then explains that she's brought a synthetic arm with her, but it doesn't seem to be working. She offers the player payment (which is settled on before the job) for helping her retrieve the treasure at the bottom of the lake.
The player can either attempt to fix the arm or to use their own to open the chest. Repairing the robot arm requires Intelligence 6 and correct decisions from the player. If the arm fries completely due to a mistake when fixing it, she is slightly annoyed by it but concludes that it wasn't a huge loss since it didn't work anyway. The other option requires the player to dive down to the lake bed and use their hand to open the chest. When manually opening the chest, it does actually open very easily. Naigad then hastily grabs the artefact that seems to be a stone circle of some kind and leaves the player with the chest. What she doesn't notice is that when the player places their palm in the lock mechanism, it gets stuck in it. If the player has Strength 8, they can pull their hand free from the mechanism. Alternatively, if they have insufficient strength, the player loses consciousness but is saved by Naigad. After the job is done, the two separate with the promise of the negotiated reward for the player on their next encounter at the lake.
There are a number of possible payments the two can agree on, although in any case only one of these options can be chosen:
* Fixed payment of 2 or 3 adats and 200 krats (no skill check needed for the increase)
* The robotic arm
* A future favour from Naigad
* A kiss on the cheek (only with male player characters)
* Sex (only with male player characters with Charisma 8)
* Nothing (the player helps for free)
After the transaction, Naigad leaves the area and can't be encountered anymore.
==The payment==
If the player convinces Naigad to settle with a carnal form of payment, they might have a tender moment together, instead of just a business transaction. If the player has the stats (Charisma 10 or Charisma 8 and Intelligence 8), and puts in the effort to warm her up first, they can engage in some foreplay with her, including some intense tongue kissing. However, Naigad's sizeable tongue may cause the player character to almost suffocate, causing him to lose consciousness in the middle of the kiss. The slightly embarrassing experience affects the two and makes Naigad to develop feelings towards the player. She leaves before making any further attachments, but it may affect a future encounter with her if they meet again.
==Gallery==
naigad_main.png|v1 version of the main sprite.
naigad_lake.jpg|In the water.
naigad_robot_arm.jpg|The nonfunctional robot arm.
sejan_chest.jpg|The chest at the bottom of the lake.
naigad_wakeup.jpg|Waking up after nearly drowning.
naigad_support.jpg|Having a moment together.
naigad_head.jpg|Close-up.
naigad_kiss.jpg|It was supposed to be just a kiss on the cheek.
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