ooc: nameless skip 1, tellu skip 1
Time: ???
Weather: cold
Mentions:  [@Tellussoil] [@Karcen][@Nameless Hero]
TLDR: party is injured but free to proceed deeper
music:  
[hider=music for the pyramid]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q8dQ6D2gUA
[/hider]

Xune's spell erupted through the chamber in a violent surge of cold and heat. Frost raced across stone, metal, bone, and armor before being followed by a wave of burning fire. The abrupt shift shattered weakened structures throughout the room. Pylons cracked. Conduits burst. Wardens broke apart beneath the strain. Several scavengers were caught in the blast and disappeared within the destruction.

The barriers formed around Xune, Mantis, and Bones only moments before the waves washed over them. The shields cracked immediately and collapsed soon after, but they held long enough to keep the group alive through the blast. When the light finally faded, all three remained standing, though none escaped entirely unharmed.

The chains binding Xune were gone. Whatever connection had been feeding from her had been broken along with the damaged machinery. The pressure that had been suppressing her lesser magic disappeared as well, leaving her free to act without the same interference that had plagued her since entering the chamber.

The room itself was no longer stable. Ruined pylons leaned at odd angles and shattered conduits spilled fading green light across the floor. Despite the damage, the sensation of lifeforce being drawn away had not vanished. If anything, it had increased. It lingered in the chamber as a constant pressure. Remaining where they were would continue to wear them down.

Across the far side of the room, a section of the wall had split apart during the destruction. Beyond it stretched a passage descending deeper into the pyramid. Unlike the ruined chamber behind them, the machinery within that corridor still moved with steady purpose, green light flowing through intact conduits as the structure continued operating somewhere below.

[hider=Interior of pyramid]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/NAZHxrV.png[/img]
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