[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/0EjtAmP.png[/img] [img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjcyLmJhYmFiYS5TWFpoSjB0eWFHOW8uMAAAAAAA/lovecrafts-diary.regular.png[/img] [color=silver]~~The Illuminator~~[/color][/center] [i]Location: Wall of Hlakth, Interior[/i] [hr] [hider=Interior][img]https://i-h2.pinimg.com/564x/e7/a6/ce/e7a6ce7466a9a4915a8f56787d11cae7.jpg[/img][/hider] "Wow this place is...big." The inside of the cavern, was massive. In fact, by all accounts it [i]couldn't[/i] have been shaped like this. It defied all logical thinking that something this big could be contained within something like the wall. Well, she wasn't going to overly question it. All she had to do was keep moving. Cresting the top of a set of stairs carved into the ice, Lahzria placed her hands to the sides of her mouth and made a funnel. "Helllooooooo!" Her voice echoed lightly off the walls. "This place is massive..." Bryyre, trailing along behind Lahzria replied, finally catching up to her. "I can see why people get lost. No landmarks, so many passages. It's almost impossible to tell where you are. You'd need some way of tracking your progress." "Well if I had the time and materials I could probably make a map!" Lahzria replied brightly. "Not that it matters, I think we're going the right way." "You think?" "Yep!" Lahzria continued, hopping down onto a nearby ledge. Bryyre had to catch her arm before she went tumbling right over the edge. "W-woah that's...a long way down...uh anyways, yea, probably going the right way." The human continued walking, taking out a small parchment with some notes on it. "Our chances of finding something just by walking alone is pretty good. From what I've read it seems there are multiple portals to the library here. Not to mention the markings on the walls." "Markings?" "What? Haven't noticed?" Lahzria paused for a moment as the hallway began to enlarge, the walls, the floor, everything expanding outwards as they walked. Lahzria paused, frowning lightly. Coming to another ledge, Lahzria paused and observed the impossible drop before her. The massive Cavern's floor seemed to have given way to a large pit below. Across the chasm she could see...a structure of some sort? Seemed to be made of stone, from the look of it and was some sort of door and other mechanism. It'd be easier to get up the other side it seemed - the ice had been cut in various places that seemed easy enough to climb. "Uhm...anyways, there have been small markings carved into the ice occasionally. I can't really read them, too worn or faded and I don't have anything to try and make them...but they have to be leading us somewhere...This place is massive." "How do we get across?" Bryyre frowned, observing the room. There was no obvious path to the other side. The walls were smooth ice, making climbing the way across impossible. There was no bridge, just a pit of spikes. "No idea." She replied in a happy, completely unhelpful manner. "Could make a bridge, maybe? Or if we could fly, perhaps." "And how do you think we should do that?" The old hunter questioned. "No wood or rope." "Well, we do have rope..." Lahzria scratched her head, observing the area before her. This was quite the problem, wasn't it? She did't have the time to actually construct a bridge. By her own estimations, it was nearing or a little past midnight. She just needed to be creative with what she had. Stone hunting knife. Rope. Lots of rope. Food rations. Extra furs...Bryyre had his spear. And his muscles. "...hey Bryyre, think you can lift me?" "...I'm not going to try tossing you across that chasm." "Bwahaha," Lahzria laughed cheekily at the suggestion. "Whaaa? Okay, just because I thought of it and thought it'd be fun, doesn't mean I'm a complete idiot. But can you lift me?" "You weigh about as much as a snow hare, and I wrestled a bear once." "Okay, okay, I get it mister." It was well, a somewhat crazy idea and she didn't know if it'd work. But she needed to get down there somehow, and since there was no obvious way she had to somehow scale a sheer cliff made of ice. Was this an exercise in teamwork? She didn't know, nor cared too much. For now though, she simply grabbed the rope from her satchels and began tying them into complex knots, using the extra fur to make a bit of extra padding. "Hey, give me your spear will ya?" Obliging, Bryyre curiously looked on at what Lahzria was doing. She snapped the thing in half. "Lahzria!" "Hey, don't worry don't worry! I know what I'm doing. Sorta." Taking the sharpened stone head of the spear, Lazhira untied it from the wooden pole, before making a new notch and securing it so that it was perpendicular to the wood and tying it firmly and giving it a firm tug. Good, nice and secure. Probably. With the makeshift harness and axe now completed, Lahzria tied it around her. "Great, now lift me