Beyond the door, a lantern is not needed.

The glow is from the Pattern itself. When eyes adjust, they see it in the center of the room. It appears as a shining, shimmering mass of curved lines, inscribed into the stone floor, lines that fool the eye as it tries to trace them.

To an Amberian non-royal, the lines are almost blinding. To a non-royal not from Amber at all, they are hypnotic, as well. This room is not for casual visitors.

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The Pattern begins in the far corner.

(Note: GM must regulate PCs walking the Pattern if they have never walked it before.)

Jade when she arrives at the pattern room had already taken off her heels as she is not used to walking so many stairs. For her it is a practice in reverse directions from Rebma's but soon she is at the door. A brief moment of excitement as she turned the key in the ancient lock to open the door. The sound of a click and the door opens to reveal the pattern.

Even though Jade had walked a Pattern before she stood in awe of seeing another one. This was the first time she was able to take in Amber's Pattern. She could feel it's power, it's stillness.

Looking to Jon, "I am so used to swimming down to Rebma's Pattern, I guess I wasn't thinking wearing these on all those stairs." She said while swinging the heels in her hand.

"Isn't it beautiful ? It is like the engineering sketch of the cosmos."

She then turned and looked from Jon with a brief smile over to the Pattern.
"Hello." She said to the Pattern.

She let her eyes look over it. She then took out the blank journal book to take notes and make sketches. Jade was very serious focused and her nerdy side was on display.

*Chuckles* "I don't know how you walk in them on a flat surface to be honest. Let alone stairs. But I agree a poor choice in footwear." he teases.

Jon then look, actually looks at the pattern and is mesmerized. He whispers "It is one of the most beautiful things I've seen." He moves closer to it, but never on it.  Jade's and Balllad's warnings have been taken to heart. "Even I can feel its power.  No wonder our elders are so feared." he says with a touch of aw.

He walks back over to Jade and takes her shoes off her so that she can better manage the notebook and writing utensils.

*smiles* "Nice to meet you." he says to the pattern, not wanting to upset it, and following Jade's lead.
He looks for a couple of chairs, seeing none, he will stand quietly near Jade.  Finding comfort being near her, especially given the power that he can feel coming from the pattern.

"Now don't touch it, even in jest. The pattern burns hotter then any fire, or lightning strike. In Rebma it is like lightning in the water itself. I can tell you a bit about the Pattern now that we are here to look at it."

She gestures out to it the place near the beginning, "That is the start of it were you would begin your walk. You will feel a connection to it which is hard to describe. Like a force pulling your feet down. One cannot swim a Pattern even in Rebma. There are three great tides, they probably go by a different name here but the tides will try to halt you, they will push back against you. One is physical, one is mental, and one spiritual. Once you get past a tide things will go easier for a short while. Do not get overconfident. Watch your feet when you walk and always keep them on the Pattern. Once you start do not stop, you will die if you do."

She walks about the pattern never touching it but motioning to Amber's Pattern's veils. What she refers to as great tides.

"The hardest tide is near the end, you can't really see the end from here. At the center you can ask it to take you anywhere. Trust me, you will be so exhausted from walking it that you won't want to ask it to send you anyplace but your nice comfy bed. This is personal, don't have it send you to the enemy or anything vague like that. If you go to say the commander of these Gray Men you will be too exhausted to fight effectively. Do yourself a favor and so the rest of us don't worry about you, have it send you to your bed where you can sleep off the Pattern walk. When you get to the end you will know the powers you have at your disposal. It will also slow your aging to a crawl."

After her speech she takes notes, draws sketches and otherwise studies the pattern in a pseudo scientific and mystical way. Seeming very intent on her studies of it.

*nods* "That makes sense.  A test of who you are." he takes a deep breath as if centering his mind. *grins* "But that is why I am happy to have you in my corner, along with Ari, Ballad and Lance." he adds. "So that I don't lose myself and have an anchor to return."

He stays near Jade, not do close to bump into her, but close enough should anything happen he can react.  He smiles fondly at her studying and notetaking.  He remains quiet so as to not interrupt he study, seemingly fine with a comfortable silence between them.  The studious mage and the watchful guardian.