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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 873633" data-attributes="member: 9255">UNDER A DARKSUNSEGMENT 062“Underground”“What could be of any interest in the abandoned area of the city?”  Mania asks as he and the old man known as Cosa go into a ruined section of the city.  “I even heard they grow rats the size of children in here.”“Relax.  Even as a youngster you ask an awful lot of questions.  Just follow me and keep a watch for Templars or any other trouble.”“Templars don’t scare me.”“I’ll let Keela know you said that if I should see her again.  Now be quiet!” the old man snaps.  His sense of balance amazes Mania as he climbs over some debris.“Nimble for an old man.”  Mania climbs over nearly as well.“It’s not the years- it’s what under the cover.  Now be quiet!”  He snaps once more.  The old man hesitates a moment as if to get his bearings then advances forward.  After a few more streets he points to a building in ruin.  Quietly they advance into it and towards the back of what once may have been a tavern.“Careful- there is quite a surprise just around this corner.  It’s an illusion so don’t scream out like a girl or anything.” The old man says with a smirk that seems to have a hidden meaning behind it.Mania, more curious than cautious, peers around the doorway.  An undead spirit of an elf wielding a flaming sword leaps out.  Mania gasps in surprise and begins to raise his club.  The old man puts his hand on the club-  “Don’t- that’s Bernalferia.  He protects the entrance for me.”“Entrance?”“Yes, to the underground.”  The old man pushes on a stone and a section silently slides away revealing a 3x3 hole in the floor.  “Coming?” A tunnel leads to a room.  Inside this room is a dry basin in the floor.  Statues of open-mouthed females with pointed ears and wings surround the basin.  The light gives out as the cover moves back into place on the surface.  Mania is about to will his eyes to give him sight when a stick held by the old man suddenly begins to glow.  “This way” he says motioning to a doorway.After a few more minutes of walking through what appears to be an old building hidden underground, the old man stops.  Says a few words Mania could never hope to repeat, and a hidden door appears.  The old man enters and waves Mania to come.Inside is a neat small room with a few chairs, a table and a shelf.   Glowing multi-colored moss grows on one wall.  It has been cut and chipped to resemble a large four-legged creature with a horn on its head.  “What is that?”  He asks?“Moss boy”“Duh- I mean what did you make it resemble?  The creature looks…nimble and noble.”“Not sure of its name.  I’m still trying to decipher all of the text.  I copied it from a book I found in a ruin located in the forest.  Make yourself at home.  We’re staying here for a few days to allow the hunts to die down before trying to escape the city..”   The old man smiles a sly smile- “You up to one more surprise today boy?”“Sure why not”  answers Mania as he continues to look at the Mold Mosaic.“Well- what do you think?” asks a voice very different from the old man’s.Mania turns and is open mouthed.  Before stands a woman in tight red curls, green eyes, heavy freckles and a beaming smile.  Mania can not say a thing.“Name is still Cosa.  Welcome to my sanctuary.”</blockquote>

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