Re: The Game: Chapter 05
In reply to Boreas Highwind (msg # 305):
A pale green orb appears above Lyriel's head as the stump accepts her offering, completing the set.
One after another, as Drexler looks on, Zuriel and Boreas step onto the stump themselves. Shortly thereafter, they are pulled downward through the surface, where they vanish from sight.
Drexler looks wistfully at the three who remain, then removes the signet ring Zuriel had given him earlier and offers it to whoever might care to take it.
"Take this with you, in case you encounter another of Cedrik's faithful. If they are at all like me, it would warm their heart to know they are neither alone nor fully forgotten."
***
Elsewhere
Zuriel and Boreas are greeted by nothing but darkness for a moment, followed by the sensation of falling. Before long, however, they find themselves standing in the clearing above the vault itself, near the semicircle of withered saplings and the shattered gate of vines.
The orbs of light above their heads have vanished, and the objects both they and their allies selected have been piled neatly near the cavernous maw of the stump -- not far from perch of the stone raven statue.
They are not, however, alone.
"How nice of you to rejoin us," comes the familiar voice of Shaw, who shimmers into existence alongside Charles and Quinn near the stump's opening.
"Tell us about the vault and its wonders," he continues, his eyes caressing the wonders the P.A.R.T.Y. has retrieved. "We are eager to learn... and to return our share of the treasure to Mi'driel."
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