OOC: what'll we do
mentions: [@supamusu][@Moonberry][@JonTheArchivist] [@Ducksworth] [@ImaginedBird]

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The mirrored chamber breathed with quiet menace. Every surface shimmered with reflected movement, light bending and warping until the space seemed alive. On the throne of dark water Kavros Dern continued staring down the party.

When he spoke, his voice was a low current that rolled through the hall and pressed against the skin.
[color=00aeef][b]“Alive,”[/b][/color] he said, as if tasting the word. [b][color=00aeef]“You came all this way for that? Curious. Most who enter my Domain crave power, not mercy.”[/color][/b]

He leaned forward, his massive frame shifting. [color=00aeef][b]“I was once a man of muscle and obedience. Now I am the hand that shapes thought. These walls listen to me. They remember what I desire. It goes without saying I'll not leave with you.”[/b][/color]

The runes along the mirrored floor brightened at his words. Mist swirled low around the party’s boots. The sweetness in the air deepened, clinging to their throats. A faint hum began to crawl beneath their skin, the party would be reminded of the ever present drug in the mists of the labyrinth.

[color=00aeef][b]“You may leave,”[/b][/color] Kavros continued. [color=00aeef][b][i][i]“Walk away. Or kneel, and learn what it means to have purpose. Serve me, and I will let you share in the Domain’s gifts. It grants power that no mortal hunger could ever fill.”[/i][/i][/b][/color]

Aramis's study of the mist would discern the mist was not actually water vapor but of shaped mana like a spell.

A faint smile tugged at Kavros lips. [color=00aeef][b]"You a mage by chance? A scholar? I can give you a number of secrets I have found and power if you join me"[/b][/color] Kavros offered specifically to Aramis.

Kavros leaned back . The mirrored floor rippled outward, faces drifting beneath its surface, silent and watching. The scent in the air grew sweeter still, heavy with promise and corruption alike.