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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6767769" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p>"If I'm right," continued BoldItalic, "the big grey things are What Engines. Generators of Uncertainty. They power, not just the whether but the whither and the whence and everything else that is doubtful in the world. Inside of them are hundreds of multi-sided dice, constantly rolling. That's what makes the humming sound. They are the source of chaos."</p><p></p><p>Clotbert flourished his holy symbol. "Chaos is anathema," he declared. "We must destroy them."</p><p></p><p>"I agree, but it will not be easy. You have noticed the brass columns? Their roots go right down into the Abyss, the Nether Hells, the abode of demons. It is not enough to destroy what we see here on the floor of this cavern; like the tenacious stingweed, they will just grow back."</p><p></p><p>"You are talking about actually going down into the layers of the Abyss? Where all the demons live?" asked Fingers incredulously, "Couldn't we just, you know, stop the engines going round? Sort of spike the works or something?"</p><p></p><p>"If we were allowed to, yes, and if we could be sure that no-one would repair them, but I fancy the yellow-clad gnomes would soon have them running again. But, perhaps I am wrong and those engines down there are something else entirely."</p><p></p><p>"It would seem to be quite important to find out," thought Rylnethaz. "Perhaps we should question one of the gnomes?"</p><p></p><p>"That would seem sensible. We need to find a way down to the floor of this cavern."</p><p></p><p>"There is a small, nondescript door up there, a little way ahead," observed Fingers. "It might lead to an equally nondescript stairway."</p><p></p><p>"Well spotted. Isn't there some sort of inscription on it? I can't read it from here."</p><p></p><p>"It says 'To Page Fifty Eight', I think. Mean anything to anyone?"</p><p></p><p>"Not me."</p><p></p><p>Clotbert had a strong sense of <em>déjà vu</em>. Something about the phrase "nondescript door" and "equally nondescript stairway" nagged at the back of his mind. "I have a terrible premonition," he announced solemly, "that behind that dusty, half-forgotten door is a small landing where an unworldly monster guards an extradimensional spiral staircase."</p><p></p><p>"Not the ..."</p><p></p><p>"Possibly."</p><p></p><p>"This could be interesting."</p><p></p><p>"That's one way to describe it."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 6767769, member: 6777052"] "If I'm right," continued BoldItalic, "the big grey things are What Engines. Generators of Uncertainty. They power, not just the whether but the whither and the whence and everything else that is doubtful in the world. Inside of them are hundreds of multi-sided dice, constantly rolling. That's what makes the humming sound. They are the source of chaos." Clotbert flourished his holy symbol. "Chaos is anathema," he declared. "We must destroy them." "I agree, but it will not be easy. You have noticed the brass columns? Their roots go right down into the Abyss, the Nether Hells, the abode of demons. It is not enough to destroy what we see here on the floor of this cavern; like the tenacious stingweed, they will just grow back." "You are talking about actually going down into the layers of the Abyss? Where all the demons live?" asked Fingers incredulously, "Couldn't we just, you know, stop the engines going round? Sort of spike the works or something?" "If we were allowed to, yes, and if we could be sure that no-one would repair them, but I fancy the yellow-clad gnomes would soon have them running again. But, perhaps I am wrong and those engines down there are something else entirely." "It would seem to be quite important to find out," thought Rylnethaz. "Perhaps we should question one of the gnomes?" "That would seem sensible. We need to find a way down to the floor of this cavern." "There is a small, nondescript door up there, a little way ahead," observed Fingers. "It might lead to an equally nondescript stairway." "Well spotted. Isn't there some sort of inscription on it? I can't read it from here." "It says 'To Page Fifty Eight', I think. Mean anything to anyone?" "Not me." Clotbert had a strong sense of [I]déjà vu[/I]. Something about the phrase "nondescript door" and "equally nondescript stairway" nagged at the back of his mind. "I have a terrible premonition," he announced solemly, "that behind that dusty, half-forgotten door is a small landing where an unworldly monster guards an extradimensional spiral staircase." "Not the ..." "Possibly." "This could be interesting." "That's one way to describe it." [/QUOTE]
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