Stellan, his bloodlust for the battle dropping, turns to Antares and says: "You may have been right. But when something's attacking you, and in this case - Anna, it's hard to imagine that they aren't a monster. However, we've been friends for a long time and I'm sorry for not having listened to you more closely. I will stay with you until you're ready to leave."
Antares smiles the smile of the terminally relieved.
"My thanks, Stellan. It is... truly appreciated." He carefully lays Former-Anna back down on the cold stone floor, carefully unlatching her belt, trying not to look too much, and puting the resulting belt-and-pouch in his things for later study (There is the remnant of a sigil - dusty, torn, perhaps a tree - embroidered on the beat up thing... but still, it does not feel quite right to open it now, here, in this place of her torment...). And so he stands. After a second of hesitation, the young mage begins by, somewhat sadly, incanting:
"I hear. I see. Roshasanant!"
(Quite a different context he had imagined for the use of this spell when he once more studied its elegant workings this morning...)
As Antares casts detect magic, he hears a veritable cacophony of sounds coming from the altar itself and the sigils on the walls. It's chaotic, and almost hungry somehow. The water itself doesn't appear to emit any sounds, perhaps oddly.
"Hm?" Puzzled, the elf looks up, contemplating the small firmament of runes that dominates him, Stellan and the room...
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Can he make anything of their meaning, aiding himself with the active Detect Magic? For example, is there a word/rune/concept that seems to sing louder than the rest? Or maybe a beat that underlies all the others?
What about the Altar's cup used by Former-Anna? Anything special about it (markings, insets, a maker's mark or the like)?
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Let me know now what everyone is doing. Stellan and Antares appear to be staying to scribe the runes. Last I saw Mysthyr, Muzdin and Bosco are leaving with Anna...
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Muzdin hasn't specifically said if he's leaving or staying yet, and Antares is hoping to have some kind of exchange with Myst before he goes, but basically correct, yes. He's just indulging in a little bit of curiosity before he gets to the actual writing part.
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