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[Acting on a trusted source, your expedition party to the Andes Mountains leads to the discovery of a hidden bunker, whose huge steel payload door appears once camouflaged but is now exposed. A handwritten note secured in a small messenger bag is the only indication of life you find]
“To Whomever Finds This,
Today is the fifth of June, 1995. If you’re reading this, and you seek what I sought in this place, know that it was never here, if it were anywhere at all. What I did find here both nearly killed me, in multiple ways, and you’re better off now that it’s gone. Gone too are the men that kept me here, and I assure you that you don’t want to find what’s left of them, either.
My name is Lara Croft
For nearly three months, I was held captive by a band of mercenaries captained by a man named Stellan. I was starved, suspended, beaten, waterboarded, interrogated, stripped, raped, interrogated, and still I refused to be broken. However, my captor was more resourceful than most. He wanted all of the contacts and leads I could offer, and when pain couldn’t extract them from me, he subjected me to the most intense pleasure I believe I will ever experience in my lifetime. I still do not know what this thing is, this being he procured. But whatever it is, it has a unique ability to sense and tap into the limbic system of its host, wherein it reads and amplifies…well…everything.