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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charles Rampant" data-source="post: 2313966" data-attributes="member: 32659">[ooc]Once will have identified his new creation and power, as you'd expect. I was trying to play up his terseness. I assume we are working on a 'grand chancel tour' thing - everyone visits everyone elses castles?[/ooc]Once leads the familia to his castle. As you draw nearer the square of executions, the chancel changes slightly. The streets have no people, the houses sag and look dilapidated, and the square itself is absolutely DEAD. Not even weeds between the flagstones. There is a set of footprints set (ie, sunk) into the paving stones, leading to and from the pedestal to each entrance to the square (so 4 sets). These are obviously Once's footprints, and he walks perfectly within these prints as he approaches the pedestal.The pedestal itself is about 10 feet tall, and is a ornately carved cube of marble. It is 8 feet on a side. Once boots it uncerimoniously, and one side collapses in (apparently on hinges). There is a staircase within, leading down. It is black, ribboned with white - the opposite of marble. After descending 30 metres, it emerges into inky blackness. Far far below you can see a faint shimmering light. From this point, it is about a mile straight down, until the stairs merge into the courtyard of a small castle. By small, we are talking a castle with 10 feet width, 10 feet length and 15 feet height. There is a open door, looking out over a large shimmering lake, filled with moonglow. Apart from the castle and the lake, there is nothing. The cavern is totally filled by the lake, and the castle sits on an island in the middle of it, about 100 metres across. The cavern itself is huge, several miles by several miles. Attempts to ask Once how the city is supported is met by a shrug, as is questioning why he has a 'castle' several times larger than the town it is under.Any items left in the 'castle' disappear.</blockquote>

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