If anything, why not pick it and not act on it, if it has no drawbacks might as well at least make it less likely someone else has it if multiple people grabbed it, then just don't attempt to go along with it at all.
@dragonboy03 While true, you brought to mind a good appeal of it: whatever killed him on the 99th floor would give him a dope skill, then he could just stab himself a few times to have not made any permanent enemies.