EVERYONE
A thin coat of dust covers everything, from the panels to the panes, from the chairs to the floors. The place hasn't seen much use in ages, that much is clear. Yet, this very same layer of dust lets the heroes see their own trails around the room. Back and forth, their footprints begin to disturb the old halls.
THULWAR
Messing with the panes and panels allows Thulwar to obtain a better understanding of the workings of this room. Most panels are triggered by touch, holding information to put many books to shame. Mostly, they explain how the interfaces work and give detailed directions to move around the web of buildings and rooms spreading around the heroes. Thulwar also discovers that the area they now occupy was once the pulsating center of a huge community, dedicated to the training and education of new generations of nobles. Apparently, they were supposed to take their teachings to all corners of the world once they were ready. Clearly, this has never come to pass, at least beyond Wellington.
ICOSA
"I will need more information about your identity and purpose before I can assist you," is Icosa's response. "What has prevented you from coming here? What exactly do you need to be done? What is this 'evil' that was unleashed? Additionally, I request clarification. Your first message was clearly a warning, telling me to leave. Now you wish me to stay. What has changed your mind?"
"You may call me Jocasta. I have warned you against coming here, yes. Danger strikes the likes of us as we enter these halls. Something bends our will and enslaves us. Your will must be strong. You have not surrendered."
"I do not know the nature of our enslaver. I only know that it hides beyond the abandoned areas you now explore. Since you are there and remain free, you might be the one to find out who is responsible for enslaving our kind in here."
"I have tried to do so, after I left my former shell behind. Still, something else controls the rooms around you. Another will inhabits these walls as you inhabit your shell. The entity in question has foiled my every attempt to trespass in the past, hiding vital information from me. I suspect this information will at the very least lead me towards the enslaver."
"Now that you are there, though, I suspect we can combine our efforts to access areas once hidden. After all, you have physical access to these areas, and I have not."
LYLLIE/THULWAR
As the gnomes approach the area Poe now occupies, they see that the tribune is, as other panels, built in a unique form of resistant glass. The places treaded by Poe, as well as the areas he beaks, respond by projecting a number of symbols and phrases. The pair recognizes a flow of information available at the panel, including access to a vast map of the surrounding areas, potential control over doors and passages and several entries on treaties and historical events.
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