down there." "What?" "The rope! This thing should hold most of my weight. Should just have to hold it and lower me down." Bryyre rubbed his head, shaking it lightly. Well, there was no use in telling the girl no now so he'd just have to go with it and make sure she didn't hurt herself. [@Lord Zee] Anu'Varr [hr] It had been growing impatient. It was delaying in its tasks, Lord Iva would not be pleased. As it waited for the mistress of the castle to show herself, the black winged creature began pacing, eyeing the succubi and other demons idly. It had no business with them, so for the most part it ignored them unless they had come to close. For then it would screech, flaring its wings as a warning. It seemed that finally however, its target showed herself. As soon as Anu left the castle, the creature stood straighter, holding its wings closer to its body as if showing respect for the Goddess of Devilry. Bowing, it presented Anu with the scroll, letting her take it quickly and waited for her to read. Iva's Sigil was painted delicately on the top, making the identity of the sender fairly easy to guess. The letter was fairly long winded, with a few tangents and more than half of it was likely just rambling of the mad god. [hider=Anu's letter][color=silver][i]"Anu! Lovely weather for a tea party! Consider this your formal one-time invitation to the library! It shall be grand and lovely! Cheese! Cake! Pits full of clowns! I don't even know what a clown is! An angry immortal skipping rope with entrails! Ah but right, to business! A business proposition for you! Are you aware of what little Gammy is planning? The silly little god of law intends to create some sort of assembly of all of us! How fun! Ah, gathering everyone in one place! It'd be a hilariously deviously party of debauchery and blood! Gathering us all in one place. Agh, makes me want to pluck out a mortals tongue and use it as a paintbrush. I shall not try too hard to convince you to go, but I have decided that I'll probably be attending. As a god of knowledge, I know how much power such a thing holds. Besides, if not with my help, then with another! Better to keep an eye on those who would collar you. Right right, a deal for you then! I wish to open a Library in Osarion. A storehouse for all your knowledge, depraved and beautiful. It will also act as an access for the Library at large, where I will collect all of it and copy it myself. I'll provide all the things needed. In return...I'll keep you informed of the activities of this little assembly! Do tell if you are interested! Or stop by the Library if you want! But not now though, little gammy is here! Ta-ta my beautifully dark sister! Do hurry and reply, I've been known to change my mind a time or two! P.S. A little gift! If you see a fly like this, Gammy intends to use it as eyes and ears for the world! Feel free to crush and maim unless you want your little secrets getting out."[/i][/color][/hider] The letter seemed to make a proposition and Iva's intentions clear. He was likely going to join the assembly in some fashion, and would then feed information to Anu of its activities if she didn't want to join. In return, he simply wanted to open a branch of his library there. It also informed her of Gammaton's flies that were to act as both of their eyes and ears in the world. Assuming of course, he did stay in this assemblage. It was likely he had some other plan as well, though it was probably difficult to tell at this point. Once Anu had finished with the letter, the black creature flicked its tail impatiently, seemingly waiting for her reply. [@Duoya] Hayim [hr] The creature, seemingly aware of Hayim's presence immediately backed away slightly, flapping its wings and taking a step back, observing the small God of Health. Play? What was this play? It hadn't a clue, but what it did know it was here on Iva's behalf to get Hayim to come to the Library. It produced the scroll, rolling it open and laying it on the ground. Assuming that Hayim looked, he'd find a rather bright, if childish drawing of Iva on the front of it. It showed the god of knowledge sitting next to a pile of grass, wearing an over exaggerated frown. An arrow indicated the next part of the story, one where Hayim arrived on the back of this black winged creature, causing the drawing of Iva to look up, doing a happy pirouette. The third and final one showed Iva pointing to the grass, with Hayim having planted and caused a number of plants and everything to grow. Of course, Hayim was free to ignore the sheet and do what he did best - heal. But could he truly heal this abomination? Would it [i]want[/i] to be healed? It seemed fairly content with its life, for the moment and didn't seem to be in any pain. Perhaps mildly impatient. It might not take kindly to being 'healed' either, but perhaps such thoughts didn't cross the god of Health's mind.