[center][h2][b]Ophelia[/b][/h2][/center]

Ophelia found herself paying much attention to the architecture as they arrived in the last chamber, having had a remarkably easy time going through the labyrinth owing to the powers of the Deception rune and her blade--though it had been a hair precarious for the others at times, they had all made it here with only a single blood vial needing to be used and had earned a healthy surfeit of blood echoes for their trouble. Farren had the brilliant idea to use the Heir rune, which she supposed made a remarkable amount of sense, though she personally would be content to do double the work for the same echoes given how tremendously powerful the effect of her particular rune and weapon were. She stopped over at the basin that Gerlinde pointed out and admired it for a moment before beckoning Torquil over, communing with her blade as she did so.

[i]"What a curious place... is there anything you can tell me about this basin? I wonder if it will work on me, immune to eldritch influences as I am?"[/I]

"[I]This is very deep in the Nightmare... though it looks like the Interstice, it has long since left the Waking World behind and transitioned entirely. The basin is but one of the quirks of the Nightmare, the fleeting thought of some slumbering Great One. If you want it to work on you, Champion, an exception shall be made. Its power will be allowed through your protection.[/I]"

"Seems simple enough! It occurred to me that I might get more out of Nayra if I feign having the same cosmic eyes as her, and... I think we might be able to steal the ritual they're performing away from them and use it for our own purposes. If we're clever, and obtain the right truths and the right tools..." Ophelia spoke as she stood over the basin and imagined the changes she wanted: the same starry and cosmic eyes that Nayra had for her sclera, with her iris remaining and taking on the colour of the moon within her blade, and for her hair to be thicker and healthier--and in a more elaborate pattern of braids, also changed to the colour of the moon. Everything else about herself she felt quite content with and had no desire to change.

[i]"Should I jump in with you, or leave you behind for a moment?"[/i] she asked her blade.

"[I]It feels as though the basin only allows one entity at a time to use it. Taking the Cosmic Sword of Truth with you could have... unpredictable results. It is probably best that you do not.[/I]" it replied, and she quickly offered the blade to Farren to hold for a moment. She got the sense he would be appreciative of getting to examine its craftsmanship, at least.

With that done, Ophelia finalised how she wanted herself to look, checked it again, and then again, and finally jumped into the basin.