DELETED08729 — Roleplayer Guild

KYL-9XX / Mitis Forest

It took the cyborg a lot less time than expected to explore the facility. Whoever used to run this place, they had taken almost everything with them safe for some office furniture and minor electronic equipment when they left. Most of it was of little to no interest, a power supply was not to be found either. Kyle did encounter a few assault demons in some dark corners, but after the warm-up with the scarecrows he was able to make quick work of them, especially since they appeared in very small groups only. However, no matter where he was in the facility, he could constantly hear noises from outside, signaling the gathering of multiple demons converging on his position. The cyborg was getting anxious: he had spent more than enough time exploring the forest and this facility, but he had yet to find any signs of the Gorgon.

Once he was sure he had checked every corner to no avail, Kyle thought it was time to search further into the forest. Not wanting to go out the way he came in, the cyborg decided to exit through a hole in the upper floor, leading to a seemingly calm part of the forest. When he got outside, he checked for demonic signatures again, maybe following them would finally lead him somewhere. Kyle came across smaller groups of scarecrows, and took them out one by one with a combination of his gatling gun and flamethrower. The scarecrows were like breadcrumbs on his path that in the end would hopefully lead him to the Gorgon. A few minutes later, Kyle came across a particular stone, four different paths leading away from it. An inspection of the stone revealed a cryptic inscription: "Where there is light, there is shadow, but shadow only leads to darkness". He thought about it for a few seconds, but couldn't make much sense out of it. As his scanner didn't reveal any signatures close-by and his anxiousness was not dwindling, Kyle chose one of the four paths randomly and started walking down on it...only to came across the stone with the inscription again.

There was obviously some sort of magic going on here, so solving the inscription was probably a necessity to chose the right path. The cyborg was furstrated at first, sick of wasting time, but then a realization hit him. Why would anyone set this up? And who? If someone went through all the trouble of engineering this, there had to be something important waiting at the end, right? With new-found motivation, Kyle tried to crack the code. He decided to try the other 2 paths first however, just to make sure it would lead to the same result. And indeed, he always ended up back at the stone. As he looked around, the cyborg had the feeling something had changed. He couldn't put on his finger on it, but something was definitely different. Shadows, darkness, light...of course! The shadows from the trees, they were constantly changing each time he came back to the crossroads. Kyle looked up, the sun was high up in the sky, shining down on him and and the forest. 

He decided to test something, and took the left path. When he reached the crossroads again, he looked up, and his suspicion was confirmed. The sun had changed positions, it was now located to the east instead of the west. The puzzle seemed solved. Kyle took a deep breath and started on the path that stood directly under the sun. If he was right, what would he find on the other side?
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