System

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

*The rest of the room is totally empty. A further ways down, out of sight from where you currently stand, stairs go up to a more extended grand hall that still has text-lined walls, but aisles of short bookshelves line the center*

@Valiance

*The drone creeps along the walls and visits the library above*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

*Closer inspection shows what looks to be a woman tracing over text on the wall with a finger, while a still indistinguishable looking, monstrous shadowy figure looms over her shoulder*

@Valiance

*Sends a small drone forward to scout out the rest of the room*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

*None of the text seems to be able to be made sense of, for one reason or another*

@Valiance

*Looks toward the figures and zooms in my vision, keeping a distance*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

*At the end of the hall, a new massive grand hall is formed, with a ceiling so much taller and walls so much farther apart than it should feel possible given the structure's size itself. Hieroglyphics line the walls from end to end, all the way around the room, and at a distant point within the room, a shadowy figure looms over a humanoid one as they stare at the text on the wall*

@Valiance

*Scans through the hieroglyphics for decipherable language patterns*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

*Halfway along the walk to the next chamber, the material of the structure shifts from adobe brick to solid black stone, the gleams with an odd cleanliness for an ancient chamber against your light*

@Valiance

*Gingerly brushes my hand against the walls while I trace my way through the hall*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

*The long curved hallway beyond this doorway becomes pitch black within a few feet, much less well lit than the prior sections*

@Valiance

*The beam gathers into a sphere in front of me, the pale glow illuminating a short distance ahead of me as I continue through the chamber*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

...

@Valiance

*Carves a teleportation sigil into the wall that triggers on danger, and leaves a note explaining that I’ve proceeded deeper into the structure before walking toward where the barrier used to be*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

*The cocoon snaps away almost in an instant, leaving me lying on the ground, unconscious but without a scratch on me. The moment that energy fades, the sealed door’s barrier dissipates as well*

@Valiance

*Draws a set of protection sigils on the strips and attaches them to the wall*
Akora, can you hear me?

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

*A singular cocoon of swirling pink energy, noticeably different from the stuff attacking you before, lies on the floor in the chamber. The floors, walls, and ceiling are all charred black, and Garsun is nowhere to be seen, while the red barrier to the next room hums softly as though it did not falter*

@Valiance

*Emerges from the ground, battered and cautious of remaining traps, and makes my way toward the cocoon*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by System>

*Silence follows the aftermath of the explosion, even any conflict that could be heard outside is no longer audible*

@Abominations

*Sends a miniature probe to scout ahead, looking for Akora*