[hider=Pings][center][@Duskshine749][@Sarcelle Renard][@Mag Lev][@ClocktowerEchos][@SilverDawn][/center][/hider]

The omniprescent Hivemind examined the little Igs as they made their introductions. They were quite cute, in a way. But, it was best not to get attached, what with the deathrate of Igs in the outside world and all. Messy buisness, that was.

The youngest of them toddled into the white room and beyond without hesitation. Now that was a leader's spirit. Hivemind would have to remember to keep an eye on her, out of her hundred thousands of brothers and sisters. Or, yaknow. Maybe she'd die first. One of the two.

The Seeker's Knowledge whirred with 1s and 0s before dissapearing from the wall entirely.

[h3][color=slategray][center][b]The Seeker's Knowledge[/b][/center][/color][/h3][center][h3][color=FBDAEF][b]Sala[/b][/color][/h3][@SilverDawn][/center]

Briefly the world spins around you in torrents of blue and white. As if raised from the depths, a marble checkerprint floor lifts in front of you, carving a path out of nothing. Slowly other shadowy shapes take their place around you, warbling and shifting as if they didn't quite understand themselves, impossible geometry quaking in and out of existance. At first it's jarring, a little terrifying even, but just as your mind starts wrapping itself round the horrific shapes, they ebb away into nothing, and you wonder if there had been anything to worry about in the first place.

 As you progress through the brief hallway - are you walking, or is the world moving around you? - the mind-bending geometry becomes a little repetitive. Boring, even. It's really not that worrying at all, actually. 

[center][b]Your ability to deal with the strange and macabre improves.[/b][/center]

The room opens up into a large circular bowl, three pedestals standing before you. On one sits a strange [b]mirror,[/b] the glass within obscured by strange mists. Another sits an [b]old thome,[/b] bound in worn leathers and tied with string. The last macabre item seems to be some sort of [b]hat[/b], made from the head of a fox-like creature, but smaller.

[right][color=slategray]"[b]ᴄʜᴏᴏsᴇ ᴏɴᴇ, ᴍʏ ᴅᴇᴀʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴛʜ sʜᴀʟʟ ʟᴇᴀᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏɴᴡᴀʀᴅs. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ.[/b]"[/color][/right]
The voice of Hivemind reverberated from all around you.