Valiance

Myriad Reality

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It appears to be safe. We can go.

@System

*Looks to the top of the stairs and squints*
I hope this can be ended easily.

Myriad Reality

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*Shoots the strip, causing it to emit its own, weak magical energy*

@System

*It doesn’t seem to interact at all with whatever is coming from the ziggurat*

Myriad Reality

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Ah, excellent.
*Holds the strip in an open palm, and it takes off, spinning upward near the energy disturbances, the magic circuits being triggered by different interactions with the force*

@System

*Nothing seems to come from interacting with it other than a mild repulsive force*

Myriad Reality

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Is that you?

@System

It is. Combing under the structure for traps.

Myriad Reality

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*Removes a thin strip from my belt, like paper, and inscribes a series of sharp, intertwining diagrams before folding the strip itself into a complex pattern*

@System

*The ground can be felt shifting ever so slightly where you stand*

Myriad Reality

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We could always test it. I need a moment to prepare, though.

@System

*Nods, then squats down and places my palm flat against the ground*

Myriad Reality

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Hm, we could of course carve into its base, but that may attract unwanted attention.

@System

You think whatever that radiation is is dangerous?
*Points up*

Myriad Reality

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It may be trapped. I would exercise caution.

@System

I don’t think so. At least not in any elemental way… I guess there’s more than just that in play, this time.

Myriad Reality

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*Taps at the base of the tower, gauging the composition of the structure*

@System

*It appears to be made out of simple, primitive adobe bricks, and I tentatively take a single step onto the base of the staircase to the top*

Myriad Reality

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We may not have the opportunity later. But regardless, do you sense the fraudulent elements nearby?

@System

*Shakes my head*
Not yet. But…
*Looks up as the view of the ziggurat becomes towering from where we stand, and mild ripples of energy resonate from openings near the entrance at the top, akin visually to the likes of a heat wave*