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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 4951771" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p>Session 24, Part 6</p><p> </p><p> “There's no way an artifact could have existed beneath the Crystal Towers for centuries without someone finding it,” Harold said. “If there was one here, the Magisters would know about it.”</p><p></p><p> “Then why does Keeper sense one deeper down?” Suniel said as they exited another stairwell into another cramped hallway.</p><p></p><p> “Maybe he's broken?” Kormak said.</p><p></p><p> Ahead of them Keeper stopped at an intersection and glanced both ways. “Maybe you are broken,” Keeper said without looking back and turned left.</p><p></p><p> Kormak blinked a few times and raised a questioning eyebrow at Suniel. Suniel half-smiled and shrugged.</p><p></p><p> “So... what are we going to do with this Lightning Stone once we find it?” Kormak said. “Do we even know what they do or are we just collecting them so we can hand them over to Gilderalin.”</p><p></p><p> Kormak cast a pointed look at Bail but the half-dragon didn't reply.</p><p></p><p> “We are going to use it to help fend of the Ashen Tower,” Harold said.</p><p></p><p> Bail stopped and crossed his arms but Suniel stepped between him and Harold. “If we can use it to help the Crystal Towers, we will. When we find it, I'd like to study it so we can perhaps determine what its true purpose and capabilities are. Then we'll have a better idea of what all this is-”</p><p></p><p> “Here,” Keeper said, stopping suddenly before a blank wall.</p><p></p><p> They gathered around Keeper, staring blankly at the mostly featureless silversteel hallway. It might just have been Kormak, but it seemed like it was warmer down here and the thrum of some massive machinery could be felt like a heartbeat.</p><p></p><p> “Here... is what?” Kormak said.</p><p></p><p> “I told you this was a waste of time, there's no artifact-” Harold began.</p><p></p><p> Keeper pressed his palm against his forehead and a moment later the glistening blue of the Seeking Stone of Lightning was in his palm. He raised it towards the wall and, in its faint yellow light, a tracery of glowing golden lines appeared on the walls, like branching, crisscrossing veins running just beneath the surface of the silversteel. In the center of the wall Keeper stood before, there was a spherical gap where the gold lines met.</p><p></p><p> There was a faint <em>click</em> as Keeper pressed the Seeking Stone into that spot and when he removed his hand, the Seeking Stone was slowly sinking into the wall as though the silversteel was liquid beneath it. Then it stopped and the thrumming of the tower got louder, joined by a high-pitched whine just at the edge of Kormak's hearing. The small hairs on his neck and arms stood on end and the golden lines in the wall suddenly flared.</p><p></p><p> The well panel containing the Seeking Stone recessed and slid into the wall, revealing a massive pit crisscrossed by grated steel walkways that looked somehow out of place next to the silversteel of the tower. They walked forward across the strange metal grated walkway and stopped at a railing.</p><p> </p><p>As the pit descended, the silversteel of the wall was replaced by the raw bedrock of Felskein. Strange wires, cables, and tubes ran all over the place, many bundled together near the walls. Steel and copper pipes crisscrossed the gap around the walkways as well, some as small as a finger, others wider than a wagon.</p><p></p><p> At the bottom of it all was a wide metal pedestal encased in a dome of thick glass. Hundreds of bundles of wires and cables and several pipes ran into the pedestal. Whatever was inside flickered and sparked and flashed, like living lightning trapped by some ancient artifice.</p><p></p><p> Kormak whistled. “So, I'm guessing that's it?”</p><p></p><p> Keeper nodded. “The True Stone of Lightning – at least one of them.”</p><p> </p><p>“One of them?”</p><p></p><p> “I see a way down to the next walkway,” Bail said, jogging along the uppermost walkway with one hand on the railing. “It looks like it crosses over to the other side.”</p><p></p><p> “It does, into that recess in the wall over there,” Harold said, leaning over the rail and pointing across the wide chamber. “And if I'm guessing correctly, it leads to some tunnel that comes out over there.”</p><p></p><p> “This is going to take forever,” Kormak said, staring down at the several-hundred foot drop. “They couldn't make the last bit easy could they?”</p><p> </p><p>“What part of the first bit was easy?” Suniel said as they followed along behind Harold.</p><p></p><p> Bail, already standing in the middle of the next walkway had apparently come to the same conclusion. He was leading over the railing, staring down at another narrow walkway that crossed thirty feet below him.</p><p></p><p> “Uh, you think he's going to...” Kormak began.</p><p></p><p> Bail leapt the railing in one smooth motion. He landed with a metallic <em>crunch</em> and a grunt and the walkway swayed precariously beneath him. Then he stood, hanging onto the railings until the walkways stopped swaying and then looked over the side to the next walkway.</p><p></p><p> “That's one way to do it,” Suniel said, as they followed Harold out onto the walkway.