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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Archon Basileus" data-source="post: 7346590" data-attributes="member: 6855545">THULWAR"I admit it makes sense." - Embla says - "But why would the Teraphim resort to such dishonored behavior, when they might rely on the unrelenting loyalty of my people? The people of Vanirskeep would never break an oath, especially in a time of great need." - her answer is followed by a long silence, interrupted by the sudden shock at the elevator's trajectory.EVERYONEAmberilan's voice blasts out of the platform's comm systems, as if unclogging something long unused. The shock brought Lyllie and the miners down, but Embla and Yttrian still stand. "I'm sorry for that. A security command of unknown origin brought the elevator to a halt. It seems I cannot move it. It might be a measure taken during the alterations in the upper command center, as I..." - before she can finish, four distinct sets of strong lights come alive in the lower floor, exploding luminosity right after a heavy trigger sound. The light is sudden and intense, and it targets the elevator directly, menacing to blind the unlucky heroes! The sources of the potent white lights begin to rumble all of a sudden, just as kickstarted machines would. [That's the second one! CON save against 12! In case of failure, blinded by two turns.]"WARNING: terraforming suit units engaged!" - Amberilan's voice interrupts itself with the stern warning. Around the white lights, red spinlights cover the lower floor, as if to intensify the warning."WARNING: frontal access to Altar Hall opened! WARNING: west door access to Altar Hall opened! WARNING: terraforming facility access to Altar Hall opened! WARNING: unidentified humanoid group moving towards the facility. Location: Altar Hall, west access. Engaging circumventing measure protocol." - before she can continue the conversation, an alarm breaks out, with successive warnings taking over her voice. The elevator's panel comes on, flickering, showing the maps for the many levels accessible to the heroes. [The maps show that the room labeled 'Teraphim Altar' - or Altar Hall, as she calls it - Is being invaded through the western door by a large force of cold-bodied humanoids. They're quickly twisting their movement towards north, ready to invade the round hall named 'inner sanctum' - the place where you first met Amberilan. All doors are opened and, in time, they can reach the elevator. Also, on the inner sanctum series of maps, the one labeled 'Terraforming Station' (Level +1) is marked as the origin of the strong lights and the terraforming suits movement. The elevator's stuck between +1 and +2, the objective being to reach +3 - above +2. obviously.]Amberilan's voice assumes its original, unassuming tone."We have a breach! Security protocols have been overhauled. Access to the terraforming facility has been granted towards the Altar Hall, where we first met. Circumventing measures are not working!" - her tone is still harmonic, but the message delivers an intensity not visible on her before.[Ok, I still gotta have [MENTION=6855102]Greenmtn[/MENTION]'s tests. [MENTION=23298]industrygothica[/MENTION]'s will be on me until return. Notice that this takes only a few seconds. If anyone left prone wants to rise to his or her own feet before the lights hit, roll for acrobatics, DC10. And the world around our heroes just explodes. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />] [MENTION=24380]Neurotic[/MENTION] [MENTION=4936]Shayuri[/MENTION] [MENTION=6776182]JustinCase[/MENTION] [MENTION=6855102]Greenmtn[/MENTION] [MENTION=23298]industrygothica[/MENTION] [MENTION=8858]hafrogman[/MENTION]</blockquote>

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