Systole
First Post
The recruits watch the ritual curiously, unsure what is supposed to happen. Fury rings the five tuning forks, one after another, and for a long, uneasy moment, nothing happens. After a dozen hearthbeats, the group realizes that a deep, almost subsonic rumble is rapidly rising in intensity and pitch.
Suddenly, the portal repeats the sequence at ear-splitting volume, sending the tones ringing throughout the forest, and startling clouds of birds into the sky. With each pulse, a glowing crack appears and widens inside the doorway, until the shimmering glow spreads entirely across the gate's opening. As the sound dies away, a few coppery green pebbles bounce through from whatever lies on the other side.
The portal stands open before you.
Suddenly, the portal repeats the sequence at ear-splitting volume, sending the tones ringing throughout the forest, and startling clouds of birds into the sky. With each pulse, a glowing crack appears and widens inside the doorway, until the shimmering glow spreads entirely across the gate's opening. As the sound dies away, a few coppery green pebbles bounce through from whatever lies on the other side.
The portal stands open before you.