</p><p></p><p> “Yep,” Kormak said. With a running jump he cleared the railing and landed right in front of Bail, rolling to his feet in a smooth motion.</p><p></p><p> He winked at Bail. “Race ya.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 4951771, member: 60965"] Session 24, Part 6 “There's no way an artifact could have existed beneath the Crystal Towers for centuries without someone finding it,” Harold said. “If there was one here, the Magisters would know about it.” “Then why does Keeper sense one deeper down?” Suniel said as they exited another stairwell into another cramped hallway. “Maybe he's broken?” Kormak said. Ahead of them Keeper stopped at an intersection and glanced both ways. “Maybe you are broken,” Keeper said without looking back and turned left. Kormak blinked a few times and raised a questioning eyebrow at Suniel. Suniel half-smiled and shrugged. “So... what are we going to do with this Lightning Stone once we find it?” Kormak said. “Do we even know what they do or are we just collecting them so we can hand them over to Gilderalin.” Kormak cast a pointed look at Bail but the half-dragon didn't reply. “We are going to use it to help fend of the Ashen Tower,” Harold said. Bail stopped and crossed his arms but Suniel stepped between him and Harold. “If we can use it to help the Crystal Towers, we will. When we find it, I'd like to study it so we can perhaps determine what its true purpose and capabilities are. Then we'll have a better idea of what all this is-” “Here,” Keeper said, stopping suddenly before a blank wall. They gathered around Keeper, staring blankly at the mostly featureless silversteel hallway. It might just have been Kormak, but it seemed like it was warmer down here and the thrum of some massive machinery could be felt like a heartbeat. “Here... is what?” Kormak said. “I told you this was a waste of time, there's no artifact-” Harold began. Keeper pressed his palm against his forehead and a moment later the glistening blue of the Seeking Stone of Lightning was in his palm. He raised it towards the wall and, in its faint yellow light, a tracery of glowing golden lines appeared on the walls, like branching, crisscrossing veins running just beneath the surface of the silversteel. In the center of the wall Keeper stood before, there was a spherical gap where the gold lines met. There was a faint [I]click[/I] as Keeper pressed the Seeking Stone into that spot and when he removed his hand, the Seeking Stone was slowly sinking into the wall as though the silversteel was liquid beneath it. Then it stopped and the thrumming of the tower got louder, joined by a high-pitched whine just at the edge of Kormak's hearing. The small hairs on his neck and arms stood on end and the golden lines in the wall suddenly flared. The well panel containing the Seeking Stone recessed and slid into the wall, revealing a massive pit crisscrossed by grated steel walkways that looked somehow out of place next to the silversteel of the tower. They walked forward across the strange metal grated walkway and stopped at a railing. As the pit descended, the silversteel of the wall was replaced by the raw bedrock of Felskein. Strange wires, cables, and tubes ran all over the place, many bundled together near the walls. Steel and copper pipes crisscrossed the gap around the walkways as well, some as small as a finger, others wider than a wagon. At the bottom of it all was a wide metal pedestal encased in a dome of thick glass. Hundreds of bundles of wires and cables and several pipes ran into the pedestal. Whatever was inside flickered and sparked and flashed, like living lightning trapped by some ancient artifice. Kormak whistled. “So, I'm guessing that's it?” Keeper nodded. “The True Stone of Lightning – at least one of them.” “One of them?” “I see a way down to the next walkway,” Bail said, jogging along the uppermost walkway with one hand on the railing. “It looks like it crosses over to the other side.” “It does, into that recess in the wall over there,” Harold said, leaning over the rail and pointing across the wide chamber. “And if I'm guessing correctly, it leads to some tunnel that comes out over there.” “This is going to take forever,” Kormak said, staring down at the several-hundred foot drop. “They couldn't make the last bit easy could they?” “What part of the first bit was easy?” Suniel said as they followed along behind Harold. Bail, already standing in the middle of the next walkway had apparently come to the same conclusion. He was leading over the railing, staring down at another narrow walkway that crossed thirty feet below him. “Uh, you think he's going to...” Kormak began. Bail leapt the railing in one smooth motion. He landed with a metallic [I]crunch[/I] and a grunt and the walkway swayed precariously beneath him. Then he stood, hanging onto the railings until the walkways stopped swaying and then looked over the side to the next walkway. “That's one way to do it,” Suniel said, as they followed Harold out onto the walkway. “Yep,” Kormak said. With a running jump he cleared the railing and landed right in front of Bail, rolling to his feet in a smooth motion. He winked at Bail. “Race ya.” [/QUOTE]
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