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I recommend you to check out the previous parts if you don’t know what this “neural narratives” thing is about. In short, I wrote in Python a system to have multi-character conversations with large language models (like Llama 3.1), in which the characters are isolated in terms of memories and bios, so no leakage to other participants. Here’s the GitHub repo, that now even features a proper readme.

In the previous part of this little tale, the team of heroes found the missing girl, Elizabeth Harrow, but the ritual she had been subjected to had turned her into something not quite human. The culprit, an alien named Zha’thik, showed herself to be impervious to bullets.

Here’s the disconcerting climax of this little story.

Notes on this part: I genuinely had no clue how to resolve this situation, hence the protagonist requesting valid plans from others. When Zha’thik referred to her and Elizabeth being together, I saw an opening, and ran with it. Turned out better than I expected.

Anyway, the story will end in the following part. I have already produced it, so I’ll probably post it tomorrow.